In the eyes of many people, Xie Jinzhi is as her name suggests, a quiet and delicate girl with a bookish atmosphere. She graduated from a prestigious school in Central China with excellent grades. Since I worked, I have been accompanied by books all day long. I usually don't talk much, and I don't take the initiative to manage interpersonal relationships. But Ran Yu, who is good friends with her, knows very well that An Fen is gentle is just Xie Jinzhi's appearance, in fact, she is very bold, has the right idea, and is even a little rebellious and curious. So in the eyes of outsiders, Ran Yu is the one with a spicy and slippery head. But in fact, when it comes to critical matters, Ran Yu always unconsciously relies on Xie Jinzhi.

For example, tonight, firstly, because of Ran Yu's request for help, and secondly, because he wanted to find out, Xie Jinzhi didn't frown, and stepped into the library building in the dark night.

It's quiet around. The sound of wind and rain is kept out of the window, like a world apart. In the brightly lit corridor, only the sound of her crisp footsteps was heard.

She had already gone up to the floor where the Basic Antiquities section was located. She walked very slowly all the way, and always held the flashlight in her hand in case of emergency. But so far, nothing out of the ordinary has happened.

She continued to walk towards the Basic Ancient Books section, one step at a time, while turning on the lights along the way. It's just that because it's so quiet, many subtle sounds are amplified and fall clearly into her ears. For example, the sound of electricity in the lamp, such as the sound of water droplets dripping from the eaves of the house in an unknown place.

Those sounds seem to make people's hearts empty and barren.

Soon, she walked to the door of the hall.

She had turned on all the lights in the hallway, and the hall was still dark. The rows of bookshelves, when you look at it, look like many people standing side by side in the dark.

She looked up again in the direction of the machine room. It's also dark, with the dark outline of the host looming and a row of red dots lit up when the CPU is running at low power. And the computers in the museum are all black.

It's business as usual.

Xie Jinzhi swiped the card, and the automatic door slowly opened. She walked in and first turned on all the light switches on the wall. In an instant, the entire hall lit up. She looked left and right, walked past the workbench, walked through the two rows of bookshelves, and walked slowly towards the location Ran Yu said.

This feeling is actually a bit strange.

During the day, the lights in the hall are also turned on. But perhaps it was too dark outside at night, and the lights at the moment seemed much brighter and whiter than during the day. The surroundings are like daylight, silent and empty, giving people a sense of unreal trance.

Xie Jinzhi walked out of the bookshelf and looked around, slightly stunned.

All the windows were neatly closed.

Could it be that Ran Yu remembered wrong? But she said on the phone just now that she remembers very clearly, and these few doors are not closed.

Jinzhi subconsciously lowered his head to look at the ground again. Sweeping the gaze, the wooden floors under the windows were all clean, and there were no traces of rain.

Presumably Ran Yu remembered it wrong......

Xie Jinzhi's gaze suddenly stopped.

She looked at the small clearing next to the bookshelf.

There, there are half footprints.

The trail of water has not yet dried, and it is clear that it has just been left behind. I also brought a bit of mud. Judging by the length, it is a man's foot.

Xie Jinzhi's body suddenly felt a little cold, and his palms were also a little sweaty. When she entered the house just now, she looked around and saw that no one else was there. And leaving such footprints in this position, the person is likely to have entered through the window.

Xie Jinzhi clenched the heavy flashlight and began to check the bookshelves row by row.

No, nothing. Until she scanned the entire hall, she didn't see half a figure.

When she returned to the bookshelf, the footprints were almost dry, leaving only a trace of dirt that could not be seen at all.

Jinzhi turned around and walked towards the door. She decided to go to the security guard room immediately to watch the surveillance footage.

But when she was about to reach the door, she caught a glimpse out of the corner of her eye, and there seemed to be something strange around her.

She stopped, turned, and looked in both directions. Suddenly I realized that something was wrong.

She stared at the corner to the right of the door. Two trolleys were parked there. Usually, if the staff carries a lot of books, they put them on the cart and push them around. But these cars are a little special. It was designed and manufactured by the graduate students of the Department of Automatic Control of Jiangcheng University and presented to the provincial map. At the top of the handle, a small LCD control panel is also installed.

Theoretically, these carts can be networked with the system, and as long as the instructions are entered according to the process, the carts can automatically transport the books to the designated location. It's similar to the sweeping robot of Jinzhijia.

It's just that behind any office automation initiative, it almost always means a lot of tedious data preparation, and it doesn't necessarily improve efficiency.

When the library staff found that it took longer to use the office system to input instructions than they had pushed their own carts, and the students' designs were immature, and they often made mistakes...... So soon it was no longer used. These machines are also used as ordinary trolleys.

Xie Jinzhi clearly remembers that before getting off work, she and Zhuang Chong put the machine back in the tool area by the window. Moreover, she was the last to leave work.

Who moved them?

Still is...... They came on their own?

Her gaze slid over the slightly painted metal handles, the empty machine, and the four small black wheels at the bottom.

Jinzhi was silent for a moment, turned off all power, and walked out quickly.

——

Late at night, the rain had mostly stopped, and only a few droplets of water were falling. The clouds were darker and thicker.

Jinzhi didn't have an umbrella, his hair was slightly damp, and he was cooler and more sober.

She knocked on the door of the duty room, and the security guard was taken aback when she saw her: "Miss Xie, why are you here?" ”

Jinzhi asked to see the surveillance footage.

Despite feeling strange, the security guard sat down with her in front of the computer and transferred to the time slot and hall she specified.

"I've been staring at it all night." The security guard muttered, "It's okay." ”

Jin Zhi was silent.

The two started watching after work.

Because of the angle of the camera, I could only shoot the bookshelf by the window, but I didn't shoot directly at the window. So she couldn't see if the windows were closed or not. But she could clearly see that the machines were indeed placed by the window, not near the doorway.

Time goes by little by little.

The picture is always silent. It was dark, with no lights or any movement.

No one came in through the window, and no one stepped on the floor next to the bookshelf, leaving half a footprint.

Jinzhi pressed the fast-forward button.

Until the time on the screen coincides with the clock on the wall, and the video playback ends.

Even herself, she has not appeared in the surveillance.

A chill broke out of Jinzhi's body again. But she already had a plan in her heart, and turned her head to look at the security guard: "If someone wants to change the surveillance record, it shouldn't be too difficult, right?" ”

The security guard was stunned.

The girl in front of her was wearing a navy blue trench coat, and there were many water stains on her trouser legs and sneakers. The long hair was a little wet, and the face was even fairer and delicate, and there seemed to be a damp and cold breath of night rain in his eyes. Listening to her quiet voice, being stared at by her like this, the security guard couldn't help but be a little nervous.

But her words, no matter how you listen to them, it's incredible!

The security guard still laughed in the end: "Miss Xie, you're talking about hackers." But it's all on TV, how can there be anything in reality. And we're not a treasure museum here, no treasures, only books. If hackers spend so much effort to hack us, what will they steal? Stealing books? ”

——

Xie Jinzhi walked out of the security room and looked back at the library building.

She had a strange premonition that tomorrow morning, those two machines would return to their original places.

But now, she just wants to go home and lie down and be quiet.

The traffic on the road was even more sparse, and after Xie Jinzhi walked out of the library gate, two or three more cars passed. Then, the Porsche parked on the side of the road slowly started and followed.

When it is cold, put your hands on the steering wheel and sit up straight. His hair was somewhat drenched, and there were signs of mud and water on his trousers and shoes. The windshield wipers rose and fell to the ground, and through the glass, he looked at the woman walking alone not far away.

She walked a little fast, but at a steady pace. Stepping on a pool of stagnant water, light and silent. Her eyes kept looking ahead, and her side face was a little serious, not knowing what she was thinking. Her neck looked straight and white under the tufts of her black hair. The hand holding the black umbrella is also slender and white. The whole person looks very compatible with this rainy night.

At this time, Ying Hanshi's mobile phone rang.

A low, magnetic, near-perfect baritone voice came over the phone. But the tone was brisk: "Boss, why does the positioning show that you left the library and went in the direction of the residential area?" Without waiting for Ying Han to answer, the man asked again and again, "Also, you are driving a Porsche, the fastest car in the world." Why does it show that it is moving slowly at a speed comparable to that of a turtle? ”

A shallow smile appeared at the corner of his mouth when he was cold. When he raised his gaze, he saw that Xie Jinzhi had already walked downstairs and began to go up the stairs.

So he replied succinctly, "I'm downstairs from that young lady." ”

On the other end of the line, the man was silent for a few seconds, as if thinking. Then asked in surprise, "Are you protecting her?" ”

"Yes."

The person on the other end immediately complained: "But boss, what does she have to do with us?" It's just an inconsequential eyewitness. God, you're not going to have another bad heart attack and take her business into the picture, right? ”

Ying Hanshi's face was always very indifferent, and he was not angry in the face of that person's accusation. He saw that Xie Jinzhi had already gone upstairs, and the lights in her house had been turned on. So he slowly turned the head of the car, and at the same time replied gently: "If this time, it is a matter of our circle that affects her." What does it matter if I take her into account? ”

The man seemed to have expected him to do this, and he lost his temper, but after a while, his tone was a little gloating: "But, last time in Bao'an Temple, didn't she ignore you at all?" And said that you are swaggering and cheating! ”

This time, Ying Han was finally silent for a while.

When he spoke again, his voice was still as light as the night breeze: "What does it matter? I'm not angry. Let's find a way to help her. ”

——

The next morning, the sky cleared.

As soon as Xie Jinzhi stepped into the hall, he first glanced at the door, which was empty.

At this time, Ran Yu sat on the seat, supported her chin with her hand, looked at her first, and then looked at Zhuang Chong beside her, and immediately exclaimed: "Good girl, I don't know, I thought you two went to do something bad together last night." Both of them have dark circles. ”

Zhuang Chong raised his head from behind the computer, and Xie Jinzhi glanced at him. Sure enough, under his single eyelid and big eyes, it was also thick black.

"I'm having insomnia." Jinzhi said, walking over and sitting down.

"Game, clear the level." Zhuang Chong's explanation is more succinct.

Ran Yu sighed: "It seems that we are the only ones who are particularly successful in nightlife - sleep until dawn." ”

After a while, the clock rang. Xie Jinzhi looked down at the time on the computer, and felt that it was almost there, so he got up and walked out.

Ran Yu asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Jinzhi: "If you have something, go to the curator." ”

The curator's office is in a small building next to it. Half an hour later, Xie Jinzhi was personally sent out of the office by the curator.

Jinzhi was still the same as usual, quiet, his lips pursed slightly, revealing a little reluctant smile. The curator's smile was loving and helpless.

"Thank you." He said, "I know you've always been a good kid, with good grades and good work performance. It's usually silent, and you may like to think too much. If you're too tired, take a few days off work, and that's okay. But you can't be suspicious of hackers or something, that's impossible. Of course, I'll also ask the security department to step up the security. That's all, don't mention it in the future. ”

Jinzhi was silent for a moment and said, "Curator, you are empiricist, and you may regret today's decision in the future." ”

Curator: "I...... You girl! Let's go downstairs and work. ”

Jinzhi lowered his head and went downstairs in silence, returning to the library.

A morning has passed in a flash.

Approaching noon, Ran Yu slapped the table twice, and stood up with a smile: "Let's go, let's go eat a small hot pot." Yesterday I said I wanted to ask Jinzhi. Today let go of eating, relax and relax. Zhuang Chong, together. Otherwise, we will never be able to finish eating. ”

Jinzhi thought that he really needed to relax fiercely, and nodded and stood up: "Okay, let's go." ”

"Hmm." Zhuang Chong replied vaguely, and the tall and thin boy followed them silently and went downstairs. ——

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