“We only have ten minutes, so we have to find the answer as quickly as possible.”
Hazel wiped the sweat off her face. She was so nervous that she almost trembled. The things on Elva’s phone were really too important to her!
She needed to make a copy of everything without being noticed. Elva still had sixty percent of the battery on her phone. After it was done, she would need to charge her phone.
This kind of mobile phone didn’t consume much electricity. It consumed almost no battery when the screen was off. Therefore, after Elva woke up, her phone must be the same as before. Only then could she truly believe that one had ever touched the phone.
“Hazel, you took every detail into consideration!”
Lucy was dumbfounded. She admired Hazel from the bottom of her heart. Hazel was born to be a detective. Even a hundred Elva wouldn’t win against her.
“Well. She taught me all of this.”
Elva could tell where the other person had been from the person’s smell. She had a boyfriend at university. Through his shopping account, she learned where he had gone to watch movies and whether he was honest.
In the end, her boyfriend collapsed and started to avoid Elva.
She didn’t say much. It was more important to unlock. This password stumped Hazel. She was not good at it.
‘What kind of password will Elva use? It can’t be the birthday or phone. So, it must be special to her.’
“Hazel, what is special to her?”
Lucy curled her lips, thinking, ‘Elva is unscrupulous. She even harmed her friends. She never showed mercy to innocent people. After killing people, she did not feel guilty at all. How could she care about anything?’
“I got it.”
Hazel answered with certainty, “Bruce.”
Hazel immediately entered the last six of Bruce’s phone numbers. Wrong.
Then she tried Bruce’s birthday. Still wrong.
Now, there was only one chance left. Hazel was sure that the most important person in Elva’s life was Bruce. To her, Bruce was more important than her parents.
Then, what other secrets were there between Elva and Bruce? Should she ask Bob?
“Hazel, there’s a light up ahead. You’re right. Mr. Grossman seems to be leading two people this way.”
Lucy was anxious. She reminded Hazel to put away the phone or at least switched it to silent mode in case someone called.
“201411, this is it.”
Hazel didn’t seem to hear what Lucy said. She pressed the password with her finger and soon, Elva’s phone screen was unlocked. Her wallpaper was Bruce.
201411 represented New Year’s Day in 2014 when Bruce and Elva both participated in the school’s New Year’s Day Gala. It was the first time that they got to cooperate. That day was the most important and memorable day for Elva in recent years.
Hazel charged the phone while copying the documents. The moment Nevil entered the door, she finished everything and handed the phone to Lucy.
“Hazel, good job. I will leave through the back door. Don’t worry, I won’t let my phone be so clean. It will get stained with mud.”
Lucy and Hazel high-fived. Then, she grabbed an umbrella, turned around, and left through the back door.
“Hazel, I saw that there was a light in your room. Are you still awake?”
Nevil stood at the door and coughed awkwardly. He used to look down on the newcomer and called Hazel by her full name. Now, he sounded very humble, trying to befriend her.
He had discussed it with the crew. The best excuse was that the zombie man was arranged by the crew and that Hazel knew it beforehand. This way, he would not be the one who offended Leonel.
“Well, Mr. Grossman, I am a little scared, so I didn’t sleep.”
Hazel invited Nevil and the two staff members into the room. She was in the room that was originally assigned to Leonel. It was very spacious. The four of them sat across from each other at a square table.
Outside the window, the sky began to turn grey. It was five in the morning, and soon, it was dawn.
Nevil was in low spirits after staying up all night. He was rejected by Leonel a bit earlier, so he went here. “Hazel, although you are a newcomer, you have potential. If Leonel withdraws from our program and we couldn’t find a suitable person to replace him, the program would be over.”
“You and Leonel get along pretty well, right? Why don’t you try to persuade him?” Nevil asked.
He wanted Hazel to tell Leonel that the zombie man was just a prink designed by the crew and that Hazel had been aware of it in advance. Then, the PR would do their work and things could be handled.
“If I were to admit it, would I offend Leonel?”
Hazel pretended to be innocent. Leonel helped her. If she admitted that the zombie man was a member of the program team, Leonel would think that she kept it from him on purpose to trick him with other people.
Nevil wanted to make her the scapegoat to undertake all the blame from Leonel’s fans. Why would Hazel do that?
“No way! He has always been gentle and protective to ladies.”
After Nevil finished speaking, he raised an eyebrow at Hazel suggestively. Since Leonel was suffering on Hazel’s behalf, the only thing she could do was to compensate with her body. No man would say no to such an invitation.
Hazel said that she needed to think about it. Nevil promised many other benefits before leaving.
As soon as Nevil left, Lucy came in. She grabbed Hazel and said, panting, “Hazel, Elva is still unconscious. I checked her breathing. She is not dead. However, I saw a police car at the village entrance.”
“Police car?”
“Someone called the police?” Hazel didn’t expect the situation to be so serious. The team definitely did not like the incident last night to be known.
“Yes. Mr. Wade called the police. Good for him!”
Lucy turned on her phone. There was almost no internet signal in the village. After a long time, she finally opened Weibo. Not knowing how, but the things that happened in the night were spread out. Leonel was raped by a man. Coincidentally, the police had arrived. It was impossible to cover up the news even if they wanted to.
Hazel blinked and came up with a plan. She took the pendant of the necklace into her hand and kissed it gently. Even if Baron was not here, it felt good to have him.
Ignoring the police, Hazel slept until she woke up. As expected, she was the only person on the team who was able to sleep, which impressed Lucy.
Elva was in bad luck. Her assistant went to Leonel to offer herself but was rejected from the beginning. The assistant had to go back to the room and wait. Elva did not return after a long time. She did not go to look for her, thinking that Elva had succeeded.
It was not until eight o’clock in the morning that Elva opened her eyes. She was so cold that her lips turned pale. When she saw where she was, she screamed.
At that time, her assistant had already found that something was wrong and was looking for her in the village with the police. Through the sound, they looked over and saw Elva sitting up from the coffin. The police officers all retreated in shock, thinking that they had seen a ghost.
“Idiot, what are you waiting for? Help me up!”
Elva was well aware that it was all Hazel’s scheme. She was too careless.