Chapter 321: Ghost’s Despicable Tactic—Hiding the USB Drive Beneath His Wife’s Tombstone…

When Su Ming mentioned the video,

Ghost visibly froze, a flicker of awkwardness flashing across his face.

Because although he had just revealed the secret Lan Cai’er had uncovered—the incident involving the brothel and the murder of the Morgan Family’s heir—without holding anything back, he had, in fact, deliberately concealed the existence of the video recording. He never mentioned that he had a copy of the footage captured by Lan Cai’er’s team.

The reason was simple.

Ghost wasn’t ready to give up all his leverage. He feared that Lin Tian and Su Ming might go back on their word. So he planned to keep the video as a last resort, a bargaining chip he could use to secure a slightly better outcome for himself if things went south.

But now… Su Ming had directly exposed the existence of the video, throwing Ghost into a state of nervous panic.

…

Sitting nearby, Chen Sheng reacted immediately. He slammed the table and snapped coldly,

“Ghost.”

“At this point, you’re still playing games with us?”

“You deliberately hid the fact that you had the video Lan Cai’er recorded. What are you trying to do? Planning to use it to threaten the police?”

“Seems like… you still don’t understand the situation you’re in.”

“Originally, with Team Leader Su and Chief Lin speaking on your behalf, I was planning to have you sent back to the hospital after this interrogation. But now, it looks like that won’t be necessary…”

Before he could finish,

Ghost, who had been hesitating and trying to figure out how to keep the video as his trump card, immediately cut Chen Sheng off without a second thought.

He forced a look of sudden realization, nodding quickly with an awkward smile.

“Aiya, my brain must be fried.”

“Maybe I lost too much blood, I’m not thinking straight. It completely slipped my mind that I still had the footage Lan Cai’er recorded.”

“Officers, I swear I wasn’t trying to hide anything from you.”

“I really forgot. Honestly. Please don’t misunderstand—I wouldn’t dare keep anything from you.”

It was obvious.

Ghost had caved in record time, without the slightest hesitation.

Of course, that was because there was no point in hiding it anymore. Now that Su Ming had guessed he had the video, there was no chance of keeping it as a secret weapon.

And if he angered Su Ming—that devil—he’d be in for real suffering.

Hadn’t even the notoriously stubborn Butcher cracked after being captured? He didn’t last a day before confessing, giving the police a new lead when they’d hit a dead end.

Less than a day. He confessed everything.

God knows what kind of torture and abuse Butcher endured to break that fast. Even someone as tough as him couldn’t hold out.

Ghost knew himself. Already weakened from a gunshot wound to the arm, there was no way he could survive that kind of brutal interrogation.

At this point, he had abandoned even the smallest thought of playing tricks. Just as he was about to explain further, Su Ming, sitting across from him, impatiently tapped the table and said,

“Stop hiding things.”

“You really thought you could keep this from us? Use it to threaten the police?”

“If I’m not mistaken, you hid the footage Lan Cai’er recorded in a specific location, hoping it would deter K from killing you, right?”

“From that angle, it’s clear you wanted to ensure that even if you died, someone would still find the video.”

“Or rather, you needed the police to find it—but not K. So the place you chose must be somewhere…”

“Somewhere that, even if you were suddenly executed, someone else would still be able to find it.”

“We didn’t have time to look for the video earlier, since our attention was on you. But thinking about it now, there’s really only one place that fits.”

At that moment,

Su Ming narrowed his eyes, a mocking smile curling on his lips as he continued coldly,

“If I’m right, you hid the video at your wife’s grave, didn’t you?”

“To maintain your image as a devoted husband, you visited the cemetery regularly. That gave you the perfect opportunity to stash the footage.”

“After all, you knew that even if you were executed, K wouldn’t bother sending anyone to check a graveyard. So you chose that special place to hide the video.”

“As for how you’d make sure the police found it after your death, that part’s actually quite simple.”

“It’s the end of March now, and Qingming Festival is just a few days away.”

“You know your father-in-law and brother-in-law will definitely go visit your wife’s grave. All you had to do was make sure they found the video.”

“With a few guiding words or markings, you could easily ensure they’d hand it over to the police.”

“So… am I right, Ghost?”

Hearing all this,

Ghost froze instinctively, his face a mix of shock and disbelief. Then it shifted into a look of relief and resignation.

Relieved that he hadn’t tried anything more elaborate—because Su Ming’s deduction was almost exactly what he had done.

Even if he had stubbornly refused to admit anything,

Su Ming could’ve just sent someone to his wife’s grave and found the hidden footage without his help, without him saying a single word.

The end result?

The police would still get their hands on the crucial evidence Lan Cai’er’s team had recorded.

And he, for trying to withhold it and being uncooperative, would only make his own life even more miserable.

At that thought…

Ghost quickly put on an awkward, ingratiating smile and hurriedly replied.

“Officer Su.”

“You’re incredible, truly incredible.”

“Just as you deduced earlier, I did take advantage of the regular visits I make to my lover’s grave every month to hide the USB drive containing the footage there.”

“At the same time, I chose that location because Qingming Festival is approaching.”

“There’s still some time before Qingming. If I can make it through this period alive, then it’s likely I’ll be safe, and K probably won’t come after me.”

“Once Qingming arrives, I was planning to tell K to send someone to retrieve the USB drive. That way, no one else would know abou—”

Before Ghost could finish, Chen Sheng rapped his knuckles on the table, his voice cold and impatient.

“Get to the point.”

“Where exactly is the USB drive hidden?”

“You’re going on and on—are you stalling for time for K or someone else, huh?”

Ghost immediately looked terrified. He shook his head frantically and said in a rush,

“No, no, I wouldn’t dare.”

“The USB drive is hidden behind the glass portrait on the tombstone. I specifically swapped out my wife’s photo with someone else’s, so when my father-in-law and brother-in-law go to pay respects during Qingming, they’ll definitely notice something’s off.”

“By then, all they have to do is remove the glass photo, and they’ll find the USB drive I hid behind it…”