Du Kaifeng immediately dialed Liu Cheng's number, demanding an explanation.
At the time, Liu Cheng sounded rather smug.
"Manager Du, did you really think I could be so easily bribed by you? I am not like you; I wouldn't stoop to such disgraceful acts. My actions are, of course, under the instructions of my boss. Honestly, you are all quite foolish if you believed I would hand over the data to you."
Du Kaifeng raised his voice, his tone sharp. "Did you tamper with the data you gave us?"
"Indeed," Liu Cheng replied without hesitation, just as Qin Sheng had instructed him earlier that there was no need for concealment. "Some of the code contains embedded viruses. Oh, and by the way, the compressed memory code I provided you? That also carries a virus."
Du Kaifeng's face turned ashen, fury and dread welling up within him. A horrifying suspicion crept into his mind.