Chapter 259: Night Exploration of the Construction Site

He suddenly stood up from his seat and then opened the door to take a look.

Just then, Xiao Ming arrived at his own door.

"How is it? Did you eat anything tonight?"

"Dad, I'm not very hungry, so I didn't eat."

"How can that be? Not eating anything at all, and you can't do that—remember, if something comes up, you can't just substitute a meal for it, understand?"

"Dad, I'm just not hungry, and it's fine—look, I'm strong and healthy, so I definitely won't have any problems."

Xiao Ming didn't say anything; he just smiled and then lightly patted his shoulder.

"Alright, get ready, we're going to the construction site—at this time, there should be no one there."

After saying that, the father and son got up and left the company.

Along the way, the two remained silent until they arrived at the construction site.

Just as he was about to get out of the car, Xiao Ming's phone rang; he picked it up and saw it was the project manager calling.

He knew that the test results from that side must have come out, so he should also know what that liquid actually was.

"General Manager Xiao, where are you now?"

"Oh, go ahead—how is it? Have the results come out?"

"General Manager Xiao, I just got the results—it's a highly compound chemical product, and this chemical has no finished form; it's just these chemicals mixed together."

"No wonder its corrosiveness is so strong."

"Furthermore, I previously called an expert for consultation, and he said this level of corrosion is more than ten times that of sulfuric acid."

"Worse than sulfuric acid? In that case, even a piece of steel soaked in it wouldn't last very long."

"Exactly, that's the reasoning."

"Alright, given that, I now understand what happened—this proves someone previously sprayed this liquid on it."

"General Manager Xiao, is there anything else I need to do?"

"Not for now. By the way, how's the hospital side? Anything going on there?"

"I went there this afternoon with them, checked on the injured person's condition, but the injured was still somewhat agitated, so I didn't dare say much—just gave a quick briefing and then left."

"Good, the injured person's emotions definitely need to be soothed, and they won't calm down quickly; we just need to go with the flow and take things step by step."

"Okay, General Manager Xiao, I understand."

After speaking, Xiao Ming hung up the phone directly.

Then he turned his head and looked at Xiao Yunzhe sitting beside him.

"How was it? You must have heard everything that was said on the phone just now."

"Don't worry, I heard it all. Isn't it a highly corrosive liquid? Our speculation now is basically the same."

"Exactly, so we're more certain it was done intentionally by someone—unfortunately, we don't know who, which makes this a rather difficult matter."

While saying that, the father and son got out of the car and then took a look.

At this moment the construction site was pitch black; normally, there should be searchlights lit up here at this time.

But because the site has been sealed off, we also didn't see any workers living here.

The two took out their flashlights and then proceeded inside step by step.

"Dad, normally there should be searchlights or maybe cameras up there, right? I don't know if this site has any."

"They do exist, but I tell you, even if you found that video footage, you'd still be unable to solve anything, because they'd surely have guarded against all of this."

"Dad, how can you be sure they'd definitely know about all this?"

"If they could know about the problem with the construction elevator and also know that these people would come here today for an inspection, that would prove this person is quite familiar with internal operations, so the camera would pose no obstacle for them."

Xiao Yunzhe pondered carefully; actually, he could understand what Xiao Ming was saying and even analyze some of the reasons behind it.

In the blink of an eye, he walked over to the elevator that had the accident; the elevator remains here, still holding its previous position.

Actually, they had already entered this elevator in the afternoon, so even observing it further now wouldn't mean much.

Finally, he took out his flashlight and shone it upward.

"Dad, if we walk up there, we probably won't find any clues either, right?"

"I'm not sure either, but if he wanted to spray that liquid up there, he'd definitely have to enter this elevator, right? You mean that, correct?"

"Of course—if he weren't standing in the elevator's position, well, that wouldn't make sense."

After saying that, he suddenly turned his head and looked at Xiao Yunzhe, saying:

"Dad, what's wrong? Did you discover something?"

"You haven't noticed? Actually, the elevator car's position is already quite high."

"If he wanted to spray that liquid from this position onto that steel cable, an ordinary person's height simply couldn't reach it."

After saying that, Xiao Yunzhe furrowed his brow, then walked over to measure his own height—indeed, what he just said is correct.

Even with his own height, he could only just barely reach the top of the elevator.

And the steel cable's position is about fifty centimeters away from that point, so it's completely out of reach.

"Exactly, so even if he stood inside the elevator he still couldn't reach it—how on earth did he manage to do all this?"

"I don't know, unless he could climb up to the top of the elevator."

"Climb up to the elevator top?"

"Exactly, just climb up the elevator—let's go up and take a look, then we'll talk."

While saying that, he walked forward, passed through the cordon line, and came directly to the elevator side.