If You Could Hear My Heart-Chapter 876 - The Mysterious USB Drive

Chapter 876: Chapter 876: The Mysterious USB Drive

Chapter 876: Chapter 876: The Mysterious USB Drive

After that day, Xu Chaomu did not receive any more text messages of the same kind, but every day she remained in an uneasy state, always feeling more texts would come.

On this day, early in the morning, Xu Chaomu went to the hospital for an antenatal checkup accompanied by Butler Ling.

Shen Chi had gone to A City for a meeting, and these past few days, she was accompanied by Butler Ling.

When she returned to the Shen Family residence, a young maid handed Xu Chaomu a package, which was not large, roughly half the size of a book.

“Fourth Young Madam, your express delivery,” the young maid said respectfully as she handed her the item.

“Hmm?” Xu Chaomu couldn’t recall having ordered anything recently, and she didn’t shop online much; whatever she needed, she would have the Shen Family’s people buy it directly.

Could it be a little something sent by a friend from abroad? A surprise for her?

“The courier delivered it this morning,” the maid added.

“All right,” Xu Chaomu replied as she took it.

She took the express package upstairs to rest. The morning checkup and the ensuing hassle had left her with back pain and a sore waist; she just wanted to sit and rest.

The maid helped her upstairs, and as Xu Chaomu passed Shen Chi’s room, she glanced inside, a pity he wasn’t home.

He had been in A City for three days now, supposedly at a six-day conference, and it would still be three days before he could return.

However, Xu Chaomu knew that if she called him right now saying “I miss you,” he would definitely fly back to C City from A City immediately.

But now, him not being here was better; she wanted some quiet time.

Several days had passed since the incident with the text message, and lately, she had nightmares every night. She dreamt of that fire, her mother, and of course, Zhou Ran.

In her dreams, Zhou Ran never spoke, but she would repeat one action over and over, which was tampering with the gas cylinder.

Several times at night, she was startled awake!

It had been a long time since she had had nightmares, but these past few days, they were happening one after another.

Every time she woke up from a nightmare, she would toss and turn, unable to sleep, especially now that she was over seven months pregnant, making sleep even more elusive.

“Fourth Young Madam, are you feeling unwell?” the maid inquired with concern.

The maid’s voice brought her back to reality, and realizing she had been out of it, she shook her head: “No, I’m just a bit tired.”

“You should go upstairs to rest, I’ll call you when it’s time for lunch.”

“Mm.”

Xu Chaomu returned to her bedroom, and after the maid had poured her a cup of tea, she gently closed the door behind her.

In the bedroom, Xu Chaomu was alone, the sunlight coming in from the window sill, warming the wooden floor, bathing the entire room in warmth.

Xu Chaomu was curious about the contents of the package, turning it over in her hands, noticing that it only listed the recipient but no sender.

Xu Chaomu’s curiosity grew, who had sent her this, and what was inside?

With scissors in hand, she carefully opened the outer packaging.

Inside was a very small box which, upon opening, revealed a USB flash drive.

A rush of unpleasant premonitions flickered through Xu Chaomu’s mind; a USB flash drive… a USB flash drive… what was stored on it?

The black USB flash drive seemed like a mysterious object, light in her hand yet heavy with significance.

Xu Chaomu gripped the USB tightly, wanting and yet fearing to know its contents.

The air around her turned cold suddenly, and Xu Chaomu’s hands trembled slightly.

After wrestling with her mind for a while, she still ended up plugging the mysterious USB into her computer.

Because of her pregnancy, she hadn’t used her computer in a long time. As she waited for it to boot up, her heart pounded erratically, thump, thump, thump, thump.

Curiosity, doubt, anticipation… a swarm of complex emotions flooded in.

Her hand rested on the mouse, waiting for the computer to start up.

Since her computer was hacked, most of the data had been lost, including the surveillance footage from Paris that she had gone to great lengths to have someone find for her.

This had happened a long time ago, and although the loss of the video didn’t have much impact on her life, she really didn’t know who had taken it.

Too much time had passed, and now finding that video would be as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

The computer booted up, and Xu Chaomu clicked on the USB drive.

It contained two files, an audio and a video!

Xu Chaomu’s hands trembled uncontrollably, her inner turmoil was immense. Should she even click to open these files? Who sent them?!

After hesitating for quite some time, she decided to open the audio file first.

As the audio started playing, it began with a man’s cough, startling Xu Chaomu so much she almost closed it.

But after a moment of silence, everything returned to normal.

“Thirteen years ago in the winter, on that day, it was very cold. I saw a woman in a black coat sneaking into the Xu Family’s yard as dusk was approaching.”

The man’s voice was deep and thick, not fluent, as if he was thinking as he spoke.

Xu Chaomu’s limbs went numb, and she hastily paused the audio!

Thirteen years ago! Thirteen years ago! Sneaking around!

What was this about? Could it be…

Xu Chaomu’s mind went blank, and she was completely bewildered, a chill enveloped her body, a cold that seeped deep into her bones like a frigid wind.

Xu Chaomu hugged her arms tightly, standing there in a daze.

It felt as if she had been doused with a bucket of ice-cold water, a chill from head to toe! Her shoulders trembled, and her pupils were slightly dilated.

She was silent for several minutes, which felt like a century had passed, long, so very long…

After a while, Xu Chaomu’s hand moved back to the mouse, and she clicked on the pause button to resume the audio.

The audio continued: “At first, I was working in the fields and thought she was a guest at the Xu house, so I paid it no mind. But when I took my farming tools and headed back, I saw that woman sneaking out of the yard again.”

“She was wearing a mask, and I can barely remember what half of her face looked like. It was dark when she left.”

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“I then went home, and I didn’t know whether there was anyone at the Xu house at that time, but the lights were on. Not much later, around seven or eight in the evening, I heard the Xu house had a gas explosion.”

“I participated in the firefighting, but it was no use. The fire was too big, burning everything clean.”

“It was said that the young Xu girl was playing at the Mo house, so she was unharmed, but her mother… her mother didn’t make it, not even her bones were found.”

The man kept talking, as if lost in memories from a very long time ago…

His words also stirred memories for Xu Chaomu; her mind was filled with scenes from that year. She found out about the incident when everyone was shouting “Fire! Fire!”

From the window of the Mo Family’s house, she saw her own home on fire, and she ran out fast, rushing towards the blaze!

Her mother was still at home cooking, making her sweet and sour pork ribs!

As she ran, she kept shouting “Mom”…

Just as she was about to rush into the inferno, Uncle Mo caught her from behind, lifting her in his arms, preventing her from running into the flames!