Chapter 45 – Episode 45 Counterattack (5)
Ding-dong – Ding-dong –
Arriving in front of Hye-hyeon’s house, Ye-ji rang her bell. As she had known him for a long time, Yeji also knew the location of Hye-hyeon’s house. He even secretly checked Hye-hyeon’s home address in the teacher’s office just in case. No response was heard over the intercom.
Yeji checked to make sure no one was home and started calling somewhere.
Tiriririririn –
“Hello? Yejini?”
“Yes, uncle. How have you been?”
The person Yeji called was Cheon Hye-hyeon’s father, Cheon Seong-gi. She tried to find out the password to Hye-hyeon’s house through Cheon Seong-gi.
“So, what’s going on? There was a test today, did you do well on the test?”
“Yes, it’s always the same. But I have something to ask you, mister.”
“Really? If you need help with anything, you should help. Just say it.”
You must use excessive kindness towards yourself and an appropriate cause.
“Yes, there was an assignment that had to be submitted by today, but Hye-hyeon forgot to leave it at home, so she asked me to bring it for her. The deadline for submission was today, so Hye-hyun was asking for the teacher’s understanding of her, so she asked me to do it. But Hye-hyun “I think I gave you the wrong house password. Hye-hyun can’t call because she’s with the teacher. I need to get it to her quickly, so I’m going to ask her.”
As she had thought about in advance, she explained the situation, emphasizing the urgency.
“If that’s the case, of course I should ask for it. Hye-hyun, I wonder where she’s leaving her brain… How great would it be if Ye-ji were half as similar to you? It’s not enough to have you stick around like that since you were young. Ye-ji, you should apologize on your behalf. Hippopotamus.”
“Mister, don’t say that. Of course I can help you. Sooner than that… “
“Oh, that’s right. The password is 415974314.”
Since Cheon Seong-gi was not her other friend her her and was Ye-ji whom she had seen since she was young, she gave him her password her without any doubt.
“415974314… The last digit was wrong. Thank you, mister.”
“You should be kind to me. Please be kind to Hye-hyeon, Yeji.”
“Yes, I will contact you again. Goodbye.”
After she hung up the phone, Yeji entered her password and went straight into her house. Yeji took a quick look around her house and as soon as she entered Hyehyeon’s room, she found a laptop placed on her desk.
“Please…”
Yeji pressed the power button on her laptop and desperately prayed that there was no password.
So far, things have worked out almost as expected. Of course, there was also some luck. Although she was not 100% sure of everything, from persuading teacher Hong Soo-jeong to securing Hye-hyeon with Zinc and confirming her password from Cheon Seong-gi, she was confident that her chances were high. Nevertheless, there was no doubt that luck worked.
However, it was difficult to predict the passwords of computers and laptops. Even when she was close to Hye-hyeon, she never once talked about the laptop. Above all, Yeji was not strong with electronic devices such as computers. She still treasured in her pocket a piece of paper on which she had found and written ‘how to find hidden files’ on the Internet.
Eventually, the Windows boot screen appeared on the laptop screen, and instead of the desktop, only the word ‘HHC’ indicating the user account appeared on the blue screen.
“Ah…”
Yeji does not have a password on her laptop. When I turned on the power, I immediately saw the desktop.
Yeji was very embarrassed when she saw the screen for the first time.
“HHC… Must be Cheon Hye-hyun’s initials… Is it like an ID?”
Zinc, who thought the password had been set, was greatly disappointed.
“Should I just take the computer and leave like this? No, at least I can use my birthday or something as a password before that…”
However, there was no space on the computer screen to enter the password. Yeji, who was moving her mouse around, noticed that the mouse cursor changed into a hand shape on the icon that said HHC.
Click
When she clicked on the part that changed to a hand shape, she was automatically logged in and the screen that Yeji knew came into view.
“…What is it?”
He just didn’t create a password after creating the user account, but Yeji couldn’t figure it out. But there was something else that was important now.
“Well, it doesn’t matter. First, set the folder options to show hidden files and folders…”
Finding files on a laptop is much more complicated and difficult than finding them on a mobile phone. If I just searched through the folders, I couldn’t be sure when I would find it.
In particular, disorganized files and folders littered on the desktop are a characteristic of women who do not know much about computers. Hye-hyeon was not much different.
After briefly going into the folder here and there, Yeji eventually gave up trying to find it.
“Hehe… I guess this method will work in the end…”
She once again read the instructions written on the paper she took out of her pocket.
“First, find a program to view videos or photos…”
She ran an icon on her desktop that appeared to be a program for watching videos.
“And check the recently opened video or photo files through the home button or run button, and check the location of those files…”
I clicked the open button at the bottom of the video program, which was running in black because nothing was running.
Then, a list of recently executed video files appeared.
“This seems to be the title of a movie. Is this a drama… ?”
I saw a video file with only a combination of numbers, not a Korean or English title. It seemed to mean a date based on the number arrangement. And that date was the same as the date he went shopping with Hye-hyeon.
Yeji cheered with joy after finding the folder based on the information in the file.
“I found it!!!”
As Yeji expected, photos and video files containing Yeji’s private information were saved as backup files on the laptop, just like on the phone. Fortunately, the files about Yeji were well organized in one folder.
“This was taken at my house. This was taken on a shopping day. These are my photos… I guess that’s all. Huh…?”
While checking the files, Yeji found a strange video file. When I played it back, I saw that it was a vulgar video of herself that culminated in a self-introduction, filmed by Yeongseo at the end of the day when she and A-yeon went shopping.
“As expected, Cheon Hye-hyun… This fucking bitch…”
She had only suspicions and no physical evidence, but when Ye-ji confirmed who was behind the incident that day when she encountered Yeong-seo, she started swearing.
“Now for the last time… Huh?”
In the recent playlist of the video player I opened earlier, a file with a strange name caught my eye.
Based on the number arrangement, these videos also seemed to be a combination of dates. However, when I looked at the dates in the file names, there were video files almost every day.
“What is this?”
Bang!
After playing the file, Yeji hit the desk in extreme anger.
The identity of the videos was footage filmed while monitoring Yeji’s house.
“Since when…”
Your room and living room are clearly visible. Now the strange parts are starting to become clearer.
“It wasn’t a wiretap… It was a video…”
Although she was furious, Yeji thought it was important to finish the job first, so she deleted photos and videos related to herself.
After deleting and checking the trash can, Yeji began searching through the drawers one last time.
The purpose was to find a removable storage device such as a USB.
“Huh…”
After checking the USB and external hard drive in the drawer, Yeji let out a long sigh and flopped down on the bed. Fortunately, she had no files on her removable storage device, and no other devices capable of storing them were visible.
She now says she has done all she can. I checked as many places as possible for the files to be located and removed them all. She thought that if there were variables that she had not even thought of, it was something that could not be helped.
In fact, she was lucky enough to have made it this far. No matter how much I knew and predicted the other person’s reaction, I never thought it would work out this well. Of course, we made plans in case something went wrong at every step.
Yeji looked at her cell phone.
“One hour…”
Before she knew it, an hour had passed since she entered Hye-hyeon’s house. After she finished taking her time, she did not receive a call from A-yeon, who was supposed to contact her. However, there was no phone call from Hye-hyeon.
According to Yeji’s prediction, the time that Zinc can save is about 30 minutes at most.
Considering the time it took to call Cheon Seong-gi, 30 minutes was a very tight time.
– Ah-yeon, we don’t have much time, but please don’t overdo it. Okay?
– Don’t worry, I have something in mind too.
Yeji prayed, holding her cell phone tightly in both hands and placing it against her forehead. She hopes Zinc is safe.
Another ten minutes passed like that.
Wow-
Yeji’s cell phone vibrated. Yeji urgently checked the screen and her expression hardened.
– Cheon Hye-hyeon –
There was a call on the cell phone from a number saved in Hye-hyeon’s name.
“…Hello?”
– Hey where the fuck are you!!!
As soon as I answered the phone, I heard Hye-hyeon’s urgent voice.
Yeji touched the button to switch from a voice call to a video call without saying a word. After a while she switched to a video call with her counterpart’s acceptance of her.
After confirming that she had switched to a video call, Yeji slowly showed Hyehyeon the space she was in.
– How did you get into my house?! What are you doing there!!!
“Well? But looking at your reaction, I guess my thoughts were correct.”
– Don’t talk nonsense! Tell me what you did there!!
Ye-ji ignored Hye-hyeon, who was screaming loudly, and hung up on her. After leaving Hye-hyeon’s house, Ye-ji started calling A-yeon.
The long ringing call waiting tone was unsettling, but fortunately the call was connected and Zinc’s voice was heard.
“Ayeon, where are you? Are you okay?”
– Uh, Yeji… Have you finished your work? Was it successful?
“Yes, thanks… Are you still at school? I’ll pick you up.”
– Yes, the school gym… Hehe, I want to come quickly and see it.
“Okay, just wait a moment. I’ll be there quickly.”
Yeji came out onto the main street and waved her hand at an approaching taxi.
