Wasn't this a little too obvious?
Keeping a notebook containing important information in a safe was unusual, but not incomprehensible.
But what was the point of leaving a pen in there too? The sense of interactivity was a bit too strong.
It was practically telling whoever opened the safe, "I've been waiting for you."
Add to that the original key, the unlocked door, the unmoving combination dial... it really looked like he could not even be bothered to keep up appearances.
No wonder the Director had repeatedly declined the enthusiastic invitation to come inside.
Attending physician Selvis held a far more commanding position than he appeared to.
So the question now was, after leading the Director here to witness all this, how did he intend to make him interact with it?
The answer seemed equally simple. Fu Qian reached out and took both the notebook and the pen.
Since he was seeking excitement, he might as well see it through to the end.
The moment he had advanced instead of retreating and walked straight into the office, certain room for maneuver had already ceased to exist.
From Selvis's perspective, sacrifices had been forced upon him from the moment he had driven those people outside away.
Not only had he greatly depleted his own resources, he had even subtly exposed his informational advantage before the Director.
If Fu Qian now thought that stopping there would make the attending physician let bygones be bygones and continue their united front with the information he had gotten for free, that would be far too naïve.
To Selvis, everything that followed would be a stress response to the situation spiraling out of control.
And "out of control" did not merely mean that he could no longer remain detached and sit back while he and