Chapter 78.3: “Ji Lin, I found the key evidence!”

After paying, Bai DuanDuan chatted casually with the employee, and when she saw the other person’s relaxed and happy expression, she thought it was the perfect opportunity. She pretended not to care and said, “By the way, I used to get a discount at another gym if I recommended new members as an old member. Even if the new customer doesn’t get a discount, the successful referring old customer can get an extended service period for free, such as one month. Do you have this promotion?”

This type of promotion is actually an unwritten rule in the fitness industry, and every salesperson has certain authority to offer discounts on gym membership fees in various ways. Among them, new customer discounts and old customer benefits are one of them, but if the customer doesn’t ask, they usually won’t bring it up.

Now that Bai Duan Duan asked, the staff smiled and replied, “Although I know other gyms on the market have this kind of promotion, in order to ensure service quality, prevent each business salesperson from having too much authority to intervene in membership prices, and ensure price uniformity and transparency, our Aegis gym does not have this activity. However, we will give a small gift to the old customer who successfully recommends you to join as a gesture of goodwill. May I ask which customer recommended you?”

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“Xb, kv’p Ya. Nw Fbwkpbldt, vbl oyvla yde qkal kdnsxryvkczl Nw, vbl zkql-tkhkdt Nw, vbl UOX sq Ylanwau Llvosaj.”

Because the Aegis staff were familiar with customer information, when they heard the name Lu Shuisheng, the staff almost immediately realized and replied, “Oh, so you’re a friend of Mr. Lu! I see. Don’t worry, the next time Mr. Lu comes, I will definitely thank him properly! Our company will give him a small gift.” She smiled apologetically, “But Mr. Lu doesn’t come here often. He only came a few times in the first half of the year…”

Bai Duan Duan didn’t pay much attention to the rest of what the staff said. She was excited and thrilled in her heart. She found it! She didn’t expect to actually find this key evidence! Her guess was correct. Lu Shuisheng was indeed a member of this gym! And the staff’s comment that he only came a few times in six months corresponded to the situation with Tian Mu! It seems that both of them were not really interested in working out!

If my line of thinking is correct, once we retrieve the surveillance video from the gym, it is very likely to prove that these two people had face-to-face conversations every time they came together. Even if the video doesn’t have sound, it can at least demonstrate that Tian Mu and Lu Shuisheng had already known each other well before the court case and their angry reaction to meeting for the first time and being cuckolded was fake. Once it’s proven to be false, the strength of the evidence they provide will also be called into question, and this will provide a breakthrough in the case.

Bai Duan Duan stopped while she was ahead and continued to chat calmly and naturally with the staff for a couple more sentences before pulling Ji Lin away.

However, as soon as she left, she couldn’t help but become ecstatic.

“Did you see that, Ji Lin? I proved that Lu Shuisheng and Tian Mu were at the same gym!” Bai Duan Duan was beaming with pride. Finally, she had a sense of pleasure that didn’t make her feel too awkward standing next to Ji Lin. In their everyday lives, Ji Lin was always in control of the situation and always the one who discovered details that normal people wouldn’t notice. But today, Bai Duan Duan finally had a chance to puff out her chest and feel confident. She felt that the gap between her and Ji Lin wasn’t so big after all, and given time, she could catch up with him.

Being in a relationship can make people mentally happy, and working hard can do the same.

Most of the time, Bai Duan Duan felt that her work made her feel more present, more confident, and more in control of her own life. In other words, it made her feel more like herself, and she didn’t lose her self-affirmation just because of Ji Lin’s radiance and credentials in their relationship.

Despite her ecstatic and excited state, Ji Lin remained calm. He looked at Bai Duan Duan with a faint smile and said, “You’re amazing.”

He looked at Bai Duan Duan tenderly and added, “I’m speaking from the perspective of a boss.”

“When you asked me to join Sheng Lin, I told you that I would definitely be worth the investment!”

“No, you’re worth more than what you’re paid.” Ji Lin leaned in to Bai DuanDuan and kissed her on the cheek. “I should thank you for agreeing to come to Sheng Lin. Not only did I get a very capable subordinate, but also a very beautiful girlfriend,” he lowered his voice, “that’s from my perspective as a boyfriend.”

Bai DuanDuan was in a cheerful mood. She was an outgoing person and didn’t care that there were many people on the street at the moment. She just smiled and gave Ji Lin a generous kiss.

“Now that we can prove that Lu Shuisheng and Tian Mu were at the same gym, the next step is to obtain a warrant and retrieve the surveillance footage,” Bai DuanDuan was even more anxious than Ji Lin. “I’ll go there first thing tomorrow morning. I’m afraid that if the staff talks to Lu Shuisheng first, it might scare them off!”

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Ji Lin naturally understood the situation.

The two of them

Although Lu Shuisheng hadn’t had time to react, Aegis’ boss was not easy to deal with. He was very resistant to the evidence retrieval by Bai Duan and Ji Lin because Aegis always emphasized that it was only open to members and would make every effort to protect members’ privacy. Now, if the video surveillance were to be retrieved, wouldn’t that be hitting oneself in the face?

Everyone naturally stood on their own ground and tried their best to safeguard their interests.

Fortunately, Ji Lin was the one who negotiated this time. He was strong and unyielding, and Aegis’ boss’s smooth business tactics were of no use to him. Half an hour later, the other side finally made a concession.

“You can only view the video in public areas, such as hallways, doorways, and reception areas. The surveillance videos in specific fitness areas and rest areas are not available,” Aegis’ boss shrugged helplessly, “mainly because the surveillance videos in our specific fitness areas and rest areas are relatively large, but our servers do not have the capacity for that. So, as long as nothing unexpected happens and everything is operating normally, we will delete them regularly. The dates you want to retrieve are already covered, and I am a law-abiding citizen, but indeed, without these surveillance videos, I can’t help you.”

Naturally, what this person said was a lie. The time that Bai DuanDuan and Ji Lin wanted to retrieve was as recent as ten days ago, and few businesses would be in such a hurry to delete or overwrite surveillance videos from ten days ago. But the other party made it clear that he did not want Ji Lin and Bai DuanDuan to view the surveillance videos of the fitness and rest areas. The two of them were helpless because if things went sour, the other party could even claim that the surveillance videos in public areas were destroyed or lost and not provide them.

Having a search warrant is one thing, but whether the other party cooperates or not is another matter. Now that Aegis’ boss was willing to compromise and agreed to show the videos in public areas, Bai DuanDuan also knew that it was a hard-won result for Ji Lin.

The two of them no longer had any objections. After Ji Lin nodded in agreement, the other party kept his word and quickly provided the surveillance footage.

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