Chapter 333
Upon seeing the scene, Katniss's expression froze instantly, because the screen was not what a USB flash drive should display at all. Instead, there were many functional options, and at the same time, several dark video frames appeared in front of Katniss.
Seeing this, I closed my eyes in agony, feeling sweat pouring down my body. The system had already been entered with the correct password, so the next steps were very simple, as all the options were labeled with text.
When I opened my eyes, Katniss had already turned on the live monitoring switch, and the monitoring screens of all the locations in the house were displayed.
Our bedroom, guest room, bathroom, living room, all the monitoring screens were showing.
At first, Katniss looked a bit puzzled because she knew these were monitoring devices. During this time, she had been online frequently and had learned a lot of things. But at first, she was just puzzled, perhaps thinking it was monitoring of a certain location, or maybe the monitoring of my company, after all, I am currently the top management of the company.
Because all the screens were open, each screen was very small, and Katniss couldn't see clearly. After browsing for a while, her gaze stopped, fixing on two screens. In the end, she was stunned and unbelieving, clicking on those two screens, which were our bedroom and the living room.
First, Katniss saw the living room screen, where my son Simon was still watching online TV, and in the other screen was our bedroom, where Katniss saw herself.
Katniss seemed to still not believe it. She looked at the screen, then according to the position in the screen, she turned to the camera. Slowly standing up, at that moment, perhaps because she had been sitting for too long, or for some other reason, she stumbled and almost fell. After steadying herself, she slowly walked to the camera. The camera was hidden in the switch, and the screw of the switch was actually the camera. Katniss approached, looked at the camera, then turned back to her image on the screen. Finally, she confirmed that our home was installed with a monitoring system by me.
Katniss returned to the chair. Then she opened all the monitoring screens, not missing a single one. Through these screens, Katniss saw every corner of the house, and at the same time, she noted the positions of the cameras in each corner.
After watching all the screens, Katniss got up and left our bedroom. In the living room, Katniss found two cameras, then went to the guest room. Some cameras were placed very high, so Katniss brought out a ladder that had not been used in a long time.
"Mom, what are you looking for?" Simon, who was watching TV peacefully in the living room, looked puzzled, not understanding why Katniss was climbing up and down everywhere.
"It's nothing, Mom is just checking if there's any dust in the corners that needs cleaning. Watch TV peacefully, my good son."
Katniss was a bit out of breath from moving the ladder around. Every time she found a camera, her mood dropped a bit. Her forced smile and conversation with Simon seemed strained.
When Katniss returned to the computer, she lowered her head and pinched the bridge of her nose with her fingers. After the ordeal just now, she seemed exhausted, whether physically or emotionally.
Katniss sat quietly in front of the computer, eyes closed, not saying a word, her expression very downcast.
At this point, she only saw the live monitoring screen and was unaware of the video files saved in the encrypted external device folder.
Perhaps she thought all these monitors were installed by me later, to monitor whether she would cheat again. After all, for anyone, suddenly discovering being secretly monitored by the most trusted person would be disappointing and distressing.
Katniss didn't know how long she had been sitting there, but suddenly her phone alarm rang. This alarm went off every day. At first, I was puzzled, but later I found out. This alarm was set for the time I finished work at Lumaria every day. Often, shortly after the alarm went off, Katniss would call me.
After turning off the alarm, Katniss glanced at her phone, but instead of calling me as usual, she found my number, bit her lip, her emotions complex - sad, disappointed, and mostly puzzled.
After thinking for a while, Katniss sighed, placed the phone on the computer desk, and didn't end up calling me after all.
Seeing this scene, I finally understood why Katniss didn't call me that day. Now, some of the doubts were cleared up, but I didn't want Katniss to discover the previous video recordings. At least for now, Katniss had only discovered the small part of them. Did she and Nathan's actions yesterday just aim to retaliate against me? No, according to Katniss's personality, she would probably reluctantly forgive me for monitoring her, after all, she was understanding and considerate, and she was also at fault first.
"Mom, I'm sleepy." Just as Katniss was sitting in front of the computer lost in thought, Simon's voice came from behind. Rubbing his little eyes, Simon walked into the room.
Upon hearing Simon's voice, Katniss quickly closed the monitoring screens and stood up from the chair. After all, it was better not to let Simon discover this secret.
"Sorry, Simon, Mom forgot." At this moment, Katniss glanced at the time and realized it was Simon's usual bedtime. With an apologetic look on her face, she told Simon to go to the guest room. When she saw Simon, Katniss rarely smiled, showing tenderness and indulgence in her eyes.
"Mom will tidy up for you in the next room. Mom specially prepared a new set of bedding for you to come back today." After saying this, Katniss opened the closet to take out the new bedding she bought yesterday. When I saw this scene, I couldn't help but wonder if this bedding was prepared for her and Nathan, but later I realized I was being overly sensitive. Now I finally understood who the real owner of this bedding was.
"No, Mom, I want to sleep with you." Seeing Katniss bring out the bedding for him, Simon shook his head and said.
Although Katniss had just told him to sleep in the guest room, when Simon was at home, he always slept with me and Katniss. Even when he was at Michael and Sophia's house, Michael and Sophia would accompany him, as he was overly spoiled.
"Son, you're all grown up now, you need to learn to sleep on your own." After hearing Simon's words, Katniss was about to agree with a tender expression, but then she remembered something, looked back at the computer, and said to Simon.
Upon hearing her words and seeing her hesitant gesture, my heart sank again. Katniss also wanted to sleep with Simon, as she hadn't spent much time with her son lately. But because of the sudden discovery of the monitoring that night, she had to investigate carefully without Simon knowing.
In the end, Simon pouted and was sent to the guest room by Katniss. It was only after Katniss had put Simon to sleep in the guest room that she returned to our bedroom. Before Katniss returned to our bedroom, her phone on the computer desk started ringing, but she didn't hear it.
When she returned to the bedroom and saw the phone ringing, I didn't know how many times I had called by then.
Katniss looked at the phone, took a deep breath, answered the call, but her tone was very unusual when talking to me. At that moment, I finally understood the reason.
After hanging up the phone, Katniss placed the phone on the bed, sighed, seeming to be annoyed at herself for her tone during the conversation with me. After standing still for a while, shaking her head in preparation to lie down, she remembered the computer still being on. After hesitating for a moment, she got out of bed again, sat back in the computer chair, and entered the password into the encrypted external device, reopening the encrypted external device page.
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