Mr. CEO, Spoil me 100 Percent! - Chapter 101

Chapter 101: A Person of Importance

 

Right at that moment, the door was kicked open. “Stop it!” Chang An who saw what Wushuang is doing, rushed in and knocked her out of the way.

Wushuang was sent flying into the wall and she saw stars in front of her eyes.

“Everyone cease and desist, what the hell is happening in here‽” The chief constable who stepped in after Chang An scanned the room and asked with authority.

When the two policemen saw the sudden rush of people, especially the chief constable, their faces changed immediately. They let go of Xinghe and took a wide berth away from her.

Without the men holding her up, Xinghe’s weakened body went collapsing to the floor.

“Miss Xia!” Luckily Chang An caught her in midair and asked worriedly, “Are you okay?”

Xinghe calmed her breathing, struggled into a standing position with Chang An’s help and replied with overflowing serenity, “I’m fine.”

However, both Wushuang and Wu Rong felt things were not fine for them!

With so many additional witnesses, their plan would have to change.

“It’s great that you guys are here. Xia Xinghe accused us baselessly, causing great damage to Chui Corps. Lock her up immediately. We, Chui Corps, will use everything we have to charge her for libel!”

Just as she finished talking, a slap landed right on her cheek.

Wushuang was stunned, she felt her face sizzle.

Holding the side of her face that was slapped, Wushuang looked at Xinghe bewilderedly.

“You b*tch, how dare you lay your hands on me! I’m going to kill you!”

Wushuang clawed crazily at Xinghe but Xinghe caught her flailing arm and shoved heavily. Wushuang went crashing to the floor, spraining her ankles because she was wearing heels that were too high. She screamed out in agony.

“Wushuang!” Wu Rong rushed to give her daughter a helping hand, asking with utmost care, “My darling daughter, are you alright?”

“Mom, I want to kill her, I have to kill her…” Wushuang struggled to stand up but due to the piercing pain from her ankles, she kept slipping in Wu Rong’s arms.

The chief saw things were going south so he stopped them with a booming shout, “This is the police station. Whoever steps out of line next will be punished by the law!”

“Didn’t you see how that woman hurt my daughter? You’re going to let her go just like that‽” Wu Rong shrieked like a crazy woman.

“What about the things you people did to Miss. Xia?” The chief reprimanded severely. To be fair, the chief wasn’t actually siding with Xinghe. After all, it was him who allowed his men to treat Xinghe the way they did.

Therefore, he almost shat his pants when Chang An appeared at his precinct. He didn’t expect Xi Mubai to send his men over to bail out Xia Xinghe and pressured him into letting her go.

He couldn’t have known CEO Xi would value this nameless woman so much. If anything were to happen to Xinghe, his days as the chief constable would be numbered.

However, Wushuang and Wu Rong were clueless to the chief constable’s worry.

They thought the whole police station was still under their command.

Wushuang finally stood upright. With every last ounce of her energy, she came at Xinghe. She would not take this humiliation lying down!

Xinghe saw that coming and nimbly stepped out of her way. Wushuang lost her mark and careened to the floor.

“Wushuang…” Wu Rong ran to her daughter’s side, her face as white as sheet.

“Did no one hear me? Men, get in there and separate them! Cuff anyone that refuses to cooperate!” the chief ordered. The room was finally peaceful after the police segregated the two opposing parties.

Wushuang had calmed down by then. With Wu Rong’s aid, she stood up steadily. The stare she threw Xinghe was scarily toxic.

Chapter 102: Freedom

 

“Xia Xinghe, if you want to die, fine, I’ll make sure your wish is expediently delivered! What are you people doing, standing there doing nothing, arrest this b*tch!” Wushuang glared unsatisfactorily at the chief constable.

She thought they still had the handle of things.

The chief rolled his eyes at the woman’s denseness, couldn’t she tell that the winds were shifting?

He replied calmly, “Mrs. Chui, I’m here to inform you that Ms. Xia has received bail. We will investigate further regarding her allegedly libelous statement but as of now, Ms. Xia Xinghe is a free woman.”

Wushuang’s face fell. “What did you say?”

The chief repeated himself and added by way of explanation, “Mr. Xi Mubai had paid for Ms. Xia’s bail so she is now free to go.”

Wushuang and Wu Rong stared at each other in shock.

Xi Mubai paid for Xia Xinghe’s bail‽

They had been divorced for years and had no contact ever since, why would he suddenly help her?

There must be a mistake.

“That’s impossible! Even so, she is not leaving here today. She ruined our reputation costing Chui Corps serious damage and everyone here saw she attacked me so I’m also suing her for injury with malicious intent! If you don’t arrest her, I will sue the police for incompetence!” Wushuang said menacingly.

No matter who came that day, she was going to make the b*tch pay!

“That’s perfect because we’re suing you and your mother for injury with malicious intent as well!” Lawyer Kim stepped forward and announced officially, “We saw how all of you in the room have ganged up on Miss Xia when we came in. After we have her injury checked, we will press the charges accordingly, none of you here are getting away scot-free. By the way, from this moment onwards, Miss Xia Xinghe is my client, so please refer to me if you have anything to say against my client. You can call me Mr. or Lawyer Kim, nice to make your acquaintance.”

When he saw Lawyer Kim, Lawyer Zhang that Wushuang brought wanted to excuse himself.

Lawyer Kim was Hwa Xia’s best lawyer, he hadn’t lost a case before.

Furthermore, Lawyer Kim had a good reputation within the business. Going up against him was pretty much a career suicide move.

Lawyer Zhang felt regret gnawing at his heart.

He picked this case because he was sure he was going to win. It was easy money. Xia Xinghe was too poor to hire a good lawyer. However, fortune was obviously not on his side.

Now that Xia Xinghe had Lawyer Kim representing her, there was no way they were going to win.

Of course, Wushuang and Wu Rong didn’t know all this.

Wu Rong said angrily, “Who are you to sue us? You are just a tiny lawyer so don’t be such a busybody or you might end up dead in a ditch somewhere!”

This was the first time in a long time Lawyer Kim was openly threatened like that. He chuckled casually, shot a laser-sharp gaze at Wu Rong and replied, “Very nice, I’m pressing another charge against this old lady for threatening a lawyer’s personal safety. Don’t worry, you’ll receive the lawyer’s letter soon enough.”

“You…” Wu Rong was ready to blow up but Wushuang stopped her, “Mom, don’t say another word!”

She calmed down enough to realize the power hegemony had shifted.

Moreover, Xi Mubai wasn’t a character they could deal with.

Wushuang asked the chief coldly, “Chief, in other words, you have to let Xia Xinghe go today?”

Chapter 103: I’ll Show You Cocky!

 

The chief said firmly, “I promise you we will look further into Xia Xinghe’s libel case but we won’t be detaining her today.”

“Alright then, I shall await the result of your investigation,” Wushuang replied through clenched teeth. She had to compromise today but she was sure the charge would eventually stick.

Xia Xinghe had no way to prove her innocence, so if Wushuang couldn’t finish her today, she could wait. She didn’t mind having Xinghe sweat for a little while either.

Wushuang was certain, someday, Xinghe would fall into her hands again.

Even with Mubai’s help, Xinghe wouldn’t be able to extricate herself from this.

Wushuang stared at Xinghe mercilessly. “Xia Xinghe, count yourself lucky today. But don’t think you can breathe easy because I will hunt you to the end of the world!”

Wushuang felt smug in her declaration. After all, she had Chui Ming behind her back. He would do anything to help her revenge against Xinghe.

What did Xinghe have?

She was a divorcee, Mubai might lend his aid once in a blue moon but he wouldn’t do more than that.

In other words, Xia Xinghe was dead meat! She was no match for them!

As if reading her mind, Xinghe scoffed, “Is that so? Xia Wushuang, I have one thing I need to let you know.”

Wushuang frowned in confusion. Xinghe continued, “If you can’t take me down today, it’ll be your turn tomorrow.”

For some reason, Wushuang felt that her heart chilled.

Xinghe walked slowly towards her, her every step spoke of immense confidence.

Wushuang felt herself yielding to the assurance in Xinghe’s eyes and her anxiety mounted.

It was as if Xinghe had read her doom. An unrealistic fear crept up in her heart.

However, Wushuang didn’t show it on her face. Instead, she glared savagely at Xinghe.

Xinghe returned a similar glare at her but instead of a feral savagery, Xinghe’s eyes communicated regality and sovereignty, like she was untouchable and above Wushuang.

Wushuang felt belittled and shamed like she was truly beneath Xinghe.

This feeling twisted her features.

“Xia Xinghe, what do you plan to do? I warn you, don’t be too cocky!” These two sentences escaped Wushuang’s mouth as Xinghe inched closer. No one knew this was the side of Xinghe that she despised the most. The one that made her feel inadequate.

She wanted to sh*t on Xinghe both figuratively and literally so that the other woman would feel like trash the rest of her life.

However, Xinghe had always been that one goal she couldn’t beat.

“Cocky?” Xinghe laughed impudently. Like a chime that rang in the middle of the night, her laughs were hauntingly beautiful. She finished, “Then you better open your eyes because from this moment onwards, I’ll show you cocky!”

Xinghe said her piece and turned to leave.

She was determined to reveal to them the real Xia Xinghe!

She would serve every single one of them their deserved comeuppance.

She would let them know that Xia Xinghe was not one to be bullied!

Xinghe strode out of the police station and Chang An chased after her.

For some subconscious reasons, Chang An was always deferential towards Xinghe. He asked, “Ms. Xia, may I ask where you are going? Do you want a lift?”

Xinghe didn’t enquire why they came to her aid and she didn’t stand on ceremony.

With a firm gaze, she pointed down a direction and announced steadily, “I’m going to… the Hacker Competition!”

Chapter 104: X PC Manager

 

Chang An was shocked.

She was going to… the Hacker Competition?

Back at the competition venue, the competition was going on smoothly.

All the CEOs and representatives from the participating companies were there.

An area was sequestered for the VIPs and VVIPs who would occasionally glance towards the competition floor to check out the situation.

Right opposite the VIP area was a giant TV screen.

On it were names of the different security software and the respective time taken by different hackers to hack through them. The very last column showed each of the software’s time average.

The longer the time average, the better the software because it meant that the hackers needed more time to get through its defense.

By now, most of the software produced by smaller companies had been eliminated.

This happened every year, the first to go were sacrifices from these modest companies.

As Hwa Xia’s most famous security software, everyone expected Chui Corps’ product to survive until the end.

Chui Ming was beaming with confidence.

After all, it had been 30 minutes since the competition started. His product was still undefeated. All the other software had been hacked at least once… with the exception of one!

“CEO Chui, don’t you think there are many hidden experts among this year’s participating companies? The obvious increase in technology aside, look at that ‘X PC Manager’, it still hasn’t been hacked yet, it could rival your King Kong Internet Security. Furthermore, I heard that this software was a creation from a brand new company. Maybe it is time for us old geezers to retire from this computer scene and hand it over to the youngster.”

A senior CEO who sat beside Chui Ming sighed pointedly.

His hidden message was a new and unknown company could have your supposedly established software beat.

King Kong Internet Security had been dominating the sales chart for so long, so every single one of Chui Ming’s competitors would love to sneak in a snide comment whenever the chance presented itself.

Chui Ming himself had noticed this ‘X PC Manager’.

For some reasons, he had a feeling it had something to do with Xiao Mo.

Chui Ming scanned the crowd and his gaze eventually fell on Xiao Mo who was in the middle of the competition. His gaze turned sharp and frigid.

“CEO Wang, while it is true that our juniors are quite talented, it doesn’t mean that our established position can be so easily toppled. You might fear them but we, at Chui Corps, don’t mind them one bit,” Chui Ming offered as a retort.

CEO Wong took the verbal hit like a champ and said, “Does this mean CEO Chui has absolute certainty that his product is unbeatable?”

Chui Ming’s overbearing pride was a known fact within the community, plus he was truly confident with his own product.

Chui Ming knew CEO Wong was being facetious but he still answered arrogantly, “Of course!”

“Then, I would like to first congratulate CEO Chui. After CEO Chui wins the first prize, remember to treat the rest of us to a meal,” CEO Wong said candidly.

“What meal?” The few other CEO who overheard their conversation asked curiously.

CEO Wong turned to explain. Of course, he didn’t forget to sneak in a few compliments about King Kong Internet Security.

The other CEOs were internally envious of Chui Ming but they too chimed in with the praises. It was as if Chui Corps had already won the competition.

Chui Ming took the compliments to heart.

After all, he wouldn’t settle for anything less than first place!

But… the software called ‘X PC Manager’ did plant a single seed of unease in his heart.

Chapter 105: ET

 

Chui Ming turned to whisper to his assistant, “Bring me the information on all the participating companies.”

“Yes, sir.” After some time, the assistant passed him a set of documents.

Chui Ming flipped through it quickly to locate the page on ‘X PC Manager’.

Like what CEO Wong said, it was by a newly registered company, so new that it had been in existence for less than a week!

Its legal representative was…

Chui Ming’s hands that held the document were shaking, he had half a mind to tear the document apart.

The name was Xiao Mo!

This software had something to do with him!

Chui Ming’s eyes sought out Xiao Mo among the crowded room. His world was upended.

He was certain Xiao Mo could no longer create any good software much less one that could rival his own King Kong Internet Security.

But now… reality had proven otherwise!

No other software should manage to hold out this long other than his own King Kong Internet Security.

If X PC Manager was written by Xiao Mo alone, then the guy was a monster. Chui Ming felt rage and envy bubbled up within him.

Xiao Mo couldn’t be allowed to live!

X PC Manager will never beat King Kong Internet Security!

Chui Ming gave an evil smirk and told his assistant, “Get ET out there…”

There was a switch of players within the competition area.

A 185 centimeters-tall man with perfect physique, dressed in a black tracksuit and a black cap entered the competition space.

His entrance didn’t attract much attention but those that did notice him felt he was no ordinary hacker.

“That’s the hacker specially hired by Chui Corps,” Junting who sat beside Mubai said in way of explanation, “Looks like Chui Ming is getting angsty from the pressure caused by this X PC Manager. Interestingly enough, X PC Manager’s creator had a long history with Chui Ming, one that is not particularly pretty if I may add.”

Mubai looked at him and said thoughtfully, “How so? Tell me more about it.”

Junting, who was very much a gossip, scooted forward excitedly. “Have you heard of this person by the name of Xiao Mo?”

“I have,” Mubai answered flatly.

Xiao Mo’s fame was wiped out right as he was rising to prominence, so not all in the industry knew about him, but those that did knew of his history with Chui Ming.

Rumors said he was King Kong’s Internet Security’s original creator and Chui Ming forcefully stole it from him.

Even though there was no concrete proof, many chose to believe the rumors.

After all, Chui Ming wasn’t actually known for his moral conduct.

Junting smiled and concluded, “The legal representative for the company behind X PC Manager is Xiao Mo.”

Mubai was surprised.

Junting pointed towards a man inside the competition area, adding, “That’s Xiao Mo.”

Mubai was following the direction of Junting’s finger when his friend suddenly said, “Wait, isn’t that Xia Zhi beside Xiao Mo?”

Both Junting and Mubai were shocked.

Xia Zhi and Xiao Mo knew each other?

At this moment, Xia Zhi and Xiao Mo were sweating bullets. Xia Zhi whispered to Xiao Mo when he saw the hacker by the name of ET walked in, “Brother Xiao, that person is from Chui Corps. The moment he sat down, he came down hard on our software’s defense. What should we do? He doesn’t seem like a simple character.”

Transparency of the competition meant that everyone could see the software each hacker was challenging.

Chui Corps suddenly changed their representative and the moment ET entered the ring, he targeted X PC Manager.

If X PC Manager was hacked, they would lose this competition!

They couldn’t allow that to happen because they wouldn’t be able to defeat Chui Corps then.

Chapter 106: He’s Better Than My Sister?

 

A worried Xiao Mo replied, “Let’s wait and see. Miss Xia’s software is not so easily hacked.”

“Okay. We should try our best to break through Chui Corps’ software in the meantime.”

“Yes!”

The two quickly returned to the battlefield.

They had been focusing solely on Chui Corps’ King Kong Internet Security since the very beginning but even after so long, there hadn’t been much progress.

Looked like Chui Corps came prepared this year.

Xia Zhi was still new at this. Even after so long, he only managed to break down King Kong Internet Security’s first line of defense.

In comparison, ET used only several minutes to hack through X PC Manager’s first wall of defense!

Xia Zhi was worried sick. “What to do? Our opponent is truly a capable expert. If only my sister is here, we would have won a long time ago!”

Xiao Mo thought the same.

Xinghe was detained at the police station but since they couldn’t save her, persisting with their best was the only thing they could do.

Initially, they believed there was a chance at victory.

However, after ET entered the stage, that chance was blown out like a candle in the wind.

Without a doubt, Xia Zhi and he were no match for ET.

Even though Xiao Mo was talented at writing programs but he was practically a newbie when it came to hacking. He was only slightly better than Xia Zhi.

While ET was miles above them.

No, ET was miles above every single hacker in the competition.

Soon or later, he was bound to take down X PC Manager!

After another 10 minutes, ET successfully broke through X PC Manager’s second line of defense.

It wouldn’t be long until he hacked through the rest!

“How is he so good at this?” Xia Zhi fidgeted in distress, grumbling, “This is created by my sister, could it be that he’s better than my sister?”

“I have no clue…” Xiao Mo replied in a voice that was laced with worry.

On the other hand, ET was beaming with excitement!

This was interesting, way too interesting!

ET’s eyes glowed passionately as his fingers flew over the keyboard. Those who were familiar with him would know he was in a state of euphoria.

He hadn’t been so thrilled in such a long time.

Because there hadn’t been a software that could pique his interest in a long time.

The defense capability of this X PC Manager was well beyond his expectation. He thought he will only need 10 minutes to completely hack through it.

Who knew the first line of defense alone took him about several minutes, and the second wall of defense about 10 minutes.

He could count on his fingers the number of software packages that required him this long to hack through.

He didn’t expect to find such a master programmer in a small city like this.

ET’s excitement grew when he started working on the third line of defense.

This third barrier was stronger than the two preceding it.

The harder the challenge, the more eager ET was. There was nothing in the world he loved more than a good challenge. By now, he held the whole venue’s attention, they were curious to see how long he would take to hack through X PC Manager.

Xia Zhi hoped vehemently that he would take… ten thousand years!

Being shown the stark difference in ability, Xia Zhi had lost his will of combat. However, he knew they couldn’t lose, they mustn’t lose!

“We can’t let this go on anymore; I’m going to grab my sister! Even if I have to bust her out of jail, I will do it!” Xia Zhi said through gritted teeth.

As he stood up from his seat, Xiao Mo pulled him back down. “Zhi, wait!”

Chapter 107: Sudden Appearance

 

“We can’t wait anymore, we’re losing badly here!” Xia Zhi retorted anxiously.

Internally, Xiao Mo was equally troubled but he tried his best to console Xia Zhi, “This is not the end, our loss is not a certainty…”

“Brother Xiao, it’s time to stop kidding ourselves.” It was obvious that they were on the losing side. ET was making short work of them.

The moment X PC Manager was taken down, their fate would be sealed.

No, their fate was sealed the moment ET sat down.

Even if Xia Zhi rushed to the police station then it was already too late.

It was only a matter of time until they lost.

That was unless Xinghe suddenly appeared…

But how was that possible?

Chui Ming would make certain his sister was firmly locked behind bars.

His former brother-in-law refused to help…

Xia Zhi glared at Chui Ming who sat in the VIP area, his gaze full of hatred! It was him who ruined everything.

Xiao Mo similarly leveled Chui Ming an intense glare.

If possible, he would sacrifice his life to win this competition. He would sacrifice anything and everything for Xinghe to make a sudden appearance.

Alas, he knew that was impossible.

Why was God so cruel towards them?

They had the competition in their grasp, why would such a capable person work for Chui Ming to ruin their hope and dream?

Was it true that nice guys finish last? The world was that unfair?

Xiao Mo almost bit through his lips lamenting their regrettable fate.

The more saddened Xiao Mo was, the happier Chui Ming became.

He had been taking in Xiao Mo and Xia Zhi’s reactions. He laughed delightfully watching their mounting despair.

CEO Wang who sat beside him of course understood why he was laughing.

He congratulated disingenuously, “CEO Chui, looks like you’re going to have to treat the rest of us to a meal after all.”

“Oh, it’s still too early to tell who might nab first place,” Chui Ming replied with a humble smile.

CEO Wang chuckled amiably, “Even the blind could see who will be the crowned winner. Who could rival the impressive hacker that CEO Chui hired?”

“You know what… Of course, you’re right. No one can ever stand in my way!” Chui Ming laughed arrogantly, all semblance of humility gone.

CEO Wang was speechless. But what else could he do, the moment Chui Corps’ King Kong Internet Security hit the market, it swept all the sales chart. After these past few years of upgrades, it was practically invincible.

He hoped for someone to bring Chui Corps down a peg but it was in the end, wishful thinking.

He thought this X PC Manager could finally do King Kong Internet Security in but it looked like it was not meant to be.

Everyone present, Xia Zhi and Xiao Mo included, could see the competition was Chui Corps’.

However, Xia Zhi refused to give in. He knew it was impossible but he just couldn’t sit there idly waiting for their defeat.

“Brother Xiao, I’m going to get my sister. Please don’t stop me!” Xia Zhi stood up suddenly and rushed towards the entrance.

But right at that moment, the door was pushed open from the outside.

Xia Zhi stared disbelievingly at the person that soon walked through it. He was shell-shocked.

Chapter 108: Emotions

 

Was he dreaming?

Why would his sister be there?

Wasn’t she detained at the precinct…

Xia Zhi rubbed his eyes and confirmed the slender figure at the door was his sister, Xia Xinghe. After leaving the police station, she rushed to the venue as fast as possible.

She scanned the giant TV Screen and sighed in relief when she noticed X PC Manager still hadn’t been broken through. Good, there was still time.

“Sis‽” Xia Zhi hurled himself at her excitedly, adding, “Sis, is this really you? How can you be here? I saw you being taken away with my own two eyes.”

“Miss Xia…” Xiao Mo too sprung up from his seat. He himself didn’t even realize his hands were shaking from excitement.

The rest of the room was astonished.

When Chui Ming saw Xinghe, his face fell!

Didn’t he have his men bring Xinghe to the police station? How did she get out and what was she doing there?

Mubai stared at her thoughtfully. He too was wondering the same thing.

The question on practically everyone’s mind was what was a woman doing there?

All the hackers present that day were male. It was not that there weren’t female hackers but they were far and few in between.

This year’s Hacker Competition happened to have no female hackers who registered so when a woman appeared at the venue, no one expected her to be one.

Only ET looked at Xinghe strangely, like he could smell the similarities between them.

Could she be the programmer behind X PC Manager?

ET’s eyes shone enthusiastically thinking about this possibility…

“We can talk about that later, quick, tell me what’s the current situation,” Xinghe brushed off Xia Zhi’s enquiries and strode confidently towards the competition area.

“Sis, over here, come take my seat,” Xia Zhi fell into her beat instantly and led her towards his spot. He then quickly brought Xinghe up to speed.

“Sis, our software is still holding up but that hacker, ET has taken two of our defenses down. Brother Xiao and I on the other hand only manage to wear out the first layer of King Kong Internet Security’s defenses.”

Xia Zhi pointed at the man wearing a black cap across the room. Xinghe looked down that direction and she found herself meeting ET’s dark eyes.

The contact was brief but a challenge had been sent and accepted. The competition had gotten personal.

“How long did he take?” Xinghe asked easily.

Xia Zhi sighed before he came out with the answer, “Less than 20 minutes in total.”

“Not bad, he’s quite a talent,” Xinghe commented objectively. If he only used 20 minutes to take down X PC Manager’s first two walls of defense, he is indeed praiseworthy.

However, this bit of prowess was still child’s play in Xinghe’s eyes!

Xia Zhi was confused. He asked worriedly, “Sis, you also think that he’s good?”

“He is very good.”

“Then, what should we do? He’s starting on our third layer of defense!”

They would lose if ET hacked through this last wall of defense.

Xinghe was unconcerned. This third layer was not so easily breached.

She still had time, plenty of time in fact.

“Miss Xia, please start working soon,” Xiao Mo pressed. He was worried they wouldn’t be able to catch up.

“There’s no need to rush,” Xinghe commented as she looked towards the VIP area. Chui Ming felt chilled as Xinghe’s icy gaze swept over him.

For some reason, he felt Xinghe’s sudden appearance was an omen of worse things to come.

The feeling only got stronger when their eyes met, and the next second he saw Xinghe pointing her finger at him…

Chapter 109: An Official War with Chui Corps

 

Xinghe’s regal presence swept the entire room. She stared pointedly at Chui Ming who was at the end of her finger.

She held the room’s rapt attention.

They wondered what Xinghe was up to. Whatever it was, they knew she wasn’t there to make friends.

They were right that Xinghe came bearing hostility but her only target was Chui Ming!

“Chui Ming!” Xinghe enunciated word by word, “You’ve used all sorts of despicable ways meaning to pin me down but unfortunately for you today; I, Xia Xinghe, am still standing! So, I want you to listen closely, because from this moment onwards, it is officially a war between our two parties. I will show the world why they say the villains always end badly!”

After that, Xinghe ignored the looks the room tossed her and started working on the computer.

People wished they were as calm as her.

The things Xinghe said and did sent massive ripples across the room!

Just what was happening?

The fact that a woman who pretty much dropped from the sky dared to be so disrespectful towards Chui Ming alone was difficult for them to wrap their heads around, but now she was fiddling with the computer?

Could she really be a hacker?

Was she serious about taking down Chui Corps’ security software?

The idea alone was ludicrous.

Chui Corps’ King Kong Internet Security was practically unbeatable.

If it could be so easily done, the men at the competition would have cracked it a long time ago!

How could a woman accomplish something these men couldn’t?

Then again, times had changed. Maybe a woman’s detail-orientated nature was better suited for hacking. However, the key was whether she was able to do it within a short period of time!

From the looks of things, she was part of the company that wrote X PC Manager.

Could she really hack past King Kong Internet Security before their own X PC Manager was taken down?

Almost everyone was betting against her, but they also felt worried for her. Xinghe had openly crossed Chui Ming, if she failed, her ending wouldn’t be pretty.

Nevertheless, the room of men had an indescribable admiration for her.

Her courage for coming up against Chui Ming alone was commendable.

After all, Chui Ming wasn’t in a room of allies. No one there was particularly fond of him.

Therefore, many were actually glad Xinghe dared to declare war against Chui Ming. In fact, many silently cheered her on.

They didn’t mind their own product losing to X PC Manager, the important thing was having King Kong Internet Security take a hit!

CEO Wong hadn’t had such an adrenaline rush in many years.

At that moment, he felt giddy with excitement. The air in the room was charged with anticipation, he couldn’t wait for the competition result to be revealed.

For some reason, he had an inkling that the woman could perform a feat of miracle and beat Chui Corps.

He prayed for his hunch to be correct.

CEO Wong snuck a look at Chui Ming and was taken aback by the latter’s wrathful expression. He stared at Xinghe like a psychopath eyeing his next victim.

Without a doubt, the woman had trampled on Chui Ming’s toes.

If she couldn’t win this competition, then her fate… CEO Wong didn’t dare to go further than that, he prayed sincerely for the woman’s success.

She teetered dangerously between glory and tragedy.

Junting was thinking the same thing.

He frowned and commented solemnly, “Who is that woman, I feel like I’ve seen her before. I wonder what her beef with Chui Ming is that she dared to openly declare war against him. Didn’t she know that’s not a wise move, considering who she’s dealing with?”

Mubai’s eyes had been glued onto Xinghe the moment she made her sudden appearance.

His heart skipped a beat when he saw Xinghe’s fingers moving proficiently over the keyboard.

Chapter 110: She is 001!

 

He wasn’t at all surprised Xinghe openly challenged Chui Ming, but he was shocked that Xinghe knew her way around the computer!

Not only that, she was a hacker!

Mubai found it impossible to accept that the hacker before him and his ex-wife were one and the same.

In Mubai’s mind, Xia Xinghe was a woman who didn’t know anything so why would she suddenly know how to operate the computer?

Plus, based on her technique, she was very good at it.

Since she dared to declare war against Chui Ming, it meant that she was confident. Even though their X PC Manager was at the brink of being broken through, she still had faith she could take down Chui Corps’ security software before then.

Either she was bluffing, which was unlikely, or she was indeed really good at her job.

The drastic transformation, pre- and post-divorce, in Xinghe was hard for Mubai to stomach.

However, he quickly came to terms with reality.

Tracing back the sudden changes in Xinghe and the series of events that had happened, Mubai seemed to have understood something.

Before Xinghe married him, she was a student from the Mathematics Faculty of Academy S.

Academy S was one of the top ten schools in the world. The entrance exam was said to be extremely hard. Furthermore, the Mathematics Faculty was the department that Academy S was famous for.

It had produced many famed mathematicians.

If Xinghe was from that faculty, it wouldn’t be such a stretch to see her as a computer expert. Therefore, Mubai concluded, she had once been very handy with the computer.

The amnesia just so happened to eclipse her talent.

She must have recently recovered her memory because it was the only explanation to her sudden changes!

No wonder she could find the funds to pay Xia Chengwu’s operation and get all dressed up to attend Lin Lin’s party…

She probably earned those funds using her extraordinary computer skills.

This meant that she… is 001!

She must be because the timeline lined up simply too perfectly.

She was the 001 that helped Chui Corps solve their virus issue for the huge reward.

In fact, it might have been her who wrote the virus that targeted Chui Corps’ security software in the first place…

Therefore, it was also only logical that she was the main programmer behind this X PC Manager!

After Mubai figured out the whole picture, for some reason, he wanted to laugh out loud.

He felt assaulted by great pleasure. This was a sensation that he hadn’t experienced in a long, long time.

Like Magellan discovering the New World, he felt his blood boiling with anticipation and joy.

His eyes on Xinghe also became unusually bright.

Junting immediately sensed the weird changes in his friend. He nudged Mubai concernedly and whispered, “Why are you looking at the woman like that?”

Mubai refused to take his eyes of Xinghe. He replied, “What do you mean?”

The tone of his voice was still the same but it did nothing to hide the joyful undertone.

Junting was spooked.

He had been friends with Mubai for many years, this was the first and only time he saw his friend act this way especially over a woman… so intensely.

Isn’t he completely uninterested in women?

Mubai hadn’t once seriously laid his eyes on a woman so much so that, for a period, his friends suspected he was gay.

After he got married and had children, they finally realized, it wasn’t that he wasn’t into women, but there wasn’t a woman in the world that was able to pique his interest.