Ch. 106..110: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 106-110
Chapter 106
Nicole looked on as the group dispersed.
The few that remained were familiar faces, and they were those who had followed Austin around every day, and she had some measure of them.
It seems like only these few were sincere towards Austin and were not taking advantage of his status for something.
The remaining few looked at Austin, who was fuming and sad at the same time, and then looked at Nicole who sat there calmly, seemingly having predicted this to happen, and asked,” Boss, Austin, what should we do now?”
Austin did not speak, instead, Nicole did.
“Go upstairs.
There are private rooms there.
Find one and get in.
I’ll be there in a moment.”
When Austin heard that, he looked at Nicole in astonishment.
He did not expect that even with so few left, Nicole would still abide by their agreement.
After all, he had always thought that the reason Nicole was willing to be his boss was because he had considerable influence in school.
Yet even after this farce, she was totally unperturbed and was still read to help him with his studies.
What Nicole saw was not his power, but him as a person!
Thinking of this, Austin was really glad that he insisted on taking Nicole as his boss and had never given up on that.
Otherwise, he would not have been able to see everything as they were now.
Austin clenched his fist, and he turned to look at the remaining few as he said with a rumbling voice.
“Thank you all for staying.
From today onwards, I will only take you guys as my bros.
The others can go screw themselves!”
The few looked at him, a look of determination appeared in their eyes.
All of them followed Austin since the beginning, so naturally they were unlike those people.
“Austin, don‘t worry, man.
We are with you!” Austin gave them a grateful look and then turned towards Nicole.
“Boss, thank you for letting me see clearly who my true friends are.”
He gave Nicole a deep bow and as she looked at him, she said softly, “You can do without that baggage, they‘ll just hold you back, leaving you deep in the quagmire.
Austin, congratulations on escaping that swamp of misery.”
Austin was taken aback What Nicole said was true.
Before those people got around him, he was not so arrogant.
It was them who were instigating him, saying that a school bully should act like a tyrant, a school bully shouldn‘t study hard.
Only the school beauty was a match for him.
That was why he was causing trouble all over, all to prove that he was powerful.
As he thought of that, a contemplative look appeared in Austin‘s eyes.
Wasn‘t what Nicole was doing now helping him to get rid of those stinkers around him?
Seeing that he was deep in thought, Nicole did not rush him.
She lowered her head and packed her stuff up as she prepared to go to the second floor with them.
As she turned around, she saw Jared Johnston standing not too far away, his eyes locked onto her.
Jared noticed that she was looking at him, and a look of displeasure appeared in his eyes.
He had thought that she despised all men like she did with him.
‘What was so good about that punk from the Woods family? Why is she so nice to them?’ The more he thought about it, the more pissed off he got.
‘What happened to him lately? Why was Nicole affecting his mood so?‘ Seeing his rather miffed look, she frowned a little.
‘What is wrong with that guy? Why is he looking at her like that?‘ But she still did not ask anything, and instead just placed another order.
“Add a cup of coffee for each of my friends there.
Bill it to my tab.”
After that, she turned around, carried her bag, and headed upstairs.
When Jared saw her going upstairs just like that, he was even more pissed off!
‘Did she just take him for a servant? And to add an order of coffee for each of them?‘ Thinking back that she would not even treat him to a meal, why was she so generous with these bunch of hooligans?
He was the CEO of the Johnston Group, and he was no match for a few louts? Jared’s expression got colder and colder, so much so that Max did not even dare to take a deep breath.
“Mr.
Johnston… I’ll go get the coffee.”
Jared glared at him, hissing.
“No! Let them die of thirst!”
As Nicole went upstairs, One of Austin‘s buddies waved at her from the second room to the right.
“Boss, over here!”
She increased her pace and entered the room.
When she saw Austin’s expression had returned to normal, she knew that he had listened to what she said and was somewhat satisfied.
She walked to the front and looked on at the books spread out on the table.
The books were so clean like they were new, and she frowned slightly.
After Austin digested Nicole‘s words, the anger within his not only disappeared, but he instead felt somewhat fortunate.
If not for the boss‘s words splashing cold water over him, he probably would not have realized what he had just freed himself from.
When he saw Nicole frowning while looking at his book, he thought that she too had questions she did not understand.
Austin immediately pulled out a chair to let her sit, and then he let out a teasing smile.
“Boss, look, all of us have pretty crappy foundation, how about you lower your standards a little, and
let us at least get into the top twenty from bottom instead.” Nicole threw him a glance when she heard that.
Although her glance was faint, Austin immediately understood what she meant and said bitterly, “Alright, forget I said that.” Only then did Nicole retracted her gaze.
She took their textbooks over and quickly flipped through them.
The entire process took about ten minutes before she picked up her pen and circled a good number of points on the book as she said succinctly, “Memorize them.” She then pulled out a few sheets of paper and wrote something on it.
No one dared to disobey her and hurriedly took their textbooks to memorize the points.
After an hour, she handed the sheets of paper she had written on to them.
The group had only just memorized the points and had their books taken away.
A sheet of paper was now before them as they looked up at looked at Nicole in dismay.
She returned the gaze and raised her eyebrows slightly as she looked at them.
“What are you looking at me for? Answer the question.”
The few lowered their head and found that on the paper was a simplified test Nicole had made.
The questions on the paper were all related to the points she got them to memorize earlier.
These people did not usually study much and could rarely see a question they could do.
So, their eyes immediately lit up as they started answering the question.
As they wrote they were amazed.
Boss‘s handwriting was really pretty.
Nicole‘s handwriting was different from them, they looked extremely calm and very stylish, which were very comfortable to look at.
Nicole watched on as they answered the question, and about half an hour later, she took the papers to mark them.
The few of them looked at her with confidence and were quite assured with their results.
Nicole looked up at them and said, “Do you guys think you‘ve done well?”
Chapter 107
Chapter 107 Her voice was calm, but for some inexplicable reason gave them a feeling that a storm was coming. The few looked at each other and someone mustered his guts as he said, “Boss, I think I did.” Pretty well. Under Nicole’s gaze, he quietly swallowed the latter part of the sentence back. Nicole let out a half smile.
“Austin did the best amongst all of you.
He got half the question right.” When she said that, everyone looked at Nicole in astonishment. All of them thought they could get full marks! Austin on the other hand was rather flattered.
He did not expect to be doing the best among all of them, and after snapping back he looked on gleefully at the rest. Although everyone’s results were pretty crap, but Austin was the worst of the lot.
Yet, now Nicole said he did the best, and not only that built up Austin’s confidence, but it also sparked the fighting spirit in the rest.
Seeing that everyone was looking at her with a buming gaze, a glint appeared in Nicole’s eyes.
She handed the question sheets back and explained to everyone where they went wrong.
She pointed out the traps in the question, and how to read the question to have a higher chance in getting it right. After listened to Nicole’s explanation, all of them realized what went wrong as they hissed at the silly mistakes they made. They were just tad bit away from actually scoring points. Everyone was now inspired.
Nicole’s clear methods aside, her thought process was very different too, and she will give examples, making a very complicated matter simple enough so much so that total knuckleheads like them could understand the question. They could not help but to start doubting the news they saw in the school forum. Whoever said Nicole was bad at studies? What they saw now was nothing like that. After digesting this part of the content, Nicole started to circling points on the textbooks again, repeating the process of asking them to memorize the topic.
In the process, everyone had a new understanding of the boring knowledge in the book.
They even felt that there interesting connections between different contents in the book, and these were inseparable from the order of points Nicole made them go through. Nicole went through the textbooks and realized that the reason Austin and co could not understand it because the contents in the textbook varied in difficulty, and the sequence was even more chaotic.
Some parts were pretty basic, but they were placed after much more difficult contents.
This inevitably increased the student’s learning difficulty and tore away the graduality and smoothness between knowledge bits. The topics that Nicole got them to look at were slightly more difficult than the last, but they were logical connections between the two topics.
That made the learning process particularly easy, and it was easier to get them into the groove. Plus, the questions she put forward for each topic, alongside a detailed explanation made it deeply attractive to everyone.
Soon, they were getting more and more parts right, and as the sense of accomplishment swelled, they were even more committed to learning.
Nicole was so enthusiastic that she did not notice that from the opposite side of their room, someone was looking through the glass at them. Jared was drinking his coffee as he looked at Nicole surrounded by the guys, a look of envy appeared in
his eyes. Although those lot were afraid of Nicole, they were still respectful to her and kept a polite distance from her. Yet, when he looked at the men beside her, he felt extremely displeased. He wanted to leave this place, but he could not avert his eyes off them.
He just kept staring at them, seemingly afraid they would d o something that will cross the line! “Mr.
Johnston, it’s late already “Normally at this hour, Jared would have long gone back to rest. “I’ll have my dinner here.” He said menacingly without even looking at Max Graham.
“Eh?” Max was shocked. “Is there a problem?” “No… no.” Max did not dare to say more and hurried downstairs to prepare the western food. Inside Nicole’s room, the revision still went on in a lively atmosphere.
All of them were in the mood to study, so much so they forgot that their coffee was still not served. Nicole led them as they proceeded with the fifth round of revisions.
They had pretty much completed a textbook, and looking at her watch, it was about enough for today, and they will not be able to process any more.
So, she closed the book and said faintly,” We’ll stop here today.
Do you guys have anything you don’t understand?” The lot looked at the questions with enthusiasm, clearly not expecting this to be over.
They each shook their head, saying, “No.
Boss, you’re really amazing! We actually understood everything you taught us!” Their boss here was a true talent, and they really did not understand why she scored zero the last time.
“Yeah, I think boss is a much better teacher than Ms.
Thompson.
Her teaching is shit aside, she even looked down at us poor performers.
She does nothing aside from criticizing us all day!” “Boss, you seem to have some kind of magic, it’s literally the same thing, but why is it more fun learning from you, and we actually understood it better and quicker too! “You dumbass, what else is there? Boss is a straight up goddess!” They had originally accepted her as the boss because of Austin, and they were in fact giving face to Austin, being his followers.
But now, each of them looked at Nicole with bright, gleaming eyes. Austin was right.
It was their luck that Nicole was their boss! If this goes on, they might actually be able to make it into the top twenty
Chapter 108
Chapter 108 Looking at these lot, their eyes brimming with enthusiastic light, a smile gradually appeared on Nicole’s face ‘It seems like they were not totally hopeless.’ It was almost nine o’clock before Jared saw Nicole being escorted out by the bunch of louts. Every single one of those punks that were friendly with Nicole could not help but to show their admiration and respect for her.
He crossed his arms over his chest as he watched on, wishing that he could chase all of them out this instant. The group went downstairs and as Nicole paid the bill, someone suddenly said, “I want to get into the top twenty, I want Nicole to be our boss for all time!” Austin looked at that buddy of his.
That guy had always opposed him taking Nicole as his boss and had grumbled who knows how many times to him in private. He went forward and gave that buddy a punch.
“Now you know how wise I am, huh!” The rest of them nodded silently as they heard that. At this moment, glints of light appeared in all of their eyes, All of them recognized Nicole as their boss! Having reached an accord with the blokes, Nicole took her card back and was about to turn away and leave, but she instead saw Jared Johnston there.
He was actually still here! And he was staring weirdly at her!
She found it difficult to understand his behavior, so she gave him a glare before leaving without even saying anything.
Jared looked on as she left with the group, and one could only wonder how miffed he was. As he gnashed his teeth, Jared asked Max, “Is my standing in her heart lower than a bunch of gangsters?” Max was stunned.
So that was why Jared’s face as been dark and gloomy for the past two to three hours… ‘Is… Mr.
Johnston feeling jealous? ‘But… wasn’t he the one that said he wanted to break off the engagement?’ ‘I have no idea what he is thinking.’Max dared not say anything at all. After saying goodbye to Austin and the others, Nicole left for the dormitory. Along the way, she kept wandering.
Insofar she had not gotten any information yet, supposing the person tailing her was someone very skilled A thought appeared in her mind as she had a feeling that the person did not harbor any malice, otherwise she would not be so merciful.
So, she was in no hurry to find out who the person was. Since the person wants to play a game of cat and mouse, she would of course oblige. As she got to the ground floor of the dormitory, Nicole ran into someone totally unexpected there. There was a very tall cherry blossom tree at the ground floor of Royal Creek Institute’s dormitory.
At this moment, it was not the flowering season, the green leaves created a shade and Harvey Ellison was standing right under the tree.
His entire person was covered by the shade, his expression indiscernible. When Nicole saw him, she could not help but frown as she stopped walking. Harvey too noticed her as he looked up.
Nicole then saw his bright-as-day smile, and a hint of irritation appeared in her heart.
Harvey was already walking towards her.
His pace was measured, and it was only when he got before her that he said softly,” Nicole, I was waiting for you.” Nicole looked at his figure and the smile on his face as she faintly said, “Stop smiling.” Just looking at him pissed her off. Harvey did not expect her first sentence would be that and could not help but to be taken aback for a moment.
A slight gloom appeared in his eyes.
“Why does it always seem like you hate me?” Many gazes, both overt and covert, looked over as many took out their phones and started taking shots of them. It must be said that both Nicole and Harvey looked very good together. One was cold, while another warm, and they seemed to be in some kind of inexplicable harmony. Many were gossiping about them in whispers and all of the girls were looking at Nicole with seething hatred and envy. ‘Why was Nicole getting the attention of so many of the cool guys in the campus?!’ If it was Snow and Raine Riddle, so be it, but the person speaking so gently to her was Harvey Ellison! They already had enough of Snow alone, and now a Nicole pops up!
She was nothing, so what right does she have to win Harvey’s blue eyes.
Just because of her pretty face? Nicole noticed the menacing gazes as she coldly looked at Harvey before her.
“Can you tell if I hate you or not? What do you want?” She could clearly feel that he was pestering her not because of the matter with Snow and Raine Riddle, but there was something else that she had yet to realize. After seeing Nicole showing some emotions to him, and no longer acting like she could not even see him, Harvey looked at her bright eyes as he felt an extreme surge of excitement within him, so much so that his heartbeat went wild. He then looked at Nicole and let out a rare, genuine smile. Seeing him not speaking, Nicole frowned and said, “If you want me to apologize to Snow and Raine, you
can forget about it.” After all, Harvey was the grandson of Mr.
Ellison, so she did not believe that with Harvey’s insight and intelligence that he could not tell what was going on.
Some matters he could just find out after some cursory investigation. When Harvey heard what she said, he was a little shocked.
He then responded in a friendly tone, “I’ve only agreed to speak up for Snow in the afternoon.
I have to be a man of my words, don’t I? The reason I’m looking for you now is to talk of some personal matters.” His tone was cocksure as if the incident this afternoon was just him completing a task with nary any personal feelings attached. Nicole looked at him deeply in the eyes. Is that even possible? Everyone would have a sense of selfishness in what they do, no? “What personal matter?” Harvey looked at her being all vigilant and a hint of delight appeared in his eyes. That’s it, she should be showing him more emotions. He smiled gently, his eyes like the azure sea, luring people like a siren’s song to drown within it. “It’s a very simple personal matter.” Harvey looked firmly at Nicole in the eyes as he slowly bent over and elegantly extended a hand to her. “Nicole, would you be my girlfriend?”
Chapter 109 His voice was low, yet it sounded like a thunderclap. He did not actually lower his voice, and so everyone heard it loud and clear. And instantly, a commotion erupted. “Did I hear that right? I heard Harvey wants Nicole as his girlfriend?!” “I also heard that.
What’s going on? What about Snow Riddle then?” “If I’m not wrong, Harvey never actually acknowledged Snow Riddle as his girlfriend, right?” “Then it’s Snow who took herself as Harvey’s girlfriend.
Now that’s spicy, getting slapped right in the face there!” “Is no one gonna scold Nicole here? She’s the one seducing Harvey!” Nicole ignored those voices as she looked at Harvey Ellison standing before her.
“If I’m not wrong, this is our third meeting, yes?” Harvey seemingly knew that she was about to say, and his extended hand stayed there as he smiled and said gently, “We can always slowly cultivate our relationship.” That was to say, even if he had no feelings for her, he could still ask her to be his girlfriend just because of something. He was the type that would do anything to achieve his goals, Nicole’s gaze towards Harvey turned colder and colder as a layer of frost slowly appeared in her eyes.
She really did not expect a good man like Mr.
Ellison would have such a promiscuous grandson! “Get lost!” If he did not leave now, she was going to punch him.
When Harvey heard her words, the elegant smile on his face froze. He looked at Nicole in disbelief, seemingly not understanding what she had said as he asked with a puzzled tone, “What did you say?” Seeing that he still did not leave, Nicole could not be bothered to exchange words with him as she swung a fist at him. Her martial skills were no joke and Harvey had witnessed her practice before, so he knew how strong the punch was.
He immediately dodged backwards, his body bending backwards as he barely dodged the punch. He looked at her in consternation.
“Nicole, what’s the meaning of this?” Everyone was stunned silly by this unexpected scene.
They never expected Nicole to reject Harvey.
Rejecting him aside, she seemed like she wanted to beat him up too! If it wasn’t for the fact that Harvey had learned Taekwondo before, the punch would have landed square on him. Seeing him dodge, Nicole did not press the attack as she glared coldly at him and spat a warning.
“Never show yourself before me ever again!” As she said that she tumed towards the staircase of the dormitory. Everyone looked at her back in shock, and no one dared to say a word. She was cold and powerful.
No one could stop her. Harvey too was looking at her in a stupor, his thoughts now in a flux. Her gaze earlier had pierced him straight in the heart, causing him to feel a numbness akin to an electric shock. He covered his face and actually started sniggering. Interesting.
No one had ever made him act like this before.
This Nicole… she was really driving him insane… And everyone who looked at him was even more stupefied. Harvey Ellison almost ate a punch, yet not only he was not angry; he was laughing instead. They could clearly sense that this laughter was not the same as the shallow smile he usually lets out.
It had a thick sense of elation, as if he had encountered something that made him really happy. Harvey looked at the crowd and the elation in his voice did not fade away as he gently said, “So sorry for the embarrassing scene earlier.” After that, he slowly smoothened the wrinkles on his shirt as he left with a swift pace. Many just stood there as they had never seen Harvey Ellison acting like that before.
He had always been gentle and polite; he was always measured and would not laugh out loud like this. Very soon, someone posted the footage onto the school’s forum, and the entire comment section immediately bent out of shape. “What the hell? What’s going on?” “So, Harvey confessed to Nicole? This…” “Seems like she played a game of dare and lost.
Didn’t you see how flustered Nicole was that she wanted to hit Harvey?” “This Nicole Wallace sure is a bitch.
Harvey and Snow are a thing, right? What is she doing there, seducing Harvey?”
When Norah saw this bizarre post, she was extremely jealous. Jared Johnston being still infatuated with Nicole aside; Harvey too had only just got back today, and he went to confess to her that very night? As she saw Nicole taking the spotlight again, she was furious. She looked away and immediately forwarded the post to Snow. “Nicole, you are looking for trouble again, so just you wait, you’ll soon be dealt with!” She will hang back and await the spoils.
Once Snow Riddle was done with Nicole, she will be able to get Jared Johnston for herself! Snow was happily applying a mask at home.
When she thought of how Harvey stood up for her today, she was particularly elated. Her phone suddenly rang, and she hummed as she clicked on the link. After entering the school’s forum, Snow thought today’s trending topic would be her Harvey. What she did not expect to see was a video of Harvey and Nicole on the homepage of the forum. When she opened the link in surprise, she actually heard Harvey asking Nicole if she wanted to be his girlfriend! “Damn you, Nicole Wallace! You dare seduce my man?!” With a roar, she smashed her new phone onto the ground. She had worked so hard to stand beside Harvey, all for the fact that he could provide her prestige.
Yet he had never acknowledged her at all. She always persuaded herself that Harvey just hasn’t gotten around to say anything.
But he, after all, had her, and that was more than enough. Yet that video completely crushed Snow Riddle’s self-deception.
It was not that Harvey did not know; he just did not want her to be his girlfriend! Him standing up to Nicole Wallace today, was probably to get close to her! And for him to confess later that night, where does she stand now, then?
Chapter 110
Snow was so apoplectic she lost her mind.
Her biggest backer in school and at home was Harvey.
Karen had been pestering her every day about her progress with Harvey, saying that she must capture Harvey’s heart, and that Dillon’s promotion relied on her.
Although she did not directly say no problem, but it was already almost at that stage.
Karen had already told everyone around her that, and all eyes were on her.
Plus, she had long let out news in school, hinting that both Harvey and her were an item, leaving no one in doubt.
But now, Harvey was the one that ruined everything!
She sat on her princess bed, and when she thought of how things would end after Harvey leaves her, she was so nervous that she gnawed her intricately manicured nails into pieces.
It was all because of Nicole Wallace! Be it the brothers of the Riddle family, or Austin Woods or Gary Finley, all of them seemingly lost their minds when they see Nicole, and now Harvey too, after seeing her just a couple of times, was acting strange.
Everything was Nicole’s fault!
Nicole Wallace, that wench, not only did she seduce Gary Finley, but she also laid her filthy hands on Harvey.
Despicable!
When she thought of this, a brutal glint appeared in her eyes.
She cannot just stand by and watch as Harvey leaves her!
It was late at night and at this moment Gary was sitting inside the school’s Security Department, watching the codes jumping out o n the screen before him.
After school, the manager of the Security Department gave him a call, saying that there was something seemed strange with the monitoring system of the girl’s dormitory, yet they could not find out what it was.
Knowing that the Finley family was in charge of the school’s security, so the manager gave him a call and asked to have a look.
After all, Gary was a computer expert.
Gary’s fingers tapped quickly on the keyboard.
He could sense that something was wrong, yet all of the surveillance footage just appeared there quietly before him.
The program he deployed did not detect any issues, only at the end of the surveillance footage a day ago that he found a split-second blank airtime, about 0.01 seconds.
When he saw this blank airtime, the look in his eyes gradually changed from contemplative to disbelief.
When he clicked on the very last moment of the footage and processed it using the highest efficiency parser and slowing it down t o 250 times, the thing on the footage finally appeared before him.
Gary looked at the distorted letters from the excessive parsing, and a shocking gleam appeared in his eyes.
When the manager saw his expression, he could not help but to poke his head over in curiosity.
Yet on the snow-white screen was a small line of Esperian in the lower right corner, as if a letter writer leaving his signature on it.
“Just sing a song.”
The manager looked weirdly at the sentence and said rather speechlessly, “The hell is that? Gary, did you managed to find out what it is?”
Gary looked at the sentence and suddenly remembering something as he was indescribably agitated! A professional had infiltrated the school’s system!
But no one would understand if he blathered about it so he could only glance at the manager and closed the interface, saying, “It’s fine.
I’ve added another layer of protection in the security system.
If someone tries to break in, I’ll be able to monitor it on my end.
Don’t worry.”
The manager nodded in confusion and then reacting as he looked at Gary’s departing silhouette and shouted, “Hey, punk! You haven’t told me if you found anything or not!”
Gary did not even look back but waved his hand at the manager from a distance.
Seeing him like this, the manager knew that there was no problem, and he let out a curse.
“That punk!”
Gary sat uneasy all the way back home and the driver asked in confusion.
“Master Gary, what’s the matter?”
Could there be nails on the seat?
Gary was very excited after getting hold of a secret and when he heard that he felt that the driver was trying to pry into his secrets, so he gave the latter a glare.
“Just focus on the road.”
The driver gave him a quizzical look and noticed that the traffic light had turned green, so he turned his head around and drove.
After reaching the Finley family’s manor, Gary immediately rushed upstairs.
Ryder Finley was holding a video conference and when he saw Gary in such a hurry, he quickly asked, “Gary, what’s the matter?”
Gary’s voice then came from the second floor.
“I’ve finally got my idol’s signature!”
Ridley shook his head helplessly as he asked his assistant to continue.
Inside his room, Gary tumed on his laptop again as he looked at the tiny words over and over again.
In the world of hackers, even the most novice of script kiddies knew that the Esperian word in black on white background is the signature of the legend in the hacking world, Lucifer!
Gary excitedly looked at the page before him, and twenty seconds later, the page flickered as it was automatically destroyed
A top-level hacker has his own pride.
He would boldly declare that he had done this, but he would never leave such an obvious clue to any computer that wanted to trace his details.
Gary looked at the gradually disappearing page but the smile on his lips grew wider.
He could almost be sure that Lucifer was a Royal Creek Institute student, and the person must have used the computer in the institute to do this.
This alone will allow him to trace Lucifer back.
It was just that there were over ten thousand people in the Royal Creek Institute, students and staff included.
Trying to find a person’s information without their personal characteristics is just too difficult.
Plus, why did Lucifer wanted to pull up the surveillance footage of Royal Creek Institute’s girls’ dormitory?
Gary could not figure out why was he doing this as he lay on his bed and pondered the matter.