Ch. 1146..1150: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1146-1150

Chapter 1146

"You may continue with your work," Ike said to all of them.

"Miss Riddle, this way please."

"What is that thing they're working on?" Nicole glanced at Ike and asked.

"They're developing a chip," Ike said.

"A chip? Why aren't we using those developed by professional chip manufacturers?" Nicole looked at Ike with her brows raised.

"The manufacturers out there couldn't meet our needs.To them, our requirements are just too high.They just can't meet our standards, so we could only produce them on our own.Besides, it will be much more convenient for us to improve on the project if we have our own supply of chips," Ike explained.

"I see, Although it's not a walk in the park to develop, we'll definitely have an upper hand in the future, as it's our own technology," Nicole analyzed.

"That's right.We won't have to be at the mercy of the manufacturers anymore.Furthermore, we could sell these chips to others if we play our cards right." Ike grinned.

"Now that's a good idea.We're killing two birds with one stone," Nicole complimented.

"At any rate, these researchers are the ones busting their rears to make this work.Be sure to take good care of them, and provide them with whatever they need.Should they face any problems, always render immediate help." Nicole instructed.

"Understood," Ike said.

"Let's get out of here." Nicole said.

"If we don't, we'll just be getting in the way of their work."

"Sure, I'll walk you out," Ike replied.

Ike accompanied Nicole to the entrance, after which she turned to him and said, "You don't have to accompany me.You should get back to work.I'll tour around on my own."

"Alright.Call me if you need anything."

Ike walked back into the R &D lab after he had said that.

Nicole then sauntered off to the lounge area where Harvey and Kelly were sitting, drinking coffee.

"I see that the two of you seem comfortable."

Hearing Nicole's voice, Harvey looked over, "You're out already? I thought the both of you would be staying there for quite a while."

"I'm worried that I'll just be in the way, so, I just checked it out and left."" Nicole explained.

"Where are we going now?" Harvey asked Nicole.

"Let's...just walk around." Nicole looked around and headed off to a random direction.

"Do you even know the way?" Harvey mocked at her.

"No, but how big could this place be? We won't get lost, so don't worry about it." Nicole rolled her eyes and continued walking straight.

As she was walking, a virtual image display caught her eye.

"Wow! This looks beautiful!"

"Is this the manned flying car?"

Harvey walked over, also captivated by the virtual image display.

"I think so." Nicole replied, not very sure.

"It will be so cool if we could drive something like that in the future!" Harvey said, his eyes glued to the image.He could not help but compliment it.

"This is the design department.Let's check things out in there." Nicole eyed the sign beside her.

When she had pushed the door open, every person in the department stared at her.

Nicole led Harvey and Kelly into the room.

Then, a young chief designer came over and greeted her.

"Miss Riddle, are you here to observe?"

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“No, it's just that the display out there really caught my eye, and so, I walked in." Nicole smiled at him.

With Nicole having to businesspeople on a daily basis, she had trained herself to maintain a graceful smile on her face, so that no one could guess what her actual thoughts were.

“Oh, that was our design from the previous phase. The extended his hand as a gesture of invitation. "Over here."

Then, he led Nicole in.

“What you're looking at now is modelled according to the previous iteration. After a few alterations, we came up with a new sketch. The previous one was based purely on our imagination, so it did not quite cut it in terms of utility and realism. The one we have now is much better, but we're still trying to improve on it," the chief designer said, introducing the latest design to Nicole.

“It looks amazing. The fact that your team could bring your imaginations to life is amazing." Nicole complimented.

“We are flattered," the chief designer replied.

"Looking at your design, I noticed that the car is only fit for two, am I right?" Nicole looked at the image in front of her and asked.

"That's right. As the manned flying car is meant to be airborne, the critical part is its propulsion. Once that is set, it will be safe, which is why we're trying our best to reduce its size. That way, the engine can maintain a stable output. If its load is too heavy, it might affect both the thrust and the momentum, which will then endanger the driver," he explained.

"I see. You've made a good point there. Safety and security is our main priority. After we have addressed that, it would be great if we can develop a four-seater. Still, we can save that thought for later. With the continued advancements in technology, I'm sure we can achieve it one day. It's just a matter of time,” Nicole remarked, recognizing the chief designer's efforts.

"I'm sure we will. We will enhance and improvise accordingly, so that we can produce the very first manned flying car in the world. I believe that the rest wouldn't be a problem after that." The chief designer looked at Nicole confidently.

"Yes. Fingers crossed! I'll make sure to keep an eye on any future developments,” she replied. "I can't wait to see the first manned flying car designed by your team.

"Anyway, I better not keep you around for too long. You can go ahead and continue with your work." Nicole turned around and left as soon as she was done speaking.

"Have a good day, Miss Riddle."

After they had walked out of the design department, Harvey looked at Nicole with admiration.

Noting his weird gaze, she asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?”

"I've come to notice that you're looking more and more like a chairperson. All the things you've said seems to check out.” Harvey continued to stare at Nicole with that same gaze of admiration.

"Was it that obvious?" Nicole asked, unable to believe his words.

"Kelly, do you think I was a little too formal when I was talking to them?” Nicole turned to Kelly.

"I think it was a little formal, but it's not something you should worry about,” Kelly replied.

Nicole flashed her palm at her. "You don't need to explain. I get it."

Then, she kept walking.

“Nicole, where are you going?" Harvey asked.

“Out of here," Nicole answered.

“No, you were doing alright. Don't worry about it." Harvey said, attempting to comfort her for what he perceived as a slight against her.

Nicole looked at Harvey and said, “I'm not worried at all. I think the tour is almost done. We should head back."

“Oh, I see." Harvey said, embarrassed.

As they were leaving the lab, Nicole said, "Harvey, why do I feel as if there's nothing to be worried about here. Everything seems to be going smoothly."

“Of course, they are all professionals doing what they do best. Did Scott send you here to do something for him?" Harvey looked at Nicole.

“He asked me to mingle around with the team and foster some sort of unity among them,” she said. "He told me not to worry about the other things.”

“Scott must have admired your leadership skills and your ability to bring people together. So, all you have to do is gather all of these experts and progress as a team towards the same goal," Harvey said, addressing her doubts.

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“Harvey, you seem to have improved a lot this time around,” Nicole said upon arriving at that sudden realization and patted him in the shoulder.

“No, you're wrong," he argued. "I've always been this good, alright?"

“That doesn't matter. It's a good day for me. I'll treat you all to something nice!” Nicole said, acting like a generous sister to all of them.

“I guess we should think hard and decide what we want to have." Harvey narrowed his eyes and looked at Kelly.

Kelly chuckled and covered her mouth while Nicole's lips began twitching. ‘Did Harvey come all the way here just to clown around?’

“Have you decided?" Nicole urged, trying to get Harvey to hurry up. "Make up your mind or I will change mine.”

“Yeah. Let's head to the western restaurant by the Winborg River. I've heard they have blue lobsters of the highest grade. I want to give that place a try," Harvey suggested, on the verge of drooling in front of the ladies.

“Winborg River? Where is that?” Nicole asked, having never heard of the location before.

She then stared at Harvey with a brow raised.

"Let's get in the car,” Harvey replied. "I'll have to check the map.”

"Take your time,” Nicole said. "Let's head to the city first.”

"Kelly, you better take the wheel,” Harvey said.

“Alright.” Kelly nodded.

After they had covered a few miles in distance, Harvey said, "I've found the way. Kelly, follow this route.”

"Okay." Kelly took the phone off his hands after he had passed it to her.

"Harvey, it is a long way from here. If we go there just to find out that there aren't any blue lobsters, I'll turn you into our meal,”

Nicole eyed him and said in a threatening tone of voice.

“Alright, but you'd have to make sure there is a pan big enough to fit me.” Harvey laughed as he looked at Nicole.

After a 30 minute drive, Kelly pulled up at the entrance of the restaurant by the Winborg River. As the car halted, Kelly turned around and looked at Nicole, "Ms. Riddle and Mr. Ellison? We're here.”

"Let's get down.” Nicole glanced at Harvey.

After they had made their way into the restaurant, a waiter approached them and asked, “Hello, how many of you?"

“Three,” Harvey replied.

"This way, please." The waiter led them to the upper floor.

After they had been seated, Harvey looked at the waiter, "I heard there are blue lobsters here. Do you have any today?"

"Yes, we do."

Harvey immediately felt relieved to know that he had not been wrong about the lobsters at all, "Can we have the biggest one?"

Then, he turned to Nicole and said, "Nicole, you and Kelly should see if there's anything you'd like to order.”

“I'll have a steak and a salad." Nicole looked at the waiter.

“I'll have a steak and a dessert of the day,” Kelly added.

"Noted," the waiter said, and left.

“I hope you're ready for the feast.” Harvey stared at them with a grin on his face.

“Harvey, consider this your lucky day.”

“Sir, are you fine with this lobster?" The waiter held a big fat lobster and walked over to get Harvey's confirmation.

“Wow, now that's huge." Harvey might have seen a great deal of things, but the size of the lobster did not fail to intimidate him. " Yes. I'm very much fine with it."

“Alright. We'll proceed with the cleaning, then." The waiter brought the lobster away and strode off into the kitchen.

“Nicole, did you see that? That lobster'’s head was this large!" Harvey gestured with his hands as if he was a caveman who had been introduced to civilization.

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“Yes, I saw that. Please spare us the theatrics," Nicole said, having had enough of his antics.

“Ms. Riddle, is our work done for the day?” Kelly asked Nicole.

“Yeah, we can hang around in the afternoon and you can go wherever you want." Nicole turned to Kelly.

“Really?” Kelly smiled. “That's great!"

While they were busy chatting with one another, the waiter came over with steaks and other snacks in hand, and placed them on the table. "Enjoy your meal."

“Their steak is pretty good." Nicole cut a small piece and took a bite out of it.

“Yeah,” Kelly added.

After a while, two men carrying a large chopping board approached Nicole's table. "Excuse me."

The empty plates were taken away. Then, two handsome waiters hefted the gigantic lobster and placed it on the middle of the table, and just like that, the entire table was filled.

"How do we eat such a huge lobster?” Harvey looked at the waiter.

Another waiter brought a set of mallet and kitchen shears to the table.

The three of them were stunned as they saw the tools. They did not realize that such tools, as unusual as they were, were needed for a meal of this sort. Harvey grabbed the huge kitchen shears and proceeded to stare at the waiter with his wide eyes, "We're using this?”

"Yes, sir. You can use this to extract the contents out the shell and eat it," the waiter said in manner that indicated he was not kidding at all.

"Let's get to work." Harvey held the kitchen shears and proceeded to cut his way through the claws with all of his strength.

"These are for the both of you.” Harvey served the claws to Nicole and Kelly.

“Thanks.” Nicole laughed, thinking it was funny.

"What are you laughing at?” Harvey asked, his brows raised.

"You must be happy. You can eat and mess around at the same time. Such an immersive dining experience is pretty interesting,” Nicole commented, happily eating the contents of the claw which Harvey had much difficulty cutting through.

"Quit screwing around. How's does it taste?” Harvey wiped the sweat on his forehead away.

"It is really tasty. Stop cutting. Here, have some." Nicole gave him a piece.

Harvey scooped the flesh out of the claw with his fork. Then, he dipped it into a special mixture of sauces and put it into his mouth. "Wow! It's fresh!”

After he had eaten his fill fora moment, Harvey continued shelling the lobster.

Once he had made his fourth cut, he lifted his head and looked at Nicole, "Nicole, this is a rare experience. You should try it out yourself."

"I think I'm fine where I am. You can continue with it," Nicole replied, not interested in cutting the lobster at all, as she preferred being served with lobsters that were readily prepared.

Noticing Harvey's grimace, Kelly grabbed the tools and looked at him with a smile, "This is quite interesting. I wish to experience it. After all, it's not every day that you get to do this.”

Then, she began to cut the lobster diligently.

Harvey noticed that her technique was incorrect, so he made it a point to offer her some friendly advice. “Hold the kitchen shears straight.

Be careful when you're cutting it. Make sure your hands aren't too close to the shears."

“Okay.” Kelly said as a warm feeling flooded her from within.

“Kelly knows how to have fun. This really is a rare opportunity. Nicole, you'll regret it if you don't try it for yourself,” Harvey said, trying to persuade Nicole.

“It’s fine. I'll reserve this opportunity for you guys. I’m sure I'll come across another in the future," she replied, making it sound as if Harvey and Kelly would not have this opportunity anymore.

“I guess what you said does make some sense," he said. "Kelly, don’t overdo it. Leave the rest to the waiters so that they can help us.”

As Harvey said that, Kelly began to blush. "Okay."

After some painstaking effort, Kelly finally managed to cut an entire claw out. “It seems that food tends to taste better when you it is made with your efforts."

“I'm done. You guys can take your time." Nicole placed her fork down and drank her coffee.

“Nicole, I don't think you ate a lot. Would you like to have another claw?" Harvey looked at the shells in front of her.

“Oh, I'm stuffed," Nicole answered. “The both of you can go ahead”

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The three of them ended the scrumptious meal with happy tummies. They were all slouching against their chairs by the end.

“Nicole, where would you like to go later?" Harvey asked Nicole.

“We're going shopping later. You can head back to the hotel and catch some rest,” Nicole said, not wanting Harvey to come along as she could shop with Kelly.

“I'm coming with the both of you," he said. "As I'm so bloated right now, I could use some exercise to help with the digestion.”

Harvey's intentions were clear. He came all the way here just to accompany Nicole. Naturally, he would pass on any opportunity to spend time with her.

“Suit yourself," Nicole said, as she could not care less.

After they had left the restaurant, they drove to the bustling commercial street. It was crowded and filled with excitement.

Just as the car came to a stop, Nicole and Kelly got down and walked into the commercial area. Perhaps they were so stuffed after the meal that Nicole, who had never liked shopping, actually initiated a trip.

Harvey looked at them as they sauntered off to the distance. He got down from the car and slowly caught up with them.

"Aren't you girls shopping? Why are you walking so fast?" Harvey asked as he was chasing after them.

"There are just too many people here,” Nicole turned back and looked at Harvey. "We're thinking of looking for a slightly less crowded area. You don't have rush after us. You can just take a stroll behind us. If we ever get lost, we can call each other.”

“Alright, I'll try my best to keep up," he said.

"Kelly, I think there's a show of some sort over there. Let's check it out!" Nicole pointed to a crowd near them.

“Surel"

When they were in between the crowd, they saw a young man in a cape standing in the middle of the circle, performing magic tricks.

"Look at this." The man bit his tongue while he was trying to verify the authenticity of the apple. "This is an apple.”

"I'll cover this with a piece of cloth." The man held the covered apple and stood in front of Nicole.

"Miss, could you try and touch it to see if the apple is still in there? " The man looked at Nicole.

Nicole stretched her hand out to touch it. “It's still there.”

"Okay. This is my first time meeting this lady. We don't know each other, so she can't be lying. Isn't that right, Miss?" The man looked at Nicole as if waiting for her to confirm it.

"Yes, we're strangers,” she replied.

"Okay. Now, we're about to witness some magic. Please make sure your eyes are wide open.” The man walked around in a circle before returning to the middle.

"Three, two, one." The man then whisked the cloth away, revealing that the apple had turned into a pear.

The crowd burst into laughter and applause, as Nicole and Kelly stared at the pear in shock.

“Ms. Riddle, how did you do that?" Kelly asked Nicole.

“To be honest, I have no idea," Nicole replied.

The man smiled and walked up to Nicole. Then, he gave the pear to her, after which he continued performing.

“What was that show about?" Harvey approached Nicole and asked.

“Didn't you see it?"

“I just reached.”

“The apple turned into a pear." Nicole showed the pear to Harvey.

Harvey picked it up and took a closer look. He muttered, "An apple into pear? What an old trick."

In the midst of the crowd, the magician was performing another trick. Those around him were enjoying it thoroughly, with the exception of Harvey, who was observing his moves intently. After the magician had successfully performed another trick, a round of applauses followed

Harvey smirked, “Nicole, I know how he did it.”

Nicole looked at Harvey. "You saw it?"