Ch. 1151..1155: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1151-1155

Chapter 1151

“That's right. When he was showing the apple to others, he was secretly reaching into his pocket with the other hand. I guess that is when the switch occurs," Harvey confidently explained.

“Ah, I see." Nicole finally understood.

Knowing that it was a trick, she lost all of her interest in watching the show and left.

“Why are you leaving already?" Harvey asked, and hurried after Nicole.

“Since you've solved the mystery, what's the point in watching it anymore?" she replied.

“Ms. Riddle, there's an escape room there. Should we try it out?" Kelly pointed to the place following a short walk.

Before Nicole could speak, Harvey stepped in and said, "Where is the fun in that? Let's head to the front instead."

Looking at Harvey, she understood why he had stopped them from going. The previous incident with Ike had occurred at an interactive indoor level, so, he might be worried that something of that nature would happen again.

“Yes, I've been there before. It's not that fun. Let's keep walking," Nicole said, and when she had uttered the last word, her eyes met Harvey's.

As the trio continued, Nicole suddenly received a call from Zeke. " Nicole, what have you been up to? It's been a long while."

"I've gone abroad now. What made you think about calling me?” Nicole asked.

"I am facing a massive problem. Can you help me when you're available?" Zeke said in a low and deep tone of voice.

"A massive problem? With your skills, what could give you such a hard time?" Nicole said, thinking that he was joking around.

"Stop teasing me. When you're back at the hotel, I'll send them over to you. That's all for now. Bye.” Zeke hung up the instant he was done speaking.

"Classic Zeke. He knows that he can't manage tasks of such difficulty, and yet he just can't turn a challenge down.” Nicole shook her head and sighed.

"You were saying something?” Harvey frowned and looked at Nicole.

"Nothing. Is there anything fun to do in front?” Nicole looked over and asked.

"Well, there's a shooting game. Should we give it a try?" Kelly looked at Nicole.

To Nicole, a game like that would be a walk in the park. "Sure, let's give it a shot."

"Sir, how should we play this?” Kelly asked the person in charge.

"Do you see those balloons there?” The man pointed. "If you manage to shoot ten, you'll get a small plushie. If you're able to shoot twenty, you'll get the medium-sized ones. With thirty, you can get the big one and so on and so forth.”

"What if I manage to shoot all of them? What do I get?" Nicole asked.

“All of them? Hah! I've been operating this business for a long time, and the best competitor I've had only managed to shoot thirty. You'd be lucky if you could shoot five,” he said.

The man looked at Nicole's petite frame. He knew that she had never played such a game before, so he burst out laughing.

"It's too early to laugh now. If I manage to shoot all of them, what do I get?” Nicole looked at the man, unsmiling.

“What sort of prize would you want?"

“I want those binoculars in your hands," Nicole said, as she already knew that it was a great item the moment she saw it on the booth. The boss took and examined it. "Sure, but if you lose, you'll have to pay me tenfold the price of this thing.”

"Sure," she said.

“Nicole, don't you think you're making that promise a little too quickly? At this sort of distance, it would be hard to get even one shot in. This is how they have rigged the game against you," Harvey reminded her.

“Don't worry, I won't lose," she said.

Nicole raised the gun, and with a bam, one of the balloons at the far end burst.Harvey was shocked.

"We got one!"

Then, he looked at Nicole in surprise. "Come on! Let's do it again."

At this point, he was feeling even more pumped up now.

Chapter 1152

Nicole fired a few more shots, causing bang after bang as the balloons burst.

Seeing this, the owner's eyes widened. ‘That first shot might have been luck. But for each consecutive shot she had placed since then, I'm convinced it's not luck anymore.’

Before he knew it, Nicole had destroyed twenty balloons, and that was when he sat down, "Lady, I see you've shot down twenty. I'm telling you that it's better to not push your luck. A medium-sized plushie will do. If you keep going, you'll have to pay me money if you lose.”

“It's fine. Since we've made a promise, I'll follow through it. I'm not afraid of losing." Nicole looked at the boss and smirked.

In the face of Nicole's determination, the boss could not help but sit down.

Soon after, Nicole shot ten more balloons, and when she looked over to her periphery, she could see that the owner of the booth was dripping with cold sweat. 'Those binoculars. I'm going to get it!’

With the three consecutive bangs that followed, the man was left despairing over the fact that he would soon have to give his prized possession away. It seemed that he had finally met a professional shooter that day. With the last shot fired, the final balloon burst.

Seeing this, Kelly rejoiced. “Yay! We won!"

Nicole placed the gun down, walked over to the owner, and looked at the binoculars. "Sir, please honor your promise.”

The boss caressed the binoculars in his hand for a moment. Then, he closed his eyes and passed it to Nicole at once, "Take it.”

Nicole took the binoculars from him. "Thank you. Now, let's go."

When they had left the shooting booth, Harvey looked at the binoculars in Nicole's hands and asked, "Nicole, I saw that the owner had other things to offer. Why would you choose a pair of binoculars? Do you have any uses for it?”

Harvey was confused. He did not understand why Nicole would want binoculars that looked antiquated.

"This is good stuff. You just don't have an eye for things like these. " Nicole glanced at Harvey with a smirk.

"Pfft, who would believe that?”

"You guys are....” Nicole let out a sigh, feeling too lazy to explain herself any further.

All that mattered was that she understood the value of the item she had acquired.

"Where else do you guys want to go?" Harvey looked at the two ladies.

“I'm pretty much done. I want to go back and catch some rest. The both of you can go ahead and have your fun." Nicole looked at Kelly and knew that the latter still wanted to walk around for a bit more.

“Yeah, met too. I can't even feel all that food in me anymore," Harvey said while he stroked his belly.

Seeing that the both of them wanted to return to the hotel to catch some rest, Kelly had no choice but to follow suit.

"Harvey, you'd be bored if you head back. Why don't you stick around with Kelly and walk around for a bit?” Nicole said, suggesting the exact opposite.

"I think that's a good arrangement. Kelly, I'll think I'll have to make your job harder now. Just keep Harvey company, take your time, and look around.” Nicole smiled and gave Kelly a wink.

Kelly understood what Nicole was trying to tell her and glanced at Harvey shyly, “Alright.”

“Okay, I'm off now. The both of you can take your sweet time.” Nicole waved and left.

With Harvey and Kelly being left to their own devices, they looked at each other, "Where are we going?"

Nicole drove herself back to the hotel, and the first thing she did as soon as she had reached was switch her computer on and check for Zeke's message.

“This is a defense operation." Nicole began to peruse the contents of the message.

Soon after, Nicole took her phone out and called Zeke, "Hello, what was the task that you have received?"

“Cyber defence. But I'm not sure which company it belongs to. I've been looking it up for the whole day and I haven't found a clue just yet," Zeke replied, as he was just as doubtful when he received the task.

“I'm not surprised that you weren't able to find out. Tasks such as these are usually assigned by arms dealers. Normally, they would hire an agent to release this, so that others won't be able to trace it back to them," Nicole explained.

“I get it now. I guess this will be a tough one, then," Zeke muttered.

"Nicole, what do you think I should do with this task?”

“I need to look further into it," she said.

"If this really does concern arms and munitions, things may get tricky. Just wait for my call."

After Nicole was done speaking, she hung up at once.

Chapter 1153

Nicole placed her phone down and began typing on the keyboard. When she saw the notification on the computer screen, her eyes darkened.

‘Seems like someone is planning to get firearms,’ she thought.

“Zeke, activate the firewall I've created for now. If anything happens, contact me.” Nicole sent the procedure over and continued her investigation on this issue.

Meanwhile, Jared had gone to visit his grandfather.

“Jared, do you have any updates regarding your Uncle Henry?" Mr. Johnston Sr. asked.

“Not yet. Searching for someone who's holed up in another country takes time, so my people are still working on it. We'll probably hear from them soon enough if Uncle Henry hasn't flown to a third country," Jared responded.

“No one else knows about this, right?" Mr. Johnston Sr. asked as he looked at Jared.

"No."

"Good. Do not ruin the name of our family. Let's just settle this matter privately.”

"Sure."

"You should head back to work.”

“Take care, grandpa. Bye for now." Jared stood up and left the ward.

The instant Jared had entered the corridor, he asked, "Max, do you have updates regarding Henry?”

"Nope, it's as if he has vanished into thin air," Max replied. "There have been no traces of him since he fled.”

Jared sighed, frustrated. "Hire a professional detective from that country to aid us. It will be great if we can find him as soon as possible.”

“Alright, I'm on it,” Max replied.

When he went back to his mansion, the silent emptiness in the house made him think of Nicole. So, he picked his phone up and called her. "Hello, are you busy right now?”

"It's alright. What's up?" Nicole turned the loudspeaker on as her eyes scanned through the details on her computer.

“Nothing much, just wanted to ask how you're doing over there," Jared replied, as he just wanted to hear her voice.

“I'm fine,” she said. "If that's all you wanted to ask, I'll be going off now.”

"Okay, bye." Jared finished, feeling calmer now that he had heard Nicole's voice.

Nicole did not even have the time to think about the reason as to why Jared called her in the first place. As soon as she had ended the call, she centered all of her attention to the information on the computer.

"Nicole, I've already activated your firewall. What should I do now? " Zeke asked her.

“Now, you'll have to watch out for any attacks that might give the person's location away,” Nicole ordered.

“Okay,” Zeke replied, after which he dozed off.

After some time, Zeke woke up from his sleep to find that Nicole's firewall had not been breached at all. Looking at the screen, he thought,

‘‘Is that all for today?"

But just when he was about to fall asleep again, his computer notified him with an alert.

"Danger! Danger!"

Zeke jumped at once, with his eyes glued to the screen. His fingers darted across his keyboard as he wanted to locate where the cyber- attack was coming from. By doing so, he would be able report back to Nicole so that she could plan a more precise assault.

Much to his dismay, however, it was just a test. That other party had ceased before Zeke could trace them.

“Argh! I was so close.” Zeke struck the table, angry and frustrated.

It was then that Nicole sent him a text message.

“They are testing the waters, but you have to try your best to locate them. We don't know when, or how long they're going to keep testing us."

“Okay.”

Then, Nicole proceeded to stand guard by the computer. Though she had already perfected her system, she was still wary of the unexpected.

 

Chapter 1154

Though they were situated in two different parts of the world, they were protecting the very same thing.

The next day, Harvey knocked on Nicole's door.

"Nicole, do you want to have breakfast together?"

When the first rap was not answered, he knocked on her door a few more times. “Nicole?”

Then, her door creaked open, revealing a Nicole with tousled hair as she stood before him. "Order a takeaway for me when you go out for your meal later."”

Harvey was shocked to see Nicole looking so unkempt. "What happened, Nicole?"

“What do you mean ‘what happened’? I'm fine,” she replied.

Nicole had stayed up all night, so her eyes were bloodshot and her lids were drooping.

“Are you sure that you're fine?" Harvey asked as he studied her from top to toe.

“What's wrong?" Nicole looked at him with her brow raised before turning to the mirror.

“Gosh! Why do I look like this?!" Nicole immediately ran off to the washroom to freshen up.

Then, she walked out after she was done grooming herself. “Why are you still here?”

“I'm worried about you," he replied.

"What happened? Why do you even look like this?"

Harvey was baffled as he wondered, 'She was perfectly fine yesterday, and we even strolled around the area. Why does she look so tired this morning?’

"Like I said, I'm fine. I just stayed up to take care of some work- related stuff. You should have your breakfast now, and please, remember to get me some food after you're done." Nicole pushed Harvey aside and walked out.

“Alright, I'll get you some food right now. You should catch some rest." Harvey looked at Nicole before heading downstairs, worried and downcast.

Nicole closed the door and walked back to her room where she fell asleep before she even knew it.

Suddenly, she was jolted awake by a notification on her phone.

She then grabbed it and saw that Zeke had sent her a message. " The firewall yesterday was a success. It hasn't been hacked at all. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to trace their exact location."

"The assault was a rather aggressive one, and yet you still weren't able to trace them? What's going on?" Nicole responded, beginning to doubt Zeke's expertise.

“I'm bummed out too. With my skills, I didn't think I'd fail. Do you think that they might be professionals?" Zeke texted back with a shocked emoji at the end of the sentence.

"Well, that's not impossible. You should focus on guarding the system today. I'll find another way to trace them,” Nicole replied, and went off to give herself a rinse.

While she was in the midst of it, she heard a knock on her door again, and so, she hurried out of the bathroom to answer it.

”You're done eating already? Well, that's quick.”

"No, not yet. I've brought it all up to eat with you because I don't want you to starve yourself,” Harvey replied, concerned as he walked over to the couch and took a seat.

“Thanks, you go ahead. I'll join you when I'm done washing up.” Nicole then returned to the washroom to continue grooming herself.

She walked out of the washroom and joined him on the couch thereafter, but the instant she saw that the food on the coffee table had remained untouched, she asked, “Why haven't you started?"

“I told you that I'm going to eat with you." Harvey felt a lot better the moment he saw Nicole's current state. ‘At least her hair is tidier now.’

“Tuck in." Nicole took a sandwich and gave it to Harvey.

“Nicole, are you still going to the manufacturing base of the manned flying cars today?" Harvey asked as he looked at Nicole.

“Nope,” she replied.

“You and Kelly can do whatever you want today."

“Whatever we want? So where are we heading off to today?" Harvey looked at Nicole with his head tilted.

“You can discuss with Kelly about this," she said.

"I'm not joining you today."

“You're not joining us? What are you going to do then?" Harvey asked Nicole with a brow raised and his forehead creased.

“I have to stay here and take care of something important," she answered.

"I can't disclose the details to you, though. Anyway, thanks for the breakfast. I'm done, so I'll get back to business now.

“Oh, and remember to close the door on your way out." Nicole finished and made a beeline for her computer.

Chapter 1155

Harvey wanted to join Nicole by her computer, but as she had explicitly said that there was classified information involved, he could only do as he was told, and leave.

The instant he had left Nicole's room, he saw Kelly had just exited the elevator.

Upon noticing him, she walked over to Harvey and greeted him politely, "Good morning, Harvey.”

"Good morning. Did you bring these for Nicole?" Harvey looked at the box of sandwiches in her hands.

"Yeah, is Miss Riddle awake?"

"Yeah, but I just bought her breakfast.”

Harvey was implying that Nicole had already eaten, which was why Kelly would not have to bother her anymore.

"I see. Well, have you had your breakfast, Harvey?" Kelly looked at Harvey and thought, Tf he hasn't had his breakfast yet, perhaps we can have it together.’

"Yeah, I have,” he said.

"Oh, guess I'll head back to my room, then.” Kelly bade him farewell and returned to her room.Harvey was feeling bored after he had gone back to his room too, so he switched his TV on.Meanwhile, Nicole had successfully located her target, and had sent a virus over to their system. After a slight delay, she received a call from Zeke.

"Nicole, the assault has stopped. I don't think they're testing us this time. It was too sudden,” Zeke reported.

"I did it. I guess their computer has been destroyed now, so you can go ahead and claim your bonus.” Nicole said, feeling light- hearted now.

"You're awesome, Nicole. There's nothing you can’t do!”

"Eh, I guess I'm alright."

"With their computer fried, do you think that they will get it repaired and launch another attack soon?" Zeke asked, worried.

"I'll try to upload the virus into the firewall, so when someone tries to hack it, their computer will be infected once they've

breached the first layer. That way, it will be secure. In the meantime, you should keep an eye on it for a bit and contact me when something comes up,” Nicole ordered.

"Okay, I'll share my bonus with you, for sure," Zeke said happily.

"Alright, goodbye now," she said.

Nicole continued working on the computer after she had ended the call, as she wanted to install the virus into the firewall, just as she had told Zeke.

Time flew, and before she knew it, she realized that two hours had passed since she ended the phone call. She then switched her computer off and stretched her muscles. "It's finally done.”

After loosening up her joints, she threw herself on the bed. Knowing that she could finally be at ease now, she closed her eyes and dozed off, but after a while, she was awakened by a series of knocks on the door again.

"Who is it? Why do they always have to disturb my dream?!" Nicole mumbled and went back to sleep.

After a few minutes, the person rapped on her door again, prompting Nicole to make her way towards it with a frown. "Who is it?"

"It's me, Miss Riddle,” Kelly's voice streamed in from the other side of the door.

Nicole looked at Kelly after she opened it. "What's up?”

"Miss Riddle, it's noon now. I'm just here to ask what you'd like to eat."

"It's already noon now?" Nicole looked at Kelly in a daze.

"Yeah, did you just wake up?" Kelly eyed her, scanning her from top to toe.

"Yeah, what did you and Harvey do in the morning?” Nicole took a seat on the couch.

"Harvey and I? I was in my room the whole time, so I wasn't with Harvey.” Kelly furrowed her brows and looked at her.