Ch. 1196..1200: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1196-1200

Chapter 1196

"Roca Este,” Nicole said these two words with complete clarity.

"Roca Este...," Jared murmured, staring at the TV and lost in thought.

The next day, the weather was fine as Jared and Nicole sat, eating in the dining room.

‘I'm going to fly home today," Jared said. "You must take care of yourself here.”

"If you're bored, you can get Kelly to come over and keep you company, but not Harvey. I don't want you getting involved with him," Jared instructed, not wanting Harvey to be anywhere near Nicole.

"Don't you worry,” Nicole replied. "I know what to do.’

"When are you going to come back?" Nicole looked at him, betraying the unwillingness to let him go.

‘What's up? I haven't left and you're already missing me?" Jared looked at Nicole with a smirk.

"No, I just wanted to know so that I can get others to leave before you arrive," Nicole said just to get a rise out of him.

"It seems that you still have the temerity to harbor thoughts such as these." Jared went up to her and pinched her on the chin.

Nicole looked at him with a smile, "I don't, but I cannot guarantee that there wont be any.”

"In that case. I'll have to send someone over to guard you 24/7, and I'll fly over at once if something occurs." Jared looked into her eyes with burning passion and made out with her, prompting her to reciprocate.

After a moment, he released her, gave her a loving stare, and said, "If grandpa is okay, I will come back to pay you a visit again.”

"Okay." Nicole nodded. "Are you flying off soon?"

"Yeah."

"Let me send you off.”

Asmile appeared on the corner of Jared's lips. "Okay."

As they took a slow drive from the hotel to the airport, Nicole leaned against Jared’s arms. "Remember to text me when you have landed safely.”

"Okay, I will. Well, no one is going to pick you up after you get off work today. Perhaps you'll have to ride home in someone else's car," Jared said in a figurative way.

"Don't worry,” she said. "Just leave your car here. I can drive it around.”

Nicole then shot him a glance at him and thought, ‘What a cheapskate.’

Jared looked at her and flashed her a smile without saying a word. Once they had pulled up outside the airport, Nicole accompanied him to the security terminals.

"Go home and be careful when you're driving,” Jared advised while keeping his eyes locked on Nicole.

"Yeah, and remember to tell me once you have landed.’

"Bye." Jared waved and vanished into the security checkpoint with Max.

Nicole then walked out of the airport and drove Jared's car to the R&D lab. When she had reached the office, sne saw that both Harvey and Kelly were already working.

Upon noticing her, Harvey came up to her and greeted her, "You're late today."

"Oh. I went to the airport earlier. Harvey, did you hire a personal chauffeur yesterday?" Nicole asked in a casual way.

"Yeah, Mr. Johnston's driver took a long time, so I called myself another. I was thinking that I should return home as early as possible to catch some rest." Harvey said, feeling that it was not necessary to tell her the truth about such a trivial matter.

Nicole did not wish to expose him either, so she looked at him and sat down.

Not long after Nicole had begun working, Ike walked in. "Nicole, what do you want me to do?"

Harvey saw Ike walking in and paused as he kept his eyes on him.

"You came here in a rush. Take a seat for bit. I'll be done in a second." Nicole looked at Ike and motioned for him to seat on the chair and wait.

"Okay." Ike turned around and sat down in a chair.

It was then that he noticed that Harvey was looking at him. "How can I help you, Mr. Ellison?"

 

Chapter 1197

"Nothing."

Harvey turned around and continued to do his work the moment he noticed that Ike was sitting far away from Nicole.

Ike, seeing that Harvey was also busy in front of the computer, walked over curiously.

"Are you sorting the data out, Mr.Ellison?"

"Yeah."

Harvey uttered, refusing to elaborate further and continued working.Ike watched him for a while and noticed that there was an error.He wanted to tell Harvey about it, but once he was reminded of Harvey's character, he chose to maintain his silence.

"Come here," Nicole beckoned, prompting Ike to approach her.

"The current design is like this..."

Nicole pointed at the screen, and Tke listened intently.

Harvey, on the other hand, had been keeping an eye on the distance between Ike and Nicole.

'If he gets any closer to Nicole, I will not hesitate to make some noise to let her know about it"

Just when Ike was about to bump into Nicole, Harvey suddenly ducked.

This caused Nicole and Ike to look at him at the same time.

"What are you doing?" Nicole stared at him with her brows raised and asked.

"It's nothing.It's just that my feet are numb."

Harvey casually found an excuse to justify his weird behavior.

Then, Nicole and Ike continued their discussion.

Ike pointed at the screen, after which he placed his hand on the back of Nicole's chair.His fingers grazed Nicole's back.

As she had felt it, she leaned forward by a little bit.

Seeing that Nicole had moved forward, Harvey kept silent and did not react.

"Okay, I'll go back and make the preparations at once.You can find me in the R&D department with the data later," Ike said, and left the office.

Nicole then looked at Harvey and asked, "How's the sorting coming along?"

Harvey heard Nicole's inquiry and replied, "There is still a bit left for me to sort out."

"Okay, you better speed up," she said.

"I must bring it to the R&D department later on."

"Alright."

Harvey quickened his hand movements after he had responded to her, while Nicole continued to immerse herself in her work.

After 30 minutes, Nicole completed the final bit of her work an exported it to the hard disk at once.

"Harvey, have you finished sorting the data out?" Nicole asked while perusing her documents.

"Yeah, it's done."

"Export it to the hard drive."

"Okay."

Nicole brought Harvey along to the R&D department.

After swiping her access card to gain access, she entered the conference room that Ike had prepared.

"Are you ready?" Nicole looked at Ike and asked.

"All set."

Ike turned the computer on and nodded at her.

Nicole walked over and sat in front of the computer.She plugged the disk into the port and waited as the system began to read the data.

They watched as the progress bar got longer and longer, and finally, they heard a ding, revealing that the learning process was successful.

Nicole opened the file, as well as the data set that Harvey had compiled, after which she operated the computer to demonstrate what she had created.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the screen in front of Nicole.

Then, it began to move and the chip manufacturing process was soon being displayed on the screen.

All of a sudden, a dialog box popped up in the middle of screen, stating that there was a data error.

The people on present in the room became nervous, with Nicole scrambling to search for the error at once.

After several minutes spent on skimming through the codes, she found that there was a problem with one of the data sets compiled by Harvey.

"Harvey, did you not notice anything peculiar when you were sorting the data out?" Nicole asked.

"Is there a problem?" Harvey immediately leaned over and examined the data on the computer.

"Over here."

Nicole pointed with her index finger.

"You know what? Forget it.Just watch how I do it."

After Nicole had uttered the last word, she darted her fingers across the keyboard as quickly as she could to rectify the mistakes made by Harvey.

Chapter 1198

Ike looked at Harvey.

Had Harvey not come off as a jerk, Ike would have informed him of the mistake there and then.

After Nicole had pointed it out, Harvey realized that the error was entirely avoidable.

Perhaps he was just distracted because Ike was in the office, causing him to overlook the inaccuracies.

"It's done.Let's try again."

Nicole restarted the program and centered her gaze on the screen.As expected, it worked according to plan and everything turned out just as they had wanted.

"This is my first time seeing such a unique design!" one of the designers remarked.

"Miss Riddle, we might need some examine and analyze it," Ike explained to Nicole.

"Sure, we'll discuss about it today.Don't hesitate to tell me if there's anything we need to improve upon.We'll get it done right away."

Nicole looked at everyone with nothing sincerity in her eyes.

Everyone nodded before they began their discussion with their eyes on the screen.

With some of them expounding upon the areas that needed improvement, Nicole immediately arranged for one of the engineers to fix the issues that were mentioned while she took the lead directing the process.

Harvey found a chair and took a seat as he watched Nicole giving instructions to the group of engineers.

The meeting room was busy, and he felt that he was not a part of it.

Realizing that he was not needed there, he went out to get a breath of fresh air.

As he sat on bar stool, drinking coffee, a figure appeared out of nowhere and came up to him.

"Harvey, you're drinking coffee again?" Kelly asked, having entered the lounge and seen him staring into space by himself.

Harvey turned to her.

"Are you on a break?"

"Yeah, and is Miss Riddle still working with Mr.Ike in the development department?" Kelly asked.

"Yeah, they're still busy," Harvey responded without a hint of emotion on his face.

"Harvey, why do I feel like you're in a rather bad mood today?" Kelly blinked at him.

"Is that so? Perhaps it's because it was too noisy in the meeting room,"Harvey said, unable to bring himself to be happy.

"Wow, even you've had enough, huh," Kelly observed.

"The meeting must've been really noisy then, right?"

"Noisy would be an understatement.It felt like there was a hive of bees buzzing around my ear."

Harvey shook his head and took another sip from his cup.

"Well, of course.It's a major project, and that's why everyone wants to have the best solution."

"Enjoy your break I'm heading back in."

Harvey placed his cup down and bade her farewell before making his way back to the development department.

The moment he swung the door to the meeting room open, he saw Ike talking to Nicole at a corner.

Harvey frowned as he thought, 'I just went out for a cup of coffee and Ike has already glued himself to Nicole.Seems like I can't leave them alone at all"

"Hey, what are you talking about?"

Harvey stood in between them and asked.

Chapter 1199

Nicole and Ike turned back to Harvey.

"Where did you go?"

"I went to grab some coffee.Do you want some?"

Harvey looked at Nicole.He was confused and thought that she was upset with him for not bringing her a mug.

"No, I needed your help, but it's done and dealt with now."

Nicole responded and continued her discussion with Ike as they stared at the screen.

"Miss Riddle, even the best companies in the market are using 5- nanometer chips, so I think we should give the 4-nanometer chip a shot."

Ike looked at her with utmost seriousness.

Nicole shot him a glance before turning her gaze back to the screen as she pondered.

After some time, she responded, "We can try.If we succeed, it'll be a huge breakthrough."

"Yeah."

Ike's eyes lit up, brimming with confidence.

"But we're not capable of producing a 4-nanometer chip just yet," one of the engineers interrupted the moment he overheard their conversation.

"I know, but we should give it a try.That way, we can increase the performance of this chip exponentially."

Nicole argued, believing that her creation was the best.

At the very least, it had to be better than the chip displayed in the technology exhibition, and so, she insisted on using the 4- nanometer chip.

The engineers fell silent after hearing Nicole's suggestion.

They thought that the 5 -nanometer chips were already considered to be state-of-the-art, and that to produce a 4-nanometer chip would be an insurmountable challenge.

They were not ready to be the first ones to fail, and they did not know why Nicole would wish to risk it.

Nicole spoke when she saw that everyone was objecting to her idea.

"Quiet down, everybody.I know you're all professionals here and you're all having a hard time understanding our perspective.You're probably thinking 'Why don't we just use the certified 5- nanometer chip? Why are we venturing into the unfamiliar territory by trying to produce a 4-nanometer chip?', am I right?"

"Yeah, we don't know why we're taking on the 4-nanometer chip challenge.The 5-nanometer version already suffices, so to use a 4- nanometer chip for this purpose is completely unnecessary," a middle- aged engineer contended.

"That's right.I think the 5-nanometer chip is much more reliable and I don't think I'll agree with the use of the 4-nanometer chips."

Nicole looked at them and listened to their views calmly.

Ike attempted to reason with them, but the stubborn engineers disagreed nonetheless.

"I understand where you're coming from," Nicole said.

"Actually, if you think about it logically, you're right.Indeed, the 5- nanometer production technology is good enough, and their company is definitely going to be using the 5-nanometer technology, without a doubt.

"However, what I'm trying to say is that their chip is second to ours, which is why, while the 5- nanometer chip is good enough for them, our chip needs to be better than theirs.The 5- nanometer technology won't be able to showcase the chip's full potential, and that's why Ike and I want to take a leap of faith and give it a shot," she finished.

"We understand where you're coming from too, Miss Riddle.Everyone knows that you're the one who came up with this chip, and that is why you wish to bring it to its full potential.Unfortunately, our experience is telling us that the 5-nanometer technology is the safest bet.It has the highest rate of success too, which is why we find the 4-nanometer technology really risky," a determined engineer explained as he looked at her.

"Since you're all insisting on the use of the 5-nanometer technology, there's only one option left." Nicole turned to Ike.

Everyone exchanged looks as no one understood what she meant.

"What option?"

Nicole looked at them and responded, "You'll use the 5-nanometer technology, and I'll get a few people to use the 4-nanometer technology.Then, we'll make a comparison.We'll use the production technology that is able to produce the most stable, reliable, and powerful chip.What do you think?"

The engineers started discussing among themselves and soon after, one of them said, "Okay, that's the best way, moving forward."

Chapter 1199

Nicole and Ike turned back to Harvey.

"Where did you go?"

"I went to grab some coffee.Do you want some?"

Harvey looked at Nicole.He was confused and thought that she was upset with him for not bringing her a mug.

"No, I needed your help, but it's done and dealt with now."

Nicole responded and continued her discussion with Ike as they stared at the screen.

"Miss Riddle, even the best companies in the market are using 5- nanometer chips, so I think we should give the 4-nanometer chip a shot."

Ike looked at her with utmost seriousness.

Nicole shot him a glance before turning her gaze back to the screen as she pondered.

After some time, she responded, "We can try.If we succeed, it'll be a huge breakthrough."

"Yeah."

Ike's eyes lit up, brimming with confidence.

"But we're not capable of producing a 4-nanometer chip just yet," one of the engineers interrupted the moment he overheard their conversation.

"I know, but we should give it a try.That way, we can increase the performance of this chip exponentially."

Nicole argued, believing that her creation was the best.

At the very least, it had to be better than the chip displayed in the technology exhibition, and so, she insisted on using the 4- nanometer chip.

The engineers fell silent after hearing Nicole's suggestion.

They thought that the 5 -nanometer chips were already considered to be state-of-the-art, and that to produce a 4-nanometer chip would be an insurmountable challenge.

They were not ready to be the first ones to fail, and they did not know why Nicole would wish to risk it.

Nicole spoke when she saw that everyone was objecting to her idea.

"Quiet down, everybody.I know you're all professionals here and you're all having a hard time understanding our perspective.You're probably thinking 'Why don't we just use the certified 5- nanometer chip? Why are we venturing into the unfamiliar territory by trying to produce a 4-nanometer chip?', am I right?"

"Yeah, we don't know why we're taking on the 4-nanometer chip challenge.The 5-nanometer version already suffices, so to use a 4- nanometer chip for this purpose is completely unnecessary," a middle- aged engineer contended.

"That's right.I think the 5-nanometer chip is much more reliable and I don't think I'll agree with the use of the 4-nanometer chips."

Nicole looked at them and listened to their views calmly.

Ike attempted to reason with them, but the stubborn engineers disagreed nonetheless.

"I understand where you're coming from," Nicole said.

"Actually, if you think about it logically, you're right.Indeed, the 5- nanometer production technology is good enough, and their company is definitely going to be using the 5-nanometer technology, without a doubt.

"However, what I'm trying to say is that their chip is second to ours, which is why, while the 5- nanometer chip is good enough for them, our chip needs to be better than theirs.The 5- nanometer technology won't be able to showcase the chip's full potential, and that's why Ike and I want to take a leap of faith and give it a shot," she finished.

"We understand where you're coming from too, Miss Riddle.Everyone knows that you're the one who came up with this chip, and that is why you wish to bring it to its full potential.Unfortunately, our experience is telling us that the 5-nanometer technology is the safest bet.It has the highest rate of success too, which is why we find the 4-nanometer technology really risky," a determined engineer explained as he looked at her.

"Since you're all insisting on the use of the 5-nanometer technology, there's only one option left." Nicole turned to Ike.

Everyone exchanged looks as no one understood what she meant.

"What option?"

Nicole looked at them and responded, "You'll use the 5-nanometer technology, and I'll get a few people to use the 4-nanometer technology.Then, we'll make a comparison.We'll use the production technology that is able to produce the most stable, reliable, and powerful chip.What do you think?"

The engineers started discussing among themselves and soon after, one of them said, "Okay, that's the best way, moving forward."

Chapter 1200

"I'm going to select a few of you now."

Nicole looked around at the engineers.

"The few of you, come over and team up with me.The rest of you can make your own arrangements," Nicole ordered.

"Alright," they said.

Nicole and her team members made their way to the development department with Ike following right behind as he wanted to be ina team with Nicole.

Nicole turned around and looked at him.

"You have to stay in the development department and contact me if anything happens, alright."

"Okay." Ike said, reluctantly watching her leave as she had made her orders clear.

Nicole took them to an office and said, "Thank you in advance for working with me for the next few days.Please contact each other whenever they are any developments and be sure to maintain close communication with one another.I hope that we can successfully produce a 4-nanometer chip."

"Yes, Miss Riddle," one of her engineers said.

"Clean the office today and get whatever you need from the equipment department.We shall begin tomorrow."

Nicole instructed them and left thereafter.

Once Nicole had returned to her office, Harvey said, "Nicole, are you confident about producing the 4- nanometer chip?"

Nicole turned to him and replied, 'Do you think I'm messing around?"

"To create a 4-nanometer chip isn't a walk in the park.I need you to understand that if you've decided to develop one with them, it is going to be far from easy,"

Harvey stated, knowing how difficult it was to create a chip, and that it would be almost impossible to do so without a competent team.

"All of you think that it'd be an arduous task, but I really want to give it a shot."

Nicole stared at him affirmatively.Harvey issued a sigh as he looked her in the eye.

"Fine.You have my support.Just come to me if you need anything."

"That's all I need to hear from you."

Nicole smiled and gave him a glance before sitting down, wondering how she was going to kick the development process off tomorrow.

On the other hand, Jared's plane was on a slow landing.

After he had gotten off the plane, he went to the hospital at once.

“ I've been gone for quite a while.I wonder how grandpa is doing"

He opened the door and walked in when he saw his grandfather having a meal.

As soon as Mr.Johnston Sr.saw him, he asked, "You're back?"

"Yeah."

Jared nodded and took a seat beside Mr.Johnston Sr.

"Grandpa, you look much better now, as compared to when I left." Jared smiled at him.

"Yeah, I am feeling much stronger too.I've also been eating a lot more than I used to!"

Mr.Johnston Sr.laughed and looked at him.

"Max, did the doctor come in today?" Jared looked at his aide and asked.

"Yes, he said that Mr.Johnston Sr.is progressively getting better," Max reported.

Jared nodded with satisfaction.

Then, Mr.Johnston Sr.looked at Jared and asked, "Jared, how's the company doing now?"

"Let me assure you that the operations have been running as smoothly as can be," Jared replied.

"Okay.And what has Nicole been doing these days? I haven't seen her in a while now." Mr.Johnston Sr.asked, as he had suddenly thought of her.

"She went abroad."

"Abroad? What is she doing there? Did she leave because you drove her up the wall?" Mr.Johnston Sr.looked at Jared with his brows furrowed.

"No, Mr.Harmon is working on a project there, so he asked her to help him out."

Jared summarized the entire situation and told Mr.Johnston Sr.as he did not want him to worry about it.

Mr.Johnston Sr.smiled when he heard that Mr.Harmon had invited Nicole over to help him out.

"Even Mr.Harmon needs her help.It seems that my granddaughter - in-law is no ordinary person."Mr.Johnston Sr.smiled as he spoke highly of Nicole.

"You should get some rest, grandpa.I'm heading back to the office now."

Jared bade him farewell and made a beeline for the exit.But just as he reached the door and was about to go out, Mr.