Ch. 1261..1265: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1261-1265
Chapter 1261
Nicole walked into the office on her own, and all of a sudden, Ike appeared in front of her, holding something in his hand.
“Nicole, I found some of the materials you wanted.” Ike handed her the materials, prompting her to hurriedly take and inspect them.
After confirming that it was what she wanted, she looked at him and said, ’ Thank you.”
“I’m sorry that it’s not much,” Ike replied, still feeling guilty about the fact that he could not aid Nicole when she needed help.
“Don’t say that. I’m very grateful that you’ve managed to acquire them.
Now, I can carry the experiment out another two more times,” she said, the corners of her mouth lifting slightly.
“Yeah, okay. Good luck. I won’t keep you for long. I need to get myself some food.” Ike hurried off to the direction of the restaurant after he was done speaking to her.
In response, Nicole stared at Ike from the back and thought, ‘So, that was why he wasn’t at the restaurant earlier. He was busy getting the materials for me.’
Nicole then turned around and walked into the office. There was no one else in there. Kelly was having lunch when she suddenly felt a sense of queasiness in her stomach and had gone to get some rest.
Nicole closed the door, and due to the fact that she had no time to catch a break, she started working immediately> She began by re-analyzing all of the programs and data. It was then that Harvey and
Kelly came back from the pantry, and opened the door to see that Nicole was already working in front of the computer.
“Miss Riddle, why don’t you take a break?’ Kelly walked over and asked concernedly.
“I need to do this for one last afternoon. After today, I can rest however I want,’ Nicole said, and proceeded to devote herself to work again.
“Alright, I’ll help you out.” Kelly immediately returned to her seat and worked.
Noticing that they had all begun to work, Harvey naturally went with the flow and said, “I’ll help out too.”
Nicole glanced at him, the corner of her lips curling up slightly, as the three of them got busy in the office.
“Kelly, can you send the files over?” Harvey asked Kelly.
“Okay. I’ll send them to you right away.”
“Harvey, sort the data out and perform a thorough inspection. We only have three shots at the experiments this afternoon,” Nicole instructed.
“Okay. Let me assure you this time that there will be no more mistakes,” Harvey said firmly.
After the lunch break had ended, the rest of the team gradually returned to the office. Walking in to see Nicole, Harvey, and Kelly working already, all of them hurried over to their seats and resumed their work.
The atmosphere in the office was great, and such was perhaps due to the fact that everyone knew that they had a few hours left.
Once it was half past two, Nicole asked, “Has the data in everyone’s possession been incorporated?”
“Just a little bit more,” one of the team members said.
“Is five minutes enough for you?” Nicole asked.
“Yes.”
Nicole took advantage of this by ordering them to work on the equipment. ’ Clean the equipment up again.”
“Okay.”
“Are you ready now?” Nicole asked once more after five minutes had passed.
“We’re ready,” everyone said in unison.
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Nicole looked at the person in charge of the equipment, and the staff proceeded to press the button on the contraptions.
Everyone was staring at their computers, with Nicole focusing her gaze on the equipment at the same time. A few minutes later, the process halted, and just like that, a brand-new chip was produced, prompting Nicole to look at the chip with a smile on her face. Then, some of the staff members opened the casing, brought the chip out, and handed it to Nicole.
Nicole was fill with satisfaction as she looked at the chip in her hand. She did not expect that they would actually be able to produce one. Everyone was brimming with excitement as they stared at the chip in Nicole’s hands as well; they had finally succeeded in producing the chip after working on it for so long.
Then, Nicole walked up to an engineer and ordered, “Test the chip.”
“Okay.” The engineer grabbed the chip at once and inserted it into another device fortesting purposes. Everyone gathered around to watch, and just like Nicole, they kept their eyes on the screen, not averting their gaze for even a moment.
The test result appeared on the screen after a while, with Nicole staring at it intently. The results showed that the performance of the chip they had made was not up to standard, prompting her to make her way back to her seat in disappointment. The excitement that had filled the room earlier dissipated at once. All of them fell back on their seats in frustration, and the office suddenly became quiet.
After a long while, Harvey stood up and said, “Let’s not be discouraged. Although the performance of the chip is not up to standard, we’ve at least made a breakthrough. We’ve actually produced a chip!”
“Nicole, don’t you think so?” Harvey deliberately asked her.
Nicole raised her head to look at Harvey, after which she stood up and said, “What Mr. Harvey said is right. We’ve successfully produced a four- nanometer chip, and as for the performance, we can keep trying. It’s not time to get off work yet is it?”
“Yes, Miss Riddle is right. We’ve already produced a four-nanometer chip. There’s no doubt that we can improve its performance,” an engineer echoed.
“Yes, we can definitely get it done,” another engineer said, and just like that, their spirits were lifted again.
Nicole darted her eyes to her periphery and said, ’ Nigel, share the set of results that showed that the chip wasn’t working as well as it should. Let’s find out what the problem is.”
“Okay.”
It was then that the office returned to its erstwhile state of busyness.
Nicole and her team gathered for another round of discussion as Harvey looked at all the activity in his surroundings with a smile on his lips. With the minute arm of the clock shifting, Nicole and her team remained busy in the office, while Carl’s cargo plane was on the verge of landing.
“We are going to land very soon. Please get ready, everyone.” Carl looked at everyone and ordered.
“Yes, sir.”
With the plane gradually descending in altitude, the cargo plane was eventually met with a safe landing. Carl then ordered everyone to get off the plane quickly, whereupon they drove to the Curley Corporation’s base of production in an off-road vehicle that had been there awaiting their arrival.
Upon arriving at the base, Carl and the person in charge switched places and assumed control of the production base.
‘The first team will be divided into two, with one guarding the exits and the other the entrance,” Carl looked at a group of people and ordered.
“Yes, sir.”
“The second team will be divided into four, and all four will be patrolling the perimeter of the base.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Mr. Pearce, tell your men to guard the entrances and exits of the base.”
Carl looked at him and ordered.
“Alright, I’ll get my aide to do so right away,” the person in charge said.
Carl responded with a slight nod, after which he turned to the three groups and ordered, “The third group will be divided into six teams, which will be in charge of patrolling the base.”
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“Yeah.”
Carl looked at Mr. Pearce and said, “Mr. Pearce, where’s the central control room?”
“This way, please.” Mr. Pearce immediately understood what Carl meant and proceeded to lead him to that room.
Carl and the men who had stayed behind followed Mr. Pearce to the central control room, after which he opened the door and began with the process of inspection with his men.
After he had examined the surveillance system in the room, he turned around and ordered, “Install some surveillance cameras outside.”
“Yes, sir.”
As the whole area was being set up, Carl stayed back in the central control room and took over from there.
On the other hand, Nicole was now running the very last experiment for the day in an office at the research base. Everyone’s eyes were fixed on the screen, holding their breaths as they watched the endless flash of numbers. As they did so, Nicole began praying mentally, hoping that they would succeed this time.
“Ding.” The results appeared with a ding, and once everyone had seen it, they breathed a long, collective sigh and left in disappointment.
Nicole was devastated when she saw the results on the screen, as she had been met with another failure in spite of the fact that she had already tried her best. ‘Is it really impossible to develop this
chip?’
At that moment, several men opened the door to Nicole’s office and waltzed in with Ike, causing everyone to turn their gaze at the door.
Nicole looked at them and instantly understood why they came over.” You’re all here to see the results, right? Come with me.”
Nicole brought them over to Naigel’s computer right away and said,” Naigel, show them the final results.”
Naigel looked at Nicole and reluctantly computed the results. Then, Ike and the rest proceeded to look at the results, before turning back to Nicole.
“Miss Riddle, we’ve already anticipated this outcome. We only agreed to your idea because of Mr. Harmon. Now that the experiments have ended, please merge with Ike’s team, starting from next week.” One of the men in charge stepped forward as he looked at Nicole.
He had always been opposed to Nicole, and thus, he felt vindicated.
“No problem,” Nicole responded flatly.
Then, she turned to the people who had been by her side for the past few days and gave them all a grateful smile.
Hearing this, everyone stood up and stared at her.
“Thank you for the effort you’ve put in for the past few days. I have let you down, and I’m sorry.’ Nicole nodded and left the office.
“Wait up.” Kelly ran after her.
Nicole ran up to the rooftop with Harvey in hot pursuit. Once they were on the rooftop, he stared at Nicole from the back and maintained his silence. Then, he slowly walked up to her side without uttering a word and proceeded to watch the sunset with her.
After some time, Nicole finally spoke. “Maybe that guy was right. I’ve been wrong from the very beginning.”
Nicole felt that she had wasted everyone’s precious time.
‘If they didn’t follow her, she could’ve done something more practical together with Ike,’ Harvey thought.
“No one knows what’s right or wrong until it has actually been done. Only the people who’ve tried know what is wrong.” Harvey began to feel bad for her as he looked at her. ‘She didn’t have to do this, so why is she taking on this burden on her own?’
“Yeah, I know now.” Nicole laughed at herself.
“Maybe you’ve just started. You’re far from done here.” Harvey saw Nicole’s blood, sweat, and tears poured into her work for the past few days, and he believed that she had not reached her full potential just yet.
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Nicole looked at him after hearing what he had just said. “Just started?”
“Yeah.”
Nicole squinted her eyes slightly as she watched the sunset…
Kelly had tried her best to chase after them, but Harvey was nowhere to be seen. After searching high and low, she decided to head back to the office and wait forthem.
Suddenly, the door to the office swung open, and Kelly looked over to see Harvey and Nicole, at which point she immediately walked over and asked, “Where have you been, Miss Riddle? I’ve been searching for you everywhere.”
“Don’t worry, we’re fine,” Nicole assured as she noticed Kelly’s worried expression.
“Did they erase the data?” Nicole asked Kelly.
“No, they just removed the equipment,” she responded.
“Good.” Nicole uttered, relieved as she made her way back to her computer.
Then, Nicole went ahead and began working on her computer while Kelly looked at her in confusion. “Miss Riddle, what are you doing?”
Harvey answered before flashing them a leer, “One day, you’ll know.”
Kelly was speechless as she did not understand what he was trying to say.
“Done.” Nicole deleted the data on her computer before shutting it down.
“Let’s go.” Nicole gave Harvey and Kelly a glance as she walked out of the office.
In the hallway, Nicole bumped into Ike, who was making a beeline for her.
“About today, Nicole, you don’t have to take it to heart. Look at it from a different perspective. You can still develop the chip next week, and we can still work together,” Ike consoled Nicole.
He had been longing for the day when he could work with Nicole, so that he could derive some fun and motivation out of it.
“I’m fine, Ike,” she replied. “I was going to look for you as well.”
“Me, really?” Ike asked, shocked and confused.
“Thank you for taking good care of US for the past few days. I won’t be coming over next week, but that doesn’t mean that I won’t be coming here anymore.”
“Really? Are you flying back to your country?” Ike looked at Nicole, surprised as he did not expect his unfulfilled hopes to be crushed just like that.
“Yeah, I’ve got matters I need to attend to over there,” she said.
Ever since Nicole returned to Lanningbourg, there was not a day where she was not worried about the recent developments of the Beacon, causing her to give Martin calls from time to time.
“Don’t be upset. I’ll still come over to pay you visits from time to time. I’ll be there to welcome you if you ever find yourself in my town as well. Anyway, bye for now.’ Nicole gave Ike a polite smile before leaving with Kelly and Harvey.
Ike wanted to ask her to stay, but he had no reason to do so. Hence, he could only watch her leave until her figure had disappeared from the corridor.
Ike sighed and punched the wall with regret. ‘If I didn’t mess with the equipment, Nicole’s chip might’ve succeeded by now. That way, she wouldn’t have to leave this place, and I could see and talk to her every day.’
In actuality, regardless of whether Ike messed with the equipment, Nicole would still not be able to develop the chip with the existing setup and technical support. Indeed, the lab was not equipped to accommodate the development of Nicole’s chip.
Chapter 1265
The trio got into the car, and Nicole proceeded to drive off to her hotel. However, she did not anticipate that the person who was hiding outside of their base to immediately follow her when he saw her leaving.
Nicole did not tell Kelly and Harvey about her stalker, as she did not know about it. After driving for some time, it dawned upon her that a car had been following her for a while now. Then, she smiled and slammed the brakes, halting the car in front of a mall.
Harvey saw that it was not their hotel, and so, he asked, “This is the mall. Why did you stop here?”
“Bring Kelly along and buy me something here. I want to bring something back for my grandma.” Nicole said, making an excuse up.
“And you’re not coming along to buy something for her?” Harvey looked at her with his brows furrowed.
“I’ve ordered something, and it just got delivered, so I’ve got to retrieve it. Just get off,” Nicole urged as she glanced over to the car that was following behind her.
“We can pick your order up with you and get a gift for your grandmother later,” Harvey said, starting to argue with her.
Hearing this, Nicole lost her patience and glared at him. “Are you going or not?”
Seeing that Nicole was angry, Harvey acquiesced, “Fine. Just remember to pick us up once you’re done, okay?”
“Just get off.” Nicole rolled her eyes at him.
Harvey and Kelly closed the door, whereupon Nicole zoomed away.
Harvey watched as the car sped off into the distance and decried her, “Did you see that, Kelly? She left just like that!”
“Harvey, let’s just get the souvenirs. Miss Riddle will definitely give you another round of lectures when she comes back if she sees that you haven’t gotten her anything,” Kelly replied.
After having spent so much time with Harvey these days, Kelly knew him a lot better now. She knew that he was soft-hearted, in spite of his propensity for snide words.
“Why would I be the one getting a lecture? Wouldn’t you be empty handed yourself?” Harvey looked at Kelly who was walking into the mall.
Nicole parked her car at a random spot in the basement of a hotel and entered the building after getting down from her car. The car behind her was parked somewhere close by as well. It was then that the man eyed the hotel, and proceeded to follow her in.
Nicole deliberately concealed herself at one of the corners in the hall before she continued walking, as the stalker advanced upon discovering that she had disappeared into the premises.
The second he reached the entrance, he saw Nicole making her way to the end of the hallway before turning right. He ran after her at once, but was quickly left confused. There were plenty of rooms, and he had not managed to see which room Nicole had gotten into, so he could only sneak over and try his luck with each one.
When he reached the first door, he placed his ear against it. After having not heard anything for some time, he moved on to the next one and did the same thing. However, the next was thrown open the minute he leaned against it, whereupon an arm with a powerful grip reeled him in.
“Why are you following me?” Nicole grabbed his neck and pinned him against the wall.
“I didn’t- I’m just passing by,” the man fumbled, resorting to denial in spite of the fact that he was fearing for his life.
“Passing by? Do you really think I didn’t know that you’ve been tailing me even when I was back in my home country? Are you really trying to deny it? ’ Nicole shot back in forthcoming fashion as she glared at him.
The man did not expect that Nicole had known about him for such a long time, so his eyes began to wander. He did not know what to do.
“I’ll give you a second chance. Why are you following me? Who sent you?” Nicole’s urged, her glare ever scarier, as if she would murder him if he remained tight-lipped.
‘Well, Mr. Wyance sent me to protect you.”
Nicole knew that he was still lying, so she tossed him onto the ground and stomped on his chest. At that instant, the man tasted the coppery tang of blood in his mouth.