Ch. 1636..1640: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1636-1640

Chapter 1636

"This idiot, Jared Johnston. It's just a minor injury, and he had to call Martin. He's really making a fuss out of nothing!’ Nicole thought.

"You are well versed in medicine, but have you taken care of the wound yourself? You just simply cleaned it and went to attend the banquet," Jared retorted.

He had hugged Nicole several times that night, and during that few times, he felt that her body was stiff. Now that he thought about it, his touch must have caused her a lot of pain.

"I cleaned it using the Beacon. The swelling will definitely subside tomorrow. There's no need to go to the hospital. I'm exhausted now. If you really care about me, just send me home so that I can get some rest.” Nicole frowned and stared at Jared.

Jared gazed into her eyes, but after being glared at by Nicole for a few good seconds, Jared could not help but take a deep breath. "Send her home.”

“Understood.” Max nodded, after which he made a U-turn.

Seeing that, Nicole heaved a sigh of relief.

Jared felt that this issue was not as simple as described, prompting him to continue questioning her. "I can send you home, but you must tell me clearly how you got hurt. Can you do that?”

Although Jared's men were guarding Nicole in secret, they could not enter the school compound. After all, that was Mr. Ellison's territory. Security was not an issue there. Jared initially thought it would be good enough if his men guarded the outside.

Much to his chagrin, however, Nicole had been injured several times over the past few days.

In reply to that, she briefly said, “A flowerpot from one of the upper floors fell and almost struck Lulu. I accidentally injured myself while I was pushing Lulu away."

"A flowerpot?” Jared frowned, "Royal Creek Institute would not simply place their flowerpots in precarious positions like that."

Jared had been to Royal Creek Institute before. Security and amenities were not an issue. There was near zero chance that a flowerpot was placed in a spot that would place the students in danger.

Nicole shot him a glance. ‘This fella is smart. There's nothing I can hide from him.’

As such, she could only tell him the truth. "I guess it was done by someone on purpose. Once I hack into the school’s CCTV tonight, I'll be able to get to the bottom of this."

Jared's gaze instantly darkened. ‘This person must be a student, judging from how they are employing such childish and amateurish tricks.’

"Have you offended anyone as of recent?" Jared looked at her, his gaze stern and intense.

Nicole smiled. “Just today itself, I've offended someone."

Thinking about how Raine had been laughed at on the forum, Nicole did not even bother with the fact that she had pissed anyone off.

"Don't take it lightly. You've dodged a bullet this time. But what if you did not...and that person wants you dead?" Jared asked, his gaze frosty. Nicole could not help but raise her eyebrows. She had never thought about that. She felt that it was just a childish act and that she only had to check the cameras to find out what the truth was. Now that she thought about it, the perpetrator had made a move on Lulu without knowing what Nicole was capable of. They were obviously targeting Nicole.

‘This person is really evil,’ she thought. 'If it really was Raine, I'll not let her off the hook easily.’

"Should I take care of this?" Jared raised his eyebrows.

He had a strong feeling that Nicole had a rough idea as to who the criminal was.

As expected, Nicole shook her head. “It's fine. It's best for you to not get involved with the affairs of the Riddle Family.”

Jared immediately understood Nicole's intention.

"I can stay out of this, but I will never allow anyone to hurt my girl. You must make them pay for what they have done tenfold. Do you understand?” Jared asked, knowing that as long as Nicole wanted payback, she would have the ability to do so.

"Don't worry. This time around...I'll make sure she gets kicked out of this school forever," Nicole replied.

It was only then that Jared felt satisfied.

Soon after, their ride arrived at the entrance of the Riddle Family manor.

Nicole's parents and elder brothers were not home yet, so Jared immediately stepped into Nicole's house freely.

Mrs. Wallace Sr. was already sleeping at that hour. The only ones left in the living room were the butler and the servants.

Once inside, Jared immediately ordered the butler to bring a first aid kit over.

In response, Nicole frowned and looked at him. "What are you doing?"

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"I'd like to redress your wound." Jared looked at Nicole and said. “I'm still worried about you."

‘This woman is always looking out for others, but she would always put herself last and not take anything about herself seriously. I don't trust her at all," Jared thought.

Nicole initially wanted to decline his help, but after noticing how serious he was, she could only listen to him.

Deep down, she wanted to fly into a tirade at him, for he was like a mind reader. He even knew that Nicole had simply dressed her wound.

After all, Nicole had suffered all types of injuries when she was on her clandestine missions. To her, this was just a minor injury, and with the Beacon at her disposal, an injury like that was not a cause for concern.

Jared received the first aid kit. Then, he stretched his hands out and pulled down Nicole's shirt off from her shoulders.

As the act itself was a little sensual, her face flushed at once.

The entire room became quiet. Under the light from the lamp and with a serious look on his face, Jared took a cotton swab and a medicinal concoction that promoted blood circulation. Then, he applied it on Nicole.

After all, Nicole had suffered all types of injuries when she was on her clandestine missions. To her, this was just a minor injury, and with the Beacon at her disposal, an injury like that was not a cause for concern.

Jared received the first aid kit. Then, he stretched his hands out and pulled down Nicole's shirt off from her shoulders.

As the act itself was a little sensual, her face flushed at once.

The entire room became quiet. Under the light from the lamp and with a serious look on his face, Jared took a cotton swab and a medicinal concoction that promoted blood circulation. Then, he applied it on Nicole.

As Nicole felt the gentle touch from the cotton swab which

Jared was holding, she felt a surge of warmth in her heart. Although her elder brothers and parents did care her, she could never show them this side of her, even if she was hurt.

However, Jared knew everything about her. Even though she was injured, she did not have to put on a tough facade whenever she was with him.

Jared's hands were extremely gentle. It was as if he was handling a precious piece of treasure as he was treating her wound, worrying that he would cause her more pain.

At the sight of that, Nicole could not help but to assure him,” It's fine. This is just a minor wound. I don't feel pain.”

Seeing how Nicole was taking her injury lightly again, Jared became annoyed. "I love everything about you, except for this."

Nicole was stunned as soon as she heard that. "What do you hate me for?”

Then, she stopped and pondered about what he hated about her.

"I hate that you always put up a tough front, and how you don't take any of your injuries seriously," Jared replied, his hoarse and husky voice carrying within it hints of sadness and understanding.

Nicole's heart skipped a beat. "When did I? I still take care of myself when I'm badly injured, you know?”

Nicole's words made Jared's hand freeze.

"From now on, I won't let you suffer from such major injuries anymore,” Jared uttered, his voice domineering and assertive.

Nicole sighed. “But I have yet to retire.”

"Then talk to Zane as soon as you can." Jared firmed his gaze. “If you're too afraid to tell him, I will do it for you.”

Nicole's expression became solemn at that instant. "The current situation is very difficult for Zane to manage, you know? And yet, you're asking me to desert them? To leave Zane and the organization?"

Jared's gaze became solemn too. "That was not my intention. But other than that, what other ways do I have to keep you out of danger?”

Hearing that, Nicole immediately fell silent.

She knew that Jared was speaking the truth. As long as she was still a part of the organization, there was no way in which she could preclude herself from getting into harm's way.

But once Nicole thought about how Jared would risk his life to save her, even when he was not in the best of states, Nicole felt bad.

The last time the issue of her retirement was brought up, Nicole had been considering this option as well.

Nicole took a deep breath and replied, "I promise you that once this matter has been settled, and once I've chop the assassin's hands off, I'll talk to Zane about retiring from the organization."

Jared noted the firm look in Nicole's eyes, and that was when he knew that she would keep her promise. Nicole had only thought about it for a few days, and yet, she could arrive at a decision already. This made Jared really happy.

Withdrawing his gaze, Jared continued to dress Nicole's wound, and after he was done with it, he said, "Fine. I'll help you out with this issue."

After all, those people had injured Nicole not too long ago, and because of that, Jared would not let them get away with it that easily. Eventually, he would want to bring them out of their holes.

 

Chapter 1638

Nicole nodded, as she felt touched. "Okay."

With Jared by her side, she felt safe.

After he had dressed her wound and bandaged it carefully, Jared glanced at the time.

Realizing that it was quite late already, he got up and said,” You should get some rest. I'll go home now."

Due to the fact that she was injured, Jared did not wish to keep her from getting the rest she needed.

“Alright, let me walk you out," she offered.

In response, Jared teased, "It's fine. If you really want to send me off, give me a kiss."

Those flirtatious words immediately prompted the butler and the other servants to look away.

Nicole rolled her eyes at him. "What a joke. Quick, go home! I don't want to send you off anymore."

Jared was teasing, but it was then that he threw himself forward, quickly stole a kiss from her lips, and moved away at once.

Nicole's face instantly became bright red, and she quickly shot the butler a glance.

Luckily, they had turned away and were not looking at the couple.

Seeing this, Nicole playfully punched Jared. "Drive safe."

Jared smiled. "Don’t miss me too much."

Then, Jared left.

As Nicole watched Jared leave, she felt the heat on her shoulders, and her heart began to register a sense of sadness and longing.

That was the first time Nicole felt something like this. She could not understand why she had even began to feel sad about being separated from Jared. After taking a deep breath, she brushed those feelings off.

Then, Nicole turned around and headed upstairs.

After she had freshened up and put on a fresh set of clothes, Nicole took a seat in front of her computer, wanting to settle some school matters.

However, the first thing that caught her eyes was the news about the Fisher family.

There, it was confirmed that Fiorella Fisher had suffered burns on seventy percent of her body. In other words, she would be permanently disfigured.

Nicole forgot to ask Jared about the Fishers when he was still around here. Although she had a clear answer in her heart already, she still wanted a double confirmation. After all, Jared had really gotten into a huge conflict with the Fisher family because of her.

Nicole then took a deep breath and closed the webpage, preparing to hack into the school’s CCTV.

At the Finley family’s side of the city, Gary was helping Ryder with the managing of the system of the company's partners. He wanted to use this as an opportunity to hone his skills in IT.

However, at that moment, there was a warning of a breach in the school’s server.

Gary's eyes began to narrow. The Finley family's security system was the best in San Joto. That was why all of the local companies were willing to work with them.

Although it was just the school’s security system, it was a product of the Ellison Group. Their security was also considered to be among the best, but during the last time, someone had successfully hacked into the school's system. Furthermore, it was the top hacker, Lucifer, who had done it.

He knew that Lucifer was a member of the school, but he had yet to find out who that person was. And just like that, someone was trying to hack into the school system again.

"I've long waited for your arrival!"

Gary did not manage to catch that person the last time. This time around, he was determined to do so.

"Who knows? It might be Lucifer again!’ he thought.

On Nicole's side, she was browsing through the school's system when she quickly found the camera recording which she had been looking for.

At that moment, she felt that someone had noticed her hacking.

She pursed her lips in a playful manner. 'l never knew that San Joto has a person talented enough to notice my hacking.’

However, Nicole was not bothered by that. She simply typed a few lines of code and created a countermeasure at an instant. Then, she continued checking the CCTV footage.

Gary, on the other hand, immediately began to feel the pressure mounting on him because of the few lines of code which Nicole had typed.

 

Chapter 1639

Surely enough, it was Lucifer who had executed such a bold move.

It was one thing for her to sign off with her name. This time around, she even inserted a message between those complicated lines of code on the interface, which read, 'Do not disturb.’

“Even if you're Lucifer, I won't give up!" Gary said as he proceeded to type a few codes in to remove that wall.

However, he soon realized that he could not break the code, even after several attempts in a row.

"Damn it! Is he actually that good? Is it really Lucifer?”

Indeed, it was just a countermeasure with a few lines keyed in, and yet, Gary could not solve it after several tries.

Gary began to feel annoyed. But if his opponent really was Lucifer, then it would be a once in a lifetime opportunity to test his skills. If he could breach the wall set up by Lucifer, that would be an achievement worth noting.

When Gary thought of this, he concentrated even more on cracking the code. In just a few minutes, he was sweating all over.

At that moment, Nicole was watching the surveillance footage without a hint of stress. She was cupping her cheeks as if watching a movie.

Soon after, she reached the timeline of the footage past the school hours. It was a clip taken in the corridor of the academic block's upper floor. Once that part began to play, Nicole watched the video over and over again.

As expected, she spotted two figures on the fourth floor.

Those two individuals were lifting the flowerpot which was placed at the window ledge and were waiting for the right time to make a move.

After a few minutes, one of them threw the pot down in a hurry. Then, the duo immediately turned around and left.

The moment they turned around, Nicole pressed the pause button. She could immediately see those two people’s faces. As it turned out, they were members of the volleyball team. It seemed to Nicole that they had received an order to do what they had done from Raine.

In fact, it made sense too. Raine had lost her reputation in that very morning, and because of that, she definitely would make a move on Nicole.

This was what Nicole had expected, but she truly did not expect them to have thrown the pot at Lulu by mistake. If it was plummeting toward Nicole, she would have been able to dodge it. But because it was close to hitting Lulu, Nicole could not ignore it. That was why she had gotten hurt in the first place.

As Nicole was watching this, her eyes darkened a little, and without giving it much of a thought, Nicole immediately copied the video.

Concurrently, Gary had successfully broken through Nicole's wall, and when she noticed that, a hint of excitement grew in her eyes. It seemed to her that there was someone at San Joto who was on par with Zeke in terms of capabilities.

Gary was elated by the fact that he had actually broken through Lucifer’s wall. This was something wilder than his wildest imagination. Without hesitation, Gary activated the tracking system at once, wanting to track the Nicole's IP address.

Then, Nicole looked at the system that her opponent was using, and that was when she sighed. "Although his technique is good, his tracking system is outdated.”

As she thought about it, Nicole typed a line of code at an instant, and her IP address vanished in less than a second.

Gary saw that he had one more second until he could track the person down. Unfortunately for him, he was a second too late, causing him to slam his fist on the table with a loud bang.

"Damn it! Just one more second!" he yelled.

Nicole was the only one who knew that the problem did not solely lie in the fact that he was a second too late. With that sort of system, he would not even be able to track Zeke down, let alone Nicole.

However, her curiosity for the person grew. As he liked to solve problems, Nicole would take the chance to mess around with him. With that in mind, Nicole added another firewall onto the school's system, and once that was installed, Royal Creek Institute's security system went haywire at once.

Gary was stunned as soon as he saw that which had transpired. ‘Does Lucifer know that I was tracking him? So, is that why he got angry and messed with the school’s security system?’

"Damn it...”

As this was not a trivial matter, Gary must recover the system before the sun rose.

However, the interface that popped up soon after showed that it was an even more complex wall than before.

Seeing this, Gary realized that he would not be able to crack it in a few hours. "B*stard! Lucifer, you better not let me catch you! Otherwise, I'll get to the bottom of this!"

Gary was furious, but deep down, he knew that Lucifer might have already escaped.

Chapter 1640

And indeed, Nicole immediately went offline after she had gotten what she wanted. Because she had gotten the evidence she was after, she did not wish to waste any more time.

It was rather late already, and Nicole could also hear the voices of her parents and elder brothers downstairs. They were back. Then, she laid down and got some shuteye.

She had a good sleep, but for Gary, he had a sleepless night as he was busy combating the system. He only managed to breach the wall once the sun was beginning to rise.

Seeing that the security system had reverted to its usual state, Gary heaved a sigh of relief. However, he was thoroughly exhausted and dizzy by that point.

‘Who on earth is this talented b*stard? He could produce so many walls that are incredibly difficult to breach,’ he thought.

After Gary had dealt with the system, he looked at the coding interface again. Then, he suddenly realized that a sentence had appeared on the interface itself: [ Congratulations.]

Gary's face turned sour at an instant. He felt that Lucifer had played him like a fiddle. And just as he was about to shut the computer down, he suddenly noticed the signature at the bottom right of the screen. It was the same signature as before: [Justsingasong. ]

"It is Lucifer!" he yelled. ‘But if it really was Lucifer who had repeatedly hacked into the Royal Creek Institute's system, what was their purpose for doing so?"

Previously, Gary had suspected that Lucifer was someone from the Royal Creek Institute. But he had never managed to identify who the computer expert in school was.

If there really was someone like Lucifer, he would have become famous quickly. A semester had passed, and yet, there was no one who fitted the bill.

In the meantime, Gary had thought that his previous guess was incorrect. But now, he was confused.

‘If it was not someone from school, why would he hack into the school's system repeatedly?’ he pondered.

Gary's gaze swept through, and he suddenly noticed the letter 'S' in sing and song. Both letters in question were written in capital.

"..."

As the letter was extremely familiar to him, a scene flashed across Gary's mind. It seemed like a signature on someone's book which he had seen before. The only issue was that he could not recall who it was because his head was dizzy. As such, he could only take a rest before thinking about it again.

After he had thought about all that had occurred, Gary could not even bother to look at the time anymore. Right away, he went to his bed and fell asleep.

During the next morning, Nicole left for school early. She entered the class once she had arrived, and soon, the teacher came in to take their attendance. Everyone was present, except for Gary.

Jack and Wayne were confused. They did not get word from Gary that he was planning to take a leave of absence today. Then, they sneakily called and messaged him, but there was no reply. Therefore, they could only give up.

During recess, Nicole was surrounded by the duo of Lulu and June. The both of them were still dwelling on the happenings of the previous night.

"Nicole, you did not inform us earlier that we were going to be the plus ones for your brothers. Do you know how much of a rush you had put us in?” June said.

"That's right. We did not even have the time to get our outfits tailored. We were just wearing our old ones,” Lulu added, feeling rather bitter.

Last night, it was a glorious moment for them as the companions of three famous figures in school. And yet, they did not dress up elegantly enough.

"No, you girls looked beautiful. My brothers were satisfied." Nicole teased.

Indeed, earlier in the morning, Spencer and Samuel had wanted to thank her when they were having breakfast.

"Really?" June blushed, for she was concerned about Samuel's opinion.

Nicole nodded in response. "Yeah. They even said that if the both of you do not mind, they want you girls to be their partners for any future events."

One could only imagine how happy the boys were with June and Lulu.

"Gosh... That would be such a pleasure!” Lulu said, almost feeling dizzy.

If the entire school knew that the both of them had Spencer and Samuel's partners, they would be thoroughly envied by every single person around them.

"Seize the opportunity while you can." Nicole laughed, secretly finding the notion of June being so shy amusing.

If the both of them could be her sisters-in-law in the future, her life would become a lot more interesting