Ch. 1696..1700: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1696-1700

Chapter 1696

When she domineeringly raised her chin, Jared flashed her a playful frown.

‘So, this little woman is actually a domineering one within, ' Jared thought.

As that was the case, he was not to blame for what he was about to do.

"You said it yourself.Don't you regret it now!"

With that in mind, he grabbed her hand at once and locked the door behind him.He then hugged her waist as the two turned around and fell directly onto the bed.His kisses struck again and again, like a raging beast, kissing her until she was out of breath.

Nicole too responded with full force as the passion between the two lit up like kindle to the flames...

This night, Jared witnessed Nicole's initiative and passion, allowing him to see this young woman's other side...

By the time Nicole returned to her senses, it was already morning.

The wet dream she had last night seemed so real that Nicole suddenly jolted up as she sat up straight.

To her horror, she found that her clothes had been torn apart...

The passionate night she shared with Jared was still fresh in her mind and that left her perplexed.

"It was not a dream?"

Not only it was not a dream, it also seemed that she was the one who had taken the initiative to ask Jared to stay the night! She allowed him to sleep in her room, sharing a night of passion in the process.

Suddenly, Nicole felt like the world was about to collapse.

Thankfully, Jared did not seem to be around, and Nicole heaved a sigh of relief.

In any case, if Jared was not here, she would be a little more comfortable.

As she tried to get up, Nicole endured the pain in her waist as she went off to get a change of clothes.

As things were, she needed to get used to her waist and hip hurting from now on.

After putting on some fresh clothes, Nicole quietly went out of her room and found that no one was on the second floor.

She issued a quiet sigh of relief before slowly making her way downstairs.

Her ears caught the voices of Samuel and Spencer talking and so, Nicole raised her hand to greet them.

"Mom, Dad, Spencer, Samuel."

At this hour, Sean, Steve and Stanley had already left for the office, so there should only be the four of them left at home.But unexpectedly, she immediately caught sight of another figure.

‘Jared! He's still here!' she panicked.

Nicole's legs almost became wobbly as she descended the flight of steps and she had to latch onto the handrail to keep herself steady.

Seeing what Nicole was doing, Jared smiled playfully.

"Morning."

‘This woman.She's way too cute" he thought.

"Morning..."

Nicole endured the embarrassment as she went and sat beside Jared.

But she was so embarrassed that her legs were twitching incessantly.

At this moment, both Samuel and Spencer gave the two a grin, causing the atmosphere to be even more awkward that it already was.

Nicole could not help but to feel appalled, as Samuel and Spencer's rooms were relatively close to hers.

‘They didn't hear anything last night, right...? Damn it! It's all Jared's fault for insisting on staying the night.

How embarrassing!' Daniel looked at Samuel and Spencer who were winking at one another and let out a dry cough.

"Ahem, table manners."

Both Samuel and Spencer immediately lowered their gazes to continue with their meals, but the grin did not leave their faces.

At this moment, Gloria looked at Jared and asked, "Did you sleep well last night, Mr.Johnston?"

Although Jared had slept in Nicole's room last night, both parties were already talking about marriage now.

Therefore, the elders should not be interfering.

Then, Jared picked the glass of milk up and said, "It was good."

Those were only three simple words but Nicole could hear the hidden meaning between those lines.

Nicole was totally flabbergasted, not daring to utter another word.

' What does the satisfaction in his voice even mean?' Seeing how embarrassed her daughter was, Gloria did not press on with more questions.

She only got them to eat up and go to school.

After finishing his meal, Jared said, "Nicole is taking my car to school today."

"Eh?"

Samuel uttered, feeling a little reluctant to leave for school without his little sister together with them.

But it was then that Spencer dragged him away at once.

"Sure! We'll head off first then!"

Spencer immediately grab their bags and hurried away with Samuel in tow.

Gloria looked at both Jared and Nicole, after which she stated, "I'll leave Nicole in your good hands then, Mr.Jared."

"Don't worry about it."

After he had said that, Jared left the Riddle residence together with Nicole.

Nicole did not want to get into his car, and when she thought of the atmosphere that was present, she wanted to flee.

"Uh, about that, I'll go to school with my brothers..."

Who knew Jared seemed to have read her mind as he teased, "I'm afraid it'll be even more awkward sitting with your brothers.They must've heard you last night..."

"Shut up!"

Nicole roared as she punched him in the chest.

Jared immediately grunted at the blow.

"Ugh."

But Nicole ignored him as she sheepishly opened the car door and got into the car.

It seemed that she had given up.

Jared could not help but smile as he massaged his chest and got into the car as well.

Max was inside the car, so the two of them suddenly became very awkward.

Nicole did not know what to say and could only lookdown at her knees with her head bowed.

Jared smiled.

"What? Are you feeling embarrassed now? You were so proactive last night."

Nicole glanced at Max before turning around to glare at Jared.

"No one would think you're a mute if you don't go around running your mouth, you know!"

In response, Jared leaned over playfully.

"If I don't run my mouth, I'm afraid you might kiss me."

‘This woman was way too proactive last night" he thought.

"You! You shameless jerk!"

‘This b*stard over here.How can he say something like that to me? ‘she thought.

Then, she immediately punched him in the chin.

His jaw began pulsing with pain as he was left in a daze.

"Hey...you don't have to hit me that hard!"

‘I can't believe this woman.I gave her a necklace last night and she gave me two punches one after another today.Don't she know how strong she is? It bloody hurts!' "Serve you right, you jerk!"

After that, Nicole took her earphones out and put them on, fearing that his teasing would really make her temper fly again.

Seeing that she had crossed her hand before her chest with a furious look on her face, Jared smiled and ceased with the teasing.

Soon, the car arrived at school.

Once the car had halted, Nicole did not say anything to him as she quickly got out.

"Bye.I was really satisfied last night."

Jared playfully teased her again.

Nicole instantly flared up.

"You're not allowed to bring up what you did last night ever again!"

To Nicole, he had to forget all of it, and she did as well.

Jared did not say anything, however, and when she noticed that she had no way of communicating with him now, she could only scamper and scurry away.

Upon seeing how flustered the usually calm and collected Nicole was, Jared's smile became even wider.He then ordered Max to start the car as the two slowly left.

As Nicole walked into the school, she was still muttering.

"As*hat! I knew that he was deliberately teasing me.AHH, I'm so embarrassed."

With the encroaching thought of all of her brothers having heard her voice that night, she grew depressed.

'Why did I allow myself to drink so much last night? Asking him to say the night notwithstanding, why was I so proactive?’ Nicole tried to sweep her garbled thoughts aside as she rushed into class with her head lowered.

Suddenly, she bumped into someone.

"Ugh!" the person groaned.

Nicole quickly looked up as well.

"Gary?"

As soon as she saw him, Nicole recalled what Gary had gifted her, and she had not returned the favor yet.

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"Oh, you're here.Good morning." Gary said in an awkward tone of voice.

Nicole looked at Gary's dodgy eyes, and in a monotonous voice, she replied, "Good morning."

Gary watched as Nicole walked into the classroom, after which he turned around and followed her to her seat.

"How's your wound?" Nicole looked at Gary, and upon noticing that he seemed to be genuinely worried about her, her attitude toward him mellowed a little.

"Don't worry.It's much better now."

Seeing that Nicole actually spoke to him, Gary, for some reason, became cheerful.

"That's good.I heard that Raine got expelled as well.You can rest easy knowing that no one will come and find trouble with you from now on," he said.

Gary had heard about Raine.

Perhaps he would have felt sorry for her back then.

But when he heard that she had coerced someone else to drop the flower pot on Nicole, he lost all sympathy for her, in addition to feeling that she had gotten her just desserts.

Nicole raised her eyebrow as she looked at Gary.

"Isn't she your girlfriend? Aren't you bothered by that? Gary immediately furrowed his brows.

'Who said she's my girlfriend?"

Although he had never told Nicole about this, he had never actually considered Raine to be his girlfriend at all.

"You're not? The whole school thought that you were a couple."

Nicole raised a brow with surprise.

After all, the main reason as to why Raine had always given Nicole a hard time was because of Gary.

Hearing that, he instantly retorted, "That's what they think.It has nothing to do with me."

Nicole could not help herself from shooting Gary a glance.

She had an inexplicable feeling that he looked a lot less unpleasant today.

‘Perhaps the reason I hated him before was partly due to Raine, I guess"

Not wanting to talk about Raine, Gary said.

"After class, the participants of the computer competition will be meeting at the lecture hall.Should we go there together?"

"Okay."

Nicole casually nodded.

However, that was like a beam of sunshine lancing through a blanket of storm clouds for Gary.

"That's a promise."

After that, Gary returned to his seat.

Both Jack and Wayne could not help but to look at each other.

'How long has it been since our boss laughed like this?’

‘Strangely enough, only Nicole can make him smile like this"

‘But she already has a boyfriend, does she not?! "Our boss has become a really soulful one..."

Jack commented, feeling a little impressed by Gary.

Wayne nodded in agreement.

"Yeah..."

When Gary saw the two getting excited for nothing as he got back to his seat, he glared at them and hissed.

"Stop acting like clowns."

After the end of the day's lessons, all of the participants in the computer competition gathered at the lecture hall.

Everyone, be they from the university department or the high school department, all had congregated at that particular location.

The moment Nicole stepped into the place, she saw Harvey.

She had not seen him for quite a few days since the last time they met.

It seemed to her that he had not been attending school during this period as well, but Nicole was not concerned about that.

Instead, it was Harvey whose gaze was locked onto Nicole.

Other than him, Snow too, was staring at Nicole.

Her little sister had been expelled just like that, causing her parents to be so restless at home over the weekend that she too was affected.

Now that she had seen Nicole, she felt really aggrieved.

Raine had been sent to a school in a neighboring city to pursue her studies, and before she left, she had asked Snow to exact revenge on her behalf.

‘But Nicole is the spotlight.What can I even do to her?" she wondered.

She only wanted to avoid her and up until now, she had not expected that the two would meet again so soon.

'Nicole has signed up for the computer competition as well?"

In addition to being the bearer of the Fire Crest, she was an expert in medicine and was also a top student.

It was hard to believe that she had decided to join the computer competition now as well.

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At that moment, Nicole happened to walk past her Snow pretended to probe Nicole.

"Ah, I didn't expect you to join the computer competition, Nicole.You did very well during the Math Olympiad previously.You must be very confident in this too, aren't you?"

Snow's words might sound like compliments, but she had placed Nicole upon such a pedestal that if she messed up and knew nothing, she would be a laughing stock.

Gary frowned a little.

"What does that have to do with you?"

Snow and Raine were sisters, and since Raine had been expelled because of Nicole, he surmised that Snow must be plotting something.

Snow was taken aback by that remark, after which she awkwardly said, "I'm just concerned for Nicole."

Nicole gave Snow's false look of concern a glance, and seeing the curious gazes that had been cast over by everyone around them, she lifted her lips a little.

"I'm indeed very confident.I wonder how your coding skills are, Snow."

Unexpectedly, Nicole did not even bother to humble herself this time and she threw the question back at Snow instead.

Snow's expression changed a little but she still smiled and said."I'm definitely not as smart as you are, Nicole.You're proficient in everything.I'm just here to make up for the numbers as no one in class

wanted to participate.I thought it was the same for you, but if you are good at it, please teach me what you know."

Snow once again seemed to be complimenting Nicole, but she was actually waiting for an opportunity to humiliate the latter.

In response, Nicole flashed her a playful smile.

"What do you want me to teach you, really? From the basics? I wonder if you prefer to use Java or PHP?"

Nicole's words surprised some of those who were watching the drama unfold.

‘For Nicole to be able to name the coding language, it seems that there is a real difference between her and Snow."

Snow did not expect Nicole, a country bumpkin in her opinion, to know those coding languages, and in an awkward tone, she replied, "Just teach me whatever you know..."

Nicole however sneered back at her.

"These two languages are just the basics, and I know the both of them, alongside a few more niche coding languages.If you don't know the difference, come and ask me again once you've gone through some idiot's guide or something."

After she had said her piece, Nicole returned to her seat, unwilling to deal with Snow any longer.

However, those words were enough to shock the others.

Aside from knowing the two main programming languages in the country, she even knew a few other coding languages that are not as common as well! That's really amazing! ' Gary's eyes dimmed as he

looked at Nicole.

'From what I can tell...she's a pro at this...Lucifer...With that in mind, Gary could not help but to take another glance at Nicole.

"It seems that I really don't have to worry about you.When did you learn all these?"

Nicole shot him a glance over her shoulder.

"About eight or nine I guess?"

They had started learning all of these coding languages the moment they joined the organization.She was very interested in it at that time, preferring to code quietly rather than training, so she had gotten into the groove much faster than anyone else.

"Eight or nine?"

Gary was taken aback, for that was way earlier than even an InfoTech scion like him.

‘It seems that Nicole's skills in coding may very well be above mine, ‘he surmised.

Soon, the teacher arrived.

Beside the teacher was another person, Gary's brother, Ryder Finley.

As a senior of the university department with excellent coding skills, he was brought in as a teaching assistant.

"It's Gary's elder brother."

"Yeah, he's quite the looker too!"

"I heard that he's a tech wiz, and he's representing the school this time too!"

"I heard that in the last competition, the two brothers got first and second place respectively.Amazing!"

When Nicole heard the introduction, she turned and shot Gary a glance.

"Your brother?"

"Yeah."

Gary nodded back.

"Is he good?"

Nicole raised her eyebrow.

Feeling a little awkward and not knowing what else to say, Gary stammered, "Uh, I guess..."

His brother was indeed a tech wiz, but if Nicole was really Lucifer, how would he even begin to consider himself and his brother to be on equal footing with her?

 

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Nicole began to size Ryder up.

Suddenly, she felt the seat beside her moving.

Her eyes darted sideways and she immediately saw Preston and Edwin.

"Nicole! You're here too?" Preston asked, feeling quite excited when he saw Nicole.

The school's computer competition was usually conducted through the simple process of drafting a few unlucky souls in class to make up the numbers.

It was only until the city-level competition, in which the wheat had been separated from the chaff, that the pros would duke it out.

However, for Nicole's identity and level of skill, participating in a national competition in a developing country was truly a disservice to her talents.

Nicole too wore a helpless look on her face.

"Yeah, no one in class registered for this." That was why the teacher had picked her.

"But your class has quite a few capable folks, right?" Preston glanced at the general direction of Bradley, Wayne and Jack.

The mention of this reminded her that she was still a little mad at Bradley.

"If that bugger had raised his hand earlier I wouldn't have needed to come.

Long story short.

Meh." Preston smiled coyly.

"It's alright.

Just think of it as a game." When Gary heard that, he felt as if Preston seemed to know something.

'Is it possible that he knows Nicole's identity?! Thinking that perhaps he was the one who had known nothing all along, Gary could not help but feel deflated, feeling like an absolute fool.

"So be it.

I want to see how a pro does it." After she had said that, Nicole glanced at Ryder on the stage.

Gary was suddenly sweating profusely.

'Sh*t, Ryder probably ran into a brick wall this time." At that moment, the teacher had already gotten Ryder to commence with the briefing of today's test.

What people love the most when it comes to tech, is cracking.

So I've come up with a question for all of you today.

If you can crack the code in this test, then I shall believe that you will have no issues acing the city-level tests." As he said that, Ryder tapped on his laptop and sent a compilation of viruses to everyone's computer.

“Eh? We're tasked to crack a virus?" they asked.

"It can't be right.

Ryder's own questions?!" "Doesn't that mean we'll be stuck here cracking it until the sun goes down?" Most of them were just rich scions who only knew how to play games.

Cracking a virus was totally beyond their range of capabilities.

Nicole saw the virus and felt a little intrigued as she raised her hand asked.

"Did you program this virus yourself?" Ryder gave Nicole a look of surprise.

He had met her a few times before but had never spoken to her.

Seeing that she was seated beside Gary, and considering the fact that the both of them were classmates, he replied with a, "Yes." Nicole let out a playful smile.

"Not bad.

Seems like it'll be quite challenging." The thought process and methodology that Ryder had employed were a little different from the others.

His skills and capabilities were obviously leagues above Gary's, which made it surprisingly interesting for her.

To Nicole, this was definitely far more interesting than just sitting in class.

"This is the only requirement.

You must use a specific coding language to do this.

The time starts now, and let's see who will be the first to crack my virus," Ryder announced.

Yet, just as Ryder's confident voice began to trail away, the massive screen looming above them suddenly showed that PC 30 had managed to crack the code and neutralize the virus.

Everyone saw PC 30's icon turning green and everyone in the hall looked over.

"Goodness, someone had already cracked it!" Even Harvey could not help but to glance to the back.

Much to their surprise, PC 30 was Nicole's computer.

This made his eyes gleam with interest.

He knew that Nicole was skilled.

Back when they were at the Golden Coast Building, she had also showcased her ability in this field.

But what Ryder had shown them earlier was more like a hacker's virus.

Anyone who knew even a little about computers would know that countermeasure techniques like these were more akin to a duel between hackers.

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No one, however, had foreseen that someone would be able to crack it so quickly.

At that moment, Ryder's expression changed.

He had not expected someone to crack and neutralize his virus so quickly.

He looked at PC 30 in surprise and when he discovered that it was Nicole, a trace of astonishment appeared in his eyes.

That was a virus courseware that he had spent an entire night to make, and he did not expect Nicole to be able to crack it insucha short span of time.

But when he saw Gary sitting beside Nicole, he was taken aback for amoment.

‘Is it possible that Gary had let her in on how to crack it?' he asked himself.

After all, he and his little brother had always tested one another in this field, and Gary was the one who understood his habits and loopholes best.

Yet, little did he know that Gary too was flabbergasted.

Although he knew that Nicole was exceptionally skilled, he was amazed, as she was able to crack his brother's code of virus in mere seconds.

Jack and Wayne too gawked with their eyes wide open.

"My goodness...

is this what Nicole is truly capable of?” “Could it be that she is another secret tech whiz?" They had already thought that she was amazing when she showcased her skills at the Math Olympiad back then.

They had also thought that there was no woman in the world who would be capable of everything.

Hence, they thought and assumed that she was just here to fill a seat.

Indeed, no one had expected her to crack that tech whiz's virus in just a blink of an eye.

'She's just too amazing!' The calmest of the lot were of course, Preston and Edwin.

Both of them had bear witness to Nicole's capabilities long ago, and this virus was a piece of cake to her.

Suddenly, someone beneath the stage jeered.

"Hey, is our school's tech whiz being challenged here?" "Ryder, your code got broken so easily.

Are you for real?" Those who had not had a favorable view of Ryder all started heaping jeers upon him one after another.

Ryder's expression darkened, and even the teacher could no longer hold things at bay.

He should not have been allowed to manage a boot camp of this sort, as he knew nothing about computers at all.

It was also why he had gotten Ryder to stand in and help him out.

Much to his chagrin, however, Ryder's code had somewhat been cracked by a student from the eleventh grade in an instant.

The teacher coughed softly as he walked up to Ryder.

"Hey, do you have any other testing methods?” Seeing that, Ryder looked at Nicole with his brows furrowed as he raised his voice.

"It's normal for our school to have pros in our midst.

Her success in cracking my code aside, have you guys managed to crack it yet?" Ryder's voice immediately caused everyone to pipe down.

Snow then added, "Yeah, perhaps it's just by chance? Let's give it a try, everyone." As she said that, she login into the computer.

In fact, she knew very little about coding and was here because she could spend time with Harvey, but she also wished that someone would crack the virus code quickly to prove that Nicole was just a fake.

However, even after fifteen minutes had passed, there was still no one else who had managed to crack it.

It was then that everyone was stunned.

'So, it's not that Ryder is incompetent...

‘The virus he had programmed is really difficult to reveal and neutralize! It is not something you can solve in a whim!’ It was not until a few minutes later when Gary cracked the virus code, coming close in second place.

Immediately afterwards, Preston and Edwin managed to crack the virus code as well.

As soon as these few individuals had completed the task, everyone else were left in greater shock.

All of them were famous computer experts in school.

Not to mention that Gary, as Ryder's little brother, must have known his brother's coding habits.

After all, Preston and Edwin, with the support of their family, had started a computer company as partners at such a young age.