Ch. 76..80: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 76-80
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Samuel could not take it anymore. “Raine, stop the nonsense! The small forum is full of gossip, and Spencer and I would never visit it. How can you believe in these things?”
Raine sneered. “Just because you guys didn’t visit that you didn’t know. Your good sister thought so highly of herself and took part in the Math Olympiad competition. She got a zero score on the first test.”
“Zero?” The entire family was stunned. Since the founding of the Royal Creek Institute, all its students were elites, and no one had ever scored zero. Was Nicole so dumb that she got a zero score?
Damien and his wife looked gravely at Nicole at the thought of her embarrassing the Riddle family. They then looked at Gloria and Daniel, feeling not too happy.
They had long disagreed about sending Nicole to the Royal Creek Institute high school. It turned out that they were right: Nicole had not only made trouble but also scored zero on tests. Raine was right about Nicole embarrassing the Riddle family.
Dillon also looked at Nicole with disappointment. She was not only ill-mannered at home but also behaving terribly at school. She needed to be taught a lesson lest she would get from bad to worse next time.
After a long silence, Damien said icily to Nicole, “I know Raine very well. She will never lie and slander others. Nicole, you, as part of the Riddle family, not taking care of your words and actions, have brought shame to the family. How can you be so willful?”
Miley Rogers nodded in agreement as she sat by. Her daughter had already embarked on the
road to stardom and could not afford to let news leak out that she had such a sister. “Exactly. Snow has always been gentle and easy to get along with. What was wrong with you? Why did you bully her?” Dillon
said.
“Actually, Nicole didn’t bully me. It was I who had talked too much, but I was out of concern for her. She must have felt annoyed because of that,” Snow said softly.
The more Snow said, the angrier Dillon became. He glared at Nicole and said, “You must give us an explanation today.”
Seeing that her husband had spoken out, Karen immediately jumped onto the bandwagon.” Exactly. How could Nicole bully Snow? Daniel, you must give us an explanation.” Nicole looked at Snow with a smirk after hearing what karen had said. Snow appeared to be wanting to stop Raine and her parents, but in reality, she was fanning the flames. Her family was up to no good.
Samuel was desperate, but he could not talk back to the elders. But Nicole did not panic even the slightest when facing all of them. She just played with the quilt and chuckled. “Did you just say I bullied Snow? Where is the evidence?” Dillon quickly looked at Raine, who immediately showed him the photo on the forum.
He looked furious and pointed at Nicole. “Can you see what this is? How dare you deny you didn’t bully Snow? So why did she cry?”
Nicole smirked. “Ask her about it. But, according to Raine, I have beaten Celia’s boyfriend so severely that he is now lying in the hospital. So had I wanted to bully Snow, she would have had no chance to cry.”
Nicole’s frosty eyes swept over Raine and Snow, sending a chill up their spines. Samuel snapped back and tried to defend Nicole. “Absolutely. How can you prove Nicole has bullied Snow? Nicole is a national martial arts champion. If she wants to bully Snow, she can make Snow cry with just her fingers.”
“Samuel.” Seeing Samuel getting emotional, Spencer quickly stopped him. Their two elder brothers were not there. So even if they wanted to defend Nicole, their words carried little weight in front of the elders.
Samuel got what Spencer meant and could only suppress his anger and sit down.
But what Samuel said made Mr. Riddle Sr. think. After a moment, he asked, “Nicole, you are a national martial arts champion?”
No wonder she beat all the boys and sent them lying in the hospital. There surely was more to this granddaughter of his than met the eye. Nicole did not intend to hide it either. She nodded and said, “My grandma was afraid that I would be bullied when I was a child, so she sent me to learn some self- defense techniques.” Mr. Riddle Sr.’s face turned solemn. He immediately turned to Snow. “Tell me what the hell is going on.” Snow was confused for a moment. But she quickly came out of it and responded. “Grandpa, I never said that Nicole bullied me. Someone deliberately took this photo and uploaded it to the Internet. I guess Raine must have seen this photo and thought that Nicole bullied me.” With that, she pinched Raine hard under the table.
Raine’s heart skipped a beat, and she looked flabbergasted at Snow. It was Snow who uploaded the photo to the Internet. Why did she deny it now?
But when she noticed Mr. Riddle Sr.’s grave expression, her heart skipped a beat again. “I don’t know. That is what people say on the school forum.” Just when Dillon wanted to say something, Karen quickly pinched him, stopping him from talking. She had now figured out what was going on when noticing her daughter’s reaction.
“Snow was right beside you, yet you came back to complain about it before finding out what was actually going on?” Mr. Riddle Sr hissed, “I—” Raine bit her lip and quibbled. “I might not have found out what was going on. But what about the other things?” This was not the only wrong thing that Nicole had done. At this point, Spencer took out his phone, opened the post on the school forum, and showed it to Mr.
Riddle Sr. “Grandpa, the allegation that Nicole was dating two guys at the same time is also false. It was a picture taken when we took Nicole out to dinner. Just that Nicole is more low
-key. She did not tell her relationship with us at school.” After hearing this, Mr. Riddle Sr. no longer believed all other allegations. He looked frostily at Raine. “It is all bullshit! How can you trust things on the Internet? I can’t believe that you took that as truth and used that to smear your cousin.”
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Raine flinched when reprimanded.
She never expected these two matters would take a sudden turnabout.
Norah was upset and desperate because Raine and Snow could not even win the argument with Nicole; they were useless in her eyes.
She gritted her teeth and said, “Absolutely.
We shouldn’t take things on the school forum too seriously.
Other than Nicole’s zero scores on the Math Olympiad test, the other things are simply hearsay.” Norah’s words might have overturned everything else, but it reminded Raine.
“Absolutely.
Everything else can be fake, but the results can’t be fake.
She really scored zero.
The post is at the top of the school forum.”
Mr.
Riddle Sr.
became serious when he looked at Nicole.
“Is this true?”
The atmosphere tensed up this time.
Daniel and Gloria looked at their daughter, hoping Nicole would explain that it was fake, as she had just done.
Samuel and Spencer were so busy in the school societies every day and were unaware of it.
So they did not know how to defend her.
It did not matter, though, because Nicole had admitted it.
“Yes, I scored zero.”
Raine could not help but laugh upon hearing this.
She could not believe that Nicole was bold enough to admit it in this situation.
“You finally admit it.” She smiled triumphantly, waiting to see how things would end.
But Nicole gave no further explanation.
Damien was upset.
He looked at Nicole with his brows knitted together.
“Aren’t you going to explain what is going on?” Norah could not describe how elated she was when Nicole was finally being put on the spot.
But she still pretended to comfort her.
“We all know that the Math Olympiad competition is tough.
Even Raine has only scored ninety-one marks.
If you can’t keep up, tell the teacher that you will withdraw from the competition.
Don’t be so thick-skinned to stay on only to embarrass the Riddle family.”
Raine also added fuel to the fire.
“Yeah, Nicole, withdrawal is a better option when you are not up to par.
Don’t embarrass yourself.”
Mr.
Riddle Sr.’s face was grave as he saw Nicole appear to be nonchalant.
“Nicole, since you can’t keep up, tell your teacher that you will withdraw from the competition and concentrate on preparing for the monthly exam.”
“I am not going to quit.” Nicole looked at Mr.
Riddle Sr.
with a determined look on her face.
Mr.
Riddle Sr.
looked at her and felt a strange pressure from her gaze.
But she was only a teenager.
Ignoring her gaze, he said with irritation.
“I will talk to your teacher.
You just concentrate on preparing for the exam and forget about the Math Olympiad competition.
Don’t forget that you have scored zero.”
Damien and Dillon also nodded.
They did not want Nicole to continue embarrassing them.
Nicole looked at them, who were all using the Riddle family as an excuse.
She smiled meaningfully at each of them, her expression gradually turning cold.
She then said faintly,” Don’t worry, Uncles.
No one knows about my relationship with the Riddle family.
You all don’t have to worry about me embarrassing you all.”
Everyone was stunned when they heard what she said.
They then realized that Nicole had never announced at school that she was from the Riddle family.
Since that was the case, the saying that Nicole was embarrassing them at the school did not hold anymore, and that also made them look cowardly.
Both Damien and Dillon quickly shut their mouth in embarrassment.
Nicole then turned to Mr.
Riddle Sr.
with a determined look.
“Grandpa, I promised my class teacher that I would take part in this competition and that I would win the top spot.
I always make sure I will achieve what I have promised.” Her eyes looked resolute.
Her voice was
sonorous and powerful, making Mr.
Riddle Sr.
feel her resolve.
“From zero to hero.
Do you think you can do it?” This was a tough thing for ordinary people, not to mention a person like her who had no foundation.
Nicole smiled.
“Grandpa, even ordinary people could strike a few correct answers when being blindfolded.
Do you really think I have really scored zero?”
This suddenly reminded and stunned Mr.
Riddle Sr.
She was right.
There were a few multiple choice questions in the Math Olympiad competition.
No way one would score zero.
It immediately aroused the curiosity of the entire family, including Samuel and Spencer.
Only then did Nicole take out her answer sheet from her pocket and hand it to the family butler, who then passed it to Mr.
Riddle Sr.
Mr.
Riddle Sr.
looked at the neat answer sheet, startled.
There were many questions that he did not know the answer to, but there were a few questions that were obviously answered correctly.
The only unusual thing was that there were no calculation steps provided but only answers.
After taking a glance, Mr.
Riddle Sr.
handed the paper to Damien.
“You should be able to understand these answers.”
Damien frowned, not knowing what Mr.
Riddle Sr.
meant.
He took the exam paper and was surprised.
His wife also came closer to take a look at the answers, and they both looked at each other, their gazes deepening.
“What is wrong? Why do the expressions of you two look so strange?” Karen sensed something was not quite right and asked curiously.
Everyone looked over at them expectantly.
Damien came out of his shock at last.
“The answers on the test paper are all correct.”
“What?” Everyone in the house was stunned.
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Norah and Raine were even more stunned.
All they knew was that Nicole had scored zero, and they had no idea what was going on with her test paper.
At this time, Daniel could no longer sit still.
“Nicole, what the hell is going on? Your Uncle Damien said that you have answered all questions correctly.
So why did you still get zero?” Nicole smirked with a teasing look in her eyes.
“4 talked to Mr.
Louis today, and he said that although my answers were all correct, he could not give me a single mark because I was too lazy to write the calculation steps.”
“What does that mean?” Snow was startled for a while before she got what Nicole meant.
“You are saying that you didn’t need to go through the calculation steps to figure out the answers?” Raine stood up with indignation.
“You must have copied someone else’s answers.
Otherwise, how could you not provide the calculation steps?” Nicole could not help but laugh at Raine, who desperately tried to accuse her of wrongdoing.” In the entire Math Olympiad class, only Gary and you scored the highest.
But did you two get full scores? My answers are all correct, though.”
Raine’s face turned pale, although she still thought Nicole had copied someone else’s answers.
The pertinent question was: would someone who scores 100 marks copy the answers from someone who has only scored 90 marks? At this point, Raine was completely stupefied, sitting in a chair like a defeated rooster.
Everyone was as quiet as a church mouse.
No one dared to accuse Nicole or question her ability again.
Even Mr.
Riddle Sr.
was struck dumb by Nicole’s prowess.
He always thought that Nicole had a poor academic performance.
Not expecting that she could achieve a perfect score on the Math Olympiad.
This granddaughter of his had surprised him repeatedly, which he was thrilled about.
“Hahaha… I didn’t expect that we, the Riddle family, would have a Math Olympiad genius.
Is there still anyone opposing her participation in the Math Olympiad competition?” Mr.
Riddle Sr.’s eyes swept over everyone.
Neither Damien nor Dillon dared to say anything.
Even Raine and Norah were completely silenced.
Norah clenched her hand, not expecting that Nicole’s zero scores were just the result of the lack of calculation steps.
This had instead made Raine, and her look like fools.
Since everyone was silent, Mr.
Riddle Sr.
waved his hand.
“Then do as Nicole said.
Whoever dares to talk nonsense will not have to come to my house again.” There was always a noisy disagreement at the dining table.
He was really tired of it.
Seeing that no one dared to say anything anymore, Daniel and Gloria looked at their daughter with relief.
They really did not expect that their daughter could have such an impressive achievement and make them proud in front of their families.
No one would probably dare to look down on them anymore.
After dinner, Mr.
Riddle Sr.
felt tired.
He got up and went upstairs with the help of a servant.
The first and third uncles secretly looked at each other, and then they left with their wives.
There were only Dillon and Karen at the dining table now.
They could not care that Daniel had not left and started picking on Raine.
“Why did you say something like that before figuring out the ins and outs of the matter? You have pissed off your grandpa now, and we all are now implicated.” 2
Getting picked on, Raine glared at Nicole in chagrin.
It was all because of Nicole that she was now getting berated by her parents.
She felt so indignant not only because Nicole was not kicked out of the Math Olympiad class but also because she was getting an earful.
Daniel and Gloria were not interested in listening to Dillon and Karen scolding their daughter.
They took their daughter and son out of the house.
Nicole and Gloria walked side by side in front, followed by their two sons and two daughters.
1 While leaving, Gloria had been keeping her head low and saying not a word.
Nicole frowned.
She looked at Gloria, and sure enough, her eyes had welled up.
She quickly asked worriedly,” Mom, why are you crying?” Gloria was sad.
At first, she thought she finally had her daughter back, and Nicole could finally live a happy life.
But it seemed that all she brought to her daughter was misery.
Every time she came home, her daughter would be targeted along with them.
Thinking that when Karen and Raine said nasty things about Nicole while she could not protect her, Gloria could not help but hug her.
“I am sorry for bringing you all this, Nicole.” Daniel, following behind, heard what Gloria said and sighed.
“Nicole.
It was all because of me you are being slandered.
I am a useless father.”
He and Gloria could do nothing to counter the disparagement in front of their elder brothers and their wives.
It was Nicole who rebutted the criticism and made them proud.
“It is alright.
It is over.
Isn’t it good?” Nicole smiled.
She was strong enough and not afraid of criticism.
Instead, she felt happy that she could protect her parents.
Samuel also stepped up to comfort his parents.
“Absolutely.
Whatever happened today, Nicole has got it all handled.
Not only that, she has even given Raine and Second Aunt a slap in the face.” The thought of the contorted faces of his uncles and aunts made Samuel proud.
They could not help but laugh upon hearing what Samuel said.
Meanwhile, Norah was staring at Nicole from behind.
Just before dinner, she had received the news that Celia had failed her mission.
Norah did not expect Nicole to be so lucky.
She had made her move on Nicole twice today, yet Nicole had escaped.
If she wanted to bring Nicole down, she would have to use some more ruthless tricks.
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It was the weekend the next day.
Nicole got up early for a morning run, only to see Samuel and Spencer waiting for him.
Seeing her coming, both of them simpered.
Samuel said, “Spencer quipped last time that I could not outrun you.
So I will prove him wrong today.”
“Okay.” Nicole smiled.
“Then you two had better keep up.” “Don’t worry.
I will.” Spencer smiled triumphantly.
He might not be a sports student, but he had been working out several times a week.
His physical strength could still keep up.
But Spencer’s self-confidence was defeated by Nicole within minutes.
As Nicole ran ahead into the distance, Spencer looked at Samuel in surprise.
“Oh, my God! How did Nicole run so fast?” ‘Is she sure this is just a morning workout? It looks more like a race.’ “You now know I was not lying.
It is Nicole who is too badass.” Samuel said, with a trace of admiration in his eyes.
Spencer looked ahead in amazement.
Gritting his teeth, he tried to keep up again.
By the time the three of them had finished running and returned home, it was half an hour later.
Spencer and Samuel were dog-tired, but Nicole was not breaking a sweat.
They both felt that she was too terrific.
After stretching in the courtyard for a while, the three entered the living hall.
Norah was coming downstairs, ready to go out, when she saw Nicole had brought her brothers for a run.
A look of mockery flashed in her eyes, but a gentle smile quickly returned to her face.
“Nicole, you, Samuel, and Spencer were going to morning exercise again? Can you even keep up?”
Spencer and Samuel were physically fit.
She used to try going for a run with them in the morning, but she had to give up because she could not keep up.
“Ask them.” Nicole rolled her eyes at her and walked past her.
Usually, Spencer was friendly toward Norah.
But when thinking about yesterday, when Norah defended Raine at his grandfather’s house, he felt upset and ignored her, walking past with a sour face and his head held high.
Even Samuel, who had always been affable toward her, only replied faintly, “We couldn’t keep up with Nicole.”
“How is that possible? Aren’t you a basketball player, Samuel?” Norah could not help but be surprised that a hillbilly could outpace her brothers.
“We can’t help it.
Nicole is simply too OP, not only in the Math Olympiad but also in sports.”
Samuel pretended to be proud.
He then went to the refrigerator to get a bottle of mineral water.
His look was telling Norah that he did not want to talk to her, and he was impressed by Nicole.
No one had ever given Norah the cold shoulder like this before.
She was so angry that she
wanted to throw her handbag in her hand, but then when she saw the maids were looking at her, she quickly put on a gentle and magnanimous look, smiling at the three of them as if she did not mind at all.
“Yeah, Nicole is indeed very badass.” She still could not believe that Nicole could turn the situation of her zero scores around last night
The more Norah thought about it, the angrier she became.
Having nowhere to express her indignation and losing the mood to go out, she turned back to her room.
Why was everyone paying attention to Nicole when she was just a hillbilly? Now even Samuel and Spencer were ignoring her.
They became like two attendants, following Nicole wherever she went.
What a fool they were.
She had tried many times to sabotage Nicole, but she always escaped and stole the limelight.
Norah was getting angrier.
She lost control of her temper and started to smash things up in the room angrily.
Fortunately, her room was covered with a thick carpet, and there was not much noise heard from the outside.
Otherwise, someone would have come in to see what was going on.
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Norah collapsed on the bed, feeling resentful and indignant.
“Raine is too stupid.
I should start with Snow.” At least Snow had a brain and would not implicate her.
She took out her phone and sent a text message to Snow with a sneer.
Meanwhile, in the Riddle mansion, Snow got a notification ding on her phone.
She opened the message that contained only a few words, yet it made her ecstatic. (Harvey will arrive in San Joto tomorrow.) Snow replied to the message from Norah with a thank you and lay back on the bed happily.
Thinking that Harvey Ellison would be back tomorrow, Snow could no longer sleep.
She hurriedly took out her outfits from the closet to see in which she looked the best.
Karen was walking by and overheard a noise inside.
Wearing a silk nightie, she poked her head through the gap in the door and said in a not-too-happy voice, “What makes you so restless on the weekend night? Where are you going by dressing up like that?” Snow paused and turned her head to look at her mother with a smile.
“Mom, Harvey will be back in San Joto tomorrow.” She bowed her head shyly.
She knew Karen liked to hear the news of her and Harvey getting closer.
Her mother would be thrilled. Sure enough, when Karen heard Harvey’s name, she looked delighted.
“Harvey is coming back? Then you should dress up.
Tell me what you lack, okay? You are my most outstanding daughter.
Remember, make sure you find a way to make Harvey your man.” After saying that, Karen hurried back to her room.
When she came back out, there was a beautiful diamond necklace in her hand.
“Take this.
Wear this one when you see Harvey.
It is worth twenty million dollars.
Don’t lose it.” Snow took the necklace in her hand with a dim light flashing in her eyes.
“Don’t worry, Mom.
I am going to wear it and will not lose it,” she whispered. Karen happily nodded.
Snow was the child she worried about the least since Snow was small.
Snow was trained to be an aristocrat in her behavior and appearance and proficient in arts.
Even so, when Snow told her that Harvey was interested in her, she could still not believe it. The Ellison family was an influential force in San Joto, not someone the Riddle family could be comparable with.
If Harvey was into Snow, then Dillon would benefit from it as his status in Riddle Corporation would be elevated. As time passed, Karen started to believe that Harvey had feelings for her daughter.
After confirming this, she was ecstatic, asking Snow not to let go.
She even gave Snow her most precious jewelry.
The diamond necklace worth $20 million was a case in point.
It was the dowry from her maiden family, the most expensive of all her jewelry, the one, and only piece. She looked at Snow and said dotingly, “Take care of your image in school.
Make sure you have a firm grasp on Harvey.” “Okay.” Snow agreed and continued to try on clothes.
Karen joined in, helping Snow match her clothes and handbags. Nicole could no longer stand it after just staying at home for a Saturday.
Because of the many servants in the house, it was noisy and affected the speed and quality of her study. Because of this, Nicole told Gloria and Daniel that she would go back to the campus.
The two felt sad to see Nicole leave, but they had to agree for the sake of Nicole’s study.
She was finally back at school.
Many students were staying on the campus of the Royal Creek Institute, so it was crowded.
Just then, at the entrance of the school, a bright blue motorcycle was parked up on the side of the road, looking flashy and cool.
Not far away, there were groups of girls looking at the car with envy and mumbling from time to time, “What luck are we having now? Harvey will come back soon.
Even Preston Riddle has come to the school.
It is so merry!” ‘Preston Riddle? The name sounds familiar.’