Ch. 91..95: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 91-95
Chapter 91
Harvey gently pressed his hand to his somewhat unsettled heart and frowned in bafflement. ‘Impossible! How can there be such a thing?’ he said in his mind.
‘I am Harvey Riddle, Mr.
Riddle Sr.’s only grandson.
I can have any woman I want.
No way I would be into such an ill mannered woman.’ 2 Harvey seemed to have convinced himself.
He did not stay longer and went to his grandfather’s office to meet his grandfather before going to class.
On Monday, unlike usual, the Royal Creek Institute would have a flag-raising ceremony that high school and university students would attend. After breakfast, everyone gathered at the sports ground.
The flag-raising ceremony was about to begin when Harvey arrived.
Everyone was talking, watching Harvey come over.
Many girls screamed, and some boys could not help but look over.
Harvey smiled and walked forward with calm steps.
He found the line of his class and stood in the front. While everyone was looking at him, a girl trotted up to him.
Harvey subtly frowned, somewhat unnerved to be disturbed in public.
When he looked down, it turned out to be Snow.
Snow looked at him with a shy smile.
“Harvey, I will see you during lunch break.” After not seeing her in two weeks, Harvey did not reject her but nodded slowly. But at this moment, there were cheers from those behind him. “I have said it all long: Harvey and Snow are a perfect couple.” “Absolutely! This is the first time I have seen Harvey smile so gently at a girl.” “I have to say that these two gentle people look great to be together.” Snow listened to these words and could not hide the joy in her eyes. She deliberately did not go out to welcome Harvey this morning.
Had she done it, no one would have noticed how special she was to Harvey.
She had to let everyone know Harvey was paying special attention to her.
Apparently, she succeeded. Snow pursed her lips and let out a restrained, modest smile.
She thought he would feel distant after being away for two weeks.
But now, Harvey’s attitude toward her had not changed much, which made Snow feel a little relieved.
She was determined to have Harvey for herself.
She tried her best to keep the title of the most beautiful girl in school just to make herself worthy of him.
As long as she had Harvey, no one at school could challenge her position.
Nicole was standing not far away and had seen what had happened.
She could not help but squint, recognizing Harvey as the man who interrupted her martial arts practice in the morning.
‘No wonder he is so rude; He likes Snow.
Birds of a feather flock together, so he is unlikely to be a good person. His handsome face will be a waste if that’s the case.
All he got is his good looks.’ Seeing Nicole also looking at Harvey, Lulu rushed over.
“Do you also think Harvey is charming?” It was the first time she had seen Nicole staring at a boy.
“Good looks are all he got, and having good looks doesn’t mean he is capable.” Nicole did not bother to look at them again. Harvey seemed to have sensed Nicole’s gaze.
As soon as she looked away, he glanced in a direction and spotted Nicole.
While he was the center of attention and other people were talking about him, Nicole paid him no mind.
There was an unexplained frustration inside him.
This was the first time he experienced the taste of being slighted, and it really upset him.
But Harvey quickly collected himself and pulled back his gaze.
The flag-raising ceremony was proceeding in an orderly manner.
Unbeknownst to everyone, someone standing by the floor-to-ceiling window in the parlor of the principal’s office was watching the flag-raising ceremony outside.
The man dug his hands into his pockets and watched the flag-raising ceremony downstairs with great interest.
He kept watching when he found the person whom he wanted to see.
It did not take long for Mr.
Ellison to return to the parlor.
“I am sorry for keeping you waiting, Mr.
Johnston.
I met my grandson just now.” “It is okay.” Jared pulled back his gaze.
“Have you thought about the proposal?” Mr.
Ellison knew Jared was talking about investment, and he smiled heartily.
“Yeah, but I think you do not know the Royal Creek Institute very well.
So I might as well take you on tour today and see if the Royal Creek Institute is a worthwhile investment.” Although Mr.
Ellison said it euphemistically, he made it clear: the Royal Creek Institute did not need capital injection right now.
But Jared may take a look at it, and Mr.
Ellison would not refuse if Jared still wanted to do it. “Okay, but can I choose someone else to show me around?” Jared raised an eyebrow and went straight to the floor-to-ceiling window.
Mr.
Ellison was puzzled and did not know what was there for Jared to see with the flag-raising ceremony going on, and the sports ground was full of people.
But hearing what Jared had said, Mr.
Ellison had put two and two together and figured there was someone among the crowd that Jared wanted to see. Mr.
Ellison let out a benignant smile.
“I was planning to show you around myself.
Am I not a good enough tour guide for you, Mr.
Johnston?” Since Mr.
Ellison had said so, Jared raised an eyebrow and said, “It is my pleasure.” Sure enough, Ellison wanted to hide and protect someone in the school. Seeing that he agreed, Mr.
Ellison stood up with no hesitation.
“Please, this way.” Jared nodded gently and followed Mr.
Ellison.
The two went downstairs, and Mr.
Ellison graciously and gently introduced Jared to the architecture of and teaching in the Royal Creek Institute.
Max was following from behind, taking notes with a pen from time to time.
Further at the back were the teaching directors and grade directors, who followed with trepidation.
They looked nervously at Mr.
Ellison and Jared from behind, afraid that a mistake would upset Jared.
As they finished touring the school buildings, Mr.
Ellison walked with Jared to the sports ground.
The flag-raising ceremony was nearing the end, and everyone was about to disperse and return to the teaching buildings.
It was at this moment that a commotion rose from the back of the crowd.
“Wow! Who is this man? He is so charming!” “Yeah, he looks more charming than Harvey.
Is he from our school?” “Idiot! When you see Mr.
Ellison is so respectful toward him, you know he is not an ordinary figure.” “Absolutely.
Even the teachers behind them look so nervous.
This guy must be some bigwig.” As more and more people shifted their attention to Jared, Harvey also looked back toward the rear of the sports ground.
His pupils suddenly contracted.
‘It is him!’
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Jared was walking with Mr.
Ellison, face expressionless.
A hazy fog seemed to cloud his upturned eyes, making it impossible for people to guess what he was thinking.
Unlike Harvey’s bright personality, Jared was like the spring snow of March, ultimately cold and forbiddingly charming. The surrounding students looked at him and became quiet involuntarily as if any extra would be blasphemy. Mr.
Ellison also noticed the changes in the students and glanced at Jared, who seemed to dislike being watched like a monkey, and whose faint smile had disappeared from his face.
Mr.
Ellison frowned and said, “Let us go to Zone B.” Jared narrowed his eyes as he noticed that there was no one on the sports ground anymore.
There was no point in staying here to listen to these annoying noises.
His black eyelashes flicked.
When he looked up again, he let out a faint smile.
“I think that is all for today.
Max will follow up with you.” Mr.
Ellison still wanted to say something, but when he saw Jared’s face, he had no choice but to nod his head.
“Okay, let me see you out, Mr.
Johnston.” Jared nodded gently.
His gaze fell on Harvey, and the two of them looked at each other silently for a few seconds before Jared turned around and left. Harvey clenched his fists as he watched Jared leaving.
Jared’s eyes looked frosty and elitist just now.
This guy knew him, but he disregarded him.
When thinking of this, a dark and displeased look flashed in his eyes. Edwin Bradford, Harvey’s buddy, saw that he was not happy, came to his side, and whispered, “That guy was looking at you when he left.
Do you know him?” Harvey glanced back at Edwin, his tone as gentle as ever as he said, “Yeah, he is the heir to the Johnston Group.
You had better not mess with him.” Edwin looked at him in puzzlement.
“Johnston Group?” Harvey looked at him and smiled without saying a word. Edwin’s face changed.
Just as he wanted to say something aloud, he came to his senses and lowered his voice.
“The all-powerful Johnston Group?” The Johnston family owned the Johnston Group.
They were involved in the military, political, and business circles and could be said to be the most connected family in San Joto. If it was he who had returned, there would be a major storm coming to San Joto. Harvey said not a word but just nodded gently. Edwin was stunned.
“Hasn’t he been abroad all the time? Why is he back?” Everyone knew that San Joto’s top magnate, the Johnston family, had a rebellious heir five years ago.
He gave up the helm at the Johnson Group that his grandfather left for him, went abroad to carve his own path, and even eventually established his own business empire.
His company, JJ Johnston Group, was now one of the largest in the world, no smaller than Johnston Group of San Joto.
Edwin could not think of why Jared wanted to return when he was doing so well abroad.
He would not be as free working in Johnston Group as he was abroad.
“I don’t understand either.” Harvey’s eyes darkened. Edwin scratched his head.
He would have to ask his father back home then. Just as Edwin froze in place in a daze, Harvey had already left.
When he snapped back from his thoughts, he called out, “Hey, wait for me.
I have something more to say!” But Harvey had gone far.
Edwin did not need to be a rocket scientist to know that Harvey was going to look for Snow.
He smirked when Snow came to mind.
He had always felt that Snow did not deserve Harvey.
Right now, everyone was staring at the freshman Class A doorway, surprised to see that Harvey had come looking for Snow. Snow was flattered to see Harvey, a bright smile spreading across her face. She saw the stares from the corner of her eye, and the smile on her face became even broader.
She looked at Harvey with surprise.
“Didn’t I say I would go to see you?” Snow thought, ‘He came over right after the flag-raising ceremony was over.
Does that mean he missed me very much?’ Harvey looked at her with an unfathomable expression in his eyes.
He said in a soft voice, “It doesn’t matter.
So why do you want to see me?” In fact, he did not like Snow to visit his class to look for him because he did not like to be the talk of his classmates. No one knew what he was thinking, though.
When they heard Harvey talking to Snow so gently, they all looked at Snow with envy.
Harvey was approachable, gentle, and courteous, but it did not mean he could mingle with everyone. There were many people in the classes next door poking their heads out to take a glimpse of the most charming boy and girl in the school.
Snow’s fans admired the two of them, saying that the two were a match made in heaven. At this moment, a clear voice came.
“No doubt that Snow is pretty.
But compared with Nicole, she is still nowhere close.
If it weren’t for Nicole’s notorious character, alas…” Harvey fell into thought when he heard Nicole’s name. The cold glance of the girl in the morning had been firmly imprinted on his mind.
Now that he heard someone mention her name, he flashed back to the brief moment he had met with Nicole and the look in Nicole’s eyes the moment the flag was raised. The girl’s beautiful face appeared in his mind’s eye.
He had seen enough pretty girls since he was a child, but he had to admit that Nicole was indeed the best looking of all the girls he had ever seen. Snow could no longer maintain her gentle face when she heard what people said and saw Harvey’s silence.
‘Nicole is certainly up to no good.
She has seduced Gary.
And now people are even associating her with Harvey,’ Snow muttered in her mind.
Snow took a deep breath, her voice sharp when she said, “Harvey, what are you thinking?” Harvey frowned.
“Nothing, just tell me whatever you want to say.
It is almost time for class.” Harvey’s impatience surprised Snow.
He had always been very polite to her.
But how could this change all of a sudden?
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Feeling aggrieved, Snow immediately lowered her head and whispered, “I just want to tell you that Nicole bullied Raine in the caféteria yesterday.
According to Raine, Gary seemed to be protective of Nicole recently, as if Nicole had fascinated him.
I think that is unbecoming of Nicole to do that.” Raine increasingly hated Nicole and wished that Harvey would help her teach Nicole a lesson. Harvey looked into Snow’s eyes and had figured out everything.
“So you want me to step up and help you and Raine teach Nicole a lesson.” His voice sounded nonchalant, making it impossible for people to tell his emotions.
Snow looked up at Harvey with anticipation.
She knew Harvey understood what she meant.
In fact, she was confident that Harvey would agree to it.
After all, he had never refused all her requests last time. But this time, Harvey said nothing, just looking faintly at Snow, who was standing there. Feeling a little nervous, Snow quickly continued.
“Nicole bullied me before.
You should have seen that photo on the school forum.
She is ill-mannered and nasty in words and actions.
She has even hit my friend for no reason.” Harvey looked at her quietly, thinking of Nicole’s face.
‘Is she really the kind of person Snow has said she is? But Snow doesn’t have to lie, and Nicole is indeed infamous on the forum.’ There was still silence as Harvey did not speak.
Just as Snow panicked, fearing that he would reject her, Harvey said, “Okay, I will help you.” Snow breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Harvey with a sweet smile on her face.
She knew Harvey would agree. Harvey also returned a smile but with a hint of austerity in his eyes.
He might have agreed, but he would first investigate what had actually happened.
He did not want to be reckless.
In high school, Nicole was reading a book, waiting for class.
Not long after, Lulu also returned and said excitedly to her, “Guess who I just met, Nicole?” Nicole heard her excitement and looked up.
“Who?” Lulu furtively leaned close to Nicole’s ear and whispered, “After the flag-raising ceremony, Mr.
Ellison inspected the school with a man who looked more handsome than Harvey, allegedly wanting to invest in the school.
I heard Vivian say that the guy was the boss of JJ Johnston Group.
Seriously, he is rich, single, and available!” At first, Nicole thought Lulu had some important things to tell her, not expecting to hear her spewing gossip.
She had no words for it. But after a moment, she frowned as something came to mind.
“What company did you just say?” Lulu did not know why Nicole asked, but she still repeated it honestly.
“IJ Johnston Group.” Nicole was spinning the pen in between her fingers, deep in thought. Lulu saw Nicole’s reaction and asked, “What is wrong, Nicole? You know the owner of JJ Johnston Group?” Nicole shook her head.
Jared was the only Johnston she knew.
But Jared was the heir to the Johnston Group, so she did not know the CEO of JJ Johnston Group.
The reason she found JJ Johnston Group familiar was because of a previous job. But when she was partnering with Specter on that job, he screwed up and got the database of the JJ Johnston Group implicated.
She had tried her best to make up for it.
But it was said that JJ Johnston Group’s software was on its first day on the market, and it was supposed to be a hit.
But a major bug cost them at least $100 million in losses. Nicole had always felt a little guilty about that because that was the only mistake she had made when working with someone else.
Ever since then, she had also been implicated and could not accept jobs as frequently as before.
Clients were shunning her, probably for fear of earning the wrath of JJ Johnston Group and affecting their business cooperation. “Where is the CEO of JJ Johnston Group now?” Lulu overheard Ellison say that he was seeing the guy out before she came.
“He is leaving now.
Ellison sees him out.” Nicole nodded in acknowledgment.
She then grabbed her bag and headed out of the room.
Something came to mind all of a sudden, and she looked back at Lulu with a serious face.” Don’t tell anyone about my relationship with the Riddle family just yet.” Lulu nodded and replied, “Got it.” Nicole nodded and then dashed toward the school gate.
She moved fast and arrived at the gate in no time, just in time to see a black vehicle, the brand of which no one recognized, slowly drive out of the school.
Nicole frowned as she saw the side profile of the somewhat familiar face in the rolled-down window.
The man had no expression on his face, unlike his usual look.
He was cold and serious, even intimidating. ‘Could it be that Jared is not only the heir of Johnson Group but also the CEO of JJ Johnston Group? Damn it! How did I not think of that earlier? If so, then this fiancé of mine is also my biggest’ creditor.’ Just how naive I was to drink drinking coffee with him all day long like nothing had happened.
So Jared must be the person who put a bounty on me on The Hunters dark web! I’ll be done for if I am busted.’
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Nicole had never been afraid of anyone, but now she was as nervous as hell.
She could barely hear what the teachers were teaching in class today as her mind was filled with Jared.
After that day, Nicole no longer dared to go to the café again.
Before she could figure out how to solve the problem, she had better lie low.
For five days, Jared did not see Nicole.
Thinking back to the last time, he did not remember he had ever said anything wrong to her.
So why did this little girl ignore him? She even ignored his messages, informing her of the new coffee arrival.
Could it be that coffee did not work for her either? Jared sat depressed in the café, looking at his phone.
Nicole really did not reply to his messages. Max was seeing Jared like this for the first time.
Since the day before yesterday, Jared had been in a bad mood.
Every day, he came to the café, sat there, apparently waiting for someone.
But Nicole never appeared again, seemingly disappearing from this world. Seeing that it was already dark outside, Jared suddenly heard someone entering the door.
He thought it was Nicole, but it turned out to be Norah.
Jared’s expression turned icy again. Norah had been sending him a text message every two days, and he ignored them all.
Now she came looking for him at the café.
“Mr.
Johnston? I didn’t expect to see you here.
What a coincidence.” Norah cheekily pretended to meet him by chance.
In reality, ever since she knew Jared owned this café, she had been coming here very often.
But every time she finished her homework and came, Jared had left.
But today, Jared was still here.
It looked like her persistence had paid off. “Coincidence? A staff member at the counter desk said that you come every two days, don’t you?” Jared questioned her bluntly.
He was not interested in Norah. Norah was embarrassed but quickly calmed down.
“I can’t help it.
The coffee here is so good.
I like the coffee here, just like Nicole does.” Jared’s expression eased up at the mention of Nicole.
“Nicole said she liked the coffee here?” “Yeah.” Norah let out a smile.
“Can I sit down and talk, Mr.
Johnston?” Jared frowned, but in the end, he did not refuse.
“Sit down, please.” “Thank you, Mr.
Johnston.” Norah was almost ecstatic, unconsciously fiddling with her hair and staring at Jared as she sat down. But Jared was unimpressed and ordered Max to serve Norah a cup of coffee.
He then asked,” What is Nicole doing these days?” He was really curious why Nicole did not come to the café.
But he did not realize that his questions had sent Norah a blow.
At first, Norah thought Jared was interested in her when he let her sit down, not expecting that he was actually asking questions about Nicole.
Suppressing her disappointment, Norah forced a smile.
“She scored zero in the Math Olympiad test the other day and is desperately trying to make up for it.
After all, the monthly exam is just around the corner.
She may fail if she does not work hard.” Norah sounded like she was concerned about Nicole, but all she said was about Nicole’s shortcomings. But Jared could not care about Nicole’s academic performance.
“That makes sense now.” It was because Nicole was busy studying that she ignored him, and he felt better now. “Is there anything you need her help with? I can help you too.” Norah did not want to miss any chance to offer herself. Jared’s expression turned icy.
“It is alright.
She is irreplaceable.” Those few words once again sent Norah’s heart to the bottom.
Questions had been asked, and the coffee was served.
Jared no longer wanted to linger on.” This cup of coffee is on me.
I will make a move first.” “Mr.
Johnston…” Norah’s eyes widened.
She had been dressed up for so many days just to meet Jared once, not expecting that he would get up and leave after just asking a few questions about Nicole. Jared did not look back as he pushed the door open and left with Max. Norah looked at him from behind with anger in her eyes.
‘Damn it, Nicole! What the hell is so good about you that Jared cares so much about you?’ Many guys at school tried to chat her up, but she ignored them all just so that she could win Jared’s heart and beat down Snow and Raine.
But she did not expect Jared to brush her off just like that.
It seemed that only when Nicole’s reputation was ruined that Jared would change his mind.
‘Just wait and see, Nicole.
I will certainly give as good as I get.’ On a sunny day, Nicole and Lulu had a morning class and then went to have lunch at the caféteria. While on their way there, they just happened to overhear people discussing something.
Lulu looked curiously in the direction they were pointing and saw a group of hooligans sitting in the cafeteria reading books and doing revisions, seemingly hard at work.
Many people around their mobile phones like they saw some rare wonders.
Some of them uploaded photos to the school forum, and it went viral instantly. [Isn’t that Justin? Did he hit his head somewhere or something?) [This is the agreement between Nicole and Austin.
If Austin can get to the top twenty in this monthly exam, Nicole will agree to become his boss.) (I have got to say that Nicole is simply playing him.) [Absolutely.
Fat chance of Austin getting into the top twenty.
Everyone knows his grades are so bad that he has always been maintaining at the bottom ten places forever.) Almost all the comments were mocking and questioning Austin.
Only a few comments said that the learning atmosphere in the school atmosphere had changed for the better, but unfortunately, no one cared. Lulu entered the caféteria and saw Austin, the leader, biting his pen and pondering a language paper.
She knew that Austin and Nicole had an agreement, but she did not expect Austin to take that so seriously.
“Nicole, you see, Austin and his underlings are studying really seriously. Nicole looked ahead and saw Austin vexed by questions.
Seeing that, she walked straight toward Austin.
Lulu was stunned and quickly followed.
Nicole came beside Austin and tapped lightly on his desk. Austin was irritable because of a tough question.
When someone came up and tapped on his desk, he got pissed and vowed to teach the person a lesson. He looked up with a mean look on his face.
His expression froze when he saw Nicole.
“Boss? What are you doing here?”
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Nicole looked at his empty paper.
He had gotten the only multiple-choice question he had answered wrong.
She could not help but frown.
Austin saw her looking at her paper and hurriedly reached to cover it, his face turning red.
“Boss, don’t look at it.
I started this from scratch and had learned nothing before.” “Come to the café after school and ask me anything that you don’t know.” Studying in the class was prone to drawing unwanted attention, not as convenient as studying outside.
Nicole did not look at Austin’s expression but left with Lulu. His underlings behind him also saw this and looked at each other for a moment, and then a bold one poked at Austin and asked, “Austin, what is our boss doing here? What did she tell you that makes you look so stupid?” Austin raised his fist the moment he heard the boy calling him stupid, wanting to beat him.
The boy immediately raised his hands begging for forgiveness and asked brazenly, “Austin, please tell us what she has said.
After all, we are only here reading these stupid books for your sake.” Those behind them also looked at Austin and nodded.
“Exactly, Austin.
We are all working hard for the boss; you can’t be so selfish.
Tell us what the boss says.” Austin looked at them.
“Don’t be frightened if I tell you all.” They all said they would not be scared.
So Austin swallowed and then said, “The boss said that she would help us with tuition.” ‘What?’ Nicole was notorious for her poor grades at the Royal Creek Institute, having scored a zero on the Math Olympiad test and being the first student in the history of the Royal Creek Institute to score zero.
Yet she wanted to give them tuition? ‘Is she kidding us?’ Austin looked at their shocked faces and finally realized how silly he had just looked.
Someone muttered in a low voice, “If we let Nicole give us tuition, we might as well find Raine’s help.
She is the first in the grade.” But quickly, they shut their mouths up when they saw Austin’s expression. Austin heard the objection from his underlings and waved his hand at them with dignity and honor.
“Follow me to the café after school.
Let the boss give us tuition.” In fact, he knew Nicole’s academic level; it would be an impressive achievement if she could help them get to the bottom twenty of the grade.
But Nicole was his boss, so he trusted her unconditionally. There was a great deal of mourning among his underlings, but Austin glared at them.
“Step forward if any of you are not happy with it!” No one dared to defy Austin’s command or said a word, even though they all were reluctant.
Austin nodded with delight and said, “Let’s go.
It is almost class.
We have to return to the classroom.” They walked away as if they were on the warpath.
The other students in the caféteria stared with their mouths agape.
‘Did we hear that right? Nicole will give Austin tuition?! A zero scorer is giving students at the bottom of the heap tuition?! It’s like the blind leading the blind.’ Gary was also in the caféteria and watched Nicole walk past him.
He felt terrible when she did not spare a glance at him but walked straight toward Austin.
As if that was not enough, Nicole said she would give Austin tuition.
Hearing that made Gary frown like a thunder cloud.
Nicole’s habit of talking big had not changed a bit. Sitting across from him, Raine and Norah were also shocked by Nicole’s decision to give Austin tuition.
They could not believe that Nicole had the nerve to give others tuition with her grades.