Chapter 31 - An Unprecedented Crisis

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The senior managers at the conference table all lowered their heads, not even daring to make any sound.

The atmosphere was terrifyingly quiet.

From the beginning until now, they had been working to discuss the solutions without any break. The IT department also worked overtime, but they still had no countermeasures against the virus on their official

website.

Perhaps they had underestimated the patriotism of the Hucon people from the beginning.

Jason, the CEO, gave a command with a gloomy face, “If you can’t resolve the problem in three hours, bring your resignation letters to me! Meeting adjourned!”

They had to clear the virus within three hours and bring the mastermind to justice.

LW had lost its face this time. If they did not get rid of the virus in time, they would become the biggest joke in the industry.

During the official website was hacked and the scandal was exposed, LW’s stock had been slumping, falling three points in a row. If this situation continued, LW would face an unprecedented crisis since it was set up

80 years ago.

Jason was confident that the IT department could solve all the problems in three hours.

After all, Pathonria was a country with advanced scientific technology. The internet technology here was way ahead of that in other countries by more than 30 years, and there was a lot of talent in this big country.

Jason did not believe that no one could deal with such a small virus.

After Jason left the meeting room, the senior managers looked at each other anxiously.

Since the CEO put pressure on them, they had to press the IT department.

At the same time, the domestic and international trending news and the top 10 searches on short video apps were all about the incident on LW official website.

The username Taro Ball MT also became famous overnight. There were lots of comments about it:

“The ID name of Taro Ball MT sounds like a girl. Females are as excellent as males! Like it!”

“Currently, the global ratio of male to female hackers is 100:1. Moreover, according to the scientists’ research, women’s comprehension ability in computer science was less than 1% of men’s. The ratio of males to

females in the computer science departments of universities was 20:1. So, it was pretty obvious about the gender of the boss, right?”

“Not to discriminate against women, but the boss was indeed more like a man, judging from the way he acted.”

“The key point is not the gender of the boss, but the fact that the boss has brought honor to Hucon!”

“It’s already been ten hours, and LW still hasn’t cleared the virus. Is LW really gonna be ruined by a hacker from Hucon this time? That will be embarrassing!”

“It shouldn’t be! LW has an IT department with a few thousand people. They can’t be hired for nothing! Besides, how many years of internet history does Hucon have?”

Three hours passed quickly, and the IT department was still helpless against the virus.

The stock of LW fell again and again.

After discussion, the senior managers finally decided to issue a reward at Genius Network.

Since someone at Genius Network could successfully hack the LW official website, there must be someone else who could remove the virus.

The reward was 200,000 financial coins, which was equivalent to 20 million dollars.

LW would spend so much money because the managers believed there must be someone who could do it. After all, the reward for the mission to hack their official website was only 100,000 dollars.

Who could resist the temptation of 20 million dollars? Even the hacker Taro Ball MT might not be able to resist it!

In the teacher’s office.

Song Baoyi stood in front of Ye Jun’s desk.

“Baoyi, you got the highest score in the grade for the test again. Good job! You must maintain it!”

“I will, Ms. Ye” Song Baoyi nodded.

Mr. Zhang, who was at the side, joked, “Talent Song, you are always number one in this grade for the exams. You have to give Li Haoran in my class a chance to surpass you next month.”

Song Baoyi was always ranked number one in her grade, while Li Haoran could only be number two.

Song Baoyi said humbly, “Thank you, Mr. Zhang. I’m flattered. In fact, your student Li Haoran is also very impressive.”

She did well in the study but was not arrogant. Which teacher wouldn’t like such a good student?

After saying that, Song Baoyi looked at ye Jun and asked, “Oh, right, Ms. Ye, can I ask you for something?”

“Sure! What’s it?” Ms. Ye said.

Song Baoyi continued, “It’s about my sister. She was not thoughtful enough and made some mistakes, so I apologize to you on her behalf. I hope you can give her another chance to return to school.”

Ye Jun frowned slightly. “She was expelled from North Bridge?”

Song Baoyi was stunned.

North Bridge? Song Hua transferred to North Bridge?

What did she do to make it?

Before Song Baoyi could figure it out, ye Jun said earnestly, “Baoyi, your family have spoiled her too much. Every time she gets into trouble, you have to clean up the mess for her. She’s out of control! If she can enter

North Bridge High School in your name this time, she will probably do something illegal in your name next time! Then how are you going to solve it for her?”

Song Baoyi smiled and said, “Maybe she did rely on her own ability to enter that school.”

Ye Jun shook her head helplessly. “Song Baoyi was naive. What ability could Song Hua have? Impossible!” she thought to herself.

Song Baoyi returned home from school in the afternoon. she asked unintentionally, “Mom, did you and dad find someone to help Song Hua?”

“Help her?” Zhou Lei asked in confusion.

Song Baoyi continued, “Today, Ms. ye told me that she has entered North Bridge High School.”

Zhou lei frowned. “What? Is it possible that your teacher has mistaken?”

Song Hua could enter North Bridge High School? No way!

Song Baoyi stammered, “Ms. Ye said … Sigh, forget it! Maybe Song Hua just can do it. Mom, you don’t have to care about this.” Then, she turned around and went upstairs.

How could Zhou Lei not care? She immediately took out her phone and called Ye Jun.

After knowing what had happened, Zhou Lei was furious.

What a little b*stard! She was bold to cheat and bluff in Song Baoyi’s name!

Zhou Lei immediately went to the study and told Song Dalong about it.

Hearing this, song Dalong immediately stood up beside his desk with a dark face. “Come with me. Let’s go to that school.”

“Okay!” Zhou Lei followed Song Dalong.

Ten minutes later, they parked their car at the gate of North Bridge High School.

After learning that they were Song Hua’s parents, Ma Weiwei received them politely.

Ma Weiwei had thought that Song Hua’s parents must be as good-looking as their daughter since Song Hua was born so beautiful. However, after seeing them, she found that she was wrong.

Although Zhou Lei could also be considered pretty, she was not that gorgeous. And Song Dalong was even more ordinary.

Could it be a genetic mutation that Song Hua turned out much better looking?

“Mr. Song, Mrs. Song, please have some water.” Ma Weiwei brought two glasses of water.

“Thank you, Ms. Ma.” Zhou Lei took the water and glanced at Song Dalong. She then said, “There’s something we want to talk about with you.”

“Go ahead, please.” Ma Weiwei said with a smile.

Zhou Lei continued, “Actually, Song Hua is our adopted daughter, having no blood relationship with us. She came from the countryside not long ago. We knew she was not talented to get into the North Bridge. So, you

don’t have to give her an exceptive admission for our sake. And this is unfair to other students. We just found out that she actually entered this school under the name of Song Baoyi, the number one talented girl in

River City. We’re so sorry for causing trouble for you. We came here today to bring her back.”

What she said made sense, and she indicated that Song Hua was a useless village girl.

Ma Weiwei was stunned at first before she understood.

No Wonder Song Hua was alone when she came to take the admission exam. She was also alone on the first day of her transfer to this school. Even if she was an independent girl, she should have her parents to

accompany her.

Ma Weiwei explained, “You have misunderstood. Song Hua entered the school by passing the admission exam. It has nothing to do with anyone else. If you didn’t come today, I wouldn’t have known that she came from

a rich family.”

Pass the admission exam? Song Hua was capable of that?

Zhou Lei’s face was full of doubt and disdain.

Ma Weiwei took out a piece of paper and handed it to Zhou Lei. “Mrs. Song, this is the sheet of our admission exam result.”

There were six subjects in all, and the total score was 750.

Song Hua’s score was 730, ranking first among the 56 examinees.

Zhou Lei took the sheet and frowned. “No way. She must have cheated!”

After all, Song Baoyi could only score around 720 in each monthly exam. How could Song Hua do better than Song Baoyi?

Ma Weiwei looked at Zhou Lei with mixed feelings. Usually, the parents would definitely be thrilled to see their child get such a high score, but Zhou Lei’s first reaction was doubting that Song Hua had cheated.

For a moment, Ma Weiwei felt a little sorry for Song Hua.

As an adopted daughter, she must have to be very careful in her family.

“Mrs. Song, you have to believe in the justice of our enrollment system, and you have to believe in Song Hua as well.”

Song Dalong spoke at this time. “We’ll have to ask you to help us with Song Hua’s dropout procedures.”

North Bridge was a high school that Song Baoyi did not manage to get into back then.

How could Song Hua make it? By cheating?

As Song Hua’s father, he had the right to make her drop out of school..