Chapter 189
"......Are you hacker X?" Qin Yan stared at Qiao Ying nervously. His mind was in turmoil, filled more with disbelief than anticipation. After all, he had imagined hacker X to be an aloof man who loved wearing dark casual clothes and didn't care to respond to anyone.
Although the imagined personality and dress of hacker X did have some similarities with Qiao Ying, when it came to gender and age... The latter just glanced at him lightly, raising her eyebrows slightly without much emotional expression, neither denying nor asking who hacker X was. Qin Yan understood - it was this reaction, he was right.
Qin Yan couldn't help but gasp, shocked inwardly.
"...Young Master, she is hacker X!"
Qin Hanyue reacted in a similar way to Qiao Ying, except his gaze was even colder, with undisguised contempt.
Qin Yan instantly realized: "You already knew?"
Merely because they had crossed hands across the screen before, without even being completely certain that the mysterious person behind the screen was Qiao Ying the quiz contestant herself, Young Master had already confirmed it?
Or had he missed something?
It wasn't important. What was important was, so this was true? Qiao Ying really was hacker X?!
Qin Yan felt this world had become completely bizarre.
In terms of computers, he had always felt he was a born gifted son of heaven, having made a name for himself on the hacker rankings quite early. But now it seemed he was just a pile of shit. Upstodatee from n(0)/ve/lbIn/.(co/m
"But...but..." Qin Yan still couldn't accept it.
The mysteriously talented hacker X who was ranked first and was as cryptic as an encrypted code, turned out to be just a girl in her early teens?
The legendary figure in the hacker community whom he had revered as an idol for eight years, the goddess who had made a name for herself eight years ago with one brilliant feat, turned out to be a little girl?
Qiao Ying was only eleven years old eight years ago. This was too far fetched! What was he doing when he was eleven? He was secretly buying snacks to eat!
Qin Yan looked at Qiao Ying's face, wanting to speak yet stopping himself several times.
No, he needed to calm down and compose himself.
Seeing Qin Yan with an expression that seemed to be both anguished and on the verge of breakdown, the doctor wondered if he needed any help.
Not long after, Qiao Yi woke up.
Qiao Ying called him: "The teacher said you fainted at school. What happened? Do you feel unwell?"
Qiao Yi looked dazed: "I don't know either. I met an unfamiliar teacher who asked me to help him move stuff, so I went with him, then I don't know why I fainted. Sis I'm fine."
Qiao Ying asked: "What did that teacher look like?"
Qiao Yi tried hard to recall but somehow couldn't remember the other party's appearance at all: "A male teacher. His looks...I can't remember very clearly."
"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere on your body?"
"I'm fine, it's just my head feels a little dizzy."
Qiao Ying didn't say much more to Qiao Yi and hung up the call. She said to Qin Hanyue: "It was most likely a deliberate drugging."
Qin Hanyue said: "If you don't have other enemies, then it could only have been Shadows. But what do they mean by doing this?"
A fierce male gaze swept over.
Qin Yan shuddered and quickly explained: "No no, not that meaning. I meant admiration, I'm talking about admiration."
If not for Qin Hanyue being present, Qin Yan would have lost control of himself earlier.
Seeing the flustered Qin Yan who was clearly a diehard fan, Qiao Ying gave a slight nod: "I know, you're Q."
Qin Yan had an elated look of being seen through: "You know me? How did you know? That's right, it's me. I'm Q."
Qiao Ying: "Qin Hanyue was the one who taught you hacking techniques?"
During that exchange they had, Qiao Ying noticed that both Qin Hanyue and Qin Yan's technical methods were very similar.
Qin Yan: "Yes."
Qiao Ying then asked Qin Hanyue: "You seem to not have a ranking on the charts?"
Qin Hanyue: "I didn't see any meaning in it previously. Now I could probably vie for the number two spot."
With her being first, him being second.
Qiao Ying gave a light tug at the corner of her mouth but didn't take up his words.
The overexcited Qin Yan's mind was a little chaotic. How had he thought about this initially? That if he ever met his idol, he must take a photo together, ask for an autograph, learn some technical tricks if possible, and even wildly wish to make friends?
Was it possible? It seemed possible.
Qin Yan took a look at Qin Hanyue, and instantly had a bucket of cold water poured over his head.
Clearly it was impossible.
As Qin Yan's thoughts raced, he suddenly recalled something: "I just remembered something."
Qiao Ying: "Related to me?"
Qin Yan: "There was a virus in my computer, that night after our match, those videos...was it Miss Qiao who did it?"
Qin Yan shook his head. He desperately hoped not. He had finally met his idol with great difficulty. Please don't destroy this, he would rather it be because his computer firewall was useless. He didn't want...
Qiao Ying stated bluntly, shattering his fantasy: "You deserved it."
Snap!
Qin Yan's heart shattered.
Qin Yan took a deep breath, on the verge of tears: "Miss Qiao do you know how devastated I was then? With a conference room full of people, all my colleagues, projected on screen, and you didn't even censor anything! My image, my reputation... I nearly died that morning."
Now when Qin Yan thought back he still wanted to die.
"Conference room?" Qiao Ying looked at Qin Hanyue: "So you saw it too?"
Qin Hanyue: "Unwillingly."