The Geek

That night, Rhea got a call from an anxious Yuan Yu.

"Rhea, we have to do something about Ying Yue!"

"….....What can we do about her?"

"I don't know. I'm really worried. Now that she appeared again, I don't know what will go wrong this time!"

"…....."

"She'll ruin him. She must obviously have some ulterior motives!"

Rhea was really not in the mood to discuss anything about Ying Yue and Ryan. She reluctantly spoke, "I'll think about this!"

She continued to stand on the balcony after the call. The events of the day really made her upset. Ying Yue had successfully turned Ryan's life upside down already. Since she reappeared, just as Yuan Yu said, Rhea couldn't imagine how will happen. The image of Ryan sitting in that balcony balustrade with a nonchalant face, hiding the pain behind his eyes once again emerged in her thoughts and gave her cold shivers.

If Ryan really has to get out of the current mess, there is only one way!

Ying Yue had to confess. She has to publicly confess that he is not in the wrong. But that's not ever going to happen.

Suddenly Rhea clutched her phone!

What if they make her confess?

There were plenty of ways to make her confess, without her knowing.

But, there was a barrier that Rhea didn't want to break. Ryan!

Will that make him happy?

Didn't Ying Yue say that he still loved her?

Will exposing Ying Yue make Ryan happy?

Rhea didn't know. All she could think of was a way to bring back his life.

But no matter how many hours she spent thinking, she didn't feel it's ok to break the relationship between Ying Yue and Ryan. She was not that kind of a person to start with.

Rhea was not evil.

Also, that is not something Rhea could do.

So she was left with one option.

All she could do was to create the path for Ryan to exit this kind of life. Accepting it is up to him.

Since Rhea was not sure what Ryan truly wanted, she thought she must try. She made up her mind to give it a try and let the judgment in the hands of Ryan.

The plan was to lure Ying Yue into confessing the truth, but let Ryan decide if he is going to make that confession public or not! If he wanted to end people slamming him, he could release that clip. If he still wanted to protect that traitor Ying Yue, let him be.

If he still chose to be an idiot, nobody can help him. No one knows this better than herself, since she was also a fool in love.

Rhea was not someone who will step into anything without a plan. There had been only one exception for this in her life. It was Ryan. This exception resulted in so many dangers and troubles. She ended up doing so many reckless things, just because she wanted to protect him. If Ryan wanted to protect Ying Yue, she can understand him.

Rhea was hesitant at first because it is related to Ryan's happiness. No matter what she thought, finally, she really wanted to try this out first. She really believed that this is something she should do as she is someone who really cared about Ryan, unlike Ying Yue.

She had come up with a rough plan.

If Rhea has to prove Ryan's innocence, she must come up with a piece of strong evidence.

If she needs to create a piece of strong evidence, she will need some technical help. She needs to hire someone who will help her with this, or at least teach her the things needed.

Rhea walked inside the room until her legs were tired. Then sat on her bed. She decided to ask for help from her techie friends.

"Are you familiar with spy cameras?", she asked Hyejin who had just returned from the bathroom.

"Spy cameras?"

"Mn"

"...Not much. Why are you asking?"

"What about Chaem Choi?"

"She is not into them. Why?"

"I need to record someone!"

"What are you up to Rhea?"

"Someone very important to me is in serious trouble. I need to help them!"

".....Are you serious?"

"Yes. I can pay as much they want. But I don't know so many geeks like you here in China. I'm not so great in this field as well. So..."

"....."

"Trust me Hyejin. This is really important"

"If it's recording a person, there are so many people who can simply help. You can even use your phone"

"That will be difficult. That person is quite cunning. Besides, I need legally acceptable evidence. A strong one."

"...."

"I'll probably need a wireless mini camcorder with transmitters. The output quality must be high!"

"...There is a guy in our department. He is very good at hacking. He probably can help you with this, as far as I know. But I don't think he'll give in for money!"

"Why do you think so?"

"He is a genius. It's hard to convince him to do anything."

"What's his name?"

"Bryce… Bryce Zhang."

"Can you talk to him about this?"

"I'll talk."

"Thank you."

Hyejin smiled.

"I would like to know who that important person is instead of your thanks. Is it someone dear to you?", Hyejin winked.

"My boyfriend" Rhea winked back again.

"Ohhh", Hyejin didn't believe her but just reacted as if she had believed her.

The next day, Hyejin called Rhea to come to her department cafeteria.

Bryce had agreed to meet Rhea.

That evening, Rhea took a leave from her shooting and went there to meet him.

Rhea was used to seeing different types of geeks in her life. But this was her first time seeing such a peculiar one. Though his looks were good, his behavior was the strangest.

He was in his formal clothes. A taller boy with a handsome face. Hyejin had already told her about Bryce. He was known as the Grandmaster of the computer science department.

Seeing Rhea he stood up and welcomed her. He was undoubtedly a polite and well-mannered guy. Rhea started to wonder if he will help her with such a task.

"What do you want me to do?"

Without so many formal words, he directly dived into the subject. That's what Rhea really wanted. She explained.

"I need to record a confession. I would like to know what is the procedure and what camcorder should I use"

"You are here to learn?"

"Yes"

"For what? Who's confession?"

"That can't be revealed"

He seemed to be thinking.

"I need to know the purpose at least"

"An evidence to prove someone's innocence. It must be very clear"

"Oh"

"...."

"Ok. So what will I receive in return?"

"What do you want?"

"I'm not someone who will work for money"

"Hyejin told so!"

"I would like to use some of your talents in return"

"Explain please"

"There is a software competition I'm participating in. If only I won the gold medal, that'll help me reach my goal!"

Although Rhea didn't understand the point, she attentively listened to him.

"My dream project", he randomly opened his laptop and showed her a presentation. Rhea was stunned at first but still listened to him.

It was an architecture design system.

So many incredible architectural features were listed there.

Rhea keenly looked at them.

"Hyejin told me that you can draw well!"

"Yeah?"

"So I'll need you to help me win the title. If you helped me with this, I'll help you back no matter what"

"...…How can I help?"

"You have to draw some creative designs using these references!"

"Although I'm an artist, I don't know much about architecture. I don't know much of this software either", she meant the design software he had used to create those references.

"That's your problem!"

"..."

"Ok. I'll teach you how to draw using this software"

"...When is the competition?"

"In a week"

"..."

"I have to win no matter what!"

"...…."

"You better learn that and help me. By the way, it's not that easy to get a good comment from me. I've rejected too many drawings before. Seeing your art, I thought maybe you could do it!"

"...…"

"So are you in?"

Rhea doesn't know if she really has a better option than Bryce in this matter. So she agreed at last.

"....Yes"

"Then go back now and bring your laptop. Let's start today!"

His passion and enthusiasm amazed Rhea.

"....", Rhea silently nodded and hurried towards the hostel.

The next day