Chapter 021: Who is it!
Noon.
Internet cafe.
Chloe Stephens had just opened her computer and was about to research something, the other hand was playing chess on the mobile phone on the desktop.
"Beep."
A low sound emitted from the phone.
Chloe Stephens saw a black box pop up on her phone screen and frowned.
She did not quite recognize the sequence of letters on it.
It looked like the hacker attacks mentioned online.
She immediately sped up her typing and started digging for things related to hackers.
*
Far away in a room in Province X, the person in front of the computer had furrows in their brows.
"What is this thing? Can't break it?"
Impossible.
At this time, in the guest house.
Ethan Coates slaps the table, startling the person working on the computer.
"Young Master Ethan, what happened?"
"What do you mean, what happened? Hawthorne's phone is being targeted by a hacker, find the person."
The person sat in front of the computer, his face slightly darkened, he immediately typed on the keyboard, "Youngh Master Ethan, it's a highly skilled hacker, we should call Team Hawthorne."
"This guy left with his team half an hour ago, seemingly to inspect the scene of the day."
Ethan Coates took out his phone to call Len Hawthorne.
Because the signal was blocked, Len Hawthorne's phone was unreachable.
*
Chloe Stephens was typing so fast that the naked eye could barely follow.
Even the font speed of the pop-up on the display screen could not keep up with her typing speed.
The screen of the hacker's computer in Province X suddenly stalled.
The hacker jumped to his feet in shock.
He tried to move the mouse, but it was utterly ineffective, his computer had been taken over completely.
Who was it?
Who in the world was it!
The hacker's eyes nearly popped out of his skull.
Chloe Stephens hit a key.
"Pop!"
Sparks flew from the connection wire on the hacker's desktop, the screen went black.
Just as he jumped avoiding sparks, the chair "popped" and crashed to the ground.
The hacker stared at the burned wires, a complete daze.
With a body full of cold sweat and goosebumps, this was an exceedingly skilled hacker who could manipulate some electronic products!
Gazing at the charred socket, the hacker turned paper pale.
*
"Young Master Ethan, they've disappeared! Odd, what was that flash just now?"
"What's going on?" Ethan Coates leaned in to look.
The person working on the computer clipped a picture, pointed to an odd symbol, "Is this a logo?"
"It resembles an ancient dragon totem, but a bit off."
"Let me look," he searched the computer but found no match for this style of totem.
The totem-like logo was simple yet domineering, giving off a sense of impact as it attempted to burst through the screen at you.
Ethan Coates' face was a bit grave.
The sudden appearance of an unknown entity was quite eerie.
They haven't found a thing, if they hadn't screenshot quickly, they would have missed that flash.
*
Chloe Stephens saw the framed exclamation mark disappear, tampered on the computer with some encryption.
Picking up new tricks like this was no big deal for her.
According to her judgment of the scene, she was subject to a personal hacker attack so it was only fair to return them the favour.
Chloe Stephens jotted down the extracted IP address, picked up her phone and continued her game.
For Chloe Stephens, who was quick to catch on and drop new things, this series of operations had now greatly threatened the security network of the Stephens family, and the hacker was a member of the Stephens family's dedicated network security team.
Kelly Stephens stared at the end of the screen, the tournament was over, and the final round was on its way.
As expected, only "Hiding Ghost" and she were left in the end.
Truly skilled chess players would not participate in such a free match so easily, and she now somewhat regretted participating in the online freestyle tournament.
If she lost, it would be a loss of face.
The final happened in the evening.
Kelly let go of the mouse, with a stern face, took out her mobile phone, and dialed the hacker's number again, but it did not go through.
Her brow furrowed.
What's going on?
*
Chloe Stephens picked up her backpack, slung it over her shoulder and left the internet cafe.
She planned to buy a laptop, so she sent a message to Len Hawthorne.
Not far away.
Sandra Griffin nudged Kate Williams, "Look, isn't that the silly girl? Pfft! Even she knows how to surf the internet now, how novel."
Kate glanced toward the internet café's entrance and sure enough, she saw Chloe, who was typing on her mobile phone.
She decided to ignore her.
"Kate, should we give her a warning, so she doesn't pester Oliver Gordon again?"
"Oliver Gordon won't like her," she thought, Chloe was a silly girl. Even if Oliver liked her, the Gordon Family would not approve of their relationship. She and Oliver were the real childhood sweethearts. Even Oliver's mother had personally declared that the future wife had to be her.
Thinking of this promise from the Gordon family, coupled with Oliver's approval at the time, Kate felt a wave of joy in her heart.
Sandra Griffin nudged Kate, "Look, it's Oliver Gordon and Mason Sullivan."
Kate quickly looked over and saw Oliver and Mason talking to Chloe.
Upon seeing this, the smile on Kate's face had a trace of fracture.
"We just spoke, and now he's wrapped up again, how shameless. She should take a look at her brain and see if it's worthy, Kate. What did I say? An idiot is an idiot, doing everything like an idiot."
A look of disgust flashed across Sandra's face.
Kate pursed her lips, clenched her hands, took a deep breath, and walked forward.
"Oliver Gordon, Mason Sullivan, you guys are still here."
Mason looked at the campus belle, Kate, and smiled a little more, "Why is the student role model outside at this time?"
Kate raised her fair hand and tucked her hair behind her ears, revealing part of her ear, looked at Oliver with starry eyes, "Oliver Gordon, let's go together."
"Hmm," Oliver was planning to leave, but Mason suddenly stopped Chloe.
"Chloe, you didn't come to the internet cafe before. Why are you coming here so frequently now? You wouldn't be thick-faced and still following Oliver around, would you?" Sandra asked Chloe with contempt.
Chloe walked right past her without giving her a single look.
Sandra scoffed, "What's the matter, guilty because I've hit the nail on the head?"
"Sandra," Kate tugged at Sandra, shaking her head.
"Oliver Gordon, don't tell me you've taken a liking to Chloe?" Sandra abruptly brought the situation out in the open.
Although Kate felt awkward, she was somewhat nervous as she looked at Oliver.
Offended with Chloe's brain aside, the fact her character is really good-looking.
She was worried whether Oliver would be tempted by Chloe's appearance.
Chloe put her mobile phone into her pocket and left indifferently.
"Hey, you..."
"Sandra," said Kate, stopping the Sandra who was about to chase after Chloe.
Sandra stopped what she was doing and once again looked at Oliver, "Oliver Gordon, you haven't answered my question yet."
Oliver frowned slightly, glanced at the silhouette of the departing girl, and said nonchalantly, "I'm not interested."
"I knew it," Sandra laughed and made a funny face at Kate.
Kate blushed a little as she secretly looked at Oliver.
*
Len Hawthorne emerged from the network partitioned restricted area.
He saw that there were missed calls on his phone, but he first looked at the message.
Upon seeing the content of the message, the corner of Len's mouth curled up.
[I'll take you to the best Electron City to buy one tomorrow, wait for my call.]
After sending this message, he then dialed Ethan Coates's number, his tone somewhat heavy and a bit sinister, "You called so many times, what's up."
Ethan: "Young Master Hawthorne, you better come back quickly, someone is attacking your mobile phone."
Len's smile froze on his face, "Oh, they dare to do that. Did you find out who it was?"
"I haven't found out yet, that's why I'm calling you. You need to come back quick."
Len raised an eyebrow and smiled coldly.
This is getting interesting!