"If you learn to become a hacker on your own, it'll only cost you 20,000. In the future, you can use this skill to earn even more money. By then, you can not only pay me back the money I lent you but also stop worrying about your mother's medical bills."
Xu Zixi said to Fang Ruiyang.
Fang Ruiyang was puzzled. "But why does it only cost 20,000?"
Xu Zixi gave him a look that said "You're so stupid." "It's the apprenticeship fee!"
Alas, if those people from her past life knew that she was willing to take on an apprentice and only charge 20,000, they'd probably faint from anger!
"Twenty thousand for an apprenticeship? Is that really possible?" Fang Ruiyang was a bit excited. "Who will I be apprenticing to?"
Meeting Miss Xu's bright eyes, he automatically ruled out the woman in front of him.
"... I've been keeping an eye on the top ten hackers in the world. The number one hacker is..."
"Do you know about the video incident of Pei Weiwei at the Haicheng Shopping Mall?" Xu Zixi asked.
Fang Ruiyang replied, "I do! I followed it! The forum was buzzing about it at the time! The Pei family even hired people to solve it, but no one could crack the virus. They all said it was done by a foreign hacker god!"
Xu Zixi spread her hands. "I was the one who implanted the virus, and I was also the one who cracked it. If you don't believe me, I can demonstrate it to you right now." It would just be a pity that Miss Pei might have to lose face again.
"I believe you! I believe you!" Fang Ruiyang was extremely shocked. At this point, he'd even believe it if this woman told him she could transform into Spider - Man and jump directly from the 29th floor! However, he was a bit skeptical. Since she was so amazing, how could she have ended up in the embarrassing situation of having her engagement broken off? And how could those photos have spread all over the world?
Xu Zixi was so angry that she laughed. "Your expression tells me you don't believe me."
Fang Ruiyang quickly voiced his doubts.
Xu Zixi was taken aback for a moment, coughed lightly, and said seriously, "Is it so hard to understand? When that happened four years ago, I hadn't learned these skills yet. Moreover, since the photos have already spread everywhere, there's no point in deleting them. Anyway, give me a definite answer. Do you want to learn or not?"
Fang Ruiyang immediately replied, "Of course I do!"
"However, there are conditions for learning from me," Xu Zixi said. "First..."
The door was knocked on forcefully again. Wei Shu's voice came from outside. "Manager Yuan, cough, I still have something to discuss with you."
Xu Zixi looked at the time. It had only been fifteen minutes since Wei Shu interrupted their conversation last time! Fifteen minutes!
Even though the text message of apology last night had slightly improved her mood, being interrupted again and again made Xu Zixi furious.
That guy surnamed Yan was really going too far! He was like someone who'd been given a bit of color and then wanted to open a dyeing workshop! Couldn't he just be a quiet and handsome... no, blind man and stop causing trouble!
Angrily slamming the table, Xu Zixi stormed over to open the door.
"Manager Yuan, our Third Master heard that the two young masters have grown taller..." Outside the door, Wei Shu was holding two sets of clothes, one blue and one red. He was about to speak with a smile on his face when Xu Zixi pushed him aside. She rushed to the next room and forcefully opened the door. Inside, Yan Yincheng was lying on the wall adjacent to her office, pressing his ear tightly against it, trying his best to eavesdrop. His over - 1.8 - meter - tall frame pressed against the wall was an extremely unsightly sight. Where was the former Third Master Yan who held the power of life and death in his hands?
She rushed in so fast that Yan Yincheng was caught off guard. He quickly straightened up and pretended to be calm. "May I ask who you are? Why did you come in without knocking?"
"Oh? You can't recognize my voice now?" Xu Zixi sneered. "Should I just install a bug in my office for you, Mr. Yan?"
Yan Yincheng whispered, "Zixi, I didn't really want to eavesdrop on what you were saying."
This time, Xu Zixi patiently listened to what he had to say, wanting to see what excuse he could come up with. But after hearing his whole explanation, she got even angrier.
Look! She'd given him a chance to explain, but what was he saying? Didn't want to eavesdrop? If that was the case, then why did he keep sending Wei Shu to knock on the door and interrupt her, and why was he lying on the wall in such an undignified way? Did he want to be a mural or a gecko?
"I really don't want to emphasize this for the third time, Yan Yincheng," Xu Zixi said with a cold face. "If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I'll throw you out of this building right now. I mean what I say!"
"Thirty minutes have passed..." Yan Yincheng murmured.
"What?" Xu Zixi was stunned for a moment and didn't understand.
"Zixi, according to the first rule of our agreement. I won't interfere with your freedom to make friends, but you can't stay in the same space as a member of the opposite sex for more than five minutes. You've been in there for over half an hour..." Yan Yincheng said. "That guy surnamed Cui said he liked you last night."
At this moment, Xu Zixi didn't know how to react. Should she be angry? ... It seemed that she couldn't be angry after hearing his words.
Was it ridiculous? Probably... Wasn't it meaningless for him to keep deceiving himself like this?
It was him who abandoned the original owner back then without a care. Years later, it was him who wanted to take away the two kids. It was also him who concealed his identity, deliberately got close to her, and deceived her into getting engaged. Now, he was like a piece of chewing gum, sticking to her, saying that he came for her and asking for forgiveness.
How could a person have so many faces? Which one was his true face?
She could see through Fang Ruiyang's disguise, but him... she really couldn't understand.
Taking a deep breath, she tilted her head back, forcing back the heat in her eyes. She said, "Yan Yincheng, have you forgotten that the agreement has been torn up? All the previous regulations are null and void. Moreover, I'd like to clarify one thing. Cui Jiandong already has a girlfriend. Her name is Huang Zhenzhen from the secretary group. I hope you won't cause him any trouble in the future. He's just my subordinate and assistant. I'm just discussing work with him when we're together. Please give us some private space."
After saying all this in one breath, she turned around and was about to leave.
Yan Yincheng said from behind, "I've pieced it back together."
She stopped in her tracks and couldn't help but turn back. She saw him take out a "piece of paper" from his coat pocket. It was so torn that the words were barely recognizable, and it was pieced together in a rather haphazard way.
"I've pieced it back together," he said again. But this time, there was no more high - spiritedness on his face like when he showed her that he'd pieced together a model fish in three minutes. There was only caution.
Xu Zixi clenched her fists tightly, forcing herself to harden her heart, and walked away without looking back.
Outside the door, Wei Shu saw her come in a hurry and leave in a hurry. Her face looked even more unpleasant than before. He couldn't help but feel worried. When he returned to Yan Yincheng's office, he saw his Third Master holding the unrecognizable agreement in his hand, whispering softly:
"I've pieced it back together..."