Chapter 178: Easy Money

Chapter 178: Easy Money

Cheyenne had a strange feeling of familiarity with "Excalibur7" even

though they had just met for the first time. She gave him the virus she

stole, and he analyzed the corresponding code within ten minutes,

finding the source of error.

The code was too long for her to type out by herself - even with her

typing speed of 7000 words per hour - it would take her a day or more.

Excalibur? suggested they work together on it; he edited the first half

while Cheyenne worked on the second half. Finally, they combined

their work into a perfect cracking package.

Cheyenne's successful hacking helped Kelvin save the Foley Group

from disaster. She also destroyed Jerry’ ten sets of papers left on his

computer desktop so thoroughly that not even recycling could find

them! Afterward, Excalibur? offered to transfer money to Cheyenne's

account but she declined his offer.

The latter quietly gave her a thumbs-up, and it was this small gesture

that led Jerry to believe the absurd idea that "Mr. X" and "Excalibur7"

were the same person.

As Cheyenne regained her composure, she finally understood the

reason Jerry had hacked into the Foley Group without stealing any

company assets.

It was Nora.

Three years ago, she had married into the Foley family, a marriage that

Malaya originally intended to arrange differently. However, old Mr. Foley

insisted on her marrying into their family, so Nora was ruled out before

she had a chance to meet Kelvin.

Jerry's actions were motivated by his affection for Nora and his desire

to stand up for her.

She crossed her legs gracefully and adjusted her position in a serious

manner. Her lips, luscious and slightly parted, displayed a set of pearly

white teeth that gleamed in the sunlight. With a coy smile, she softly

uttered, "Jerry? Or perhaps, should I call you CutieLovesAutumn?"

The moment these words left her lips, Jerry nearly dropped to his

knees. He plopped down onto a nearby chair, looking around as he

realized that everyone was focused on the leader giving a speech on

the stage, completely unaware of their conversation.

Summoning the courage to lean closer to Cheyenne's ear, he hissed

through gritted teeth, his breath brushing against her skin, "How did

you know?"

The fact that he was a computer hacker was a secret that even his

parents didn't know. To his classmates and friends, he was just a video

game enthusiast who spent his days eating instant noodles and

gaming. Little did they know that behind their backs, he spent his days

coding.

Cheyenne squinted her eyes playfully, resembling a cunning little fox

who had just scored a win. Her words, however, were enough to make

anyone laugh and cry at the same time. "Of course, I knew. I also know

that you lost your homework. To be honest, it might be a good thing

since, as a slacker, none of your answers were correct.”

Jerry's lips twitched in response, and he shot her an exasperated look.

"What gives you, the second-worst in our grade, the right to criticize

me? Wait a minute... How did you know about my homework? Don't tell

me!"

He had worked tirelessly, creating ten different sets of assignments and

even planned to ace the mock exams, all in an attempt to climb out of

the abyss of the worst students in their class. But the next day, when he

turned on his computer to submit his homework, it was nothing but a

blank screen!

For a renowned international hacker, this was the ultimate humiliation.

Cheyenne tilted her head slightly. She blew a strand of hair out of her

face and said with a hint of a smile, "My skills might be just a tiny bit

better than yours. Care to guess who I am?"

The word "X" was stuck in Jerry's throat, impossible to utter.

In order to comfort himself, he had imagined "Mr. X" as an overweight,

middle-aged man in his thirties. However, the girl in front of him had

luscious red lips and pearly white teeth, radiating an aura of delicacy

and charm that was worlds apart from the image of a "nerd".

"Don't look so surprised. There's something even more surprising

waiting for you. Would you like to hear it?" Cheyenne playfully

beckoned him closer with a hook of her finger.

Jerry was filled with curiosity, but his instincts warned him that this

might not be good news. Something about this enigmatic woman felt

wrong. She could be alluring and charming, but there was an

underlying sense of danger in her every move.

Young people were always brimming with curiosity, especially when it

came to the unknown. "What... what are you talking about?" He finally

conceded.

Cheyenne lowered her head, her voice carrying a tantalizing note.

"What if I told Kelvin about you being Jerry, aka CutieLovesAutumn?

He paid ten million for your information before," she said.

It was definitely not a good thing!

If Kelvin found out... Jerry shuddered, afraid of what might happen to

him.

His body stiffened and his smile became frozen.

"Don't... don't do this. We're alumni. Ahem, we graduated from the

same high school at the same year. Cheyenne, please be kind and let it

go," he pleaded.

Cheyenne looked down on him. "From elementary school to university,

I at least have eight thousand alumni.”

"Heh, it's different. Elementary school is all about innocence, middle

school is filled with teenage rebellion, but only in high school do you

find the purest friendships. Once you enter college, the social dynamics

change, and even friendship becomes tainted.”

"So what if we're alumni? Is it worth ten million?"

If she wanted to tell Kelvin about this three years ago when she found

out, she would have done so already.

The reason why she didn't reveal it was because first of all, Kelvin

didn't like her; secondly, although Jerry hacked into the Foley Group's

system, he did so only to help Nora vent her anger - fundamentally he

wasn't bad.

"X... no Miss Lawrence! I'm sorry! What can I do for you to forgive me?"

“It's simple - give me ten million dollars.” Cheyenne said softly.

After hearing that request, Jerry was upset. "Can we negotiate?"

"No."

She was hardhearted!

He had been a hacker for five years now and had finally saved enough

money to buy himself a Rolls-Royce car! He was just one hundred

thousand away from getting his dream car but Cheyenne easily took his

savings with just one sentence.

His Rolls-Royce...

Boohoo!

For quite some time after that incident, "CutieLovesAutumn" stayed in

his room, ate instant noodles with different flavors for meal and worked

harder in coding.