Chapter 71: Slander Her!

This is what's called "killing the chicken to scare the monkey." And it worked quite well. Watching her sneak away through the crowd, slinking off with her tail between her legs, brought an inexplicable sense of joy.

"Was that the QQ chat interface? Is the young master thinking of adding her as a friend?" Luo Hua recalled, having stood a bit closer to the girl.

Zhan Su gave a snort of laughter. "Add her? I want to blacklist her!"

Luo Hua...

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Shi Qingqing fled the scene, terrified that someone might be following her. She mimicked the secret agents she’d seen in TV dramas, pausing now and then to bend down and tie her shoe, pretending to check for tails...

Alright, perhaps she'd watched too many dramas.

She was almost at the calligraphy club when her phone chimed with a notification.

Shi Qingqing’s spirits soared. Was it another red envelope alert? She quickly straightened up and checked her phone.

But instead of a local red envelope group notification, it was a security warning.

"A hacker is attempting to access this system. Block the intrusion?"

What?

A hacker targeting her lousy phone?

Seriously?

Had she been too brazen snatching red envelopes, drawing the attention of hackers?

Startled, Shi Qingqing immediately chose to block.

Block them. If a hacker managed to unmask her and discovered her secret behind grabbing red envelopes, her high-tech phone would be exposed.

This was her ticket to fortune—she would protect it with her life.

"Beep. Activate automatic security protection?"

Her phone prompted her again.

Of course she chose yes!

Automatic was a must. What if a hacker attacked when she wasn’t around or her phone wasn’t at hand? She’d have no way to defend herself.

"Beep. Automatic security protection activated. Unauthorized intrusions will be blocked, and anti-hacking mode has started..."

That sounded impressive! Ha!

Not only blocking, but also launching anti-hacking measures!

Exactly the flavor she wanted.

Shi Qingqing felt fantastic. Which hacker was so reckless as to attempt breaching her high-tech device?

She muttered, "Hmph, insignificant mortal."

...

Unbeknownst to her, Zhan Su’s face darkened.

The screen of the phone in his hand went blank, and from the top, blocks of text rained down.

One character after another fell, forming a single sentence.

Insignificant mortal!

Zhan Su...

As a computer prodigy, he had only ever hacked others—never had he been hacked in return.

And now he’d been mocked as an insignificant mortal!

For a moment, Zhan Su thought he must be hallucinating. He couldn’t believe it.

Could that insignificant nobody actually be a hidden computer expert? Impossible!

He’d already looked into her background—she was a hopeless student, admitted to Qingming through special channels, with no hobbies or interests except making money...

Or had he targeted the wrong person? Had he accidentally provoked a master?

How powerful could this expert be? Since when did Qingming have such a person?

In short, Zhan Su’s mood was complicated beyond words.

From the rearview mirror, Luo Hua noticed his young master’s rare stunned expression. Not knowing what had happened, he sensibly kept quiet, guessing it probably wasn’t anything pleasant, and focused on driving.

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The talented Miss Lin sobbed bitterly all the way back.

She regretted it! She truly regretted it!

She had completely misunderstood Prince Zhan’s intentions.

But why had Prince Zhan appeared at the entrance of Class Sixteen yesterday? He seldom set foot in the ordinary high school area...