Fatal Attraction: The CEO & His Mischievous Wife - Chapter 168

Inputting the last sentence he waited till it fully formed on Zhuang Wei’s side before completing his exit procedure. What this meant is that he had started to pull out of the other’s computer and recede all of his current attacks. While it sounded easy, it was a very important aspect of hacking. To enter in one computer without being noticed is one portion, to exit a computer without being followed was another portion. If he was not careful, he could leave a trace when he tried to cut the connection between them.

In addition, the only reason he was able to catch on was because of the code he created. That code directly linked to Zhuang Wei’s computer as it matched the parameters. However, with that code he was not able to locate the computer exactly other than narrowing it down to the city. If he tried to do this freehand, there were too many computers for him to know which one to hack. The amount of countries the computer funnelled through was too annoying for him to follow too. So he had to be careful with how he broke the connection, especially knowing trying to grab on at another time was difficult.

It was nearing the end of the ten minutes he allotted to himself and estimated it would take another five for his exit strategy. His pace was more casual and relaxed as he typed. The timing wasn’t as stressful anymore since he wasn’t competing against anyone. He first cut the connection with the sound system so if Zhuang Wei had said anything else, he did not catch it. Though he expected that Zhuang Wei did try to speak to him and get more information. Him cutting the connection and leaving it on his own terms, was to add insult to injury.

Using a blank black screen, he kept putting line after line of code into the screen. All of them were related to Zhuang Wei’s computer and he was dismantling the hidden traps he left on the computer. He hesitated to remove every single one of them but also knew that if they were triggered, it would cause a lot of damage. That would only backfire on Ying Yue and he’d rather avoid such a situation for now. Though, if Zhuang Wei were to try Ying Yue again he wouldn’t be so kind. The warning he gave was not performative, he meant every word.

“Touch her again and I will set this city on fire” – was exactly how he felt. At that point, no one could convince him to be kind or to not attack in a ‘gloves off’ manner. Not to say that the perpetrator would not be Xi Long, he was also an option. Just anyone from that close circle of theirs held a danger potential that he would willingly attack if provoked.

Feeling the resolve to just attack them later, he followed through on removing all of the hidden traps he laid. There were only three or four but each of them were really potent. Thankfully, he used these traps a lot so he didn’t even have to exert much energy to replicate the code and place the ‘ticking time bombs.’

Once those were dealt with, he focused his energy into slowly giving back Zhuang Wei’s computer piece by piece. If he were to give it back in one go, he knew that the other would try to track him given the chance. He still had the mirror screens up on his side so he would see if anything were to happen. However, he had cut completely cut the connection soon which would make those disappear and narrow his vision.

Taking a deep breath, he increased his pace by a little bit then started on his ‘exit.’ He couldn’t pause even for a second during the process, after giving the final portion back that needed his own interference, he ripped their connection apart. It was a clean cut and he wiped the digital signatures off the other’s computer as well. Just for good measure he started rerouting his own signal and pushing the VPN through a couple of more countries.

He was fairly confident that no one was able to track them with their current set up. However, it could never hurt to be extra sure and wire it through a couple more countries. That process only took him an extra two minutes and he was officially done with his ‘revenge’ after a whopping thirty-five minutes.

The pain in his hand came back stronger than ever and they shook a little when he finally stopped. Without him having to say anything, Ying Yue’s hands grabbed his again but this time with a cream. It was a classic herbal medicine they used to relax the muscles and would simultaneously warm up his hand as well.

It didn’t do much for actually healing an injury but gave a lot of relief. The smell itself was a mix of multiple herbs and was very comforting for him. Just on the scent alone he always felt 20% better. He was docile and let Ying Yue rub in the herbal medicine. Last time he spoke against it all was because he had to finish what he started. Now that was done, he had no reason to refuse her good will. He also knew that he pushed himself a bit too hard and that having this cream would help his healing time.

His hands probably had to be iced again and needed to rest for at least three hours before coding again. That was a tight timeline since they had to started planning for their next attack, yet he was confident it wouldn’t be too much work today. The real trouble would happen in two days when they had to kidnap Wu Gang.

He felt a pang in his brain just from thinking about the logistics of it all and what they had to do. They had to rework their initial plan and force it for two days later. It wasn’t even two full days since they planned on attacking in the early hours of the day when Saturday had just started. Just to even start planning, they had to confirm his location or where he is expected to be at that time. Which was a whole other problem that mainly fell on his head right now. From the pattern he was exhibiting, there was an expectation that he would continue on the same trajectory. It was still undecided if he had achieved his purpose or not, it was to contact the military but how far the connection had gone is the issue. If he had not heard back, he would continue to go to the public spots and act ‘weirdly’ leaving several signals for people to track. If he had, then…..he would be in for a long, long night. There was faith that he could still track him since he had been less subtle nowadays but it would still take a fair bit of time.

Once you get the military involved, moving around would be that much more difficult and they would unnecessarily fall into their radar. It wasn’t the first time the military had caught whiffs of them but they had narrowly escaped each time. That military in question was thankfully not in this country but the lesson was learned. They at this moment just did not have the power to combat a state funded team. Skills wise they felt confident and better than at least their low rank soldiers. The real trouble came in when the high rank officers or the secret corps got involved. Those people were trained in stealth and taking down people like them, so the best choice was to avoid everyone to do with the state.

The closest you could get was politicians and that was because you could bribe most of them. Emphasis on the word “most,” there were definitely upright people but the system itself was a scam. How long could a good person last there before succ.u.mbing to their d.e.s.i.r.es? Everyone had a price, just depends on what that price was. Money, services, favours, murders, etc. All of these things were barter material to get a politician on their side, even blackmail worked. However, that was the last resort when speaking to a politician.

A willing party was always better than one who was forced. The former would retain some loyalty, while the latter would be waiting at every second to attack. As long as the blackmail disappeared or the person holding it disappeared, they would be at ease. So it was like taking in a rabid dog as a team mate, a leash was there but it was on the edge of breaking at all times.