Yu He stayed at the Ye family's house for two nights before returning to Tianyu on the weekend.
Since Qin Beiting was not around, she took the opportunity to sort through the photos she had taken last week.
Her camera had already been shipped back from Lucheng. As she plugged it into her computer and exported the photos, she discovered that Qin Beiting had also taken quite a few pictures of her.
One photo, in particular, captured her profile as she sat at her desk, her nose touching the upturned nose of a little piglet standing on the desk. She quite liked it, so she sent it to her phone and set it as her WeChat profile picture.
Then, she selected ten of Qin Beiting's private photos, cropped out his face, and logged into Wuming's WeChat account on her computer, sending them to the Star Palace Lord.
Wuming: [The photos you wanted, please check.]
Wuming: [When will you give me the ginseng?]
On the other side of the screen.
Qin Beiting sat in the president's office of Shengda Venture Capital, personally handling company emails, which was a rare occurrence.
Shengda Venture Capital was a small company under the Qin Group. After he retired from the army two years ago, the Qin family patriarch had arranged for him to work here.
In two years, he had visited the company fewer than ten times. Normally, he, the president, would leave the work to Vice President Liu Wei. He only came when someone from the Qin Group headquarters came for routine audits and inspections.
At this moment, his phone on the desk chimed, indicating a new message on his linked WeChat account. Qin Beiting switched accounts on his computer WeChat and saw ten photos flood in.
They were all his private photos, and regardless of the composition, his head had been cut off in every single one.
Qin Beiting: "..."
He suddenly doubted the young girl's aesthetic taste...
However, even so, he replied against his better judgment.
Star Palace Lord: [The photos are well taken.]
Then, after some thought, he sent a time and place.
Star Palace Lord: [Two PM, Di Sheng, Fourth Floor, Room 808.]
Not long after the message was sent, the computer's firewall suddenly alerted him to an intrusion.
Qin Beiting's phoenix-like eyes narrowed. Someone had breached his firewall!
Interesting, it had been a long time since he had encountered a worthy opponent.
He clasped his long, well-defined fingers, rubbed his fists, and then tilted his head from side to side before his hands flew over the keyboard, typing at lightning speed.
On the other side of the screen.
Yu He stared intently at the rapidly flashing code on the screen, her hands hovering over the keyboard suddenly paused.
She had just breached the opponent's firewall but was blocked.
Immediately after, a red warning popped up on the screen, indicating that the firewall had been compromised and a virus had invaded.
The opponent had even counterattacked.
Yu He's peach blossom eyes narrowed, and her fingers flew across the keyboard, blocking the opponent's intrusion.
They engaged in a back-and-forth battle, attacking and defending, for several rounds, neither gaining an advantage.
It had been a long time since Yu He had encountered such a formidable opponent. The last person who had made her feel so challenged was her master.
Now, her curiosity about this Star Palace Lord deepened.
Initially, she had merely harbored doubts about the transaction, wanting to find out who the other party was.
The reason for her suspicion was that the other party had agreed to the transaction too readily, so readily that Yu He suspected they already knew her true identity.
Upon reflection, the biggest anomaly in their transaction was that in Star Palace, although she had deliberately disguised her voice, her gender could still be discerned.
However, on WeChat, when she mistakenly sent Qin Beiting's photo, the other party showed no surprise and agreed to the transaction quite readily.
Such a clear gender discrepancy would make any normal person suspicious, yet the other party had no issues, which was precisely the problem.
However, Yu He hadn't expected the other party to be a hacker as well.
The sound of keyboards clacking filled the air. They battled for dozens of rounds, the speed and difficulty increasing as time went on.
Her beautiful peach blossom eyes darted back and forth across the screen, where more and more code dialog boxes appeared. Yu He felt the virus created by the opponent gain the upper hand, sensing their superior skill.
Her gaze became even more focused, and her typing speed increased.
Suddenly, the opponent stopped defending and attacking.
Yu He finally found an opening, immediately cleared the viruses the opponent had deployed, and then, speeding up, was about to break through their defenses when the screen suddenly went black.
The laptop had run out of battery!
She remembered plugging it in. Following the power cord, she saw the little piglet lying on the floor, happily chewing on the power plug!
Yu He: "..."
She got up, snatched the power plug, and gently poked the little piglet's nose with her index finger.
"I suddenly understand why your dad always wants to stew you."
Little piglet: !!!
It was over, her little owner was being corrupted!
With a snort, it scurried away.
Yu He: "…………"
On the other side.
Qin Beiting was typing rapidly. He had gained an advantage over his opponent and was about to seize the opportunity to discover their network ID address when a commotion erupted from outside his office. Then, the office door was suddenly pushed open, and two people barged in.
Leading the way was a naive-looking boy of about fifteen or sixteen, followed by a man in his mid-twenties.
They were from the Qin Group headquarters.
The man was Qin Xinhui, the son of Qin Beiting's fourth brother, responsible for auditing the accounts of branch companies at the Qin Group headquarters.
The boy was Qin Jincheng, the daughter of Qin Beiting's eldest brother and adopted son of Qin Xinhong.
He was intelligent and lively, skilled at pleasing the Qin family patriarch, and was highly favored by Qin Xinhong and the patriarch.
Qin Beiting's hands immediately stopped. His phoenix-like eyes rose, looking at the newcomers, a chilling aura beneath his gaze.
Chen Dong followed behind them, apologizing. "Brother Ting, I'm sorry, I couldn't stop them..."
"Why would you stop us? Is it because Uncle, you're slacking off at work?"
Qin Jincheng curiously hopped to the desk, peering at the computer screen.
Qin Beiting quickly switched pages with a single click, and the screen displayed the private photos he had opened earlier and hadn't had time to close.
Qin Jincheng's eyes widened in shock upon seeing the photos:
"Oh~ Uncle, you're looking at such explicit photos during work hours! And it's a man! You don't like men, do you!"
Hearing this, Qin Xinhui's eyes lit up, and his gaze towards Qin Beiting changed.
"No wonder Uncle has never married. So this is what you're into," he said teasingly.
Chen Dong: !!!
Brother Ting, what exactly were you looking at? This misunderstanding is huge!
Qin Beiting's handsome face hardened. His thin lips parted, and he said coldly, "Where did you learn the etiquette of the Qin family? Get out, and knock again!"
Qin Xinhui and Qin Jincheng's expressions froze. They hadn't expected Qin Beiting to put on airs.
In terms of age, Qin Xinhui was a year older than Qin Beiting, but his generational rank was lower. Qin Xinhui had always been unhappy about this.
Especially since Qin Beiting was an illegitimate son. Even after being brought back to the Qin family and included in the family tree, his name did not even bear the character of the "Yong" generation.
Furthermore, they were sent from headquarters to audit the branch company's accounts, and he was being so disrespectful.