"Boss, she's a hacker. How can I find out about her?"
She curled her lips coldly. "Then why aren't you getting the computer quickly?"
".....Understood."
He was really muddle - headed. Hacker - related matters should of course be handled by a hacker. Did Flame think she could take revenge without considering her own capabilities?
He fetched the computer. Shi Wan checked for a while, and soon...
"Found it?"
Seeing her stop, Li Si asked.
Shi Wan gave a soft grunt. "Wait here. Someone will come to find you later."
Li Si nodded and watched Shi Wan leave.
In the darkness, Shi Wan arrived at a hotel. She swiped her card and entered the room. She pulled open the curtain, glanced at her watch, propped up her body, and quickly slipped into another room.
She landed safely.
It was a building of more than a dozen floors, but Shi Wan's expression remained unchanged.
The room was empty. There was only a computer on the table.
She stepped forward, turned on the computer, and within a minute, restored the computer to its original state. Then she got up and left.
She thought that she should have just killed that person back then, saving herself all this trouble now.
Back in her own room, she propped her hands on the window. Soon, voices came from the next - door room.
"What's going on? Didn't I tell you to get it ready long ago?"
Then, a familiar voice stammered, "I did get it ready, but now I..."
"Only we have been in this room, and you're the only one who knows about computers. There's no one else who could have touched the computer. Now the data is gone, and you're telling me you don't know? Are you playing me?"
"No, no..."
"Let me tell you, when you were kicked out of the base by Grapefruit, it was me who took you in. Otherwise, you wouldn't even know who's hunting you down now."
Flame gritted his teeth. A bold guess came to his mind. But indeed no one else had entered the room except them, and there were no signs of the computer being hacked.
The only person capable of this, other than Grapefruit, he couldn't think of anyone else.
"Grapefruit." He took a risk. "This must be Grapefruit's doing. No one else would do this or has the ability to do so."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course..."
"Idiot!" As soon as he finished speaking, the man sneered and kicked him. "Do you think I'm a fool? Our people have found out that Grapefruit isn't here at all, and Grapefruit doesn't even know about our plan. I think it's you who's incompetent and trying to play us?"
"How could that be?" He got up and pointed at the computer. "There are no signs of an intrusion. It's either Grapefruit or Y. Y has no feud with us and hasn't shown up for years. Other than Grapefruit, who else could it be?"
The man seemed to find his words reasonable. He half - squinted his eyes and ordered his subordinate, "Didn't Y show up before? Find that person and offer money to see if they're willing to help us investigate this."
"Yes."
Seeing that the men believed him, Flame let out a sigh of relief. "This must be Grapefruit's doing. You have to believe me."
The man sat down beside him and said nothing.
Shi Wan, who was in the next - door room, curled her lips with interest. She tapped on her phone and then turned around to leave.
Flame, who was anxiously waiting in the room, and the other men finally got the news half an hour later.
After hearing the news from his subordinate, the man's face not only didn't ease but the look in his eyes when he looked at Flame was as if he wanted to kill him.
"What... what's wrong?" Flame was scared by his look and stammered, "Can't you find out? Grapefruit must be very capable to be in the position she is now. It's normal if you can't find out..."
"We found out."
"I told you so. This must be Grapefruit's doing."
Flame let out a sigh of relief and didn't notice the cold look in the man's eyes.
He continued to show his loyalty. "Don't worry. I'll handle this well. I definitely won't let you down, and I won't let Grapefruit go..."
"Indeed, she can't be let off easily." The man lit a cigarette. "Arrest that person and dispose of them."
"Yes... What?" Flame was suddenly grabbed and struggled. "What are you doing? It's not me you should arrest!"
"Flame, you're really bold. While saying you'd work for me, you're betraying me? You've got a good plan there."
Flame was stunned. "No, I didn't!"
How could this matter be found out?
He had been so covert. Unless it was someone from the Hacker Alliance...
He suddenly widened his eyes and understood.
"It's Grapefruit. This must be Grapefruit's doing!"
However, the man wouldn't listen to anything he said.
"I'll only ask you once. Did you do what's written here?"
The man threw all the evidence in his face. His anger was obvious.
Flame's body trembled. "Yes... but I can explain this."
"Drag him out and feed him to the fish."
"Yes!"
Before Flame could say anything, the man beside him covered his mouth and dragged him out.
"Boss, Flame is from the Hacker Alliance after all. What if..."
Everyone in the underworld knew that Grapefruit was extremely protective of her people. If they accidentally provoked her, they'd be in big trouble.
So, if they wanted to deal with Grapefruit, they had to do it secretly, using her own people against her.
"What are you afraid of? She has personally removed him from the alliance. Even if we cut him into pieces, Grapefruit wouldn't even blink an eye."
"Yes."
"Stop this matter. Grapefruit must have noticed. There must be her handiwork in tonight's incident."
On closer inspection, the hand holding the cigarette was trembling slightly, and his voice was tinged with fear.
It wasn't that he didn't trust Flame. He also knew that no one but Grapefruit could have done this.
But precisely because he knew, he didn't dare to continue.
"Yes."
...
At Shi Wan's bar, Li Si was still there. By now, there were quite a few people in the bar.
With her outstanding looks, as soon as she entered, she instantly attracted a wave of attention.
She remained calm, walked straight to the bar. Li Si leaned over and whispered, "Boss, this is the bill."
Shi Wan opened it and immediately recognized it as an Autokey cipher.
Just one glance made her complexion change slightly. "Did the person who sent this say anything?"
"No." Li Si pursed his lips. "Boss, what's wrong?"
He thought he had learned a lot, but he couldn't understand a single word on it.
"It's okay. Go back."
"Okay..."
"Miss, are you alone?"
Just as Li Si was about to go out to change clothes, he suddenly heard a lewd voice.
"Such a beauty. She must be great in bed."
He looked up, with no trace of worry in his eyes.
The man leered and surrounded Shi Wan with his men. He reached out his hand to grab her.
Li Si saw the not - so - good look on his boss's face and closed his eyes.
The next second, a shrill scream pierced through the air, and the music in the bar stopped.
Shi Wan stepped on the man's back, half - squatted, and drawled, "What did you say? It was too noisy just now. I didn't hear clearly."
"I... I didn't mean to... Ah—"
The man was in so much pain that cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Although the woman on him didn't seem heavy, he felt as if all his bones were about to break.
"Speak."
Seeing the curve of Shi Wan's lips, Li Si knew that this man was done for.
Why did he have to provoke her when she was in the worst mood?