Chapter 128 Jiang An's Identity

Chapter 128 Jiang An's Identity

"If you can break through," Huo Zhizhou said calmly.

Si Ning: "..."

I shouldn't have built such a comprehensive defense system for him in the first place, which makes it extremely difficult for me to overcome it now.

“Jiang An’s data was covered up by a very skilled hacker.” Si Ning repeated the story, unsure if Gu Shixi had told him. “If I were to break through, it would probably take me two hours.”

If it were the old her, it would probably be difficult to win her over.

But now she's completely relaxed.

“Okay.” Huo Zhizhou sat there and waited for her.

Time passed slowly, and only the sound of Si Ning's fingers tapping on the keyboard remained in the private room. Gu Shixi sat there, unsure whether to leave or stay.

No drinking, no chatting.

This is so boring!

And it was he who called them out.

"Huo Er." After much consideration, he decided to have a chat, as he couldn't just sit there idly. "What are your plans for resolving the Yuanyi 10th Anniversary Celebration issue? I heard your parents went to the hospital this afternoon and met with Huo Sinian."

"Whoever made the mess should clean it up," Huo Zhizhou replied perfunctorily. Right now, all he could think about was how to keep Jiang Ruan by his side.

If you force her to stay, given her stubborn nature, she probably wouldn't agree even if you smashed up the entire park.

It's a scam, and not very reliable.

Gu Shixi: "?"

Gu Shixi stared at his absent-minded expression: "What are you thinking about?"

"Did you read a lot of romance novels with your female deskmate when you were in middle school?" Huo Zhizhou suddenly asked.

Si Ning suddenly raised her eyes.

Gu Shixi: "!!"

Gu Shixi would never admit to this dark history: "I only read Chinese and foreign classics, how could I read romance novels? Don't talk nonsense!"

Huo Zhizhou stared at him with unfathomable eyes.

His gaze was so intense that Gu Shixi struggled for a long time but couldn't withstand it. She coughed lightly and changed her words: "I only read one book, not many."

Huo Zhizhou: "Mm."

Gu Shixi: "?"

Just one "hmm"?

He considered his words carefully: "So you have nothing else to say?"

"What do you want me to say?" Huo Zhizhou was about to ask, but considering that everyone's way of doing things is different, it would be better to combine his own and Jiang Ruan's personalities to come up with a solution instead of referring to others.

Gu Shixi stared at a string of question marks on his forehead.

The way he's saying this makes it sound like he's the one who's expecting it. Didn't he start the topic?

"I think you shouldn't ask anymore." Confident in his verbal skills compared to Huo Zhizhou, he obediently admitted defeat, "It's embarrassing."

"Okay," Huo Zhizhou readily agreed.

Gu Shixi's suspicious gaze fell on him.

He was 100% certain that when he asked that question, he had a second question in mind, but he didn't know what had stopped him from asking it.

Si Ning was initially in a state of observing the drama, but the content appearing on her computer screen captivated her for a full minute.

This name...

How come it's exactly the same as Master's?

Could it be that Master changed his name after leaving the internet?

"A discovery?" Huo Zhizhou was chatting idly, but his eyes were still on that side of the table.

“A little, but I’m not entirely sure.” Si Ning closed her laptop, picked it up, and stood up. “I’ll go back and find a quiet place to investigate further, and I’ll call you when I get the results.”

Huo Zhizhou: "?"

Gu Shixi: "?"

Both of them looked at her with suspicion in their eyes.

"Why are you looking at me?" Si Ning raised an eyebrow slightly, his short, tousled hair making him look exceptionally handsome. "I've fallen in love with Daddy."

"Don't you like to do things in lively places?" Gu Shixi knew her style of doing things well. "After winning over the other party, we can have a drink to celebrate. I never get tired of it."

“Investigating something and confronting someone are two different things.” Si Ning wasn’t ashamed at all. “I don’t blame you for not understanding.”

After saying that, he walked out of the bar without caring about the two people's feelings, hailed a car, and got in.

As he leaned back in his chair, the things he had just found out involuntarily came to mind.

A terrifying image appeared on a blank page.

name.

Both of these match up with everything her master did back then. If Jiang An is the master she has known online for nearly ten years, then what exactly happened to her after she left the internet and even changed her name?

Is her choice to completely bury the past because it caused her pain, or because she doesn't want anyone to know?

If she breaks through that defense...

Amidst a jumble of thoughts.

She decided to talk to Jiang Ruan the next day, and then decide whether to break through that defense and retrieve the data.

Her departure aroused Gu Shixi's suspicion. He glanced at the barely touched wine on the table and asked Huo Zhizhou, "Don't you think Si Ning is acting strange today?"

I didn't drink much of my favorite wine.

He left suddenly without any warning.

Didn't she always like to walk a little further back?

“She must have found some information about Jiang An,” Huo Zhizhou analyzed, without much emotional fluctuation. “This information might be related to her, or it might be related to someone she knows.”

"Then why don't you expose her?" Gu Shixi asked.

“She’s a sensible person.” Huo Zhizhou stood up and straightened his clothes, trusting Si Ning. “She has her reasons for not wanting to say, we just need to wait.”

Gu Shixi opened his mouth: "What if she finds out but doesn't tell you?"

"The information we didn't tell Representative Jiang An is more complicated than I imagined." Huo Zhizhou saw through everything. "There are very few people who would give up their remuneration and relationship with us without telling us."

He only needed to use her as a starting point to guess Jiang An's approximate identity.

So whether she says it or not is not important.

Gu Shixi paused for a moment, and once again felt that his brother was indeed very clever.

The two walked out of the bar together, each getting into their own car. Huo Zhizhou glanced at his watch; it was almost ten o'clock before he turned on his phone, opened Jiang Ruan's chat window, and replied to her message: "My phone died."

Jiang Ruan was engrossed in drawing and didn't notice the message until after 2 a.m.

Looking at the seven words he sent, only three words came to her mind: And then what?

Why didn't they mention getting the divorce certificate at all?

After calming down, she went to wash up and go to bed. She knew very well that based on his two reactions today, he wouldn't answer her question in the chat box, so she might as well call him again tomorrow.

I can't have his phone off every time I call him.

The next morning.

After having breakfast with Sui Sui, she took out her phone to make a call. Before she could even dial the number, there was a knock on the door. Sui Sui and Jiang Ruan exchanged a glance, their first reaction being to suspect Huo Zhizhou.

Jiang Ruan walked over and opened it.

If it were him, she could talk to him face-to-face about getting a divorce certificate.

"Hello, Jiang Ruan." Si Ning, dressed casually, stood at the door with a charming smile on her lips.

Jiang Ruan felt he looked familiar, but after thinking carefully, she couldn't recall when she had seen such a handsome yet languid man before, so she asked in confusion, "Hello, may I ask who you are?"