"I’ve never considered myself the best in the world, unlike someone who dares to flaunt just because they’re number seven on the hitman rankings." This comment was clearly mocking.
Suddenly, Jiang Qi, quiet as a mouse on the hospital bed, raised his eyes and said, "I’m happy to occupy the seventh spot, you..."
But after meeting Gu Xiyue’s cold gaze, he lowered his voice and stopped talking.
On the other side, Lolita Voice realized he hadn’t finished his sentence and knew Gu Xiyue must have warned him. She didn’t stimulate him further, instead changing the subject, "Boss, what do you think they’re trying to do?"
Gu Xiyue raised a hand to rub her temples; her cool voice tinged with exhaustion, "We’ll see. As long as they aren’t people from Angel’s side, there shouldn’t be much of a problem."
Hearing the tiredness in Gu Xiyue’s tone, Fall apologized with some guilt, "Boss, I’m sorry. It’s my fault you lost the number one spot."
"If the skill’s not there, it was bound to happen sooner or later."
At these words, Fall fell silent.
"Try to make contact with Jiu on your side. It’s best if you can win them over, but if not, just keep a close eye. As long as they don’t cause destruction, let them be," she said with an even heavier weariness. "As for this Zero, let’s wait and see for now."
Upon hearing this, Fall immediately responded with a yes, "Alright."
"Hmm, that’s it. Hang up." Without waiting for Fall to speak, Gu Xiyue ended the voice call.
After hanging up, Gu Xiyue took out a Bluetooth headset from her pocket and put it on.
She browsed through her phone and started playing a recording from the audio app, then leaned back on the couch and closed her eyes.
Jiang Qi, seeing Gu Xiyue hang up the phone, was about to say something but shut his mouth when he noticed her closed eyes.
The kebab meal was interrupted by rain, so Gu Zhiqi packed the rest up and went back to the hotel.
Back in the room, just as he turned on the computer, a chipper and cutesy voice rang through his head.
"Zhizhi, Chubby Chiu is here!"
Hearing Chubby Chiu’s voice, Gu Zhiqi raised his eyebrows. It seemed she was returning in triumph?
"I’m not who I used to be; now, I’m number one on the Network Hackers rankings, Chubby Chiu!"
Gu Zhiqi responded perfunctorily, "Congratulations, number one Chiu."
"Congrats to you too, owner of number one Chiu."
Without paying further attention to Chubby Chiu, Gu Zhiqi sat in front of the computer to open the Network, interested in checking if there were any bounties to pick up.
After the barbecue, his balance of 250 was about to run out.
He needed to make money fast.
Upon logging in, a hot topics interface popped up on the Network homepage. Recognizing the familiar terms, Gu Zhiqi hesitated, then clicked to have a look.
After reading the content, Gu Zhiqi fell silent.
"Number one Chiu." Gu Zhiqi called out to Chubby Chiu.
"What’s up, Zhizhi?" Chubby Chiu quickly came online.
"... Ah, suddenly the network is acting up, my Chiu is going offline first, bye-bye, Zhizhi~"
With that, Chubby Chiu hurriedly went offline.
That night on the Network, two major events occurred.
The first: First, the hacker ranked third, Fall, got their home base attacked, followed by the number one, Moon.
The second: The Network gained two new managers.
All kinds of speculations arose on the Network forums.
It rained all night, the night was cool, some stayed awake while others slept soundly.
"Who is it so early in the morning?" came a Lolita Voice, filled with impatience.
"It’s me." Gu Huaijin’s voice was cold.
There was a pause on the other end before the voice continued, "What do you want so early?" The impatience was gone, but the voice still carried an annoyed tone.
"I asked you to check the surveillance, why haven’t I heard anything yet?" Gu Huaijin said, holding her phone and standing on the balcony of her hotel room.