Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
This time, Han Qianjing had given a death order. They had to find out the person behind Lu Ming.
‘When Xu Wei first received this call, she only had one thought in her mind—could there be something unusual about the person Missy liked?
Previously, her boss did not even care about him. Why did she suddenly get her to investigate again?
Did she discover something? she wondered.
No matter how hard she tried, she could not figure out what was going on. In the end, she gave up in exasperation. Since her boss had said so, she would do as she said.
“Richard, help me investigate Lu Ming.”
She said to the foreign man in the video on her phone. This was a computer expert specially hired by the company’s headquarters to handle shady things for Han Qianjing, such as finding private information about a big shot.
“Lu Ming?”
He spoke fluent Mandarin with a northeastern accent. “I remember that my student checked on him last time, right?”
His student was also working in the headquarters, and his position was not low. Richard would only step in when the student could not find out any information or it was not convenient for him to investigate.
So he was usually quite idle at work.
Xu Wei nodded and said, “We found out a little at that time. Now, Boss needs to know more details. Who is Lu Ming’s backer? What assets does he have? Where did he get the money?”
“alright, no problem. Leave it to me.”
‘As soon as he finished speaking, Richard’s fingers began to dance quickly on the keyboard. The sound of typing was heard rhythmically, and the codes on the computer were written line by line. His brows furrowed tightly from his initial ease to his later frown as he muttered, “What’s going on?”
Xu Wei also sensed that something was wrong and asked, “Is there a problem?”
This can’t be, right? she thought.
Lu Ming was just an ordinary person. To an expert like Richard, investigating information was a simple matter.
“This is too strange. This is really too strange. Darling, who exactly is the big shot that you asked me to investigate? His information has been specially concealed. Only those from royal families would do this, or perhaps those with shady identities.”
Richard had checked many times before, but this was the first time he had encountered such a thorny problem.
A member of the royal family?
Shady identity?
Both seemed to be unrelated to Lu Ming.
‘The last time she saw him, besides his outstanding appearance and ability, she did not have any other impression of him.
“Well, to be honest, before this, I felt that he was just an ordinary person.”
Richard raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled helplessly. “Do you Chinese call this ordinary? I admit that my computer skills are ranked among the top in the world, but I have to admit that the force behind Lu Ming is very powerful.
Do you know how I feel now? These programs are like guards, protecting this person tightly. They’re airtight. Darling, I’m not as powerful as these guards. If we continue investigating, my IP address might be exposed. Let’s ask the boss if she wants to continue.”
Xu Wei said uncertainly, “But aren’t you already amazing enough?”
“You have to understand that there’s always someone better. I’m not invincible.”
He shrugged.
Xu Wei sighed. She picked up the landline phone beside her and dialed a number. “CEO Han, we still can’t find anything. Richard said that his identity was deliberately concealed. If we continue investigating, the other party will track us down. Do you want to continue?”
“What are the chances of finding the information if we carry on?”
Han Qianjing was not surprised by this outcome. She wanted to see how long the other party could hide. However, this also showed that—Lu Ming was not simple!
“Eighty percent, but I’m sure I can’t find much because the firewall is too strong. Also, I need to try to pull out before the other party finds my computer information.”
Richard said solemnly, “Do we carry on or stop here?”
“Carry on.”
She said without hesitation.
“Iunderstand.”
After hanging up, Richard pulled himself together. After taking a deep breath, he moved deeper into the network. His hands moved faster and faster, until they were just a blur. Soon there was a stack of digital bills. In less than half a minute, his computer beeped with an alert.
Red exclamation marks repeatedly appeared on the screen.
Xu Wei’s heart could not help but skip a beat.
This is too exciting!
She had always thought that movies like the Matrix were just exaggerations, but now it seemed… she was too inexperienced.
‘As time passed, she forgot to breathe. It was only when she was almost out of breath that she regained her senses. She suddenly took a few deep breaths, afraid that the other party would be distracted by her actions.
Richard’s expression darkened. He had initially wanted to find more things, but the other party was simply too powerful. If he did not stop now, he would really be finished!
It was not that he had not thought of changing to a new computer to try it out, but he was able to successfully break through the firewall this time by chance. So he continued using his current computer to investigate.
Damn it! he thought.
He skillfully got out of the Internet and got up to quickly pull out the computer cable. Before he could heave a sigh of relief, he saw white smoke coming out of his computer.
Xu Wei could not help but swear. “F*ck, is it going to explode?”
Richard hurried outside again, holding an ice pack, but before he could get close enough, sparks flew from the receiver. With deft hands, he dropped the computer into the sink.
Then he put his hands on his hips and wiped the sweat off his forehead.
“Looks like I’ll have to get a new computer. I haven’t seen such a powerful program in a long time. Such a person shouldn’t be unknown, right? But why have I never seen such a person?”
Xu Wei licked her dry lips and said, “Have you found anything?”
“You’ll be shocked to find out.”
Richard’s heart ached as he looked at the computer. This was his good partner that had accompanied him for several years. It was gone just like that.
Fortunately, he had habitually backed up the information inside. Otherwise, just retrieving it would take months.
When he told her what he saw, Xu Wei was dumbfounded.
Am I dreaming?
Or is the world a fantasy?
She said in disbelief, “Are you sure?”
“Tm sure. Based on the person who owns it and the bank account number, I’m even more certain of his identity. Other than that, he seems to have another identity. This person is really quite amazing, like a Russian doll.”
‘That was true.
He would not have known if he had not checked. Once he checked, he was shocked.
Xu Wei thought to herself, If my boss knew Lu Ming’s real identity, she would probably have set the two of them up long ago.. What kind of a big shot has she provoked?