Deliberately Approaching
Chapter 57: Hacker Intrusion?

Chapter 57: Chapter 57: Hacker Intrusion?

Seeing Tang Xiaowan’s surprised look, Leng Lingxiao took a deep breath, quickly adjusted his irritable mood, and then stuffed a white little bottle into Tang Xiaowan’s delicate and fair hand.

"What is this, not medication, right?"

"Remember, take one pill every night before sleeping, but don’t overdo it, or it will have the opposite effect. Don’t forget."

Tang Xiaowan passed the bottle back, "You take it, I won’t eat it."

"Tangtang, remember, other than Grandma, I’m the only person in this world you can trust. Take care of yourself, I’m leaving."

The man’s anxious gaze was trembling.

Is he worried about me?

Tang Xiaowan bit her lower lip and asked softly, "How will you leave? There are..."

"Humph, are you kidding me? Those little tricks of his are nothing to me."

With those words, Leng Lingxiao left.

He walked away from the bedroom door, not through the balcony window, nor with any semblance of caution.

Tang Xiaowan watched in astonishment.

She paused a long while before she realized there were so many questions she hadn’t asked.

Isn’t this odd, he didn’t even mention a time, how unreliable is this?

Forget it, might as well treat a dead horse as if it’s alive!

But how will he escape?

Thinking this, Tang Xiaowan gingerly made her way to the door.

Her movements were like that of a thief’s.

She wanted to see if the man left or if he would be caught by Li Zishen, considering there were high-definition cameras installed outside and several black-suited bodyguards patrolling continuously.

What am I doing?

Isn’t it funny, as the owner of Mei Garden, I’m actually worried about an intruder?

Relax, relax, this is my territory after all.

Just as Tang Xiaowan peeked out, she heard the sound of disordered footsteps and Li Zishen’s deep voice, "Xiao Wan, what are you doing?"

She immediately stood up straight and answered nonchalantly, "I was thinking about going to the kitchen to check if there’s any more that radish. I suddenly have a craving for it."

She felt guilty saying this.

Just now, at lunch, Uncle Cai, worried that Tang Xiaowan had no appetite, specially prepared a plate of chilled radish strips for her, freshly pulled from the garden, very fresh.

However, Tang Xiaowan didn’t eat any.

Bringing up the radish now, indeed, was quite awkward.

"Actually, it’s okay if you don’t eat it, I..."

Li Zishen saw Tang Xiaowan’s shyness and looked at her tenderly, "Uncle Cai saved some for you, but there’s a problem with the surveillance right now, you can’t run around, I’ll get it for you."

"Oh, okay, thank you."

Oh my God, could it have been that person’s doing?

Just who is it, to be so capable!

Li Zishen pushed Tang Xiaowan back into the room and had barely walked two steps when he quickly turned around, "Forget it, come with me, we can have a walk and digest a bit."

That’s quite a far-fetched reason, if you’re worried about me running into bad people just say so, I won’t laugh at you.

Why was Li Zishen a step behind?

Because the surveillance hadn’t shown any blackout, some cameras were still functioning normally while others were frozen, so by the time the bodyguard responsible noticed, Leng Lingxiao had already left Mei Garden in a grand manner.

Of course, Li Zishen wouldn’t know that someone had entered Tang Xiaowan’s room during that time, not only catching up on old times but also providing medication.

...

Half an hour later, the rockery gazebo.

Tang Xiaowan munched on a radish, overlooking Mei Garden.

She had devoured an entire plate of radish strips, and the piece in her hand was freshly pulled by Li Zishen just recently.

Rinsed with plain water, she started munching on it directly, skin and all.

With the mud still on his dress shoes, the always meticulous Li Zishen didn’t feel disheveled at all; on the contrary, he was brimming with happiness.

Tang Xiaowan had appeared distraught at lunch, scaring him terribly. She hadn’t touched the vegetables, nor drank the soup, but finished off an entire soy-flavored pig’s knuckle.

Seeing her smile so sweetly now, it seemed she had recovered.

"After eating more vegetables, you won’t have indigestion."

Are you kidding me, do you think I love radishes because of indigestion? Impossible!

Please, I genuinely like them.

I always feel like I’m missing something if I don’t have them for a day.

Tang Xiaowan changed the subject, exclaiming loudly, "Wow, it’s so refreshing with the breeze here, really nice, I don’t feel like leaving."

"Yeah, indeed it’s nice, with a high and commanding view."

"How about I sleep here tonight?"

"No, you’ll catch a cold, it’s too chilly."

"Not at all, I’m very healthy."

Just then, Li Zishen’s phone suddenly rang, a message from Chen Xin.

[Brother Shen, the surveillance has been restored.]

He had remotely assisted and reinstalled the system at Mei Garden.

Li Zishen stood up after reading the message.

[Hmm, got it.]

The phone that he’d been holding tightly finally went into his trouser pocket, and his heavy mood lightened significantly.

A smile appeared on Li Zishen’s tightly drawn face.

Tang Xiaowan touched her nose and seized the opportunity to ask, "Excuse me, Mr. Li Zishen, my phone, when can I get it back?"

"After dinner."

"Wow! Suddenly, I feel so hungry, I’m going to ask Uncle Cai if we can have dinner early."

Li Zishen glanced at his watch, the corners of his mouth curling slightly.

"It’s only half past one, isn’t that a bit early?"

"Not early, I’m hungry."

Seeing Tang Xiaowan so stubborn, Li Zishen had no choice and looked at his watch again, "Alright, you win, I’ll give it to you in half an hour."

"That’s more like it, thanks."

Tang Xiaowan bounced away from the pavilion, laughing brightly, as if she had won a victory.

"Ah, such a childlike temper!"

Li Zishen didn’t chase after her but silently took out his phone and dialed Bai Long’s number.

"Tang Xiaowan’s phone must be taken care of within 20 minutes and brought to the living room on the first floor."

"But Brother Shen, yes, no problem."

...

Meanwhile, outside the entrance of Mei Garden, next to the business van.

Bai Long tapped the car window with his phone.

"How’s it going, can it be done in ten minutes?"

The person inside rolled down the window and confidently replied, "Almost done, just optimizing."

"Good, that’s what I wanted to hear."

Bai Long’s mood immediately improved upon hearing this.

It hadn’t even been two hours since they had received Tang Xiaowan’s phone.

In such a short time, to install listening devices, location tracking, and a series of software and hardware to prevent hacker attacks, the difficulty was indeed quite high.

The reason it wasn’t installed before was that Tang Xiaowan had been well-behaved, rarely leaving Li Garden, and hence, the hidden enemies couldn’t get close to her.

But recently, Li Zishen felt more and more that he couldn’t control Tang Xiaowan. For safety’s sake, he had to resort to these measures.

At two in the afternoon, faraway in Jin City, Li Zihan finally received a message from Tang Xiaowan.

[My whereabouts are secret for now, and you can’t blame me entirely for the martial arts class. Didn’t I say yesterday that I’d go if there was nothing else on? Remember the words ’if there was nothing else’.]

Damn, it’s this late and only now you reply?

You two heartless ones, seem to be enjoying yourselves!

Despite his grumbles, Li Zihan still sent his well wishes: [Alright then, I wish you a pleasant trip, and remember to bring me some local delicacies when you come back.]