E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 178: Episode 178: The Computer Killer is Incurable

Chapter 178: Episode 178: The Computer Killer is Incurable

After three days of trial work, Zhou Xueyin had roughly figured out why the employees of Cool Racing Group were reluctant to let Chen Yitian participate in their work.

On the first day, the plan was for Chen Yitian to familiarize himself with the forum’s organizational structure and the server configuration.

But somehow, he messed up the points system.

After exchanging points, the remaining balance did not decrease but actually increased. If it weren’t for a kind-hearted forum user alerting them and Kang Siyin’s timely response, within an hour, someone could have easily accumulated enough points to exchange for the latest Barbour handbag.

Because of the failure on the first day, on the second day, Kang Siyin let Chen Yitian study the forum on his own computer.

But even with the virtual host that Kang Siyin had set up and tested successfully, nobody knew what he was doing to require her to reset and install it every hour.

The worst part was that each time the error was different, leaving Kang Siyin herself dumbfounded.

She’d heard of the term "computer killer," but this was truly the first time she had witnessed one in action.

On the third day, Chen Yitian was too embarrassed to bother Kang Siyin anymore, so he studied the computer on his own...

The result was that he visited some questionable websites and got a worm virus. Not only was the network of 51buy down, but the entire group’s network was paralyzed as well.

The group’s technical and operational maintenance team had to mobilize collectively to determine that Chen Yitian’s computer was the source of the worm virus outbreak.

After a firewall upgrade and an update to the antivirus software virus database, the network of the entire group was finally restored to normal.

Of course, the one to take the blame was definitely Zhou Xueyin.

Liu Ruidong criticized Zhou Xueyin in the office for inadequate supervision, questioning how she could let a new employee operate the computer on his own. He said the disruption caused by one day’s troubles could amount to significant lost revenue and that even deducting her salary and bonus for the month wouldn’t be enough to compensate for the company’s losses.

Zhou Xueyin returned to the 20th floor and hurriedly found Chen Yitian to talk, "Xiaotian, I think I can understand why the people in your factory don’t allow you to touch anything there..."

"Sister Zhou? Did I cause you trouble? I’m really sorry... I didn’t mean to!" Chen Yitian also knew he’d made several mistakes, but they had been solved before he could find a solution.

"I believe you didn’t do it on purpose... Anyway, I’ll ask your master to find you some tutorials, and you can practice on the computer by yourself..." Out of options, Zhou Xueyin could neither neglect the young master from the family of sponsors nor keep him idle. She could only find some time-consuming tasks such as following tutorials to learn.

Chen Yitian had studied computer programming in university, but for some unknown reason, even when he typed the instructions from the textbooks into the computer, they just wouldn’t run.

He was confused himself; maybe he was indeed a born computer killer, simply not meant to mesh with IT.

But the days ahead were going to be tough for Kang Siyin...

"Master, this code won’t run again. Can you help me take a look at it...?"

"Master, my computer has a blue screen..."

"Master, why won’t my computer power on?"

"Master..."

Hu Yitian wished he could find Kang Siyin eight times in a day, each time for various trifling issues.

"Okay, I’m not Tang Seng! And you’re not Sun Wukong, so stop calling out ’master, master’ all day long..." Kang Siyin couldn’t take it anymore, with Chen Yitian constantly asking her to fix his computer, "I’m really impressed, how can your computer come up with all sorts of fancy problems every day?"

"I don’t know either, maybe I’m just really incompatible with this subject..." Chen Yitian said feeling aggrieved.

"Fine, fine... consider it my bad luck then. And stop calling me master! Just call me KK like the others!" Kang Siyin rubbed her temples, checking Chen Yitian’s computer.

It turned out the monitor cable was loose; plugging it back in solved the problem.

"It would be too impolite to just call you KK, how about I call you Sister K?" Chen Yitian asked cautiously.

"Whatever you want..." Kang Siyin said resignedly, "Remember, next time before you start the computer, check its condition and don’t call me over for every little thing. You need to learn to handle problems by yourself!"

"Got it! Sister K!"

But a young master is a young master, definitely used to asking others for help at home. Although Kang Siyin reminded him to solve problems by himself, Chen Yitian still habitually sought her assistance, but the frequency was obviously much less than when he first arrived.

After a month of adaptation, Chen Yitian had completely gotten used to the computer and could even help Kang Siyin with some minor issues on the forum.

"You seem to be getting along quite well with the young master~" During the Qingming festival holiday in April, the group gathered for a meal, and Yao Shanshan gossiped as she looked at Kang Siyin.

"It’s okay... Actually, he’s not really a computer jinx. It’s just that he was born and raised in luxury, and his family always took care of everything for him, so he gets helpless and asks for help when there’s a problem..." Kang Siyin said nonchalantly.

"The reason why they didn’t let him intern in the factory was that the workers all knew he was the young master. They couldn’t actually have him do manual work, right? So they tricked him by saying that computers would break if he touched them. That’s why he couldn’t continue working at the factory..." Zhou Xueyin added.

"And his dad..." Yao Shanshan continued to inquire.

"What could his dad do even if he knew? Punish all the workers? Definitely not, right? That’s why they let him intern at our company..." Li Jinny explained to Yao Shanshan.

"You’re right, I always thought being a rich second-generation was pretty nice. But now I see, to stay rich, you really can’t do it without putting in the effort..." Yao Shanshan said with emotion.

"Isn’t that the truth... Everyone has their own troubles." Zhou Xueyin said, looking up at the sky, "By the way, Shanbao, what’s going on with you and Guo Yu? I’ve noticed that he’s been taking you home these past few days? Hm? What’s going on?"

"It’s nothing. Their team wants to do a gender-swapped American battle and asked me to help with the costumes. I’m busy as hell, like a spinning top, where do I have the time to make costumes for them..." Yao Shanshan deflected the question lightly.

"Gender-swapped American battle?" Li Jinny’s interest was piqued, "Too bad Old Li hasn’t returned, or else I would definitely encourage him to join in!"

"Ah... I need to go video chat with Master Yang, you guys chat! I just happen to have something to ask him..." Kang Siyin found an excuse to go to the attic.

"All of you have finding someone, not bad, not bad!" Zhou Xueyin said contentedly.

"Don’t talk as if you’re all alone. Don’t you also have Xiaojing? During the time you were limping, he was running up and down the stairs, looking up to you; you should give him a chance!" Li Jinny teased with a mischievous smile.

"I did give him a chance, but the problem is he didn’t give me one to talk... I’m busy, and so is he. I just found out today they’ve moved to the 12th floor when I went to the 9th..." Zhou Xueyin said with regret.

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