The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 102: After Fifteen Years Apart, The Two Reunite

Chapter 102: Chapter 102: After Fifteen Years Apart, The Two Reunite

"Big brother, all in good fun," but don’t mess with the principal—look how mad you’ve made him."

Zhao Huai bent down and couldn’t help but whisper a reminder.

Zhang Neng turned his head to look at the principal, who was standing with his hands on his hips, facing the LED screen, fists clenched as if he wanted to smash it through the air.

Lu Xingzhou frowned.

He wasn’t interested in this farce, although he didn’t like the principal, and had even planned to join forces with the board to drive Jiang Man out.

But disapproval was one thing; at most, he would make it impossible for him to be re-elected as the principal, not stoop to these childish tricks.

"All right, who posted the messages, tell me."

He spoke with a low voice, an air of authority between his brows.

Zhang Neng didn’t dare to joke any longer, seriously closing out the messy windows and opening a new one.

"It was a girl named Yu Qing, living in Dormitory 301 of Building 6, she’s Wen Jingya’s roommate."

He opened the dormitory resident list.

Lu Xingzhou glanced at the list, two of the names looking very familiar.

He instantly understood what was going on.

No wonder Wen Jingya had suddenly called the Divine Doctor out—it was to buy time.

"Have you found out who the hacker is, the one who erased the tracks?"

He asked in a deep voice, already thinking about how to get back at Jiang Man.

"Found. It’s a newbie hacker using the school’s desktop. I checked the usage record of this computer, matched the time when the poster’s tracks were deleted, and confirmed it was done by someone named Fang Yuheng."

"However, the person who restored the tracks—I can’t find that one, they’re quite skillful."

"Interesting," Lu Xingzhou sneered coldly and called Zhao Huai over, "Go check out this Fang Yuheng. Ten minutes. I want all his information."

"Yes," Zhao Huai bowed, took the command, and turned to make a phone call.

Zhang Neng shifted his gaze back to the computer—he wanted to send a message to that powerhouse.

He looked up at Lu Xingzhou, "Boss, you don’t mind if I make an online friend, do you?"

"Do as you please," Lu Xingzhou crossed his arms and walked towards the sofa.

Zhang Neng immediately started typing.

[Don’t log off yet, big shot. Can we be friends?]

On the other end of the computer, Jiang Man raised an eyebrow.

She had just skirmished with Zhang Neng. Though he wasn’t as fast as her, sparring with someone and feeling exhilarated was very satisfying for her.

It had been a long time since she had found a worthy opponent that could make her nervous and force her to give it her all.

[Friends?]

She found it intriguing and didn’t expect this Mr. Z to be so social.

[WeChat, Twitter, Facebook, or even a dark web account are fine.]

Zhang Neng was eager.

Jiang Man thought it over, not wanting to slip up, so she responded: [Dark web then.]

In the dark web, heroes don’t reveal their origins; it’s a mix of dragons and fish, hard to lose one’s identity.

The two quickly added each other on the dark web.

Zhang Neng was proactive and took the lead: If it’s convenient, can I treat you to a coffee?

Jiang Man furrowed her brows: Online friends only; I don’t meet in the three-dimensional world.

Zhang Neng smiled, quite cool: May I ask the gender of the big shot?

Jiang Man: Female.

Seeing the word ’female,’ Zhang Neng felt his blood heat with excitement, the camaraderie making him feel like he had found love.

Jiang Man: Got something to do, logging off. If you have something interesting, like hacking the White House website and replacing it with a five-starred red flag, let’s compete then. I’m interested.

Zhang Neng: Sure!

He had just finished replying when he noticed the big shot had gone offline.

In both the dark web and the principal’s hacked computer.

"Boss, this master hacker is actually a woman! Don’t worry, I’ll continue to follow up on this and find out who she really is. Once I do, I’ll bring her in to work for the Lu Corporation,"

Zhang Neng declared with an air of righteousness.

What he really wanted, though, was a wife.

Lu Xingzhou remained silent, his attitude serving as tacit approval.

He called the principal over, "The poster is named Yu Qing, and the accomplice is Fang Yuheng."

"How would you like me to handle it, Lu Shao? Let’s not expel them, shall we? Expelling several students one after another isn’t good for the school’s reputation," the principal was a bit troubled. "After all, this school is the old madam’s lifeblood, and you want it to flourish, don’t you?"

"Fine, I’ll handle it myself," Lu Xingzhou was persuaded.

Tooth for a tooth was the simplest and most straightforward method.

Whatever manner Yu Qing exposed Jiang Man, he would just do the same.

"BOSS, I’ve found out. That Fang Yuheng studies classical dance, he’s in the same club as Miss Wen, called Mengyin. According to some rumors at school, this Fang Yuheng has a secret crush on Miss Wen..."

"Heh." Lu Xingzhou let out a cold sneer, he hadn’t expected such a serious grudge to exist.

"So, BOSS, how should we deal with him?"

"No hurry, let’s ask Jiang Man what she thinks first."

...

After Jiang Man came out of the computer room, she headed towards the girls’ dormitory.

Choosing class representatives was truly boring, she planned to go back to the dorm to catch up on some sleep.

Entering the dormitory building and showing her student ID to the dorm manager, she was about to go upstairs.

"Hey? Young lady, wait a second, you’re Jiang Man, right?"

"That’s me." Jiang Man’s voice was without ripples, calmly stating.

The dorm manager pointed outside, "Your brother has been waiting for you outside all night."

"Brother?" Jiang Man was baffled.

Where did she get a brother from?

Was it from her uncle’s side?

Or some relative from the countryside?

Jiang Man walked out of the building suspiciously and looked around.

She felt she must have been tricked.

Waiting for her all night, persevering so stubbornly?

She turned, about to go back inside the dormitory building.

Just then, an urgent yet gentle voice came from behind, "Manman?"

Jiang Man turned her head in surprise.

Not far away, two tall men were walking towards her.

One in a white suit, the other in a black suit.

The man in the white suit had a pair of silver-rimmed glasses on, looking abstinent and cool, cultured and refined.

The man in the black suit had a somewhat rogue air, but was also very handsome.

Both were tall, over 1.80 meters, like models on a runway.

Their side-by-side walk immediately drew the attention of the female students nearby.

"Wow, they’re so handsome, who are they here for?"

"Damn, I can’t believe I’m seeing such handsome men in real life?"

Some female students couldn’t resist sneaking photos.

Nan Juefeng walked briskly, with both impulse and restraint.

In his hand, he was clutching a little bear pendant.

They say a girl changes a lot at eighteen, so he dared not recognize her rashly.

Jiang Man furrowed her brow, eyeing the man’s slender hands.

On the fair hands was clutched a bear with a vintage feel, its color washed out to almost white.

For a brief moment, a tide of memories flooded over her.

Jiang Man couldn’t believe it, with faint fragments of memory surfacing.

"Knight brother?"

Her expression was cool as she called out ’brother,’ her demeanor different from that of ordinary girls.

Where other girls might sound soft and shy, she was strong and resolute.

It seemed like ’brother’ wasn’t any special status to her, just a title.

"Little bun." Nan Juefeng called out a nickname as if reciting a secret code.

He was very excited, excited to the point of madness.

Fifteen years, he had been searching for his little bun for a full fifteen years!

In contrast to his passionate response, Jiang Man was indifferent.

Fifteen years ago she had been only five, and her memory had long since grown hazy.

She remembered that back then, she was undergoing her last heart surgery in the hospital when she met a brother six years her senior.

At that time, the brother was beaten black and blue, emaciated, and slept next to her bed.

Her foster father said he had been through a narrow escape from death, abducted by human traffickers who tormented him, trying to sell him off, yet he managed to escape each time they found a buyer.

Again and again... numerous times, until the human traffickers, fed up with their inability to sell him, decided to cripple him so he could beg on the streets for money.

Luckily his family found him and rescued him from the traffickers’ clutch.

At that time, Jiang Man pitied this little brother, shared her candy with him, and even gave him her little bear.

She had thought of it as nothing more than the most ordinary of encounters, never expecting that fifteen years later, they would meet again.

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