“Are you sure?” Stanley Batton’s eyes widened, consternated.
Dragon Group had many top IT specialists, but none managed to find the IP address yet. How did she crack the code so easily?
“Yeah. Ask Zack Cassidy to check the place out,” Xyla Quest said again.
Stanley did not say another word and called Zack right away.
After hanging up the phone, Stanley turned to Xyla and asked, “Is there anything that you can’t do?”
“Probably nothing. Your girl is good at everything.” A calm expression was etched upon Ron Batton’s face. “You have no idea how talented she is in computer hacking. She has defeated that… what top hacker… Who is it again?”
“Enough, Grandpa. Let’s not brag about that.” Xyla smiled embarrassedly.
“What?” Stanley pursued.
“You know who’s Kimi, right? He’s the most notable hacker today,” Ron asked.
“Yes.” Of course, he knew who Kimi was. That guy was the world’s top hacker. No one could ever defeat him.
He was currently working with Country M’s national cybersecurity team.
“Your wife can beat him,” Ron added.
Stanley was dumbfounded. “What? Really?”
Ron laughed. “Do I look like I’m joking?”
Stanley immediately turned to look at Xyla. “Where did you learn those hacking skills?”
“I learned them when I was in Country Y. My schoolmate was a hacker, and he initiated me into the hacking world. I was interested, so I started learning it from him. And… Erm… It somehow ended up like that,” Xyla recounted.
“How long did you study it?” Stanley asked.
Xyla pondered for a few seconds. “Hmm… Around one year and a half… Well, it’s not that hard.”
“…”
He was the one behind it.
“What did he say?” Stanley asked.
“He refused to tell us the truth at first. However, he confessed everything to us in the end. It’s Emily Quest who asked him to do so. They knew each other through Messenger, and they had a few dates before. I guess they’re considered close friends. Yesterday, Emily gave him a recording and asked him to send it to Xyla. She warned that no one must find out the origin of this email.
“Emily would sleep with him for a month in return… Unable to stand the temptation of beauty, he had compromised and accepted the deal.
“As for the recording, he said that he had asked Emily before. Emily told him that she got the world-renowned sound imitator, July, to do it for her. She also told Red Sea that the main reason she set this up was to see the two of you divorce…”
Zack explained the ins and outs of the incident in earnest.
Upon hearing that, Xyla, Stanley, and Ron’s faces darkened instantaneously.
Xyla sneered. “It really is Emily…”
She was not surprised to hear that name at all.
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