Jian Jun quickly contacted Shi Hang. When the other party heard that An Chengye was willing to accept the investment, his tone was full of joy, and he also agreed to come to the company on a certain day to sign the contract.
These days, as soon as Mai Xiaoshu finished her school and company affairs, she would run to the hospital to visit the three directors. Although they accepted An Chengye's proposal not to pursue the harm she caused, she felt guilty and had been unable to sleep for a long time because of this.
After the incident, she talked to Xiaoyuan. It felt very guilty and said that it was too greedy and wanted to eat bananas as soon as it saw them. It didn't mean to make trouble.
Mai Xiaoshu was speechless. After all, animals are not humans. No matter how smart they are, they cannot be forced to have human rationality and self-control. She is the only one to blame for this.
Because he wanted to atone for himself and Xiaoyuan, Mai Xiaoshu came to the hospital without telling anyone.
At first, Uncle Yin and his friends rejected her, but even though she was scolded, had pillows thrown at her, and was doused with cold water, she still showed up at the hospital on time every day and took care of them diligently. The three of them eventually slowly accepted that she would show up from time to time to help change gauze, ice wounds, and prepare healthy meals.
Moreover, she is easier to use than the hospital nurses. She is also smart and takes care of everything without any complaints.
On the day they were discharged from the hospital, although Uncle Yin still had a sour face, Uncle An and Uncle Wei had changed their expressions and walked up to her with friendly faces, saying that they forgave her and would not pursue the matter anymore.
Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.
Before they knew it, it was the day when An Chengye and Shi Hang signed the contract.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Shi Hang had not yet arrived. When Jian Jun called him, he found that Shi Hang's phone had been turned off.
"What should we do? He won't stand us up at the last minute, will he?" Jian Jun ran to An Chengye anxiously, looked at his increasingly gloomy face, and spoke cautiously.
"Let's wait another half an hour. If he hasn't arrived, I'll go to the company address on his business card." Jiang Xingye suggested.
An Chengye said nothing, raised his hand and looked at his watch, then said to everyone in the office except Jiang Xingye: "You guys go out first, Xingye and I have something to discuss."
Everyone looked at each other, tacitly stopped talking, and walked out of the office obediently.
Mai Xiaoshu was the last one to come out. The moment he closed the door, he saw An Chengye leaning over to Jiang Xingye and whispering something in his ear.
The next day, An Chengye suddenly announced that the project would continue. Everyone thought that the contract had been signed without their knowledge, and they were overjoyed and returned to work enthusiastically.
However, Mai Xiaoshu carefully noticed that An Chengye's brows were furrowed, and his mood was not high because of the new investment. Jiang Xingye and Jian Jun standing beside him did not look much better either.
She realized that things were not going as easily as everyone thought.
She knew that asking An Chengye would be fruitless, but maybe she could find out from Jiang Xingye, so she used the excuse of borrowing the printer in his office to get some inside information.
"There is still paper in the printer, please feel free to use it." Jiang Xingye opened the door and saw that it was her. Without thinking much, he stepped aside and let her in.
"Thanks."
While pretending to type, Mai Xiaoshu was thinking about how to start the conversation: "Well... Mr. Shi seems to have not come to the company since he became our new boss."
Jiang Xingye raised his head, looked at her solemnly, and snorted softly: "Hmm..."
"Well...he seems like a nice guy. We can invite him to our next staff party. I overheard his conversation with you last time, and I want to find an opportunity to apologize to him in person." She continued.
"Why are you so interested in Mr. Shi?" Jiang Xingye suddenly stood up and asked. He walked towards her from the desk and asked curiously, "What are you printing? Do you want me to help you?"
"No, it's okay. I can handle it myself." Afraid of being discovered, Mai Xiaoshu quickly refused.
But it was too late...
Paper was spurting out of the printer's paper outlet. Jiang Xingye walked over and picked up a "freshly-made" document, his face full of astonishment: "Resignation application form? You want to resign?"
Ah? Mai Xiaoshu looked confused and hurriedly flipped through what he had printed. It turned out to be a resignation form!
This was a huge misunderstanding. She just picked up a form and came to borrow the printer, not realizing she was holding such a sensitive thing.
"No, don't get me wrong, I took the wrong one." While explaining, Mai Xiaoshu was about to turn around and leave.
"Okay, okay, I know you're not here to borrow the printer. What do you want to know?"
Seeing that he was exposed, Mai Xiaoshu simply stopped being shy and said frankly: "Actually... I want to know whether Shi Hang really invested. Why do you and An Chengye still look so worried even though the project has been successfully restarted? "
The afternoon sun shone on Jiang Xingye's face, making Mai Xiaoshu unable to recognize his expression. He was reluctant to speak, as if he had something to hide.
"If you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask any more questions. I'll go out first..."
Jiang Xingye finally spoke, frowning and saying, "The funds for restarting the Spiritual ZOO project were obtained by selling An Chengye's property."
"Ah!" Mai Xiaoshu widened his eyes, stunned by the unexpected answer.
On the way back, Mai Xiaoshu was absent-minded. When she was almost home, Song Feifei called her from behind, but she didn't hear it.
"Xiao Shu, why are you so dispirited?" Song Feifei patted her shoulder to wake her up from her shock.
She turned around and saw Song Feifei and Gong Wanzhi standing side by side. She was curious: "When did you two become so familiar with each other?"
The two people in front of her were very shy, as if they were really hiding some secrets that she didn't know about. But compared to this kind of gossip, the company's business was more important now.
Mai Xiaoshu couldn't sit still when she thought that the project would cost millions more for every day it was extended. No matter how rich An Chengye was, he couldn't afford such consumption. So after dinner, she planned to call Miyamaru Tomo to go back to the company to work overtime.
As a result, when Miyamaru Tomo opened the door, she found that the computer behind him had been logged into the company's system interface. It turned out that he was working overtime.
When he saw that it was Mai Xiaoshu, Miyamaru Tomo looked a little flustered for some reason, and used his body to block the door to prevent Mai Xiaoshu from looking into the room.
"Is there something wrong?" His voice trembled a little.
"So you are working overtime! Then I won't disturb you. My computer at home is too broken, so I have to go back to the company to work overtime. You better do your best!" Mai Xiaoshu looked at Gong Wanzhi with satisfaction, clenched his fists in the air, and made a "come on" gesture.
Miyamaru Tomo said "Oh" and closed the door.
Mai Xiaoshu stood in front of the closed door and scratched his head, muttering, "He seems weird today."
She quickly rushed to the laboratory. When she passed the IT department, it was brightly lit. Through the glass door, she unexpectedly saw An Chengye standing behind several programmers with a bruised face, as if he was directing something.
The programmers were sweating profusely, their fingers flying on the computer keyboards, not programming in the orderly manner as usual, as if some emergency had occurred.
This scene gave Mai Xiaoshu an ominous feeling.
Mai Xiaoshu pushed open the door and walked in. He saw Jian Jun and Jiang Xingye standing anxiously by their side. An Chengye's phone suddenly rang.
"Have you found the address of the hacker who attacked the backend?" An Chengye asked the person on the phone anxiously. Mai Xiaoshu guessed that the person talking to him was most likely a staff member of the headquarters of Shiku Technology. Although the laboratory gathered most of Shiku Technology's IT elites in order to efficiently complete the Reiki ZOO project, the headquarters located in the business building still retained some programmers who were responsible for performing daily maintenance of other projects.
There was obviously no good news from the other end of the phone, because An Chengye's already gloomy face became even uglier after the call was connected.
At this time, Jian Jun turned around and saw Mai Xiaoshu. He walked over quickly and asked, "Why did you come to the company at this time?"
"I want to work overtime, what's wrong with you?"
"The backend program was hacked. The programmer is urgently repairing it, but the hacker has not stopped his actions. If we don't find out where he is and let the police arrest him, the programmer will not be able to resist the long-planned attack no matter how fast he moves."
"Hasn't our system always been very secure? Why does the other party find loopholes one after another?" Mai Xiaoshu tilted his head and asked in disbelief.
"The other party is obviously very familiar with our background, and there may be a mole inside."
"Bang!" At this moment, a loud noise was heard, and An Chengye threw his mobile phone hard against the wall. In an instant, the mobile phone bounced back to the ground, and the screen exploded into pieces and scattered everywhere.
He looked at the computer with sharp eyes. It turned out that there was a clown's face on the computer screen. The clown had a smirk on his face, as if mocking him in front of the computer: No matter how hard you try, you can't resist my invasion.
"Get out of the way, I'll do it." An Chengye seemed to be stimulated. He pulled a programmer to his feet and sat in his seat, deciding to join this "duel". "I must find you, you bastard!"
He was furious, cursing and his fingers flying on the keyboard.
Mai Xiaoshu also became nervous and inadvertently met Jiang Xingye 's gaze not far away. She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that there was a hint of smile on the corner of his mouth.
"It must be because he was standing against the light that I was dazzled and saw it wrongly." She told herself.
In the office, apart from the sound of An Chengye typing on the keyboard, everyone was staring intently at the giant screen next to them with bated breath. Everyone was cheering for him in their hearts, silently.
Time passed by...
After An Chengye personally took action, the opponent was obviously under control and its attack power weakened. With the help of other programmers, the background was gradually repaired.
When the clock struck three in the morning, the damaged system was finally completely repaired.
An Chengye, exhausted physically and mentally, lay down on the chair, closing his eyes tightly, as if his soul had been taken away. Looking at him like this, Mai Xiaoshu felt an inexplicable bitterness in her heart.