148: I am James the hacker

The topic circled back again.

When it came to this sensitive matter, those who had been talking a lot earlier understood and closed their mouths.

Song Yuan had his legs crossed high, almost extending his foot over.

Meng Xuelin frowned and glanced at Song Yuan, then called over his assistant who was sitting in the corner.

"When we gambled just now, we didn't say I couldn't call someone to take my place. My assistant is also a person with an annual salary of a million, so he's qualified enough to polish President Song's shoes."

Meng Xuelin's assistant obediently picked up the shoe-shining tools brought by the waiter and squatted down to help Song Yuan polish his shoes.

Song Yuan chuckled, realizing that this grandson had found a loophole.

With both shoes polished to a shine, Song Yuan retracted his feet.

Meng Xuelin said meaningfully,

"President Song, while you only care about your shoes, don't forget to pay attention to the path ahead. Don't step into a pit you shouldn't, and then trip yourself."

Song Yuan said indifferently,

"Thank you for your concern. General Manager Meng, is Xinan Network really fine?"

Song Yuan's fingers unconsciously tapped his phone screen.

"I received some not-so-good news."

Just now, Gu Shiyuan had sent him a screenshot of Xinan Network being hacked.

Almost as soon as Song Yuan finished speaking, Meng Xuelin's phone rang. He answered it.

He didn't know what the other party said, but Meng Xuelin's face visibly darkened, and then his hawk-like eyes stared at Song Yuan.

He briefly replied to the other party a few times before hanging up the phone.

Meng Xuelin narrowed his eyes, his voice filled with anger,

"Song Yuan, who exactly are you? Are you a hacker?"

These words caused expressions of shock to rise on everyone's faces in the room.

Song Yuan neither confirmed nor denied it, continuing to tease,

"No way, is Xinan Network really hacked? That's truly regrettable. What are those technical geniuses under you doing? If they were mine, I'd fire them all!

For a company doing network security to have its official website hacked by a hacker, isn't that a slap in your face!

General Manager Meng, don't easily let those useless freeloaders off the hook for this."

Those who had just been flattering Meng Xuelin looked at each other, unable to confirm the truth of the matter.

"Impossible, right? Xinan Network can't be hacked. This must be a rumor!"

"Yes, a rumor. Who is General Manager Meng? He's a business magnate who started in network security. Among everyone here, no matter whose company gets hacked, Xinan Network cannot be hacked. Xinan Network's firewall is solid."

"Impossible, impossible. This must be unknown hackers bragging. The person who can attack Xinan Network hasn't been born yet."

Song Yuan chuckled and opened his phone to show everyone the screenshot.

"But I saw someone post on a forum that Xinan Network is inaccessible, and the time was just ten minutes ago."

Everyone crowded over, looking intently at Song Yuan's phone. The image was clear, and the time at the bottom of the computer screen was indeed ten minutes ago. The picture didn't look Photoshopped.

This...

The praise just now seemed a bit too much.

Meng Xuelin's face flushed with anger. This kid had repeatedly provoked him by asking if Xinan Network had been hacked, and now Xinan Network was indeed hacked.

This matter was absolutely related to him.

But when Song Yuan went to the restroom, there was a waiter with him, and after he returned, he had been playing cards right under their noses, with no opportunity to do such things.

Who exactly was he?

Was he the person behind the hacker?

Many conjectures flashed through Meng Xuelin's mind, but none had evidence.

Today, he had originally planned to humiliate Song Yuan and vent his anger for his son, but what he didn't expect was to be repeatedly humiliated by Song Yuan.

Meng Xuelin was somewhat mortified and enraged. He would get his revenge for this sooner or later!

He stood up from his seat, smoothed the creases on his trousers, and left in anger.

With the main character gone, Song Yuan also felt there was no point. The humiliation that needed to be dealt had been dealt.

Song Yuan found a comfortable spot and rested for a few minutes. He was extremely sleepy now, a hangover symptom.

On his phone, Gu Shiyuan was bombarding him with messages.

[Brother-in-law, where are you! Hurry up and tell me, who are you?]

[To paralyze Xinan Network with just a few moves, you're a hacker! And not an ordinary hacker! Don't try to fool me, you've been exposed.]

[Brother-in-law? Don't play dead, reply to me quickly. My sister already knows. She's in my hospital room. Everything that just happened, happened right under her nose. You can fool me, but you can't fool her.]

[Holy crap, combining what's happened recently, I have a terrifying thought. You wouldn't happen to be the hacker James, would you? Brother-in-law, you have to tell me today, or I won't be able to sleep.]

...

New messages were still constantly pouring in.

Song Yuan didn't reply to any of them.

He leaned against the back of the chair and dozed for a few minutes, then draped his removed suit over his arm and walked out.

In the car, Song Yuan first called a designated driver, then dialed Gu Shiyu.

"Wife, where are you?"

"I'm at the hospital, with Gu Shiyuan."

"Wait there, I'm coming to pick you up now."

It seemed that the kid hadn't lied, but Shiyu knew he was a hacker.

However, Gu Shiyuan seemed to have already guessed it.

When Song Yuan arrived at the hospital room, Gu Shiyuan was still analyzing for his sister.

"Sister, do you understand everything I'm saying? In summary, my brother-in-law isn't an ordinary hacker. He just casually took down Xinan Network, you know what level Xinan Network is in the industry?

Do you remember when Gus was attacked by a hacker last time? My brother-in-law handled it with ease?

My brother-in-law might be the hacker James!

Holy crap, this is simply a huge secret!"

Gu Shiyu didn't speak. After the last incident, she already knew Song Yuan was a hacker, and she knew how formidable he was.

She hadn't thought in the direction Gu Shiyuan was going.

As the two were talking, Gu Shiyuan saw Song Yuan appear at the hospital room door.

Song Yuan carried the scent of alcohol, looking like he had drunk quite a bit.

He looked at the siblings in the hospital room, paused for a few seconds, then directly answered the question his brother-in-law had asked on WeChat.

"I am James."

Gu Shiyuan: !!!

Gu Shiyu: !!!

Gu Shiyuan's eyes widened like brass bells. He had only guessed before, but he didn't expect to get confirmation the next second.

The world-famous hacker James was his brother-in-law?

Ahhh!

This... he wasn't dreaming, was he!

He studied computer science and worked in the internet industry, and had always revered the hacker James as a god-like existence.

He understood James's value in the computer industry better than his sister did.

How did his sister find him such an awesome brother-in-law? He could brag about this for a hundred years!

"Sister, brother-in-law, is this true? You're not lying to me, are you?"

Gu Shiyuan was so excited he was about to get out of bed, but Gu Shiyu stopped him.

Song Yuan walked in with somewhat unsteady steps, casually draping the suit from his arm over a chair. He looked at Gu Shiyu the entire time.

"Wife, I kept this from you. You won't be angry with me, will you?"