237: Lollipop for you

About ten minutes later, the buzz grew, and more and more people in China joined the discussion.

"Who is this Miss? She's so beautiful! A movie star or a singer? With this face, I must follow her, star-struck.JPG"

"Being beautiful is one thing, but she's also so kind-hearted. I'm completely in love, heart-flutter.JPG"

"Now this is the kind of beauty the entertainment industry should have. This newcomer's looks remind me of the days when the Coal Boss was an investor. I Miss those days, sigh~"

"Newcomer my foot! She's in the Peninsula, and her status there is incredibly high. No way is she a newcomer."

"A Peninsula person, huh? Damn, so she's a tech beauty. I thought I could wash my eyes, sigh!"

"As a plastic surgeon, I feel I must tell you a fact: this beauty cannot be surgically enhanced. Not even minor adjustments."

"Pfft! If the Peninsula can produce such a pure natural beauty, I'll stand on my head and poop. I'll make a post to prove it, picking-nose.JPG"

"Damn! You're ruthless, buddy. But first, go pee and wash the gunk out of your eyes. She's a genuine Beijing native."

"Oh, a compatriot! I deeply apologize for my words, bowing-fist.JPG"

"Buddy, is your Beijing circle so broke that you're letting such a beautiful Miss wander around outside, picking-nose.JPG"

"Exactly! If not, come to our great Magic City. You vote, I vote, and we'll guarantee her a lead role."

"If our Zhiyou knew how good you all are to her, she'd surely be grateful to your ancestors for eight generations, hahaha~"

"What kind of talk is that? What kind of talk is that? Acting makes far more money than all that singing and dancing rubbish."

"Xu Zhiyou's dramatic performance.link. If I release this video, how will you counter it, hahaha~"

"Uh... well, no one is born knowing everything. She'll learn slowly... Damn it! My values just follow my looks. I'm just that superficial, arrogant.JPG"

"... ..."

Xu Zhiyou became popular in China just like that, purely on her looks. If she were to open Weibo, she would find that her followers had increased by five or six hundred thousand.

Overseas, even more so. After learning she graduated from Juilliard School and checking out her EP, she successfully gained a large wave of fans.

At the airport, Xu Zhiyou checked the time. Ten minutes had passed, and there was still no news at all.

She could only shake her head at Zhang Miao: "Miss, your phone is probably not coming back."

"I... thank you!" Zhang Miao actually guessed the outcome, but she was unwilling to accept it.

Xu Zhiyou saw her head drooping and felt a little sympathetic: "How about I try to help you get the videos back?"

"Huh???"

Zhang Miao looked at her blankly, not immediately understanding what Xu Zhiyou meant.

Xu Zhiyou explained: "I know a little about cybersecurity. If you..."

"Yes, that's fine. What tools do you need? I'll go buy them now."

She didn't know why, but she didn't doubt Xu Zhiyou's words at all and instinctively chose to trust her.

Xu Zhiyou rummaged through Kim Ji-soo's bag, pulling out her laptop. She hadn't originally wanted to bring it.

Kim Ji-soo was afraid she'd lose interest in writing novels after three minutes, so she carried it for her, never expecting it to be used in such a situation.

Kim Ji-soo saw her pull out the computer, walked over, and asked in confusion: "Zoe, what are you doing?"

"I'll tell you later." She opened the computer and turned to look at Zhang Miao.

"Tell me your IMEI code, phone card, operating system model... just tell me whatever you remember."

The two had been communicating in Chinese, and not many understood. Seeing her pull out a laptop while talking felt magical.

Xu Zhiyou was too lazy to explain, opening the attack interface and typing in a series of commands.

In less than five minutes, she successfully hacked in. Looking at the empty folder, she couldn't help but click her tongue.

Zhang Miao saw her shake her head and nervously asked: "Is there a problem?"

"It's already been factory reset. No wonder they didn't want your one hundred thousand dollars. You're quite unlucky."

Although she didn't understand cybersecurity, who in the 21st century didn't know what a factory reset meant?

She slumped to the ground, not forgetting to thank Xu Zhiyou: "Thank you, Zhiyou."

Xu Zhiyou thought of helping all the way: "Miss, I'll try again."

After speaking, she continued to tap the keyboard. The most important thing in an AI lab is the dataset.

She was also very good at the corresponding data recovery technology; otherwise, the professor wouldn't have entrusted all the data to her.

Park Chaeyoung looked at the pile of command sets and guessed what Xu Zhiyou was doing, sitting down beside her.

She whispered: "Zoe, are you hacking in to copy files?"

"I've hacked in. The phone was already factory reset. I'm trying to see if I can recover the data."

"Uh???"

Park Chaeyoung thought, 'Do you have to be so impressive?' She thought she was hacking someone's phone, but it turned out she was recovering data.

Park Chaeyoung pulled a lollipop from her pocket and put it in her mouth: "Here, suck on this. It'll make you look cooler."

Xu Zhiyou rolled her eyes at her: "Do you have to be so boring?"

"Oh! You're actually disliking me..."

"Alright!" Xu Zhiyou winked at her playfully.

Park Chaeyoung looked at the constantly popping up audio and video files and gave her a thumbs up: "Amazing!"

"It's alright, just average." She displayed the computer interface to Zhang Miao with considerable flair.

"Here, all the files from your phone are here. Check for yourself if anything is missing."

Zhang Miao quickly started checking. Although she hadn't seen the content, she clearly knew how many audio and video files there were.

She turned to look at Xu Zhiyou excitedly, wanting to express her gratitude, but felt it would be too perfunctory.

She wanted to give her money, but she was a big star and clearly not short on cash. Inviting her to dinner was also out of the question.

Finally, she could only stare at her blankly. Xu Zhiyou felt uneasy being stared at, so she pulled the lollipop from her mouth and handed it to her.

"I've licked it. If you don't mind, I can give it to you."

"Pfft~"

Having her beloved possessions returned, and then being teased by Xu Zhiyou, she burst out laughing.

Calming down, she bent her knees, wanting to kowtow to her, which scared Xu Zhiyou so much that her lollipop fell to the ground.

She quickly stopped her: "Sister, I beg you, please don't do this. I don't want to be hung on the wall so soon."

Zhang Miao also realized that Xu Zhiyou was a celebrity, and if this were deliberately twisted by someone with ill intentions, it would be very detrimental to her.

She looked at her apologetically: "I'm sorry, I just wanted to express my gratitude..."

"No need, it was just a small favor." She checked the time. "Give me your phone, I'll help you copy the files."

"Oh, oh! Okay." She almost forgot the main thing, quickly handed her phone over, and while she was operating it.

Zhang Miao introduced herself: "My name is Zhang Miao, from Magic City, and I'm the same age as you."

"I don't need to introduce myself, do I? Otherwise, it would make me seem useless."

"Of course not." Zhang Miao looked at her profile. "Zhiyou, you're really different from other celebrities."

"Of course, I'm prettier, hahaha~" Xu Zhiyou's social anxiety kicked in, and she was a master at chatting and joking.