You got your marriage certificate and then abandoned me? I'll feed the richest woman in the wor

Chen Yuan looked at the small print on the screen and let out a low chuckle.

This kind of gigolo living actually has a certain charm to it, like the fun of raising a child.

He held the pristine white porcelain plate in one hand and quickly tapped out his reply with his thumb.

"Sure. Would you like it cooked on one side or both sides?"

After sending the message, he casually put his phone back in his pocket, and the elevator doors slowly opened on the first floor.

Meanwhile, at Jianghai City Orthopedic Hospital, in the top-floor VIP ward.

The air was filled with the smell of expensive imported disinfectant.

The pungent smell, mixed with the cloying sweetness of the lilies by the windowsill, made me feel inexplicably nauseous.

The sky outside the window was overcast, foreshadowing an impending storm.

Lin Qinghan sat on a velvet armchair, holding an exquisite fruit knife in her hand.

A long, even strip of apple peel slowly dripped down the blade.

On the hospital bed, Gu Ziang leaned against two soft pillows.

His right ankle, wrapped in thick gauze, was exaggeratedly dangling in mid-air.

If you remove that frightening layer of medical gauze, there's actually only a red mark underneath, without even a trace of blood seeping out.

"Qinghan, I'm so sorry."

Gu Ziang lowered his eyelids, his thick eyelashes trembling slightly, and his voice carried a deliberate nasal tone.

"Today is supposed to be the day you and Chen Yuan get your marriage certificate, but it's all my fault for not being careful while walking."

He reached out and tugged at the hem of Lin Qinghan's silk dress, a hint of smugness flashing in his eyes.

"Yuan-ge must hate me to death right now, he won't even call you."

"He usually cares about you so much, treating you like his whole world, he must be furious this time."

"Why don't you go back and comfort him? I can manage on my own."

After saying that, he even frowned and made a painful gasp, clutching his ankle, which had no wound at all.

Upon hearing the name "Chen Yuan," Lin Qinghan's fingers tightened sharply around the knife.

The blade sliced ​​through the perfectly peeled apple in an instant.

The apple peel fell into the trash can with a plop.

Why bring him up? It's bad luck.

Lin Qinghan cut the apple into small pieces, inserted toothpicks, and gently offered them to Gu Ziang's lips.

"Your foot is injured like this, and he, as a man, doesn't even have the most basic compassion."

"Not only did they not come to the hospital to help, but they also dared to give me attitude?"

Gu Ziang bit into a piece of apple and mumbled indistinctly.

"But... he usually cherishes you so much, what if he's really angry this time?"

"angry?"

Lin Qinghan felt as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world.

She tossed the fruit knife into the silver tray with a crisp clang.

He pulled the latest model phone out of his Hermès bag; the screen lit up, revealing a completely empty lock screen.

There were no missed calls, no WeChat messages, not even a single text message questioning me.

Lin Qinghan's well-maintained nails tapped impatiently against the tempered glass screen protector.

Tap, tap, tap.

The sound was particularly jarring in the quiet hospital room.

"For the past five years, he has lived off me, lived in my house, and even his meager salary was paid by me."

"Without me, he can't even afford to rent a basement in Jianghai City."

Lin Qinghan tossed her phone back into her bag, her eyes filled with an air of superior confidence.

"Now they've just gotten smarter and are playing hard to get with me."

She knows Chen Yuan too well.

That man loved her to the core, and every morning at six o'clock without fail, he would get up to brew stomach medicine.

How could such deep-seated humility be severed so easily?

"Just wait and see, by tomorrow morning at the latest."

Lin Qinghan leaned back in her chair, legs crossed, her posture arrogant.

"He would definitely bring my favorite crystal shrimp dumplings and kneel at the villa door begging me to open it."

Gu Ziang lowered his head, his mouth almost stretched to his ears in a wide grin.

But when he looked up, he still had that pitiful, green tea look on his face.

"Qinghan, you're so kind. Only you can put up with his taciturn temper."

Before the words were finished, a sharp, personalized ringtone abruptly shattered the feigned warmth in the ward.

Lin Qinghan frowned and took out her phone.

The name of CTO Zhang Wei was flashing wildly on the screen.

If you get a call at this time, it's most likely because some clueless project manager has messed up the code again.

She slowly swiped to answer the call, without even putting the phone to her ear.

"Zhang Wei, didn't I tell you not to bother me with those trivial matters on the weekend?"

Her voice still carried the arrogance and indifference of a female CEO.

But on the other end of the phone, there was none of the usual fawning and ingratiating tone.

Instead, there was the piercing sound of a fire alarm and the loud noise of keyboards being pounded wildly.

"President Lin!"

Zhang Wei's voice cracked, carrying a suffocating feeling as if someone was tightly strangling his neck.

"Something terrible has happened! Something drastic!"

Lin Qinghan straightened her back abruptly.

The neckline of her silk shirt was so tight it made it hard for her to breathe.

"What's the panic? The company will take care of things even if the sky falls!"

She scolded impatiently, but the knuckles of her fingers gripping the phone had already begun to turn white without her noticing.

"It's the main server! The main server has suddenly crashed!"

Zhang Wei was practically screaming on the other end of the phone.

The extreme fear in the voice slammed heavily into Lin Qinghan's eardrums through the receiver.

"Just one minute ago, all three of our data centers turned red."

"All core ports are being frantically blocked!"

Lin Qinghan suddenly stood up.

Because of the sudden movement, his knee slammed heavily against the metal frame of the hospital bed.

She couldn't even feel the pain; her pupils dilated a full circle in an instant.

"How is this possible? Where's the firewall? Where's the backup server?!"

"It's no use! None of it works!"

Zhang Wei was so anxious on the phone that he almost cried.

"All the defense mechanisms were as fragile as paper, collapsing instantly!"

Lin Qinghan grabbed her Hermes bag and rushed out of the ward without even saying goodbye to Gu Ziang.

The pale light from the corridor ceiling shone on her ashen face.

"Activate the emergency plan immediately and call everyone in the technical department back!"

She yelled into the phone, drawing the attention of the nurses in the corridor.

"It's too late, Mr. Lin..."

In the background noise on the other end of the phone, there was a series of muffled sounds of equipment losing power.

That sound was like the heartbeat of the Lin Group stopping one after another.

A bone-chilling cold shot from the soles of Lin Qinghan's feet straight to the top of her head.

She gripped her phone so tightly that her fingernails almost tore through the leather casing.

Due to extreme nervous tension, her stomach began to experience spasmodic pain.

Just a few hours ago, Chen Yuan had emptied all the medicinal pots in the villa.

They didn't even leave behind a note with a home remedy for soothing the stomach.

This familiar stomach pain, ironically, flared up again at this moment.

She bent over in pain, her high heels scraping across the floor with a screeching sound.

A wave of nausea and sourness welled up in my throat, making it a luxury to even stand still.

Cold sweat streamed down my forehead, landing heavily on the smooth tiles.

Lin Qinghan leaned against the cold wall of the corridor, her breathing rapid like a broken bellows.

impossible.

The core code of the Lin Group is the most advanced in Jianghai City.

It is absolutely impossible for anyone to instantly paralyze the entire architecture without anyone noticing.

Unless it was someone with the highest internal authority who physically destroyed it!

The highest-level administrator, codenamed "Abyss"...

A terrifying thought exploded in Lin Qinghan's mind.

No, that's absolutely impossible!

Chen Yuan is a good-for-nothing. Besides cooking and brewing medicine, he only does odd jobs in front of the computer.

How could he possibly be related to the legendary, elusive top architect known as "Abyss"?

It's a coincidence, absolutely nothing but a coincidence!

"Zhang Wei, who did this?! Have you found the IP address?!"

Lin Qinghan's voice trembled violently due to the severe pain in her stomach.

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone.

It was like the last gasp of tension before a storm.

Then, a howl filled with despair and collapse erupted.

On the other end of the phone, CTO Zhang Wei let out a bloodcurdling scream: "President Lin, it's over! That architect codenamed 'Abyss' has pulled out all the underlying code, our system is paralyzed!"