We asked you to solve cases, and here you are sharing your criminal experiences?

Song Qianxia was so startled she almost jumped off her chair.

My heart pounded wildly, and my blood rushed to the top of my head.

But a thousand faces are still a thousand faces.

The reaction speed honed through brushes with death doesn't require any conscious thought.

Just one tenth of a second after Gu Tingchen finished speaking.

Song Qianxia's left pinky finger had already precisely pressed the emergency hide shortcut key on the keyboard.

With a "whoosh" sound.

The complex green code and dark web interface on the screen vanished completely in an instant.

Instead.

It's a colorful, messy webpage full of pop-ups.

Song Qianxia turned around abruptly, the movement so large that it even made the chair spin halfway around.

She stared at Gu Tingchen standing behind her with her big, innocent eyes.

"Captain Gu... Captain Gu! Why do you walk so quietly?!"

Song Qianxia patted her chest, looking like she was scared out of her wits.

"People can be scared to death if they try to scare someone!"

Gu Tingchen ignored her accusations.

The man's gaze passed over her shoulder and landed directly on the old computer screen.

Song Qianxia turned around and looked in the direction of his gaze.

Upon seeing this, she almost wanted to disappear into the ground.

She switched screens too quickly and didn't even see what webpage was running in the background.

Right in the center of the screen is a website displaying pirated movies and TV shows.

The page is playing a very low-resolution version of "Empresses in the Palace".

That's fine.

The worst part is that the player is surrounded by all sorts of disgusting and low-quality pop-up ads.

The left side flashed: "Macau's first online casino is now online!"

On the right, a message popped up: "Sexy dealers, dealing cards online, click to receive a free gift package worth 888 yuan!"

Below, there's even a scantily clad animated figure writhing wildly.

The entire scene was incredibly vulgar.

It was incredibly awkward.

The air in the office suddenly became eerily quiet.

Only the computer speakers emitted Consort Hua's classic line: "A bitch is just pretentious!"

Gu Tingchen stared at the screen, falling into a long silence.

The man's expression didn't change much, but his eyes twitched twice.

Song Qianxia felt a chill run down her spine.

She quickly reached out and frantically clicked the "X" in the upper right corner of those "GG" tags.

The more you click, the more pop-ups appear.

"Um... Captain Gu, let me explain."

Song Qianxia chuckled twice, her brain racing as she tried to come up with a plausible excuse for herself.

"Isn't this computer almost beyond repair?"

"I just saw a tutorial posted by a user on a hacker forum."

Song Qianxia began to spout nonsense with a straight face.

"That netizen said that by using specific script code, it is possible to forcibly unleash the potential of old hardware."

"This achieves the amazing effect of accelerating TV series downloads."

She pointed to the TV series "Empresses in the Palace" that was still playing on the screen.

"I think this logic makes a lot of sense on a physical level, so I'm going to give it a try."

Song Qianxia blinked, her face full of sincerity.

"As you know, VIP memberships on major video websites are too expensive these days; my salary isn't even enough to cover the cost of a membership."

"I just wanted to watch a TV series for free, I really didn't do anything else!"

Gu Tingchen just watched her perform quietly.

He didn't look at those random guys, but stared into Song Qianxia's eyes.

Those dark eyes were unfathomable, seemingly able to see through all pretenses.

"Did the netizens on Tieba teach you that?" Gu Tingchen finally spoke.

His voice betrayed no emotion.

"Yeah, yeah!" Song Qianxia nodded frantically.

"Netizens these days are amazing; they're all talented and have such pleasant words."

She tried to change the subject.

"Captain Gu, if you want to watch any shows, I can download them for you. Absolutely HD and uncensored... no, I mean, HD and smooth playback!"

Gu Tingchen straightened up.

He had one hand in his trouser pocket, looking down at the woman who was spouting nonsense.

I only caught a glimpse of him when he came in.

But he was certain that what was on the screen was not a pirated movie website.

The black and red color scheme of the interface, and the screen full of scrolling hexadecimal code.

That's a typical dark web tracking script.

This woman was definitely trying to trace the imposter of the Thousand Faces in reverse.

But Gu Tingchen didn't expose her on the spot.

He knows Song Qianxia's personality too well.

This girl is like a highly vigilant hedgehog; the more you push her, the tighter she curls up.

They might even stab you until your hand bleeds without hesitation.

"Song Qianxia".

Gu Tingchen's voice was calm.

"Stop visiting these kinds of websites."

He pointed to the sexy dealer still dancing on the screen.

"These illegal pirate websites are usually bundled with a large number of Trojan viruses and malicious ransomware."

"If you use the city bureau's intranet to access these things, it can easily cause the internal network to crash."

Upon hearing this, Song Qianxia breathed a long sigh of relief.

It seems this living Yama was fooled by his own acting skills.

"I understand, Captain Gu!"

Song Qianxia immediately straightened her posture, almost saluting.

"I'll turn it off right now! I swear I'll never watch pirated content again, I'm going to subscribe to a yearly VIP membership tomorrow!"

She quickly unplugged the USB drive and pressed and held the power button to force the broken computer to shut down.

The screen went completely black.

The office returned to silence.

Gu Tingchen watched her fluid and graceful movements.

"Pack your things, time to go home."

Gu Tingchen turned and walked out.

"Don't do these messy experiments in the office anymore. If you want to watch TV series, go back to your dorm and use your own data."

Song Qianxia quickly stuffed the USB drive into her pocket, picked up her canvas bag, and followed.

"Excellent, Captain Gu! Captain Gu is brilliant!"

The two walked out of the office building one after the other.

The night breeze blowing through Jiangcheng carried a hint of coolness.

Song Qianxia walked behind Gu Tingchen, looking at the man's tall and straight back.

The fawning smile on her face gradually faded.

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