Suddenly, someone broke the silence: "I remember the system was recently upgraded and a lot of patches were installed."
"They even enabled the blocking function," someone added.
The group exchanged glances, all with a sense of foreboding.
After a long pause, he couldn't help but curse, "Holy shit!"
"Check the data immediately."
"Damn, this time we've really messed up."
"I can't believe it..."
"If it's true, then wouldn't we have killed the boss?"
Silence fell again, followed by the sound of keyboard tapping once more in the office.
...
In the coffee shop.
Tang Xinyou arrived quite early.
She ordered a cup of coffee and slowly sipped it.
When she first met Linghu Lan in college, she categorized Linghu Lan as naive and easily deceived. In her view, Linghu Lan's life was predictable: study hard, graduate, find a decent job, marry an honest man, and live a peaceful and uneventful life.
Later, after getting to know her, Linghu Lan was indeed as she had predicted—she didn't have any grand life goals and lived a mundane, repetitive life. She easily became friends with Linghu Lan, asking her to fetch water, bring her food, and buy her things. Throughout this friendship, she maintained a sense of superiority and haughtiness, as if she had seen through Linghu Lan.
Until one day, Linghu Lan fell in love, making her one of the first to fall in love at the time.
She was so surprised she almost popped her eyes out.
She simply couldn't understand what kind of person would be interested in someone like Linghu Lan, who had nothing to offer.
Later, she met Xia Mingyuan.
When she first met Xia Mingyuan, she couldn't help but curl her lips: He's nothing special!
Such an ordinary guy, no wonder he was interested in Linghu Lan. Her jealousy quickly vanished. Her vanity and sense of superiority allowed her to peacefully treat Linghu Lan as a friend again, and she could even mediate when the two had a conflict.
Soon, she started dating. A girl like her, when she wanted to date, was never short of men.
However, she always felt that she was unlucky. Her relationships were always on and off, never lasting more than three months. On the contrary, Xia Mingyuan and Tang Xinyou, whom she had never paid any attention to, had a stable relationship that lasted year after year.
Once again, when she was dumped, she happened to see Xia Mingyuan bringing Linghu Lan back. The girlish smile on Linghu Lan's face pierced her heart. Why should a woman who was inferior to her in every way be able to have a long-lasting and stable love, while she had to suffer heartbreak again and again and heal her wounds time and time again?
In that instant, she felt jealous.
That day, she treated Linghu Lan terribly, but Linghu Lan wasn't angry at all. Instead, she showed concern for her, which made her resentment, which she couldn't vent, even more suppressed. She would rather have a fight with Linghu Lan so that she could point her finger at her and say, "You don't deserve a stable love."
Later, she made up various excuses to get in touch with Xia Mingyuan. She did this when it was raining and she didn't have an umbrella, when she couldn't beat a game, or when she accidentally sprained her ankle. She just wanted to see if Xia Mingyuan was really devoted to Linghu Lan.
Unexpectedly, she succeeded.
When she accidentally revealed a glimpse of her pale thigh, she saw Xia Mingyuan's erection and knew victory was in sight. Linghu Lan's dreamlike bubble of love was shattered with a mere flick of her finger. That love was nothing special!
She regained her balance.
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