Phi-Fic Chapter 102 Only She Was the Most Sober
Chapter 102 Only She Was the Most Sober
After finishing her meal, Shi Sui forcefully escorted her to her dormitory building. Only after they parted ways did Xu Chaomu open WeChat.
He doesn't have many friends on WeChat, and the latest chat was with Brother Leopard.
—Xiao Xu, do you know what website your wife logged into this afternoon?
Xu Chaomu's eyes turned slightly cold as she replied, "[You shouldn't be peeping into other people's privacy.]"
Leopard was scrolling through his phone when he replied quickly: "[Sorry, sorry, I borrowed your computer to watch a show I didn't finish yesterday. While going through my browsing history, I realized your wife hadn't deleted it, and I saw it by accident.]"
(The top-of-the-line computer is Xu Chaomu's personal computer. Computers cannot be kept in the dormitory, so it is temporarily stored in an internet cafe.)
Xu Chaomu ended the conversation with a period, effectively closing the topic.
But Leopard Brother has no intention of stopping.
Leopard Bro: [Your wife actually logged onto the dark web? Holy crap, how did she get in? Isn't the dark web only accessible by invitation? How did she get in? Did you give her the information?]
Xu Chaomu stared at the screen for two seconds, then froze.
He knew about the dark web. In his third year of junior high school, he took on a job to create this website. He originally thought it was just an ordinary trading website, but he never expected that it would develop into an underground trading platform a few years later, filled with a large number of illegal money laundering and illegal transactions.
He only wrote the underlying code for the dark web; that code had already been sold to illegal businessmen and was no longer under his control.
Ordinary people cannot get in; only VIP members can invite new users.
How did Shi Sui end up on the dark web?
Xu Chaomu paused, turned around, and walked out of the boys' dormitory building toward the school gate.
The boy hailed a taxi and quickly arrived at the internet cafe, entered a private workspace, turned on the computer, and retrieved the browsing history.
The light from the computer screen shone on the boy's face; his expressionless face made him appear indifferent, aloof, and arrogant.
Leopard was lounging on a beanbag chair, popping potato chips into his mouth one after another, when he asked, "What did your wife treat you to tonight?"
Xu Chaomu ignored him; rows of characters scrolled across the computer screen.
Leopard: "Why did you get here so quickly? You and she just had dinner? Aren't you going to do anything tonight?"
Xu Chaomu ignored him.
Brother Leopard: "Your wife looks delicate and frail, and so do you. One of you is sexually frigid, so you probably won't be able to get rough with her."
Xu Chaomu was too lazy to scold him.
Leopard Brother added, "The injury on your wife's head doesn't look like it was from a fall."
Xu Chaomu gave a soft "hmm," her gaze remaining fixed on the computer screen.
Finally hearing a response, Leopard excitedly stuffed three potato chips into his mouth and asked, "Did you find out? What did your wife do on the dark web?"
There aren't many people who have the means to access the dark web. Based on the time, Xu Chaomu quickly matched a post.
[Shoot a video of yourself doing this, and you'll be paid 1 yuan.]
It was a transaction post made by an ID user named 8888. However, even after hacking into all the information systems, no other records or origins of this ID could be found.
The dark web is invitation-only, and every ID has an upline, but this ID doesn't; it's like it appeared out of thin air.
Strangely, no matter how Xu Chaomu tried to decipher it, he couldn't figure out the contents of the mosaic. He had a gut feeling that there was definitely something inside.
The reward is 1 yuan.
One dollar is the minimum transaction amount on the dark web, but what can you buy with that in a dark web where transactions start at at least in the tens of thousands of dollars? It's like a joke.
Incredibly, someone actually accepted the order.
But he couldn't find out who had accepted the order.
Xu Chaomu rubbed his temples, his eyes filled with confusion. After a moment of silence, he said, "I found out she posted something."
"She posted it? What does she need to post on the dark web?" Brother Leopard exclaimed in surprise.
Brother Leopard, who used to be involved in the underworld, instinctively guessed: "Was the injury on your wife's head caused by someone beating her up, so you found someone on the dark web to beat her up?"
Xu Chaomu paused for a moment, remembering the injury on Shi Sui's head.
And her guilty expression.
With slender fingers rapidly tapping the keyboard, another post was quickly found, with a high plagiarism rate.
[A female high school student was filmed, and she was paid 10,000 yen.]
Upon opening the post, Xu Chaomu froze, cracked the ID and recorded the relevant information, then grabbed his coat and headed outside.
"Where are you going?" Leopard asked from behind. "It's already past midnight. Why don't you stay here with me tonight?"
"Go back to school, to the chemistry lab."
*
Shi Sui kept her phone on silent and messages off.
Before going to bed, she finally opened WeChat.
After leaving the hospital, Chi Yan and Pei Shuoxun both sent her messages and made voice and video calls.
Of course, Shi Sui didn't answer any of the calls; she felt everyone needed some quiet time.
Chi Yan: You told me today that you'd stay in your dorm but then agreed to go on a date with Pei Shuoxun and that you'd be with me tomorrow.
Chi Yan: I'll pick you up tomorrow at noon, and we'll go to Xin Rong Ji for lunch. How about we go to the library in the afternoon?
Chi Yan: You don't like Song Xinying or Pei Shuoxun, but since you don't reject me, why can't we try dating?
……
Shi Sui felt that Chi Yan was talking a lot for no reason. He used to just reply with a cold "hmm" to her. How did he become just like Yan Ze?
I still miss my aloof deskmate.
Feeling exhausted, Shi Sui hesitated for a moment before replying: Chi Yan, I have someone I like. I like studying, really, so why don't you study hard?
She turned to check Pei Shuoxun's unread messages.
Pei Shuoxun: What I said about eloping that day was true.
Pei Shuoxun: When I say I like someone today, it's true.
Pei Shuoxun: Whether in the past, present, or future, I will run to you without hesitation.
……
There were many more messages below, so pretentious, I couldn't be bothered to look through them. Shi Sui replied without the slightest hesitation: Get lost if you don't want to be blocked.
Shi Sui switched her phone to airplane mode and tossed it aside.
Ha, these two really need to reflect on why they mistook friendship for love.
She was the only one who was truly clear-headed.
*
After the weekend, the results of the placement test were released.
Unlike the neighboring public school, which doesn't publish grades and rankings, Xinghua not only publishes them but also displays them as lists on the electronic screen in the clock tower.
The clock tower is located at the intersection of the main pedestrian traffic routes in Xinghua. It can be seen as soon as you enter the school, so it has a very high exposure rate and it's hard not to see it.
After having breakfast, Shi Sui passed by the clock tower and saw that there were already many students waiting for the screen to light up.
It's a very ceremonial process; the list isn't released until 8:30 in the morning.
There are still fifteen minutes until the list is released.
Shi Sui thought for a moment. The class assignment results would be released soon, and there was nothing to do in the classroom now, so she decided to wait here.
I was just taking out my headphones to listen to some BBC English listening practice when I heard a voice behind me.
"Shi Sui." Yan Ze ran over and asked her, "I haven't even asked you yet, how did your confession go the other day? Are you and Brother Chi together now?"
Shi Sui was stunned for two seconds before realizing what he was talking about.
Last Friday night, when she went to see Chi Yan, she contacted Yan Ze, and it seems he misunderstood that she was going to confess her feelings.
Shi Sui: "No—"
Before she could finish speaking, Yan Ze interrupted her, his face filled with disbelief: "You're not with Brother Chi? No way, Brother Chi rejected you? Hmm, could it be that I misunderstood? I thought Brother Chi liked you too..."
You've really misunderstood.
Shi Sui couldn't stand his nonsense and interrupted him coldly: "I didn't confess."
"Huh?" Yan Ze's reaction was even stronger. "Then why were you in such a hurry to find Brother Chi so late at night? You like him so much, and I can tell that Brother Chi likes you a little too. Why don't you confess?"
Everyone in the world thought she liked Chi Yan, but she didn't know it.
Shi Sui felt it was necessary to issue a clarification statement.
"I'm the same as you, except I only see Chi Yan as..." as an older brother, I've never had that kind of affection for him.
Before she could finish speaking, a figure appeared in her line of sight.
The boy stood with his hands in his pockets, casually tilting his head back, his jawline clenched, and his long, narrow eyes looking at her beneath his long eyelashes.
For some reason, Shi Sui felt inexplicably guilty and couldn't say the rest of her words, so she greeted him instead: "Good morning, Chi Yan."
Chi Yan smiled, his eyes sparkling with tiny starlight, softening the slightly aggressive and sharp aura emanating from him.
Yan Ze also saw Chi Yan at the same time, noticed the bandage on his face, and was shocked: "No way, Brother Chi, how did you get hurt?"
He looked at Shi Sui, having already noticed: "Shi Sui, you also have a band-aid on your face. Are you injured too?"
Yan Ze suddenly realized, and the single guy cried: "I get it, you guys even make band-aids for couples."
After he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a chill.
Chi Yan glanced at Yan Ze and told him, "We're not in a relationship. Shi Sui and I are friends."
Shi Sui, who was about to explain, froze.