Chapter 397 The Hacker
While there was a horrible pandemic in Espad, the medical research team, which was tasked with inventing the vaccine, didn’t have to visit the country. Instead, they were only required to collect some samples to carry on with their studies.
Thus, it was only a matter of time before the vaccine could be successfully synthesized and created. For that, any new member who joined the research team would technically be entitled to the credit should the vaccine turn out to be a success, even without having to do anything.
What has she done to deserve a place on the research team?! What has she done?! Why did Nicole get to join the team while I didn’t?! This isn’t fair at all! I should have dragged Nicole down back when my reputation was ruined.
In fact, Pierre spent a huge amount of money to bribe those who were rescued by White in order to pressure the great doctor into accepting him as his disciple. He then visited White and made it clear to the old man that he could help him take care of his problem if he agreed to accept him as his disciple. However, White didn’t give in to him and gave him a harsh lecture instead.
While White was a dead man now, Nicole was the only person left standing in Pierre’s way. Thus, he swore to himself that he would get rid of the lady. Hmph! I smeared White’s name and caused his death back then, so I could do that again to bring you down, Nicole. Pierre curled his lips and smiled sinisterly at the thought of that. Soon, you’ll have a taste of a fate worse than death.
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Meanwhile, Nicole had been traveling between her company, the medical research facility, and her home ever since she joined the medical research team. While she had already submitted her draft for ‘Ann’, there was nothing much she had to be busy with other than attending a few meetings about the project.
When Nicole was still under White’s tutelage, she had the privilege of studying many different medicines. Although she hadn’t been in this line of work for years, she was somehow able to pick it up fast as soon as she returned to the medical field.
While the medical research team was full of elites and talented people, Nicole was treated with respect instead of disdain since White was a highly revered figure in the medical world. Therefore, they respected Nicole just as much as they respected White.
As Nicole had been living her life at a faster pace recently, she unknowingly neglected her son, Hayden. Realizing that, she began to wonder if Hayden was acting strangely because she neglected him. Not only was her son seen around his laptop all the time, but he also didn’t show any response at all sometimes when she came back.
Eventually, Nicole grew increasingly worried about her son and decided to ask Whitney about it. “Why does Hayden always appear to be carrying his computer? What’s wrong with him? What did you teach him recently?”
Upon hearing Nicole’s question, Whitney knew what Hayden was probably doing but found it hard to explain it to Nicole. After all, she couldn’t tell Nicole that her son, Hayden, was actually the legendary hacker known as ‘Nick’, fearing she would blame her for that.
In fact, Whitney was merely just giving it a shot when she first started teaching Hayden about hacking, only to be surprised at how outstanding progress the boy showed in his learning.
Before she knew it, Hayden had already surpassed her level and become an extraordinary hacker who could even search for something that Whitney couldn’t.
Whitney soon responded with an awkward look on her face, pondering for a while before she replied, “Well, maybe Hayden just wants to play some games.” Deep down, she knew Hayden was probably handling some assignments, which were mostly international projects that involved many shady deals.
When Whitney first found that out, she was so shocked that she nearly screamed at the top of her lungs. Oh, dear! If this goes on, this boy is going to be a guy for hire in hacking for any crime lord. If it weren’t for his exceptional hacking skills, I bet the assassins would have discovered his whereabouts and shot him dead.
Knowing how complicated it was to be involved in those shady deals, Whitney was well aware that things could go awry with one wrong move.
After all, Hayden could easily make himself the target of his employer’s enemy by simply accepting the task. Therefore, she was convinced that no one was to be trusted in the underworld.
Nevertheless, Nicole stared at Whitney doubtfully, her eyes filled with distrust and skepticism.
