The divorce comeback system arrived right after I was born.

The two flames flickered deep within his pupils, illuminating the alluring line of code on the screen. Chen Zhi's fingers didn't tremble at all; instead, they were as steady as a rock as he typed a line of text on the keyboard.

[Please send your card number. Transfer within ten minutes.]

After sending the message, he turned around abruptly, the chair legs scraping against the floor with a grating creak.

Lin Wanwan was startled by the sudden movement, and the mouse she was holding almost flew out of her hand. Her eyes widened as she looked at Chen Zhi, who was usually lazy but was now incredibly crazy, radiating a kind of oppressive aura that was unfamiliar to her.

"Zhizhi, you...you don't really want to buy it, do you?" Lin Wanwan swallowed hard, her voice unconsciously lowering. "Five thousand yuan! That's...that's..."

She counted on her fingers and realized that it was impossible to calculate how many Pleasant Goat ice cream bars that amounted to, and suddenly felt that it was an astronomical figure.

That's my future.

Chen Zhi left without explaining what blockchain was to the little girl. He rushed out of the bedroom like a gust of wind and headed straight for the living room.

The living room was empty. Dad Chen Jun had gone to work overtime, and Mom Zhang Guifang had gone downstairs to Aunt Wang's house to get some pickled vegetables.

An excellent opportunity.

Chen Zhi, familiar with the place, crawled to the TV cabinet and pulled open the bottom drawer.

It was crammed full of all sorts of miscellaneous instruction manuals, used batteries, and tangled data cables. He reached out and frantically rummaged through the pile of clutter.

"Are you looking for Aunt Zhang's USB security token?"

Lin Wanwan followed him out at some point, leaning against the doorframe, still holding the Pleasant Goat water cup in her hands, looking at him with a "Are you crazy?" expression. "That's what Aunt Zhang uses to pay her salary. If she finds out you touched this, you're dead. I can't save you."

Chen Zhi didn't turn his head, his fingers touching a cold, hard object.

found it.

A white Agricultural Bank of China second-generation K-key.

That was Comrade Zhang Guifang's lifeline, and also a symbol of the family's financial power.

"Wanwan, do me a favor." Chen Zhi gripped the USB key tightly, his palms slightly sweaty. He stood up and looked at Lin Wanwan with a serious expression. "Go stand guard at the door. If you hear footsteps in the hallway or someone uses a key to open the door, cough loudly."

Lin Wanwan blinked her big eyes, biting her lower lip with her two little tiger teeth, as if she was weighing the pros and cons.

"I won't do it. This is stealing money. If I'm an accomplice, my mom will beat me to death." She refused with firm principles.

Chen Zhi took a deep breath and played his trump card: "I still have 10,000 yuan of my own savings, which I'll deposit back later. You forgot, when we were kids, I even..."

Lin Wanwan's principles crumbled instantly.

"Okay, fine." She shoved the cup into Chen Zhi's arms, turned around and ran towards the security door, pressing her ear against the door like a dutiful sentry.

Chen Zhi rushed back to his room with the USB shield in his hand.

After plugging in the USB security token, a driver installation prompt immediately popped up in the lower right corner of the computer screen.

[Identifying hardware...]

This damn old computer is so slow! Chen Zhi stared intently at the progress bar, his heart pounding wildly in his chest.

Hurry up. Faster.

That guy, the "future richest man," is a hothead. In these kinds of online transactions, the slightest hesitation could cause the other party to back out, or someone else to snatch the deal. Twenty thousand bitcoins would be worth billions in the future, enough for him to live a life of luxury, perhaps even a lifetime.

Hardware recognition successful.

Chen Zhi quickly opened the online banking login page.

He knew the account number by heart. In his past life, he had used this card countless times to pay off his family's debts.

Now, only the final hurdle remains—the password.

Zhang Guifang is a very ritualistic person; her passwords usually have only two possibilities: either it's Chen Jun's birthday, or... his birthday.

Without any hesitation, Chen Zhi's fingers flew across the numeric keypad.

Let's try Chen Jun's first.

[Incorrect password. You have 2 more attempts.]

The bright red warning message was like a bucket of cold water poured over Chen Zhi's head.

Damn.

My mom didn't use my dad's birthday? It seems their relationship has become a bit lukewarm these past few years.

You only have two chances left. If the card is locked, in this era without mobile banking unlocking, you'll have to go to the bank counter with your ID to unlock it. Then it's all over.

Chen Zhi took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

If it's not Chen Jun's birthday, then it can only be...

He entered that date.

That was the day he was born.

Press Enter.

The screen switched to the familiar account interface. The balance displayed was 52800.50 yuan.

This is all the family's savings.

Chen Zhi looked at the number and his heart skipped a beat. He knew that this money was saved by his parents through scrimping and saving, intended for his future college education or as a down payment on a house.

But he had no time for sentimentality.

Transfer amount: 5000 yuan.

[Payee: Li Hao]

[Verifying USB key password...]

Chen Zhi entered his birthday again.

"bite--"

The notification sound for a successful transfer was crisp and pleasant.

At the same time, Lin Wanwan's heart-wrenching coughing came from the living room: "Cough cough cough! Cough cough cough cough cough!!"

The commotion was so loud it sounded like someone was coughing up their lungs, followed by the sound of a key turning in a lock, accompanied by Zhang Guifang's signature loud voice: "Wanwan? Why are you coughing like that? Have you caught a cold? Oh dear, child, why are you standing at the door..."

came back!

Chen Zhi's hair stood on end instantly. With the fastest hand speed he had ever used, he unplugged the USB security token, closed the online banking page, and even remembered to clear his browser history.

In the QQ chat window, the "future richest man" sent a compressed file.

[Brother, that's awesome! I've sent you the wallet file; the private key is inside. Check it yourself.]

Chen Zhi quickly clicked "accept" and then dragged the file into a folder named "Study Materials" deep inside his D drive—the safest place he used to disguise himself.

After doing all this, he put the USB key in his pocket, picked up the book "Solutions to Primary School Students' Olympiad Math Problems" from the table, and sat up straight.

The bedroom door was pushed open.

Zhang Guifang, carrying a bag of pickled vegetables, peeked in.

"Zhizhi, you didn't bully Wanwan, did you?" She looked around the room suspiciously. "Why was Wanwan coughing so badly just now?"

Chen Zhi turned around, a standard good student smile on his face, twirling a pen in his hand with practiced ease: "Mom, we're discussing math problems. Wanwan probably choked on her water."

Lin Wanwan also dawdled in at this moment, her face flushed red, whether from coughing earlier or from feeling guilty, it was hard to tell. She glanced at Chen Zhi, then at Zhang Guifang, and nodded vigorously: "Yes...yes! This pursuit problem was too difficult, I choked when I got excited."

Looking at her two children, Zhang Guifang felt something was off, especially her son. His eyes were frighteningly bright, and he didn't seem to be doing math problems at all; he looked more like a bandit who had just pulled off a big heist.

"Alright, don't study too late. Come out for dinner later." Zhang Guifang didn't think much of it, gave her a brief instruction, and then closed the door to go to the kitchen to get busy.

As soon as the door closed, Chen Zhi slumped into the chair like a deflated balloon, his T-shirt soaked with cold sweat.

"You scared me to death..." Lin Wanwan patted her chest, moved closer to Chen Zhi, and asked in a low voice, "Is it all done?"

Chen Zhi touched the hot USB security token in his pocket, a barely suppressed smile playing on his lips. He opened the file named "wallet.dat".

"nailed it."

He looked at Lin Wanwan, reached out and ruffled her soft hair, in a great mood: "Wanwan, you just saved our family's future richest man's life."

Lin Wanwan slapped his hand away and disdainfully straightened her bangs: "Don't give me that."

Chen Zhihao said with great enthusiasm, "I'll buy you a whole truckload of Cornetto and Häagen-Dazs from now on."

"You're bragging." Lin Wanwan curled her lip, clearly not believing her. "You'd better cover up your huge five thousand yuan hole first. What if Aunt Zhang checks the accounts..."

She made a throat-slitting motion.

Chen Zhi's smile froze for a moment.

indeed.

I need to deposit the five thousand yuan back before Mom goes to the bank to check the accounts next time.