I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

He Qiuzhu concluded by giving a summary.

"Shen Kang, to put it simply, it's about working backwards to create a table, and then plugging that number into the table to find out who the other person is."

After she finished speaking, her eyes sparkled as she stared at Shen Kang, her face clearly saying, "Praise me!"

"..."

After a brief silence, Shen Kang suddenly laughed, looking "very surprised," and clapped repeatedly.

"That's fantastic! You're a genius, so smart!"

He Qiuzhu's eyes were full of joy, as comfortable as a kitten being patted on the head by its owner.

But she seemed to realize something immediately and quickly added, "Actually, I'm not that smart, Shen Kang. This idea was actually Fu Rong's."

Shen Kang looked around expressionlessly—where the hell is Fu Rong?

However, he was quite considerate and even made an excuse for He Qiuzhu: "Did you just text her?"

He Qiuzhu nodded quickly, "Mmm, mmm."

Shen Kang suddenly realized: "That explains why you were fiddling with your phone with your head down just now."

He Qiuzhu continued to "hmm, hmm," and breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Kang then looked at Ma Liang, his teeth clenched, and spat out each word, "Old Ma, is this method feasible?"

Ma Liang nodded, "This method is indeed feasible."

Then, looking at He Qiuzhu, he sincerely exclaimed, "He Qiuzhu has a very strong technical inspiration!"

Simply following the textbook and using social engineering to achieve the current goal is indeed excellent, but it's still lacking something. After all, with technology, technical skill is one aspect, but technical inspiration is even more important.

Technical skills can be learned and accumulated, but technical inspiration is extremely difficult to come by.

"so,"

Shen Kang continued to question Ma Liang, his back to He Qiuzhu, giving Ma Liang a meaningful look that almost made his eyes twitch, "So you're sure you can find out who that person is using this method, right?"

Ma Liang, however, seemed not to understand and nodded anyway.

"Theoretically speaking, yes, boss."

Then, the tone shifted abruptly, "However, boss, there's something I need to remind you and He about first."

"I don't know who the person you're looking for is."

Ma Liang seemed to be bad at lying; he even paused here.

Shen Kang, however, remained calm, as if he wasn't the one being talked about.

This made Ma Liang sigh inwardly.

Then, after adjusting his tone, Ma Liang continued, "But if he really did something wrong, I think we still need to resolve it through proper channels. What He did, while technically sound, has seriously crossed the line according to school regulations."

"Illegal intrusion into computer information systems, although currently only within the school's jurisdiction, will result in disciplinary action, starting with probation, once discovered."

"Place on probation!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Kang appeared "terrified," but inwardly he was overjoyed and gave Ma Liang a "well done" look.

Immediately, he turned his head and decisively ordered, "Then let's not investigate."

He Qiuzhu didn't want to disappoint Shen Kang, "I'm being very careful, no one will know."

Shen Kang shook his head firmly, "No, I can't let you be at any risk."

"..."

Ma Liang couldn't bear to watch any longer and turned his head away, afraid that his expression would betray him. He thought to himself, "The boss can be a real beast sometimes. How can he say something like that so seriously?"

But I feel like I can learn it and apply it in practice.

Thinking about what happened that afternoon, Ma Liang's thoughts drifted, and he began to ponder how to apply what he had learned...

He Qiuzhu stopped talking, but moved even closer to Shen Kang and gently grabbed the hem of his clothes.

Shen Kang added, "Besides, even if we find him, what can we do? There's a legal loophole and school regulations that don't cover this. We can't do anything about it. So, let's just leave it at that."

Boss Shen set the tone, and He Qiuzhu and Ma Liang both eventually agreed.

Subsequently, Ma Liang assisted He Qiuzhu in exiting the system and completed the cleanup work.

Previously, the room had a tense atmosphere, like a "command center," but now it has relaxed.

With nothing to do for the time being, He Qiuzhu started playing Minesweeper. She was so fast that Shen Kang was dazzled by her speed, yet she never detonated a mine. She was truly amazing.

After praising He Qiuzhu's mine-clearing skills a few more times, Shen Kang also walked to the sofa and sat down.

Ma Liang finished his work and was sitting on the sofa over here.

He was looking down, constantly tapping on his phone.

"Send a message to a friend?"

After Shen Kang sat down, he casually asked a question.

Ma Liang lowered his head and replied, "Yeah, my roommate asked me if I'm going home tonight."

"Your roommate is quite concerned about you."

Shen Kang casually replied, then inquired about the afternoon's events, "Where did you go this afternoon? I couldn't get through to you on the phone."

Ma Liang had just finished sending the text message and looked up.

Upon hearing Shen Kang's words, he seemed about to speak, but after a moment, he stopped, saying, "I had to go out for a bit and didn't realize my phone was dead, and I didn't bring a spare battery."

Shen Kang looked at him.

He felt that Ma Liang was acting a little strange tonight.

However, since Ma Liang didn't want to talk about it, he wouldn't press further. He then changed the subject, saying, "That 'Happy Pluto' post has been up for half a day now, and I think it'll eventually have to be deleted. Although there aren't any laws or school regulations regarding this kind of behavior, we can set an example, establish community norms, and build a positive community atmosphere..."

After listening for a while, Ma Liang understood.

The boss is using that small chamber pot like a chamber pot; once he's done, he can just kick it away.

"Okay, I understand."

After the two talked for a while, He Qiuzhu went to the restroom.

After He Qiuzhu's footsteps faded into the distance, Ma Liang lowered his voice and asked, "Boss, He Qiuzhu isn't an outsider. Why do you insist on hiding it from her? You're the 'Happy Pluto' you're investigating."

Ma Liang was completely baffled by this.

He was self-aware enough to know that although he and Shen Kang had a good relationship, it was obvious that He Qiuzhu had a better relationship with Shen Kang.

Since even he himself knew about this, why did the boss insist on not letting He Tongxue know?

Shen Kang shook his head. "You don't understand."

He only said that one sentence and didn't say anything more. But suddenly, a scene from a summer morning flashed into his mind.

That morning, he was going to Yang University to recruit some talent to build a website, and unusually, he appeared in the dining room at home very early in the morning.

He Qiuzhu hadn't expected him to be at the restaurant so early, so she entered in a daze, drool still on her lips. When she saw him there, she was startled and rushed back to her bedroom. A little while later, a stunningly beautiful, aloof goddess appeared in the restaurant, just as always.

He found it funny at the time and even teased her. But now, he's somewhat experiencing the same feelings she had back then.

Seeing that Shen Kang was unwilling to say more, Ma Liang did not press him, but instead brought up another matter, speaking with great emotion.

"Boss, when you first said she was the chief technology officer, I thought you were just giving her that title randomly so you could keep her on your side."

Ma Liang remembered that when he took Shen Kang and He Qiuzhu to talk to Zheng Changhao about the GG collaboration, Shen Kang told Zheng Changhao that He Qiuzhu was their chief technology officer, right?

"I never imagined that she might actually become our Chief Technology Officer."

Ma Liang was deeply moved.

Shen Kang, however, was quite serious. "Look at what you're saying. What do you mean by just giving her a random title? I saw her potential from the very beginning. You'll have to learn that kind of insight eventually."

After saying that, he changed the subject and asked, "What level has her skill level reached now?"

Ma Liang pondered for a moment and said, "From what I've seen so far, it's at least at the level I was at in my sophomore year of college."

Shen Kang disagreed, "That seems pretty average too."

"..."

Seeing Ma Liang's expression, Shen Kang laughed heartily, "Just kidding, Old Ma..."

After chatting and laughing for a while, Shen Kang suddenly said without warning, "By the way, Lao Ma, your phone rang. Someone's looking for you. If it's something, you can go now."

"?"

Ma Liang glanced down at his phone—it lay quietly on the small coffee table in front of him, screen black, no sound, no vibration, as still as a chicken.

But tonight, Ma Liang seemed to have a sudden inspiration. He picked up the silent phone and said, "It actually rang! It's my dad calling. Maybe something's wrong at home. I'll be going now."

When He Qiuzhu returned from the restroom, she found that only Shen Kang was in the room; Ma Liang, who had been sitting on the sofa, was gone.

"He's gone?" He Qiuzhu walked towards the computer and asked.

Shen Kang nodded, "Yes. His family called looking for him, it seems there's something wrong, so he left first."

He Qiuzhu turned around and instead of heading towards the computer, she went straight to the sofa and sat down next to Shen Kang.

Then, she stretched out her right hand and held it in front of Shen Kang, staring at him with her beautiful eyes.

"It tastes even better than pork, you should try it if you don't believe me."

Shen Kang thought to himself, "Why do you still remember what happened this morning?"

Looking at the fair and tender hands in front of him, with a few specks of water still clinging to them from washing his hands, he felt even thirstier, but said with disdain, "I don't want to eat, you just went to the toilet."

"I've washed my hands."

"Then you take a bite yourself to prove it's clean."

He Qiuzhu's eyelashes trembled, she blinked, and then actually brought her right hand back to her mouth and licked it twice.

Then, he stretched out his right hand in front of Shen Kang.

"..."

Shen Kang watched this scene in silence.

He didn't know if it was just his imagination, but looking at the fair and tender hand that He Qiuzhu had just touched, and smelling the faint fragrance emanating from her, he felt as if he were being drawn in by some kind of magical power.

However, he remained resolute and firmly refused.

"If I say I won't eat, then I won't eat."

two minutes later

He Qiuzhu frowned slightly.

"Shen Kang, be gentle. Why are you still biting?"

Shen Kang buried his head in his hand, chewing on it, his voice muffled, "When I'm eating pig's trotters, I always bite into them. How would I know if yours tastes better than pig's trotters if I don't bite into them?"

He Qiuzhu didn't say anything more after hearing what Shen Kang said made sense.

However, when her index finger was gently bitten, she couldn't help but pull her hand back, and a slight blush appeared on her face.

……

Qian Mingen walked through the campus at night.

With the end of the semester approaching, his workload as vice dean has increased as usual, so he finally finished up and is ready to go home now.

He usually drives to and from get off work, but his wife took the car today because she had something to do, so he plans to go to the school gate and take a taxi home.

As he passed the startup base, Qian Ming'en subconsciously looked up and glanced at the upper floors of the building.

The entire startup base was dark at the moment, but there was one room where light was shining through.

"That's... 212, right?"

Qian Mingen was quite familiar with that location, after all, it was one of Shen Kang's residences at the school.

"That kid deserves to make money. He's working so hard, if he doesn't make money, who will?"

Qian Mingen sighed.

He was thinking that since Shen Kang hadn't gotten off work yet and he didn't have anything to do, and he was just passing by, why not go up and chat with him?

But then I thought again, never mind, I don't have anything important to say to him anyway. If we met on the street, we'd definitely chat for a bit, but he's working overtime right now, what would it look like if I went up to him and started a casual conversation?

Forget it.

With that in mind, Qian Ming'en didn't stop and walked straight towards the school gate.

Not long after Qian Mingen left, the lights in room 212 went out.

A little while later, Shen Kang and He Qiuzhu came out of the stairwell, both looking very serious.

The two walked towards the student dormitory area. After arriving at the entrance of Dormitory No. 3, Shen Kang escorted He Qiuzhu inside and then left to return to his dormitory.

He Qiuzhu also went to the dormitory management station and returned to her dormitory.

"You're back."

Fu Rong and the others were all there, and greeted He Qiuzhu when she returned.

"Um."

After responding, He Qiuzhu went to her seat and turned on her computer as usual.

What followed was quite unusual.

Normally, she would take out a book and study while practicing on the computer, which would help her learn faster.

But today, she didn't take out the book. Instead, she started operating the computer directly, and soon she hacked into the test server in the network center.

Shen Kang was worried about her and didn't want her to continue investigating, but she wanted to help Shen Kang.

While He Qiuzhu was typing on the keyboard, Fu Rong went to the balcony. On her way back, she passed by He Qiuzhu and stood there watching for a while.

But I couldn't understand it.

He couldn't help but ask, "Qiuzhu, what are you doing? I don't understand what you're doing at all!"

"This is the content to come; I'm previewing it." He Qiuzhu didn't turn her head; she just kept working on the keyboard.

Fu Rong exclaimed in admiration, "You top students are really amazing. We're still reviewing, and you've already started working on the later material and learning ahead of time."

Fu Rongjue: Among their dormitory students, He Qiuzhu is undoubtedly the one who has the least to worry about failing her courses.

After praising her, Fu Rong prepared to leave, but her gaze inadvertently fell on He Qiuzhu's right hand, which was resting on the keyboard.

"Qiuzhu, why is your hand a little red? Did you bump it somewhere?"

Fu Rong asked casually, then took a step and prepared to return to her seat.

"Shen Kang ate it."

Fu Rong stopped abruptly.

Du Nanxin, who was studying her makeup in front of the mirror, accidentally drew a slanted black line on her eyebrow with her eyebrow pencil.

Xia Meng, who was lying in bed, feeling a little drowsy and about to go to sleep, suddenly lost all sleepiness and punched the bed frame—thankfully, it was winter and there were thick blankets, so it didn't make a sound—her eyes were full of resentment and unwillingness.

He Qiuzhu continued typing away at the keyboard.

Fu Rong stopped walking and finally put down her footing. She silently walked back to her seat and looked at Du Nanxin.

Du Nanxin also looked over, and their eyes met.

Suckling your hand? That sounds so erotic.

Yeah, I didn't expect them to go to such lengths, it's a bit perverted.

Yeah, I thought they'd just kiss at most.

Do you think Shen Kang might, like in the book, grab one of her fingers and suck on it?

Ah... thinking about it makes it even more bittersweet!

He Qiuzhu was still typing on her keyboard.

This last task is not easy.

The difficulty wasn't the technology, but the time commitment—it was a tedious and repetitive task. He Qiuzhu didn't finish the last part of the work until she had turned off the lights, finally generating a final mapping table.

"Finally finished."

The dormitory room was pitch black when the lights were off.

Fu Rong and the others were already in bed. Only on He Qiuzhu's desk, the light from the laptop screen illuminated a stunningly beautiful face.

He Qiuzhu opened the correspondence table she had made herself and filled in the number she had come from.

The physical address of the final network interface where this p is located is then checked in the table.

Dormitory Management Station No. 5, Unit B, Building 6, Room 30212

The address of the small dormitory room is: Dormitory Management Station No. 5, Unit B, Building 6, Room 3021.

Each small dormitory room has two beds on each side, two on the left and two on the right. There are also two network ports, one on the left and one on the right.

30212 refers to the network interface on the right side of dormitory room 3021.

In addition to the address mentioned earlier...

He Qiuzhu blinked.

She remembered that brat's dormitory address very clearly. Without even checking, she knew that this address was the same as Shen Kang's small dormitory.

Shen Kang's bed was on the right.

He Qiuzhu couldn't help but think back to Shen Kang's behavior that evening, and the images flashed through her mind again...

Suddenly, a slight smile appeared on her lips.

so cute.

Then, she silently destroyed all the data, including the corresponding table she had just generated.

Afterwards, they cleaned up all the mess.

After doing all that, she shut down her computer and went to wash up, as if nothing had happened.