8 Chapter 8- Hacking the Hacker (2/2)

Oh. Mei paused for a moment before continuing. No self respecting hacker would reveal their motive at the first moment; this wasn't a Korean drama, and Laosan had told him to buy them some time... wasting time was one thing Mei was extremely good at.

<ven if you're here to hack my goddess, you don't have to hack her fan's computer. Do you hate her fans that much?>>

The eye rolling in the room was almost audible and Mei determined not to look at either Qui Yong Hou or Yu Ban Shan. For the rest of the year, if he could help it.

<<It's not because of that.>>

<<What is the reason then? You know who I am?>>

Qui Yong Hou leaned over Xiao Nai's shoulder. ”Did you track the hacker?”

”He's near our school.”

All three gathered behind Xiao Nai in time to watch his trace connect to the camera of the hacker's computer. Only the hacker's torso, in a uniformed black and white, was visible as he stood and closed the laptop he had been working at. Hao Mei looked back at the computer he'd been talking to the hacker on.

”I just asked him if he knows me. He logged off right away. Could he really be someone I know?”

”I didn't get to see his face.” Xiao Nai stared at the laptop a moment longer, his eyebrows drawn down in contemplation. Hao Mei eyed him suspiciously. Laosan never said what he didn't mean... but he also had a tendency to speak in layers. Just because he hadn't seen the hacker's face didn't mean he was completely stumped as to his identity.

”This hacker even has a part-time job.” Yu Ban Shan seemed appalled that a hacker would need some form of income but Hao Mei wondered if that was what Xiao Nai had alluded to. He sighed. All he'd seen in the background was hints of the type of restaurant that could be found all over Beijing. Just like the one that KO worked at. Which reminded him; he forgot to text KO that he wasn't going to be able to meet him last night!

”This is so creepy. Too creepy! No... I have to eat a big dinner to comfort my wounded heart. Laosan, I'm going to take off.” He collected his laptop and headed back to his desk. Tonight. He would definitely make it there tonight. He didn't bother to text KO before leaving the office; he'd see him soon enough.