423 Probably Just Noobs (2/2)
”We have the right to keep it from our rival companies, but if the authorities demand that we give the technology to them, we have no choice but to obey or suffer the consequences. Worse, they might even demand to acquire the person who created it. If that ever happens, even if they kill me, I'll never hand them over to you, love.”
Iris froze after hearing his reason for rejecting her offer. Why didn't she think about all of these? How careless of her!
Fortunately, Jin Liwei had the presence of mind to think about these possible scenarios in advance.
She moved and sat on his lap instead. She nuzzled his neck and whispered to his ear, ”I love you, Jin Liwei.
”I love you more. So much,” he replied, wrapping his arms around her tiny waist. ”I'll do everything to protect you.”
She pressed her body closer to him. ”I'll protect you, too.”
The corner of his mouth lifted into a faint smile. ”En. We'll protect each other.”
They continued embracing until Iris straightened and looked at him.
”But darling, I'm bothered thinking about Jin Corporation's current system. It's trash! I don't think I'll be able to sleep knowing what a trash it is,” she told him.
”Since we started using our current system, many hackers have already tried attacking our company but none of them had succeeded yet,” he replied.
”They're probably just noobs,” she muttered under her breath.
He couldn't help but chuckle hearing her words. ”En. They'll never be able to compare to you.”
She smiled before returning to talk about her concern.
”How about this, darling? Let me strengthen your current system. I'll plug most of its vulnerabilities. Although it's not the most ideal solution because the system itself is flawed, at least it'll be a little more protected and less likely to collapse if a serious breach occurs. I promise to make the additions as seamless as possible. I guarantee that virtually no one will be able to notice them from the original framework.”
”Hmmm. Alright. Do what you want,” he finally agreed. ”But make sure to be careful, love. Don't let anything be traced back to you. I want you safe at all times.”
”Okay, darling.”
And with that, she immediately strengthened Jin Corporation's system in the next few days. She worked on it during her free time.
All the system's vulnerabilities were plugged and an extra layer of defence was even added. The coding of these additional features were almost identical to the original that, indeed, nobody noticed anything after she was done updating the system.
Even Jin Liwei's team of experts who regularly monitored the system didn't notice anything different. What they did notice was that everything seemed to be running faster and more efficiently than usual. However, they credited that to their own continued hard work.
It was thanks to Iris' unknown hand in strengthening the system that these experts were able to protect Jin Corporation's system for longer against the hacker attacking them now.