"There's such a thing?"
Hearing that Hu Hao was about to pack up and run, Qin Xuan's lips couldn't help but curl into an amused arc.
It had only been a few months since he left Hu Lai Network, right?
Hu Hao was about to abandon the company and make a run for it?
With Hu Lai Network being sold off cheaply, weren't the Hu family going to do anything about it?
However, after a moment's thought, Qin Xuan felt relieved.
Now, Hu Zian was the true heir of the Hu family.
The entire Hu family was probably focused solely on Hu Zian.
As long as Hu Hao didn't do anything particularly outrageous, they likely wouldn't interfere too much with him.
Li Yunlong snorted, a cold smile appearing in his tired expression. "Isn't that right? I heard today is the day he signs the contract to sell the company."
"A company worth tens of billions, only to be sold for a mere few billion."
His tone was filled with a sense of schadenfreude.
After working hard for months, they had finally managed to teach Hu Hao a lesson.
It was just a shame that this scoundrel was too incompetent, not even surviving until Yuan Shen went online, and had already ruined himself.
"It's a pity that even so, a few billion Dragon Coins are still enough for that bastard to live for several lifetimes."
"Damn it, he got off too easily!"
After a torrent of foul language, Li Yunlong's resentment towards Hu Hao had mostly dissipated.
After all, he had been fired without cause and blacklisted in the industry.
Now that Hu Lai had collapsed and he had found a new job.
The so-called blacklist naturally ceased to exist.
However, Qin Xuan was different from Li Yunlong.
His hatred for Hu Hao could not be so easily dispelled.
Not to mention being forcibly fired and having his reputation tarnished.
The mere act of hiring assassins to kill him was already a deep-seated hatred.
Now he wanted to abscond with some cash and run?
I'm sorry, you'd better stay put as the boss of Hu Lai!
We'll settle the score when Hu Lai is completely bankrupt.
"Yuqin, please go to Hu Lai with Lingqiu and find out who is acquiring the company."
"If they're reasonable, tell them about Hu Hao's actions and ask them to back out."
"If the person still insists on acquiring it, then call me, and I'll talk to them personally."
"Yes, General."
Xie Yuqin responded, pulling Wan Lingqiu along as they headed straight for Hu Lai Network.
Yuan Mengqi and Fan Miwei were left behind.
One was tasked with helping Su Luo deal with the network hackers, while the other was responsible for preparing a delicious afternoon tea for everyone in the company.
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, it was four in the afternoon.
Yuan Mengqi's side still had no results, but news came from Xie Yuqin.
The acquirer of Hu Lai was from the Tang family in the capital.
They recognized Xie Yuqin and Wan Lingqiu, but still rejected their proposal.
Upon hearing this, Qin Xuan asked Xie Yuqin to hand over the phone to the other party, wanting to talk to them.
But their attitude exceeded Qin Xuan's expectations.
The company, they were acquiring.
The phone, they would not answer.
The reason was simple.
Whether to acquire Hu Lai or not was their Tang family's own business.
No matter if you, Qin Xuan, were the boss of Ya Qin or a Grand General of the Dragon Country.
You had no right to force them to do anything.
Since that was the case, what was there to talk about?
Qin Xuan did not press the issue and directly asked Xie Yuqin and the two of them to return.
Given their words, the other party was clearly determined.
In that case, why bother letting Xie Yuqin and the others waste their breath?
The plan to drag Hu Hao down through the company would require further consideration.
However, despite being refused a negotiation, Qin Xuan still admired the unseen member of the Tang family immensely.
The other party clearly knew Xie Yuqin's and his own identities, yet they remained neither servile nor overbearing and decisively refused.
Qin Xuan believed that if it were his past self, he would definitely not have been able to do this.
A Grand General of the Dragon Country personally seeking a conversation!
Let alone whether the matter could be resolved, just that title alone would make him afraid to refuse.
After the call ended, Yuan Mengqi and Su Luo's defense and counterattack had finally concluded.
With Yuan Mengqi's joining, the two of them easily blocked the opponent's attack outside the server.
Not only that, but they also traced the attacker's specific location through their network IP.
All they needed to do was contact the nearby law enforcement to make an arrest, just as they had done during the surprise attack on Su Luo last time.
Qin Xuan was very satisfied with this result.
But as he saw the flashing IP on the screen, a voice suddenly appeared in his mind.
IP address: Heh heh, these people are so stupid, I'm just a fake IP. Even if they catch me, they won't catch the right person!
Fake IP?
Hearing the IP address's voice, Qin Xuan immediately knew that Yuan Mengqi and the others had been tricked.
This IP was likely not the real IP of the attacker, but a disguise planted by the other party, specifically for Yuan Mengqi and the others to crack.
In other words, the other party was playing games.
Using their extremely high-level hacking skills to toy with Yuan Mengqi and Su Luo!
With a hint of disbelief, Qin Xuan relayed this information to the two who had just started resting.
Upon hearing it, their expressions instantly changed.
They quickly returned to their computers and performed a series of operations.
Indeed, beneath the IP address, there were several layers of encrypted files.
This proved that Qin Xuan was right.
They had been played!
Who could possibly achieve this?
They were already among the top tier of hackers in the world.
Yet, there was still someone who could completely crush them technically, and even send a disguised IP to toy with them.
After much thought, the two could only think of one possibility.
That behind this attack and IP, there wasn't an individual, but a top-tier hacker organization!
They could communicate with each other to vary their attack methods, and they could also collaborate to encrypt the real address IP layer by layer, preventing others from seeing it.
Only in this way could they completely outmaneuver two top hackers.
After figuring everything out, Su Luo unwillingly began the decryption process again.
After a series of operations and decryption, he finally discovered a short hidden message beneath the original IP address.
idiot
Meaning a fool, an idiot.
As a top hacker, he naturally understood this English word.
So, the moment he saw this word, he lost his composure.
"This bastard, how dare he mess with me!"
"Alright, you wait!"
"I, Su Luo, will not eat, drink, or sleep today until I find all you cowards!"
Of course, Yuan Mengqi, who had also seen this provocative word, was also participating in the cracking.
Although she didn't curse like Su Luo, her expression visibly turned much colder.
Even Qin Xuan, who had been standing beside her, felt the air around them instantly freeze when he saw her cold and beautiful expression, as if the temperature had truly dropped by a few degrees!