Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 115: Ruthless and Revengeful
Liu Yunfei is responsible for tracing the technical origins, and Li Xu also has to think about who did this.

According to Li Liuyunfei's analysis, since the attacker launched a network attack through a smart socket, one thing is certain: this person is most likely from No. 9 Middle School.

Otherwise, other outsiders will not be able to access the smart switch at all.

Apart from the students of No. 9 Middle School, the only other place used as volunteer samples was my father's company.

Of course, it is unlikely that the attack was launched from my father's company.

There are many surveillance cameras in the company. If someone wants to launch a cyber attack, the action will be too big and can be detected by checking the surveillance cameras.

Of course, in order to confirm the truth of the matter, Li Xu still took the time to go to his father's company and check the surveillance.

As he expected, the attack did not originate from there.

Then, it is one of the more than one hundred volunteer families!
Li Xu was analyzing in his mind the people he might have offended, but for a moment he couldn't come up with any clues.

Have I done anything bad in this life?

What is the purpose of the people who do this?

This is the question that has been lingering in Li Xu's mind.

Yes, what’s the point?

This was what puzzled him the most.

Generally speaking, if you do something that carries such a big risk but yields little benefit, there must be some ulterior motive.

Who benefits most from messing up their own system?
Li Xu could only think from this perspective. After thinking about it, it seemed that there were only a few opponents in the scientific research competition, but Li Xu felt that it couldn't be them.

On the one hand, everyone doesn’t understand or know each other. On the other hand, even if their own system is attacked, it is only a problem that can be solved with one or two patches and will not affect the outcome.

This attack is more like a disgusting one. Yes, that's right, it is a disgusting method. It can't hurt your bones, but it will really make you feel sick.

Now we can only wait for the result from Liu Yunfei.

……

Xiong Haiyang has been feeling really down lately. In the last monthly exam, his grades had dropped by dozens of places. There's nothing he can do about it; premature love does affect academic performance.

But if it was because of the sweetness, he would feel better.

But since he started dating Xu Zhiqing, his originally cheerful heart has become a little gloomy.

Xu Zhiqing was not what he had imagined.

Originally, in his mind, Xu Zhiqing was a fairy girl who was not materialistic, pursued elegance, had a stable mood, and had a positive and healthy mentality.

The more in-depth the contact, the more those beautiful characteristics disappear little by little.

Instead, there is another look.

If these things were still within the acceptable range, what caused Xiong Haiyang much pain was far more than that.

Xu Zhiqing was too cold to him.

Continue to force yourself to adapt.

But Xu Zhiqing always likes to compare him with Li Xu, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

"You know, I even rejected an outstanding guy like Li Xu and chose you, but you disappointed me so much."

"Yes, I'm not a materialistic girl, but if you're not willing to buy me even such a small thing, I can only doubt how much I mean to you."

"I'll say it again, I'm not a materialistic girl. You know, I returned everything Li Xu gave me, including the internal Apple phone."

"Of course I know that..."

Xiong Haiyang didn't know how he should face Xu Zhiqing.

Xu Zhiqing said that she didn't value material things, but at the same time she told him that if he didn't buy her a gift it meant he didn't value her and that this was just a test.

However, the fact is that she doesn't even want Li Xu's things.

So, was it really his own fault? Xiong Haiyang fell into deep doubt and self-doubt.

What's even more terrible is that Li Xu bravely stood up for justice and came up with a scientific research project, becoming a celebrity in the school.

Xiong Haiyang is not stupid. He can clearly feel that Xu Zhiqing regrets it. Every time Xu Zhiqing talks about Li Xu, she is filled with deep regret.

Isn't it just a scientific research project? It's all thanks to his father. If my family had so much money to spend, I could do it too.

But it's okay to just complain about this idea in your heart. If you actually say it out loud, Xu Zhiqing will despise you even more.

But what happened that day will probably give Li Xu a headache for a while.

Haha, it’s not a complicated thing.

The next day, Xiong Haiyang tried to find out more about the situation indirectly, but he was puzzled because, apart from an announcement that night stating that the smart energy management system was going to undergo a system upgrade, everything returned to normal the next day.

For a moment, Xiong Haiyang couldn't make up his mind.

Could it be that they didn't notice that the family's smart switch was turned off?
It makes sense if you think about it this way. Maybe the family thought they accidentally turned off the smart switch.

Maybe we should come a few more times to make them realize the seriousness of the matter.

Thinking of this, Xiong Haiyang called that guy again.

……

"Good boy, he's alive! I didn't expect that guy to dare to do it again!"

Liu Yunfei smiled excitedly, and finally started typing away on the computer.

He explained to Li Xu next to him: "I set up a honeypot trap. I checked the logs before, but couldn't find their attack method. I didn't expect them to dare to do it again. It seems that the person who caused this is much more stupid than I thought."

Li Xu has confirmed that it was probably done by a student in their school.

Compared with people like Liu Yunfei who have been in society all the time, students do not have such a deep understanding of many things.

In short, they have not been beaten by society, so they do not pay enough attention to the seriousness of the problem and are relatively slow to react.

If it were someone like Liu Yunfei, if he attacked once or twice and others had already reacted, he would definitely not make a foolish third attack.

Li Xu bought coffee for Liu Yunfei and waited patiently for him to find out the mastermind behind the incident.

"Okay, I've found the other party's IP address. What should I do next? Do you want me to paralyze his computer? Or install a Trojan virus on his computer? You can do whatever you want, but you will bear the legal consequences yourself."

Liu Yunfei took a sip of the coffee beside him, then spat it out immediately, saying dissatisfiedly, "Are you kidding me? It's a pure American coffee. How can anyone drink this?"

Li Xu took the other American coffee beside him slowly and took a sip with great enjoyment before saying, "Don't alert the enemy yet. Give me the IP address so I can check which company it belongs to."

Liu Yunfei looked at the coffee in Li Xu's hand with some doubt, and when Li Xu put it down, he immediately took it and took a sip.

He thought Li Xu must have bought a different flavor of coffee, but he didn't expect it to be another American coffee. He was so angry that he vomited again.

"You are a pervert..." Liu Yunfei said speechlessly.

Li Xu was also a little speechless. He looked at Liu Yunfei and said unhappily, "You wasted two cups of coffee on me."

Then he turned his attention back to the computer.

Because they need to collect data, the corresponding IP addresses of every family that volunteers with them are recorded.

Li Xu checked and quickly located who did it.

Just seeing this IP address, it still feels a bit unexpected

How could it be him?

Li Xu frowned.

……

"What are you going to do?"

An Duoduo looked at Li Xu with some doubts.

Li Xu shook his head and said calmly, "Beat him up first."

"what?"

An Duoduo thought of many possible outcomes, but she never expected this way of handling it.

"Ah, beat him up?"

Li Xu nodded and said seriously: "If I don't beat him up, I will never be able to calm down."

This is the truth.

He has poured too much effort into this project and cannot afford any mistakes. If the system has problems due to his own wrong decisions or some accidents, he will be very sad, not to mention that this is a malicious human attack.

Li Xu tried his best to control his emotions when he was arranging things for Ye Ruida, Lei Yinbing and others.

When he went to find Liu Yunfei and asked him to help him, he also forced himself to stay calm.

But now that he has uncovered the truth of the matter, he can no longer control this nameless anger.

An Duoduo looked at Li Xu silently, then said seriously: "I'll help you block him this afternoon!"

Li Xu looked at An Duoduo and smiled dumbly: "This is not good..."

An Duoduo blew on her long whisker bangs and said, "Aren't we sworn sisters?"

"Ah, when did it happen?"

"You've even learned our An Shiliu throw."

"But it doesn't say that learning this will make us sworn sisters. Didn't you say they would become your family?"

"Then how do you want to become it?" There was a smile in An Duoduo's eyes.

Li Xu blinked and asked, "Aside from sworn brotherhood, are there any other ways?"

The smile in An Duoduo's eyes grew even brighter as she said, "Of course there is."

Li Xu leaned back in his chair and said, "Or I'll try that."

An Duoduo turned her head away and said slowly, "Why, do you want me to be your stepmother?"

Li Xu showed a look of great disappointment, then a smile appeared on his lips, and he said, "So there are only these two options. Forget it, I'd better give up my martial arts."

An Duoduo was stunned for a moment and snorted softly.

Li Xu smiled, then turned serious and said, "I have a feeling that it wasn't that guy who did it, but let's catch him first."

……

At the snack stalls beside the school road, the stall owners began to clean up their stalls in an orderly manner. They sorted the remaining snacks, washed the cooking utensils and stacked them neatly. Then, they skillfully folded the tables and chairs, moved them one by one onto the carts, and slowly pulled the carts away. The sound of the wheels rolling gradually faded away in the silent night.

When Zhang Junquan arrived, the last car was a cart and had already left.

He looked over there with some regret, then sighed slightly. He failed to catch up, so he could only walk back silently with his schoolbag on his back?
Just then, someone suddenly patted his shoulder from behind.

Zhang Junquan was slightly startled and turned around to see a pretty and sweet girl. The most eye-catching thing was her two casually flowing dragon whisker bangs.

Zhang Junquan calmed down a little and asked, "Hello, what's going on?"

The person who took the photo of him was naturally An Duoduo.

An Duoduo asked, "Are you Zhang Junquan?"

Zhang Junquan nodded, "I am."

"From the Tsinghua and Peking University class?" An Duoduo continued to ask Zhang Junquan.

Although Zhang Junquan was confused, he still nodded patiently.

After all, An Duoduo is very pretty. He rarely has the opportunity to talk to such a cute girl on weekdays, and it is others who take the initiative to talk to him.

But the next moment, An Duoduo's expression darkened.

"You did it?"

Zhang Junquan was stunned for half a second, then suddenly realized what question An Duoduo was asking, and an expression of panic instantly appeared in his eyes.

Seeing this scene, An Duoduo felt relieved, and then sneered, "Then come with me!"

Zhang Junquan's mind went blank. He suddenly remembered that when he launched the attack again yesterday, something was wrong. He didn't think much about it at the time, but now he suddenly realized that it was most likely a trap.

His face turned pale in an instant, and he couldn't imagine what he would face after this matter was exposed.

He subconsciously retorted, "I don't know what you are talking about. I, I won't go with you..."

After saying that, he turned around and walked forward in a panic.

An Duoduo was not in a hurry either. She folded her arms around her chest and watched Zhang Junquan walk away quietly.

Just as Zhang Junquan reached the intersection, An Duoduo calmly called out, "Go ahead, but after you leave today, we'll meet in the principal's office tomorrow. Think about it carefully!"

After An Duoduo finished saying this, Zhang Junquan's steps suddenly took root, his body trembled, and he stood at the intersection for a long time, as if he was struggling with something.

After a while, Zhang Junquan seemed to have lost all his strength and turned around.

When An Duoduo saw his pale face, her tears were already welling up in her eyes.

"What do you want to do?"

Zhang Junquan's voice trembled a little.

An Duoduo blew a whistle and slowly approached. Standing in front of Zhang Junquan, she said in a neutral tone, "You have such poor mental quality, and you still imitate others to do bad things?"

"Call your family and tell them you need to study a little longer tonight. Come on, I need to check in with you."

Zhang Junquan subconsciously wanted to refuse, but An Duoduo continued, "If you don't agree, I'll say the same thing again. See you in the principal's office tomorrow."

Zhang Junquan could only accept it dejectedly.

Half an hour later, An Duoduo brought Zhang Junquan to the laboratory.

At this time, everyone in the laboratory was there.

Li Xu found it funny to see Zhang Junquan's pale face, and said to An Duoduo, "Thank you for your hard work."

An Duoduo smiled and said, "He's been scared."

Lei Yinbing was the most angry and emotional at this time, and he wanted to kick Zhang Junquan twice.

Zhang Junquan became even more frightened when he saw the people in the room. Without waiting for Li Xu and the others to speak, he burst into tears and said in a trembling voice, "I was wrong. Don't tell the principal..."

Xue Xue glared and scolded: "Why did you know this would happen? Why did you do it in the first place?"

Li Xu raised his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, then pointed to the sofa next to him and said, "Sit down."

Zhang Junquan walked over tremblingly, but didn't dare to sit down, feeling at a loss.

Li Xu was too lazy to let him sit down, and spoke directly, his tone calm and serious: "Well, I think you also know the current situation, let's talk about this matter."

Li Xu lowered his head in thought for a moment, then raised his head: "So, who told you to do this?"

Xue Xue said angrily, "Who else could have ordered this? He must have been rejected by you last time and is holding a grudge, so he wants revenge! Isn't that right, Zhang Junquan?"

There was indeed such a small episode. Several people from Peking University and Tsinghua University wanted to join the research team, including Zhang Junquan.

However, Zhang Junquan requested to be included in the research team, which was rejected by Li Xu.

In terms of motivation, Zhang Junquan does have sufficient reasons to do this.

But Li Xu didn't think so. After Liu Yunfei found out that the IP address was Zhang Junquan's home, Li Xu carefully inquired about Zhang Junquan's family situation through some channels.

All in all, Zhang Junquan's family conditions can only be considered average.

His parents are away from home for a long time, working in other places, and there is only a grandmother at home. To hack into the server, it is not enough to rely on a computer alone, and some peripheral devices need to be configured.

And that costs money.

Li Xu also learned that Zhang Junquan changed into a pair of very expensive sneakers this morning. Various information indicated that Zhang Junquan was most likely doing this for someone else.

But Zhang Junquan just remained silent at this time, constantly wiping away his tears.

Faced with Zhang Junquan's pitiful appearance, Li Xu did not feel the slightest sympathy in his heart.

Speaking of which, Zhang Junquan is almost eighteen years old and has his own cognition and ability to judge right from wrong.

He should also be aware that if he makes a mistake, he has to pay for it.

He didn't know he was wrong, he just knew he had to take responsibility.

Seeing that Zhang Junquan still didn't speak, Li Xu lost his patience and said, "It seems that you are planning to take this matter on. Then let's discuss the consequences of taking this matter on."

"Tomorrow, I will submit evidence of your attack on our system to the Public Security Bureau. By then, it won't be as easy as a simple school disciplinary action."

Li Xu asked loudly: "Duoduo, do you know how the Public Security Bureau usually handles this matter?"

An Duoduo said with a smile: "This is a crime, he will definitely be sentenced!"

Li Xu asked Liu Yunfei again: "Is the evidence sufficient?"

Liu Yunfei also smiled and said, "Are you still not confident in my ability? This idiot, with only a few hacking skills, dares to use the same tricks to attack again and again. I've used honeypot technology to record his entire set of actions. Just give it to the police in the criminal department, and they won't even need to go through the criminal investigation procedures."

Li Xu and the others were arguing back and forth. Seeing Zhang Junquan's face becoming increasingly grim and his emotions on the verge of collapse, Ye Ruida finally said in a gentle tone, "Zhang Junquan, right? I remember we met at the last provincial competition. I wonder if you have any impression of him."

"You will definitely be punished for this matter, but as long as you tell the truth, we can choose not to report it. We are willing to believe that you were just careless for a moment."

Li Xu took over the conversation, looked at Zhang Junquan and said, "So, have you made up your mind?"

"Xiong Haiyang!"

"What?" Li Xu was stunned.

"It's Xiong Haiyang."

Zhang Junquan wiped away his tears.

Li Xu was stunned for a moment, then reacted and couldn't help but curse: "You're crazy!"

He thought of many possibilities, but he never thought of Xiong Haiyang. What grudge did he have with Xiong Haiyang?

Damn it...it's not a big deal after all!

Anything that can be traced is easy to infer, but this kind of thing is inexplicable and will bring you trouble.

An Duoduo was stunned for a moment and asked curiously, "Why did you provoke him?"

Li Xu smiled bitterly and said, "Don't ask me, I'm also confused."

Then Li Xu's face became more and more gloomy. No matter what Xiong Haiyang's starting point was, this matter really touched his bottom line. He originally thought that Xiong Haiyang was just a fun-loving person, but he didn't expect that he would actually dare to do bad things to him.

This child cannot stay.

Li Xu has always held the mentality of "I will not offend others unless they offend me."

But since Xiong Haiyang dared to do this, Li Xu would not be polite.

Liu Yunfei asked curiously: "Then what are you going to do?"

Li Xu slowly narrowed his eyes.

This time, it was the cold-blooded Li Xu.

……

The next day, when Xiong Haiyang went to school, he found that his classmates looked at him strangely.

I felt a little puzzled.

As usual, he went to chat with a good friend, but the friend's attitude was extremely cold and he seemed to be indifferent.

Xiong Haiyang's heart sank slightly, and he asked, "What do you mean?"

The other party didn't want to pay attention to him until he asked twice again, then he responded impatiently: "I didn't expect you to be this kind of person!"

Xiong Haiyang panicked for a moment, but pretended to be calm and asked, "What do you mean?"

The other party sneered and said, "Your glorious deeds have already been announced. What's the point? What's the point... A teacher will probably call you in later."

Sure enough, before he finished speaking, Yang Jun called him at the door: "Xiong Haiyang, come out!"

Yang Jun's expression was serious and cold.

Xiong Haiyang raised his head blankly, his mind blank, and walked out mechanically.

It turned out that Li Xu issued another announcement that night, saying that the system had been maliciously attacked and the security system needed to be upgraded.

At the same time, an apology letter and self-criticism letter from Zhang Junquan were also published on the announcement.

The apology letter detailed how Xiong Haiyang paid him a pair of sneakers and 3,000 yuan to maliciously attack the system's server and issue a shutdown order to a certain user.

The news spread very quickly, and the whole school knew about it almost overnight.

Of course, it was impossible for Li Xu to really beat up Xiong Haiyang as he had told An Duoduo before.

He used a more ruthless approach. As for how Zhang Junquan handled it, that was the school's business.

The greatest tolerance he could show was that he did not report the incident.

In the afternoon, Li Xu was also called to the office.

At this time, Xiong Haiyang and Zhang Junquan were both standing in the principal's office. As soon as he entered, Zhang Junquan burst into tears and said, "I'm sorry!"

Li Xu's expression was a little cold and he nodded casually.

Xiong Haiyang's eyes were red at this time, and he spoke tremblingly: "Li Xu, I'm sorry..."

Li Xu understood that the school asked them to apologize to them.

The principal looked at Li Xu and said, "Student Li Xu, the school's opinion on this matter is to try not to alert the police. We will handle it internally. Is that okay with you?"

Li Xu smiled and said, "I accept the school's approach."

Until they left the principal's office, Li Xu did not keep his eyes on the two people's faces for even a second.

With cognitive ability comes responsibility for one's own actions.

After all, they are no longer children of one or two years old.

The subsequent handling was that Zhang Junquan stopped in time, apologized, was given a serious warning, and all his awards and honors were cancelled.

This is because he is a promising student in the class of Peking University or Tsinghua University. If he performs well, the punishment may be cancelled before he graduates from high school.

Xiong Haiyang, whose academic performance was not very good to begin with, was expelled from school a few days later. Whether he would transfer to another school or drop out next was not Li Xu's concern.

During the entire process, Li Xu didn't say a word to Xiong Haiyang.

This matter came to an end, but it also taught Li Xu a lesson. Overall, no major losses occurred.

(End of this chapter)