"That's just because I'm not interested in men! Otherwise you would understand that being petite and cute is no match for being hot and sexy."

Qin Huanyu rolled her eyes and sat down on the edge of the single bed in the girl's room, her legs, encased in black pantyhose, crossed over each other.

"By the way, speaking of boyfriends... I remember you were supposed to have a date with your new boyfriend today? Why are you back so soon? Didn't you go to a hotel?"

"Hey... don't even mention it."

Upon hearing Qin Huanyu ask this, the girl immediately looked annoyed:

"That guy is only slightly handsome; he's actually a complete blockhead and a spineless coward. He's a total loser. I've already dumped him!"

"Oh?"

Qin Huanyu raised an eyebrow with a gossipy air:

"Elaborate?"

"Humph."

The girl pouted again:

"What era are we living in? That guy still goes on dates with girls with the same old stuff: going to the park, watching movies, and eating spicy hot pot... It's so boring. I couldn't stand it after lunch, so I took him to a love hotel and showed him the winning outfit I just bought."

"I didn't expect that guy, who looked quite strong, would actually have terrible stamina, be so weak, and have absolutely no experience or skills... Heh, never mind, we've already broken up anyway."

"You're treating getting a boyfriend like buying a new toy, aren't you? Trying it out once and then returning it because you're not satisfied? That's really... never mind."

Qin Huanyu shook her head, speechless.

Everyone has their own aspirations, and everyone has the freedom to choose their own way of life.

Qin Huanyu was certainly not the girl's biological mother; the two were just roommates. A few jokes were fine, but too much lecturing could easily strain their relationship.

Chapter 14 Female Hacker

"Can you help me look something up, Aya?"

After a brief chat, Qin Huanyu didn't stand on ceremony and directly assigned the task of checking Wei Bin's financial services company's system to the girl.

The girl simply puffed out her cheeks, neither agreeing nor refusing, and only said one sentence:

"Chopped chili snail rice noodles, extra spicy."

"Row."

Qin Huanyu readily agreed, stood up from the bedside, rubbed the girl's head, and left the room heading towards the kitchen.

The girl first made a face at Qin Huanyu's back before sitting down again in the chair in front of the computer desk, curling up one white-stockinged foot on the chair surface, and rapidly typing on the keyboard.

The girl's full name is Duanmu Ling. She is Qin Huanyu's roommate and also a technical consultant for the Baiguang City Police Department. However, she does not have a police rank and is not on the official payroll; she is considered a temporary worker.

You don't have to clock in every day, but you also don't have a fixed salary.

When the Baiguang City Police Department needs her, Duanmu Ling will do the work, and the police department will pay her afterwards. If it's Qin Huanyu's side job, Qin Huanyu will also give her extra pocket money. This is one of the reasons why Duanmu Ling always jokingly calls Qin Huanyu "Mom".

It's easy to tell from the professional equipment in the room that Duanmu Ling is a hacker. Her skills are quite good, and she's quite talented, but she messed up before, which led to her being forcibly recruited by the police and having to live with Qin Huanyu and do odd jobs for the police from time to time.

That was more than two years ago. At that time, Duanmu Ling was still a minor, and Qin Huanyu had just entered the police station from the research institute.

In a gaming community, Duanmu Ling got into a verbal battle with another player, but she lost and was instead ridiculed and humiliated.

Enraged, Duanmu Ling used a weapon and hacked into the player's computer using hacking skills she had taught herself over several years.

Unexpectedly, it was discovered that the player was actually an associate professor at a university who had a penchant for sexually harassing his beautiful female graduate students, using close physical contact to 'spread' knowledge, and secretly filming the process and storing it on his personal computer.

Duanmu Ling was very excited when she obtained the evidence against her opponent, and she made a big splash.

She used hacking techniques to replace the teaching materials during the associate professor's open lecture, changing the content projected on the projector from the teaching PPT to his combat video, causing the associate professor to be completely ruined and disgraced, and even trending on social media for many days.

It might feel good to do that, but it's clearly illegal. The cybersecurity division of the Baiguang City Police Department immediately launched a manhunt for Duanmu Ling afterward, aiming to capture her.

However, Duanmu Ling was indeed quite talented, and she even gained the upper hand in the online battles at one point. She also hacked into the police station's system multiple times, leaving behind voice and text messages of "small fish" to mock them.

Even on Qin Huanyu's computer desktop at the time, the words "miscellaneous fish" appeared, along with an image of a petite anime girl with a mocking expression.

Qin Huanyu couldn't stand it anymore. She used the spirit of using a laser cannon to kill a mosquito, temporarily moving her exclusive human-machine direct connection device from the research institute to the police station, and personally joined the battle, allowing the network security department to use her computing power to capture the female hacker.

No matter how talented Duanmu Ling was, she was only a self-taught hacker with limited financial resources. After Qin Huanyu joined the battle, the performance and computing power of her equipment were completely overwhelmed, and she was quickly captured.

Considering that Duanmu Ling's behavior was not particularly egregious, and it was her first time, and she was still a minor girl with considerable talent, she was ultimately not sent to jail. Instead, she was placed under supervision for three years and forcibly recruited as an unofficial member of the police department's cybersecurity division.

The task of specifically supervising Duanmu Ling ultimately fell to Qin Huanyu. The method was to make the two roommates, and Duanmu Ling had to report her life to Qin Huanyu regularly, including dating and taking her boyfriend out to a hotel, which she could not hide.

In the beginning, Duanmu Ling was naturally very dissatisfied and always wanted to cause trouble.

As they spent more time together, they gradually became friends, just like they are now, and their relationship was not much different from that of typical college roommates.

Armed with a stopwatch, a balance scale, and a measuring cup, Qin Huanyu used precise cooking methods, with seasonings measured to milligrams and heat control to the second, to prepare a delicious bowl of chopped chili snail rice noodles for Duanmu Ling's dinner.

Duanmu Ling did not disappoint Qin Huanyu's expectations. She easily used her hacking skills to infiltrate the financial services company where Wei Bin worked and found many hidden accounts that were not to be seen.

"A top-notch trader? Ha, that's a lie."

While slurping down her snail rice noodles, Duanmu Ling handed Qin Huanyu a portable tray summarizing her investigation findings:

"Even that so-called financial services company is a sham. Helping clients invest in securities is just a cover. Their real business is money laundering, using various financial means to help politicians launder their illegal income."

"So that's how it is... No wonder when Xiao Liu and the others were investigating that company, the management always hesitated and covered up certain problems."

Qin Huanyu took the portable power strip, plugged it into her laptop, quickly browsed through the accounts copied by Duanmu Ling, and couldn't help but sigh:

"Wow... was that guy in the development zone really that greedy? You really can't tell from his appearance. The last time I saw him, he was queuing up at a street stall to buy spicy soup like an ordinary person, and he was wearing very simple and cheap clothes... It turns out it was all an act."

"That's normal... These days, which politician doesn't have some acting skills worthy of an Oscar nomination?"

Duanmu Ling continued slurping her snail rice noodles and even took a sip of the soup:

"Are you going to get involved in this, Aunt Yu?"

"Did what they did involve crimes involving supernatural powers?"

Qin Huanyu countered with a question.

"It doesn't involve... at least it's not visible in these accounts."

Seemingly a little spicier from the chopped chili peppers, Duanmu Ling stuck out her tongue and breathed out a few breaths before taking a sip of chilled yogurt and answering.

"That's none of my business, and it's not something I should concern myself with."

Qin Huanyu immediately waved her hand, then thought for a moment and said:

"If you really don't like these people, then organize these accounts properly and send them as evidence to the Discipline Inspection Team for anonymous reporting. They are the ones who should be working overtime on these matters."

"Hehe, okay, I'll go get it in a bit... You know me, Aunt Yu, I love seeing these big shots suffer the most."

Duanmu Ling chuckled gloatingly and continued to devour the remaining snail rice noodles.

Qin Huanyu didn't say anything more. She sat across from him at the table, tilting her head and resting her chin on her hand, continuing to think about and analyze the case.

Just as Duanmu Ling finished the last sip of soup from her snail rice noodles, Qin Huanyu's phone suddenly rang.

After the call connected, a young woman's anxious voice came through:

"Sister Yu! Something terrible has happened! Come to the hospital quickly! Qian Mengyao is trying to commit suicide!"

Chapter 15 Emergency Rescue

"What? That little girl is going to commit suicide?"

Qin Huanyu sprang up from her chair, took off her loungewear dress, and, holding her phone between her shoulder and cheek, asked as she dressed:

"What happened? She committed suicide? Is she dead?"

The person on the other end of the phone was also a policewoman, the only female member of Xiao Liu's team. She had been ordered to stay at the hospital to prevent anything from happening to Ms. Qian Mengyao, who was already severely depressed.

Now, something unexpected has really happened.

"The person is not dead yet, but it's really hard to say when they will die."

The policewoman lowered her voice, her anxiety and frustration barely concealed as she answered:

"She ran to the roof of the ward building while I was in the bathroom, and now she is standing on the edge of the roof without saying a word, and she may jump off at any time."

"The police officers from the branch closest to the hospital have arrived to provide support, but Qian Mengyao ignores everything they say. No one dares to approach her now, for fear of upsetting her."

"The fire department has arrived and is setting up a rescue air cushion downstairs, but it's not finished yet, and even if it is, it doesn't mean it's absolutely safe."

"So now we can only rely on you, Sister Yu, quickly use your amazing abilities to think of a solution!"

"...Tsk, I do have some supernatural powers, that's true, but I'm not that red-cloaked guy who wears his underwear over his bodysuit!"

Qin Huanyu smacked her lips, tightened the drawstring at the top of her boots, and thought for a moment before saying:

“I’m coming over now. You’ve already arrived at the rooftop, right? Send me a live video feed of what’s happening! Just keep things as they are. As long as you don’t upset her before I get to the hospital, there’s still hope.”

"Understood, Sister Yu."

. . . . .

Riding on the cool and stylish Kawasaki H2R motorcycle, Qin Huanyu roared the engine while turning on the siren and lights that had been added to the vehicle.

Then, with a whoosh, the motorcycle shot out of the residential area and onto the street like an arrow, speeding through the city at a speed of over 120 kilometers per hour.

This is where the advantages of motorcycles over cars become apparent. No matter how congested the traffic is, motorcycles can quickly squeeze through any gaps, and with Qin Huanyu's skills, they don't even need to slow down much.

Soon, the building of the Third Hospital of Baiguang City came into Qin Huanyu's view.

To avoid upsetting Qian Mengyao with the siren, Qin Huanyu slowed down and turned off the siren and lights on the motorcycle.

Riding her motorcycle straight into the hospital, Qin Huanyu parked the bike in an empty spot and prepared to run towards the inpatient ward building.

After running only a few steps, Qin Huanyu stopped again, walked back to the motorcycle, opened the trunk, took out a dark silver metal wristband, put it on her left arm, and then headed to the scene.

Fortunately, Qian Mengyao did not jump off the building during those ten minutes, and the rescue mat directly below where she was standing had already been laid out.

Through the video transmitted in real time by the policewoman on the scene, Qin Huanyu could see a thin, pale girl in a hospital gown standing on the edge of the rooftop, looking ethereal and lonely as if she didn't belong to this world and could disappear in a gust of wind at any moment.

Those once beautiful eyes had long lost the liveliness and sparkle that one should have at that age; all that could be seen was coldness, numbness, and deep despair.

Qin Huanyu hadn't studied psychology in depth, but she could tell that it was unlikely she could persuade the girl to come back from the rooftop with just words.

At the very least, she didn't think she had that ability, nor did she think anyone else in the room did.

There is only one solution.

Qin Huanyu quickly peeled open a piece of white cat milk candy and put it in her mouth. At the same time, she rushed to the 6th floor of the ward building as fast as she could, found the room directly below Qian Mengyao's current location, took out her work ID, and asked the patient and medical staff in the room to leave temporarily.

We were lucky; none of the patients in this ward were seriously ill, and they were all able to move around freely, so the evacuation was quick.

After Qin Huanyu was left alone in the ward, she first looked out the window and then checked the situation on the rooftop via a live stream on her phone.

At this moment, Qin Huanyu had already entered the activated state of her abilities. Her vision was filled with a large number of numbers, formulas and geometric figures, and her brain was already working like a supercomputer. In less than 5 seconds, she calculated the most efficient rescue plan.

"The time is 7:41:37 PM now, right?"

Qin Huanyu first checked the time with the female police officer on the rooftop via video call.

"Yes."

The female police officer at the scene responded quickly.

Nowadays, mobile phones can connect to the network and automatically calibrate the time. As long as there is a network signal, it is easy to keep the time of two phones accurate to the second.

"That's good."

Qin Huanyu took a deep breath and gave the order quickly but clearly:

"Starting at 7:43:10, we'll all silently count down for 5 seconds in our minds. Then you'll rush straight at Qian Mengyao, from the front, and pull her back. Understand?"

"...I understand, but..."

The policewoman's voice was somewhat hesitant:

"Given the distance between us now, there's absolutely no chance we can get to her and pull her back before she jumps."

"It would be better if you could pull her back, but it doesn't matter if she jumped down in fright."

Qin Huanyu's voice was completely flat, like an AI voice:

"I'm still here."

But it was precisely this monotone voice that seemed to give the policewoman on the rooftop a great deal of confidence, and she no longer hesitated:

"Yes, Sister Yu!"

A little over a minute passed quickly.

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