<b>Chapter </b><b>60</b>
Liam could no longer suppress his overwhelming feelings. He kissed Emma deeply, longing for intimacy with her, wanting to get physical with her right now.
But there were still too many obstacles, causing him great anguish.
Liam’s kiss had never been so dominant and intense, almost as if it were tinged with aggression.
After a long while, he let go, leaving Emma slightly breathless.
“Aren’t you afraid of me after she told you those things?” he asked, his voice somewhat hoarse.
Emma looked at the expression of this proud man, who was careful for her sake, and bandaged his wounds with heartache.
“What’s so scary about you<b>?</b>” she said. “All I know is that they treat you poorly. In the past, you didn’t have me. Now you do, and all people who mistreat you, I’ll repay them a thousandfold for what they do to you! Even if it’s hell, I’ll be there with you!”
She was slender, yet her eyes revealed utmost stubbornness,
That was the aura of dominance that belonged solely to her.
Liam held Emma’s hand tightly. They were intimate.
At this moment, thest emotional barrier in his heart was broken. He thought, ‘In this lifetime, Emma is my life!‘
In the Hall family’s vi, Elsie was sitting in the room.
Thinking of the humiliation she had suffered today, her face contorted.
She stared intently at the information on theputer and immediately called Kate.
“Kate, I’ll give you onest chance!” she said. “If you still can’t do it well, you can forget about marrying into the Hall family.”
On the phone, Kate answered while crying softly with sniffles.
She wanted to cry but had no tears.
If it weren’t for the fact that the Johnson family had focused all their attention on her younger brother over the years and that she was not valued at all, as a socialite<b>, </b>she would not <b>have </b>had to strive hard to cozy up to Elsie and Brad.
<b>When </b>Kate received an email from Elsle, her eyes were suddenly filled with menace.
She thought, “Emmal it’s all because of herl After experiencing so many failures, I understand Emma’s point of weakness that can <b>be </b>exploited better than anyone. <b>Now</b><b>, </b>with <b>the </b>secret weapon Elsie gave me, Emma will surely be in deep shit this time!”
Liam’s hand was not seriously injured. Emma bandaged it for him, The wound would recover in a few days.
When Emma went to school the next day, she noticed that it <b>was </b>surrounded by police officers.
After returning to ss, Emma asked her ssmates, “<b>What’s </b>with those <b>police </b>officers standing at the school gate?”
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The ssmate said, “I have no idea. I heard from others that the police received a report that someone in our school is involved in cybercrime.”
“What kind of cybercrime?” Emma asked cautiously.
She thought, ‘My identity <b>as </b>Stox can’t be casually revealed.
The ssmate replied, “I’m not sure about the details. Apparently, that student has stolen data about personal information from <b>ces </b>like schools and hospitals. The teacher said those police officers will check every ss one by one in a bit. We’ll <b>attend </b>sses as usual”
Emma nodded.
Soon afterward, while Emma was attentively listening in ss, there was amotion at the door.
“The address indicates that the criminal is in this ss,” a police officer <b>said</b>
Right after the police officer said that<b>, </b><b>several </b>teachers were also taken aback.
One of the teachers said incredulously, “It can’t be, right? This <b>ss </b>consists of the top–performing students at Vark College. They can all achieve great things in the future.”
The police officer wore an expression of having a clear understanding of the harsh nature of the world and human society. “These days, many high–IQ criminals are academic achievers in school,” he said, “It’s a pity that she uses her intelligence to do something criminal. Everyone is equal before thew! Tell the students to ready up. The investigation will start right away.”
The ss was temporarily stopped. Students stood up from their seats one by one to undergo the investigation.
Soon, it was Emma’s turn to be questioned.
Emma was calm, her expression indifferent
The police first asked her to show her ID. <b>They </b>then looked at the information in their hands, and they frowned.
“Your name is Emma?” one of them <b>asked</b>.
“Yes,” Emma replied.
“Did you steal the student <b>data </b>from Ritney High School?“” the police officer <b>asked</b>.
“Nope,” Emma said.
Emma knew that some minor hackers in the country would steal some personal information and sell it for money, but those were all minor hackers who were willing to break thew and take risks to make money. She would never do such things.
However, the police did not be less suspicious of her.
“Come with us,” the <b>police </b>said. “The person in this information is you. Come out of the ssroom.”
Emma frowned<b>, </b>thinking, “Who would stoop so <b>low </b>as to use such a lowdown act of stealing student data to hurl mud at me?”
But she could not directly expose that she was Stox, the genius whom the police from Rhines had been making a determined and persistent effort to search for. She had no choice but to endure for the time being and went along with them to the <b>police </b>station<b>.</b>
After Emma was taken away, both her ssmates and teacher were very surprised.
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The teacher also did not expect that the student whomitted cybercrime was Emma.
After a briefmotion, the teacher immediately calmed the situation, saying, “Let’s resume with the ss. Return to your seats <b>and </b>take out your textbooks.”
“I didn’t expect Emma would do such a thing.”
Someone whispered..
“Is she short of money? Why would she sell student data?”
“So, are the nuisance calls w
we usually receive caused by the leak of our personal information in such a way?”
Everyone discussed.
No one noticed that in thest row of the ssroom, a boy sitting by the window was gritting his teeth.
y was <b>Vere</b>.
That boy
The other day, he hadpeted with Emma in Vark Invitational Mathematics Examination on a cruise ship.
At that time, Emma deliberately gave him the first prize and the schrship, giving him a chance to study abroad.
Initially, he would have been able to go a
abroad this summer after this semester ended.
But yesterday, a phone call shattered everything….
Kate found his shameful past misdeed, which was stealing student data.N?velDrama.Org ? 2024.
Back then, he did it purely because he was smart and thought it was fun to try. He did not sell it for money.
Unexpectedly, Kate exploited it with malicious intent. She sold it off for money, instantlynding him with a charge of cybercrime.
Kate threatened him to pull a trick and implicate Emma in the act of selling student data.
If he didn’t do this, he would face imprisonment…
The death of his parents caused him to be deeply traumatized.
He was conflicted for the entire night. In the end, he <b>did </b><b>as </b>Kate said.
Before hanging up, Kate said to him, “This is a world where the strong prey <b>on </b>the weak. If you don’t frame Emma today, you’ll be the one in jail tomorrow. Besides, Emma is a hacker to begin with. You’re just ying <b>a </b>supporting role in helping to put her into jail”
Vere clenched his fists and said, “Even if she’s a hacker, she has never done anything to harm others! You were the one who sold the data. You should be the one going to jaill”
Kate sneered and said, “Of course, I’ve dealt with everything I’ve done. The police will go to your school tomorrow. When the timees, either you or she will face serious consequences”
While Emma was on the way to the police station, she thought about many things in the police car.
‘Those opponents of mine in the ck market should know my capabilities and won’t resort to such low–level tactics, she thought. ‘So, the person hurling the mud at me this time is surely not someone from the ck market. That person is not a professional hacker, yet possessing hacking skills… It’s either the Hall family or the Gomez family. Someone from one of these two families must have sent someone to harm
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As soon as Emma arrived at the interrogation room, she saw a fewrge stacks of documents on the table.
With just a nce, she could tell that the other party came prepared this time.
She thought, ‘Those traces of activity… They’ve redirected allwork addresses to be under my name using s guard!”
She gritted her teeth, thinking. ‘There’s only one way out now. If I want to prove my innocence, I have to reveal
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As soon as Emma arrived at the interrogation room, she saw a fewrge stacks of documents on the table.
With just a nce, she could tell that the other party came prepared this time.
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She thought, ‘Those traces of activity… They’ve redirected allwork addresses to be under my name using special means, catching me off
guard!‘
She gritted her teeth, thinking, ‘There’s only one way out now. If I want to prove my innocence, I have to reveal my identity!”