Chapter 108: Monitoring Software
Qi Yu didn’t have a very detailed concept of what it meant to be “government” in China, but Fu Yansheng’s consistent upright style and some of the recent events made him come up with this vague conjecture.
As soon as the thought came up, Qi Yu felt that all the details that had troubled him before began to fall into place!
Assuming that Song Puxin, Xu Yizhou and Fu Yansheng are all “government” people, what was their main purpose? To investigate the Si Yuan Group?
No… Judging from the time, among these three people, Song Puxin should have been the first to infiltrate them!
Thinking of the situation regarding the Si Family that he had just confirmed with his father yesterday, Qi Yu felt a chill go down his back—Was their purpose Si Holdings?
But whether or not their purpose was Si Holdings, since Fu Yansheng has come to his side now, did it not then mean that the Si Yuan Group was also within the scope of their investigation?
In other words, once he and his father violated the law or did something wrong in their business activities, were they also going to be “brought to justice” by Fu Yansheng?
……
Qi Yu violently shook his head and told himself, “no”.
From the moment he met Fu Yansheng, this man seemed to have been guiding him to do “right” things – from advising him to have his father investigate Mei Wei’s financial problems, to reminding him not to participate in Si Hang’s stock investment, to guiding him to detonate the scandal regarding how Mei Wei’s management opened an imitation shop…
If Fu Yansheng was just an emotionless “undercover agent”, there was absolutely no need for him to teach and warn him.
Rather than saying that Fu Yansheng was investigating then, he was actually helping them…
Holding the mouse tightly, Qi Yu searched the Internet for keywords such as “economic investigation” and “financial investigation”, but there was very little public information that could be found.
After investigating for a while, Qi Yu began to wonder if these things were just his own fevered imaginings. Because he cared too much about Fu Yansheng, so he made up this sort of persona for him…
Qi Yu covered his face with his hands and took a deep breath, his feelings were extremely complicated.
However it didn’t take long for him to put his hands down, the calm had returned in his eyes.
——He could no longer be swayed by his emotions. What he wanted now was proof.
Two hours later, Qi Yu appeared in a cafe near the school. There was a familiar figure sitting in the corner. The other party was engrossed in looking at something.
Qi Yu walked straight towards the other party. “Happy New Year.”
Only when he heard him did Zhang Chengxuan raised his head from looking at the document. “Happy New Year, what would you like to drink?”
“I’ll have an Americano.” Qi Yu glanced at the materials Zhang Chengxuan was looking at. It was the course materials for one of their major subjects this year. Fu Yansheng had already given him a lecture on it before returning to China for the New Year.
Zhang Chengxuan put away the document and asked, “How have you been recently?”
“Not bad, how about you?” Qi Yu asked, “Has your family been treating you better?”
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Zhang Chengxuan: “Mei Wei’s case hasn’t been closed yet. How can he not be nervous?”
That’s right. Qi Yu didn’t take the USB flash drive that Zhang Chengxuan had offered but he still told his father about the possible existence of this evidence. That Qiu Rusong's case still hadn’t been heard in court was because he was still investigating the relationship between the Zhang Family and this case. But in light of Qi Yu’s safety, Qi Yuancheng didn’t let him know too much inside information about this matter.
Qi Yu calmly changed the subject. “I asked you out today to ask you for a favor.”
Zhang Chengxuan: “What is it?”
Qi Yu: “I heard that you found a few students from the school’s IT department to do the programming design of our entrepreneurial practice project. How is it going?”
Zhang Chengxuan: “It’s pretty good. The front-end framework has been completed. It’s really coming along!”
Qi Yu: “How good are those people’s computer skills?”
Zhang Chengxuan: “Definitely much better than ours. What’s the matter? Have you got something else in mind?”
Qi Yu smiled and said, “No, my computer’s broken. I want someone competent to come over and help me check it out. Anyone who’s free now will do and I can pay them for the help.”
Zhang Chengxuan wondered, “What brand is your computer? Can’t you ask the official customer service to drop by and fix it?”
Qi Yu: “You know how slow after-sales service is here abroad. I still have half of thesis I’ve written on that computer. I need someone to look at it ASAP.”
Zhang Chengxuan understood. He took out his phone and called the technical person in charge of the entrepreneurship practice class. The two sat and chatted for a while until someone came over.
The newcomer was a brown-haired foreign student named Davis. He had a small build and was a junior in the software department at their same school. After the other party learned what Qi Yu needed, he enthusiastically offered to go over there with him to take a look.
When he got into the car, Qi Yu told him what he really needed.
Davis asked, “So you want me to make a monitoring software for you?”
Qi Yu: “Yeah, something to monitor the computer’s usual usage records, what webpages have been visited. Can you make something like that?”
Davis said, puzzled, “Just the usage records and web browsing records? The ‘IT Club’ have a lot of that kind of small plug-ins. I can just give you one.”
Qi Yu: “Where is this ‘IT Club’?”
Davies: “It’s a forum that students in our major frequent. There’s a lot of tech geniuses on there. People just spontaneously make some small plug-ins and upload them there to share. The one you want is relatively simple.”
Qi Yu: “Really…?”
It seemed that he had found the right person.
When they got to Qi Yu’s apartment, Davis went upstairs and let out a whistle, exclaiming, “You live in such a big apartment by yourself? That’s awesome!”
“No, I live with a friend.” Qi Yu replied casually. He led Davis to the study, pointed to the computer on the table and said, “This is the computer.”
Davis sat down and his eyes lit up. “Wow, a top of the line iMac… Hey, just wait a minute. I’ll download it for you right away, it only takes ten minutes!”
Qi Yu let out an “en” and stood to the side with his hands in his pockets. But after ten minutes, Davis failed to get it done and he showed signs of hesitation.
“What’s wrong? Is there a problem?” Qi Yu folded his arms across his chest.
“Strange, why won’t it load?” Davis tweaked his ears and scratched his cheeks. “I’ll try a different one… Well, not only can this plug-in monitor the computer’s program usage records, but it can also monitor the input records… Hey, why is it still not working? Are you sure your computer hasn’t been hacked?”
Qi Yu: “…”
Davis frowned and said, “Don’t you use this computer yourself? Why do you want to install monitoring software on it?”
Qi Yu: “I’m not the one using it.”
Davis was momentarily dazed and then he immediately retracted his hand from the keyboard. “Isn’t this your computer?” Then he glanced outside the study and said suspiciously, “Then…is it really ok for you to let me check this computer?”
Qi Yu coughed lightly and explained, “I bought this computer. But usually, it’s my friend who uses this computer.”
Davis still looked at him strangely, as if wishing he could give a more reasonable explanation.
“Fine.” Qi Yu coughed lightly and lied, helpless, “I’m actually suspecting that my live-in partner is cheating. Because I turned on the computer today and found that the computer’s web browsing records have all been cleared.”
Davis: “…”
Davis’ face kept changing expression. The corner of his lips twitched and he asked, “Then do you want me to check the status of this computer for you?”
Qi Yu: “Can you?”
Davis: “Yes, but it may take a while…”
Qi Yu: “It doesn’t matter.”
Davis said cautiously: “Your live-in partner… Isn’t going to come in any minute now, right?”
Qi Yu: “No, he’s gone back to China.”
Davies breathed a sigh of relief and finally put his hands on the keyboard again. He began checking, a serious expression on his face.
Qi Yu stood behind him. The only thing he could make out was that he downloaded a bunch of unknown plug-ins into the computer and while those ran, he entered commands into another plug-in. In between, he made a phone call, probably to another student from his college and asked a few questions.
After more than half an hour, a red window suddenly popped up on the computer screen. He turned his head and said to Qi Yu, “This computer has anti-monitoring software installed.”
Qi Yu: “…”
Davis found the location of the anti-monitoring software hidden in the computer. “That’s it. This is the reason why I couldn’t install those monitoring plug-ins before… Do you want to uninstall it? I can use some ‘violent means’ to help you get rid of it.”
Qi Yu asked, “If I have it uninstalled, will my live-in partner find out that I’ve tampered with it.”
Davis: “Uh, there is that possibility…”
Qi Yu narrowed his eyes and asked, “Is there any way you can keep this software and still meet my requirements to have his usage monitored?”
Davies was frightened by the icy look in Qi Yu’s eyes. He was so frightened that sweat began to bead his forehead. He raised his hand and wiped away the sweat and said, “I might not be able to do it myself. First off, I have to crack this software and understand its specific functions, and then I’ll have to design a corresponding program to pretend it is still running…”
Davis muttered a lot of ideas. After listening, Qi Yu only asked, “Can you do it?”
Davis said, vaguely, “I can try. But I won’t be able to figure it out today. I’ll need at least a week.”
“Okay.” Qi Yu took out his mobile phone, “I’ll transfer you a deposit first. To be on the safe side, let’s sign a confidentiality and indemnification agreement.”
Davis: “…”
After sending Davis off, Qi Yu called Qi Yuancheng again, “Dad, are you busy?”
“Hm? Aren’t you in school? What’s the matter?” Qi Yuancheng asked.
“I want to like to ask you again. About Si Ze’s secret manipulation of the stock market… With how close weren’t working with them now, if something happens to him, we really won’t be involved?”
“As long as it isn’t the stocks of the Si Yuan Group and its subsidiaries that he’s manipulating, you don’t need to worry about it…” Qi Yuancheng paused. He now began to pay attention. He said, “You also asked about this matter when you came home the day before yesterday. What happened? Did you find something when you went back this time?”
“During Christmas last month, Teacher Fu and I went to China to discuss with Chief Ye and the others about Blooming Lotus’ acquisition. At that time, Ye Qinru told me that he actually suspected that Si Ze was manipulating the company’s stock price behind the scenes. I’ve been following it for the past two days and I’ve found that Blooming Lotus’ stock price is still taking a tumble…”
Qi Yuancheng: “You’re worried that Si Ze’s side is maliciously lowering the price of the acquisition target’s stocks?”
Qi Yu: “Yes… Because able to acquire the target at a low price is good for the Si Yuan Group but if Si Ze really is doing that, I can’t agree with it both legally and morally.”
Qi Yuancheng was silent for a long time before he said, “I know what you mean. You should slow down the acquisition of this company for now. Dad will find someone to find out about the situation in private.”
The author has something to say: [Little Theater]
Qi Yu: I suspect that my live-in partner is cheating.
Fu Yansheng: ? ? ?
Qi Yu: This young master had to put a green hat on himself. We will have to settle this account slowly in the future (smile).
Fu Yansheng: I have sacrificed so much for the organization!
Oooh the fox will be in the net soon! So exciting! Meanwhile, Qi Yu is turning out to be brilliant! Loving him! ❤️
Thank you for the chapter!
Yes loving Qi Yu’s character growth ❤️
Double loving QY’s growth 💗
I love power couples so much, like they’re not actually deceiving each other, but like, you know… Yeah
thanks for the chapter!