E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 111: Episode 111: Seizing the Advantage and Counterattacking 3

Chapter 111: Episode 111: Seizing the Advantage and Counterattacking 3

Cheng Weilu was either too honest, or he had fried his brain by coding too much!

Clearly, Mi Lu’s actions already constituted fraud, and as long as the evidence was sufficient, she could be sent to prison.

"Big brother, are you ignorant of the law?" Zhou Xueyin blurted out after hearing Cheng Weilu’s story. "She threatened you like this? And you still didn’t report her and send her to jail? You even started a company and set up a forum for her? Are you running a charity?"

"No, it’s because she has leverage over me! If I send her away, my mistakes, the fact that we lived together, wouldn’t that all be exposed? Then how would I continue working at the company? How would I stand in society? I’d rather pay her off to keep the peace!"

There’s always something despicable about a pitiful person, and now Zhou Xueyin felt like a complete fool for having felt sympathy earlier.

"Keep the peace... Has the situation been calmed? Has it brought peace? Has your life returned to normal?" Zhou Xueyin sneered.

"I... ah..." Being hit right on the mark by Zhou Xueyin’s sarcastic comments, Cheng Weilu instantly deflated. "Never mind... the game’s going to start requiring personal data, right? Mi Lu insisted I generate clothing codes, saying it was for a forum event."

"Her idea isn’t wrong." If possible, Zhou Xueyin also wanted a few, to give back to the forum users.

"You think she’s really going to post them on the forum? She plans to sell them and profit from it!" Cheng Weilu said resentfully.

"Well... If she does sell those codes, you’re the one who is going to suffer, right? When they trace the responsibility, you won’t be able to escape, right?" Zhou Xueyin looked at Cheng Weilu with pity.

"Exactly... anyway, I absolutely do not agree with her idea, and then she gave me the cold shoulder. But she’s still squatting at my place and won’t leave, and I don’t dare drive her away, considering she’s a young woman and all..." Cheng Weilu was actually still worried for someone else.

"She’s not worth your sympathy. Let me handle this matter," Zhou Xueyin thought for a moment. "But you need to do me a favor..."

"Say it, if I can help, I definitely will!" Cheng Weilu, eager for help to get rid of Mi Lu, was all too ready to agree.

"Take this USB drive, copy the files to her computer, then connect it to the internet, and don’t worry about the rest." Zhou Xueyin handed Cheng Weilu a USB drive.

"No problem!" Cheng Weilu carefully received the USB drive, treating it like a treasured item.

"Oh right, make sure to turn off the antivirus software before you plug in the USB drive!" Zhou Xueyin reminded him.

"Got it!" Upon hearing this, Cheng Weilu realized what was in the USB drive. "Hey, am I stupid or what? How could I forget how to use this... Miss Zhou, thank you so much!"

"Hey, don’t mention it. Mi Lu has caused us enough trouble... we can’t let this kind of scourge spoil the internet!" Zhou Xueyin said righteously.

Although Mi Lu was scheming and malicious, she was truly clueless about IT. Under the guise of updating software on her laptop, Cheng Weilu implanted the Trojan virus written by Yang Ye into her machine.

And during the weekend, under the pretext of upgrading the company’s computer protection, he planted the same Trojan virus in all the company’s computers...

Kang Siyin, using this Trojan virus, not only deleted the videos of the gold-brushing bug saved on Mi Lu’s computer but also gathered her QQ chat records with Zhang Jingwan and Zhao Caiyun.

[Lulu, this client is too tough. The profit margin is too low. Even if we get it, we won’t make much money...]

[Sleep with him, then accuse him of assaulting you. If he doesn’t want the news to go out, let him pay more for advertising! Use your brains a bit, don’t make me worry about everything!]

[Xiaoyun, those vendor lists you stole last time, many have already renewed. Find more and bring them over!]

[Lulu, aren’t you making this difficult for me? I’ve given you all the client information I organize daily, and you still want more? What I’m doing is already illegal!]

[Illegal? Illegal what? Can’t I just have a look? Don’t forget who took care of you when you first came to Beijing!]

Many more such oppressive comments were uncovered, including previous insults to Bai Ying and Li Hua, criticizing them for being slow in work – just a re-publication job yet they can’t even handle 100 posts a day, she complained about providing high salaries for nothing.

Zhou Xueyin and the others watched as their blood pressure soared; so Mi Lu did nothing every day but reap the benefits, living off of these people? She really thought she was the boss?

"This kind of social parasite! Just a leech clinging to others! She has no abilities of her own, completely relying on sucking others’ blood!" Zhou Xueyin cursed furiously. "Not right! She’s not even as good as a leech! At least leeches can be used in medicine! What can she do? Her existence is just a waste of resources!"

"Yinyin, calm down. Are you really going to confront her just like this?" Li Hua tried to soothe her.

"What else? Yes, I need to cool down a bit..." Zhou Xueyin took a deep breath. "She’s rather tricky to deal with. Just me alone won’t be enough to take her down, several of us need to go together..."

The four of them discussed their plan of action while Mi Lu began to sense that her luck might have run out.

Zhang Jingwan, after telling her she could counter-sue 51buy using social security, disappeared without another word. Even when Mi Lu messaged her to bring in more clients, she just replied with a brief acknowledgement and then fell silent.

As for Zhao Caiyun, she seemed to have blacklisted Mi Lu directly, no longer available on QQ, not taking calls, nor replying to texts. Driven to desperation, she finally responded with a message: I want to break off our friendship! I will no longer be your lackey.

On Cheng Weilu’s side, there seemed to be no significant change; he still had that same resigned demeanor, allowing himself to be manipulated as usual.

Despite it being the most crucial time of the year for a business push, there was not a single competent person left in the company.

While relying on the income from Pei Yonghua’s advertisements to live off old capital, Mi Lu was searching for her next victim to bleed dry...

"Hello? Is this Mi Lu?" One day, Mi Lu received a mysterious call. "I’m Da Boyi, the one who visited your company for an inspection before! Do you remember?"

"Oh! Oh! Oh! The one from the internet investment company, right? I remember, I remember!" As soon as she heard it was from an investment company, Mi Lu immediately perked up, hopeful for a lifeline. "It’s like heaven sent me money!"

"Here’s the thing, after our last review, my company decided to invest 500K in your website!" Da Boyi said through suppressed laughter over the phone.

"How much? 500K? Am I hearing you correctly?" Mi Lu perked up instantly at the amount.

"You heard right, you heard right. So, do you have time tomorrow? Let’s sign the deal at Shangri-La."

"Great, great! Tomorrow! I’m free tomorrow!" Afraid of any delays, Mi Lu immediately agreed, determined not to let this big fish slip away.