Chapter 2
The air conditioning in the car was running full blast.
Charlotte's slender fingers flew across the keyboard at lightning speed.
On the computer screen, countless lines of code scrolled frantically. The strings of green letters reflected in her cool eyes, carrying a hint of casual coldness.
Right now, her presence was overwhelming.
If anyone saw this scene, their jaw would drop!
The famous top-ranked hacker "Zero" was actually a teenage girl!
"Boss."
A voice came through the Bluetooth earpiece. "Henry's going crazy over there, pulling strings everywhere, trying to get connected with the Harris family."
Charlotte's red lips curved slightly, a hint of amusement flashing in her eyes.
Trying to climb the social ladder?
Dream on.
"I heard that to get Chloe married into the Harris family, he even threw in the dowry that was supposed to be yours." The subordinate's tone was full of indignation. "Are we just leaving like this? Isn't that letting them off too easy?"
Letting them off easy?
Charlotte stopped what she was doing, her beautiful eyes full of mockery.
"Since we've cut ties, I should send a parting gift."
The next second, her slender finger pressed hard on the Enter key.
A red exclamation mark appeared on the screen, followed by a progress bar that instantly loaded to 100%.
"That ten-million-dollar deal the Johnson Group just closed—I don't think it needs to exist anymore."
At the same time.
The Johnson Mansion was in chaos.
Henry was dreaming about rising to success through the Harris family when suddenly a phone call came in.
"Mr. Johnson! This is bad! The company's system suddenly crashed, all data is lost! That ten-million-dollar contract we just signed... we can't find it either!"
"What?!"
Henry shot up from his seat, his face instantly turning pale, and his phone clattered to the floor.
That contract was crucial. If they couldn't find it, the Johnson family would not only likely go bankrupt but also be saddled with huge debts!
"How is this possible... Quick! Get the tech department to fix it!"
Inside the Rolls-Royce.
Charlotte closed her laptop, her expression still lazy and relaxed. As her hacking skills had gotten better and better, she'd uncovered a lot of things.
She only found out last year that Henry had originally latched onto the Langley family, and her biological mother Victoria had indeed been fooled by Henry.
But unexpectedly, the Langley family looked down on Henry, so when Victoria got pregnant, the Langley family decided to make her leave Henry but keep the baby. After all, the Langley family was wealthy and powerful—raising a child was no problem at all.
But after being dumped, Henry went crazy. He went so far as to kidnap her when she was still a baby, then found Susan to marry him. To make Susan believe she was the biological child, he even made up a perfect lie.
To this day, Susan didn't know that her first child was stillborn.
And she was the child of Henry and Victoria, the sole heir of the mysterious Langley family.
Henry had raised her anonymously in the countryside as a bargaining chip, waiting for the day he could use her to threaten the Langley family. This went on for eighteen years.
This scumbag dad really thinks he holds all the cards, doesn't he?
Now his trump card was gone.
The Johnson family should pay the price for this.
"Boss, Gold Valley District is just ahead."
The car slowly entered Imperial City's most mysterious luxury residential area.
The mansions in Gold Valley District especially couldn't be bought with money alone—only people with top-level power and influence were qualified to live there.
Through years of hard work, the Langley family had found her shortly after she discovered her true identity last year.
The mansion here was a welcome gift from Victoria.
Although Victoria and Charlotte had never met, this gesture was indeed generous.
The car door opened. The butler, who had been waiting at the gate for a long time, quickly stepped forward and bowed at a ninety-degree angle.
"Ms. Johnson, you're finally back."
Charlotte put one hand in her pocket and responded casually.
Gold Valley Manor was full of standalone mansions. As she walked into the garden, her eyes fell on a piano covered with a dust cloth.
"Is this piano broken?"
The butler quickly explained, "Yes. It's an 18th-century antique piano. The keys have been malfunctioning recently, and several international masters have tried but couldn't fix it..."
Couldn't fix it?
Charlotte walked over, lifted the dust cloth, and casually pressed a key.
Sure enough, the tone sounded muffled.
"Get me some tools."
The butler was stunned. "You're going to fix the piano?"
This was a priceless antique!
If it got damaged...
But seeing Charlotte's confident expression, the butler swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue and quickly had the property management bring a toolbox.
Charlotte sat on the piano bench and skillfully removed the piano lid.
In less than ten minutes, she had disassembled and reassembled the piano's complex internal structure.
The butler watched in amazement.
This...
Ms. Johnson could fix pianos too?!
Even those international masters would need several days of careful work to fix this piano!
She finished it in just a few minutes?
"Done."
Charlotte put the last part back, then placed her ten fingers on the keys.
The next second, smooth and powerful piano music poured out.
The butler was completely stunned.
This level...
Was even more impressive than the performances he'd heard at Carnegie Hall!
At the same time.
In a standalone mansion not far from hers.
Edward Harris, who had been reclining in a rocking chair with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them.
"This piano playing..."
He sat up excitedly. "This piece, 'Destiny'—someone can actually play it so perfectly! Even better than the original composer!"
Not only was the rhythm perfect, but the emotion contained within it gave him goosebumps!
"Quick! Wheel me outside to see!"
Edward was an absolute piano fanatic who had been searching for a kindred spirit for years.
He never expected to hear such heavenly music here!
Could it be some reclusive master visiting?
When Edward rushed to the garden in a hurry, the piano music had already stopped.
And the person had disappeared along with it.
Edward frowned deeply, extremely anxious. How could he have been one step too late!