“So you are also a hacker? Or a honker?"

Sheffield nodded without hesitation. He wouldn't want to deny it.

"A hacker."

He didn't know whether Matthew believed his words or not, but a silence followed. Neither of the two men said another word.

Sheffield acted on the Laptop for a few minutes, and the things he was doing were normal for a hacker.

"As long as I work harder, I believe I will be able to crack Hilton Group's defense system." He paused and furrowed his eyebrows, acting as if he found it hard to crack a code.

“Today I'll find some loopholes and crack them! Otherwise, I won't have my meal."

Matthew completely ignored Sheffield's words and actions. Rather, he squinted his eyes and decided to sound Sheffield out.

“I know that you're Star Anise. Why do you keep it from us?"

Sheffield tried to hold back his laughter. He tightened his fist and brought it over his lips to cough it all out. In short, his laughter came out in the form of a series of awkward coughs. He couldn't control his emotions at this point. 'Like father like son. He is more cunning than Carlos." As soon as this thought flashed in Sheffield's mind, he chuckled again while shaking his head at what Matthew said.

“I didn't expect you to think so highly of me. I haven't even cracked the defense system yet. It turns out that I'm such an excellent man in your eyes.

I'm flattered."

He still shook his head at the thought of his identity being exposed to the public. ‘Are you kidding me? If everyone got to know who I am, I would never live in peace ever.' His enemies would come to him at any time after his identity as Star Anise got exposed. He still wanted to spend the rest of his life with Evelyn, so he couldn't die so early.

When Matthew heard those words, he was rendered speechless.

“Shut up!"

He squeezed out two simple words through gritted teeth.

Sheffield's lips curved up slightly at Matthew's reply, but he didn't say anything else. Instead, he continued to work on the Laptop.

Of course, he knew about the flaws of the system he had designed. He just acted as if he was trying to find the loopholes. He would stop pretending when the right time came.

A few minutes Later, Matthew stood up to answer a phone call. It took ten minutes for him to come back, and when he did, Sheffield pushed the laptop toward him and raised his chin, gesturing for him to look at the screen.

The screen was showing some Loopholes of Hilton Group's defense system.

And if Matthew pressed the Enter key, the defense system would be broken. ALL the employees of the IT department of Hilton Group would be forced to go to the offices and stay before their computers on New

Year's Eve to solve the security issues.

Matthew was a highly skilled IT technician himself. One glance at the screen, and he knew what Sheffield meant.

He didn't have to press the Enter key to check if Sheffield had really found the loopholes. He could see it on the screen. It was the Last step to break through the defense.

Matthew was calm on the surface when a hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes. But when he looked at the man who was sitting in the chair like a bum, his eyes were cold as ever.