Substitute Bride to the Crippled Billionaire

Chapter 140: Chapter 140: Making Things Difficult

The car stopped at the building entrance, and the three of them hurried into the elevator, carrying their tools upstairs.

"This system crashes every day. What’s the deal with it?"

"No idea! It’s happened several times today already. Who can put up with this?"

"Why haven’t the repair techs shown up yet?"

"Didn’t we call them already?"

As soon as the elevator doors opened, a string of urgent voices met their ears.

The supervisor grabbed his bag and jogged forward.

"Hey! They’re here! They’re here!"

The people gathered together immediately stepped aside, creating a path for the supervisor to step in.

Su Yuerou and Gu Xiaoxiao quickly followed him.

Surrounded by the crowd was a computer, its screen displaying a blue interface that was constantly refreshing with lines of English text.

"Supervisor Gao, this is the third time today!" Someone said irritably, "Can’t we get it fixed already?"

Supervisor Gao wiped the sweat off his forehead and said with a forced smile, "Relax. We’ll take care of it right now."

He quickly shut the computer down and restarted it, cycling through the motions several times to no avail.

Frowning, Supervisor Gao turned to the two behind him, "Yuerou, Xiaoxiao, you each boot up two computers. Yuerou, check for system issues. Xiaoxiao, inspect the hardware."

"Got it."

The trio split up to work, their movements swift and efficient.

The company’s system had been outsourced to their firm, with all updates and maintenance handled by their team.

Now that the system had crashed, the entire company’s operations were paralyzed. No wonder everyone was up in arms.

Su Yuerou quickly identified the system bugs and informed Supervisor Gao.

Supervisor Gao looked tense, his brow furrowed deeply.

"Yuerou, how long will it take for you to fix the bug?"

While Supervisor Gao wasn’t well-versed in coding, Su Yuerou was the only one of the three particularly skilled in it.

Su Yuerou stared at the flickering screen, her eyes glinting with determination.

"Give me half an hour."

Seeing the confidence in her gaze, Supervisor Gao nodded, "Alright, half an hour. I’ll notify the company’s IT department and have them send someone over."

"Okay."

She had just thirty minutes. If she couldn’t resolve the issue in that time, she’d have to step aside once the IT team arrived.

As her fingers danced across the keyboard, Su Yuerou immersed herself entirely in debugging the system.

...

"Hey, hear about the new beauty downstairs?"

"What beauty? Don’t tell me you’ve finished your work and now have spare time to admire girls here."

"It’s not like that—the system’s down, there’s nothing I can do anyway! And that gorgeous girl downstairs? She’s here to fix the bug."

"You know, the system was easy to use before, so why is it messing up so often lately?"

"Who knows..."

Two colleagues sipped coffee in the break room, their conversation growing increasingly spirited.

Suddenly, the break room door swung open, drawing everyone’s attention as a man stepped inside, silhouetted against the light.

"President Fu!" The two immediately straightened up, speaking in unison.

Fu Yixing’s gaze swept over them with a smile, his voice low: "Someone’s here to fix the system?"

"Yes!"

"Good."

Fu Yixing smiled again and turned to leave.

The two left behind in the break room exchanged puzzled glances, baffled by his sudden appearance.

Why had Fu Yixing come in here, anyway?

On his way downstairs to address the issue, Fu Yixing noticed the scattered groups of employees gossiping among themselves.

"Hey, that girl seems quite skilled."

"Skilled, my foot! She hasn’t even fixed it yet."

"No need to rush..."

Expressions varied among the people gathered in the office, their discussions disjointed and chaotic.

Fu Yixing kept walking until his gaze landed on a familiar profile within the crowd.

Su Yuerou sat upright at the computer, her posture steady as her focus lit up her face.

Fu Yixing curved his lips into a smile and approached her.

"Knock, knock, knock—"

His deliberate raps on the desk broke her concentration, prompting her to glance back in confusion.

The instant her eyes met his shadowed gaze, Su Yuerou froze briefly.

"Dear sister-in-law." Fu Yixing stared at her with feigned politeness, a sly grin tugging at his lips. "What are you doing here?"

Wasn’t this just fishing for a response?

Su Yuerou offered a slightly awkward smile before answering as she gestured toward Gu Xiaoxiao, "I came with my colleague to fix the system."

"Oh?" Fu Yixing raised his eyebrows as if surprised, his curiosity piqued. "I didn’t know my sister-in-law had computer skills."

"Well..." Su Yuerou laughed lightly, "I just picked up a bit out of boredom."

If anyone from her university overheard this, they’d surely accuse her of false modesty. But this was Fu Yixing she was dealing with now.

"Is that so?" Fu Yixing’s tone was laced with dry humor, "You seem pretty capable."

"It’s mostly appearance." Su Yuerou quickly lowered her gaze as her fingers kept working. "I’m busy right now, so I’ll have to cut short our chat, Second Master."

Fu Yixing smiled faintly, remaining quietly nearby without further comment.

After a while, he pulled out his phone, his lips quirked up as the sound of keypad clicks filled the room.

When the computer screen finally returned to normal, Su Yuerou let out a sigh of relief.

"Supervisor Gao." She got up and turned to him. "It’s done."

Supervisor Gao paused for a moment before hurrying over.

When he saw the restored computer, his face split into a grin as he clapped her on the shoulder. "Nice work!"

Su Yuerou scratched her head and smiled modestly, "You might want to double-check. There are some areas I’m not fully familiar with."

"No problem, I’ll handle the final touches from here."

Supervisor Gao took her seat and skillfully resumed the repairs. noveldrama

Su Yuerou watched the process—she understood parts of it but couldn’t grasp the details completely.

When she encountered something unclear, she hesitated to ask, feeling like a clueless novice.

As she wrestled with her internal frustrations, a familiar voice rang out.

"Yixing!"

Su Yuerou froze briefly before turning to look.

Su Xiaorou walked over, dressed in a pale yellow dress, carrying a delicate handbag, her heels clacking purposefully on the floor.

She naturally gravitated toward Fu Yixing, linking her arm with his.

"Yixing, you called me all the way over here for what?"

Fu Yixing gestured toward Su Yuerou, his smirk light. "Didn’t your sister-in-law come by? Thought you two hadn’t seen each other in a while, so I had you come over to catch up."

Only then did Su Xiaorou shift her attention to Su Yuerou, as though noticing her for the first time.

"Little sis!" Su Xiaorou exclaimed, holding her hand excitedly. "It’s been ages since I saw you. How come you’re here?"

With his hand resting leisurely on Su Xiaorou’s shoulder, Fu Yixing shot a mocking glance at Su Yuerou’s toolbox.

"Our sister-in-law is quite talented! Not only can she play piano and guzheng, but she can also repair computers!"

"Repair computers?" Su Xiaorou’s face tightened in confusion. "Little sis, I don’t remember you knowing how to fix computers. Didn’t you major in vocal performance in college?"

Su Yuerou’s expression hardened as her sharp gaze pierced through Su Xiaorou like a blade.

Despite this, Su Xiaorou pretended not to notice, her smile sweet as she clung affectionately to Fu Yixing’s arm.

"Could it be that little sis switched schools at some point? And didn’t tell us?"