Give Me Another Smile

Yin Zhao-an's eyes widened in shock, and she couldn't help but look at Tang Yu in disbelief.

Tang Yu grew a little embarrassed from being stared at and awkwardly rubbed her nose. In reality, she hadn't seen if anyone was upstairs with her own eyes. However, she was certain someone had been into her room because she had left her curtains open before she left for school.

Although Tang Yu didn't know who this person was, she knew that neither she nor Yin Zhao-an should recklessly go into the house. After all, if this person turned out to be dangerous, there was no way two children like them could successfully escape.

After reaching this conclusion, Tang Yu decided she would spend the night at Yin Zhao-an's place and inform Uncle Yin, Yin Zhao-an's father, about the intruder. Then, she said, "Let me stay over at your—"

Fuck! This bastard!

Tang Yu involuntarily gasped and mentally cursed before she could finish her sentence. Apparently, while she was immersed in her thoughts, Yin Zhao-an had already run up to the house's front door, opened it, and poked half of her body inside to look around. After doing so, the girl even turned back to wave at her, gesturing for her to head over.

After anxiously looking at the second floor, Tang Yu quickly ran over to Yin Zhao-an, intending to drag the little daredevil out and away from the house. However, before she could reach the front door, Yin Zhao-an was suddenly pulled into the house by a large force and vanished from her eyes.

Tang Yu's heart sank and her eyes reddened at this sight. Then, after walking up to the door with heavy steps, a tall figure gradually appeared in her sight...

When Tang Yu saw this sight, a wave of emotions instantly overwhelmed her, causing her legs to go limp and slump to the ground. Then, in a sobbing voice mixed with feelings of grievance and fear, she said, "Daddy..."

…

One adult and two children sat in the living room in silence, each holding a warm cup of water in their hands.

Yin Zhao-an scratched her chin as she looked at the two other people in the room. She had already drank most of her glass of water, yet neither of the two other people in the room had spoken a single word this entire time. For a moment, she even started to doubt the validity of her existence.

"That… Uncle Tang, since you're home already, I'll be taking my leave first…"

"Wait here for a bit," Tang Zhengyang said as he put down his glass of water. Then, he waved his black cellphone in front of Yin Zhao-an and continued, "I've already called your father, so he should be coming to pick you up in a moment. It's not safe to walk around by yourself at night."

After replying with a soft "oh," Yin Zhao-an remained seated in her place and snuck glances at Tang Yu from time to time. Unfortunately, Tang Yu had her head lowered this entire time, so she failed to notice Yin Zhao-an's awkward predicament.

In the meantime, Tang Zhengyang carefully scrutinized his daughter with narrowed eyes, the emotions in his eyes constantly changing.

Sometime later, the sound of a car engine came from outside the house. Yin Zhao-an jumped out of her seat in excitement when she heard this sound. Finally, she could escape from this tense atmosphere. The only unfortunate part was that her Tang-Tang wouldn't get to receive the same salvation.

"Cough. I'll be taking my leave first, Tang-Tang. See you tomorrow," Yin Zhaoan said as she waved goodbye at Tang Yu.

Tang Yu lifted her head and looked at Yin Zhao-an resentfully. Then, gradually, she revealed a strange smile and said, "Goodbye."

Yin Zhao-an: !!

Yin Zhao-an, who was getting lifted away by Yin Changcheng, revealed a tearful look when she saw Tang Yu's smile. She never knew her Tang-Tang's smile could be so scary.

Meanwhile, after the unimportant person (Yin Zhao-an: What??) had left, Tang Zhengyang no longer hid his thoughts. Immediately, he left for the study and returned with a laptop.

Tang Yu panicked when she saw the laptop. However, she still chose to feign ignorance. So long as she refused to speak, everything should be fine…

"When did you buy this laptop?" Tang Zhengyang asked after placing the laptop on the coffee table. Currently, the laptop was turned on, and the screen was showing an ordinary wallpaper of a blue sky and green grassland. At first glance, this was no different than your average computer.

"...A month ago," Tang Yu answered.

Tang Zhengyang raised an eyebrow and softly chuckled when he heard Tang Yu's answer. However, this soft chuckle caused Tang Yu's heartbeat to accelerate and her back to be covered in cold sweat.

"Little Yu, can you tell daddy why…" While saying so, Tang Zhengyang opened a file on the computer. The file in question was a text file, and the file's content was none other than the encrypted message Tang Yu had previously written. "Why does this computer have this file in it?"

Tang Yu shook her head in response, revealing an innocent expression. She even shed a few tears while doing so. "I don't know. I only wanted to buy it to play games with."

Tang Zhengyang's hand stiffened a little when he saw his daughter's tears, his heart softening into a pile of mush. Right now, he wanted nothing more than to hug and console his precious daughter.

However, the matter at hand was of extraordinary severity.

He had recently found an encrypted message in his mailbox. The message did not have a sender. Instead, someone had bypassed his computer's firewall and placed the message directly into his mailbox. Meanwhile, after decrypting the message, the content shocked him to the core. If what was stated in the message was true, it didn't take a genius to figure out what kind of consequences would await him and his team.

When he brought up the possibility of the "tip-off" with his team being a trap, a huge uproar had ensued. Meanwhile, everyone unanimously agreed that they should think of a new and more thorough plan for the upcoming operation. However, whether the message he received was trustworthy was still up for debate. So, he went out of his way to check the source file's IP address and found that it actually came from...his house.

After making this shocking discovery, he quickly returned home with a frightened heart. Even though he kept telling himself that there was no way such a situation could be possible, when he found the laptop hidden in his daughter's closet, he still ended up breaking down.

To further verify that this wasn't a mistake, he looked through the hidden surveillance camera he had set up at home. The hidden camera was installed in the living room, and not even his wife was aware of its existence. Because of the nature of his occupation, he had to take a few extra measures to ensure the safety of his wife and daughter.

Meanwhile, the Tang Yu captured in the surveillance footage behaved like a completely different person. Not only did she hacked into his work computer with ease, but she had also typed out an entire message in Morse code without any external help. These feats might not be surprising if an adult had carried them out, but Tang Yu was only a 10-year-old child!