Min Yu put down his phone and thought over it seriously without saying a word.

  Zhuo Yun quietly glanced at him. After some time, he finally said, “We might put Director Min in a spot if we ask him to help. Why don’t we ask Deputy Director Zhang instead?”


  “It’s fine. He will come knocking on our doors soon enough,” said Min Yu mildly.

  Zhuo Yun felt the best way was to get Zhang Qing to help with this and not get Min Jian involved. Also, they could take the chance to find out what Zhang Qing felt about the incident.

  The Min family could certainly reach out to Zhang Qing now, but it would make a world of a difference if Zhang Qing approached them first.

  Zhuo Yun nodded and said, “I will take care of it.”


  “I will go through all the audio files as soon as possible.” Yang Yi spoke with his head lowered. He paused before he added. “This happened on my watch because I was careless. After the matter is settled, I will accept punishment for my mistake.”


  The moment he finished his sentence, he bowed to Min Yu reverently and left with his laptop.

  Zhuo Yun glanced at Yang Yi from behind and sighed in his heart. However, he said nothing and left quickly.

  **

  Meanwhile, on the other end.

  Huo Yao did not turn off her computer after cracking the encrypted file. Instead, she continued researching on independent databases.

  In order to create the perfect independent database, a lot of virtual data was required. Also, the database had to undergo repeated testing to achieve the right balance before it could be used live.

  The best data in the industry were primarily shared resources. It was difficult for the software and chips to reach their full potential because of inefficiencies in the data link.

  Even though the development of independent databases was at a fledgling stage, they were bound to take center stage in a few decades.

  Huo Yao sat up straight as she typed a string of codes on the keyboard unhurriedly with a particularly serious expression on her face. The door of her room remained open.

  Huo Yulin felt worried after seeing Huo Changfeng leave in a hurry, so he was very preoccupied after he got home. He contemplated briefly before deciding to go over to the Huo family’s local branch to check on the situation, so he went over to Huo Yao’s room and knocked on the door.

  Huo Yao was deeply engrossed, so she simply acknowledged softly when she heard someone knocking on the door while she kept her eyes on the laptop screen.

  Huo Yulin entered the room and saw his little sister sitting in front of the laptop and seemed to be gaming. He walked up beside her and wanted to tell her that he was going out. When he inadvertently saw the content on the screen, he was shocked.

  Moments later, he finally snapped out of his shock and said, “Yao, what is this?”


  Huo Yao finally realized that her third older brother was standing beside her. Her fingers froze before she turned off the command field and answered with a straight face. “I am just trying to familiarize myself with the database.”


  The moment Huo Yulin heard what she said, he was puzzled. “Database?”


  Huo Yao pondered before she answered. “I have taken Bioinformatics. Genetic pairing needs a wide database for the comparison to work, so I decided to familiarize myself first.”


  Huo Yulin thought about the command field he saw earlier and was certain that he had never come across such data before, but he did not think otherwise and simply nodded. Moments later, he quickly said in surprise, “Did you choose Bioinformatics?”


  Huo Yao nodded. She raised her brow slightly as she looked at Huo Yulin. “Brother Yulin, do you think this is an unpopular subject too?”


  Huo Yulin leaned against the edge of the table and asked quizzically. “Why would I say that? I think it’s a good choice and the industry has major potential. DNA data research is a hot subject abroad.”