This Alpha Is So Devoted to His Wife - Chapter 64

Two months later, they successfully graduated from Imperial Capital University.

During this time, many seemingly dramatic events occurred, but thankfully, they were able to overcome every obstacle, thanks to the strong support of their parents and family. Graduation signaled that they would embark on the next phase of their lives together.

On graduation day, Duan Yuluo stood under a tree, holding the flowers Lu Xinghe had sent, waiting for him. He didn’t see Lu Xinghe, but he did encounter an unexpected visitor.

“Senior Duan, you’re really handsome. I like you a lot.”

A young Alpha held a bouquet of red roses, passionately confessing to the senior he admired.

Duan Yuluo thought he and Lu Xinghe had been quite public about their relationship on campus, so he was surprised to receive a confession. Just as he was about to politely decline, he was suddenly pulled into a strong, inescapable embrace from behind. He only heard a dark, fierce voice from above his head:

“What the hell does his good looks have to do with you? He’s mine.”

Before he could react, his right hand was seized, and a ring was slipped onto his ring finger. The blue scattered diamonds on the outer band of the ring sparkled blindingly.

“…?”

He twisted his head to look back and saw Lu Xinghe with a grim expression, using his Alpha aura to scare away the younger Alpha student.

Once the Alpha who had confessed to Duan Yuluo finally took the hint and left, Lu Xinghe gripped his hand, took the ring off his finger, and knelt down before him. He looked up at him. “That didn’t count. Forget it. Let’s start over.”

Duan Yuluo was speechless, unsure whether to laugh or how to react.

Yet, his heart was beating exceptionally fast at that moment.

It was strange. They didn’t really need such a ceremony, but the formality still made him uncontrollably nervous.

“I know it’s late for me to propose to you on this day, but my love for you has grown from my own private fantasies to the moment you looked at me with eyes only for me. Only then did I feel that your love for me is no less than mine for you.”

Lu Xinghe knelt on one knee, his back straight. He held up the blue diamond ring—modestly set but incredibly dazzling in the sun—and looked at the person he loved deeply:

“Baby, are you willing to decide, starting today, to spend the rest of your life with me?”

Duan Yuluo thought, How could I not be willing? He held out his hand. “Of course, I am.”

“Baby.”

“Hmm?”

Lu Xinghe carefully placed the blue diamond ring, which he had bought at an auction, onto Duan Yuluo’s ring finger with immense reverence. After putting it on, he stood up and smiled down at him. “I bought you a yacht. When you have time, how about we go out to sea to watch the stars?”

A yacht?

Duan Yuluo was slightly surprised. “Where did you get the money to buy a yacht?”

Although they had both been busy with work-related matters over the past two months, Lu Xinghe’s specific workplace was still unknown to him, so he figured he must still be somewhat financially constrained.

“I named the yacht Jacob, or ‘Zai Zai Hao’ in Chinese, which sounds like ‘Zai Zai is good’ (崽崽好). How about that? Isn’t it a great name?”

Duan Yuluo: “…” Wait a minute, since when did this guy have money for a yacht? He looked down at the ring again. Even though he wasn’t an expert on jewelry, the luster of the scattered blue diamonds suggested it wasn’t a common ring. “Star, is this ring expensive?”

Lu Xinghe smiled. “No, it’s not expensive.”

Only 300 million.

“What about the yacht?”

800 million.

He had, after all, sold another system this month and taken on a few freelance hacker jobs.

“That’s not expensive either.”

Duan Yuluo heard the casualness in his tone. Just how “not expensive” is “not expensive”?

“Hey, why are you two standing here? Qiao Qiao and I have been looking for you for ages.”

Two familiar figures approached from a distance: Duan Yifan and Jiang Nianqiao, whom they hadn’t seen in a while.

Jiang Nianqiao raised the SLR camera in her hand. Seeing them both in their doctoral robes, especially the ring on Duan Yuluo’s hand, which immediately caught her eye, she looked at Lu Xinghe in shock. “You proposed?! Do Uncle Duan and Aunt Luo know?”

Duan Yifan stood nearby, crossing his arms and clicking his tongue. “You’re in trouble. If Luo Yudan finds out, he’ll beat you up for putting the wedding ring on Zai Zai so early.”

Duan Yuluo saw the camera in his cousin Jiang Nianqiao’s hand and waved her over. “Qiao Qiao, come take a picture of Lu Xinghe and me.”

The photo was captured beneath the towering tree.

The robes marked the end of one chapter and the beginning of a new phase of life.

The ring represented the same.

They would begin to spend the rest of their lives together.

A Patent Stolen

Six months later—

In the Galaxy Group laboratory in D Country.

Duan Yuluo, wearing a white lab coat, adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose. He stood in front of the large screen with a serious expression, watching programmers test the core chip data.

He had originally planned to return home immediately after graduation, but his family had given him a task. He essentially needed to complete this mission and achieve results before formally returning home to inherit the Galaxy Group.

This chip data was for a completely new upgrade to the Hyper-Memory Chip. Its performance in all aspects would be more stable than the previous version, especially the artificial intelligence features. It could read the implanted user’s habits—from daily life to speech patterns—to better monitor and protect the user’s overall physical condition.

Their medical chip processor would become the most advanced and stable in the industry.

The chip’s code name was Guardian.

This was his first major project since officially taking over the Galaxy Group’s D Country branch: advancing the comprehensive secondary differentiation gene defect project to the world. They were now simultaneously recruiting volunteers for chip testing and treatment.

The boy he had rescued at the welfare center years ago, Liao Mengqi, was now a beneficiary of this comprehensive secondary differentiation gene defect project, relying on the AI-implanted Hyper-Memory Chip to help him live despite being non-verbal and blind.

“Young Master Duan.”

Duan Yuluo turned around and saw Manager Huo approaching with a troubled expression. “What is it?”

Manager Huo walked up to Duan Yuluo and whispered in his ear.

【The Guardian chip patent was registered first by the D Country Royal Pharmaceutical Group. They beat us by one day.】

Duan Yuluo’s expression subtly changed. The look in his eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses was dark and unreadable. The light from the screen outlined his cold facial contours. Even before he spoke, one could feel the low pressure radiating from him.

He turned and walked out of the lab, shedding his white coat as he went. His tone was calm and decisive. “Call an emergency meeting with the Technology Department.”

They want to oppose him this badly, do they?

Emergency Meeting

In the high-level conference room—

The summoned Head of the Technology Department wrung his hands, looking uneasy. He saw Duan Yuluo walk in through the door. Just as he was about to speak first, he was suppressed by the other man’s cold, dominant words.

“Now, tell me what caused our patent to be hijacked,” Duan Yuluo said, sitting down at the head of the table. His gaze fell on the Head of the Technology Department. “This should have been impossible. We applied for the patent immediately after the Guardian chip was developed. Why would the opposition get there one day sooner?”

Sweat was beading on the Head of the Technology Department’s forehead. His Adam’s apple bobbed, and his clasped hands trembled slightly. “Young Master Duan, there’s a problem with our group’s network security system. The source code was most likely leaked.”

Duan Yuluo’s face suddenly darkened. “When did this happen? Why didn’t you report this earlier?!”

The Head of the Technology Department knew he was solely responsible. It was a blunder by a programmer under his supervision that led to such a terrible vulnerability. This wasn’t something easily rectified. For a conglomerate as large as the Galaxy Group, such an issue was frightening.

The source code leak meant that their developing Guardian chip could have been copied by hackers. If the core technology was replicated, exposed publicly, maliciously altered to cause a catastrophic event, or used for hacker blackmail, the resulting situation would be irreversible.

“Young Master Duan, I failed to adequately supervise the programmer. I bear the greatest responsibility. We are currently working hard to resolve and fix the vulnerability.”

Hearing this, Duan Yuluo’s chest tightened with a throbbing pain. He lowered his head, pinching the bridge of his nose to control his discomfort. After a deep breath, he looked at the department head. “Before I called this meeting, did you contact the Technology Department at the Galaxy Group headquarters?”

“We have already contacted them and are working on fixing the vulnerability, but they said General Manager Chu is away on a business trip for a month, and no one can reach him.”

Duan Yuluo leaned back in his chair, his jaw clenched, his expression now quite poor.

This was clearly an organized, premeditated plan to sabotage him. The Royal Pharmaceutical Group was an enterprise under the Clemens Royal Family. During the initial joint secondary differentiation project, they had shared some publicly available content—meaning partial code for the Guardian chip—but the most core, crucial parts were confidential secrets of the Galaxy Research Institute and the Neptune Group.

This source code leak was likely the result of an enemy hacker attack. It was difficult to monitor or control the code during the research and development process. Furthermore, proactive defense measures were detrimental to developing the source code, and since they had to use external devices for development, they couldn’t completely isolate them.

In this defense, no network is completely airtight. Even if the Galaxy Group had the most advanced secure network equipment, it was hard to guarantee a competitor didn’t have a stronger hacker.

He thought of his uncle, Chu Beiheng. If others couldn’t reach him, he probably could.

He pushed his chair back and stood up. “This is an extremely serious blunder. First, as the Head of the Technology Department, you failed to inform me of the situation immediately. Second, you failed to take timely measures. Third, our core technology and code may be facing theft or malicious alteration. Given this, all members of the Technology Department will submit a detailed report to me after the matter is resolved.”

With that, he walked out of the conference room, coldly stating, “Meeting adjourned.”

Back in his office, he immediately called his uncle Chu Beiheng’s private number.

The call connected quickly, but the background was very noisy. His uncle was probably at his wife’s concert again.

“Hello, what’s up, Zai Zai? I’m watching my wife’s concert!”

Duan Yuluo forced down the dull ache in his chest. He took a deep breath, keeping his voice steady as he asked, “Uncle, we have a network security issue here. Our Guardian chip patent was hijacked.”

“What?! How is that possible? Someone hacked into the Galaxy Group’s network and leaked the source code?! Has it been fixed?!”

“We’re working hard to fix it, but we have some technical difficulties. The Technology Department at headquarters said you were away and couldn’t be reached. Uncle, I need your help.”

His uncle thought for a few seconds. “Hmm, this really does need an expert to step in, but I genuinely can’t go back right now. If I did, your Uncle Yu would get mad. How about this: you find someone. He’s the new programming god in the top tier of the coding world.”

“Who should I look for?”

“His code name is J.”

Duan Yuluo frowned at the unfamiliar name. “Never heard of him.”

“He’s very aloof. He might not answer a call, so maybe you should try chatting with him online.”