Chapter 4: Plan

Evelyn had already started planning her next sequence of actions after ending her phone call with Dr. Song. She knew that it was too early for her to make any big moves since that would arouse unnecessary suspicion. For now, she decided to lay low and play along with Ivy and Rose's tricks. However, this didn't mean she was going to keep being a pushover. After being reborn, Evelyn was disgusted by those fake white lotuses.

Evelyn walked to a nearby cafe. Since she was supposed to be ill, she didn't plan on attending any classes for the rest of the day, not that it mattered given her natural intelligence added onto the fact that she was going through college twice. Evelyn pulled out her laptop while sipping on some juice; she was never a fan of coffee and other caffeinated drinks. Her fingers flew across the keyboard as she typed. In her past life, Evelyn majored in computer science though she never got to do anything with her degree since she was sabotaged by Ivy and Rose. As a result, even though Evelyn was a genius hacker, no one ever knew.

Evelyn was extremely focused as lines of code flashed across the screen. Some people might think programming was like the movies where hacking into something took mere seconds, but Evelyn knew the reality. It was unrealistic to assume that someone could get past layers of firewalls and security by pressing a few buttons. Even Evelyn, who was one of the best hackers in the world, needed several minutes at a minimum and much longer if defenses were tighter. There was no such thing as hacking within seconds unless you attacked something that wasn't even worth looking into.

Evelyn continued to sip on her juice as she worked on hacking into Ivy's computer. This way she could know about Ivy's schemes in advance and ensure that she could avoid them. Of course, it wouldn't hurt to find some secrets that she could use to blackmail Ivy later as well. Evelyn smiled slightly as she gained access to Ivy's files, not that it was difficult. It was unlikely that Ivy even knew how to protect her cyber footprint as Evelyn found the messy traces she left everywhere. It didn't take long for her to find out that Ivy had been contacting a mysterious person quite frequently.