Supreme Heir Son-in-law

At this moment, Liu Yan’s curiosity about Dabing’s identity was growing.

From what Dabing just said, he could tell that there seemed to be a close relationship between him and the CEO of Xu Group.

Also, the fact that he knew so much information suggested that he often interacted with the CEO of Xu Group.

Liu Yan thought back to the first time Dabing called him, when it seemed like there were other people around him.

Although Liu Yan didn’t hear clearly at that time, he did catch a few words.

Something about cooperation, negotiation, real estate.

These terms didn’t seem like something an ordinary employee could discuss.

In Liu Yan’s understanding, those who dealt with such terms were usually CEOs of major companies or elite upper-level professionals.

Thinking of this, Liu Yan became even more convinced that Dabing’s relationship with Xu Ke was not ordinary.

Moreover, Dabing told him that this department was newly formed, and such a department would typically go through a formal recruitment process.

But now, not only is there no recruitment process, everything is happening in secret. This implies that the company’s president does not want everyone to know about the formation of this new department.

In other words, everything is being done secretly, with the purpose of serving certain specific roles at certain times.

Thinking of this, Liu Yan looked at Dabing thoughtfully.

Dabing, when being looked at this way, was a bit confused. He didn’t know what this girl was thinking.

"Liu Yan, what’s going on with you? If you have something to say, just speak up, don’t beat around the bush."

"Dabing, I want to ask you a few questions, so be honest with me."

Dabing was slightly taken aback; he didn’t know what was in Liu Yan’s mind.

Are there that many questions to ask? Everything would naturally be clear when they get to the company.

But since they were old friends, Dabing didn’t want to say much more, so he just lightly nodded.

"I can answer your questions, but if it involves company secrets, I can’t tell you, unless the CEO himself tells you at the company."

Dabing’s words were well understood by Liu Yan; he only wanted to ask some very simple questions.

"No problem, actually I just want to ask you, are you very close to the CEO of this company? And you’ve mentioned on the phone that you are the project leader of this new project. I’m really curious, what exactly is your position in this company now?"

Liu Yan asked so many questions in a series, leaving Dabing unsure where to begin.

He thought about it carefully, and it seemed like these questions didn’t involve any secrets, so he told Liu Yan.

"Since we are friends, I won’t hide it from you. The company you’re about to join is Xu Group, and their chairman Xu Ke is my best brother. I came this time because he called me over; his aim is to set up a completely new cybersecurity department. In the few days since I joined the company, it has already been attacked by hackers. If it weren’t for an internal master installing an encryption system even I couldn’t crack, the entire company’s secrets would have been compromised by now. It was from that moment that I understood why Xu Ke insisted on setting up a cybersecurity department. Both of us work in computing and understand how crucial network security is. For hackers like us, infiltrating a top-level company only takes about 20 minutes. There are people much more skilled than us, so wouldn’t they be able to infiltrate these companies in less than five minutes?"

Dabing’s words left Liu Yan shocked, and he was indeed correct.

There’s always someone better; the sky is the limit. Since joining the computing industry, Liu Yan has always believed in this saying.

He had seen too many people better than himself, too many so-called geniuses, and compared to them, he was nothing at all.

At best, he was just a bit more studious than others; at best, he was just a bit more talented, but in the face of true geniuses, it wasn’t enough.

Take Dabing for instance, Liu Yan used to consider his own talent not inferior to Dabing’s, perhaps even surpassing him in certain areas.

Yet, in subsequent collaborations, he firmly discovered the growing gap between himself and Dabing, a gap that widened more over time.

There was a period when Liu Yan doubted himself, wondering if he was cut out for this industry at all.

During that time, he felt like crumbling, and was jittery every day.

He even went to the hospital for a check-up and was found to have mild depression; even he began to wonder if he was truly himself at that time.

Fortunately, with Dabing’s guidance, he finally emerged from the shadow.

Ultimately, he realized that everyone has their own value of existence, and everyone has their own reasons to strive for.

If you think you’re worse than others, then you have to strive harder to catch up in other aspects.

Because the weak always complain, while the strong are always adapting.

Some things are innate and you can’t change them. So you use your acquired efforts to change them, so you use your acquired efforts to continuously conquer them.

Liu Yan still remembers his final collaboration with Dabing. That cooperation was extremely dangerous, and they nearly lost their lives.

They were invited to participate in a competition held by an international organization, only to find upon arrival that the experts weren’t on the same level as them at all.

Although both considered their skills not bad, compared to these people, they were insufficient.

A seemingly complex system, these people could crack in just ten seconds.

Even Dabing took over a minute.

As for himself, it took him a full two minutes just to crack the first system.

You wouldn’t believe how mocking the looks of those contestants were when they looked at him, everyone was laughing at someone who didn’t know his limits, questioning why he participated in the competition.

But Liu Yan will never forget Dabing’s heroic performance in that competition, nor will he forget what the man said to those looking down on him during the competition.

"This is a place where we speak with strength, not your so-called empty talk. If you really have the ability, defeat me fair and square, and don’t ridicule my partner here. His skills may not be up to par, but I believe that given enough time, he can surpass any of you."

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