9: Chapter 9? Are you kidding me? You developed this too?

Boom!

Su Qingxue's mind went blank; the impact of this data left her rooted to the spot.

20% stronger?

Still an OS deeply customized based on Android 7.0?

As the CEO of Guanghui Mobile, she knew better than anyone what this data meant!

It represented countless top engineers toiling day and night, optimizing line by line from the underlying code, just to squeeze out a one or two percent performance increase. And now, an unheard-of "Xingchen System" had directly left them behind by 20%!

This was simply a dimensionality-reduction strike!

For a long time, their Guanghui Technology UI had been recognized by the industry as the only existence capable of rivaling the Xiaomi system, and the first choice for countless enthusiasts to flash their phones.

But now...

Her gaze slowly, stiffly, landed on the innocent-looking man next to her.

Lu Li!

That handsome, sharp-featured face she had looked at for two years now seemed incredibly unfamiliar.

You could figure it out with your toes—this so-called "Xingchen System" definitely had something to do with Lu Li!

In an instant, two extreme emotions collided violently in her chest.

On one side was the ecstasy and shock of discovering a peerless treasure; on the other, the humiliation and anger of being deceived for two years by the person closest to her!

Married for two years, she had no idea that her husband, who spent every day playing games at home under the guise of "finding inspiration," was actually a peerless genius capable of casually writing a top-tier OS!

A cold, murderous aura began to emanate from Su Qingxue.

Lu Li, who was pretending to play on his phone while frantically observing her out of the corner of his eye, instantly felt that something was wrong.

His hearing was decent, and the word "system" he vaguely heard from the phone receiver made his heart skip a beat.

The lyrics of that crappy song had become reality; he felt as if the ocean of reality was truly about to slap him coldly in the face.

He quietly got up from the bed, greased his feet, and planned to slip out of the master bedroom first.

"Lu Li!!!"

Su Qingxue, having hung up the phone, let out an icy, bone-chilling roar from behind.

Lu Li's footsteps paused; he braced himself, turned around, and forced an innocent smile onto his face.

His brain raced, thinking of countermeasures.

Clearly, it was that damn system reward that had screwed him over.

It was that Full-screen display phone, the one he had personally crafted, which just happened to be equipped with the deeply customized system his team had developed in his previous life.

It was also an early version of the domestically developed system.

He clearly remembered...

This phone shouldn't have had that system!!

Forget it, it was a matter from his past life after all; it had been decades, so it was normal that he couldn't remember clearly.

Besides, after 2027, future developments changed with each passing day, so he remembered even less...

"Lu Li, you've kept me in the dark for so long!!"

Su Qingxue's voice was full of disappointment, her eyes fixed intently on Lu Li.

As if she were ready to pounce and bite him at any moment.

"Wife, what are you saying?" Lu Li went all out with his acting, looking perfectly sincere.

"We agreed when we got married that we would be honest and sincere with each other. How could I hide anything from you?"

"Honest and sincere?" Su Qingxue laughed in anger. "Then what is the Xingchen System? Don't tell me you don't know. It's right there in the Full-screen display phone you messed around with this morning!"

Su Qingxue felt her intelligence was being insulted; with the evidence so conclusive, he was still pretending to know nothing.

Was he trying to fool her like she was an idiot?

"Oh... you mean that? I don't know what's up with that system either. After my friend finished the Full-screen display for me, the phone system was just there. I don't really know much about that!"

Lu Li made a decision in an instant: the blame had to be shifted to that "non-existent friend."

As long as he refused to admit it, he could continue living his life as a kept man.

Work? He would never work in this lifetime.

"Your friend?" Su Qingxue laughed out of extreme anger. She stepped closer to Lu Li, "Good. Then introduce this friend to me. We at Guanghui Technology appreciate nothing more than… talent… who have achievements in such scientific research fields!"

She enunciated the word "talent" heavily, full of sarcasm.

"Uh, that friend of mine... she went abroad recently. When she returns to the country, I'll definitely introduce you two immediately!"

Lu Li's expression was relaxed and easy, as if he were talking about an insignificant matter.

"Lu Li, do you really take me for a fool?"

Su Qingxue couldn't help but reach out, pinching Lu Li's waist, and then giving it a slight twist.

"Hiss—" Lu Li gasped in pain, but forced a smile onto his face. "Wife, have mercy! Don't go for the kill. If you pinch my kidney, what will happen to your happiness for the rest of your life?"

"Pah! Still mouthing off!" Su Qingxue applied a bit more force, but the anger in her heart was inexplicably dissipated a little by his interruption.

She knew that continuing to interrogate him like this wouldn't yield any results.

Taking a deep breath, Su Qingxue forced herself to calm down.

Her husband, for some reason, seemed extremely resistant to working and was focused on developing games.

Although in two years, nothing had come of it.

She let go and said coldly:

"Lu Li, I don't want to hear your nonsense. Either you contact that friend of yours and I talk to her, or you come to work at the company tomorrow as a product manager. I think highly of those ideas of yours!"

"CCC, I choose C!"

When Lu Li heard about going to work and becoming a product manager at the company, his head spun.

Wouldn't that mean he would have to return to those terrifying days of being accompanied by technology, wandering between the laboratory and home all the time?

His wife was too vicious; he had merely brought out a Full-screen display and a system.

Could he handle that?

No, wait, he actually could. After all, for other competitors, the appearance of just one of these things would be a dimensionality-reduction strike.

"There is no C!"

Su Qingxue was almost laughed to anger; he was still thinking about C.

"Fine!" Lu Li pretended to be resigned and nodded. "Wait for me a moment, I'll go make a call. My friend has a bit of a strange temper, so please bear with her when the time comes."

After saying this, he turned around and walked quickly to the gaming room, locking the door behind him.

Su Qingxue stood where she was, watching his scurrying back, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

She wanted to see what kind of tricks Lu Li could pull!

He was clearly a tech mogul, yet he still pretended to be a novice!!

If he couldn't produce this friend who sounded like a fabrication, she would tie him up and drag him to the company tomorrow if she had to!