Chapter 275 A Cat Named Dumpy

Anna let out a sigh of relief when Jacob finally smiled. She went closer to him and said, “Mr. Shelby, are you satisfied with my performance today? If you’re satisfied, could you do me a favor and return my phone to me, please?”

“What do you want to do with your phone? Do you want to contact your ally?” asked Jacob as he looked warily at Anna.

“No, you’ve misunderstood me. I have a virtual pet and I need to go online to feet it,” Anna said innocently.

“How old are you? Why are you still playing with a virtual pet?” Jacob was speechless.

“I’m six years old this year. Do you have a problem with that?” Anna answered boldly.

Gooseflesh coated Jacob’s skin as he was not used to Anna’s sudden change in behavior. He pulled a face and looked at her expressionlessly.

The thing that Anna feared the most right now was when Jacob pulled his face. She shrunk back a little and said sheepishly, “Okay, fine, fine. Just forget about it. You don’t have to look at me like that.”

Jacob took a deep breath and fished Anna’s phone out. He handed the phone to her and instructed, “You stand here and feed your pet in front of me. Don’t do anything stupid as I’ll be watching you.”

“Sure, sure, I won’t do anything stupid, I promise!” Anna was overjoyed. She took the phone over from Jacob. As she maneuvered nimbly through her phone, she said, “This is my cat. I named it Dumpy. See, if we feed this golden can to Dumpy, it will increase its level of hunger for 90 points. The silver can’s effect is not so good, but…”

“Shut up,” Jacob rolled his eyes and ordered.

“Alright, alright,” Anna replied poutingly.

Jacob watched her play with the virtual pet and he felt speechless. The virtual pet was even more troublesome than a cat in real life. Not only did she need to feed it, but she also had to bathe it and play with it. However, those were not the things that made him speechless the most. What left him speechless the most was that she even had to send the cat to talent class like piano class.

A cat learning a piano? What the hell was that?

“I have smashed all the points into talent, and yet my cat still can’t pass the Grade 10 piano examination,” Anna said disappointingly.

‘It’s just a cat! You already have to send it to piano class, but you also want it to pass the Grade 10 piano examination? Are you raising a monster or what?’ Jacob chided Anna for her craziness inwardly. That being said, when he saw the disappointment on her face, something in his heart moved. Then, driven by a mysterious force, he instructed coldly, “Give me your phone.”

“Hold on. Let me…” Before Anna could finish her sentence, Jacob snatched her phone away.

Anna thought Jacob was going to keep her phone away. She did not expect that he would pick up whatever she left and continue the game.

“Huh? You love to play with virtual pets also?” Anna looked at Jacob in surprise. She felt like it was not Jacob’s style.

Jacob rolled his eyes at her and then switched to the coding interface.

His finger danced nimbly on the screen and Anna could only watch in a daze.

A few minutes later, after Jacob finished his work, he switched the interface back and returned the phone to Anna. “It’s done,” he said.

“What is done?” Anna was dumbfounded.

“The Grade 10 piano examination,” Jacob answered without batting an eyelid.

‘Huh?’

Anna’s eyes widened, and she attempted the examination again.

Then, Dumpy passed the difficult piano examination without any pressure.

Looking at the shiny Grade 10 piano certificate, Anna could not help cheering.

Jacob rolled his eyes at her again.

‘Does she has to be so happy over such a trivial matter? Women are surely the kind of creature that can’t be speculated with normal common sense.’

“How did you do it, Mr. Shelby? Could it be that you’re the legendary hacker?” Anna exclaimed, looking at Jacob with glittering eyes.

“Nope. I’m just a programmer,” Jacob replied flatly.

He was stating the truth. Compared to his attainments in programming, he was considered as a newbie in hacking.

“Programmer? Then you must be very popular,” Anna said as she searched for his name in the search bar.

Then, tons of news regarding Jacob popped up.

“A talented youngster has appeared. Will he become the savior of Canada’s electronic industry?”

Other than being puffed by the official media, Anna found a lot of other foreign media as well.

“Smashed two world records in a row. A Canadian young man has shown the world that Canadian technology is something not to be trifled with.”

“The SL system set an 8-second record, surpassing the DC system to the top of the world.”

It went without saying there were also some foreign media that doubted Jacob and the SL system. They speculated that the SL system was nothing but a hoax, and they did not believe it could defeat the DC system.

The more Anna looked at the news, the more curious she became. Whether it was derogatory or not, the fact that so many people discussed Jacob proved that he was someone not ordinary.

She also came across a video with the caption, “A young Canadian programmer smashed two world records.”

Piqued by her curiosity, she clicked the video.

The video was about the conference on that day. The reporters basically taped the entire process.

Anna began watching the video. Even though she already knew the outcome, she was still engulfed by rage when Joseph appeared with Wilson to find trouble with them.

However, the rage soon subsided and was replaced with worry when Jacob accepted their challenge.

She could not peel her eyes away throughout the entire confrontation which lasted for about 30 minutes, and her expression changed as the video progressed.

When Jacob finally won, she could not help herself and jumped up in joy.

“Why are you so excited?” Jacob rolled his eyes when he saw Anna dancing around with her arms held high in the air.

“I didn’t know that you were so good in programming, Mr. Shelby,” Anna exclaimed. She looked at Jacob as if she was looking at her idol.

“If you think bootlicking me will make me go easy you, I suggest you drop the thought,” Jacob squinted his eyes and warned.

“That’s not what I thought,” Anna refuted. Then, she continued asking, “You made two world records! You’re so awesome, Mr. Shelby. But I heard from hearsay that Wilson said he wanted to eat cow pies that day. Is that true?”

Jacob raised one of his brows. Joseph had used a lot of his connections and resources to cover the matter up. It was no longer visible from the press and videos, and it was only spread amongst the hearsay.

“It’s true,” Jacob replied.

“Woah! Please tell me more about it.” Anna’s eyes lit up. Initially, she thought it was just another fake news. She did not expect that it was actually true.

Since Jacob was in a good mood right now, he began telling Anna the entire story.

Jacob was never a good storyteller to begin with. However, although his tone was flat and he made the entire story less interesting, Anna still enjoyed the story very much. She even chuckled a few times.

After Jacob finished the story, Anna still felt that it was not enough. “Is that it, Mr. Shelby? Please tell me more.”

Her eyes were gleaming brightly, and Jacob had no idea why he felt she looked a lot like the cat named Dumpy on her phone.

“Please tell me more, Mr. Shelby, please,” Anna pleaded.

Jacob snorted coldly and his expression turned cold. He snarled, “Are you the caretaker or I am the caretaker? How dare you ask me to tell you a story?”

Anna was startled by Jacob’s sudden change in attitude. She jumped up and stood pitifully beside his bed. “I’m sorry, Mr. Shelby.”

The way she pouted her mouth and held her head low looked just like Dumpy as well.

Jacob felt something must have gone wrong inside of him. Right now, his mind was fully filled with the woman’s quirky behavior and the virtual cat that kept blinking its two big innocent eyes.