Silence Walks Beside Us by Eli Dane Cade 168

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Ash thought, ‘She’s really out of her mind.” 

Ash easily caught Alison. 

She originally wanted to have a talk with Alison, but obviously, Alison didn’t like that approach. 

“It hurts!” Ash grabbed Alison’s wrist again, and it hurt so much that tears came out. 

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Ash took out a mini recorder from her pocket and let it go. Alison fell to the ground, but Ash didn’t bother and left the backyard. 

She was going to the side building to take a break when she ran into Jackson, who was wrapped up tightly. “Jackson, what’s wrong with you?” 

Jackson made a hush gesture and lowered his voice. “I’m fine. There are just too many people. I don’t want to talk. I’ve finished the system from last time. Do you want to come and take a look with me?” 

“Sure.” 

It turned out that Jackson was socially awkward. 

She followed Jackson to a room on the negative first floor of the side hall. As soon as she pushed the door open, Ash calmed down a little. She thought, ‘Isn’t this just a small laboratory?‘ 

Ash didn’t even know this place existed. 

“Do you usually do tests in here?” Ash looked around. The room was about 80 square feet. Although it was small, it had everything. 

Jackson grunted in response and turned on the computer on the left. His slender fingers flew across the keyboard. After few minutes, he stopped and smiled contentedly. “Ash, it should be good now. Take a look. 

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“The server is currently set up for tens of millions of people online at the same time. It can support nearly 90 million people online at the same time. I’m still missing a code. After it’s improved, it can support over 100 million people. 

“But we have to wait for a while. I’m missing a code. I tried many before, but none of them worked.” The smile on Jackson’s face gradually disappeared. He still pursued perfection. 

Ash looked at the program code beating rapidly on the computer and tilted her head. “Jackson, you really think highly of my game. It’s enough to have ten million people online at the same time. I still need to work hard to reach the goal of over 100 million players.” 

“I believe in you. I heard about the game you’re working on, Ash. We’ve always lacked this type of game in our country. The number of online gamers is increasing year by year. It’s not a problem for this game to have over 100 million players online.” 

Jackson pushed his glasses and said eloquently, “You should have more confidence in yourself. You are very capable.” 

“Jackson, you are very convincing. I have to live up to your expectations for this game, no matter what. Otherwise, wouldn’t your programming be in vain?” 

Ash’s bright eyes curved into crescents, her eyes sparkling. For a moment, Jackson thought of the time when they got along 

as children. 

Jackson was filled with emotion. He subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch Ash’s head, but froze after raising it. He didn’t know whether to let go or continue. 

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Seeing Jackson’s embarrassment, she curled her lips and held his hand in midair. She really couldn’t stretch her head over. She still felt a little awkward. 

So she simply took Jackson’s hand. “Thank you, brother.” 

Jackson blushed at her action. He lowered his eyes, his earlobes turning red as well. He suddenly felt his palms sweating. “You’re welcome. I’m your brother. This is what I should do. 

“Ash, if there’s anything you need in the future, you can come to us. Caspian doesn’t mean any harm. He’s just always doted on Jade. 

“Jade is probably just insecure. She’s done a lot of wrong things since you came back. I’m not asking you to forgive her, I just don’t want you to be wronged.” 

Jackson had been fascinated with all kinds of machinery and equipment since he was a child, and spent very little time with Jade. He was young then and only knew that Ash, who always loved to laugh and eat candy, was gone. 

As he grew older, he spent most of his time in the lab. He was overjoyed to learn of Ash’s return. 

Ash murmured in agreement. “As long as she stays out of my way, we won’t have any conflict.” 

That was what she always thought, but it seemed Jade didn’t feel the same way. It was as if Jade was always looking for trouble. 

“About the code you mentioned, I think I can help you. I remember there was a code for that when I was in school.” Ash couldn’t reveal her true identity, so she had to lie. 

Jackson’s eyes lit up. Ash rolled up her sleeves and began typing rapidly on the computer, her speed astonishing, her thoughts exceptionally clear. In just a few minutes, she had filled in the code that Jackson had mentioned. 

“Ash, who did you learn this from? Your skills are as good as any top hacker.” Jackson couldn’t help but clap. 

“And you even found a previous security flaw. Ash, who on earth did you learn this from? How can you be so good?” Jackson was full of admiration. “How did you come up with that just now?” 

It was the first time Ash had ever seen Jackson so excited. 

Sure enough, science students were always like this, eager to learn when it came to related fields of knowledge. 

She was helpless. Seeing the burning look in Jackson’s eyes, she couldn’t bear to refuse. She could only nod in agreement and briefly explain her thoughts. 

“Ash, do you ever feel that our traditional programming methods are sometimes too slow? There is a new one that’s popular abroad. Have you heard of it?” This topic seemed to open up Jackson’s chatterbox, and he couldn’t stop. 

Ash pulled over a chair, sat down, and ans 

answered one by one. 

The more the siblings chatted, the more engrossed they became, until they were interrupted by a phone call from Brooke. 

Only then did the siblings realize that they had been chatting for nearly two hours without realizing it. No wonder Ash felt parched. 

Brooke asked, “Ash, where have 

you been? What happened between you and Alison? She came back and made a scene, making your aunt’s face turn green with anger.” 

Ash had already put Alison out of her mind, never expecting her to stir up more trouble. She felt that Alison really was just like Jade, always craving attention. 

She twirled her hair around her finger. “It’s nothing. She’s just making a fuss. I used a few small tactics. Was it really that 

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serious?” 

Brooke breathed a sigh of relief. That scared me. I thought you were hurt. When she came back 

her wrist hurting. It’s good that you’re fine. 

Your father found an excuse to send her away. Where are you? Lunch is about to be served Som 

Ash glanced at Jackson. “Jackson and I are busy. We’ll be at the dining room later: 

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