In less than half an hour, news of Aiden's withdrawal from the competition shocked the International IT Association.
However, no matter how much the higher-ups in Country D persuaded him or the people from the International IT Association personally came to talk to him, Aiden had the same attitude—
You guys can't talk me out of it. I insist on quitting!
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Intercontinental Hotel, Room 1606.
After grabbing her room card, Qiao Nian bade Du Mingwei and the others farewell and went to her room.
She closed the door, deftly pulled out the laptop she'd brought in her shoulder bag, plugged it in, and booted it up.
She didn't need to read the Wi-Fi password written on the hotel sign. She tapped the keyboard with her white fingers and the computer connected directly to the Internet.
