“Curse?”

Tang Ruonuo frowned slightly, "How did you know?"

Li Ang didn't waste any time and turned the tablet around for Tang Ruonuo to see.

On the tablet screen was the image of the green mirror that he had just captured using a digital camera.

In the picture, Xia Junqiang, wearing a plaid shirt, was sitting at his computer desk, browsing the github webpage on his desktop computer.

His ordinary, extremely plain, and dull face reflected the dim light of the computer screen.

The resolution of the digital camera was quite high. After Tang Ruonuo zoomed in on the picture several times, he could even see the sweat on Xia Junqiang's receding hairline.

"Xia Junqiang is an unemployed programmer. According to citizen information, he was forcibly fired by the boss of the IT company where he worked for six years, without any compensation.

Xia Junqiang applied to the Labor Dispute Arbitration Committee and only received compensation equivalent to two months' salary a few days after submitting the application."

Li Ang said, "You saw it in Xia Junqiang's death memory just now, right?

He browsed the projects on the github platform, broke into a private residence, killed two people, and then returned to his rented house, where he was drained dry.

The projects he browsed are abnormal."

As an open-source code library and version control system, github has over 9 million developer users.

With more and more applications moving to the cloud, github has become the preferred method for managing software development and discovering existing code.

In other words, the vast majority of programmers in the world cannot live without github, this "social network" and "open-source code library."

And 996.ICU is a project spontaneously uploaded by programmers nearly half a year ago.

996 refers to working from 9 am to 9 pm, 6 days a week.

ICU (Intensive Care Unit) refers to being hospitalized when sick.

Initially, it was a meme used by programmers to mock themselves, calling on programmers to value their lives and be cautious about working overtime.

Unexpectedly, more and more people starred in this project, making it the fastest-rising project on the github platform.

Its essence has also changed from self-deprecation to a "programmer uprising" in open opposition to the "996 working system" that has become commonplace in China.

Labor law stipulates that the average weekly working hours shall not exceed 44 hours, while the working hours of the 996 working system are at least 72 hours per week, which clearly violates relevant laws but is widely promoted by various companies as a tacit agreement.

As time went on, programmers exposed and criticized the extremely inhumane working systems of various companies, and many well-known internet head companies were hung on the 996.ICU page.

"Are you saying,"

Tang Ruonuo pinched his chin with his fingers and asked softly, "The mission target browsed the relevant web pages before the idea of ​​murdering was born?"

"That's right."

Li Ang nodded, "I entered the geographical location and house number of the private residence that Xia Junqiang broke into, and found the information of the homeowner in the citizen information system.

That is a 26-year-old young woman, unmarried, formerly a hotel employee, from an average family, dropped out of high school to work in Yinshi, and her past bank card information was normal.

Until a year ago, abnormal amounts began to appear steadily on her bank card, from an extra 7,000 yuan per month, to an extra 8,000 yuan per month, to an extra 12,000 yuan per month.

Half a year ago, her card had more than 700,000 yuan, and she used the money to pay the down payment for that ordinary house."

"Um..."

Tang Ruonuo narrowed his eyes, "...This murdered woman, does she know Xia Junqiang?"

"Unfortunately, they don't know each other."

Li Ang shook his head, "But she does know Xia Junqiang's previous company boss, a married middle-aged man named Ji Tongqian.

The two have been frequently entering and leaving hotels together since a year ago.

Ji Tongqian transferred money to her card every month, and half a year ago, he took out more than 700,000 yuan to help her pay the down payment for the house.

The two of them are in a relationship between a married old man and a kept mistress."

After saying that, Li Ang glanced at Tang Ruonuo, who was frowning and silent, and smiled: "Why would an ordinary coder who has been unemployed for half a year kill his previous company boss?

I was quite curious about this, so I used the enterprise credit information system to inquire about the IT company operated by Ji Tongqian.

It was found that the company had many employee departure records before.

Some forums also occasionally have posts from employees of the company complaining about the harsh overtime system.

Obviously, this IT company belongs to the kind of small and medium-sized enterprise that pays little, requires a lot of work, forces employees to work overtime, and has chaotic management and nepotism.

As the company boss, Xia Junqiang strictly requires his employees to work high-intensity overtime, while refusing to increase salaries and unwilling to provide sufficient overtime subsidies, causing considerable complaints."

Tang Ruonuo nodded, "Black-hearted capitalist and exploited coder."

"Correct."

Li Ang smiled and said: "Xia Junqiang's high school and university grades were quite excellent. When he was a computer major in Yinshi, he and his team won the award in the ACM-ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest.

Logically speaking, his position should be higher, and he should not be a developer in an ordinary IT company—this is probably because he had a serious illness during college, and he urgently needed money after recovering from the illness.

In short, he completely broke up with the company half a year ago (probably resisting overtime or something), and was forcibly fired.

After that, he applied for labor arbitration to the Labor Dispute Arbitration Committee, but there was no result. He only received compensation a few days ago.

And not long after receiving the compensation, he committed a burglary and killed his original boss."

"..."

Tang Ruonuo hesitated for a moment and said: "Based on this information alone, this coder's burglary is not directly related to paranormal factors.

Killing the original boss can be explained as a simple labor dispute.

For example, Ji Tongqian has money, but he just doesn't want to give compensation, and even verbally insults and insults Xia Junqiang, who comes to demand his salary, which ultimately leads to the incident."

Tang Ruonuo, who uses a model as a disguise, is far more intelligent than his beautiful appearance—no player who can live to Lv10 or above is a fool.

"I thought so too before this."

Li Ang chuckled, crossed his hands, and supported his chin with the back of his hands, "Until I further clarified the picture and saw the specific content that Xia Junqiang browsed that day."

He swiped on the tablet screen and further enlarged the picture of the green mirror.

Tang Ruonuo subconsciously lowered his head and slightly pulled down his sunglasses.

Xia Junqiang's computer screen not only had the github platform projects,

More precisely, it was a programmer uprising plan under the 996.ICU project, called anti-996 License (anti-996 license).

Almost the moment he saw the screen clearly, Tang Ruonuo felt nauseous and nauseated, as if his brain was being pierced by steel needles.

This is... cognitive bias.