The reply came instantly:
He went to bed smiling.
> What do you want?
> Are you malware?
At 12:13 AM, the router’s green LEDs blinked off. Then, one by one, they flashed red, amber, and finally settled into a steady, eerie pulse of cyan. Not the normal solid green. Cyan. Huawei Wifi Ws5200 Firmware Update
Then he saw it. A red dot on the Huawei AI Life app notification.
Just once.
Leo frowned. He lived in a quiet suburb. The only “threats” were his neighbor stealing bandwidth for Netflix.
Leo thought of Priya. Of their future home. Of the convenience. The reply came instantly: He went to bed smiling
Leo didn’t sleep. At 7 AM, he ran every security scan he knew. Nothing. The NAS was untouched. The logs showed no unusual processes.