Before the summer vacation, He Qianyu and Li Xiao made an appointment to go skating together but right after school ended she returned to the old family house, and Li Xiao was also busy with the Olympiad in a few months, so it wasn’t until after a quarter of the summer was over that the two finally found time to hang out.

When Li Xiao and He Qianyu were on the phone, Pan Liuyi was nearby. Hearing that the two wanted to go skating, she was so excited that she also invited friends to the newly opened skating rink the next day and invited them to go there together. So after dance class, He Qianyu went straight to the ice rink, but who would have thought that she would see Jiang Chen before even entering the door. Just as she was feeling pleasantly surprised, she saw He Qianjian and his friends appearing from behind as well.

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He Qianyu didn’t expect that He Qianjian and Jiang Chen would know each other. Seeing them walking in the same direction together, she followed them quietly without thinking. But who knew, when she just walked into the woods, the people on He Qianjian’s side and Jiang Chen’s side broke out into a fight.

In the woods, the several teenage boys began brawling, and He Qianyu was both surprised and puzzled, subconsciously and quickly hiding behind a tree trunk.

The teenagers fought without any scruples, and someone was kicked to land in front of the big tree where He Qianyu was hiding. She was startled and felt that she should go out to persuade them to stop, but she had never seen a real fight happening in front of her before. Seeing that He Qianjian didn’t join the fight, and Jiang Chen was holding his own despite being two against his one, He Qianyu couldn’t help watching for a while longer.

Jiang Chen and He Qianjian were not far away, and He Qianyu only paid attention to them. She could see every move of the two of them clearly. When she saw someone sneaking up on Jiang Chen, she subconsciously wanted to call out to him, but before she could even open her mouth, it was as if Jiang Chen had eyes behind his back, and kicked his attacker to the ground with a sideways kick.

He Qianyu couldn’t help but cheer in her heart, and almost applauded him. But just when her palms were about to touch each other, she saw He Qianjian quietly picking up a stone from the ground, and before she even had time to wonder, she saw He Qianjian sneaking cautiously behind Jiang Chen. She was startled and was about to call out alert Jiang Chen but the inadvertent expression on He Qianjian’s face made her forget to speak out.

At this moment while she was in a daze, Jiang Chen dodged He Qianjian’s sneak attack, and seemed to have expected it long ago, knocking him down effortlessly. At that time, He Qianyu didn’t know why, but she just breathed a sigh of relief, and then called the police.

Before the police came, she watched He Qianjian wanting to sneak attack again but was beaten by Jiang Chen once again, completely unable to fight back. She wanted to go out countless times to stop them, but she couldn’t get her legs to move no matter what. During the fight, she was torn by different feelings, at once suddenly feeling that it was wrong for her eldest brother to sneak attack on Jiang Chen, and then feeling that if she didn’t stop the fight her eldest brother would be beaten to death. Just when she was finally about to step out, what Jiang Chen said to He Qianjian reached her ears, burning them and her cheeks red.

In her mind, her eldest brother was always outstanding and mature, he was the pride of her parents and her role model, and other than his bad relationship with her second brother, he had almost no shortcomings. But such a person, at this moment, revealed another side that had never been shown at home. It was not only his actions, but also his unconscious emotions and expressions, which were so despicable that even if she stood watching in the dark l, her cheeks still couldn’t help flushing in shame.

This sense of shame reached its peak after returning home and passing through the living room and hearing He Qianjian’s completely false words. She began to wonder, was the eldest brother she saw before really who she thought he was? If not, other than this side of his, how many sides did her eldest brother have hidden?

He Qianyu lay on the bed and thought for a long time, so long that she began to wonder whether she herself was thinking too much, whether she was judging others too arbitrarily, but suddenly it came to her mind what He Qianmin said a long time ago.

After hearing the whole story and He Qianyu’s entanglement with this matter, He Qianmin sneered: “Can’t believe it?”

He Qianyu nodded, the expression on her face was so conflicted as if she had encountered a century-old problem and her views had been reshaped: “Second Brother, could it be that I am thinking too much? I don’t think Eldest Brother is that kind of person, maybe there is just some misunderstanding between him and Brother Jiang Chen, that’s why it is like this.”

“Like this.” He Qianmin raised his eyebrows: “Like what? Using underhanded means, and being very proud and gleeful over it? No matter how bad off I was during fights, I never did such a lowly thing.”

“But…..” He Qianyu said, “But isn’t there a saying that ‘all’s fair in war’?”

He Qianmin knocked on He Qianyu’s forehead: “He is not practicing ‘all’s fair in war’, he is simply showing his true nature which is that of a treacherous villain.”

He Qianyu lowered her head and was silent for a while, then grabbed He Qianmin’s clothes and said, “Then Eldest Brother…..did he treat you like this too? Is that the reason why you hate him?”

He Qianmin was startled, but when he lowered his eyes, he could only see the top of her small head and slightly trembling eyelashes.

How did He Qianjian treat him…..in fact, He Qianmin himself couldn’t explain it clearly. There was no evidence for any of it. If he really wanted to mention it, he could only look for it in the direction of ghosts and supernatural powers. He felt that it was ridiculous enough without the need to even bring it up in words. Even every time when he woke up in the middle of the night from a nightmare, he couldn’t help thinking, did He Qianjian really do those things? Could it really be like everyone said, it was just his own imagination, just paranoia.

If he hadn’t already seen the truth of his duplicity from He Qianjian’s clues, maybe he would have doubted himself like He Qianyu now.

“Brother?” He Qianyu looked up, and was taken aback after seeing He Qianmin’s expression: “Brother…..Second brother, what’s wrong with you?”

He Qianmin came back to his senses, saw He Qianyu whose eyes were red with anxiety, and pulled his lips into a smile. He ruffled her hair, and said, “Why are you crying?”

He Qianyu sniffed, for some reason, seeing He Qianmin’s smile, she couldn’t suppress the sting in her eyes even more. She choked in a sob and buried her head in He Qianmin’s chest, a voice coming out from the bottom of her heart: “I’m sorry…..”

He Qianmin stiffened, then relaxed after a few seconds. He hugged He Qianyu lightly, smiled and said in a low voice, “It’s okay.”

He Qianyu sobbed and raised her eyes, seeing his gentle profile. Suddenly, it overlapped with another silhouette that had been kept in her heart for a long time.

…..

When Jiang Chen received the call from He Qianmin, he was reading a book with Miao Miao. Old Mr. Miao sent Miao Miao to the Jiang’s early this morning, asking Jiang Chen and Yang Si to help take care of her for a day. He had to go out to take care of some things.

It just so happened that Jiang Zhuo was discharged from the hospital today, and Yang Si was planning to bring Jiang Zhuo back, and invite old Mr. Miao and Miao Miao to come to their house for dinner, so she naturally agreed to old Mr. Miao’s request.

Therefore, Jiang Chen, who was originally going to pick up Jiang Zhuo together, remained at home to look after Miao Miao.

“Miao Miao, wait for a bit.” Jiang Chen pressed the answer button and said to Miao Miao, “Big Brother will continue to tell you stories after the call.”

Miao Miao nodded obediently, and flipped through the fairy tale book by herself, while Jiang Chen walked to the window and answered the phone call.

He Qianmin heard what Jiang Chen said, and asked casually, “Big Brother, who is next to you?”

“A child that my neighbor entrusted to my family to take care of.” Jiang Chen asked, “Is there something the matter?”

He Qianmin suddenly laughed: “Did you meet He Qianjian yesterday?”

Jiang Chen: “That’s right.”

“And beat him up?”

“En.”

“He sneak attacked you?”

Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows. It was not surprising that He Qianmin knew that he and He Qianjian fought. After all, He Qianjian’s injuries couldn’t be covered up yesterday, and there was no need for He Qianjian to hide it. It was just that, regarding He Qianjian attempting to sneak attack him, it was obviously impossible that He Qianjian would say it himself.

“How did you know?”

“My little sister saw it.” He Qianmin glanced at He Qianyu who was determined to listen to the phone call, then looked away and said, “It’s He Qianyu, I mentioned her to you, she said you two met at the bookstore.”

A delicate and petite girl appeared in Jiang Chen’s mind, and he frowned and asked, “She was there yesterday?”

“She and Li Xiao made an appointment to go ice skating, and she followed when she saw you. She was also the one to call the police yesterday.” He Qianmin mercilessly betrayed his sister. He laid a palm on her forehead, keeping the fiercely indignant He Qianyu away, “By the way, Brother, how did you know Pan Liuyi and Li Xiao? I haven’t heard l you mention it.”

Hearing He Qianmin’s tone, Jiang Chen knew that He Qianyu had not been scared, so he was reassured and briefly explained how he got to know Pan Liuyi and Li Xiao.

He Qianmin couldn’t help but let out a huff: “So the book you gave me was the test book that Pan Liuyi had blown rainbow fart over countless times. Next time she comes over, I’ll put it in front of her for her to see.”

Jiang Chen chuckled lightly: “You called me because of this?”

“No…..” He Qianmin let go of the hand on He Qianyu’s forehead, pushed her towards the door, then closed the door, ignoring the sound of knocking on the other side, and said in a low voice, “Thanks.”

Jiang Chen paused, and almost instantly realized what He Qianmin was thanking for.

He Qianmin heard a few seconds of silence on the other side, and then a laugh mixed with a slight sigh came, and he said, “You are my younger brother.”

An indescribable feeling welled up in his heart, and He Qianmin “en” lightly, smiling with reddened eyes.

When Jiang Chen hung up the phone, he saw Miao Miao staring at him with big eyes, her round face full of curiosity: “Who is Brother Jiang Chen’s younger brother? Is he as good as Brother Jiang Chen?”

Jiang Chen smiled, picked her up, and said with a slight smile, “Even better than me.”

Miao Miao widened her eyes, thought for a while and shook her head, and said solemnly like a little adult: “Brother Jiang Chen is the best, no one is better than Brother Jiang Chen, even if it is Brother Jiang Chen’s younger brother——” She held out two chubby little fingers: “At best, he can only be the second best!”

“Brother Jiang Chen’s younger brother?” Jiang Zhuo stood by the door and said with a smile, “Why didn’t I know that Brother Jiang Chen has a younger brother?”

Jiang Chen turned his head and said with a smile, “Dad, you’re back.”

“Uncle Jiang!” Miao Miao obediently greeted, and then said, “Brother Jiang Chen has a younger brother, and the one who called him just now is Brother Jiang Chen’s second best brother.”

“Then who is the first best?” Jiang Zhuo walked into the room and asked with a smile.

“Of course it’s Brother Jiang Chen!” Miao Miao didn’t hesitate.

Jiang Zhuo wanted to ask again, but Yang Si’s voice came from behind: “Jiang Zhuo, don’t stand for too long, Dr. Shi said that your excessive activity will affect your recovery, come and sit down and take the medicine first!”

Jiang Zhuo had no choice but to gesture to Jiang Chen that we will talk later, then turned and left the room.

Old Mr. Miao only came back after dinner. He thanked the Jiang family and took Miao Miao home.

At eight o’clock in the evening, Jiang Chen finally had time to rest. He opened the Wingnet and clicked on the messages from 196.

[196: God D, Boss Huang came to find me all the way at my school this time. He has a very urgent business and doesn’t trust others. He just wants to ask you for help, which is why I’m asking you again.]

[196: Their company’s business information has been stolen, and now they want to find someone to help hack into that company and delete their company’s stolen information, the asking price is three million.]

[D: Not taking it.]

196 seemed to have been waiting on the Internet the whole time, so when Jiang Chen responded to the message he replied immediately.

[196: I also guessed that you won’t accept the job. You have mentioned your rules for accepting jobs before, and you should not be short of money now, so I’ll go and let them know.]

[D: I must trouble you.]

[196: No trouble no trouble! ]

Jiang Chen closed the dialog box, and another message popped up. It was a message from the hacker group.

[B: Japan and South Korea are fighting fiercely. Is anyone interested for some fun, and to stir up the muddy waters?]

[E: Needless to say, I’ve already been involved.]

[O: I’m in Japan, and it’s a mess here, it’s quite interesting. ]

…..

Jiang Chen scrolled up the chat history, only to find out that the hackers from Japan and South Korea started disrupting each other’s country’s national security network in the early hours of yesterday, and it had intensified today. In the past few years, Japan and South Korea have had some political and economic confrontations with China in the international arena. The diplomatic situation was so-so, and there have been frictions in history. In recent times, international trade conferences have even boycotted China. Now the trade conference is coming soon. B chose to make a move at this time, and it was also with the intention to teach them a lesson.

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[Q: Such an interesting thing, we must take part!]

[H: In reality, I am nicknamed Sh*t Stirrer, there is no sh*t in this world that I can’t stir~]

[B: Vomit…]

[E: Vomit…]

[S: Let’s go.]

Jiang Chen pondered for two seconds, and followed S, typing four words.

[D: I will go too. ]

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Huo Bo glanced at the tense onlookers, and curled his lips: “Go outside?”

He Qianjian’s eyes flashed, and before he had time to say no, the blond-haired boy behind him stood up and said, “Let’s go then!”

Others also echoed: “Who is afraid of you, let’s go!” As they spoke they also walked out directly.

He Qianjian gritted his teeth and scolded them for being a bunch of idiots in his heart, but he had no choice but to follow.

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The two groups of people hurriedly changed their shoes and went to the small park behind the skating rink. It was quiet and peaceful here, but it couldn’t appease the young men’s anger. The blond-haired boy took the first shot and aimed at Shen Xu.

Shen Xu dodged flexibly, and the others also joined the brawl.

Probably because Shen Xu’s action of throwing the key aroused the other party’s anger. Four of them targeted Shen Xu, while Huo Bo and Jiang Chen had only two people aiming at them. Huo Bo’s hits were always simple and ruthless, basically a kick or a punch from him would render the other incapacitated, and it didn’t take long for the two who ganged up on him to go down.

Shen Xu narrowly avoided a fist and screamed, “Daddy, help!”

Huo Bo gave him an eyeroll, but joined Shen Xu’s battle circle, and also broke Shen Xu’s one-sided state where he could only passively evade.

Jiang Chen withdrew his attention from Shen Xu, and instead of dealing with the two people in front of him directly, he waited secretly.

Sure enough, just as he bent sideways avoiding a punch, he heard a strange conversation again.

“Swap this branch at my feet for a blade.”

“Blade search…..the search failed. No blade was found within 50 meters.”

He Qianjian said sinisterly, “Then replace it with the sharpest thing you can find around here.”

“Searching for sharp objects…..the edged rock at 36 meters is the hardest object within 50 meters. Affirmative on exchanging the edged rock with the branch you touched?”

“Affirmative.”

He Qianjian looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he bent down to pick up the sharp-edged stone on the ground, and walked slowly towards Jiang Chen whose back was facing him.

Jiang Chen had been prepared for a long time. After putting down the people around him, he turned around and sidekicked He Qianjian in the stomach. He Qianjian fell back unexpectedly, and the stone slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

“What are you doing!”

Seeing Jiang Chen picking up the stone on the ground, He Qianjian hastily moved back.

Jiang Chen rotated his wrist, looked at the stone in his hand, and said calmly, “I’m curious why you have such great hostility towards me.”

He Qianjian suppressed the gloom in his eyes, covered his stomach, and stood up with his back against a tree. He looked at the young man in front of him vigilantly, and accused him: “You guys cheated in the competition, yet you have the nerve to ask me why I am hostile to you.”

“Really?” Jiang Chen raised his eyes and stared at him: “Why do I think it’s not that simple?”

He Qianjian clenched his hand covering his stomach, and replied calmly: “Why do you say that?”

“From the beginning, your target was me.” Jiang Chen weighed the stone in his hand, raised his eyes and smiled, but there was no warmth in his eyes: “Or in other words, from the beginning to the end, your target is only me.”

He Qianjian’s pupils dilated, and he clung to the tree trunk unconsciously, “I don’t understand what you’re talking about, clearly it was your friend who threw the key at my people on purpose, causing him to break his arm and the swiss army knife hanging on the key almost hurt his eyes, also…..” The corner of his mouth twitched, and he immediately raised his leg and kicked at Jiang Chen.

However, the curvature of the corner of his mouth stiffened before he could fully raise it, lying on the ground with a distorted expression of pain.

Ever since he saw He Qianjian, Jiang Chen hadn’t relaxed his vigilance for a second, not to mention that the most important part of his previous training was to guard against sneak attacks, and He Qianjian was almost full of loopholes in his eyes. The moment He Qianjian raised his leg, Jiang Chen had already guessed his intention. So at the same time, he turned on the spot, and kicked at the crook of the other’s raised knee, taling advantage of his momentarily unstable center of gravity.

He Qianjian lay on the ground in humiliation, and tried to get up several times, but the pain in his abdomen and leg, as well as the pampering of the past ten years made him struggle a few times, but it was futile. Looking at the white sneakers in front of him, he fisted his hands.

Jiang Chen squatted in front of him, and said in a low voice, “Sneak attacks and deceit will not always work.”

“Do you know who I ah——”

He Qianjian screamed and twitched, trying to pull out the palm of his right hand that was stepped on by a white sneaker, but it was as futile as when he wanted to get up just now, except to bring him more pain. Jiang Chen moved his foot away, grabbed his collar and pulled him up, kneeing him heavily against his abdomen. After three times in a row, he let go of his collar.

He Qianjian fell to the ground with a thump, holding his stomach with a pale face, trembling so hard that he couldn’t make a sound.

Jiang Chen squatted in front of him, his low voice was full of hostility: “Don’t let me see you playing underhanded tricks and secretly hurting anyone again.”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone yelled: “F**k! Someone called the police! Run!”

Jiang Chen grabbed He Qianjian’s collar, lifted him up, looked him in the eyes and enunciated word by word, “And I mean anyone.”

“Jiangzi!”

Jiang Chen let go of He Qianjian and walked towards Shen Xu and Huo Bo.

…..

“It’s nothing serious.” The family doctor packed up his things and said to Yang Yun: “Except for the slightly more serious injury on the palm of the right hand, other places are just bruises and abrasions, and it will go away after a while.”

“That’s good, thank you, old Xiang.”

“No need.” Dr. Xiang smiled, glanced at He Qianjian who had his head lowered and thinking about who knows what, and joked: “It was always Qian Min who was injured before, but this is the first time for Qian Jian.”

Yang Yun said distressedly: “This child has almost no temper. He is usually gentle and polite with everyone. I don’t know what happened suddenly. Today, he actually got into a fight with someone, and he was injured so badly.”

“What’s the big deal.” He Yanfeng said on the side: “It’s not normal for him not to fight before. Boys grow up fighting.”

Yang Yun glared at him, and He Yanfeng shrugged and got up, “Let’s go, old Xiang, I’ll see you off.”

When He Yanfeng left, Yang Yun sat next to He Qianjian, and said softly, “Da Bao, why did you get in a fight today, can you tell Mom?”

He Qianjian was confirming with the system again and again: [I think Jiang Chen’s words just now had an underlying meaning, are you sure he doesn’t know something.]

System: [Impossible, no one in this world can detect my existence outside the host selected by the system. In this case, it is impossible for anyone to know you swapped identities with him. Even his biological parents did not realize anything over these many years, you have nothing to be afraid of.]

He Qianjian heaved a sigh of relief, and his brain became more nimble in an instant. He lowered his head and with a flicker of his eyes, he described the situation at that time with more exaggerated details, and described himself as a complete victim with a helpless expression.

When he was talking to Yang Yun, He Qianmin just happened to come back, and when he heard him, he pursed his lips and played games with his legs crossed on the side.

Yang Yun felt distressed: “You children, no matter how big the conflict is, you don’t need to fight, and you even fight so fiercely, can’t you just talk it over?”

“It’s not that I don’t want to talk peacefully, it’s that those people made a move first, and I also want to reason with them, but I can’t let myself stand there and be beaten up.”

He Qianmin sneered without raising his eyes: “I remember that you went out and called a bunch of people with you today. But there are only three people on the other side, that they would strike first, it is either because they are too daring or because they have no brains. And the three of them were actually able to beat you up to this extent, you are really quite capable, huh.”

How could He Qianjian fail to hear He Qianmin’s sarcasm, he smiled and said, “It’s because of the large number of us that I didn’t strike first, lest people think that we are bullying the few, and that the three of them could beat us all up is not surprising, we’re all just students, and we rarely get into fights, unlike them who are hooligans and have a lot of dirty moves, of course we couldn’t win.”

He Yanfeng came in, sat next to He Qianmin, and said with a smile: “You have to learn from your little brother on this, when did he ever lose in a fight, and your father, I never lost in a fight back in the day. In my opinion, it’s better for you to learn some boxing skills, it doesn’t matter if our He family loses in a fight, it’s only shameful to be beaten so hard that you can’t even fight back.”

“He Yanfeng!” Yang Yun snorted coldly, “How do you teach the children!”

He Qianmin glanced at He Qianjian and said: “You are the only one here, you can say whatever you want, but I can see the wounds on your body, and they didn’t hit you too badly. If they were really full of dirty moves, they would have aimed below the belt, and I imagine you would be seeing the andrology department in the hospital now.”

Yang Yun’s expression froze, and became completely speechless. She wanted to say something but felt it was inappropriate, so she could only turn her head to look at her husband. But He Yanfeng had already burst out laughing, and while laughing, he patted He Qianmin’s arm, pretending to be angry.

“Don’t pay attention to your little brother and your father.” Yang Yun turned to comfort He Qianjian, and said, “Both father and son are of the same virtue, and their morality is greatly damaged.”

He Qianjian raised his eyes and saw He Yanfeng and He Qianmin whose facial features were so similar it was obvious they were father and son at a glance. Jiang Chen’s face appeared in his mind, and his eyes flashed. Fortunately, other than his eyes that resemble He Yanfeng’s, Jiang Chen’s other features were not too similar.

He Qianmin went upstairs after sitting for a while, and when he entered his room, he found He Qianyu who was sitting on his bed with her lips pursed, thinking of who knows what. He raised her eyebrows and asked, “What are you doing in my room again?”

He Qianyu pouted and lowered her head, without saying a word.

He Qianmin put away his smile, patted He Qianyu on the head, and sat beside her, “What’s the matter? If you don’t say anything, I’ll just play games.”

“You only know how to play games.” After He Qianyu complained, she was silent for a few seconds, before speaking hesitatingly: “Elder Brother lied, I know who Elder Brother fought with today, I saw it.”

He Qianmin sneered: “Isn’t it normal for him to lie? It’s only a little fool like you who believes whatever he says.”

“But…..” He Qianyu puffed up her cheeks, “But I didn’t know he was lying before.”

He Qianmin: “Then you don’t believe him now? Maybe he really had a reason for getting in a fight with someone? Maybe it’s because that person really deserves to be beaten up?”

“That’s not it!” He Qianyu said angrily, “Brother Jiang Chen is not that kind of person!”

He Qianmin’s smile faltered, and after a few seconds, he confirmed, “What brother are you talking about?”

“I don’t want to tell you!”

He Qianmin grabbed her ponytail, lifted it up and said, “Will you say or not!”

He Qianyu pursed her mouth, pulled back her hair, stood up and walked towards the door: “You scoundrel, I don’t want you to be my brother, I want Brother Jiang Chen to be my brother, I will tell Dad that you bullied me, you just wait!”

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He Qianmin grabbed He Qianyu by the collar and pulled her back, coaxing her: “Okay, I was wrong, tell me, who is this Brother Jiang Chen you’re talking about, how old is he, and which school does he go to? “

“I don’t want to tell you.”

“I’ll buy you cakes tomorrow, as much as you want.”

He Qianyu curved her lips upwards: “Yan No. 1 High School, Xiao Xiao said he is the first in the joint midterm examination of the second and third years last time, anyway, he is older than you, taller than you, more handsome and gentle than you, and is basically better than you in everything!”

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Jiang Chen came back after making the phone call, only to find that Huo Bo had arrived and Pan Liuyi had already left.

“Why were you on the phone for so long?” Shen Xu said, “Hurry up, let’s go in!”

The three of them changed on their skates together and slid in.

Apart from his initial jerkiness, Jiang Chen quickly regained the feeling of skating back, while Shen Xu and Huo Bo were even more at ease, attracting the attention of many people as soon as they entered the rink.

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After a few rounds of warm-up, Shen Xu proposed challengingly: “Let’s have a match? Loser will treat the rest to dinner.”

Jiang Chen and Huo Bo looked at each other and nodded. The three of them skated to the outer circle tacitly, and after silently counting one, two, three, they set off at the same time like arrows.

Huo Bo took the lead, Jiang Chen followed closely behind, and Shen Xu followed closely behind Jiang Chen. The three of them were so close that they were almost neck and neck. In a casual competition between friends, they skated with the atmosphere of a professional competition.

The movement here quickly attracted the attention of other people on the ice skating rink. Some people stopped directly, skating to the outfield to concentrate on seeing who lost and who won. Some people couldn’t help cheering:

“Little brother in white! Come on!”

One person yelled out, and the scene became more heated in an instant, and the others couldn’t hold back anymore, shouting:

“Little brother in black! You are the most handsome!”

“The handsome guy in white is the most handsome! He must be number one!”

“The little brother in black is the most handsome and coolest!”

“Little brother in white clothes, you are so handsome!”

Under the two waves of competing cheers from the girls, most people stopped and watched their game with great interest.

However, on another ice rink adjacent to it, only the expressions of several teenagers were not as pleased.

Someone snorted coldly: “How pretentious.”

Someone ridiculed: “The ice rink has almost turned into the personal rink of the three of them. If they are so good, why not book the ice rink and hold the Olympic Games here.”

Someone also said angrily, “Why don’t we also go to the ice rink over there, this kind of garbage competition that only competes for speed, we would crush them if we go over.”

The young and energetic boys wanted  nothing more than to rush over to interrupt the competition over there right that instant. One of them couldn’t get a word in and seeing that He Qianjian had remained silent the whole time, turned to him and asked, “Qian Jian, what do you think…..” But seeing He Qianjian’s expression, his voice paused, and after a while, he asked carefully: “Qian Jian? Are you okay?”

It wasn’t until the other people heard this that they realized that He Qianjian hadn’t spoken all this time. They all looked over and saw his ugly expression and couldn’t help but be concerned.

He Qianjian stared closely at Jiang Chen who was on the opposite ice rink, and the darkness in his eyes could hardly be concealed: “I’m fine.”

Someone followed his gaze, comprehended instantly, and said, “These bunch of bumpkins have never seen anyone who can really skate. How about we go over and show them what it’s like?”

“Okay!” A sweet-looking girl also looked over without blinking, her voice sweet and soft: “Let’s go there, it’s lively over there, I want to go and have a look.”

He Qianjian’s already dark face became even darker in an instant. He had been pursuing this woman for nearly a month, but her attitude towards him was no different from that of others. She was soft and cute but that was it. He thought she treated everyone like this, but he didn’t expect she would show such a strong interest after just seeing Jiang Chen and the others.

Someone asked: “Eldest Young Master He? Are you going?”

The girl didn’t wait for them, and skated out: “I’ll go check it out first!”

The gloom in He Qianjian’s heart almost overflowed, he gritted his teeth and said, “Let’s go.”

…..

Amidst the cheers, the three ended the match. There was not much suspense in the ending. Huo Bo was first and Shen Xu was last.

Shen Xu, who was the last, was very unconvinced: “Those people really have no vision. Why do they only say that white clothes and black clothes are handsome! Don’t I look handsome in yellow clothes!”

Huo Bo: “What’s for dinner?”

“Sichuan cuisine?” Shen Xu thought for a while, and said, “This is near Xu Ji, or we can go to Xu Ji to eat Cantonese cuisine.”

Huo Bo: “Okay.”

Jiang Chen smiled but when he looked up and saw the menacing approaching new arrivals, the smile in his eyes faded. Huo Bo and Shen Xu also saw that this group of people was coming towards them, and both their smiles faded as they looked at the new arrivals.

Skating at the front of the group was a smaller girl. She stopped in front of the three of them with a smile on her face, but her gaze was only on Huo Bo: “Your match just now was amazing! I have never skated so fast before, can you teach me?”

Shen Xu nudged Jiang Chen, and said in a low voice, “I thought this group of people were looking for a fight, who knew it’s because she got her sights on Huo Bo.”

Jiang Chen’s eyes landed on He Qianjian, meeting the other’s eyes. He Qianjian let out a cold snort in his heart, skated to the front, and said, “Everyone has paid for skating here, but the three of you occupied the entire skating rink yourselves, don’t you think it’s too overbearing.”

Shen Xu sneered: “The three of us occupied the skating rink? Aren’t you standing here?”

The faces of the teenagers behind He Qianjian changed, and one of them said, “You don’t understand human language? We’re talking about the three of you competing just now, occupying the entire rink and disturbing others.”

“Which others?” Shen Xu looked around curiously, his eyes falling on the face of the person who spoke and then moved away, and said: “Apart from the three of us, is there anyone else here? Besides me, is there someone else who speaks like a person?”

Hearing the word “person” that he specially emphasized, the young man was so angry that he took a half step forward, but was pulled by the person behind him, the person said: “It seems that you skate well, since you don’t admit to taking up the space, let’s compete in a game. We will not bully the few with more, three to three, whichever team has the most players in the top three, the other team will get out immediately, how about it?”

The speaker bit the three words “get out” very hard, and in an instant, a tense atmosphere spread.

Shen Xu nodded: “Okay, when you get out, remember to go around the perimeter, so as not to occupy everyone’s space.”

They were all young and energetic teenagers, and they couldn’t wait to compete as soon as they laid down their challenge.

The people who were waiting outside the rink to watch Jiang Chen and his friends had already stood up and were about to come in to continue playing. But seeing that they were about to compete again, they had no choice but to sit down again.

Huo Bo whispered something to Shen Xu, and Shen Xu skated to the bar area, gestured his chin to the audience area, and skated back.

Before the competition even started, someone in the audience area cheered loudly with a drink in hand: “Little brother in white! The milk tea is delicious! You must be the first this time!”

“Brother in black! Oolong is as icy as you, and no one knows how to skate like you!”

“Little brother in yellow, you are super cute! Come on!”

Jiang Chen paused, and turned to look at Huo Bo and Shen Xu. Shen Xu smiled triumphantly, while Huo Bo rolled his eyes with a dark face.

“What happened?”

“I asked him to treat the people waiting to have a drink as a fee for occupying the venue. I don’t know what he said to them.”

“I’m wronged okay, people just see that we are handsome, and spontaneously want to cheer for us.”

“Enough out of you.”

The three talked and laughed and skated to the starting point. He Qianjian looked away coldly, grabbed the boy next to him, and whispered something.

Game start.

Huo Bo still took the lead, but unlike last time he didn’t narrow the distance with Jiang Chen and Shen Xu out of fun before, this time he completely left the group of people behind, and Jiang Chen and Shen Xu still followed closely behind.

In the match just now, the three of them were just joking around, and naturally it wasn’t treated seriously. To the audience it seemed to be a very close match, but all three of them knew that if Huo Bo showed his full strength, although the result would not change, this game would definitely end early.

But the other team didn’t know that Huo Bo had only exerted less than five points of strength before, and the three of them chased after Huo Bo with all their strength, yet they still couldn’t touch the corner of Huo Bo’s clothes, so they could only grit their teeth and fight for the second and third.

However, the second and third were not so easy to win. In the last game it was because Jiang Chen hadn’t skated for a long time, so his body was in the warm-up period. Now that the warm-up was over, he would naturally only skate faster and better than before.

Shen Xu was similar, he was the slowest among the three, but because he was short and nimble, he had always been the fastest skating around corners, almost every distance he fell behind could be caught up by turning corners, and so he firmly maintained the third position.

The race they discussed was three laps, and at this time two laps had already been skated. Seeing the three people who were far ahead, the expression of one of the opposing team changed, and he took out something from his pocket, throwing it towards the corner.

Jiang Chen had been paying attention to all the movements on the rink, especially the boy who just talked to He Qianjian. When he saw him throwing something, his expression turned cold and he slowed down. He was just about to turn around to alert Shen Xu when he saw He Qianjian walk over here from outside the rink.

As He Qianjian got closer and closer to him, Jiang Chen heard a strange yet familiar voice:

The cold mechanical voice said: “The distance is ten meters, nine meters, eight meters…..affirmative to exchange the key at fifty meters with the key in your hand?”

He Qianjian: “Affirmative.”

“The exchange was successful.”

Jiang Chen froze, Shen Xu had already caught up, and said, “Jiangzi, what’s the matter?”

“It’s nothing.” Jiang Chen suppressed the shock in his eyes, and said, “I just saw that the group of people behind threw a key at the last corner of the last circle. You should be careful later when bypassing it.”

“Damn it.” Shen Xu said, “This group of people are too shameless.”

Jiang Chen speeded up: “Be careful.”

When Shen Xu and Jiang Chen got closer, Huo Bo had already completed three laps and was the well-deserved number one.

At this time, Jiang Chen and Shen Xu also skated to the last corner. When they passed the key chain, Shen Xu bent down, picked it up, and threw it back. The person following close behind was the one who threw the key, and soon everyone heard a bang sound, followed by shouts and cursing.

Jiang Chen and Shen Xu skated to the finish line on the ground, and the other three also supported the injured person and skated over, they were all furious.

One person rushed over and pushed Shen Xu hard: “What did you mean by that!”

Shen Xu had been on guard for a long time, and only slid back a few steps before standing firm. He then pushed the other back without showing any weakness, and said with a sneer, “You don’t know what I mean? You can’t even keep your own keychain safe, why blame others for the fall?”

“You f**king slandering——”

“Am I? Go ask your friend to see whose door that key can open.”

The angry young man paused, turned to look at his injured companion, and was about to ask, when He Qianjian stepped forward and said, “Who does that key belong to? We don’t know and we can’t prove it now, but you threw it back, causing someone to be injured, and everyone has seen it with their own eyes.”

“So, no matter who owns the key, the injured one is our people.” He Qianjian’s eyes swept over Shen Xu and Huo Bo, and finally landed on Jiang Chen, and said coldly: “How are you going to explain that to us?”

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Shen Xu: “Who are you? Why should I explain to you?”

The young man behind He Qianjian couldn’t bear it anymore, rushed out and said, “F**k you, I’ll smash your mouth!”

Jiang Chen and Huo Bo stepped in front of Shen Xu, and the people on the other side also skated up next to He Qianjian, the atmosphere suddenly on the verge of breaking out in a brawl.

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After walking out of the police station, Jiang Chen hailed a cab on the side of the road.

“Go to Yan City Second Hospital, thank you.”

The car started slowly, and Jiang Chen thought back to what the police officer in charge of the case said just now:

“The person behind the kidnapping of you, we already have a preliminary suspect.”

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“Yesterday we asked you about who in your family or yourself had conflicts with. You mentioned your uncle Yang Tianci. After our investigation, we found that he is indeed very suspicious.”

“Just a few days ago, Yang Tianci was approached by a debt collection company and asked to repay the debt of 300,000 yuan with interest, and this amount was the same as the amount that the kidnappers first gave your mother when they called. Except that this can’t be the evidence that he kidnapped you. If we want to close the case, we have to track the mobile phone number used to contact the kidnappers. Now we have some clues. When we have enough evidence, we will notify you.”

Jiang Chen thanked him, and asked: “Officer Zhou, I’m curious, why did their group fight among themselves and hurt their own people? Is it really because of the uneven distribution of spoils? Is it possible that it has something to do with the suspect who planned to kidnap me?”

The police officer shook his head: “This matter should have nothing to do with the person behind the kidnapping of you, but it doesn’t matter if I tell you some inside information. Liu Yi said that he stabbed Huang Kai because Zhang Qiang told him that Huang Kai was a traitor and asked him to give Huang Kai a lesson, but Zhang Qiang denied that he had ever told Liu Yi that Huang Kai was a traitor, let alone that he instructed Zhang Qiang to hurt Huang Kai. Both have their own different versions of the story, so this matter has temporarily stalled.”

The car slowed down, and Jiang Chen came back to his senses.

The driver turned around with a smile and said, “Student, we’re here.”

Jiang Chen thanked him, gave the fee and got out of the car.

Probably because he didn’t say anything, the taxi driver took him directly to the ground parking lot of Yan City Second Hospital, which was more convenient. It was very convenient to go to the outpatient department from here, but to go to the inpatient department, one had to make a few big detours.

The weather in July was scorching, and most of the people who got on and off the bus or cab were in a hurry, avoiding the sun.

Jiang Chen made his way inside unhurriedly. He was never afraid of the heat, and his thinking was more efficient when he was walking than sitting. Among the people in a hurry, he was the only one who was as leisurely as one taking a walk.

When he was about to reach the inpatient department, Jiang Chen stopped and called out to someone not far away.

“Dr. Shi!”

When Shi Fengyue turned his head, the man next to him also looked over. Jiang Chen quickened his pace and walked up to Shi Fengyue. He nodded his head to the man who looked at him curiously as a greeting, and said with a smile: “Dr. Shi, I have something to ask you. Is it convenient for you?”

Shi Fengyue was about to refuse, but meeting those smiling eyes, the words changed somehow: “What’s the matter?”

Jiang Chen smiled and said, “Is it convenient to talk privately?”

Shi Fengyue took the lead to walk to a secluded place: “Come.”

Li Nanfeng looked at the backs of the two leaving side by side, touched his chin, shook his head and said, “Something’s not right…..”

When he reached the shade, Shi Fengyue stopped and said, “Go ahead.”

“I want to ask you, how did you get into the warehouse yesterday without letting anyone know?”

Shi Fengyue leaned over to look at him, seemingly purely curious yet also mocking, and said in a lazy and careless tone: “Since you have guessed the answer, why do you still ask knowingly?”

Jiang Chen’s expression didn’t change, his eyes curving in a smile, “I’m just curious, how does Dr. Shi know hypnosis?”

Shi Fengyue said lightly: “I’m a doctor, what’s so strange about it.”

Jiang Chen: “But I recall that you are a spine surgeon.”

Shi Fengyue: “When I was in college, I took psychology as an elective.”

Jiang Chen smiled slightly: “Just from taking psychology as an elective, Dr. Shi can do things that many psychologists can’t do. That’s very impressive.”

Shi Fengyue nodded slightly: “Thank you.”

Jiang Chen continued: “However, I have always heard that hypnosis requires many steps and conditions to be carried out. I am curious how Dr. Shi used simple props and sounds to hypnotize others.”

“Curious?”

Jiang Chen: “Very curious.”

“I always thought that you were not a person who easily became curious about other people’s affairs.”

Jiang Chen admitted: “I’m really not.”

Shi Fengyue’s lips curled slightly: “Then why are you so curious about my affairs?”

Jiang Chen smiled slightly: “Because I’m very curious about your hypnosis method.”

Shi Fengyue bent over slightly and lowered his eyes, leaning into Jiang Chen’s ear, he said, “Say, do you think that your curiosity about me now is a product of a psychological hint I gave you?”

Jiang Chen really couldn’t help pausing and thinking about this question, only to very quickly come back to his senses. However, Shi Fengyue had already turned and left.

He looked at his back for a few seconds, then suddenly laughed and looked away.

Whether Shi Fengyue was an SSS-level psychic power user or not, what did it have to do with him in the end?

……

When Jiang Chen walked into the ward, he felt a rare sense of tranquility.

This ward was a three-person room, and Jiang Zhuo’s two neighbors had already been discharged from the hospital one after another, and no one else had moved in yet, so he was the only one for the time being, but even so, the ward had never been so quiet.

“Dad, Mom.” Seeing the two sitting at the head of the bed and at the end of the bed, Jiang Chen paused, “What’s wrong?”

Jiang Zhuo turned around and smiled at Jiang Chen, “It’s okay, come here and let Dad see where you are hurt.”

Jiang Chen looked at Yang Si who was sitting on the side with reddened eyes, walked to the stool next to Jiang Zhuo and sat down.

“Were you scared yesterday?” Jiang Zhuo looked him over carefully, patted his shoulder, and laughed: “It doesn’t look like it, as expected of my son.”

Jiang Chen leaned close to Jiang Zhuo’s ear and whispered, “Did you quarrel with Mom?”

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Jiang Zhuo knocked him on the forehead and raised his voice, “Your Mom and I are perfectly fine.”

Hearing this, Yang Si turned her head and snorted.

Jiang Chen understood, “Is it because of what happened yesterday?”

Jiang Zhuo: “No…..”

Yang Si: “Yes.”

Before Jiang Chen could speak again, Yang Si stood up directly and said, “I know that I am wrong for not telling you immediately when that happened to our son yesterday, but Jiang Zhuo, think about how hurtful your words were just now. You said that I didn’t tell you because I thought you were useless, because I despised you, because…..”

Jiang Zhuo also stood up abruptly: “What I said was ‘is it because you think it’s useless to tell me’, that’s completely different from what you said about me being useless, and when did I say you despise me? Aren’t you just letting your thoughts run wild?”

“Letting my thoughts run wild?” Yang Si crossed her arms and said, “If you didn’t mean that, would my thoughts have run in that direction? You taught your son since you were young, saying that ‘a person’s attitude and tone are more important than the content’, but did you take this advice yourself? If you did, would I have thought this and that?”

Jiang Zhuo choked, and after a pause, he walked up to Yang Si, took her hand and said in a low voice, “Honey, I really didn’t mean that, maybe my expression was a bit wrong when I said it, but it was because I was too worried. Such a big thing happened at home yesterday, but I didn’t know it at all. I didn’t mean to blame you, I was just frustrated with myself. Because even if I know about it I wouldn’t have been able to do anything about it, because right now I am completely useless…..”

“Who allows you to say that about yourself!” Yang Si interrupted Jiang Zhuo: “Who says you are useless! No one can say that! You can’t say it yourself!”

Jiang Zhuo was taken aback, “Honey…..”

Yang Si’s expression also softened, and she stretched out her arms to hug Jiang Zhuo. Seeing that the two of them were about to make more intimate gestures, Jiang Chen coughed quickly.

Jiang Zhuo and Yang Si reacted at the same time and quickly separated.

Jiang Zhuo said: “Didn’t you say you have something to do this afternoon? Go quickly.”

“Dad——”

“No Dad, why aren’t you going? Didn’t I tell you that a man must never be late.”

“No, wait.” Jiang Chen interrupted what he was about to say with a laugh, and said, “Didn’t you notice? You just stood up and walked to Mom’s side without using a cane. Your movements were very agile.”

Jiang Zhuo was taken aback, his expression blanking for a few seconds, and he looked down at his legs in disbelief.

Yang Si also reacted and stood up suddenly, taking a few steps back and walking to the other side of the bed, “Old Jiang, come here, try walking over here.”

Jiang Zhuo nodded, stood up slowly with the support of the bed, and walked towards Yang Si slowly, his movements changed from jerky to smooth, and his steps also became natural.

Seeing his parents hugging and crying, Jiang Chen silently left the ward.

After coming out of the hospital, Jiang Chen went straight to an ice skating rink near Yan University.

After Shen Xu heard about what happened yesterday from Huo Bo, he called Jiang Chen early in the morning to express his concern. After learning that he was fine, he changed his words of concern to complaints, and said that they were not loyal friends, leaving jim out of such an exciting situation. While also lamenting that the summer vacation had begun for so long, yet the three of them have not hung out together, and that their boat of friendship was about to capsize.

After laying the groundwork for three minutes, he finally revealed his purpose——to have Jiang Chen and Huo Bo accompany him to skate together.

Huo Bo quickly agreed. In Jiang Chen’s memory, the last time the three of them skated together was in the first year of high school, so he agreed without hesitation.

When Jiang Chen arrived at the skating rink, Shen Xu had already arrived. He was sitting at the bar drinking a soda, smiling and talking to the girl across from him.

Jiang Chen walked over, and after seeing who the girl was, he was a little surprised: “Pan Liuyi?”

Pan Liuyi smiled and nodded: “Hello again.”

Jiang Chen nodded with a smile, sat down beside Shen Xu, and said, “You came to skate too?”

“That’s right.” Pan Liuyi pointed to the girls playing in the skating rink: “I came here with my friends, I’m not very good at it, so I’m just waiting for them outside.”

Shen Xu said: “That’s so boring, Jiang Chen is very good at skating, let him teach you later.”

Pan Liuyi turned to look at Jiang Chen, and said, “Really?”

Jiang Chen smiled and said, “I haven’t skated for a long time.”

“It’s been——” Meeting Jiang Chen’s eyes, Shen Xu paused: “It’s been two or three years, it’s better that he doesn’t teach you, ice skating is dangerous, we don’t want you to get hurt.”

Pan Liuyi didn’t care either, and said playfully, “I also think it’s better to forget it, I’m so beautiful, it won’t be worth it if I disfigure my face.”

Shen Xu opened his mouth and said, “That’s not only the loss of your high school, but also the loss of all human beings and the world, it would make human beings lose out in the process of pursuing beauty…..”

Jiang Chen’s cell phone ringing interrupted Shen Xu’s rainbow fart, he raised his cell phone and said, “I’m going to answer a call.”

“Go, go!” Shen Xu waved his hand: “Go and come back quickly.”

Jiang Chen nodded to Pan Liuyi, picked up the call and walked to the restroom.

Just before Jiang Chen walked into the restroom, several teenagers around the age of sixteen and seventeen walked into the skating rink and straight to the VIP area.

When passing the bar area, Shen Xu heard their conversation:

“Why did Eldest Young Master He suddenly want to come to skate today?”

“To pick up girls, what else?”

“I think it’s because he’s in a bad mood. When I met him in the morning, his expression was very dark, I wonder who offended him.”

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The several people walked by, and Shen Xu raised his eyebrows, turning to ask Pan Liuyi: “Among the group of people just now, was there the cheater that your cousin mentioned? Who is it?”

“The one at the front.” Pan Liuyi put down the menu that covered her face, and said in a low voice, “I’m not sure about the cheating thing, so don’t talk nonsense, He Qianjian isn’t as good-tempered as the rumors say, he might become angry if he knows you said that behind his back.”

“Oh.” Shen Xu shrugged: “As if I would be afraid of him?”

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When it was almost evening, three police cars drove into the Zhonghai District Public Security Bureau.

“Here we are.” The young policeman sitting next to Jiang Chen got out of the car, stood outside and said with a smile, “The person walking this way is your mother, right? She should have been waiting anxiously. You can comfort her before coming in to recount what happened.”

Jiang Chen thanked him, and before he even got out of the car, he was hugged by his mother who ran over. Still in a sitting posture, he was held in the arms of his mother who was much shorter than him, in an absolutely protective posture just like when he was a child.

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“Mom…..” Feeling his mother’s trembling, Jiang Chen felt guilty in his heart. He patted her back comfortingly, and said in a low voice, “I’m fine, don’t be afraid.”

Her son was in her arms, and Yang Si’s tense nerves finally relaxed. She let go of him a little, and seeing the scratches on his cheekbone, her eyes turned red instantly: “Does it hurt? Are there any other injuries?”

Jiang Chen comforted in a gentle voice: “Mom, it doesn’t hurt. I only suffered a slight injury here. It’s actually nothing.”

Yang Si looked him over carefully again, and after confirming that he really only had a little scratch on his face, she finally felt relieved and let him go.

Jiang Chen got out of the car, saw Huo Bo who was two meters away, and smiled.

The day before yesterday, after he learned of He Qianjian’s plan, he called Huo Bo. He omitted He Qianjian, and explained the ins and outs of Yang Tianci’s plan to kidnap him, and his plan to send Yang Tianci to prison directly.

So, before he went to the park today, Huo Bo had already waited there, took pictures to collect evidence when he was fighting with the kidnappers, including pictures of the kidnapper’s license plate number, and followed the car all the way to the container warehouse in Xing City. All the information was sent to his computer, Changjiang changed the IP and sent it to the police station and made the call to the police, while he waited to adapt to the situation outside.

In Jiang Chen’s original estimate, the police would arrive between three and four o’clock. Unexpectedly, the police arrived an hour faster than he expected, and arrived within the hour that Shi Fengyue said so Shi Fengyue’s unexpected appearance didn’t disrupt his plan. The only thing that was different from the plan was the injured man and the kidnapper who stabbed his companion but turned a blind eye to Shi Feng Yue.

Jiang Chen was very curious——how did Shi Fengyue manage to get in and out of the container he was kept without the kidnappers seeing.

Seeing Jiang Chen standing still, Yang Si thought he didn’t understand why Huo Bo was here, and explained: “I couldn’t find you before, so I called Xiao Bo. He was very worried about you, so when I called this afternoon and he learned that you were kidnapped, he came over too.”

Hearing Yang Si’s words, Huo Bo couldn’t help but feel a little guilty when he thought how he and Jiang Chen had kept her in a state of worry for so long. He coughed lowly, and under Yang Si’s kindly gaze, he walked over and hugged Jiang Chen comfortingly, whispering in his ear: “The person has been found, and he will arrive within fifteen minutes.”

Jiang Chen temporarily put aside the unresolved doubts since he saw Shi Fengyue until now, and nodded: “I’ll go over to give my statement and you look after my mother.”

Towards the end of his statement, a middle-aged man with a simple and honest appearance and plain clothing came in. Jiang Chen looked up and the policeman who led the man in smiled and said: “It’s all thanks to him, he was the one who saw that you were kidnapped, followed you all the way, took pictures of the suspects, recorded the route and where they were hiding, so we could arrive so quickly.”

Jiang Chen stood up, smiled and said, “Thank you very much.”

The man waved his hands repeatedly, touched the back of his head and said, “No need, no need, it’s what I should do.”

Yang Si, who was waiting outside, heard the movement and walked in after hearing the words, thanking the man again and again.

Jiang Chen and Huo Bo, who was behind Yang Si, looked at each other. Huo Bo raised his chin, and the corners of his mouth curled up a little.

After coming out, the time was already getting late. Yang Si recalled that Huo Bo lived alone, and he didn’t have dinner, and he probably just deal with it casually when he went back at this time, so she said: “Xiao Bo, go to Auntie’s house for dinner, you can keep Chen Chen company, today he…..with you to chat with and keep company, Auntie will also be at ease.”

Huo Bo thought for a while, but did not refuse: “Then I will bother you.”

“What bother?” Yang Si linked an arm with Huo Bo’s and the other with Jiang Chen’s, and said with a smile, “You, Xiao Xu and Chen Chen grew up together, in the eyes of Auntie, other than calling me differently, you’re all my sons.”

Jiang Chen turned his head, saw Huo Bo’s slightly raised lips, and smiled too.

After returning home, Yang Si prepared a table of dishes as quickly as possible for the two of them. Too many things happened today. Both Jiang Chen and Huo Bo hadn’t eaten for almost a day and the two barely paused in between mouthfuls.

Yang Si put down her chopsticks after finishing early, and watched them eat with a smile.

When the two of them had eaten and drank their fill, she smiled and said, “You two chat, I’ll slice some fruit, Xiao Bo, sleep over tonight, and share the bed with Chen Chen, it’s not convenient to go home this late.”

Huo Bo declined and said, “Auntie, I have something to do tomorrow morning, and I’m leaving now, so I won’t be sleeping over.”

“But it’s getting late now, will it be unsafe for you to go back?”

“No, Auntie, don’t worry.”

Yang Si wanted to say something more, but Jiang Chen said first: “Then you go back first, remember to send me a message when you get home.”

Huo Bo nodded: “Okay, goodbye, Auntie.”

The two spoke one after another, and by the time Yang Si realized it, Huo Bo had already left.

She looked at Jiang Chen helplessly: “When Huo Bo gets home, and he sends you a message, you tell Mom.”

“I know.” Jiang Chen hugged Yang Si and said with a smile, “I’m going back to my room first, you should go to bed early too.”

“En, I’ll go to bed after washing the dishes.”

After closing the door, Jiang Chen sat down at the computer desk, put on the earphones, and said, “How is the situation? Have you captured the location code?”

“The code was successfully captured and is being analyzed. The analysis progress is at 0.15%, and the cracking progress is 0.”

Jiang Chen: “Show me that piece of code.”

As soon as the computer screen went black, it then turned gray. Countless coding flickered by like the no signal image of an old-fashioned TV set, forming a picture with a strange pattern. If not for Changjiang enlarging the coding, Jiang Chen might have just thought it was a strange painting.

He leaned closer to the screen, frowning slightly.

——This was indeed computer code. However, it was different from any code he had seen and studied before. It should have its own laws and meanings, but if he wanted to crack it and study it, this probably not even a ten thousandth piece of code captured from the system in He Qianjian’s brain was not enough.

And…..Jiang Chen leaned back in his chair, thoughtful——he kept getting the feeling that this code was not just a code, but also mixed with an energy he couldn’t explain, which was very weird.

Since it was impossible to decipher it for the time being, Jiang Chen simply put it down for now, and said, “Report the progress of the analysis at any time.”

“Yes.”

Jiang Chen’s eyes flickered, and he said, “Play the recording between two and three o’clock this afternoon.”

There were vague sounds of clothes rustling and footsteps coming from the earphones. Apart from that, there were almost no other sounds in the first ten minutes, and even if there were, there were just some meaningless exchange of words.

Jiang Chen listened carefully, without any impatience.

At the twenty-eighth minute, a heavy knocking sound suddenly appeared on the recording, followed by a short conversation between the two kidnappers. Amidst several consecutive light to heavy knocking sounds, the man who hurt his companion decided to go and see the situation alone.

The audio quieted down again, and even the sound of footsteps was so soft that it could hardly be recorded. However, within a minute, Jiang Chen heard another voice, which was so blurred that it was difficult to make out the words, but he was sure that it was Shi Fengyue. Along with the sound of Shi Fengyue’s voice, there was another continuous rhythmic sound, like the sound of some kind of metal parts colliding.

Jiang Chen frowned slightly, something flashing through his mind.

The following sound from the earphones again interrupted his thoughts.

“I thought something was wrong, you f**king——”

What caused the words to stop abruptly was the sound of the knife piercing the cloth and cutting the flesh, and then the sound of a body falling to the ground.

Jiang Chen: “Pause.”

The audio in the earphones stopped, and Jiang Chen tapped his fingers on the table, carefully connecting every detail he just heard with the brief meeting with Shi Fengyue in the afternoon.

Suddenly, a scene appeared in his mind——Shi Fengyue squatted in front of him, playing with the lighter, and the sound of the lighter opening and closing was very similar to the sound that was slightly blurred by the rustling of clothes in the recording.

Lighter——the man pointing to his stabbed companion as the traitor——Shi Fengyue’s coat which was similar to that of the group’s leader…..

Connecting the three most important clues, Jiang Chen felt that the answer was about to come out. He unconsciously stopped tapping on the table, and the whole room fell silent.

A few seconds later, his eyelashes trembled and he raised his eyes.

Percussion!

Jiang Chen connected all the clues, and instantly got an answer——hypnosis.

In the interstellar era, there was an extremely famous master of psychic power, whose initial research direction was the relationship between ancient hypnosis and psychic power. This master had given three public lectures at Jiang Chen’s school. He happened to attend one of the lectures during a free period, and this lecture was on hypnosis.

In the class, the master introduced the history of hypnotists from ancient times to the interstellar era. He said that no matter in which era, hypnotists have essential steps and stages before hypnotizing patients. There was a possibility of failing and causing nasty harm to the patient if a single step was missed. Therefore, every hypnotist could only be qualified for this position after passing the most rigorous examination and many tests.

There was only one type of person that was different, and that was the SSS-level psychics. They have hundreds of times the psychic power of ordinary people. They only need simple props and words to hypnotize a person at any time. In fact, when reaching a certain stage, they only needed words to hypnotize a person, or even a group of people.

This kind of psychic power was equivalent to an army without the need of guns, absolutely powerful and dangerous.

However, because the entire empire, including the federation, had never had an SSS-level psychic, this was just the master’s speculation based on the current highest-level S-level psychic, and he himself could not draw a conclusion.

At that time, Jiang Chen was just listening casually. Now, recalling what the master had said in class, he was surprised to find that Shi Fengyue’s hypnotic technique was very similar to the SSS-level psychics mentioned by the master.

First attract the attention of the hypnotized person through the sound, and then use the rhythm to lay the foundation for the psychological suggestion, and then use a special voice combined with what he said to hypnotize the other party. And to guarantee that everything was surefire, he dressed similarly to a person who was familiar with the other party to strengthen the suggestive effect.

Therefore, the hypnotized person would be convinced that his companion was a traitor, because Shi Fengyue was playing the role of his boss, and if he stabbed his companion, the hypnotized person would only think that he was doing it for his boss, that’s why he insisted that he had met their boss at that time.

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But at that time, their boss was outside alone, and the two people who went out after changing shifts happened to avoid the time when the hypnotized person stabbed their companion, so even though their boss knew very well that he had never seen the hypnotized person, he couldn’t argue in his case, because no one could prove it for him.

Jiang Chen got up, walked to the window, and looked at the sporadic vehicles passing by on the road in the distance. He thought of Shi Fengyue, who cleverly used everything around him, using someone else’s hand to hurt others like it was child’s play, and his eyes flickered slightly.

Could the SSS-level psychic who had never even appeared in the interstellar era really exist in this world?

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Shi Fengyue stared at the containers, and after carefully identifying them, raised his hand to make a mark, and continued to walk forward.

About ten minutes later, he stopped next to two stacked red containers, and further ahead was an open space with a diameter of about 50 meters. Only a container with an area of about four square meters was placed in the middle, and in front of the door of the container, two people stood looking around vigilantly.

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Shi Fengyue retracted his gaze and leaned against a container. The knuckles of his raised right hand bent and knocked on the container. A dull but also crisp sound sounded. The two people exchanged looks, and soon, a series of rhythmic knocks followed the first one after another.

One person frowned and looked in the direction of the sound: “What’s going on?”

The other person raised his leg and took half a step, hesitantly suggesting: “Go and see?”

The first man raised his hand, and along with another heavier knock sounding, he said in a deep voice, “I’ll go, you stay here and keep guard.”

The man walked step by step in the direction of Shi Fengyue with cautious and barely audible steps. He vigilantly remained alert of any sign of trouble, and walked into the pile of containers.

Shi Fengyue leaned against the wall of a container, listening to the sound of footsteps approaching with lowered eyes. When the sound of footsteps reached very close by, he stretched out his hand sideways very quickly, and before he even had a chance to take a breath the person who came was already subdued by him between the elbows.

He covered the man’s mouth with one hand, lowered his head and whispered in his ear, his words low and almost inaudible. His other hand holding the lighter was lifted by the man’s left ear, slender fingers flicking it casually, causing the dusty metal lighter to open and close in a strange rhythm.

The man’s struggling movements slowly stopped, his eyes gradually turned from clear to blank, and after a moment, when his eyes regained clarity again, Shi Fengyue let him go.

But strangely, as if he couldn’t see Shi Fengyue at all, he walked away without saying a word.

The person waiting in front of the container didn’t hear any movement, and his heart was in his throat the whole time. He didn’t relax until the other came out, and only then did he laugh and curse as he walked towards him: “I thought something was wrong, you f**king——”

The moment the two met up, the expression of the smiling man froze. He looked at the switchblade buried in his stomach in disbelief. But just as he was about to speak, he was knocked out by a hand.

Shi Fengyue stepped out, brushed past the man, opened the door of the container and walked in. But still the man turned a blind eye as if he couldn’t see him.

Jiang Chen heard the commotion outside and the conversation that ended abruptly. Just as he was about to listen carefully, he saw the door being pulled open, and a tall figure appeared outline in the sunlight.

The sudden light made him squint his eyes, and when his eyesight recovered, the newcomer was already standing less than half a meter away from him. Jiang Chen’s eyes widened slightly, and his tone could not conceal his surprise: “Shi Fengyue?”

Shi Fengyue squatted down in front of him, the corners of his mouth curved slightly, but there was no smile in his eyes: “Having fun?”

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment. The sudden appearance of Shi Fengyue made his mind go blank for a rare moment. So at this time, when he heard the other’s completely incomprehensible question, he didn’t know how to answer it for a while.

After about half a minute, he hesitated and asked, “…..Why are you here?”

“It seems that you want to play a kidnapping game.” Shi Fengyue fiddled with the lighter, and said quietly: “So I followed to see the excitement.”

The corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth twitched, and after a few seconds, he asked, “How did you get in?”

“I walked in.”

Jiang Chen paused, listening to the silence outside, and suddenly didn’t know what to say.

Shi Fengyue raised his eyes, with his back to the light his eyes appeared very dark. His voice was like his eyes, and one couldn’t distinguish his emotions: “Both are still alive, and the ones who left will not find out anything when they come back. It will not affect your plan.”

Jiang Chen quickly met his gaze, and the moment their eyes met, he saw himself reflected in Shi Fengyue’s eyes——his surprise clear at a glance——since he was seen through, he didn’t need to keep pretending, so he said: “Thank you.”

Shi Fengyue paused the hand that was playing with the lighter, and the cold metal lighter pressed against the boy’s chin, raising his gaze. Shi Fengyue looked into Jiang Chen’s eyes carefully and analytically, and only saw openness, clarity, and brightness.

He quickly withdrew his hand and the finger pressed against the lighter paused. It seemed that there was a warmth on it that was different from the temperature of the metal. He moved his finger away, put the lighter back into his pocket, and said mildly: “I don’t care what plans you have, if you don’t come out within an hour, I will send someone to bring you out.”

Walking to the door, Shi Fengyue suddenly paused, turned around and walked back again.

Jiang Chen was thinking about the difference between one hour and his planned time, when he felt that a candy was stuffed in his mouth. He raised his eyes, and before he could speak, he was stuffed with a few more candies one after another, and the sweet milky taste spread on his tongue.

“Protect yourself.”

With those few words, the door of the container closed again.

Jiang Chen had candies in his mouth, and the sweet taste diluted the stuffiness in the container. He looked thoughtfully at the few gleams of light that were struggling to get under the door.

An hour ago.

Jiang Chen hadn’t come back since he went out for a morning jog. Today, Yang Si didn’t need to go to the hospital so she specially bought a lot of Jiang Chen’s favorite foods to make up for the guilt of letting him eat out alone during this period of time. Before Jiang Chen went out, she also specifically told him to come back for lunch earlier.

But who knew, it was already one o’clock in the afternoon, yet Jiang Chen hadn’t appeared and his phone couldn’t be reached either.

At first, Yang Si only thought that he went to look for Shen Xu and Huo Bo, but after contacting Shen Xu and Huo Bo, she found that Jiang Chen had not gone to them at all. This made her worried. She knew her son very well, and since he was a child he had never gone back on his word. He never missed appointments and was very punctual. Since she said it was lunch, Jiang Chen would never be home later than twelve o’clock.

The wall clock in the center of the living room was ticking. Every time the minute hand moved, Yang Si felt more uneasy. She wondered if it was her mother’s instinct making her think wildly. She kept getting a bad feeling.

At a quarter past one in the afternoon, Yang Si’s cell phone rang.

She immediately connected the phone, her tone holding unconcealable anxiety: “Chen Chen?”

“Yang Si?”

On the other line was a male voice that was deliberately lowered and ambiguous. Almost as soon as she heard this voice, Yang Si already had a premonition. She tightened the grip she had on the pillow in her lap and said, “It’s me.”

“Your son is in our hands. If you want him back, prepare 300,000 yuan. I will send you the account number and give you two days. We will release him as soon as the money arrives. I advise you to be obedient. If you call the police, I can’t guarantee whether your son will live or die.”

When she heard the first sentence, Yang Si’s face had already paled. She tried her best to calm herself down amidst the sound of the man’s weird voice, but as long as she thought about what might happen to her son, no matter how rational she was, she couldn’t help it, all her reasoning disappearing in an instant. When the man finished speaking, she immediately said: “I’ll give it to you right away, don’t hurt my son, I’ll transfer the money to you right away.”

Yang Tianci, who was hiding near the park, had a gleam of joy on his face when he heard the words, but after a while, his expression sank again. His sister did not even hesitate to take out 300,000 immediately. His sister was more wealthy than he imagined. Even though she clearly had money, when he came to their house to ask for money before, she not only didn’t give it, she said she would cut off their relationship, completely uncaring about their sibling relationship.

Since she was unkind, then don’t blame him for being unrighteous.

Yang Tianci sneered in his heart, and said slowly: “I was wrong before, it is not three hundred thousand, it is one million, I will give you an extra half a day, two and a half days, when the money arrives in the account before twelve noon the day after tomorrow, there won’t be a single hair missing on your son’s head, but if it doesn’t arrive…..” He hung up the phone before finishing speaking.

Yang Si put down her phone and immediately ran to the room to search for all the passbooks at home.

From the money Jiang Chen took out, after Jiang Zhuo’s treatment, there was still about 100,000 yuan left, and the family also had some savings before, so the total was about 270,000 yuan. If it was 300,000 yuan, she could find a friend to borrow the rest, but one million…..where was she going to collect that money?

Just as Yang Si was frantically holding the passbook, her cell phone rang again.

“Hello, is this Ms. Yang Si?”

Yang Si was taken aback for a moment, and her heart squeezed again: “I am…..”

“We are the Public Security Bureau of Zhonghai District, Yan City. Half an hour ago, we received a report from the masses. Someone kidnapped a boy at the west gate of Jiexin Park. The boy was wearing a white T-shirt and black slacks and is about 1.78 meters tall. Do you still remember what your son was wearing before he went out?”

Yang Si opened her mouth and said with difficulty after a long time: “It’s my son.”

“Ma’am, don’t worry, we have locked onto your son’s location based on the surveillance footage and the photos sent by the masses. He is now in the neighboring Xing City. We have dispatched the police and contacted the Xing City police to cooperate and help. We will do our best to protect his safety and rescue him, please wait at home and don’t startle the enemy.”

“I just received a call…..the kidnappers told me not to call the police. They said that if I called the police, they would kill my son.” Yang Si’s hand holding the phone turned white, and she enunciated word by word: “Mr. Police, I beg you, you must protect the safety of my son, if it is not absolutely surefire, I can raise enough money to give them, I don’t want my son to be harmed.”

“Ma’am, we understand your feelings very well, and we promise to do our best to protect your son’s safety and rescue him. During this period, I hope you can remain calm, and if the kidnappers contact you, you must contact us at the first opportunity.”

“Okay…..”

After hanging up the phone, Yang Si slumped down on the ground, her mind was in a mess, full of imaginings that were difficult to continue even thinking about with just the beginning. She clutched the phone tightly, forcing herself to calm down, the clock ticked every minute and every second, and the worries in her heart increased bit by bit.

When the hour hand pointed to four o’clock, her cell phone finally rang, and she picked it up almost at the first second when it rang: “Hello? I’m Yang Si, is…..”

“Hello, we are the Public Security Bureau of Zhonghai District, Yan City. We have successfully rescued your son Jiang Chen and are on our way to bring him back to Yan City. There is still about an hour’s journey away. You can wait at the Public Security Bureau first.”

“Is he hurt? Did those people hurt him? Where is he hurt? How is he now?”

“Ma’am, you can rest assured that your son is safe and unharmed.”

Yang Si breathed a sigh of relief, and said incoherently: “I’ll be right over, thank you, thank you so much comrade policeman, thank you so much, thank you…..”

…..

Jiang Chen was sitting in the police car, replaying the scene just now in his mind.

Less than 20 minutes after Shi Fengyue left, the two people who had left before came back. Not long after, a quarrel erupted outside. They spoke too fast and in a mix of various dialects so Jiang Chen couldn’t hear clearly, but from bits and pieces he could infer the reason for their quarrel: one of the two people who were guarding the door just now was injured and passed out, and the person who stabbed him was the other one who stayed behind to guard him.

The argument lasted for nearly fifteen minutes, until it was interrupted by a ringing phone. The conversation was very short, but after hanging up the phone, their movements immediately became even louder. Jiang Chen heard their panicked footsteps and words:

“The cops are here, Boss seems to have been discovered, what should we do?”

“We did it so covertly, how could we be discovered so quickly…..”

“I said that Huang Kai bastard is a traitor. But you didn’t believe me, he must have leaked the secret!”

“What are you doing still blabbering so much? Run!”

“But what about the one inside?”

“Who cares?”

“No, if Boss is arrested, we will have lost one person. If we don’t finish this business deal, we will lose out on the money as well. Didn’t the person above want this kid’s life? Let’s kill him first, at least we will have completed the task?”

“Is this okay? Boss said that the identity of the other party is unknown, and the money must be in the account before doing anything.”

“It’s already at this time, just grab the money we can, besides he has seen what we look like…..”

The door of the container was opened, and three men walked in one after the other, one of them was holding a knife in his hand.

Jiang Chen watched them calmly. He stepped back a little bit, broke away from the rope on his hand while the approaching man swung his knife, and avoided the attack.

The unexpected situation stunned the three of them. They looked at each other and then surrounded him.

Jiang Chen calculated the time and delayed them as much as possible.

Sure enough, seeing that they couldn’t take Jiang Chen down, the three of them became anxious. The police were outside, and every minute and every second that was delayed, the possibility of the three of them being caught would be even greater. After trying to catch Jiang Chen several times but being dodged by him, one person lost his patience and said, “Forget him, the cops will come soon, if we don’t leave, it will be too late!”

“But…..”

“But what, let’s go!”

The three of them retreated in a hurry, but Jiang Chen’s attack was reversed from the previous one of only defending and not attacking, his movements suddenly becoming fierce. The man closest to him was thrown over his shoulder, and the phone in his pocket slipped out. Jiang Chen swept the screen at a glance and saw that a countdown was displayed. He avoided the man holding the knife, but his face was lightly grazed by a punch.

Just then, the police burst in.

The absolute suppression of numbers and force quickly brought an end to this rescue mission.

As the victim, Jiang Chen was naturally protected and had a ride in the last car. Before he got into the car, the man whom the three thought had already been arrested was escorted by another wave of police. This man was the driver whose face was the only one not captured by the surveillance.

What caught Jiang Chen’s attention was that the long black trench coat this man was wearing was very similar to the one Shi Fengyue was wearing just now. It seemed to be just a coincidence, but he was inexplicably concerned. He got the feeling that it was linked to the answer he wanted to know.

Thinking of Shi Fengyue coming and going like no one’s land, Jiang Chen frowned slightly, feeling like he caught on to something but also that he had ignored something. This feeling of being blocked by an unknown force when he was about to get the answer made him uncontrollably think over and over again about the meeting with Shi Fengyue that lasted less than two minutes, and all the clues he knew so far.

The knocking sound outside before Shi Fengyue appeared, Shi Fengyue’s long black trench coat similar to the leader of the kidnappers, the kidnapper who stabbed his companion as if he had clearly seen Shi Fengyue but seemed to have lost his memory of it, the kidnapper who was stabbed silently and was considered a traitor, what Shi Fengyue said to him, the lighter Shi Fengyue was holding at the time…..

The lighter!

A thought flashed in Jiang Chen’s mind, and the answer was just within his grasp.

At this moment, the conversation started by the police who came up halfway interrupted his train of thought.

The young policeman lowered his voice mysteriously and said, “Just now, there was an interrogation in the front, and we have already learned something. Do you know that the injured one among them was stabbed by one of their own people, because of internal strife.”

Jiang Chen raised his eyes and looked over.

The other two policemen were also very curious: “Why the infighting?”

“Disagreement over money?”

“It doesn’t seem to be the case. Apparently the one who was injured had a conflict with their leader and leaked the news because of resentment.”

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“Maybe it’s true, it didn’t even take us half an hour from the time we received the call to locate the victim’s location. Someone provided the suspect’s picture, hiding place, and license plate number. Except for the people among them, who could give us the information just in time like this?”

“That’s true…..”

“If you put it that way, it seems to make sense.”

Hearing this, Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze, but after being interrupted, when he wanted to find that train of thought from before, he couldn’t figure it out no matter what.

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