Jiang Chen had already left, and He Qianjian’s yelling didn’t change anything. He kicked the table hard but was restrained by the prison guard watching nearby, only then did he grit his teeth and left.

When Zhou Yang heard the noise, he hid to the side. When He Qianjian was pressed away, he stood there for a while, then turned and returned to the duty room.

As soon as he entered, he heard his two colleagues chatting. For some reason, they stopped talking when they saw Zhou Yang coming. However, this room was not very soundproof, and he had heard a little.

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Zhou Yang said: “Are you talking about Mr. Jiang who just came to visit the prison?”

Prison guards Zhang and Zhao looked at each other. They didn’t expect him to hear it, but there was nothing to hide. They just thought that Zhou Yang didn’t seem to like Jiang Chen who was visiting the prison just now, so they just subconsciously stopped talking.

Thinking of this, Officer Zhang said directly: “Yes, he just came over after the visit and asked us to help He Qianjian move to another cell.”

Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment, and his movement of sitting down stopped in mid-air, maintaining a non-standard squat posture. He widened his eyes and askes, “He asked you to help He Qianjian change cells?” 

Officer Zhang didn’t expect his reaction to be so big, but prison guard Zhao didn’t find it strange. Zhou Yang and Jiang Chen didn’t know each other at all. They met for the first time today. His hostility and dislike towards Jiang Chen came from prisoner No. 149 inside. When he heard that Jiang Chen wanted to help him, he naturally reacted greatly.

“It’s not confirmed yet. It should be that No. 149 said something to him. He asked us to tell the warden to see if what No. 149 said was true. If so, then help him change his cell…”

Zhou Yang was a little stunned. He just trusted others easily, but that didn’t mean he was stupid. He heard clearly what He Qianjian said just now. He naturally knew that Jiang Chen was not the person He Qianjian had described at all, and from what Jiang Chen said before leaving, he didn’t sound like he wanted to help, but he didn’t expect that he still helped He Qianjian in the end without actually telling him.

For a moment, Zhou Yang felt a little complicated.

Officer Zhang didn’t notice Zhou Yang’s emotions. When his colleague mentioned the matter, he followed his words and continued the topic he just left off: “We have all heard before. The He family asked that the cell where He Qianjian lives be a little far away from the duty room, but this level of prison is only so big. If he changes again, besides No. 14, there will only be cells 15 and 16. If he changes to those two cells, what would happen to him? It’s better not to change…”

“I heard that he had some conflicts with No. 169 in No. 16.” Officer Zhao also pondered: “No. 169 is famous for his bad temper, but even if he is moved to No. 16, it will be better than room 15.”

Officer Zhang also agreed: “Cell 15 is really not suitable for people to go there.”

Only then did Zhou Yang come to his senses. It hadn’t been long since he came to work here, but he had heard a lot about the deeds of these prisoners. None of the prisoners in Zhangshan Prison were serious crime prisoners, and most of them would be released within ten years. After being released from prison, if they behave well, their sentence would be reduced, so there were relatively few cases of prisoners showing off their violence, with two exceptions: prisoner No. 9 in cell 16 and prisoner No. 1 in cell 15.

Prisoner No. 9 in cell 16 had a good background and a strong backing. Even in prison, apart from being unable to go out, his days were actually not much lacking than being outside. In addition, he had a monopoly on the sale and purchase of goods in the prison. Those prisoners who could afford to be arrogant would give him face, and those who couldn’t afford to offend him would naturally listen to his words. However, this man had a very bad temper and could not bear any grievance. If someone really caught his eye, it was absolutely common for him to have his hands and feet broken or sprained every three days.

It was just that he was also very slick in what he did. Even if everyone knew it was him, there was still no evidence. Coupled with his family background and the fact that he rarely made trouble, the prison guards turned a blind eye.

Prisoner No. 1 in cell 15 was more troublesome than prisoner No. 9 in cell 16. He had been here for nine years. It stood to reason that even if he was sentenced to ten years, if he behaved well and his sentence was reduced, he could be released anytime. But it was not that this one couldn’t get out, it was that he simply didn’t want to get out. If No. 169 was the apparent boss in Zhangshan Prison, then No. 151 was the tacitly understood demon who should not be messed with.

——In the same prison cell as him, the two people who had offended him before had both gone crazy.

If the first one was an accident, then no one would believe the second one was also a coincidence. However, no one knew what he had done. They tried to investigate it, but he refused to admit to it, the prison guards also could not ask a madman for an answer. So the incident fell to the side, and gradually everyone forgot about it.

However, unexpectedly, No. 151 was originally serving a three-year sentence. Just before he was released from prison, he used chopsticks to blind the eyes of a fellow prisoner in his cell while eating in the cafeteria. As a result, he stayed and later when his sentence expired, he followed the same pattern, almost slitting a person’s throat, and stayed again… Now it was almost time for him to be released from prison. Everyone in the prison was in danger, fearing that they would be the next person he wanted to stab so that he could continue to stay.

Because of this, the prison guards did not allow him to go to the factory or eat in the cafeteria during this period, and only allowed him to stay in his cell.

But this also frightened the other prisoners in the same cell with him. They were trembling every day, not daring to sleep at night, for fear that they would not be able to see the sun the next day. Lack of sleep for a long time naturally led to problems and in addition to living in fright for such a long time, they practically now had the same mental state as the two people who were scared crazy before.

Although Zhou Yang was also a little annoyed that He Qianjian deceived him, he didn’t want him to die, so he continued, “Will the warden transfer him to cell 16?”

“It’s hard to say, even if it’s true, when the warden explains the situation to Mr. Jiang, he may not help No. 149 change cells in the end.” Officer Zhang said: “Cell 14 is actually pretty good, and except for the trouble from No. 143, the others are all timid and fearful, and although No. 143 is like that… he generally doesn’t force people, so it’s better to stay at cell 14 than to change to cell 16.”

Officer Zhao also felt the same way: “Although No. 169 has a bad temper, he rarely targets anyone deliberately. However, the people he dowa target end up either lame or disabled. He Qianjian must have offended him some time ago. Sending him there will practically be entering the tiger’s mouth.”

Zhou Yang thought for a while and sighed inwardly. He was a little worried, but also couldn’t help but be curious about what Jiang Chen would choose then.

*

It wasn’t time to get off work yet, but He Qianjian was injured and was sent back to the infirmary.

Pulling the bed curtains, He Qianjian lay on the bed. He knew that the prison guard monitoring him was still outside the door, but he breathed a sigh of relief. This was the most relaxed he had felt in the past six months.

But before he could finish breathing in relief, He Qianjian thought of Jiang Chen again.

[Is it really Jiang Chen who caused your disappearance this time?]

System: [It’s him.]

He Qianjian always knew that it should be Jiang Chen, but in his eyes, the System had great powers and was practically a god. He really couldn’t imagine how Jiang Chen, an ordinary twenty-year-old college student, would be able to go against the System and even gain the upper hand.

[How did he do it?] This was the question that puzzled He Qianjian the most.

System: [He developed an artificial intelligence system…] He briefly explained the basic situation of the Changjiang system to He Qianjian, and continued without waiting for He Qianjian to finish being surprised: [Jiang Chen cannot be allowed to live.]

He Qianjian came to his senses immediately: [I already told you that we should have gotten rid of him when we had the chance. If you had cooperated with me from the beginning, we would not be at this point.]

The System ignored He Qianjian’s complaints and said coldly: [It is very likely that there is another system like mine in this world.]

He Qianjian’s complaining expression froze, [What do you mean?]

[That system is very likely in the hands of Jiang Chen. The Changjiang system he developed is proof that it is not something that could be created in this era and this world. Its technological level is far higher than the earth’s civilization. According to the earth’s technological level it is estimated that it would take at least three hundred years to develop Changjiang.]

He Qianjian didn’t understand, but realized that the matter was not simple: [You mean, Jiang Chen also has a system, and that system helped him develop a system called Changjiang, and then deal with us?]

The System was silent for a few seconds, [Changjiang’s algorithm is an advanced algorithm even in the civilization I live in. This world is not even a second-level civilized world. It is impossible for an ordinary human to develop Changjiang.]

He Qianjian didn’t know whether he was unwilling to accept that there were other people in this world besides him who also had systems, or he was afraid that there were beings in this world that could rival the system. He subconsciously retorted: [If Jiang Chen had a system, he would have found his way to the He family long ago. How could he have remained unrecognized until his senior year in high school? Besides, I have been sending people to keep an eye on him. You have also seen the information. Apart from his better than average grades, he is no different from others. If he had a system, I would definitely have known about it sooner.]

The System was also confused. In its understanding, a planet would only release one “resource search and collection system”. The alliance convention stipulated that when a system locked on a planet, it would continue to send signals to the outside world, even if other systems found Earth, they would have to leave here because of this signal and search for other planets. Moreover, the Earth, as a lower-civilized planet, was located in a remote place, so it was very difficult to find. At that time, it was only found because it had accidentally got lost while jumping through space and came here by mistake.

However, the Earth was rich in resources. If other races or systems from other countries really found the Earth and felt that because it was so remote and difficult to find, it was not impossible to simply violate the convention, wipe out the System and occupy the planet alone.

This also explained why Jiang Chen had never revealed any flaws before, because his system had been dormant in secret, waiting only to eliminate it before completing the mission.

Seeing that the System didn’t say anything, He Qianjian knew that it had not confirmed its judgment either yet, and felt relieved for some reason: [Jiang Chen’s grades have always been very good, and it is normal for him to have some talent in science and technology. Besides, he is now working in a research institute. If it is true, as you said, according to the level of technology, the system in his hand should have taken five hundred years to develop, then those experts would definitely be suspicious.]

The System mocked: [What do you humans of lower civilizations know? Even the knowledge mastered by the experts you admire the most is only at the level of the current college students in our civilization.]

He Qianjian was already used to arguing with the System. He was not angry when he heard what it said. Instead, he was very happy because of the uncertainty of the System. He then asked the question he was most concerned about now: [What if Jiang Chen doesn’t have a system in his hands, and the Changjiang system was really developed by him, could you deal with it?]

[If Jiang Chen dies.]

He Qianjian perked up: [As long as Jiang Chen is dead, you can deal with it?]

The System said definitely: [Yes.]

He Qianjian said immediately: [But this is hard to say, there are many ways to kill him. You help me get out of here first. When the time comes, we should make careful plans. So let’s talk about how you plan to help me get out first.]

[You have break time every day. Calculate the time then and I will help you get the key to the cell. When the time comes, I will cause some chaos and destroy the surveillance, and you will take the opportunity to escape.]

[What does thia mean?] He Qianjian looked unhappy: [You want me to break out of prison?]

[What would happen if I just escaped like this? Hide in Tibet all my life? If I am caught and sentenced again, how many more years will I have to be in prison before I then escape again?]

The System said coldly: [This is the only way to get out.]

He Qianjian didn’t believe it: [You must have other ways so that I can go out in a dignified manner, and then I can do whatever I want to do outside in a dignified manner.]

The System had long known that He Qianjian blindly believed that it could do anything. In fact, it led him to believe this way from the beginning in order to gain He Qianjian’s trust, but at this moment, it just wanted to crack this human’s head open and see what was actually inside.

[When you entered prison, all the witnesses and physical evidence were there, and you admitted it yourself at the beginning. Now it’s useless to retract your confession. So how can I help you get out in a dignified manner?]

Hearing that the System didn’t want to help him find other solutions, He Qianjian said grimly: “That’s your problem. Don’t forget, I’m inside, Jiang Chen is outside, and his system is also outside. If he wants to deal with us, you and I are no different to him than squishing an ant to death, and if I don’t have freedom and can only rely solely on you, a system that has no entity and cannot be separated from the host, it will be even harder to kill Jiang Chen than to climb to the sky.]

The System was not threatened by He Qianjian, [You are my host and I have been bound to you so I am also locked up here. It is true that I cannot kill Jiang Chen, but it is very easy for me to kill you. When the time comes, if I change hosts, Jiang Chen would think that I am still here with you, and this gap in information is enough for me to kill him in surprise.]

The System’s flat voice frightened He Qianjian, and he immediately changed his tone: [That’s not what I meant, it’s just that if I escape from prison and am chased around, it will be more difficult to help you with things.]

[You don’t need to worry about this, I will naturally find a way to help you get a new identity.]

He Qianjian gritted his teeth, knowing that he had no choice but to compromise with the System: [Then when will we take action?]

The System looked at the prison network, and after a few seconds, replied: [In half a month, the prison will hold a reading activity. By then, everyone will be gathered together, and the guards will be lax, making it easier to cause a riot, and it will be easier for you to run away.]

But He Qianjian thought of Brother Hei, who was in the same cell, and was very reluctant: [Another half month?]

[This is the most suitable time.] The System’s tone was cold.

Now that his everything depended on the System, He Qianjian listened to its tone and knew he had no room for negotiation. He could only compromise and threatened in his heart: [You do what you say, don’t make any mistakes in half a month. If I can’t get away, and you want to kill me and find another host, I will simply contact Jiang Chen and tell him everything about you, and let the system in his hands get rid of you. We will just die together.]

The System seemed disdainful and did not respond at all.

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That night, when He Qianjian had to come out of the infirmary, he saw Zhou Yang at the door.

Zhou Yang glanced at him with a complicated look. Just when He Qianjian felt vaguely strange, Zhou Yang asked, “Is the cell you are living in not very good?”

He Qianjian was stunned and immediately nodded.

He had not approached Zhou Yang before because he had no say at all here. Even the boss of cell 16 might have more say than him, and what he was most anxious about at the time was getting out of here. If he had arranged for Zhou Yang to contact people and request him to help him change cells, maybe he wouldn’t even be able to carry out both things, so it was better to ask him to do only one thing.

But now that Zhou Yang had taken the initiative to ask, he would naturally not hide it. Jiang Chen’s side was no longer feasible. No one from the He family or the Jiang family had come to see him. Although the System said that it could help him escape in half a month, Wang Hei had become more and more overt recently. He was no longer so repulsive to Wang Hei touching him, but it did not mean that he, a straight man, could really endure being pressed down by a man. If Zhou Yang could help him change to another cell, at least for this half month then all the better.

Zhou Yang: “Why didn’t you tell me before?”

The bruises on He Qianjian’s face have not subsided, and were blue and purple all over. There were also bandages on his arms. He looked quite pitiful and lonely: “I don’t want to trouble you anymore. I asked you to find my family before which is already violating the rules, and I’m also embarrassed to tell you about this kind of thing.”

Zhou Yang saw his thin and harmless appearance, but the curses he heard in the visiting room rang in his ears. The sight in front of him and the sounds in his ears seemed to be in sharp contrast, giving him the first lesson in his career.

He Qianjian didn’t hear Zhou Yang’s answer and frowned inwardly. He originally thought Zhou Yang had a solution before asking him, but now he didn’t say anything. It couldn’t be that he just asked casually without having a solution at all.

“Officer Zhou, can you help me change cells?”

Zhou Yang saw the earnestness on his face. He only felt that it was pitiful before, but now he felt that it was full of calculations. But the previous relationship was still vivid in his mind. Even if he knew that the young man in front of him was not as he thought, and the two could not become friends anymore, he also couldn’t bear for him to jump into the fire pit. He looked away and said: “Before Mr. Jiang, who visited you today, left, he contacted the warden and asked him to determine your situation. If you are really harassed, the warden will help you change cells.”

He Qianjian was stunned for a moment, then became ecstatic: “Really?”

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Seeing Zhou Yang nodding, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he couldn’t help but feel gleeful. He just knew that Jiang Chen couldn’t stand by and watch this matter. Now he was sure that even if Jiang Chen had the backing of the He family and the research institute, so long as he still held onto his ridiculous kindness and principles and weaknesses, it would be easy to find a way to kill him.

It was time to get off work soon. Zhou Yang gave one last reminder before leaving: “The prisoners in No. 14 are relatively simple. It is actually better for you to stay there. If you change cells, the situation may become worse. I suggest you not to change.” 

But how could He Qianjian listen to him? He sneered in his heart and said that he would consider before leaving.

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Jiang Chen raised his eyes slightly and took in He Qianjian’s expression through the glass.

He Qianjian had been trying to see him through various methods before. From his biological parents to his adoptive parents and then to him, they all had only one purpose, which was to get out of here. But that was under the premise that the System was gone. Now that the System was back, the person he sought help from should also have changed.

After all, he should be He Qianjian’s most reluctant choice.

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Jiang Chen was right. The next second after He Qianjian confirmed that the System was reconnected, he didn’t even care about the current location or Jiang Chen on the other side. He eagerly said to the System: [Hurry up and get me out of here now that you’re back!]

There seemed to be some delay in the System, and it took half a second to answer: [Where are you?]

[Prison!] He Qianjian immediately told the System briefly what disappeared six months ago and that he was sent to prison. After that, he said: [Can you get me out?]

System: [Of course. ]

He Qianjian breathed a sigh of relief visibly, and felt confidence in his heart. When he faced Jiang Chen again, the fear and panic in his heart were a little less. At the same time, his feeling of being saved from despair when he learned that someone had visited him was also reduced. He was so ecstatic and lost his calmness that he suddenly remembered the problem he had been ignoring.

“Why did you come to see me?”

Jiang Chen asked back: “Didn’t you want me to come?”

He Qianjian had no choice but to choose Jiang Chen before. But at this time, he knew that he had a way out, and he immediately didn’t want to waste time here. However, he was still afraid of Jiang Chen. The System had just come back, and he absolutely couldn’t reveal anything suspicious. Even if he wanted to stand up and leave immediately, he still suppressed the impatience in his heart, continued talking to Jiang Chen, and tried every means to fulfill his purpose of finding Jiang Chen.

“I was looking for you because no one came to see me. I called my parents and my biological parents before, but they didn’t come, so I looked for you.”

He Qianjian looked at Jiang Chen for a moment and then looked away. He didn’t know why. He always considered himself to be a good actor, and lying without changing his expression was almost instinctive. But he didn’t know if it was because he was always losing in front of Jiang Chen or something else, every time he lied to him, he always felt lacking in confidence.

Jiang Chen knew He Qianjian’s purpose, so he wasn’t surprised to hear him lie at this time. Besides, his purpose today was to confirm whether the System was still with He Qianjian. Now that it was confirmed, he didn’t intend to waste any more time here.

Jiang Chen stood up: “Then I’ll leave first.”

He Qianjian originally planned to get it over with quickly, but when Jiang Chen stood up, he suddenly thought of something and stopped him tentatively: “Do you know what my life is like in prison?”

How could Jiang Chen know? But thinking about what he just heard, he knew that He Qianjian was not living a good life.

“I am not interested.”

Seeing that he was about to put down the phone, He Qianjian shouted: “Hey!”

Jiang Chen had already stood up, with his back always straight. At this moment, he lowered his eyes and his gaze landed calmly on He Qianjian. He Qianjian suddenly felt a feeling of oppression, but he had had enough of this kind of life. Although the System could help him get out, it was still unknown when he would get out. Knowing Jiang Chen’s character, he could only take a chance now.

“There’s someone in there who wants to rape me.” The last two words were spoken very loudly, probably because he was so angry.

Zhou Yang who just walked into the visiting room was stunned. He didn’t expect that in addition to being beaten and verbally abused, He Qianjian would also suffer such humiliation. He quickly wanted to walk in, but then he thought of the young man he had just met, and suddenly stopped for some reason.

Didn’t He Qianjian say that the young man deliberately made things worse and sent him to prison?

If this was the case, why did He Qianjian say this to this young man? According to the relationship between the two and what this young man did that He Qianjian described, he would never help him solve this kind of thing, and might even take pleasure in his misfortune. 

Then, if He Qianjian didn’t want to find help, why would he expose his ugly and humiliating situation to the enemy?

During this period of time together, Zhou Yang, as a prison guard who also worked different shifts, strictly speaking did not have much contact with He Qianjian, a prisoner, but every time he came to stand guard, He Qianjian would always talk to him. From the past things he talked about, and He Qianjian saying with a wry smile that he was his only friend now, Zhou Yang had developed a kind of protective and absolute trust in him that he didn’t even realize.

But this mentality, after meeting Jiang Chen, conflicted with his intuition and professionalism. Zhou Yang stood at the door, stopping his colleagues who wanted to speak, and waited for He Qianjian to continue speaking.

He Qianjian didn’t know there was someone at the door. A trace of the joy and glee of success flashed in his eyes. When he saw Jiang Chen frown slightly and stop, he knew this matter would be helped.

Ever since he exchanged identities with Jiang Chen, he had always had a very subtle mentality towards Jiang Chen’s existence. He was not only worried that the He family would find out his true identity and want to get rid of him completely, but also have a strong sense of satisfaction when he saw that he was doing worse than him in regards to family and studies. The proud young master who should have grown up with a golden spoon was stepped on by him without knowing anything. Was there anything more pleasurable to the body and mind than this?

He Qianjian sent people to follow Jiang Chen all the time. Whenever he heard that Jiang Chen was not doing well, his mood would always become better. Because of the information obtained through so many years of tracking, he may be one of the people who knew Jiang Chen best.

Integrity, kindness, and helpfulness, he had all the qualities that primary school students are taught in their books. He Qianjian once ridiculed and scorned this, but now he found that he could also use this to achieve his own goals.

“In our same cell, there is a man who has been harassing me and touching me every day. During this time, he has become more and more overt. I’m afraid he will…” He Qianjian gritted his teeth and pressed forwarc. He was filled with shameful anger and wanted to use his tone to win Jiang Chen’s sympathy. In fact, his tone did add some authenticity to what he said.

Jiang Chen was a little surprised. He didn’t pay attention to He Qianjian’s situation in prison, so naturally he didn’t know about these things. But he was even more surprised that He Qianjian would ask him for help.

Did He Qianjian really think that he would be so kind that he would help his enemies without any grudges?

Jiang Chen asked: “Why are you telling me this?”

He Qianjian gritted his teeth. He had made it so clear. How could Jiang Chen not know his reason? Asking him now was just to humiliate him, but the words had already been spoken, and Jiang Chen was his only chance recently. He could not give up so easily.

“I want to change cells.” He Qianjian’s voice seemed to be squeezed out of his throat. When he heard what Jiang Chen just said, he realized that he didn’t need to pretend and act in front of Jiang Chen. He had been in prison for such a long time that he forgot that Jiang Chen wasn’t one to fall for his act at all.

Jiang Chen looked calm: “Why do you think I will help you?”

“You will.” He Qianjian now felt unsure, but he did not dare to reveal his uncertainty, so he could only speak in a confident tone.

In his impression, Jiang Chen was indeed helpful and did not hold grudges. He still remembered that when he was in the third year of junior high school, there was a boy in Jiang Chen’s school who deliberately made trouble for him because the girl he liked liked Jiang Chen and even picked a fight with Jiang Chen and his friends. Both parties were seriously injured. Jiang Chen injured his hand, and later did not do well on the midterm exam. Because of this, the boy deliberately waited for Jiang Chen after school and laughed at him. It could almost be said that the grudge was completely established. However, a month later, the boy offended someone and was slandered for stealing. The police were even almost called and he also almost got a serious demerit. At that time, only Jiang Chen stood up to prove that the boy didn’t steal anything.

When He Qianjian heard about this incident from Sun Zhi, He Qianjian only thought that Jiang Chen was a fool, but he also lowered his vigilance against him because of this incident. Later, his monitoring of him was also relaxed, and he only made sure he did not get close to the He family.

Because of this, he missed the contact between Jiang Chen and He Qianmin, and also missed the changes in Jiang Chen. Later, he made one wrong step after another and ended up where he was now.

If Jiang Chen was still the young man who repay evil with kindness like he did in junior high school, He Qianjian could be sure that Jiang Chen would help him. However, thinking that the opponent of the System was developed by Jiang Chen, and that he was the impetus for him entering prison, He Qianjian suddenly became afraid. Things have changed, and Jiang Chen was no longer the young man he was before.

He Qianjian stared at Jiang Chen closely, comforting himself in his heart that one’s true nature was unchangeable. Although Jiang Chen did send him in, it was only with evidence, and he would not deliberately use this method to seek revenge.

In fact, the person who knows you best was always your enemy.

After Jiang Chen found out about this, he was not only surprised, but also a little uncomfortable. No matter when and where, no matter who the other party was, he would never stand by and watch something like rape happen.

However, it was impossible for him to really believe He Qianjian’s words. He knew very well how good He Qianjian was at lying and acting. He was able to hide it from the entire He family and gain the love and protection of the old He couple. Even after entering prison, he was able to trick a young prison guard who had just entered society and still had a strong sense of social justice. On the ability to grasp people’s hearts and lie and deceive others, Jiang Chen had never seen anyone do it better than him.

Moreover, with the System back, he simply did not believe that He Qianjian would suffer.

“Why do you think I will help you?” Jiang Chen curled his lower lip. There was no smile in his eyes, but there was real doubt.

When He Qianjian was asked this question, the uncertainty in his heart became even stronger.

He squeezed the phone: “Jiang Chen, you will help me, right? Even after I did so many things to you before, you never cared about it and just sent me to prison. I know you are not one to look the other way on such things, and anyway, I held the title of eldest young master of the He family before. If others knew about this, it would not only be me who would be humiliated, what would the He family and outsiders think of you?”

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Jiang Chen was unmoved and said quietly: “I don’t care what outsiders think of me.”

After saying that, he hung up the phone, stood up and left.

He Qianjian looked at his back in disbelief. After being stunned for a second, he smashed the glass with the phone and couldn’t help but yell obscenities. However, Jiang Chen, who was across the glass, heard nothing. Though Zhou Yang, who looked a little dazed behind the door, heard it clearly.

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Before Zhou Yang could figure it out, the landline phone in the duty room rang.

The awkward and stagnant atmosphere was broken, and gradually dissipated as Officer Zhao’s cheerful voice sounded when he answered the phone.

Zhou Yang quietly breathed a sigh of relief for some reason. Even if the young man in front of him said sarcastic words, there was nothing impolite in his expression or tone, but he still felt uncomfortable. This feeling made him have no choice but to think about his own faults.

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This feeling… was like being scolded by the most powerful and strict instructor when he was still in the police academy. But the instructor had at least been wearing the uniform of a military commander and holding a pointer. Just his appearance was enough to make people feel scared. However, the young man in front of him didn’t need anything extra, just a simple look and tone could force people to reflect on themselves.

Feeling that Zhou Yang’s eyes were always on him, Jiang Chen met his gaze without evading it. His calm eyes made the person who was staring at him unconsciously come back to his senses instantly and turned his head away in panic.

The prison guard on the phone didn’t pay attention to what was going on here. Just after he said a few words, his originally smiling tone changed, and he glanced at Jiang Chen subconsciously before asking, “What’s going on?”

Don’t know what was said over there, but Officer Zhao’s expression changed slightly, and then he hung up the phone.

“Mr. Jiang, there is a problem with prisoner He Qianjian.”

Jiang Chen frowned slightly, but before he could speak, Zhou Yang, who was next to him, immediately took a step forward: “What happened?”

Officer Zhao was a little surprised by Zhou Yang’s eagerness, but he originally wanted to talk to Jiang Chen about this matter, and he didn’t need to avoid his colleagues, so he spoke directly: “When He Qianjian was working in the processing factory today, for some reason he got in a conflict with Wang Hei who is in the same cell as him. Wang Hei seemed to have lost his head, and got a pair of scissors from nowhere, stabbing He Qianjian.”

Zhou Yang: “Is the injury serious?”

“It’s not serious.” When Officer Zhao heard Zhou Yang’s questioning, he felt even more strange. He still looked at Jiang Chen and said, “But he is in the prison infirmary now, and he may not be able to see you for a while.”

Jiang Chen nodded slightly. He didn’t necessarily have to meet He Qianjian today, so he stood up and prepared to leave.

However, as soon as he stood up, Zhou Yang stopped him: “Are you planning to leave like this?”

Jiang Chen was a little confused: “Is there anything else?”

“He Qianjian is injured, why don’t you go see him?”

Jiang Chen paused and silently glanced at the young prison guard in front of him. He was really puzzled and voiced his doubts: “Why do you think I would want to go see him?”

What he said to him before clearly made it clear about his relationship with He Qianjian. Maybe He Qianjian tweaked with some details when he told his story to him, but in essence, their identities and the reason why he was imprisoned were unable to be changed randomly. Since he knew this yet still asked such a question, Jiang Chen really didn’t know whether the prison guard in front of him was too innocent or too stupid.

“Shouldn’t you go see him?” Zhou Yang frowned and said with his own reasoning: “No matter how wrong He Qianjian was, he had already paid the price for his wrong. In this case, why can’t you forgive him? To take a step back, even if you don’t forgive him, he is still the biological son of your adoptive parents. Your adoptive parents are so good to you, but you won’t even look at their biological son when he is injured. What would they think if they knew?”

Jiang Chen’s originally calm eyes gradually darkened when Zhou Yang mentioned his adoptive parents again and again, and his voice became colder: “Officer Zhou, no matter what my parents think, I want to ask you a question first. Do you know why He Qianjian was imprisoned?”

This was the second time Jiang Chen asked this question today. Zhou Yang didn’t answer directly last time, and he didn’t know what to say this time. But thinking about He Qianjian being injured again and again and being ignored by his family, he couldn’t help but speak up: “Even if he kidnapped you, didn’t he still not hurt you?” Zhou Yang asked: “And He Qianjian is at least the biological son of your adoptive parents after all, and he has lived with your biological parents for so many years. If one really counts it, you two are almost brothers.”

When Jiang Chen heard this, his simmering anger calmed down. Even if he was not angry when encountering this kind of thing before, his first reaction was to tell the truth sincerely. But he didn’t know if it was because he had been with Shi Fengyue for so long. He had also become too lazy to speak sense to unreasonable people.

However, no matter how good-tempered he was, he would not continue to remain passive when faced with repeated questions and accusations from someone.

“Officer Zhou, if there is a person who decides to kill someone because he is afraid of being discovered after robbing someone else’s things, and almost succeeds, should the person who was almost silenced forget his grudges because he was finally rescued by the police? And then even persuade his parents and relatives to have no grudges and forgive the person who wanted to kill him.”

Zhou Yang opened his mouth, wanting to say that He Qianjian didn’t want to kill him, but was just impulsive.

Jiang Chen did not give him a chance to explain, and said quietly: “He Qianjian sent people to kidnap me. The original purpose was to have the kidnappers kill me. My rescue was due to my friends and the police who rushed over in time. Without these factors, He Qianjian would never go to jail in his lifetime, and I would not be alive now.”

After Jiang Chen finished speaking, the duty room was quiet.

Of the three prison guards present, only Zhou Yang knew about the relationship between Jiang Chen and He Qianjian. The other two did not know, let alone heard about the He family and grievances between Jiang Chen and He Qianjian. When they heard Jiang Chen say this, recalling what Zhou Yang said before, their professional qualities also allowed them to piece together the rough story.

Officer Zhao coughed and said, “Mr. Jiang, He Qianjian can’t come here today. How about you go back first? We will contact you when he is well?”

Jiang Chen didn’t want to waste time here. There was still a lot of work in the laboratory. He nodded politely to them and turned to leave.

As he was about to reach the door, the phone in the duty room rang again. Officer Zhang answered it. After a few seconds, he suddenly called Jiang Chen, “Mr. Jiang, He Qianjian is fine and can come right away. Do you want to wait a moment? The infirmary is not far from here, he should be here in a few minutes.”

Jiang Chen naturally chose to wait. Another trip would waste more time. He didn’t want to postpone things that could be done at once until the next time.

Sure enough, as Officer Zhang said, He Qianjian was brought here not long after.

Jiang Chen sat on the other end of the transparent glass partition. The old red metal door opened, and He Qianjian, who was in gray prison uniform and shackled, was brought in. Jiang Chen raised his eyes and met He Qianjian’s gaze.

He Qianjian walked to the other side of the glass and sat down. After seeing clearly that Jiang Chen’s appearance was almost unchanged from half a year ago, his heart bled with hatred, but he was also overwhelmed by the fear and panic that made him adjust his expression immediately and did not dare to show too many emotions to be noticed by Jiang Chen.

There was a table on both sides of the transparent glass with a gray landline phone on the table. Jiang Chen came here for the first time, but he also knew the use of the landline phone. He picked up the phone and looked at He Qianjian.

He Qianjian hesitated for a moment and then picked it up.

He asked: “Is it because of you that my parents don’t come to see me?”

Jiang Chen said quietly: “Who are you talking about?”

He Qianjian: “Of course my biological parents.”

Jiang Chen’s eyes fell on him and looked into his eyes: “Are you sure they are your biological parents?”

He Qianjian froze. Thinking of those recordings, a trace of guilt and fear quickly flashed across his eyes. However, the identity of Jiang Zhuo and Yang Si’s biological son was more useful to him now than the identity of the eldest young master of the He family. He must not let Jiang Chen see anything.

“Those recordings are completely fake. I don’t know where you synthesized them from, but that kind of thing can’t happen in real life. Even if you don’t want me to steal my biological parents from you, aren’t you afraid of being exposed for fabricating and synthesizing those recordings.”

Jiang Chen remained calm and said mildly, “Do you know where your system has been during this time?”

He Qianjian was shocked and stood up abruptly, staring at Jiang Chen with a pair of red eyes, “It’s really you!”

Although the System said at the beginning that Jiang Chen was not simple, and later it was indeed proven that Jiang Chen seemed to have the ability to track the System, the System was so powerful that He Qianjian was unwilling to believe that anyone in this world could defeat it, let alone believe that the person who could do this was Jiang Chen.

During these days in prison, every time he thought about the day he lost contact with the System, the fear spreading from the bottom of his heart made him tremble with cold. But day after day, the fear gradually rose in his heart. The source of the fear was precisely Jiang Chen, who he had taken everything away from before, seemed to now be taking everything away from him in return.

Veins popped up on He Qianjian’s hand and forehead holding the phone, his face shifted from green to white, and his whole body was trembling with the emotions inside him.

Jiang Chen frowned slightly, and just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard a long-lost electronic sound.

[Reconnection successful, system restarting, restart successful.]

When this sound appeared, He Qianjian, who was pressed on the glass, froze. His anger had not subsided when suddenly he encountered the surprise he had been dreaming of. As a result the two different expressions on his face were unable to switch smoothly. And add this to suddenly realizing his situation and wanting to suppress his emotions, the result was a slightly distorted expression.

He Qianjian was so shocked and delighted that he didn’t realize that the moment he heard the voice of the System, Jiang Chen’s expression also changed. When he came to his senses again, Jiang Chen was no different from before.

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[System?] He Qianjian called out tentatively in his heart. There was no response for half a year, which made him feel a little dazed. Maybe it was just his hallucination?

[Did you come back?]

[Reconnection successful.]

The System’s voice was still cold, but He Qianjian’s limbs and bones slowly warmed up, and even his fear of Jiang Chen became less.

Now that the System was back, it would be very simple for him to leave the prison. There was no need to waste time dealing with Jiang Chen. At this time, He Qianjian just wanted to quickly discuss countermeasures with the System, and even forgot about his purpose of wanting to see Jiang Chen in the first place.

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“He Qianjian?”

Zhou Yang was so surprised that he blurted out the words subconsciously.

The two prison guards on duty outside did not know He Qianjian, but looking at Zhou Yang’s expression, they quickly realized that he should know the prisoner named He Qianjian, so one of them asked: “Do you know him?”

“We know each other.” Zhou Yang paused for a moment and looked at Jiang Chen with a somewhat complicated look. His tone was difficult to distinguish: “Can I ask about your relationship with He Qianjian?”

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Jiang Chen’s eyebrows moved slightly. He saw the faint vigilance and suspicion in the eyes of the young prison guard in front of him. He was puzzled, but he didn’t think much about it. He said calmly: “He is the adopted son of my biological parents.”

Zhou Yang’s mind clicked, and he immediately recognized Jiang Chen’s identity. He couldn’t help but look at Jiang Chen again: his features were handsome, his eyes were pure, his aura was clear but not cold, and he gave off a feeling of being extremely well-educated in every gesture.

And because of his professional habits, Zhou Yang couldn’t help but analyze Jiang Chen’s growth background through this first impression: calm and confident, with a clean and upright look, and he would look at the person speaking seriously and intently when speaking. And when he occasionally smiled, it was also clean and genuine. Towards such a person one could tell at a glance that his family education was excellent and he should have a happy family.

It could be inferred from these details that Jiang Chen’s adoptive parents, that is, He Qianjian’s biological parents, were very good to him, educated him well, and may even love him very much. Under this premise, Jiang Chen enjoyed all the love from his adoptive parents and the compensation and guilt from his biological parents. Compared to He Qianjian in prison, the difference was astonishing.

But in that case, why didn’t he persuade his biological parents and adoptive parents to let He Qianjian go?

Zhou Yang believed that Jiang Chen was the victim and He Qianjian was a suspect who was not yet an adult at the time. Given their relationship and Jiang Chen was not injured, it was entirely possible for them to reconcile or use other methods to solve the problem.

He Qianjian was only in his early twenties and had not even graduated from college. What was the difference between sending him to prison at this time and letting the He family announce that they had severed the relationship between He Qianjian and the He family, and directly ruining his life?

Knowing people but not their hearts, Zhou Yang thought to himself, for such a young man who looked so shining and bright, who would have thought that he was actually so narrow-minded and vengeful?

Jiang Chen saw the young man in front of him looking at him. At first he looked like he was hesitating to speak, his expression shifting and flickering. Then he seemed to have thought of something, and he actually showed a trace of displeasure towards him that he didn’t know how to hide.

Had he seen the person in front of him before?

After a moment of confusion in his heart, Jiang Chen recalled his memories and found that that wasn’t the case, so he put the matter to the side. He nodded to him, and turned to ask the prison guard who had picked him up before: “Officer Li, when can I see He Qianjian?”

Officer Li answered simply: “It’s their working time now. The factory is a bit far from here. You may have to wait for a while.”

Jiang Chen nodded: “Sorry to trouble you.”

“No trouble.” Officer Li invited Jiang Chen to sit down and treated him to some melon seeds, very enthusiastically.

Jiang Chen thanked him again, sat down and waited patiently.

Zhou Yang saw Jiang Chen looking calm and indifferent even when he was sitting next to the dusty wall. He couldn’t help but feel a little unhappy. He Qianjian was being bullied inside, but he was calm and relaxed here. The comparison was very disheartening.

After enduring it, Zhou Yang still couldn’t hold it back. He walked to Jiang Chen, sat down and said, “Mr. Jiang, I want to ask you a question.”

Jiang Chen turned his head, nodded slightly and said, “Go ahead.”

“I have helped He Qianjian contact his biological parents several times before, but they are not willing to see him. Do you know about this?”

Jiang Chen was slightly stunned. He rarely went back during this period, and in order to save him time, the two sets of parents would wait at the He’s in advance. He hadn’t been alone with them for a long time.

“I wasn’t aware.”

Zhou Yang carefully examined Jiang Chen’s expression and found that he didn’t seem to be lying. After that, his tone became gentler: “In that case, can you help He Qianjian tell his biological parents and have them come and see him?”

Jiang Chen paused for a moment, turned sideways formally, and looked seriously at the young prison guard in front of him, whose eyes were full of vitality. His tone was somewhat curious: “Officer Zhou, do you know why He Qianjian came in?”

Zhou Yang was silent for a few seconds and asked: “He has been punished for what happened between you two, but now his biological parents and adoptive parents don’t even want to see him or recognize him. Don’t you think this is too cruel?”

Jiang Chen laughed a little, but he wasn’t angry because the person in front of him was indeed a bit… simpleminded?

As long as one knew of the matter between he and He Qianjian, they couldn’t help but discuss it. However, most of the people who knew about it were from the He family’s social circle. Those people were hindered by their own identities and the He family’s status, so even if it was discussed they would never let him hear it, let alone ask about it in front of him.

Jiang Chen knew this because of Li Nanfeng’s big mouth. The news that he was with Shi Fengyue, at present, was only known to his friends and C who somehow figured it out and Li Nanfeng. Ever since the Changjiang Home Edition was ready to be launched and he was given one as a gift, he went to his company more often. Every time he saw him, he would gossip to him and Shi Fengyue about all the big and small things that happened in the circle, without getting tired of it at all.

Even his biological parents and adoptive parents, probably because of the complicated relationship between him and He Qianjian, have not talked about this matter since He Qianjian entered prison, as if He Qianjian had never existed.

The only one who would talk about He Qianjian to him was Shi Fengyue, because Shi Fengyue didn’t take He Qianjian seriously at all, and naturally felt that Jiang Chen would not take him seriously either.

Sometimes, Jiang Chen would also wonder what to do with He Qianjian after the System disappeared, and occasionally he would be a little confused.

To say how much Jiang Chen hated him, in truth, his feelings for He Qianjian were far from reaching this level. Even if He Qianjian killed him in his first life, his parents had passed away by then, and he had nothing much to miss left, not to mention that he was later reborn in the interstellar age that was more suitable for him to use his talents and strengths.

But to forgive, that was absolutely impossible. He Qianjian killed him, and he might not be resentful, but He Qianjian also indirectly harmed his parents behind his back. In his first life, his mother died of overwork, and his father also passed away. Even after three lifetimes, Jiang Chen would never forget the blow his parents’ death had dealt to him.

What’s more, He Qianjian might not be the biological child of his adoptive parents at all. He may even have strangled a little life at the very beginning of being transmigrated over. Even though it might not be his intention, he later had no guilt and even wanted to use this identity to take advantage of Jiang Zhuo and Yang Si. And this was what made Jiang Chen unable to accept.

Not to mention, during the time that He Qianjian stayed at the He family, He Qianmin was hurt several times.

Jiang Chen remembered each of these grievances very clearly, but he also knew that the System in his head accounted for at least 50% of the main reason why He Qianjian became like this.

Without the System planting a seed for him to choose between “poor biological parents” and “rich non-biological parents” at will, he would not have been so emboldened. In a life that was like a game where he could get everything he wanted at will without having to work hard or care about legal ethics, it was almost a given that he would become unscrupulous and have no bottom line. 

He Qianjian lost himself and relied blindly on the System. He never thought that if he lost the System one day, he would have nothing. In fact he would not even be able to bear the consequences of the System having appeared in the first place.

Jiang Chen could imagine how crazy He Qianjian would become after the System completely disappeared from He Qianjian’s life, and how he would perish due to the things he had done before.

However, Jiang Chen was not sure whether his biological parents and adoptive parents who sent He Qianjian to prison to make him repent for three years would have the heart to see him truly perish after all. No matter what, nearly twenty years of nurturing love and a continual blood relationship were all embedded in one’s bones.

However, Jiang Chen did not intend to talk about this with a stranger he had just met.

“I don’t think they are cruel.” Jiang Chen raised the corner of his mouth, but there was no smile in his eyes: “Please fully understand a person before you judge them. You have never met my parents, and you may have only met my adoptive parents once yet you define them as cruel without a second thought. Officer Zhou, I am very glad that you do not work in the police station.”

Zhou Yang’s face turned blue and white at Jiang Chen’s words. He was angry but also couldn’t help but reflect. Did he really misunderstand? But what He Qianjian said about the past didn’t feel like it was false either? 

Jiang Chen knew that the prison guard in front of him actually had no bad intentions. He might even be fighting for He Qianjian because he was too upright and kind.

However, he could ignore the rude expression of displeasure when the prison guard in front of him saw him for the first time, and didn’t mind his unfriendly tone when he asked him his question, but he couldn’t stand him slandering his family like this. His family and friends had always been his bottom line.

The two prison guards next to him hadn’t noticed Zhou Yang’s strangeness at first. They didn’t take it too seriously when they saw Zhou Yang going to talk to Jiang Chen. But after a while, they saw that they were in conflict with each other. The prison guard who had gone to pick up Jiang Chen immediately stepped forward to smooth things over, but maybe because he was not very skilled, his words were a bit awkward:

“I made a call just now, and He Qianjian will be coming over right away. By the way, Mr. Jiang, I haven’t asked you yet why you came so early. People rarely visit prisoners at this time.”

Jiang Chen had no intention of getting into an argument with an unfamiliar prison guard here. The harsh words he just said were just because the prison guard had touched his bottom line. At this time, he heard the nervous voice of the person next to him and quickly softened his expression: “I’m too busy at work, so I need to save time by coming here early and then rushing back to work later.”

The prison guard was a little surprised: “I thought you were still in college at your age.”

Jiang Chen smiled: “I am also in college, working and studying at the same time.”

“Oh, part-time.” Another prison guard said: “My younger brother was like this when he was in college. He had to work part-time every day. I told him not to delay his studies just to make money, but he didn’t listen. He was always saying that he wanted to reduce the burden on the family.”

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Although the prison guard spoke as if he was complaining, there was a proud smile in his eyes.

Zhou Yang frowned. He didn’t expect that Jiang Chen, with a family background like his, would work part-time during college in order to make money. However, he did not doubt that what he told was a lie, because it was unnecessary, and he vaguely felt that the young man in front of him didn’t look like someone who could lie.

But, if Jiang Chen hadn’t lied, then did He Qianjian lie?

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Zhangshan Prison.

It was night, and the fourteen-person prison cell was full of snores. He Qianjian did not fall asleep, lying on the iron frame bed, his face under the moonlight appearing alert and gloomy.

He had asked the prison guards for help many times before, asking them to help contact Jiang Zhuo and his wife. But someone learned of it, and it was rumored that he wanted to contact the He family. When Brother Hei and the others heard this rumor, they immediately thought he wanted to find outsiders to help solve problems in the prison, so he was grabbed that night for questioning.

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It was naturally impossible for He Qianjian to admit that and he honestly said that he wanted to find his biological parents. However, Brother Hei and the others did not believe it. After giving him a lesson, they probably had some scruples and did not bother him again for several days. Just when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief and quietly wait for news from Jiang Zhuo and his wife, rumors spread from nowhere that he was planning to rely on the He family’s connections to sell things in prison.

In such a large prison, there was definitely no shortage of people with backgrounds and sources of goods. Most of those people were brutal and ruthless. In order to avoid losses for their own interests, they monopolized the supply of goods in the entire prison. Before this, they have dealt with countless people. So when news of He Qianjian planning to sell goods came out, he was taken away for a good talk during the afternoon break time.

Since then, He Qianjian’s life had become more and more difficult. Brother Hei was only the boss of Cell 14, but the one who monopolized the selling of goods could be said to be the invisible boss of the entire prison. He didn’t need to give an order, just a glance and the wounds on He Qianjian’s body were never lacking again.

At first, everyone was still worried about his identity as the eldest young master of the He family. Even if they beat him, they would not dare to do it seriously. At most, he would get a few more bruises on his body. But as time passed, everyone found that whether it was the He family or the Jiang family, no one came to visit him, and this last scruple disappeared.

He Qianjian wanted to turn over and touched the wound on his leg, but couldn’t help but let out a hiss.

In a room filled with snoring, this soft cry was not loud because it was deliberately restrained. However, Brother Hei, who was next to He Qianjian’s bed, heard it. Ever since He Qianjian offended the boss of the prison, Brother Hei ordered the others to force He Qianjian to the bed next to his own.

“Not asleep yet?”

The voice without concealing its purpose approached He Qianjian. A pungent smell followed the speaker’s words and enveloped He Qianjian’s surroundings. In the darkness, a hand slowly crept up.

Don’t know where it touched, but He Qianjian couldn’t help but scream. The man became more excited, turned over and groped more eagerly.

He Qianjian closed his eyes and did not move. After such a long time, he had become accustomed to what Brother Hei would do to him almost every night. Maybe he still had some scruples after all so although he had done everything that could be done, he had never done it to the final step.

After staying in prison for so long, He Qianjian was also a normal man. As early as the third year of junior high school, he had a girlfriend behind his family’s back and engaged in sex. Until he fell out with the He family, he never had a shortage of girlfriends behind their backs so he had already become a little impatient after such a long time.

Although he found Brother Hei disgusting at first, over time, he got used to it. Without looking at Brother Hei’s face, it wasn’t that hard to accept.

The rustling movement here attracted the attention of a short man who was also awake not far away. He opened his eyes and looked over, and sneered in his heart when he saw the bed with clearly two figures on it. His eyes were full of spiteful hatred and glee.

After Brother Hei was satisfied he immediately turned over to sleep. He Qianjian pulled off the quilt on his body and was about to move when he suddenly heard a familiar electronic sound in his head.

He Qianjian’s expression changed instantly. He flinched but hearing a snoring sound next to him, he then realized where he was. He tightened the quilt and did not move.

He held his breath and listened to the long-lost voice in his mind: [——The system is reconnecting… 13%, 24%, 49%… data is missing, the system is severely damaged, and reconnection has failed…]

Failed?

He Qianjian opened his eyes, how could it fail?

He immediately shouted in his mind: [System! System! Are you there?!]

The System did not answer, but the electronic sound appeared again: [——The system is reconnecting for the second time… 49%, 51%, 63%… The data is missing, the system is severely damaged, and needs to be reconnected again…]

The whole night, He Qianjian listened to “system is reconnecting for the xxth time” over and over again in his head, and stayed awake all night.

The prison’s time arrangements for prisoners were very clear. After breakfast, He Qianjian would go to the workshop with the others to work. However, he didn’t sleep last night, and with the constant new and old injuries gained in the past few days, he felt a little uncomfortable, his head heavy and his limbs weak.

On the way to the workroom, He Qianjian walked at the end of the prisoners’ line. With a pale face and flaky mouth, he seemed to be in a very bad state.

Today happened to be the prison guard who was helping He Qianjian contact the Jiang family on duty. Seeing He Qianjian’s face, he remembered that he had personally visited the Jiang family a few days ago and mentioned about going to the prison to see He Qianjian. The couple who were very gentle and polite to strangers suddenly changed their expressions, especially the woman. The disgust in her eyes was difficult to conceal, and even he, an outsider, could clearly feel it.

His biological parents didn’t like him, and his adoptive parents didn’t want him either. Thinking of He Qianjian’s current situation, even if the prison guard knew that he had kidnapped the real eldest son of the He family, he couldn’t help but feel a little sympathy for him. At that time, He Qianjian was just a kid. A high school student suddenly learns about his true family background. During this rebellious period extremes were expected, and he ended up doing something wrong. Although it was a bit excessive, it was not unforgivable. His biological parents and adoptive parents might be a bit too cruel.

Thinking of this, the prison guard sighed softly and walked towards He Qianjian.

However, before he could take a few steps, his arm was grabbed by someone. It was the senior who had told him to not mind the prisoners’ business.

The senior prison guard glanced in the direction of He Qianjian: “What are you doing?”

The prison guard respected his senior and stopped and replied: “I think No. 149 seems to be feeling a little unwell. I want to go over and have a look. If he is not feeling well, I will send him to the infirmary.”

The senior prison guard frowned when he heard this: “If he feels uncomfortable, he will report it himself. Why bother?” 

Hearing these almost inhuman words, the prison guard felt a little uncomfortable and frowned: “Senior, He Qianjian is only in his early twenties, which should be one’s best age. His family members, whether they are biological or adoptive, all disregard him, he is already pitiful enough, and do you know that he has been beaten many times overtly or covertly during this period? My checking on him is out of responsibility towards work.”

The senior prison guard saw his firm eyes which were full of concern and kindness to everyone. Thinking that he didn’t listen every time he reminded him, he wanted to just forget about it, but in the end he still said, “How many times have I told you, don’t Interfere in the affairs of these prisoners, you said that He Qianjian is only in his early twenties. No one cares for him, which is very pitiful. But have you ever thought that he had enjoyed the life of a young master for nearly twenty years that others may not enjoy once in their lifetime? Isn’t it more pitiful for those who were born without a mother or father, and who had no choice but to do illegal things just to have a bite to eat and not to starve to death?”

The prison guard was stunned and his voice was lower than before: “But that’s not something he can help… Even if he did something wrong, and his adoptive parents refused to forgive him. But even his biological parents won’t forgive him either. They wont even come to have a look at him, isn’t that too cold-blooded.”

Seeing his appearance, the senior prison guard knew what he was thinking, and his tone was colder than before: “You only heard He Qianjian’s side of the story. How can you be sure that it is the He family and his biological parents who are cold-blooded, and not that He Qianjian deserves it?”

“He is only a young man in his early twenties, no matter what he did…”

“You also said that he is a young man in his early twenties, not an underage child.” The senior prison guard interrupted him and said solemnly: “Today you will be changing your guard duties. Don’t be on duty here. Go to the visiting room.”

The prison guard wanted to say something else, but the senior had already turned around and left.

He looked in the direction of the workroom where the prisoners had disappeared, a trace of worry flashing in his eyes, and left through another exit.

……

Visiting room.

The two prison guards on duty were watching the news when suddenly the phone rang. One of them answered the phone, hung up after saying “yes” twice, and muttered: “How come someone is visiting the prison at this hour…”

Another person raised his head after hearing this: “Is someone coming?”

“A young man apparently.” The prison guard stood up as he spoke, walked to the door and opened it. He turned around and saw that the door leading to the prison was also opened. He was stunned for a moment and saw that it was a new colleague who had not been here for a long time. He said curiously: “Zhou Yang? Why are you here?”

Zhou Yang smiled and said, “The team leader asked me to be on duty here today.”

“That’s good.” The prison guard smiled and said: “We haven’t spoken much yet, and the news is playing inside. You go in and sit down. Someone has come to visit the prison, I will bring them over and then chat with you later.”

Zhou Yang nodded, looked at the clock on the wall, which was pointing at seven o’clock, and was a little curious: “Is someone coming here now?”

“I also said that this guy came early.” The prison guard stuck his head out and looked outside, then said as he walked out: “Don’t know who they came to see. Coming here now will delay the work of the factory. I’m going to pick him up.”

Zhou Yang suddenly remembered He Qianjian, who looked not so good. He was a little worried and did not answer. Soon, he saw his colleague walking in with an unfamiliar young man. The two of them were talking in a low voice and walking towards this side.

“Mr. Jiang, these two are my colleagues. One is surnamed Zhang and the other is Zhou. They are both prison guards here. Usually Xiao Zhang and I are on duty outside, and Xiao Zhou watches over the prisoners inside.”

The prison guard introduced with a smile, and Zhou Yang realized that he had come out while watching the news broadcast inside.

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He subconsciously took a look at the young man in front of him, and his eyes couldn’t help but light up. What a handsome young man. Then he was a little curious about who he was visiting. With his age and mannerisms, he didn’t seem like he would know these people in the prison.

Thinking like this, he asked: “Mr. Jiang, who are you here to visit?”

Jiang Chen curled his lips: “He Qianjian.”

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The content of the email was quickly displayed. Mr. Zhang’s words were concise, without unnecessary nonsense, and directly explained the key points.

Jiang Chen and He Yanya also saw the important point immediately: “…According to my inference, these items seem to have no pattern, but actually contain multiple ecosystems and most of the chemical elements discovered so far. I don’t study chemistry, so I will only discuss the collection of plant parts. Most of the plants on this list are relatively rare and have high research value in our country…”

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The two of them glanced at each other after reading the email, seeing solemnity on each other’s faces.

Before Mr. Zhang’s email, they had many conjectures about this table of items, but because there were still some words that had not been deciphered and there were too few clues, most of them were overturned one by one.

However, in this email, Mr. Zhang even made a guess about the words that have not been translated and were only composed of unfamiliar characters: those may be the names of chemical elements that were relatively uncommon in everyday life.

Jiang Chen never guessed in the direction of chemical elements because the things recorded in this table did not directly indicate their true uses in words, such as balloons, bracelets, and bronze objects. At first glance, these things have nothing to do with each other, but connecting to what Mr. Zhang said in his email, it could be found that their production contains chemical elements.

Because of this, Jiang Chen and the others did not associate those untranslated symbols with chemical elements with complex names. After Mr. Zhang reminded him, Jiang Chen suddenly remembered that one time he heard He Qianjian talking to the System. During the conversation, he seemed to have heard a strange word. He was puzzled at the time, but then he remembered that it seemed to correspond to a certain one on the periodic table of elements.

In order to confirm his guess, Jiang Chen bid goodbye to He Yanya and hurried back to his laboratory. It was not even seven o’clock, but there were already people in the laboratory. When Jiang Chen came in, everyone started talking. After saying hello, everyone did their own thing.

Jiang Chen walked to Shi Fengyue’s seat and sat down, opened his translation system, entered the words in his mind, then dragged the form into it and clicked Enter to match and identify.

A few seconds later, one unfamiliar character was indeed missing from the table, which also proved that the possibility of Mr. Zhang’s guess being confirmed was extremely high.

​If this was really the case…

Then it proved that the System had been collecting data on the Earth’s biosphere, and it was very likely that it had also collected samples. A system from a high-tech civilization appearing in a less civilized galaxy. What was it doing to collect data on a certain planet in this galaxy? Jiang Chen had the answer almost immediately.

In the interstellar era, with the support of powerful science and technology, interstellar flights were as common as high-speed trains and airplanes today. Most people have traveled between different planets, either for travel or business, or more likely to collect and develop new energy sources.

These planets were not initially livable, nor did they originally belong to a certain national organization, but were obtained through searches and campaigns organized by various national organizations. No matter in which era, the territory and technological level determine the strength of a country.

Under the premise that the inherent areas have already been divided, the discovery and exploration of new planets was particularly important.

Under the exploration of countries advocating peace, if a new planet or new civilization was discovered, most of them would use foreign policy to negotiate, but as the saying goes from ancient times, “weak countries have no diplomacy,” the same was true in the interstellar age. Even if there were negotiations, most planets with low technological civilization would eventually serve as affiliated planets for the discoverers.

However, this was already a good result. In the interstellar age, even if a consensus had been reached for many races to coexist peacefully, some races were still particularly xenophobic and warlike. As far as Jiang Chen knows, there were many galactic races like this. If these races also possess powerful technology and weapons, most of the newly discovered planets would become slave planets, resource planets, or garbage planets.

Slave planets and garbage planets, as their names suggest, need no further explanation. Resource planets meant that some or more resources needed by the discoverer were found on this planet. After the discoverer collects enough information, they would “disinfect” the planet. 

Disinfection referred to removing everything on the planet that may hinder the extraction, growth, and reproduction of resources, turning the entire planet into a planet that only served as a resource field and only produced resources. Even intelligent races with a certain degree of civilization, as long as they consumed the resources, or were useless towards the resources on the planet, would be listed as objects to be cleared.

According to the trajectory of He Qianjian’s system, the possibility of the latter was much higher than the former. Jiang Chen’s expression changed slightly. If it was really what he thought, He Qianjian’s system may truly have had bad intentions from the start.

“What’s wrong?”

While he was thinking, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind him. A hand was placed on his shoulder, and a familiar breath hit behind his ear. Jiang Chen did not look back, but raised his chin to signal Shi Fengyue to look at the computer, “I deciphered one more symbol.”

Shi Fengyue’s brows moved slightly, and his eyes moved away from Jiang Chen’s profile and landed on the computer screen. He had a very good memory and quickly found the unfamiliar symbols on the lower right side of the form. After seeing clearly, a flicker of light flashed through his eyes. He asked with a hint of surprise: “Radioactive elements?”

Jiang Chen added: “On this list, except for a few elements that are difficult to collect, almost all the elements are collected.”

Shi Fengyue knew that Jiang Chen had been studying this table during this period, and after hearing this, he said, “Do you have an idea?”

Jiang Chen nodded: “My aunt asked her teacher, Mr. Zhang Qizhang, to help her look into it, and he gave some clues.”

Jiang Chen told Shi Fengyue the content of Mr. Zhang’s email. Shi Fengyue was thoughtful and after a while said with interest: “So, the purpose of the system in He Qianjian’s hands is not at all related to He Qianjian, but to the entire planet?”

“It’s very possible.” Jiang Chen recounted his guess and said, “If it’s what I thought…”

Shi Fengyue interrupted him, with a rare flash of interest in his eyes: “It means there must be other civilizations in the universe, and their technological development level is higher than that of Earth, and they may even have found a way to get to Earth.”

Jiang Chen paused. He was not surprised that Shi Fengyue could guess all his thoughts at once, but he was very surprised. He seemed to be very… familiar with alien civilization?

Most people have heard stories about UFOs and aliens, and many of them yearn for them. However, these stories have never been supported by evidence, so they were still just stories. Even for students in the astronomy department or those who specialize in such scientific research work, when first learning that there may be real alien civilizations appearing on the earth, they would also need a period of surprise before accepting and studying the matter.

But Shi Fengyue seemed to have skipped the stage of surprise, accepted the fact without any obstacles, and seemed to believe it deeply.

Jiang Chen couldn’t help but ask: “Do you think this must be done by aliens?”

Shi Fengyue smiled and asked, “Do you think any modern country or research institute could develop the thing in He Qianjian’s head?”

Jiang Chen frowned and voiced his doubts: “You don’t seem surprised at all.”

Shi Fengyue lowered his eyes, looked at him for a while, and suddenly said jokingly: “If I told you that I have been to an alien planet, or an alien planet many years later, would you believe it?”

Jiang Chen suddenly raised his eyes.

Shi Fengyue rubbed his head in amusement: “So surprised? I was joking.”

Jiang Chen frowned slightly, not thinking he was joking, because he had actually been to the “alien planet many years later” that Shi Fengyue said, and Shi Fengyue’s expression didn’t look like he was joking.

Shi Fengyue mistakenly thought that Jiang Chen was angry that he was joking while discussing serious matters, so he straightened his expression and apologized: “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t be joking at this time.”

Jiang Chen came to his senses and shook his head. This was not a good time to ask Shi Fengyue about his “joke”. He thought for a moment and said, “Since we captured the core files in He Qianjian’s system, the System is no longer within the signal range of Changjiang. I suspect that it has not completely collapsed, but is quietly repairing itself. After the repair is successful, it is likely to go to He Qianjian again.”

Shi Fengyue immediately understood what he meant: “Do you want to visit He Qianjian in prison?”

Jiang Chen: “After he went to prison, he kept sending messages through others to see me. My parents didn’t want me to meet He Qianjian again, so the messages never reached me. I didn’t know about it until some time ago when he changed his target to find my parents.”

Shi Fengyue knew that Jiang Chen valued his adoptive parents, and that the System and He Qianjian could no longer pose a threat to Jiang Chen. He said without hesitation: “Since you want to go, let’s go and have a look. I will accompany you.”

After He Qianjian was imprisoned, Jiang Chen had always planned to meet with him to determine whether the System had really disappeared from his body. However, he was busy with work and study, so he could not spare the time.

“No need, I’ll just go by myself.” Jiang Chen didn’t want to visit the prison with company, and there was a lot of work in the laboratory. If he wasn’t there, Shi Fengyue could watch for him so that there wouldn’t be any mistakes suddenly cropping up.

“That’s right.” Jiang Chen thought of something and became serious: “Should we not report this matter for now, or should we report it immediately?”

The purpose of the System was very likely to be a matter of the entire Earth, and it was of great importance. This must be reported. However, everything was just their guess at the moment. There was no evidence to prove the purpose of the System. Blindly reporting their guess may not be a good thing.

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“Let’s wait for a while.” Shi Fengyue said calmly: “He Qianjian’s system has only collected this amount of things after following him for so many years. It is still far from being able to build a complete Earth ecosystem. It proves that the System is not in a hurry. No matter what the reason, we still have a lot of time. It will be more appropriate to fully understand his system before reporting it.”

Jiang Chen also had the same idea. The existence of the System was too bizarre, and they had no evidence in their hands. It would be difficult to get attention by reporting it to the country at this time. It might even alert the snake and let the System that was currently hidden somewhere get wind of it.

“Then I’ll go visit He Qianjian first.”

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