After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book

After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book CH 095 Apologize

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After Yu Fei and the young policeman left, the atmosphere in the He family house became solemn. Old Mr. He glanced over at He Qianjian and Jiang Chen, and said to He Yanfeng and Yang Yun, “Follow me to the study.”

After old Mr. He left, the atmosphere in the living room was not much more relaxed either. He Qianjian was restless as he endured the eyes of everyone present. While discussing countermeasures with the system in his mind, he racked his brains to find a way to save the situation.

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He decided to start with the old Mrs. He who loved him the most: “Grandma, I know I was wrong, please don’t be angry with me, okay?”

Before old Mrs. He could speak, He Yanya took the lead and said, “Jiang Chen is the one you should apologize for in this matter.”

“Your aunt is right, you should apologize to Xiao Chen.” Old Mrs. He pulled out her hand that was held by He Qianjian, and the smile also disappeared from her always smiling face.

He Qianjian turned his head to look at Jiang Chen, struggle and humiliation visible in his eyes, and he could not utter a word for a long time.

Jiang Chen raised his wrist and looked at his watch, got up and said goodbye to the elders: “It’s getting late, I should go back.” As if he didn’t see He Qianjian finally opening his mouth, his tone calm and polite.

He Qianjian froze, looked up at Jiang Chen, and clenched his back teeth secretly.

“Xiao Chen, how about…..”

He Yanjun interrupted old Mrs. He: “I’ll send you back.”

Jiang Chen: “Thank you.”

……

After arriving home, Jiang Chen immediately turned on the computer, and Changjiang made a routine report:

“Dylan, the database has been automatically improved to 37.128%. The estimated time to reach 99% is twelve months. The last 1% needs to be improved manually, and the estimated time is forty-five months.”

“Task target implantation progress.” Jiang Chen turned on another computer, tapped his fingers on the keyboard quickly, and at the same time as lines of code appeared, Changjiang replied: “The gap has been opened in the task target, and the progress of Trojan horse virus implantation is 1.212%. Completion is expected to take 82 days.”

“The task target tried to superimpose security patches to prevent tracking for the first time today, and tried to find a gap to implant a Trojan horse virus to invade my program when counterattacking for the 15th time, all of which failed.”

“Have you collected the task target code today?”

“It’s still repeated code.” Changjiang said: “The task target has modified its own IP, and the code order has changed, but no new code has been added.”

Jiang Chen paused, remembering He Qianjian’s calm and tense appearance today, pondered for a moment and then said, “Give me the time when you interfered with the task target today.”

A form quickly appeared on the computer next to him. Jiang Chen glanced over it, and soon found that the time when He Qianjian couldn’t concentrate was when Changjiang was fighting the system.

“Dylan.” Changjiang said: “Today’s data analysis shows that the task target is building a new channel. Once the channel is built, I will no longer be able to hide the IP, and it will find us soon.”

Jiang Chen frowned: “How long do you estimate it will take for the task target to complete the channel?”

“Based on the premise of maintaining the current attack frequency and the task target having not updated, the estimated duration is about eight months.” Changjiang said: “Once the conditions change, the time will also change.”

“What is the shortest time?”

“Two months.” Changjiang said: “The program algorithm of the task target is far more complex, and most of the high-level codes are distributed in currently unknown directions, so its attack and protection ability is relatively weak. Once the task target is upgraded for attack and protection, the difficulty of capturing the task target code will be increased by 22%-58%, taking the highest value, it will only take 1 month and 28 days for it to complete the construction of the channel.”

Jiang Chen: “That’s enough time, is there anything else?”

“A message from C on Wingnet, do you want to open it?”

“Open.” Jiang Chen tilted his head slightly and looked at the other computer. The messenger pop-up window had already been opened, showing the conversation sent by C which could no longer fit in a chat window.

[C: Are you busy recently? Let’s chat~]

[C: I passed the political review a few days ago, and I will report to the Internet Security Bureau the day after tomorrow. I am still so excited now!]

[C: My idol God A is in the Security Bureau! ! !]

[C: As soon as I think of seeing God A, I’m so excited that I can’t sleep!]

[C: I haven’t slept for a week so far! I’m so sleepy but so excited! ! ! !]

[C: Brother, please talk to me, I’m so bored if you don’t talk to me! I haven’t found anything fun in the surveillance cameras these days, it’s really boring!]

[C: Nonono, actually there is something interesting, I’ll send it to your email, the title is Ghost Night at the Geological Museum, remember to reply after watching it dear~]

After Jiang Chen finished reading this long test list, he deeply realized that C was indeed really bored. He hooked up the corner of his mouth and returned:

[D: I’ve been very busy recently, so I don’t have time to chat.]

[C: Don’t! Let’s chat! Let’s chat for five minutes!]

[C: Have you watched that video? It’s absolutely terrifying! A stone that big disappeared just like that! People from the Yan City Museum stayed up three nights to check the surveillance, but they couldn’t find out how the stone disappeared. Go have a look, it’s very interesting.]

Jiang Chen raised his hand and was about to refuse when a window popped up from the computer. He smiled helplessly and clicked on the video.

The video was very short, a total of five seconds. The stone went from still being present to disappearing. When Jiang Chen was about to turn off the video, his eyes suddenly paused, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly. He clicked on the video again, watched it five to six times, and then turned off the video thoughtfully.

[D: When was this surveillance?]

[C: Just three days ago.]

Jiang Chen thought for a moment, and said, “Changjiang, call up the analysis data of the task target three days ago.”

“The analysis data on December 23 has been called up.”

Jiang Chen took a piece of scrap paper and pen, and carefully calculated the data on the analysis form. The time passed unknowingly. When the scrap paper was filled up, the phone rang. He glanced at the time and pressed the button, connecting the call: “Why aren’t you asleep?”

“He Qianyu has been pestering me and just went to sleep.” He Qianmin sounded impatient, but in fact there was a smile on his face: “She asked about you all night, and asked me why you didn’t come home with us, and why doesn’t He Qianjian go back to his own family. She’s so annoying, chattering endlessly.”

Jiang Chen smiled slightly: “She’s still young.”

“I’ve a headache from the noise.” He Qianmin paused, and his tone changed slightly: “Brother, have you ever thought that if you don’t disclose your identity for the coming six months, He Qianjian might do something to you behind the scenes.”

Recalling the incident in Changyang Square, Jiang Chen said, “Don’t worry, he can’t do anything to me.”

“Anyway, you have to be careful.” After He Qianmin finished speaking, he was silent for a moment, and then said, “After you went back, Grandpa asked He Qianjian a lot of questions.”

Hearing He Qianmin’s tone, Jiang Chen said, “Did he mention the car accident three years ago?”

“No.” He Qianmin said: “But just who they believe now is not important to me anymore. He Qianjian and I have no evidence, and it is impossible to produce evidence in the future. It’s indeed the best solution now for them to choose to put it aside.”

“Not asking doesn’t mean not doubting.”

Although they only met a few times, Jiang Chen could tell that old Mr. He and Mr. He Yanjun were not the kind of people who would let dangerous factors exist in their midst. Today, if they asked He Qianjian about what happened three years ago, it would mean that they didn’t have any doubts. In contrast, not asking now meant they weren’t giving He Qianjian a chance to defend himself. According to the resolute and decisive personalities of these two, they probably already started their own investigation.

But as He Qianmin said, the car accident three years ago did not leave any evidence. In front of old Mr. He and He Yanjun, as the only witness, compared to He Qianjian, who had been raised by the He family for eighteen years, his words were not convincing enough.

But after adding He Qianmin and the video he sent to He Yanfeng back then, this matter would definitely not be settled like it was three years ago. There was no evidence left from the car accident three years ago, but what He Qianjian had done these years were not without flaws.

When a person’s inherent image was shattered a little bit, his credibility in another person’s heart would be infinitely reduced, and when another person finds that person was full of lies and his character was worrisome, even if there was no evidence, there would still be a conclusion about the car accident in the hearts of the He family.

This was exactly Jiang Chen’s motive in telling the truth about the car accident three years ago in front of everyone in the He family after he knew that Yu Fei had come to him and He Qianjian for investigation.

“It’s useless for them to doubt. There weren’t any surveillance back then, so it is impossible for evidence to have been left. That’s why He Qianjian is so confident.” He Qianmin didn’t want to continue this topic, so he changed the subject: “I suspect He Qianjian knew from the beginning that he is not my parents’ son, only this can explain why he deliberately targeted you before.”

“And as I said before, he did a paternity test at the beginning, which proves that there must be someone else behind him to help. Although I don’t know what the purpose of that person is, since he sneaks around and never shows up, it must be because he is afraid of the He family. When we find that person, everything will be revealed.”

Jiang Chen’s typing hands paused, and he said calmly, “How do you plan to find that person?”

“He would definitely contact the people behind the scenes every once in a while. I am going to install a bug in his room, and then send someone to watch him to see who he makes contact with.”

“He has managed to keep his secrets for so many years. He would only be more cautious in the current situation. How can you be sure that you can catch the people behind him?”

“Because He Qianjian has a bad habit.” He Qianmin laughed: “The more he panics, the more he loses control. The less control he maintains, the more he likes to ask for help. Now that things have reached this point, I don’t believe he won’t ask for help from the people behind him.”

Not hearing Jiang Chen’s response, He Qianmin paused, and said cautiously: “Brother, I know you don’t want me to get in a conflict with He Qianjian, but now…..”

“If you want to investigate, just investigate.” Jiang Chen came back to himself and said, “I believe you have a sense of magnitude.”

He didn’t allow He Qianmin to get in a direct conflict with He Qianjian before because of He Qianjian’s insidious methods and the abilities of the system. He Qianmin would only suffer if he rushed at him headlong.

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However, now He Qianjian could barely even take care of himself, and he was especially afraid of losing the protective umbrella of the He family. Even if he knew that He Qianmin was investigating him, he would never dare to attack him. And now old Mr. He and He Yanjun should have sent people to investigate He Qianjian, and with Yu Fei watching him as well, no matter how much He Qianmin tossed about, nothing would happen.

And no matter what, he was also there to step in.

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Source Of Calamity

Source of Calamity CH 083 Getting Older? Part 1

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The boss of Honghe was surnamed Lu. Lu He was not very daring but was very shrewd. He used to run an Internet cafe. At that time, the Internet cafe industry was just emerging and he made his first capital by doing this. His luck was not bad and he opened several Internet cafes and earned a lot of money. With this money, he started a small company.

The company also had its own research and development projects, but his money was not enough, so he concentrated on making “copies”. He first made web games, which were generally played by few people, but as long as one could attract a few rich players, not only could one earn back the initial investment, but also earn a lot of profit.

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So after running the game for a few months, he would then abandon it after earning enough money, never updating it again.

Later, he found that making web games did not make as much money as apps, so he copied other people’s apps, or bought apps developed by other companies, and then resold them.

This was an emerging industry, with cheap ones and expensive ones, and it all depended on how he could fool people.

But no matter what, Honghe belonged to the lower level among enterprise companies.

Lu He bought nearly ten completed apps from Chen Zian, and spent more than one million yuan. But before he got the chance to resell it, he received a call from Shen Zhen, which threw him in a panic.

“CEO Shen.” Lu He came to the door of Shen Zhen’s company by himself, dressed in a suit. Because his beer belly was too big, he couldn’t even button it, and had to leave the suit jacket open. He stretched out his hand to shake hands with Shen Zhen.

Shen Zhen: “There’s no need to shake hands, CEO Lu, come in.”

Lu He’s smile froze on his face, and he followed Shen Zhen into the company in embarrassment.

Probably because no one expected that Lu He would really come.

The employees who were working could not help looking up at him, their eyes full of contempt and hatred. If not for the fact that they knew they couldn’t do anything, they would have rushed over to beat him up.

Sweat dripped from Lu He’s forehead.

He didn’t expect that he would end up stubbing his toe after all this time.

“Let’s talk here.” Shen Zhen didn’t take him to his office or the conference room, but had him sit on the sofa in the office area with him.

Lu He smiled with difficulty and said, “CEO Shen, it’s not good to talk here, is it?”

Shen Zhen also smiled: “What’s not good about this, in fact it can let my employees know how our source code was leaked.”

Lu He swallowed, and told himself in his heart that doing business was to be flexible.

Endure the temporary calm and take a step back to open up the sea and the sky. (TN: phrase for enduring something in exchange for brighter prospects)

Losing face was better than being accused of tax evasion and then going to jail.

Shen Zhen also asked his assistant to pour a glass of water for Lu He, and said to the employees: “You all can take a break for a few minutes to listen to what CEO Lu has to say.”

“By the way, where is Chen Zian?”

An employee said: “Brother Chen went out to discuss business today.”

Shen Zhen’s lips curled into a smile: “Really, he is quite diligent.”

Employee: “Yes, Brother Chen has always been like this. He rarely takes a break, and he works really hard.”

Shen Zhen waved his hand: “I see.”

“CEO Lu, you can start talking now.” Shen Zhen said to Lu He.

Lu He wiped at his sweat and said with a smile, “Where do I start?”

Shen Zhen: “What do you think?”

Lu He quickly said, “I know, I know.”

“It’s like this…..Originally, our company received a lot of orders, and this year there are nearly a hundred projects.”

“Some of these projects are expensive and some are cheap.”

“Towards the cheaper ones, we just apply our previous coding and repackage it.”

“As for the expensive ones…..we basically bought them from outside.”

Shen Zhen nodded, and said with a gentle smile, “Then why did you choose my company?”

Lu He slapped his thigh: “I didn’t know this was your company, if I knew, I definitely wouldn’t…..”

Looking at Shen Zhen’s eyes, Lu He immediately changed his tone: “I would definitely not do this kind of thing anymore! If you want to make money, you must rely on your own hard power, and one can’t always think about stealing other people’s things.”

Shen Zhen said to the employees: “If you have any questions, just ask directly.”

The employees looked at each other, and someone asked, “Then who did you steal it from? Is there someone in the company you bribed?”

Lu He swallowed, thinking to himself: I’m sorry buddy, in this situation I can only betray you.

“I bought it from Chen Zian.”

“Impossible!”

“Exactly! This APP was also the painstaking effort of Brother Chen, why would he sell it to you!”

“You are speaking slander!”

Lu He hurriedly said: “He told me that it was impossible for him to work here for others forever, and he also said…..the boss is just a rich second generation, and he doesn’t know how hard it is to run a company. He has been working for so long, but he didn’t even get any shares of the company, and rather than working for such a boss, it’s better to go out and set up his own company by himself.”

“Also…..” Lu He was a little afraid to say.

The employees stood together: “What else?”

Lu He said in a small voice: “He also said that the employees of the company were all mentored by him. They are all idiots. Without him, nothing can be done well. Without him, this company would be finished. At that time, he would be able to hire them over to his company with low wages, and the employees would even thank him for giving them the opportunity to work.”

“You’re lying!”

“You spew sh*t out of your mouth!”

Lu He was also upset now: “Why would I tell this lie? Will I gain a few pounds or grow a few more hairs? I still have the recording of the phone call he made with me, do you want to listen to it?”

“Of course we want to listen!”

Lu He took out his mobile phone, turned on the recording, and turned the volume to the maximum. The employees all fell silent and listened carefully.

“CEO Lu, I’m Chen Zian.”

“I’ve sorted out the source codes of the several apps you mentioned before, and I’ll send them to your email address directly, or we can make an appointment to meet and I’ll give you the USB drive?”

“No trouble, no trouble, I’ll come out and give it to you directly.”

Lu He’s voice sounded: “What are you still there? If you are discovered, you will be in trouble.”

Chen Zian seemed to be smiling: “It’s fine, no one in our company will suspect me. When the time comes, I will leave and set up my own business. After the company over here closes down, I will hire them back again, saving the need to go through a recruiting process.”

After the recording was played, no one said a word, the whole company was silent, and a needle might even be heard clearly if it fell on the ground.

It took the employees a long time to find their voices: “Brother Chen…..why would he do this? Just to go out and start his own business?”

“We have worked so hard for so many days, and he sold our hard work so easily?”

Lu He quickly said: “It’s actually quite simple. He got more than one million yuan for those several apps.”

Everyone: “…..”

Lu He looked at Shen Zhen with a smile again: “CEO Shen, I’ve explained everything, can I go?”

Shen Zhen nodded: “You can go, CEO Lu, remember to be more careful in the future.”

Lu He: “Definitely, definitely.”

In the future, he must check clearly, and he would definitely never mess with such a living king of hell again.

Too much trouble!

After Lu He left, Shen Zhen made a call: “Give the evidence of his tax evasion to his opponent, remember to leave a bill.”

He spent a lot of money to buy these materials, so he couldn’t spend his money in vain, right?

Li Xiaolin laughed beside him. There was always someone who thought they could take advantage of Shen Zhen.

But in the end there were no good results.

After Lu He left, the employees of the company all looked mournful.

“Brother Chen…..how could he do such a thing?”

“I trusted Brother Chen so much, I…..”

“I don’t care, he must give us an explanation!”

Shen Zhen smiled and said: “Now there is physical evidence as well as witnesses. The next thing is to meet in court. He should still be going out to start his own company in the future. If anyone wants to follow him, I will not stop you.”

“Who would follow him!”

“Hehe, you may know people, but you may not know their true face, whoever follows him has sh*t for brains!”

The employees were all very infuriated. If Chen Zian was in front of them now, maybe they would even directly tear Chen Zian to pieces.

In the afternoon, Chen Zian finally came to an agreement with someone. He had been negotiating over venues recently. He wanted to start a company, so of course he needed to rent an office building.

With just his savings and the money Lu He gave him, it was only natural to scrimp a bit to start his company.

He rented an office building on the edge of the city, and the price was neither high nor low. After talking with the landlord for several days, he finally got it at a reasonable price. He signed a one-year contract in the afternoon and handed over the money.

Chen Zian’s plan was to deliberately infuriate Shen Zhen during their talk in the afternoon, and wait for Shen Zhen to fire him, so that he could get an extra three months’ salary.

Maybe he could even take his original subordinates with him by the way.

Back at the company, Chen Zian walked through the door, and said to the employees as usual: “You have been busy for so long, why not take a break, I just asked the milk tea shop to send some milk tea up, no need to share the bill, it’s my treat.”

“Combine work and rest, don’t exchaust yourselves.”

The employees looked up at him with complicated eyes.

Brother Chen was usually so kind to them, why was he such a person?

Chen Zian was in a good mood, and he didn’t notice the expressions of the employees. He asked, “Is CEO Shen in the company?”

An employee said sarcastically, “In his office.”

Chen Zian looked at the person who spoke: “Xiao Mei, are you in a bad mood? Your tone is so aggressive today?”

Xiao Mei: “Hehe, I’ve always been aggressive.”

Chen Zian was taken aback: “What happened? Talk to me when you get off work? Let me see if I can help you.”

Xiao Mei rolled her eyes: “No need, I shouldn’t bother you. I can solve my own problems by myself. I’m not an ungrateful wolf.”

Chen Zian didn’t understand, so he asked, “What do you mean? Did you eat explosives?”

Xiao Mei slapped the table: “I didn’t eat any explosives, my stomach hurts, I’m going to the restroom!”

After Xiao Mei left, Chen Zian said to the employees: “Is she in a bad mood today? Forget it, I can understand her bad mood. When she comes back, you all show some care about her. I’ll go to CEO Shen first. There’s something I want to discuss with him.”

“I will definitely find a way to protect your interests. Even if my salary is deducted completely, I won’t let any of you suffer.”

None of the staff seemed interested.

They didn’t look at Chen Zian either, all immersed in their own work.

Chen Zian straightened his collar and walked into the CEO’s  office.

Shen Zhen was sitting on the boss chair, holding a mobile phone in his hand——the one left by Lu He.

“CEO Shen.” Chen Zian had already sat on the sofa in the office, and he said with a smile, “You have been in the company for the past few days, and we are not used to it. When you were away, the company was not like this. The employees were all energetic and efficient.”

Shen Zhen also smiled: “You mean, when I’m here, they have no energy and no work efficiency?”

Chen Zian said: “That’s not what I mean, you think too much, I’m just stating the facts.”

Shen Zhen: “The truth is, I don’t think this company welcomes you very much.”

Chen Zian showed a surprised expression, and he stood up emotionally: “CEO Shen, do you mean to fire me?”

Before Shen Zhen could speak, he shouted loudly: “I have been in the company for so many years, and worked through a lot of projects, I have created so much benefit for the company. If you want to fire me, you must give me a reason, right?”

Shen Zhen sat there, quietly watching him perform.

He wanted to see just what kind of act he could put on.

Chen Zian demanded with an insulted expression: “Give me a reason.”

“Even if I must leave, it must be with conviction.”

Shen Zhen: “Don’t pretend, you sold the source codes of those apps, didn’t you?”

Chen Zian sneered: “In order to drive me away, you even want to frame me for this? Do you think anyone will believe what you said?”

Shen Zhen nodded, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: “As a matter of fact, I do.”

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Chen Zian: “Then go and tell the employees now that you fired me because I embezzled the company, see if they believe you or not!”

Shen Zhen nodded: “Okay.”

Seeing that Shen Zhen really stood up, Chen Zian sneered in his heart. Sure enough, the rich second generation was the rich second generation. They don’t have brains, and they do whatever they want without thinking. Shen Zhen would on be in for embarrassment later.

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After Becoming The Tyrant

After Becoming The Tyrant CH 100 The Death Knell Is Ringing

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The King looked at the old priest before him.

Abbot Anil was dressed in a plain black robe, with nothing that stood out other than the cross hanging around his neck and his deep eyes. Compared with what was written in the records, he was already much older. When he left the Holy See more than 20 years ago, Father Anil was still a theological genius of the Holy Court, the star of hope, and it could be said that he was in right in his prime. But the relentless wind and desolate conditions of the Northland had dyed his hair white.

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He and Archbishop St. Wyth were two completely opposite images.

One must know, red wine and delicious food filled the stomach of the Archbishop of St. Wyth, causing it to be extremely round. In terms of body size alone, the stout body of the Archbishop of St. Wyth was comparable to that of two Priest Anil.

Abbot Anil was also looking at the King, trying to find out any clues to whether he was about to bring a bloodbath to all the churches in the country in a fit of violent rage, as the rumors said. The King was seated in a high-backed chair, and because of the death of the Duke of Buckingham, he was dressed in deep black mourning attire, which, as far as his position was concerned, could not have been more descriptive of his respect and affection for his uncle. Other than this, his expression was extremely calm and difficult to guess.

Abbot Anil sighed in his heart.

Even if he was not the king, it was also a sin to deprive such a young child of an elder whom such a young child loved so dearly by despicable means.

“Please have a seat.” The King said, “Mr. Anil.”

A seat had already been prepared for Abbot Anil in the room. Abbot Anil bowed and expressed that he was not deserving. The King smiled and said slowly: “Please don’t be restrained. After all, it is not as if the priest who will preside over my uncle’s funeral could not even deserve a seat.”

Abbot Anil looked at the King in surprise, this was indeed beyond his expectation: “Your Majesty…..”

The King interrupted Abbot Anil’s words, tapping the armrest of his chair unhurriedly: “You once participated in the Whitsunday Council in 1411, do you still remember the eleven arguments you put forward at that time? I’m curious about your essay “On the Existence or Absence of Purgatory”, would you mind expounding on it for me?”

Abbot Anil now vaguely understood some of the motives why the King invited him here.

“After death, the soul should be in a state of sleep. This state lasts until the coming of the Last Judgment, during which the soul need not undergo any cleansing by the fire of purgatory. The worlds of the living and the dead are completely separated, and no connection can happen between the two.” Abbot Anil answered slowly, “Thus, the prayers, Eucharist, and purchase of indulgences made by the living for the dead cannot save the soul of the dead. Forgiveness and judgment all belong to the Holy Lord. The key to the door is never in the hands of any priest.”

The Eucharist referred to an important ceremony presided over by priests in funerals, and was considered to be the most effective way to redeem souls among all intercession ceremonies.

The Holy Court claimed that reciting prayers could correspondingly shorten the time the dead suffer in purgatory. Because of this, donations to the Holy Court in the upper class often have their motives. When the last King of Bressi, Ferri II, made a donation to the capital cathedral, he clearly stated that “the donation is first used to pay the priest’s salary so that he may pray for Ferri II every day.”

“In your point of view, the Pope has nothing to do with the salvation of mortals. Believers should return to faith and holy scriptures. Even the Pope can’t do anything about salvation. Is that so, right?” The King asked gently.

But the opposite included an underlying meaning in his words.

He requested Abbot Anil to confirm that the Pope did not have authority over souls, and asked Abbot Anil to veto all the power of the Holy See in regards to salvation.

Back then, Abbot Anil was almost burned on the stake because of his protest at the conference, and he was still excommunicated even now. Currently on the other side of the Abyss Strait, the persecution of heresy led by the Holy Court had taken root everywhere. So long as he made affirmative remarks, it would be the same as stepping out and standing at the heart of the struggle.

The Holy Court, which intended to build the Kingdom of God, would not tolerate any voices of opposition.

The King’s icy blue eyes stared sharply at Abbot Anil.

“Yes.” Abbot Anil raised his hand and held the cross around his neck. He nodded, “The piety of faith is higher than the orders of the Holy See.”

The King smiled and handed an investigation document to the abbot: “Mr. Anil, please take a look.”

Abbot Anil took the document and started to read it. As he read page by page, Abbot Anil’s face gradually became more and more serious.

It was a statistic of the distribution of indulgences by the diocese of Legrand.

Before going to the north to fight, the King ordered his financial chancellor to start investigating this. The officials who compiled the doomsday judgment documents of dozens of county lords once again resumed their old profession. This time they counted the issuance of indulgences in various counties in Legrand.

As early as 1312, the Holy Court began to issue indulgences in the name of “amnesty” in order to obtain more financial revenue. Originally, the amnesty year should be once every 100 years, but it didn’t take long for this time limit to be repeatedly shortened again and again. And eventually during the reign of the previous Pope, he completely abolished this boundary.

To establish the Kingdom of God on earth, apart from prestige and troops, there was also a need for a steady stream of money. In order to establish the Kingdom of God, the Holy Court began to sell huge amounts of indulgences in the name of the “Kingdom of God” before the Bressi Incident began. The scope of its release was not limited to the other side of the Abyss Strait, all parishes had the right to sell indulgences——so long as they paid a sum of money to the Holy Court.

When the King and the Duke of Buckingham led their troops to the north, many parishes in Legrand were sending the money they got from selling indulgences to the other side of the Abyss Strait.

The rebellion in the North was not over yet at that time, so the King held back and did not take any action. He just sent his people to start collecting data.

“The money obtained in the name of redemption was funding the rebellion in the North.” The King said flatly, “Mr. Anil, why does atonement fuel the flames of war and crime instead?”

“This is not atonement.” Abbot Anil looked down at the unimaginable numbers, and scenes of corpses everywhere, burnt houses, people’s wailing appeared in front of his eyes. He closed his eyes in pain, “This…..this is sin.”

“I hope to print and distribute your essay “On the Existence or Absence of Purgatory”.” The King paused, “Also, I hope that you will preside over my uncle’s funeral. There is no need for a Eucharist during the funeral.”

No Eucharist needed, and no pardon for the Duke of Buckingham needed.

There was no need for redemption from anyone.

“The Holy Lord above.”

Abbot Anil stood up, and he saluted the King.

“Thank you for your kindness.”

Before Abbot Anil was led out of the study by the Master of the Households, he stopped and looked back at the King: “Are you not worried that if purgatory really exists, the sir Duke who has not been redeemed would go to hell?”

Abbot Anil could understand people’s support for the Holy Court’s theory of purgatory…..Who would want their loved ones to suffer in purgatory? When he refuted the theory of purgatory, he also received a lot of ridicule and cold eyes from the common people. Now the King had canceled the Eucharist at the Duke of Buckingham’s funeral. Nothing could bring more infamy to the King than this.

He could almost think of all kinds of accusations the people would make against the King.

All reformers have always suffered infamy.

The King looked down at the documents in his hand without saying a word, and the Master of the Households closed the door.

The sunlight fell on the document held in the King’s hand, which was a just-drafted call for a state conference. A new meeting would be held after the Duke’s funeral.

The King took a pen and signed his name on the writ.

“I actually wish he could go to hell.”

In the room where the King was alone, he suddenly whispered to himself. The King turned his head to look out the window, blinking away the momentary wetness.

……………………

All the shops in Metzl were closed today.

There was no singing, nor laughing.

Some people stood on the streets of the city, distributing black ribbons to passers-by. The clown who stood on the street throwing oranges in the past changed the painted smile on his face, replacing it with heavy black tears under his eyes. Madams and ladies had tears in their eyes, the people gathering in a long street, waiting for a procession to arrive.

A gray-haired old man leaned on a cane and stood among the crowd on the side of the street, supported by his grandson.

The old man had come from another region, having traveled for nearly a week to arrive.

“The Duke of Buckingham…..the Duke was a very good man.”

The old man held his grandson’s hand and repeated these words over and over again.

All Legrandians know the story of the Duke of Buckingham.

Unlike William III, the Duke of Buckingham was knighted on the battlefield when he was only sixteen years old. On the day he was conferred the title of knight, he swore that he would defend the empire with the sword and shield in his life. He would defeat the enemy with the sword and protect the people with the shield.

An oath.

An oath he spent his life fulfilling.

After their father died of illness, he followed his brother William III to conquer the thirty-six states, and led his troops to defeat Bressi’s expedition three times. After the sudden death of William III, he became the pillar of the whole kingdom. Over a long period of time, people got used to the figure always standing sentinel on the territory of Legrand, and got used to that straight spine that remained unchanging and firm from youth to old age.

“Besides him, who else can be called the lion of the empire? Who else can be so loyal, so brave, and so selfless in guarding this country?”

When news of the Duke of Buckingham’s death came back, a court poet called it “an unbearable grief of the empire.”

A shield had shattered suddenly, and a long sword had snapped as well.

Legrand lost her most beloved knight.

The death knell finally sounded.

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The moment the bell rang, the funeral procession appeared before the people’s eyes.

In the crowd, the old man who had been repeatedly rambling to his grandson suddenly let go of his hands and slipped down to the ground.

——It seemed that only then did he finally understand that the Duke of Buckingham had truly left when he saw the coffin approaching from afar.

AN: Those who guard the country will be loved by the country.

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After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book

After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book CH 094 Who Is Telling The Truth?

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He Qianjian’s gaze changed suddenly. He sat forward and was about to speak, the excuse already on the tip of his tongue when he caught a glimpse of He Yanfeng’s expression from the corner of his eye. And as if a basin of cold water was poured on his head, he regained his senses, and sat stiffly, lips pressing tightly close.

Yu Fei took in the expressions of the He family members, and at the same time he was relieved, he also had some doubts. He suppressed the suspicion in his eyes, and said calmly: “Then, can you tell me about the conflict between you two?”

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Jiang Chen raised his eyes, his gaze sweeping mildly over He Qianjian’s stiff expression and clenched jaw.

“It’s a long story.” He curved his lip upwards lightly, but then quickly lowered it, and said softly: “Does Officer Yu want me to start from the beginning or give a brief summary.”

“From the beginning, the more detailed the better.” Yu Fei glanced at the He family and asked, “Do you need to find a separate room?”

“No need, the He family should also know about this.” Jiang Chen pondered for a moment, then slowly said: “In June 2000, I witnessed a car accident on Beiguang Middle Road. A truck collided with a small car, there were no other pedestrians on the street, so I pulled out the driver of the car and the two boys inside by myself.”

After hearing Jiang Chen’s first words, the He family members’ attention sharpened. When he mentioned the time and place, the expressions of the He family members changed suddenly, so He Qianjian’s sudden shift in expression didn’t seem so out of place.

Jiang Chen didn’t seem to notice the sudden change in the He family’s expression. He patted He Qianmin’s knee lightly and continued, “The last boy I pulled out was the youngest and the most seriously injured. I originally wanted to wait until the ambulance arrived, but at that time there was an urgent matter regarding my family and I was in a hurry, so I entrusted him to the passers-by who appeared later, and left first.”

Yu Fei glanced at He Qianjian thoughtfully, withdrew his gaze and nodded, signaling Jiang Chen to continue.

Jiang Chen: “About a week after the car accident, my friend found out that someone was following me and before the day of the high school entrance exam, someone hit me with a bicycle.”

Yu Fei said, “How can you be sure that person was following you?”

“He admitted it himself.” Jiang Chen replied lightly, “From the day of the car accident, he has been secretly following me for nearly three years.”

“Three and a half years?” The young policeman asked: “You can report this kind of situation, and why didn’t you mention it when we asked you about any abnormal signs around you?”

“Because I’m sure he has nothing to do with this incident.” Jiang Chen said: “And I only found out about him following me this semester, I didn’t know about it before.”

“Why did he hit you? Was it related to the car accident you witnessed?” Yu Fei grasped the key point instantly.

Jiang Chen’s eyes fell on He Qianjian, whose forehead was already dripping with cold sweat. He paused for two seconds, then withdrew his gaze and said, “Because I was going to the hospital to see the injured little boy before I was hit by him.”

Yu Fei hit the nail on the head: “You mean that the person who was following you injured you in order to prevent you from going to the hospital.”

The young policeman couldn’t hold back his words, and quickly asked, “Why? Is there something strange about that car accident?”

Jiang Chen glanced at the expressions of everyone in the He family, and finally landed on He Qianjian: “It’s not just strange, it’s even supernatural.” He didn’t keep them waiting long, and continued: “Before the car accident happened, I had already noticed that arriving car, the car was driving south, and the older boy was sitting behind the driver, but after the accident, he appeared in the seat behind the co-passenger, and the boy in the seat behind the driver became the little boy I rescued last.”

Yang Yun’s expression changed drastically, and she looked at He Qianjian suddenly. He Yanfeng held her hand tightly, shook his head slightly at her, and stopped what she wanted to say.

In fact, the shock in his heart was no less than that of his wife. Although he had received the surveillance video from Jiang Chen before, even though he had doubts about the car accident that year, before Jiang Chen told the situation in person as a witness, he still held the hope that all this might be just a misunderstanding. However, Jiang Chen’s words were like a blow to the head, completely waking him up.

Not only did He Yanfeng feel a blow to the head, but He Qianjian also felt dizzy as if he had been bludgeoned in the head as well. He never expected that Jiang Chen would tell this matter in front of the He family and the police at this time. He lowered his head and did not dare to raise his eyes, for fear of seeing the cold and hateful eyes of the He family.

At this moment, the only thing he could do was call the system over and over again in his mind.

Probably sensing his urgency, the system finally responded this time.

[What is it?]

The cold electronic voice mixed with a staticy current was like heavenly music to his ears, and He Qianjian’s tense nerves relaxed a little. He was afraid that the system would ignore him again, so he didn’t talk nonsense and didn’t dare to complain at all, just quickly relayed the whole situation.

The system didn’t speak for a while after hearing this, and He Qianjian anxiously called in his mind: [System? System! Are you still here?]

At this moment, Yu Fei who digested the information continued to ask: “Are you sure that you saw correctly?”

“Yes.” Jiang Chen said: “The car accident happened in an instant, and the boys in the back seat were both wearing seat belts. It is impossible to have the time to quickly switch positions and then fasten their seat belts again. When I rescued them, their seat belts were still fastened, I remember this clearly.”

“How is that possible?” The young policeman didn’t believe it: “You must have been mistaken.”

“He isn’t mistaken.” He Qianmin lowered his eyes and said calmly, “I was the little boy who was in the car accident at that time.”

The young policeman was stunned for a moment, and looked at Yu Fei in a daze.

Yu Fei had already seen something from the expressions of the He family members, so he was not surprised to hear He Qianmin’s words at this time, and in a flash of insight he latched onto the key point: “The older boy was He Qianjian?”

Jiang Chen turned his head slightly and looked at He Qianjian.

Yu Fei and the young policeman followed his gaze. He Qianjian had his head lowered and no one could see his expression clearly, as if he didn’t know that everyone was looking at him.

Just when the young policeman thought that He Qianjian was guilty, he slowly raised his head, looked straight at Jiang Chen and said, “You were indeed the one who rescued me and Qian Min back then, I am very grateful to you, but I don’t know whether you remember wrong or there are other reasons for saying this? I am just an ordinary person. I can neither predict the car accident nor change places with others in an instant. If I really have this ability, won’t I be Superman?” He laughed self-deprecatingly, looked at Yu Fei and said, “If you doubt me, I can accept an interrogation, and I am willing to cooperate even if I am sent to the laboratory for tests. Right now I don’t have any evidence that I didn’t do it so I can only prove to everyone that I really am a normal person.”

Yu Fei said: “We’re just here to inquire and investigate, we aren’t here to arrest people for tests. Can we continue?” The last part was directed at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen nodded, ignoring the complicated looks of the people in the living room, and briefly talked about Sun Zhi threatening Zhang Zhipeng in the second semester of his second year, Sun Zhi leading his cronies to block him outside the alley, and the conflict that happened at the skating rink during the summer vacation. “Sun Zhi was afraid of being expelled by the school, so he went to me directly, and used what He Qianjian told him to do as a bargaining chip, asking me to intercede for him in front of the school leaders.”

“All those things were ordered by He Qianjian?”

He Qianmin turned his head to look at He Qianjian, hooked up one corner of his mouth and said, “I was also there when Sun Zhi said this, and all the text messages he sent and received on his mobile phone are there. We backed them up just in case, I know you are very cautious, you have been using another mobile phone to contact Sun Zhi, but we still found your IP, do we need to show it to you?”

Facing He Qianmin’s mocking look, He Qianjian tried his best to hide his ugly expression.

He dared to imply that the truth of the car accident was slander by Jiang Chen and He Qianmin, because the system told him that even if Jiang Chen and the others insisted on it being the truth they could not find any evidence. And this was indeed the case, but he couldn’t guarantee that Sun Zhi did not leave any evidence behind or whether Jiang Chen had actually traced his IP.

Although the system was in his head, it did not obey his orders unconditionally, and because of the restrictions of the system rules, the system would only take action when he used the exchange and optimal selection functions. For a period of time, He Qianjian and Sun Zhi had to make contact almost every day, and it was impossible to order the system to hide his IP every time, so he had to find a way to buy a phone card that claimed to hide information from the black market and then contact Sun Zhi.

Seeing that He Qianjian remained silent, He Qianmin snorted coldly: “You aren’t going to say that this is evidence that my brother and I forged to frame you, right?”

He Qianjian asked in panick: [What should I do?]

System: [Admit to it.]

[Admit to it?!] He Qianjian screamed in his mind: [If I admit to it then I can’t stay in the He family any longer!]

[I already said earlier not to do these useless things.] The system said coldly: [With me here, you can become an elite anywhere, why must you stay in the He family.]

[I must stay in the He family!] He Qianjian gritted his teeth and said: [I exchanged these things with Jiang Chen, and they are mine after the exchange. Why should he take them back.]

[Then admit to it.] Seemingly knowing that He Qianjian would refute, the system quickly continued: [You just need to admit what happened after the entrance exam.]

He Qianjian pondered for a long time, and suddenly realized: [Sun Zhi lost his mobile phone in his first year of high school, and his current mobile phone was bought later, and there is no evidence that I asked him to follow Jiang Chen.]

He Qianjian looked at Jiang Chen with a shamed look on his face: “I admit that I didn’t do well in the practice college entrance exam before, so I asked Sun Zhi to make trouble for you on the spur of the moment, and later on at the skating rink because I was worried about the final exam results, so I started a fight with you, I was too narrow-minded, I’m sorry.”

“But I don’t admit that Sun Zhi followed you, including him hitting you with a bicycle, was on my order. You were also my savior at that time. It’s not possible that I would stop you from coming to the hospital to see Qian Min and me.” He Qianjian said with an honest expression: “I admit to everything I have done, and I know I was wrong, but I cannot admit to what I have not done.”

Jiang Chen raised his eyes in surprise, and He Qianmin gave him an expression that said “I had expected this”. It was at this moment that Jiang Chen knew why the He family hadn’t seen the slightest flaw in He Qianjian’s lies for so many years, because he was too well versed in mixing lies with truth. He Qianmin was right, He Qianjian’s acting skills in the study before were really not as good as they were now.

Yu Fei suddenly asked: “The day before Jiang Chen’s accident, what were you doing with flowers at Li De Building?”

“I went to find——” The system’s voice suddenly sounded in his mind, He Qianjian’s voice paused, and then he continued naturally: “A friend of mine, but I didn’t bring any flowers that day, and that girl is also a friend of my fiancée. It’s not possible that I would bring flowers to a friend of my fiancée.”

Yu Fei said: “But someone saw you bring a bouquet of flowers into the elevator that day, and when you got off, it disappeared.”

He Qianjian said: “That person must have been mistaken. It isn’t possible that I would bring flowers to my fiancée’s friend.”

Yu Fei stared closely at He Qianjian’s expression, then looked away. He nodded to old Mr. He and said, “Then that’s all for our inquiry today, excuse us.”

“Didn’t you want to ask Qian Jian questions?” Old Mr. He said asked mildly.

“We already know what we need to know.” Yu Fei stood up: “I’ve bothered Mr. He today, and I will visit and apologize for the offense in a few days.”

“No need.” Old Mr. He waved his hand and said, “As if I don’t know what kind of kid you are, just go.”

Yu Fei smiled, and with the surprised look on the young policeman’s face, he said goodbye to the He family and left the old house.

On the car back to the police station, the young policeman couldn’t hold back his curiosity, and asked, “Boss, was this trip wasted? Why do I feel like we didn’t find anything?”

While driving, Yu Fei asked calmly in response, “Which of them do you think was telling the truth?”

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“I think what they said all seem to be true, but the car accident part is indeed rather supernatural. I don’t really believe that anyone can switch their positions with others in an instant, but the surveillance video that Xiao Liu mentioned is also quite supernatural, and all of these supernatural things showed up on the same person. Even if it’s a coincidence…..” The young policeman leaned over and said, “What about you? Boss, who do you think was telling the truth?”

“There are clues hidden behind everything that appears unreasonable, and uncovering those clues will bring the truth.” Yu Fei curled his lips and said, “Send someone to watch He Qianjian. I want to see if he really does possess abilities beyond that of ordinary people.”

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Source Of Calamity

Source of Calamity CH 082 Buying People’s Hearts

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Chen Zian shouted at the people outside: “Stop making trouble, CEO Shen is just asking me about the latest events, you guys go back to work.”

Only then did the employees outside dispersed.

This company had changed hands several times, and the also boss kept changing. Only Chen Zian remained the constant. Most of the people in the company were mentored by him. Everyone had feelings and after getting along for so long, in addition to the fact that he always helped them, the employees would definitely stand by Chen Zian’s side.

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Shen Zhen could also understand.

For example, if Qin Xing had a conflict with someone now, he would definitely stand on Qin Xing’s side first.

People were always more willing to believe in their feelings.

Shen Zhen asked Chen Zian: “Who is the boss of the company who plagiarized us, do you know?”

Chen Zian glanced at Shen Zhen’s face, and said, “It’s Honghe Network Company.”

Shen Zhen: “I’m asking who is the boss.”

Chen Zian asked: “Why do you ask about the boss? Now that things have happened, what we have to do now is to minimize the loss. It is useless to say anything else. You don’t understand this industry, but I do. Just ask me if you don’t understand, I also said that I will bear the responsibility, if you want to deduct money as punishment, you can just deduct it from me alone.”

“Are you educating me?” Shen Zhen asked with a smile.

Chen Zian also seemed to be a little angry, he turned his head and said: “You are the boss, how can I educate you, I am just reasoning with you.”

Shen Zhen smiled and said, “I will deal with this matter.”

Chen Zian: “How do you want to deal with it?”

Shen Zhen: “Of course it’s to reason with others, do you think I would go and have a fight with them?”

Chen Zian quickly smiled and said, “Yes, we should reason.”

Chen Zian smiled on the surface, and also smiled in his heart. He really was a rich second generation, actually talking about reason?

Would others reason with you?

It was ridiculous to think that the world was black and white.

These rich second generations were just relying on their family’s wealth, they couldn’t do practical things, they could only brag.

“It just so happens I can speak with the employees, so that they can be at ease.” Shen Zhen stood up and walked straight out of the door.

Li Xiaolin glared at Chen Zian and followed Shen Zhen out. Chen Zian touched his nose and smiled behind them, but quickly recovered his expression and left the office as well.

The employees were absent-minded about their work. When they saw Shen Zhen and the others coming out, they immediately looked up and stared at them.

“Isn’t this the handsome guy just now? I thought he went to the lounge inside. Why did he come out of the boss’s office?”

“Could it be that he was chatting with Brother Chen in the office just now?”

“Wasn’t the boss chatting with Brother Chen?”

“I thought it was Brother Chen chatting with the boss on the phone…..Then what we said just now…..”

Oh no!

They just let the blood rush to their head for a moment, and let their emotions run off, but if asked to leave this company they really were reluctant to.

Not any company could give such good employee benefits.

They really like Brother Chen, but they were not ready to lose their jobs because of Brother Chen.

Now they were all incredibly embarrassed, because they were afraid that the boss would settle accounts with them.

Shen Zhen stood at the forefront, and he said to the employees: “As for the leak of our APP, I will find someone to investigate, and I will also get in touch with Honghe Network. It will not be so easy to just take away your hard work for such a long period of time.”

“Oh, that’s right, I forgot to introduce myself.”

Shen Zhen smiled and said, “I’m Shen Zhen, and I’m also your boss. I haven’t been to the company much, so it’s normal if you don’t know me.”

The group of people below looked dumbfounded.

Although they knew that the boss was young, this guy was too young, right?! And not just young! He was also so handsome!

“CEO Shen, Brother Chen didn’t cause this. We are all responsible. If you want to deduct wages, don’t just deduct Brother Chen’s.”

“That’s right, CEO Shen, Brother Chen does not have it easy. After spending so many nights with us, the APP also has his own hard work in it. He definitely doesn’t want to see this to happen either.”

Standing behind Shen Zhen, Chen Zian lowered his head and smiled.

This boss was still too young.

But Shen Zhen said at this time: “I didn’t say I will be deducting whose salary. I just want to know how the source code was leaked? I will contact the boss of Honghe first. He should know who leaked it.”

“This APP is made up of your painstaking effort. It took so long to get it out. If I don’t ask someone to find out, wouldn’t your hard work for so long really be in vain?”

“We are also angry, but they will definitely not tell us the truth.”

“That’s right, they’ve already used such dirty means, how can it be that if we just try to reason and they will listen?”

“CEO Shen, you have a solution, right?”

Shen Zhen smiled and said, “What should we do if the source code was leaked by our own people?”

“Who is so heartless? He took the money from the other side? This kind of person should definitely be fired!”

“Sue him! Leaking the company’s confidential documents, the contract must definitely have this written down, they must go to jail, and lose money!”

“That’s right!”

Shen Zhen turned to Chen Zian and said, “Brother Chen, did you hear that?”

Chen Zian raised his head and asked blankly, “Hear what?”

“Hear that the one who leaked the company’s confidential documents will be going to jail and losing money?”

Chen Zian almost laughed out loud.

These legal illiterates.

This was not the National Security Agency. Leaking documents was nothing more than apologizing and losing money.

Losing money was only between 10,000 and 200,000 yuan.

The money he got was more than that.

He really hoped that Shen Zhen would tear down all niceties with him at this moment and fire him from the company, so that he would not only get three months extra salary, but also have a way to convince the employees that Shen Zhen wronged him, and then lead the few most capable people under him away and go out to set up his own business.

He was forty this year, and how could it be possible that he would work for others for the rest of his life?

He now had connections, ability, and money, so of course he wanted to go out and start his own business.

If it wasn’t for him, what use would this group of young people be? How could the company make money? Wasn’t it all thanks to him?

Shen Zhen suddenly said: “It seems that they don’t need to go to jail, they only need to lose money, right?”

Chen Zian lowered his head and said, “I don’t know, why don’t you ask a lawyer?”

Shen Zhen sneered and said: “There’s no need to ask, but I can guarantee that even if they don’t have to go to jail, the consequences facing that person who leaked the documents would not be much better than going to jail, maybe it will even be worse.”

Chen Zian didn’t speak, but lowered his head, wanting to laugh.

The rich second generations were always like this, thinking that they were the king of the world. But what could they say when that time truly came?

The employees were very angry. After all, it was their achievements that were stolen, and it was as if they had been injected with chicken blood right now.

At the beginning, they thought that this loss could only be suffered in silence, maybe their salary would even be deducted, and if it was serious, they would even be fired.

Now that the boss himself came out and said that he would find out the truth, their hearts were relieved.

Many people even felt embarrassed.

“CEO Shen, wwe didn’t mean what we just said outside the office.”

“We just don’t want you to misunderstand Brother Chen. Brother Chen also put a lot of thought into the project and spent many nights on it.”

“Yes, CEO Shen, don’t be angry.”

“CEO Shen, we are also anxious. After all, no one wants to see this kind of thing happen. It was our hard work that was stolen. We are more angry and anxious than anyone else.”

Shen Zhen also smiled at them: “I’m not angry, I’m only angry at the person who leaked the documents, you guys can go back to work. I also happened to have invited the boss of Honghe to come over for a meeting, so if you have any questions, we can just ask him directly.”

Everyone was stunned:

“Will he really come?”

“Impossible, he dares to come here after doing such a thing?”

Shen Zhen just smiled, but said nothing.

He turned around and glanced at Chen Zian, who was still pretending to be dumb.

He was probably sure that he could find nothing, and even if he could find out something, he would not find any evidence.

Practically the model of “until all is over one’s ambition never dies.”

When Shen Zhen left, he said to Li Xiaolin: “Have someone investigate the boss of Honghe. Money is not a problem. The key is to check his taxes.”

Li Xiaolin finally had a smile on her face: “Understood.”

The boss of Honghe also thought so when he received the call from Shen Zhen.

He paid a high price to buy the source code from Chen Zian, would he admit his crime so easily? Wasn’t that simply ridiculous?

“I won’t say much else.” Shen Zhen said, “I don’t intend for you to remove the app. What I want is for you to come and explain the matter clearly. You don’t want the evidence of tax evasion on your side to be reported, right?”

Honghe CEO: “Ai, don’t talk nonsense, who evaded taxes? As a…..”

Shen Zhen said coldly: “Don’t pretend, do you want me to send you the information?”

“I won’t send it out, I’ll just read it to you.” Shen Zhen took the document handed over by Li Xiaolin and recited the words on it.

The other side finally panicked: “Brother, don’t be so ruthless, I’ll come, I’ll come right away, can I bring two bodyguards?”

Shen Zhen: “I have no objection to you bringing bodyguards. My main purpose is not to mess with you. Also, you come up with the compensation yourself.”

The boss of Honghe felt that he was really unlucky.

He said, “I have something to do today, can I come tomorrow?”

He needed a day to prepare himself mentally. How did his income and expenditure leak out?

Sitting next to him, Li Xiaolin said, “These materials cost a lot of money.”

There was no information that money could not buy, only the question of whether there was enough or not.

It was too common for large companies to find ways to avoid taxes, but most of them took legal ways to avoid taxes.

However, there were also those who were rather daring. There were not many legal tax avoidance methods, but there were many illegal ones.

Shen Zhen took a sip of tea: “The result is worth it.”

Li Xiaolin said: “That surnamed Chen is really good at buying people’s hearts.”

Shen Zhen: “This can be regarded as talent and personal ability.”

Some people were a natural at buying people’s hearts.

Even if they did something wrong, they could make others stand by him.

Always taking the moral high ground.

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Such people were uncommon, but they do exist.

If they also happened to be immoral, it was a recipe for trouble.

Shen Zhen felt a little pity, if Chen Zian didn’t cause such a thing to happen, he felt that he should even give Chen Zian a raise.

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After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book

After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book CH 093 Suspecting He Qianjian

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“Boss, we have checked all of Li De’s monitoring. We have also screened the people who are on the scientific research floor and the people in the lobby that day. No suspicious people were found.”

“Have the people in the monitoring room been investigated fully?”

“We interrogated the people who were on duty in the monitoring room that day, and there were no inconsistencies or signs of strangeness, and we also monitored their recent accounts, and no one has received any suspicious payments.”

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“Everything is normal…..” The bearded man wiped his face vigorously, and when he put his hand down, he slammed it on the table suddenly, shocking everyone in the conference room. He raised his voice while slamming the table: “If everything is normal, then did the suspect possess clairvoyance and can see through walls? Huh?!”

The meeting room was silent, and the several people looked at each other, not daring to set him off further.

“Huh?!” The bearded man slammed the table and said, “I am asking you a question? Does the suspect have clairvoyance or can he see through walls! Tell me!”

“But…..”

The bearded man turned his head quickly, and the policeman shrank his neck and closed his mouth.

“But what?” The bearded man walked up to him, put his hands on the back of his chair, and said, “Tell me, tell me what you are about to say.”

The policeman swallowed, lowered his head and remained silent.

“Speak!”

“But there is really nothing abnormal!” The policeman raised his head and said, “Boss, we can’t arrest people randomly.”

The bearded man threw the documents in his hand and was about to get angry when a small voice said: “Actually, I think there is something suspicious, but I can’t find the connection between it and the victim being targeted…..”

“Speak.”

“When we went to check the monitoring that day, in order to check more clearly whether someone had installed monitoring equipment in Li De in advance, we went ahead and checked for a few days, and found that there was a boy who was very suspicious…..”

“Boy?” The bearded man paused, “Explain.”

“The boy is about seventeen to twenty years old. He was well-dressed in clothes that looked very expensive! I saw that coat on him when I was shopping with my girlfriend before. Do you know how much it is? Six Digits! Six digits, tsk tsk…..”

The bearded man frowned and said, “Get to the point!”

“That boy looked like a child of a rich family. At first we thought he might be a child of a higher-up in Li De who came to the company to find them, so we didn’t pay much attention. Later, we found that he took the elevator to the 22nd floor. After going out for less than a minute, he went back to the elevator and went down.”

“Continue.”

“I didn’t think much about it at the time. I thought it might be because the person he was looking for was not there, so he went back, but there happened to be a security guard on duty on the day we checked the surveillance. He said that he saw a very miraculous scene, which involved that boy.” The policeman who spoke recalled: “The security guard said that the boy came in with a bouquet of flowers, because he bought a bouquet of flowers that was exactly the same for his wife the day before, so he took a closer look, but who knew that when the boy came out on the 22nd floor, the flowers were gone!”

“What do you mean?” One person asked, “He gave away the flowers within a minute?”

“Are you stupid!” Another person said: “He is saying that the boy hadn’t even got out of the elevator when the flowers disappeared!”

“Yes!” The policeman who spoke first said, “The security guard also said that he saw the flowers disappear out of thin air with his own eyes. In order to prove that it was not a trick of the eye, he watched the surveillance many times and found that the flowers really did disappear out of thin air in such an inexplicable way.”

“Really?” Everyone concentrated their thoughts: “Did you watch the surveillance too?”

“I was curious too!” The policeman who spoke shook his head: “I asked the security guard to show me the monitoring of that day, and he said that after he went to work the next day, he found that the monitoring had changed. The boy was still in the elevator, but the flowers in his hand were gone, and the monitoring content is what we saw. The boy reached the 22nd floor, and then went down again less than a minute after going out, no flowers in sight from beginning to end.”

“What?” Someone snorted, “That security guard must be making it up.”

“I also thought he was lying to me at first, and warned him that if he talks nonsense while we are investigating the case, he would be legally responsible, but he insisted that he saw it right. I don’t think he was lying, so I played back the surveillance a few times with him. After watching the boy’s hand movements ten times, I found that he must have been holding something in his hand at that time, because normal people’s hands don’t relax like this, but when holding something, there will be a grasping movement.” The policeman who spoke while raising his hand and made a gesture of grabbing something: “His gesture at that time was a typical appearance of grabbing onto something, so I asked the people in the technical department to analyze the surveillance, and the people in the technical department told me that there are indeed traces of deletion in the monitoring, but the deletion was done very carefully, and would not be found out without careful analysis.”

Listening to his words, the people present were puzzled and said, “That boy just had a bouquet of flowers, why bother to go to the trouble of deleting the monitoring?”

The policeman who spoke first was also very confused: “I couldn’t find any relationship between him and the suspect, so I didn’t say anything at the beginning.”

“At a time like this, any suspiciousness must be investigated.” The bearded man asked, “Did you check the identity of that boy?”

“I’ve checked.” The policeman who spoke said, “We asked the front desk. The boy is He Qianjian, the son of the boss of Tu Nan Group. He went to Li De that day to find an intern on the 22nd floor. We also confirmed it. There is indeed a female intern who knew He Qianjian, but she said that He Qianjian left without seeing her that day.”

The bearded man knocked on the table and muttered, “The He family…..”

“The He family is one of the people who called to ask about the progress of the investigation.” One policeman said, “If that’s the case, then He Qianjian should know Jiang Chen. The two are about the same age. Could they be friends?”

The policeman who spoke first said: “I went to investigate in private, and found that He Qianjian and Jiang Chen don’t have much contact with each other. On the contrary, Jiang Chen has a very good relationship with his younger brother He Qianmin. Everyone knows, and it may be because of this reason that Jiang Chen has a good relationship with the He family, but his relationship with He Qianjian is just average.”

“I was wondering why the He family got involved? It turned out to be this kind of relationship.” A policeman said: “If you ask me, this Jiang Chen is quite well-connected, he is just an ordinary high school student, but something happened to him and there are quite a lot of people backing him, and each one is more of a bigwig than the other.”

“I actually think his identity is definitely not simple. The He family may have got involved because of his relationship with He Qianmin. The Li family because of his cooperation with Li De. But what about the Shi family?”

The bearded man knocked on the table: “Don’t talk about things that have nothing to do with the case, get back to the point!”

The young policeman suggested: “Boss, why don’t we go to the He family and ask, and we’ll know right away.”

“Are you stupid!” The policeman sitting next to him said: “You don’t have any evidence, and just go knocking at their door and say you’re here to investigate a case, and the subject you are even investigating is the eldest young master of the He family, are you not afraid of being…..”

“What is there to be afraid of!” The bearded man interrupted him: “You contact Jiang Chen, I will contact the He family, and we’ll go ask questions now.”

“Now?” The young policeman was surprised: “But it’s almost eight o’clock now.”

The bearded man zipped up his police uniform and said as he walked, “Jiang Chen and He Qianjian are both students. Only at this time can we find them. Stop talking nonsense and make the call.”

“Yes, sir.”

Yang Yun picked up two pieces of mutton, put them in Jiang Chen’s and He Qianjian’s bowls, and said with a smile, “Eating mutton in winter is the best way to keep your body warm. Now that it is the third year of high school, you have to pay special attention to your nutrition.”

Jiang Chen raised his chopsticks and was about to speak when a pair of chopsticks came across from the side, blocking his chopsticks. He Qianmin’s displeased voice sounded: “Mom, my brother is allergic to mutton and cannot eat mutton.”

Yang Yun was taken aback, and quickly took out the piece of mutton: “I’m sorry, Mom didn’t know you are allergic to mutton.”

Jiang Chen pursed his lips and smiled: “It’s okay.”

He Qianmin got up: “How is it okay, I’ll go and change a bowl of rice for you.”

Old Mrs. He smiled and said: “I didn’t expect that your father didn’t inherit this aspect from your grandfather, but you ended up inheriting it. He used to be the only one who could only watch and not eat mutton at the table, but now there is one more person to accompany him.”

“Besides the allergy to mutton, is there anything else you can’t eat, Xiao Chen?” Yang Yun said, “Tell Mom, and Mom will avoid these dishes in the future.”

“Only mutton.” Jiang Chen smiled: “I can eat everything else.”

“Then besides braised meatballs, what else do you particularly like?”

“I…..” Just as he started talking, Jiang Chen’s cell phone rang, and he got up slightly: “I’ll take this call first.”

Just as Jiang Chen left the dining table, He Yanfeng’s cell phone also rang. He glanced at the caller ID, and a trace of surprise flashed across his eyes. He got up and said, “I’ll answer the call too.”

After leaving the dining room, He Yanfeng connected the call. After hearing what was said on the other line, he frowned slightly. Before he could respond, he heard Jiang Chen’s voice not far away.

He Yanfeng raised his brows slightly: “Your people are also calling Jiang Chen?”

“I’m with him now, and I’ll send you the address later, so you can come here directly.”

Jiang Chen hung up the phone, turned around and saw He Yanfeng standing not far away. He also heard He Yanfeng’s words just now, so he asked, “You had Capt. Yu and the others come directly to the old family house?”

“He said he wanted to ask you and He Qianjian something.” He Yanfeng said, “When he finishes asking, I’ll take you back to the Jiangs.”

Jiang Chen nodded, saw the thoughtful look in He Yanfeng’s eyes, and asked, “What are you thinking about?”

He Yanfeng shook his head, put his hands on Jiang Chen’s shoulders, and said with a smile: “It’s nothing, let’s go in and eat.”

The doorbell rang just as dinner was over.

The bearded man was dressed in casual clothes, and walked in with the young policeman, following behind the He family’s helper auntie. Seeing the big family sitting on the sofas in the lobing room, and Jiang Chen who blended into them without seeming out of place at all, he paused briefly before saying, “CEO He, I’m Yu Fei who just called you, we’re here to inquire and investigate on a case.”

He Yanfeng stood up and shook hands with him: “Hello.”

“What inquiry?” Yang Yun said, “Investigate what?”

“Hello, Mrs. He.” The young policeman took out his ID and said, “We are the investigation team responsible for the deliberate attack in Chengyang Square, and we are here now to ask Jiang Chen and He Qianjian questions for the investigation.”

Yang Yun was puzzled: “Then why are you looking for Qian Jian?”

“We discovered that He Qianjian appeared in Li De Building the day before Jiang Chen’s incident. We found some abnormalities through the surveillance video, so we came here to investigate.”

Old Mr. He glanced at He Qianjian, then his gaze fell on the young policeman, and his tone was cryptic: “You mean you are suspecting that Qian Jian has something to do with the suspect behind the attack on Jiang Chen?”

“This…..” The young policeman was soaked in cold sweat under old Mr. He’s oppressive gaze, and he couldn’t speak for a moment.

The bearded man was neither humble nor overbearing: “Mr. He, we came here to make the case clear as soon as possible, and we have not confirmed the suspicion of He Qianjian. It is just a routine investigation now. I hope you can cooperate.”

The atmosphere froze for a moment, and just when Yu Fei thought old Mr. He would not agree, old Mr. He raised his eyes halfway and said, “Ask your questions, but ask them here.”

The young policeman glanced at the bearded man, hesitant.

“Okay.” The bearded man looked at Jiang Chen, sat down in front of him and said, “Student Jiang Chen, as far as I know, although you and He Qianjian are not in the same school, you two still have a competitive relationship. May I ask if there is any conflict between you two?”

Jiang Chen: “There is no direct conflict.”

“Then can I understand this as there being non-direct conflict.”

“Jiang Chen and I have barely met a few times, how can there be any conflict.” He Qianjian suppressed his beating heart, pretending to be calm and smiled: “Mr. Police, you are checking in the wrong direction.”

“I’m asking Jiang Chen now.” The bearded man said without expression, “Please wait until it is your turn.”

He Qianjian gritted his teeth, squeezed out a smile and said, “But…..”

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He Qianmin interrupted him coldly: “My brother hasn’t even spoken yet, why are you rushing to defend yourself already, are you feeling guilty?”

Old Mrs. He patted He Qianjian’s hand, comforting him and said, “Don’t be afraid of things you haven’t done, it’s okay, Grandma is here.”

The bearded man withdrew his gaze, looked at Jiang Chen again, and repeated the question he had just asked.

The smile on Jiang Chen’s face faded a little, and he said lightly, “Yes.”

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