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The paper envelope was very thin, and there were only a few sheets of paper in it, so He Yanfeng pulled it out together.

Only a fifth of the thin A4 paper was pulled out of the document envelope, and he could already see the words in the middle of the top of the first A4 paper: DNA test report.

He Yanfeng’s breathing stagnated, and the hand holding the file tightened. He looked at Xiang Hong on the sofa, his expression hardly changing, but his voice tensing a little: “What does this mean?”

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Xiang Hong held his head in both hands, inserted his fingers into his messy hair, and was silent for a while before saying, “Look for yourself.”

He Yanfeng withdrew his gaze and put all his body and mind on the piece of A4 in front of him. When he drew a third of it out, he paused and said in a deep voice, “You’re not joking with me, are you?”

Xiang Hong hesitated to speak.

He Yanfeng got the answer from his expression, and something felt like it was about to burst out from his chest. His thumb and index finger tightly pinched these thin sheets of paper, but the remaining two-thirds remained inside.

The clock on the wall ticked away, and the document envelope and the report inside remained pulled out a third of the way. It was getting dark, and there was only one floor lamp in the living room, which stood beside the coffee table, and the light yellow slender light cast on the top of the coffee table, divided Xiang Hong sitting on the sofa and He Yanfeng on the other side of the coffee table into two separate spaces.

“Brother He.” Xiang Hong sighed deeply, with an apology on his face: “As a friend, I took your DNA sample without your consent to help you do a paternity test, I’m sorry.”

He Yanfeng looked at Xiang Hong quietly, but Xiang Hong didn’t say a word more, and they stared at each other in the darkness.

“Is that why you went to my office last time?”

Xiang Hong nodded, paused, rolling the words in his mouth several times, and finally said: “He Qianjian is not your son.”

He Yanfeng lowered his head, most of his face was hidden in the darkness, and only his knuckles holding the brown envelope could be seen turning white. A few minutes later, his dry and hoarse voice sounded: “If he is not my son, then who is my son?”

After having said what he had been holding back, it became much smoother to face the next thing. Xiang Hong raised his hand and pointed to the brown paper envelope: “It’s all inside.”

He Yanfeng’s eyes returned to the envelope, and after a pause, he moved his hand holding the A4 paper and pulled it out.

The content of the first page of the report was clear at a glance. He Yanfeng’s eyes fell on the words “test materials”, and slowly moved down——No. 1 test material: He Yanfeng’s hair follicles; No. 2 test material: Yang Yun’s hair follicles; No. 3 test material: He Qianjian’s hair follicles. He quickly scanned the date and process of the test, turned to the third sheet of paper, and his eyes stayed on the appraisal conclusion at the bottom: He Qianjian, He Yanfeng, and Yang Yun are confirmed to have no blood relation.

His eyes stayed on the words “No blood relation” for a long time, until the hour hand of the wall clock reached the hour and made a ding sound. Then he raised his head as if waking up from a dream, put the report back, and looked anxiously and eagerly at the second report, which was still a DNA test report, but in the test materials section, the name of No. 3 test material was changed to Jiang Chen’s hair follicles.

When He Yanfeng saw the name “Jiang Chen”, he paused in turning the pages. He didn’t need to see the conclusion, he already had the answer in his heart.

He seldom had any doubts until a young man named Jiang Chen appeared in their family’s life. This young man was able to appease the rebellious He Qianmin into obedience, make He Qianyu, who was used to being the center of attention, always bring him up, and cause his wife to be especially gentle and filled with concern…..The phone call not long ago made He Yanfeng unable to help but think about Jiang Chen’s special personality charm, which made his wife, son and daughter love him so much, and even made it hard for him to feel displeased at being contradicted. Not to mention when receiving the video that was beyond the realm of reality, he never doubted whether it was true or not, and just believed him inexplicably and easily.

Now, all the puzzles have been answered——because Jiang Chen was the biological son of him and his wife, and the biological elder brother of He Qianmin and He Qianyu.

Seeing that He Yanfeng stayed on the first page of the second report, Xiang Hong said, “Aren’t you turning to the back?”

He Yanfeng pinched the report and turned the report to the last page. His eyes moved away when he touched the conclusion at the bottom, and countless complicated emotions surged up in his heart. The strange thing was that he didn’t feel that it was hard to accept the truth, and what cycled in his mind was all about how to tell Jiang Chen this matter.

Xiang Hong stood up, walked around the coffee table to He Yanfeng, and patted him on the shoulder: “Brother He.”

He Yanfeng came back to his senses, put the two reports back into the envelope, and patted Xiang Hong’s arm heavily: “Thank you for this matter.”

Xiang Hong shook his head: “Are you okay?”

“It’s easier to accept than I thought.” He Yanfeng paused and sighed deeply: “I’m only worried about your sister-in-law…”

Thinking of Yang Yun’s love for the three children, Xiang Hong pondered for a moment and said, “Why don’t you tell her after a while?”

“No.” After accepting the facts, He Yanfeng’s mind was extremely calm, he shook his head and said: “You are right to tell me directly, the longer this kind of thing is delayed, the less good it is, whether it is for your sister-in-law or for…..Jiang Chen’s adoptive parents.”

Xiang Hong’s expression became serious: “Have you thought about how to tell Sister-in-law about this?”

He Yanfeng twitched the corner of his mouth: “It’s useless to prepare mentally, it’s better to just say it directly.”

“Then what about the Jiang family?” Xiang Hong said: “Jiang Chen’s adoptive parents probably don’t know that they raised the wrong child, it may be difficult to accept it, and Qian Jian, it may be even more difficult for him to accept it.”

He Yanfeng narrowed his eyes, and said lightly: “Whether it’s the Jiang family or Qian Jian, sooner or later they have to accept the truth.”

Xiang Hong: “How have you decided to talk to the Jiang family? Visit them directly?”

“I’ll tell Jiang Chen first.” In just a short moment, He Yanfeng had already thought of countless ways to tell the truth to the young man, but thinking of Jiang Chen’s seemingly soft but strong character, his tone became serious and helpless: “If we bypass him and go directly to the Jiang family, he will probably become hostile to us.”

After Xiang Hong pondered, he agreed: “Jiang Chen is too smart. It’s really not a good idea to hide it from him, but are you sure he can accept it directly? No matter how smart he is, he’s still just a child.”

He Yanfeng paused, thinking of something, and suddenly shook his head.

“What’s wrong?”

“The first time I met Jiang Chen, I asked him how old he was, and he said he was eighteen.” He Yanfeng smiled wryly, “It’s because I always thought he was one year older than Qian Jian, so even if he has the same birthday as Qian Jian, I never doubted anything, if I had known…..”

Xiang Hong also felt complicated, guessing: “Maybe he reported his age according to Chinese calendar?” (TN: according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived). In this system, a person’s age is one year at birth, and increases by one year at the beginning of the first solar term)

“I will know later.” He Yanfeng put his hands on his shoulders, and said in a heavy tone, “I’ll be going back first.”

……

All the way home from Xiang Hong’s residence, He Yanfeng was thinking about how to tell his wife about this matter, but he still didn’t think of a suitable way to bring it up even after he got out of the car and entered the house.

He Yanfeng stood at the door, still thinking about it.

Yang Yun, who was waiting in the living room, came out when she heard the sound, with a teasing smile on her face: “All preparations for Qian Jian’s birthday party is ready, so you don’t need to find excuses to go to Xiao Xiang’s place to hide tomorrow.”

Approaching and seeing the expression on He Yanfeng’s face clearly, the smile on Yang Yun’s face faded, and there was more worry in her voice: “What’s the matter? Did something really happen on Xiao Xiang’s side?”

He Yanfeng changed his shoes and walked in: “Let’s go to the study, I have something to tell you.”

Yang Yun’s heart skipped a beat, and she couldn’t help becoming worried. Except for the time when the He family refused to accept her at first, even through the ups and downs of the company, she had never seen her husband with such a solemn expression. She hurried her pace to walk at He Yanfeng’s side: “Honey, what’s the matter? Don’t scare me.”

He Yanfeng shook his head: “Let’s go to the study and talk.”

“Is it about Xiao Xiang?” Yang Yun was worried, and couldn’t help but continue to ask: “Or is it related to us?”

“It has nothing to do with Xiang Hong, it’s——”

“Dad, you’re back!” The door to the next room suddenly opened, and He Qianyu ran out wearing rabbit pajamas, and threw herself into He Yanfeng’s arms.

He Yanfeng rubbed his daughter’s head, and the expression on his face softened a bit: “Our little princess is still not asleep.”

“I was waiting for you!” He Qianyu hugged He Yanfeng’s waist, and looked around behind him: “Where’s the watercolor pen you promised to buy me?”

He Yanfeng’s hand on her head paused, and then he remembered that he had promised to buy He Qianyu a new box of watercolor pens before going out.

“I’m sorry, Dad forgot.” After He Yanfeng apologized, he bent down and coaxed: “Can Dad buy it for you tomorrow?”

He Qianyu let go of him, pouted her lips in disappointment, and said in a low voice, “But tomorrow will be too late.”

“Is it an art homework?” Yang Yun knelt down to comfort her daughter and said, “Mom will call your teacher later and explain to the teacher that the watercolor pens at home are used up. Mom and Dad are too careless and forgot to buy them for you, so you couldn’t hand your homework in. Mom will discuss with your teacher about handing it in next Monday, okay?”

“It’s not an art homework, it’s a gift I want to give to Brother Jiang Chen.” He Qianyu lowered her head, aggrieved and sad: “I begged Second Brother for a long time before he agreed to come to my school after school tomorrow to help me give Brother Jiang Chen’s birthday present to him, if I don’t finish it tonight, it will be too late to do it tomorrow.”

Yang Yun was taken aback. She glanced at He Yanfeng, hesitated for a while, and said, “Then Mom and Dad will go out and buy colored pens for you now, okay? Mom and Dad promise to come back soon, and you will definitely have time to make a gift for Brother Jiang Chen.”

“No need.” He Yanfeng rubbed He Qianyu’s head, and said softly: “Tomorrow, Dad will ask for a day off for you, so that you have a day to make a present for Brother Jiang Chen. Now you go to bed first, okay?”

“Really?!” He Qianyu jumped three feet high, her rabbit ears bouncing up and down with her. She stretched out her hand excitedly and said: “Dad must make a pinky promise! Whoever goes back on their word is a little puppy!”

“What are you talking about?” Yang Yun disagreed and said, “How can you just agree to such a thing with Xiao Bao?”

“I have my reason.”

He Yanfeng and He Qianyu hooked their pinkies and pressed their thumbs together. After watching her door close, he turned to Yang Yun and said, “Let’s go to the study, I have something very important to tell you.”

Yang Yun frowned and followed behind He Yanfeng. She waited until the study door was closed, and said: “No matter how important things are, you can’t not treat your child’s studies so carelessly. Now you set a precedent for her to ask for leave for no reason. In the future, she…..”

“Tomorrow our whole family will be going to the old family house.” He Yanfeng took two steps towards the desk, stopped and said, “Except for Qian Jian.”

Yang Yun was taken aback for a moment, but she didn’t think there was anything wrong with not letting He Qianjian go to the old family house together. She just thought that her husband might be worried about delaying their eldest son’s studies as he was in his third year of high school. She worried, “Why do you suddenly want to go back to the old family house? Is it your parents? Do they need us for something?”

He Yanfeng shook his head, gripping the document envelope tightly. He attempted to lift it up several times, but in the end he just put it on the desk.

“Honey, I have something to tell you.” He Yanfeng took Yang Yun’s hand, his voice was a little hoarse: “You have to be mentally prepared first.”

“What’s the matter?” Yang Yun’s heart tightened, and she couldn’t help guessing: “Is it related to our return to the old family house?”

He Yanfeng pulled her to sit down on the chair by the desk, and put his hands on her shoulders. Seeing his wife’s confused expression, he opened his mouth a few times, but he couldn’t utter the words that reached his mouth.

“Just what is it?”

He Yanfeng’s hesitant appearance made Yang Yun get a bad feeling. Her eyes fell on the document envelope on the table, and she recalled that He Yanfeng went to see Xiang Hong, and Xiang Hong’s job was a doctor…..

Yang Yun grabbed He Yanfeng’s hand on her shoulder, and couldn’t help being anxious: “Is it someone in our family? Is someone ill——”

Before Yang Yun finished speaking, He Yanfeng said: “There was a mistake when Qian Jian was born, he is not our son.”

“How is that possible?!” Yang Yun subconsciously said, “Didn’t we do a paternity test when Qian Jian was three months old?”

He Yanfeng was silent for a moment, picked up the envelope on the table, and took out the two reports inside.

“Look.”

Yang Yun took the report, and when her eyes swept over the test materials section, she froze, not daring to say anything: “Jiang Chen?” She raised her head, and the hand holding the report trembled slightly: “How come the test subjects are us and Xiao Chen? What is going on?”

He Yanfeng held Yang Yun’s shoulders, and bent down to meet her eye level: “Jiang Chen is our biological son.”

Yang Yun quickly turned to the last page of the report. Her pupils trembled violently when she saw the sentence at the bottom——according to the results of DNA analysis, Yang Yun and He Yanfeng are supported as Jiang Chen’s biological parents.

“Xiao Chen…..is my son?” Yang Yun raised her head and said, “What about Qian Jian?”

“He should be the child of the Jiang family.” He Yanfeng said, “Didn’t you ever feel that Xiao Chen was very familiar? He’s just like Qian Min and Qian Yu, who inherited your dimples, but his eyes and nose are like mine.”

Yang Yun recalled the quick glance when she first met Jiang Chen, just his profile made her very concerned, and every time she met him later, her fondness for that boy became more and more. Once she only thought that this was due to the affinity between Jiang Chen and their family, but she never thought that Jiang Chen was her biological son!

As long as she thought of Jiang Chen being her own son, she couldn’t help but carefully trace the facial features of the young man in her memory. Just like what her husband said, every inch of him was like the perfect combination of her and her husband’s facial features. Unlike Qian Jian…..

“What about Qian Jian?” Yang Yun raised her head abruptly, “Xiao Chen is our son, but what about Qian Jian?”

He Yanfeng was silent for a moment: “We have our own son, and the Jiang family also has their own son. Of course, Qian Jian must go back to the Jiang family.”

Yang Yun couldn’t accept it, “But…..we have raised Qian Jian for so many years, and can Qian Jian accept it, he…..”

Her elder son and younger son have completely different personalities. The younger son was casual and didn’t like to be restrained or be flamboyant, but her elder son was very particular on everything and always insisted on the best, including his studies and basic needs…..If he had to return to the Jiang family, the conditions of material life would definitely decline. Before, it was already difficult for him to even accept his decline in grades. If he knew the truth about his birth experience, would he be hit even harder?

“Whether he accepts it or not, it’s the truth.” He Yanfeng said earnestly: “Honey, both Xiao Chen and Qian Jian will soon be adults. They must have the fortitude to accept the facts in order to face more setbacks in the future. If you don’t tell Qian Jian the truth, then on Xiao Chen’s side, will you also want to hide it from him?”

“I know what you say is the right way, but after all, Qian Jian is the child we have raised for so many years, and——” Yang Yun raised her head: “Xiao Chen is our son, and Qian Jian is the son of the Jiang family. We hope that Xiao Chen will come back, but will the Jiang family be willing to exchange back the two children?”

“Xiao Chen has a very good relationship with his parents…..adoptive parents. His adoptive parents must also love him very much. We can accept this truth because we have gotten along with Xiao Chen for a long time. We know what kind of child he is and we like him very much, but the Jiang family has never met Qian Jian, they don’t know Qian Jian’s character and have no relationship with him, so if they are suddenly told that Xiao Chen is not their son, that Qian Jian is their son, it should be hard for them to accept.”

“Think about it differently. If we had never met Xiao Chen before, and suddenly a strange couple came over and told us that Qian Jian is not our child, but another boy we are completely strangers to is our child, wouldn’t you feel that it is hard to accept?”

“And it’s not just that, they not only asked you to accept a child who is a total stranger, but also asked you to give back the child you have loved for more than ten years, would you be willing?”

He Yanfeng fell silent, he had to admit that what Yang Yun said was the truth. But he would look at it more rationally than his wife. In addition to what his wife said, Jiang Chen himself being excellent enough was also one of the important reasons why he quickly accepted him.

Because as the head of the family, He Yanfeng had to calmly consider the stability of the family and the acceptance of Jiang Chen by the rest of the He family.

Jiang Chen and Qian Min and Qian Yu got along very well. One could imagine how happy Qian Min would be after learning that Jiang Chen was his real brother. Perhaps their daughter would find it hard to accept it at first, but she liked Jiang Chen very much, and it would not take too much time for her to accept Jiang Chen. In this way, Jiang Chen’s return to the He family would hardly have any negative impact on the stability of the family.

As for the rest of the He family, He Yanfeng knew his parents and siblings very well. The two elders may have feelings for He Qianjian and it might be difficult to let go, but at the same time they would never let their biological grandchild stranded outside unrecognized. As for his elder brother He Yanjun and elder sister He Yanya, one had He Qianyang as a mediator, and the other was engaged in the scientific research industry and would definitely have common interests with Jiang Chen.

It was because of such comprehensive consideration that He Yanfeng was able to accept Jiang Chen so quickly.

But would the Jiang family, who had never met He Qianjian, accept a completely unfamiliar boy? Also, could they really agree to let Jiang Chen and He Qianjian change back to their original identities?

He Yanfeng sat down on the other side of the desk, his voice was calm and low: “So I have decided to tell Jiang Chen about this matter first, and after discussing it with him, we will tell the Jiang couple together.”

“Tell Xiao Chen first?” Yang Yun was startled, “When?”

“Tomorrow.” He Yanfeng said: “After telling my parents about this, we will wait for him at the gate of his school after school.”

Yang Yun hesitated: “His birthday is the day after tomorrow, would telling him about it before his birthday…..”

“It’s because his birthday is the day after tomorrow that I have to clarify this matter tomorrow.” He Yanfeng tapped his fingers on the desk, pondered for a moment and said: “Also, I will notify them tomorrow morning and anmounce that Qian Jian’s birthday party will be canceled.”

“Why suddenly cancel the birthday party?” Yang Yun sat up straight, frowning slightly: “Qian Jian has been looking forward to this birthday party for a long time. During this period of time, he has been in a much better mood because his birthday is approaching. He would definitely be very upset if it is canceled. Moreover, all the preparations of the banquet have been arranged, but canceling it now…..it will be difficult for him to accept it.”

He Yanfeng shook his head: “Even if I don’t cancel it, when we go to the old family house tomorrow and explain the matter to my parents, my father will still tell us to cancel it.”

Yang Yun was puzzled: “Why?”

“Sooner or later, the identities of Qian Jian and Jiang Chen will be disclosed, and it is very likely that it will be in the near future. Besides relatives and friends, the people invited to Qian Jian’s birthday party also include many of my business partners. These guests will basically overlap with the ones at the banquet disclosing Jiang Chen’s true identity, and with two banquets taking place so close in time, no matter from which aspect, there will be comparisons in people’s hearts, which is not good for anyone.”

“But this is the banquet that Qian Jian had been looking forward to for so long…..” Yang Yun thought of He Qianjian’s increasingly silent and abnormal emotions recently, and felt her heart squeeze, “Even if he is not our biological child, I have raised him for eighteen years, isn’t it okay to treat this banquet as the last thing we can do for him?”

“Then what about Jiang Chen?” He Yanfeng asked: “He has the same birthday as Qian Jian. We found out his identity before his birthday but still held a grand birthday party for Qian Jian. What would he think when he finds out?”

Yang Yun was speechless.

“Also.” He Yanfeng looked at the envelope on the desk, his eyes darkening a bit: “There are many doubts in regards to Qian Jian and Jiang Chen being switched. During this period of time, I realized that I never really understood him. Although many things have not been investigated and no conclusion can be made, he is definitely not as simple as we know.”

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Yang Yun frowned: “What do you mean?”

He Yanfeng held her by the shoulders, and at eye level with her, he said word by word: “I have always regarded Qian Jian as my first child. It is impossible for me to have no feelings for him after eighteen years. Honey, I hope that you can trust me, I have my reasons for doing this.”

“Can’t you tell me?”

“At least not until I figure out one thing.” He Yanfeng sighed, his voice hoarse: “I hope he won’t let me down…..”

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Tu Nan Group, CEO’s Office

He Yanfeng pulled out a few hairs and handed them to Xiang Hong: “What’s going on? You wanting my hair all of a sudden.”

Xiang Hong put his hair away: “Didn’t I say that there was a problem with the DNA test?”

“Can I believe your nonsense?” He Yanfeng said while opening the document to be signed in the afternoon: “How long ago was the last physical examination, if there was a problem, could you have waited until now?”

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Xiang Hong smiled, but immediately stopped smiling in the next second: “I’m checking something, and I need your hair as a sample.”

“What’s up?”

Xiang Hong shook his head: “When the result comes out, if you need to know, you will know.”

He Yanfeng looked at him suspiciously, put the matter aside, pondered for a moment, and said, “I want to ask you something.”

“What?”

“Does your lab do human research?”

“All new drugs must be tested on humans before they are put on the market.” Xiang Hong sat down on one side and asked curiously, “Why are you asking this?”

He Yanfeng opened the folder, his pen pausing, and he was silent for a few seconds. He eventually put down the pen again, and said in a deep voice: “I didn’t mean this, didn’t you study genetic engineering before? What I want to ask is, has there ever been a research subject with that kind of superpower.”

Xiang Hong couldn’t help laughing: “Why do you ask that suddenly? Are you dazzled from watching cartoons with Xiao Bao?”

He Yanfeng glared at him: “Just tell me if there is or not.”

“No.” Xiang Hong thought for a while, and slowly said: “There are no superpowers or supermen in this world. These are just characters in film and television animations. However, some people have done similar human experiments before, but the purpose was for human beings to have superhuman abilities, this kind of experiment has long been banned, and as far as I know, there are no successful examples so far. At least within the scope of my authority, I have never seen a person with real superpowers.”

“If someone can swap two things out of thin air, do you think that’s a superpower?”

Xiang Hong shrugged: “That’s a superhero movie.”

He Yanfeng waved his hand: “I’m too lazy to bother with you.”

“Why do you suddenly ask this?” Xiang Hong and He Yanfeng have been friends for many years, and he knew his character very well, so it was impossible to ask such a question for no reason: “Did you see something recently? Or something happened?”

He Yanfeng paused, and said lightly: “No.”

Xiang Hong was curious: “Then why did you suddenly ask me such a thing?”

The door was knocked twice.

He Yanfeng looked towards the door: “Come in.”

The assistant came in and said, “CEO He, the Madam and Eldest Young Master are here.”

Xiang Hong’s eyes flickered, and He Yanfeng closed the folder: “Let them in.”

“Okay.”

Yang Yun and He Qianjian walked in side by side. Seeing that Xiang Hong was here, Yang Yun was a little surprised: “Xiao Xiang is here too?”

“Sister-in-law.” Xiang Hong glanced away from He Qianjian, stood up with a gentle smile, and said, “I came to see Brother He for something, and we’re almost done now. If you have something to do, I’ll leave first.”

“I just heard that he didn’t eat at noon because of a meeting, so I brought some food over.” Yang Yun put the things she brought on the coffee table in the reception area, and waved Xiang Hong over with a smile: “You can eat some together too, it contains your favorite shredded coconut cubes.”

Xiang Hong followed the good advice and sat down again: “Then I won’t be courteous.”

He Yanfeng also came over and sat down beside Yang Yun. He raised his head and asked He Qianjian: “Why are you here with your mother?”

He Qianjian: “It happened that I had nothing to do in the afternoon, so I came with Mom and helped her carry things.”

He Yanfeng withdrew his gaze lightly, and He Qianjian stood on the side, lowering his head slightly.

Yang Yun gently bumped He Yanfeng’s arm, lowered her voice and whispered in his ear: “What’s the matter with you recently? You are so indifferent to Qian Jian, and the child came to see you specially, yet you don’t even smile.”

He Yanfeng ate a piece of red wine stewed beef, chewed it slowly, as if he didn’t hear what Yang Yun said.

Yang Yun frowned, seeing her eldest son still standing on the side, not even daring to sit down, she couldn’t help feeling distressed, she said softly: “Old He, come with me to the lounge, I have something to say to you. “

He Yanfeng pointed to his mouth and swallowed: “I’m eating.”

“Eat later.”

Yang Yun pulled his arm to stand up, and He Yanfeng had to put down his chopsticks and follow her to the inner lounge.

The door of the lounge was closed, and Xiang Hong glanced at He Qianjian, who had downcast eyes. He put down the dessert fork, and said with a smile, “Come and sit, I haven’t seen you for a long time, how are you doing?”

He Qianjian’s voice was hoarse: “Everything is fine.”

Xiang Hong patted the sofa on one side and said, “What’s going on? Did you quarrel with your father?”

“No.” He Qianjian shook his head, walked to Xiang Hong and sat down.

“Then what’s the matter?”

He Qianmin twitched the corner of his mouth, and said with a wry smile: “Qian Min ran away from home half a month ago, and hasn’t come back for the past two weekends.”

“What is this kid throwing a temper tantrum for?” Xiang Hong raised his eyebrows: “Did you mess with him?”

“As if you don’t know me already, how dare I mess with him.” He Qianjian lowered his head, his tone helpless: “He has always had some misunderstandings with me. Since he went to Yan No. 1 High School, I don’t know what happened. Half a month ago, he said that he would not come back to celebrate my birthday with me next week. Dad was a little angry, said a few words to him, and then he rushed out.”

“Birthday?” Xiang Hong frowned, thoughtfully: “Isn’t your birthday on a weekend? He won’t come back?”

He Qianjian: “He has a friend whose birthday is on the same day as mine, so he must want to celebrate his friend’s birthday more.”

“What a coincidence? Who is it?”

“A student in the third year of Yan No. 1 High School, named Jiang Chen.”

Xiang Hong paused with the fork brought to his mouth: “Jiang Chen?”

He Qianjian turned to look at him: “You know him?”

“My grandfather likes him very much. Some time ago, he recommended him a direct admission to Hua Uni, but he didn’t accept it.”

The smile on He Qianjian’s face froze for a moment, but he quickly covered it up and said, “I didn’t expect Jiang Chen to be recommended by Professor Xiang.”

“He is very talented in computers.” Xiang Hong glanced at He Qianjian’s slightly unnatural expression, and returned to the original topic: “Is it because of his birthday that Qian Min hasn’t come back for two weeks? “

He Qianjian suppressed the jealousy and resentment surging in his heart, and said with a smile: “Yes, Dad may be a little worried about him, so during this time he treats me…..”

His gaze fell on He Qianjian’s reluctantly disappointed and hesitant to speak expression, Xiang Hong’s eyes flashed and his smile faded: “It’s impossible for your father to take his anger out on you because of this kind of thing, you must be thinking too much.”

He Qianjian’s expression changed slightly: “I know Dad doesn’t mean to blame me, he is probably just worried about Qian Min.”

Xiang Hong nodded and changed the subject: “By the way, didn’t you say that you were interested in genetic research before? Recently, I am doing a genome sequence test to study the differences of SNP…..”

Inside the lounge.

Yang Yun let go of He Yanfeng’s hand, and said in a reproachful tone, “Honey, what’s going on with you recently?”

He Yanfeng sat down on the bed: “What do you mean?”

“You know what I mean.” Yang Yun frowned: “Since Qian Min ran away from home, your attitude towards Qian Jian has been very cold. I know you are worried about Qian Min, but even so, you can’t just take your anger out on Qian Jian, he is also our son, how sad he must be to see you treat him like this.”

“I’m not taking my anger out on him.” He Yanfeng said lightly, “It’s just that I’ve been too busy recently and haven’t paid much attention to him.”

“You call just now not cold enough?” Yang Yun sat down beside He Yanfeng: “My son came to see you with me, and you didn’t even let him sit, but let him stand on the side, isn’t that cold enough? “

“It’s not the first time he has come to my office.” He Yanfeng paused, pressed the bridge of his nose, and said in a somewhat impatient tone, “Before, he would always find a place to sit by himself, but this time I have to invite him to sit down?”

“You clearly know that I don’t mean this!” Yang Yun also got a little angry: “You are purposely not getting it, the question I am discussing with you is whether you should blame Qian Jian. Qian Min getting angry and ran away from home is not because of Qian Jian, but because your tone was too harsh, Qian Min and Xiao Chen have a good relationship, it is normal to want to celebrate his birthday together. You clearly could’ve changed your tone or discussed it with him in a different way, you shouldn’t blame Qian Jian for your mistakes and take your anger out on him.”

“Do you remember what Qian Min said before he ran away from home?” He Yanfeng stood up, walked to the French windows, looked out the window and said, “I don’t want to quarrel with you, the conflict between Qian Min and Qian Jian is fundamentally not what we thought before, and this matter is not as simple as you think, since you currently don’t know anything, just leave it alone for now.”

“They are both my sons, how can I not care?” Yang Yun suddenly raised her voice, but after saying this, her voice dropped again, and her eyes turned red: “How can I forget what Qian Min said. It’s because I remember that I don’t know what to do. It’s been so many years, I just hope that they can get along well, even if they don’t treat each other with as much enmity as now, they are blood brothers…..”

He Yanfeng sighed softly, turned around and returned to the bed. He gently hugged his wife’s shoulders, and said with distress: “Don’t be sad, it’s not your fault, it’s because I didn’t handle their conflict well.”

Yang Yun shook her head: “If I could have cared more about Qian Min before the car accident, instead of making him feel that I love Qian Jian and Qian Yu more, their relationship would not be like this…..”

The corners of He Yanfeng’s mouth twitched, and he hesitated to speak. In the end, he didn’t tell his wife about the video, but comforted: “You have always treated the three children equally, and they are very aware of this. Qian Min would not be mad at you because of this. So don’t think too much…..”

In the office, Xiang Hong and He Qianjian were still discussing genetic research, when Yang Yun and He Yanfeng came out. Xiang Hong was smiling and said to He Qianjian: “Since you are so interested in this project, why don’t you also participate?”

Yang Yun happened to hear what Xiang Hong said, and asked curiously, “What are you talking about participating in?”

Xiang Hong turned back with a smile and said, “I’m doing a genome sequence test recently, and I’m still in the stage of collecting samples, so I want to ask Qian Jian for some hairs to use as experimental samples. If it’s convenient, Sister-in-law can also give me a few hairs too.”

Yang Yun didn’t think much, and agreed directly: “Of course it’s convenient, how many hairs do you want?”

“Five are enough.”

Yang Yun pulled out five hairs and handed them to Xiang Hong. Xiang Hong thanked her with a smile and looked at He Qianjian.

He Qianjian was a little hesitant and cautious, but Yang Yun had already pulled out her hair at this time, it would be strange if he insisted on objecting.

His eyes flickered: “Do you want a lot of samples? Uncle Xiang, did you ask my Dad too?”

“Of course I did.” Xiang Hong glanced at He Yanfeng and said, “I asked your dad for it as soon as I entered his office.”

He Qianjian laughed twice: “How many samples do you need? I will go to school tomorrow and I can help you find some from my classmates.”

“Of course, the more the better.” Xiang Hong said: “However, hair as a sample needs special treatment, and the experiment must be carried out within a certain period of time. If you help me collect it, the effect of the sample may be lost.”

“In that case, it seems that Uncle Xiang can only collect it yourself.” He Qianjian’s hands on his knees curled slightly. He raised and pulled out five hairs, and said with a smile, “Here.”

Xiang Hong put away He Qianjian’s hair: “Thank you.”

According to normal procedures, paternity testing generally takes four days, and the first round of test results takes two days. In order to eliminate errors, after the first round of identification, a different group of people needed to be replaced to start the second round of testing by extracting DNA.

Because of the limited number of samples, Xiang Hong only conducted one round of experiments. For higher accuracy, he conducted a complete DNA identification, that is, using the samples of the father, mother, and child for triple identification.

In the first round, Xiang Hong identified the parent-child relationship between He Yanfeng, Yang Yun and Jiang Chen. Before that, he had already identified the sibling relationship between He Qianmin and Jiang Chen, and the result he got at that time was the reason for him to conduct this round of paternity testing.

While waiting for the test results of the capillary sequencer, Xiang Hong sighed deeply, recalling what happened last week.

Last weekend, Xiang Hong came home from the night shift. In the parking lot, he opened the driver’s door and found someone squatting next to his car. It was the middle of the night, and he was naturally startled, but when he looked closely, he found that it was He Qianmin.

He Qianmin sat on the ground with his legs bent, leaning on his car tires, his eyes never moving away from the paper bag he was clutching on his lap. His expression was very complicated, and he seemed to be hesitating and struggling over something. Even when Xiang Hong walked over he didn’t notice until he called out to him.

He Qianmin raised his head suddenly, like a frightened bird. He was relieved after seeing him clearly, stood up and said, “Uncle Xiang, you’re off work.”

Xiang Hong also heard about He Qianmin running away from home, and thinking that he had no place to go on weekends, he couldn’t help feeling distressed: “Why are you waiting out here so late, are you cold?”

“I’m not cold.” He Qianmin pursed his lower lip, looked at him and said, “Uncle Xiang, I want to ask you for a favor.”

Xiang Hong opened the car door: “Let’s talk in the car.”

Sitting in the car, He Qianmin was silent for a long time, until the knuckles of the fingers holding the paper bag turned white, and then said: “I want you to do a DNA test for me to determine whether the owners of the two samples are brothers. Here’s the sample.”

Xiang Hong was a little surprised, and subconsciously asked: “Who and whose sample is this?”

“I can’t tell.”

Xiang Hong paused, and changed the way of asking: “Is there your DNA sample here?”

“If I say yes, would you agree?”

“I can help you with this.” Xiang Hong said: “But I must know the reason why you asked me to do this. Even if it is not specific, I need a reason.”

He Qianmin: “I do have a reason.”

Xiang Hong had already expected it, but he couldn’t help being startled when he got the affirmative answer: “Who is the other person?”

“I can’t tell you.” He Qianmin sat up straight, his eyes cautious and scrutinizing: “Uncle Xiang, I am asking you alone for help on this matter, you can refuse me, but if you agree, I hope you can promise to absolutely not tell my parents about it.”

Xiang Hong agreed, and obtained the results by testing the genetic loci on the Y chromosome. The owners of the two samples were brothers.

At first, Xiang Hong thought it was He Qianjian and He Qianmin’s test, but when he handed the result to He Qianmin, He Qianmin’s expression told him that the owner of the other sample could not be He Qianjian.

Just when he was puzzled, he saw Jiang Chen walking out of the school gate. Jiang Chen didn’t notice them, and stopped under a tree on the opposite road, as if he was waiting for someone, but He Qianmin suddenly became flustered. He returned the report in its envelope in a panic, gave it back to him, and thanked him casually. He then turned around and ran towards Jiang Chen.

On the other side of the road, don’t know what Jiang Chen and He Qianmin said to each other, but they looked at each other and smiled before walking to the other side together.

In a flash of insight, Xiang Hong was filled once again with the strange feeling he got when he saw Jiang Chen for the first time, and an unbelievable guess emerged in his mind.

In order to confirm this guess, he kept Jiang Chen’s unused hair samples, took Jiang Chen’s fingerprints and saliva samples when Jiang Chen came over to eat at their house, and the results of the identification confirmed that the owner of the other sample sent by He Qianmin was Jiang Chen. Only then did he do the triple identification of parent and child.

Xiang Hong’s eyes fell on the computer screen, and in a few minutes, he would get the final result.

As soon as the computer screen lit up, all the data had been transmitted, and was only waiting for him to process and analyze. Xiang Hong walked to the computer, put on his glasses, and looked as cautious and serious as he had ever been before.

At one o’clock in the morning, Xiang Hong took off his glasses, sighed deeply, and buried his face in his hands. The blue light of the computer hit his white coat. He wanted to open the address icon several times, but withdrew his hand again and again.

As a good friend, he found this matter unbelievable. Xiang Hong couldn’t imagine the impact He Yanfeng and Yang Yun would receive if they knew the truth.

Although he already knew the answer, in order to be more rigorous, Xiang Hong turned back to the test table and conducted the second round of triple identification. This time, the samples of He Yanfeng, Yang Yun, and He Qianjian were identified.

Two days later, when the results came out, Xiang Hong immediately called He Yanfeng.

At this time, many people have already received the invitation letter for He Qianjian’s birthday party, the eldest young master of the He family, and have prepared their attire and gifts, waiting for the arrival of the party the day after tomorrow.

The He family had always been very low-key and rarely organized large-scale banquets. Apart from the birthdays of the two elders of the He family, they have only held a total of three birthday parties for He Yanfeng’s three children’s 10th birthday and another one for He Qianjian’s 12th birthday.

It had been two years since the tenth birthday party of He Qianyu, the youngest child of the He family, but the banquet which gathered many big figures from all walks of life still remained something to talk about even now. And now it was the coming-of-age of the eldest young master most favored by his elders, so the grandeur of the banquet could already be imagined.

When his phone rang, He Yanfeng was accompanying Yang Yun and He Qianjian to listen to the banquet process from the party planner. He was just feeling bored when he received a call from Xiang Hong. Before Xiang Hong could even say the reason for asking to meet, he directly agreed.

“Honey, Xiao Xiang has something to find me for, I’ll go there first.”

“Now?” Yang Yun looked at the time: “It’s almost dinner soon.”

“It seems to be quite urgent. You can just oversee the procedures yourself. I’ll leave first.”

He Yanfeng picked up the car keys and went out impatiently. When he arrived at Xiang Hong’s house, when he saw Xiang Hong with an unshaven beard and bloodshot eyes, he almost didn’t recognize him: “What happened to you?”

Xiang Hong went to the sofa and sat down, pointed to the paper envelope on the coffee table, and went straight to the point: “I asked you for your hair before, do you remember?”

He Yanfeng paused: “I remember, what’s wrong?”

Xiang Hong took a deep breath, then let it out slowly, raised his head and said: “I told you at the time, when the results come out, if you needed to know, I would let you know.”

He Yanfeng’s gaze followed his hand and landed on the document envelope, paused for a moment, and then returned to Xiang Hong’s face. He had known Xiang Hong for many years, and he had never seen such an expression on his face.

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He had been in the business world for many years, his intuition had always been accurate, and he was also swift and resolute in his actions. However, the faint premonition in his heart made him hesitate a little: “What do I need to know?”

Xiang Hong sighed: “You can see for yourself.”

He Yanfeng withdrew his gaze, bent down to pick up the file bag, and slowly opened it.

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After filling out Yan Uni’s direct admission confirmation form, Jiang Chen received a call from old Mr. Xiang.

Old Mr. Xiang would call Jiang Chen basically every week. When the laboratory had new data, the domestic computer science research had made new progress, or when he saw a good scientific journal article, these were all the topics of their conversations. Although the two chatted mostly on academic discussion, occasionally other things came up as well.

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The life experience and academic knowledge possessed by a bigwig in the industry were like a vast ocean. Once he was willing to teach a person, it would be an understatement to describe that person’s gain with the words “benefited a lot”. Jiang Chen learned not only professional knowledge from old Mr. Xiang, but also his attitude towards scientific research and his open-mindedness towards life.

Although they hadn’t known each other for long, and they only contacted each other through mobile phones, both Jiang Chen and old Mr. Xiang felt that their relationship was more like a friendship between kindred spirits rather than between teacher and student.

So, when old Mr. Xiang said he wanted to invite Jiang Chen over to his house as a guest, Jiang Chen agreed without hesitation.

On the second weekend of December, Jiang Chen brought the latest “Changjiang Image Recognition System” to the Xiang’s.

Old Mr. Xiang had been waiting in the living room early, and before the housekeeper even had the chance to lead Jiang Chen in, he was already walking over to meet him at a vigorous pace, taking three steps at a time: “Have you brought the new image repair system you researched?”

Jiang Chen raised the backpack he was carrying, and said with a smile, “It’s here.”

“Quick, quick.” Old Mr. Xiang eagerly grabbed his wrist: “Let’s go to my study and let me see if it is as amazing as you said. The few old photos I prepared have been scanned into the computer. Later——”

“Dad.” Coming out of the living room, an elegant woman appeared. She stopped in front of the two of them with a smile, smiled kindly at Jiang Chen, and then looked at old Mr. Xiang: “This is the first time for Xiao Jiang to come to our house. And you don’t even let him sit down and have a drink.”

Old Mr. Xiang turned his head and asked Jiang Chen, “Are you thirsty?”

Jiang Chen hesitated for a moment, and Ms. Xiang winked at him.

“Maybe a little thirsty…..”

“Then you Ah Zhi can bring a glass of water to my study later.” Old Mr. Xiang waved his daughter’s hand away, and said to Jiang Chen as he went upstairs, “Where was I, oh yes, the old photos, those few photos are quite a few years old, and the faces can barely be seen very clearly, perfect to let us experiment with the restoration effect on the photos.”

Jiang Chen was dragged by old Mr. Xiang, so he could only politely nodded to Ms. Xiang, apologized and followed.

Seeing the two of them enter the study, Ms. Xiang smiled helplessly, turned around and walked into the dining room, and said to the girl waiting at the table: “Your grandfather brought him upstairs, and he didn’t even let Xiao Jiang drink a sip of water.”

The girl smiled slightly and said, “I’ve already guessed this would happen.”

“But even though we only had a brief face-to-face meeting, the child looks like a good one.” Ms. Xiang sat down next to the girl, and said with a smile, “Clean and polite, with clear eyes and a good temper. You have good eyes.”

“Eldest Aunt!” The girl huffed, her ears turning red.

“Still shy.” Ms. Xiang teased: “I’ve never seen you care so much about a boy before? You really like him? Didn’t you only meet him once?”

The girl blushed, but her tone was firm: “If you like someone, just meeting them once is enough to be sure.”

Ms. Xiang tapped her forehead: “Don’t say that Auntie didn’t give you a chance, I’ll leave it to you to deliver water to the study later.”

The girl pursed her lips into a smile and nodded.

In the study room, one old and one young put their heads together, staring at the progress bar on the laptop screen.

Old Mr. Xiang: “How long does it usually take to restore a photo?”

Jiang Chen: “Looking at the degree of blurriness, it usually takes less than two minutes. This photo should take longer.”

“I heard that even videos can be repaired?” Old Mr. Xiang asked, “Have you tried it?”

“Tested one hundred and eighty-seven times, and tested it three times after debugging.” Jiang Chen said: “The clarity and restoration are both very high, but the duration is still difficult to grasp. I have improved the testing for more than half a month, but the speed is still the same. The improvement is not much, the fastest in the laboratory was a 20-minute video, the degree of blur was average, and the repair time was 1 hour and 23 minutes.”

Old Mr. Xiang nodded: “That’s normal. It’s the computer’s CPU that slows down the speed, not your software problem. However, the current home computers on the market may not be able to load your image repair system. You are now working with Li De so is this image repair system also going to be authorized to them?”

“This is my own new product.” Jiang Chen shook his head with a smile: “At present, it is not suitable for the market. I haven’t figured out how to go about it yet.”

Old Mr. Xiang pondered for a moment, and said, “Xiao Jiang, if you believe in Grandpa, Grandpa suggests that you sell the Changjiang Image Recognition System to the country or cooperate with the country in research and development. You haven’t entered a national laboratory yet, so you may not be very clear about how much this image repair system can facilitate the current scientific research progress in our country, but you likely already know that its research and development is of great significance to the development of the country in many aspects.”

“I know, so…..”

——Knock, knock, knock.

Jiang Chen paused and looked towards the door.

The conversation was interrupted at a critical moment, causing old Mr. Xiang to frown, a hint of anger in his voice: “Who is it? Come in.”

The door of the study room was gently pushed open, and a gentle and pretty girl appeared holding a tray of water with a smile: “Grandpa, I didn’t bother you, did I?”

Old Mr. Xiang’s expression softened, and a smile appeared on his face: “Why are you here to bring the water? Didn’t you say that you have an appointment with your classmate in the morning and want to go shopping together?”

“My classmate has something to do, so we canceled it temporarily.” The girl turned her eyes to Jiang Chen, and smiled sweetly: “Do you still remember me?”

Jiang Chen nodded: “Miss Han.”

Han Qiya curved her eyes, and her voice contained delight: “It’s been almost five months since we last met at the He’s. I didn’t expect you to still remember me.”

Old Mr. Xiang turned to look at Jiang Chen: “You two know each other?”

Jiang Chen: “We’ve met once.”

There was a hint of cunning in Han Qiya’s smile: “Not only did we meet once, we even danced together.”

Old Mr. Xiang: “When?”

Han Qiya: “At He Qianyang’s birthday.”

Old Mr. Xiang was surprised: “Isn’t that when you just returned to the country?”

“That’s right.” Han Qiya blinked at Jiang Chen: “So this should be considered fate, right?”

Jiang Chen pursed his lips and smiled, but said nothing.

Han Qiya knew when to stop, and she simply put the tray of water on the tea table, and said with a smile: “Last time when I was at the He’s, I noticed that you seldom drink beverages and seem to prefer drinking plain water, so I only brought you mineral water, if you want to drink something else, I’ll go down and get it for you.”

“No, I’ll just drink water, thank you.”

Old Mr. Xiang snorted: “I have never seen you so enthusiastic towards guests before. Alright, you go downstairs to play by yourself. We still have proper business to discuss. Just call us when it’s time to eat.”

“Then I won’t bother you two, don’t exhaust yourselves, remember to rest.”

“Got it, got it.” Old Mr. Xiang waved his hand: “Go quickly.”

The door of the study was closed, old Mr. Xiang glanced at Jiang Chen’s expression, sighed in his heart for his granddaughter, and said, “Let’s continue.”

Back at the desk, the photos on the computer have already been loaded. Seeing the highly restored old photos on the screen, old Mr. Xiang put all the distracting thoughts out of his mind, and couldn’t help but stretch out his hand to rub it, “This restoration rate——it’s too high.”

Jiang Chen smiled, not pretending to be modest: “This is the highest standard that current technology can achieve.”

“If it’s used in military research or medicine…..” Old Mr. Xiang withdrew his hand in a murmur, then turned to look at Jiang Chen: “Xiao Jiang, your system is of great use.”

Pausing for a moment, old Mr. Xiang straightened up and said in a solemn tone, “I hope you will carefully consider my proposal just now. The Changjiang Image Recognition System you developed can bring far more than just money and benefits. If you can make the best use of it, it is very likely to be an important part of promoting the development of the country and making China a world power. Its existence is not only of great significance to China, but also to the development of human science and technology as a whole.”

Jiang Chen said seriously, “I will definitely think about it seriously.”

Old Mr. Xiang nodded, with a gratified smile on his face, but serious eyes: “Don’t disclose any information about the Changjiang Image Recognition System to anyone for the time being, it can be a calamity to hold such a precious thing in your hands. A huge fortune will also bring you danger.”

“But if you encounter trouble, come to me.” Old Mr. Xiang patted him on the shoulder: “Although Grandpa is old, I can still say a few words in some places. It’s no problem to protect you.”

Jiang Chen nodded slightly, and said with a smile, “Thank you, Grandpa Xiang.”

……

There was a knock on the study door, and the person outside said: “Grandpa, Jiang Chen, it’s time to eat.”

The two stopped discussing, and after Jiang Chen put away the scrap paper he had just used for calculations, old Mr. Xiang got up and said, “Let’s go, go down to eat.”

After opening the door and seeing the person waiting outside the study, Jiang Chen’s eyes flashed with surprise, “Mr. Xiang.”

Xiang Hong nodded with a smile and said, “We meet again.”

“What Mr. Xiang?” Old Mr. Xiang said, “You call me Grandpa, and he also calls me Grandpa. You can just call him by his name.”

Seeing Jiang Chen’s hesitant expression, Xiang Hong laughed: “Grandpa is right, we don’t need to be so formal, you can just call me Brother Xiang.”

Jiang Chen followed easily: “Brother Xiang.”

When they went downstairs, there were already two people sitting in the dining room, they were Ms. Xiang and Han Qiya whom Jiang Chen had seen when he arrived at the Xiang’s.

Seeing them coming down, Han Qiya smiled and said, “Grandpa, Jiang Chen, I’ve already prepared the rice for you.”

“What are you standing up for.” Old Mr. Xiang pulled Jiang Chen to sit beside him: “Everyone have a seat.”

Ms. Xiang smiled and said, “Dad, you dragged Jiang Chen upstairs as soon as he came, and you haven’t introduced him to us yet.”

“Introduce what.” Old Mr. Xiang picked up his chopsticks: “Your niece and your son have already met him, and didn’t you just meet him too, it’s just a family meal, how can there be so many bothersome things.”

Jiang Chen got up and smiled slightly: “Hello, Auntie. My name is Jiang Chen. I’m sorry to bother you today.”

Ms. Xiang smiled gently: “Xiao Jiang, you can call me Auntie Xiang. You, Xiao Hong and Ya Ya all know each other so don’t be too restrained and polite. Just treat this place as your own home, and you can come over to play often in the future.”

Old Mr. Xiang: “You tell him to treat this as his own house, yet you let him get up and introduce himself, Xiao Jiang, sit down and eat, just ignore them.”

Jiang Chen smiled at Ms. Xiang and sat down.

The Xiang family didn’t have the habit of eating in silence. Everyone would occasionally say a few words, discussing new periodicals. The atmosphere was harmonious and warm, and Jiang Chen gradually integrated into it.

Just when they finished talking about the new drug discovery in the latest issue of the medical journal, Ms. Xiang changed the subject and looked at Jiang Chen: “Xiao Jiang, I heard that you have been recommended to Yan University. Then this year must be much easier?”

Jiang Chen said with a smile: “Although I have received early admission, there are other things to do, so it’s not easy.”

“Is there anything else?” Ms. Xiang asked curiously, “Are you going to still take the college entrance examination?”

“Including the college entrance examination.”

“I see. Your Grandpa Xiang has mentioned it many times, saying that you are scientific research material but I have never heard of what you are researching. Could you tell Auntie?”

Old Mr. Xiang raised his eyes: “What do you want to know so much for? You’re a pharmacist, and you don’t study computers, so you won’t understand it anyway.”

“Dad, what are you saying, didn’t I learn a lot from you when I was young?”

“You still remember what you learned when you were a child?” Old Mr. Xiang snorted coldly: “If you remembered, how could you go into medicine? Not only did you dive into medicine yourself, you also brought my grandson into it as well.”

“What’s wrong with studying medicine?” Ms. Xiang said, “Do you know that the new type of…..”

At the dinner table, the father and daughter began arguing about the higher achievement of their respective industry.

Xiang Hong leaned over to Jiang Chen, and said in a low voice, “Don’t mind them, my grandfather was angry for a long time because my mother chose medicine instead of computer science, and he had originally  let go of it after a long time has passed, but later I also chose to study medicine. His promising seedling also chose to study medicine, so…..” Xiang Hong shrugged, feeling a little helpless: “We’re used to them arguing every now and then, and this is their way of strengthening their relationship.”

Jiang Chen smiled, “It can be seen that Grandpa Xiang and Aunt Xiang have a very good relationship.”

“I remember you have a good relationship with Shi Fengyue.” Xiang Hong lowered his voice: “I’ll tell you a little secret about him. My grandfather’s most promising seedling is actually Shi Fengyue. When I chose not to learn computer science my grandfather was only angry for two days, but when Shi Fengyue didn’t choose computer science either, he is still angry even now and doesn’t want to see him at all.”

Jiang Chen: “Why?”

“At the beginning, I didn’t choose to study computer science because my talent is mediocre in this area. Grandpa knew it very well, so the anger was at most just anger at me following my mother’s old path, but Shi Fengyue is different. He was only seven or eight years old at that time, and because he was not in good health and could not go out to play he only spent his days with the computer at home and reading books.” Xiang Hong recalled: “For a long time, other than the research institute, my grandfather went to the Shi family’s house every day. He taught him everything he knew, and because Shi Fengyue was too smart and learned things too quickly, while my grandfather taught him, he even also taught himself other branches within computer science every day, just to be able to teach Shi Fengyue fresher knowledge every day. At that time, he really had high hopes for Shi Fengyue and naturally feelings developed after a long time of mentorship, so it was not only just high hopes. Our family all felt that, to Grandpa, Shi Fengyue might be more like another grandson to him than just a student.”

Jiang Chen did not expect that Shi Fengyue and old Mr. Xiang actually had such a past. He raised his eyes and looked at old Mr. Xiang and Ms. Xiang who were still arguing, and suddenly recalled that every time he clashed with Shi Fengyue, Shi Fengyue seemed to be like a copy of old Mr. Xiang, arguing strongly for his views and being extremely stubborn.

“Why didn’t Shi Fengyue choose computer science?”

Xiang Hong sighed softly: “This matter is a knot in Grandpa’s heart, and it is also something that none of us could understand, but I think there must be a special reason.”

“Actually, it wasn’t just my grandfather at the time, because Shi Fengyue was learning things so fast, several old professors in the compound especially liked to teach him, but except for computer science, there was no subject that could keep him going for more than half a year, because it simply didn’t take more than half a year for him to reach the level that others have devoted themselves to studying for a decade, and this was even when he was in poor health and learning many subjects at the same time.”

“So, at the beginning, everyone, including my grandfather, thought that Shi Fengyue would engage in computer science research in the future. Not only because of his talent in computers and his relationship with Grandpa, but also because it is the subject that he persisted in the longest and studied most in-depth before the age of fourteen.”

Jiang Chen raised his eyes: “Before the age of fourteen?”

“Shi Fengyue disappeared for a year when he was fourteen years old, there was a lot of commotion at that time, but I don’t know the details of this incident, I only know that at that time almost everyone thought that something might have happened to Shi Fengyue, but unexpectedly about a year later, he came back. Not long after he came back, he went abroad to study medicine, and Grandpa has been angry because of this until now.”

Xiang Hong put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth and said with a smile: “But I think what Grandpa is really angry about is not because he suddenly chose to study medicine, but because he was worried about what happened in the year when he disappeared without a trace.”

Sitting in the car, Jiang Chen looked at the shadows outside the window passing by quickly, and what Xiang Hong said during lunch came to the forefront of his mind.

Where did Shi Fengyue go at the age of fourteen? What happened that year? How did he live alone for a year without anyone finding out?

Jiang Chen was rarely curious about other people’s experiences, and he also felt that he had no interest in prying into other people’s privacy, but for some reason, these questions kept lingering in his mind, making him unable to think about other things.

At a red light, the car stopped slowly. Jiang Chen scanned all the license plates he could see in front of him, and memorized the numbers and letters in a string in his mind. Cars bagan moving on the other roadway and new cars filled in empty spaces. The wheels in his brain kept running without rest, adding new numbers after the previous numbers, and when the street lights lit up, the combination of numbers and letters had reached the hundreds.

This was his habit when he usually found it difficult to concentrate and get rid of distracting thoughts. Memorizing requires concentration, and when memorizing a string of irregular numbers and letters, he had to recall the numbers and letters he memorized before. Before he knew it, his attention would be completely focused on the combination of numbers and letters in his mind, without any distractions.

However, the method that always worked before lost its effect today. When the car started up again, Jiang Chen dropped the string of numbers and still had those questions in his mind. The difference was that he recalled his conversation with Shi Fengyue in the hospital garden.

He asked Shi Fengyue: Since you are so afraid of trouble, why do you want to be a doctor?

Shi Fengyue asked back: Since you are so smart, why do you still follow the prescribed order?

At that time, although he and Shi Fengyue were the relationship between a doctor and a family member of a patient, every time they met, they would always oppose each other unconsciously, so when he got such an answer, Jiang Chen only thought that Shi Fengyue just didn’t want to answer this question, so he didn’t ask any more and didn’t think much about it again.

But thinking about it now, Shi Fengyue’s expression seemed to be a little different from the previous moment’s casual expression when he spoke, but Jiang Chen couldn’t recall exactly what was different.

……

Not long after Jiang Chen left, Xiang Hong came out of the kitchen.

“Have you finished washing the dishes?” Ms. Xiang was watching TV. Seeing that he was about to go out, she asked, “Where are you going? Didn’t you say you are off today?”

Xiang Hong put the paper bag on the side, put on his shoes and said, “I’m going to the research institute.”

“What’s in your bag? Are you taking it to the research institute?”

“Experimental sample.” Xiang Hong got up: “I’m leaving, don’t wait for me today, I won’t be home for dinner.”

Seeing that he left without looking back, Ms. Xiang let out a sigh and took Han Qiya’s hand: “It’s better to have a girl, if I gave you a sister instead, she would definitely accompany us to watch TV and go shopping together. I might even have a granddaughter already.”

Han Qiya smiled and said, “Cousin must have something important to do.”

After picking up the car from the garage, Xiang Hong called He Yanfeng.

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“Old He, where are you?”

“The company.”

Xiang Hong glanced at the paper bag on the side, looked away, grabbed the steering wheel and said, “I’ll meet you at your company. There seemed to be an abnormality in your DNA test before. I’ll fetch a few hairs from you and check again later.”

He Yanfeng had no doubts: “Okay, I’ll wait for you.”

“See you later.”

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“Big Brother…..”

He Qianmin turned around when he heard footsteps, his eyes lighting up.

“Don’t you know to wear a coat when you go out?” Jiang Chen frowned, took off his jacket, and threw it on him: “Put it on.”

“I’m not cold.” He Qianmin caught the warm jacket, feeling anxious and happy: “Big Brother, can I go to your house tonight?”

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“If I don’t allow you to go, will you sleep on the streets?” Jiang Chen lifted his chin, turned and walked towards the taxi waiting on the side of the road: “Put on the jacket and go back with me.”

He Qianmin hurriedly put on Jiang Chen’s jacket, and the warmth unexpectedly flowed through his limbs to his heart. He grabbed the hem of the jacket tightly, took a few quick steps to catch up with Jiang Chen, and followed behind him step by step.

“Mister, sorry for the long wait, please take us to Zhonghai Park Community.”

The driver smiled and said, “Okay, let’s go right away.”

The heat was turned on in the taxi, and He Qianmin felt the blood gradually begin to flow in his frozen body, and his whole body became warmer. He turned his head to look at Jiang Chen, but seeing his stern expression, he was immediately at a loss: “Big Brother…..”

Jiang Chen’s tone was very mild: “It’s so late, and you don’t wear a coat and don’t bring money when you go out, have you ever thought about what you would do if you are in danger?”

He Qianmin explained: “I have walked this road many times, it is safe even at night, and I have a mobile phone, so I can call you.”

“What if I didn’t look at my phone during my experiments, and my phone was turned off or muted?”

“I…..” He Qianmin never thought about the possibility of Jiang Chen not answering his call, he said honestly: “I didn’t think about it so much at the time, and I felt that you would definitely answer my call.”

Hearing his honest attitude, Jiang Chen didn’t know whether to be angry or to laugh. He caught a glimpse of He Qianmin’s aggrieved and apprehensive expression from the corner of his eye. When he saw him standing alone on the dark street, his anger surged up just like that but now little by little it extinguished.

“Don’t be so impulsive in the future.” Jiang Chen clicked his tongue and raised his hand to pat him on the head. When his eyes swept over his still reddened eyes and nose, the hand that was about to pat again paused. Instead, he rubbed his head vigorously a few times: “No matter what happens, you must put your own safety first, got it?”

“I got it, Big Brother.” He Qianmin was pushed forward by his strength, and his head rested on Jiang Chen’s shoulder. Even when the hand on his head lightened he didn’t move, and the tip of his nose stung a bit: “Big Brother, it’s so good that you’re here.”

Jiang Chen rubbed his head, and his voice gentled: “No more next time.”

“I promise there won’t be a next time…..” He Qianmin said softly.

The driver suddenly said, “This is your younger brother, right?”

Jiang Chen was taken aback, then smiled and said, “Yes.”

The driver glanced at the two of them from the rearview mirror, and said with a smile: “Younger Brother, don’t be so willful in the future. Your brother was so anxious to find you all the way, he kept urging me to drive faster.”

He Qianmin didn’t look up, and Jiang Chen replied for him: “Don’t mind him, he is in a bad mood today, he’s not usually like this.”

“Kids, it’s normal.” The driver said with a smile, “I have two boys myself, just like you two. When the younger brother loses his temper, he doesn’t listen to anyone but his older brother. So I can tell you two are brothers at a glance.”

He Qianmin sat up, turned his face away and sniffed, saying in a muffled voice, “Do we look like brothers?”

“Of course.” The driver said, “Uncle has been driving for so many years. Putting aside everything else, in terms of judging people, I am always on the mark. Don’t even mention you two who look like brothers at a glance. I can also tell at a glance whether they are husband and wife or boyfriend and girlfriend, whether they are going on a date, to catch a cheater, or to divorce. Let this uncle tell you, it is also a science to be able to judge people, for example…..”

The driver was explaining his way of judging people, but He Qianmin couldn’t hear anything. He stared blankly at Jiang Chen’s profile. The neon lights formed a silhouette on his face through the car window, covering up his rapidly trembling eyelashes.

In a flash of insight stimulated by the driver’s first comment just now, He Qianmin suddenly found the answer to a question he had been wondering for a long time: Why did He Qianjian have to have a physical examination at the same time as Jiang Chen every year.

——For drawing blood.

He had fallen into a blind spot before, he always thought that with the He family having a physical examination every year to draw blood, if He Qianjian was not the biological son of his parents, it would be absolutely impossible for him to keep it secret. But he never thought that He Qianjian could use the ability to exchange things through the air to exchange his and Jiang Chen’s blood.

If Jiang Chen was his parents’ biological son and his biological brother, then everything that He Qianjian did before could be explained clearly.

He Qianjian did everything possible to prevent Jiang Chen from meeting them, because Jiang Chen looked too much like the He family, so much that even strangers could tell their blood relationship at a glance.

The strange thing was that, as a real He family member, he never felt that Jiang Chen looked much like him before, so even if many people mentioned in his ears that they looked like biological brothers, He Qianmin would only think it was because the good relationship between him and Jiang Chen made people feel that way.

Some people also said that Jiang Chen and He Qianyang looked alike, but He Qianmin didn’t think so. In his opinion, He Qianyang and Jiang Chen were completely different people. He didn’t even need to look to find the differences between them let alone think they were similar.

Because they were too familiar, so it was easier to distinguish. And it was exactly this familiarity that blinded He Qianmin’s eyes and made him not figure it out until now.

He Qianmin searched for every bit of what He Qianjian said about Jiang Chen in his mind, and strung together all the previous clues into a line, pointing directly to the answer in his heart:

——He Qianjian sent people to stalk Jiang Chen for four years because he was monitoring Jiang Chen, worried that Jiang Chen would find out his identity and expose him; He Qianjian sent Sun Zhi to block Jiang Chen and cut him, and that time happened to be when his father wanted him to take another physical examination to draw blood; He Qianjian sent someone to kidnap Jiang Chen because he wanted to get rid of Jiang Chen, murder him and let the secret be buried in the grave forever; the post on Chenghua forum was deleted so quickly because He Qianjian was afraid that someone would investigate after seeing it…..Everything he did was for one purpose, and that was to prevent people from discovering the truth that he was a cuckoo occupying the magpie’s nest.

He Qianmin grasped the edge of the jacket, his eyelashes trembling violently, and there was only one thing in his mind: He Qianjian was a fake, Jiang Chen was his true brother!

Jiang Chen didn’t hear anything from the boy next to him for a long time, and so Jiang Chen thought He Qianmin had fallen asleep. When he turned slightly, his fingers accidentally touched the other’s cold hand, and so he said in a low voice, “Mister, please turn up the heat.”

The driver also noticed the silence at the back, and after nodding slightly, he turned up the heat without a word.

The rest of the way back was quiet, and the taxi slowly stopped at the entrance of the community.

“Qian Min?” Jiang Chen patted He Qianmin’s arm, “We’re here.”

He Qianmin didn’t sleep at all, and sat up straight when called by Jiang Chen. The inner struggle within him along the way was especially intense at this time. He wanted to tell Jiang Chen the truth immediately, but worried that Jiang Chen might not be willing to accept it.

He had seen with his own eyes how good Jiang Chen’s relationship with Uncle Jiang and Aunt Yang was, so he knew very well that if it were him, it might be hard for him to accept this news as well, moreover he didn’t have any evidence yet.

“Aren’t you going to get out of the car?” Seeing He Qianmin sitting upright and motionless, Jiang Chen laughed and said, “Still not awake?”

He Qianmin regained his composure, hesitated to speak a few times, but finally swallowed the words in front of Jiang Chen’s smiling eyes. Instead he opened the door and got out of the car.

It was quite late now. Yang Si was pregnant and went to bed early and slept lightly, and Jiang Zhuo was afraid that going to bed late would wake her up, so he also went to bed early with her. When Jiang Chen and He Qianmin entered, only a small dim light was left in the living room.

“Be a little quiet.” Jiang Chen reminded in a lowered voice, and led He Qianmin into his room.

It was not the first time for He Qianmin to come to Jiang Chen’s room, but last time he just had a brief glance and didn’t stay long, so now was his true visit. He looked at everything around him curiously: the walnut-colored wardrobe on the left side of the door that was the same length and the same color as the bed. A reading lamp, an alarm clock and a cup of water were placed on the bedside table next to the wardrobe. The bed was covered with dark blue sheets and quilts, which were neatly folded. On the other side of the bed were bookcases that covered the entire wall other than the window. They were full of books, and many more were piled on the floor next to the desk opposite the bed. The desk was very long and large, and should have been specially customized. There was no problem for three people to sit there and do homework at the same time. The desk was very clean, except for the two computers on the left side, one tilted and the other facing the desk line. The other side should be where Jiang Chen usually did his homework, and only a desk lamp and a book were placed on top.

The whole room was not too big, but it was very clean and tidy. There were no books on the bookcase parallel to the lower edge of the window. Instead there was a glass vase near the desk and a few flowers were blooming inside. The empty space next to the vase was filled with all kinds of novel handmade toys, including a train, an airplane and a robot, colorfully placed in the dark-theme room, and it was not obtrusive at all, but rather gave the room a little more warmth.

From these details, it could be seen that the owner of the room must be well-loved and had a very happy family.

“Why are you in a daze again?” Jiang Chen came out of the shower and saw that He Qianmin was still standing at the door in a daze. He put the clothes he just dug out of the closet into his arms: “These are clothes I haven’t worn. The bath towels are also new, the shampoo is in a dark blue bottle, and the body wash is in light blue, go take a shower.”

He Qianmin grabbed the clothes in his hand, nodded with downcast eyes, turned and left the room.

Jiang Chen didn’t notice the strangeness in him, only thought he was sleepy. He brushed his hair casually, walked to the desk and sat down. While turning on the computer, he put on the earphones, and said in a low voice: “Chnangjiang, according to the notes in my address book, search He Yanfeng’s email.”

“He Yanfeng’s email address has been found.”

“Send him a copy of the video I recovered tonight.”

“Searching, sent.”

Jiang Chen took off his earphones, narrowed eyes with a complicated gaze within them, turned around and walked to the window.

……

During the ten minutes of showering, He Qianmin struggled fiercely with himself while analyzing it countless times in his mind, and finally made a decision.

What He Qianjian did proved that he must know his birth background, but it was hard to speculate when he found out about it. The only time frame that could be determined must be before his second year of junior high school. Moreover, He Qianmin was very sure that there must be someone behind He Qianjian helping him, otherwise He Qianjian was only a few days old more than ten years ago, and no matter how omniscient he was, he would not be able to exchange DNA samples between him and Jiang Chen by himself.

However, He Qianmin had no idea who was behind him and what was their purpose.

But he felt that since he already knew the truth of the matter, and that the truth would be revealed sooner or later, the sooner Jiang Chen knew, the better. He Qianjian and the people standing behind him absolutely did not want his identity being exposed, and if Jiang Chen continued to remain in the dark, he would only be in danger.

Standing at the door of the room, He Qianmin took a few deep breaths, and opened the door only after making sufficient mental preparations.

“Big Brother.”

Jiang Chen turned around and saw He Qianmin in baggy clothes, with disheveled hair on top of a fair and handsome face, his eyes wet from the steam, looking at him in a helpless and pitiful manner.

“What’s wrong?” Jiang Chen’s heart softened, and he walked towards him: “Is the water too cold?”

He Qianmin’s eyes fell on the robot in his hand, and he tightened his fingers holding the bath towel, but he couldn’t say anything despite the words sitting on the tip of his tongue.

Jiang Chen noticed his gaze, handed him the robot in his hand, and said with a smile, “Want it? It’s yours now.”

He Qianmin lowered his head, looked at the exquisitely crafted robot in his hand, and said nothing.

“This was a birthday present my dad made for me when I was six years old. He made all my toys when I was a child, and we assembled them together.” Jiang Chen chuckled, pointed at the robot’s chest, and said with a smile: “Do you see this blue piece? In order to surprise me, he specially designed this robot according to the robot character in my favorite cartoon at that time. In the cartoon, the whole body of the robot is red so the wood was painted red before splicing, but when I was a child, I was angry for a long time that he decided on the color of the robot without discussing it with me. In the end, in order to coax me, my dad painted the robot’s body blue, and it became the odd mix it is now.”

He didn’t even need to look at Jiang Chen’s expression, just hearing the tenderness and nostalgia in his tone was enough. He Qianmin’s eyelashes trembled, he touched the piece of blue, and said in a low voice: “Uncle Jiang is very good to Big Brother.”

“Of course.” Jiang Chen recalled: “Since I was a child, all my friends have envied me for having such parents. Especially my dad, because he loves to play with children, and the toys he makes are interesting and beautiful, so those children all like him very much, and there were even children crying and saying that they wanted to exchange their fathers with me.”

“And later?”

“What later?”

“What happened to the child who was crying about exchanging fathers with you?”

Jiang Chen couldn’t help but laugh: “He was spanked by his father, and he never said that again.”

He Qianmin’s grasp on the robot’s knuckles turned white. He was silent for a few seconds before he took a deep breath and raised his head: “Then what if…..”

Jiang Chen raised his eyes: “En? What if?”

He Qianmin avoided his gaze, picked up a bath towel to cover his head, and wiped his hair vigorously. Jiang Chen clicked his tongue, got up, took the bath towel, and helped him wipe his hair: “Have you ever wiped your hair yourself?”

There was silence in the room, and after a long time, a voice came from the bath towel, muffled and soft: “It’s nothing.”

Jiang Chen thought he said no, so he rubbed his hair vigorously, and gently told him: “I’ll only wipe it for you this time, but you have to learn how to do it yourself in the future. This is a basic life skill.”

“Big Brother.”

“What?”

“Nothing.”

……

Knock, knock, knock.

He Yanfeng rubbed his eyebrows, looked towards the door: “Come in.”

“Isn’t the work done yet?”

Yang Yun walked in and put the glass of milk in his hand with a concerned tone.

He Yanfeng took the glass of milk and took a sip. His eyes fell on the mailbox page where there were still no unread emails, and he sighed softly. He didn’t know why, after hearing what Jiang Chen said, he just sat in the study until a quarter past eleven, during which time he didn’t do any work and just waited so dryly.

“Is there still a lot of work?” Yang Yun took the empty glass of milk he had finished drinking.

He Yanfeng shook his head, wrapped his arms around his wife’s waist with one hand, touched the switch button with the other, and said with a smile: “It’s nothing, I’ll sleep right away——”

His eyes suddenly fixed on the (1) unread email.

Seeing his expression, Yang Yun asked strangely, “What’s the matter?”

He Yanfeng’s finger that was already hovering on the power off button slowly moved away. He put his hand on the mouse, moved the cursor, and clicked on the email. This was an email with no title or content, only a video attachment.

“A video?” Yang Yun asked curiously, “Who sent it?”

“A business partner.”

He clearly hadn’t even clicked on the video yet, but He Yanfeng somehow believed that Jiang Chen wouldn’t lie to him. He believed that there were really things related to his two sons that he once misunderstood. His sixth sense told him that these things would not be something people could easily accept, so he subconsciously concealed it from his wife.

If it was really something difficult to digest, then he must first confirm it and make preparations before telling his wife, rather than just frighten and worry her without warning.

He Yanfeng got up, kissed Yang Yun’s forehead, and said with a smile: “I still have some things to deal with, you can go to bed by yourself first.”

Without thinking too much, Yang Yun kissed the corner of his mouth: “Good night.”

After his wife left, He Yanfeng sat down again and clicked on the video.

In the video was a group of laughing students. They were probably playing games and were laughing happily. He Yanfeng could see from the background of the private room that this was a newly opened club near Huyang Wetland Park. Because it was not far from Chenghua, and the entertainment attractions there were varied and novel, it was very suitable for young people. In addition, the owner of this club was one of the leaders in the younger generation circle, Li Nanfeng, the heir of Li De, so it was very popular among the younger generation in the circle.

He Yanfeng and Li Nanfeng had discussed business in this club several times. Because of this, he could see where it was at a glance, and he believed in the authenticity of the video even more. The video was still playing, and several boys in the corner of the screen stood up and walked to the other side.

He Yanfeng’s eyes became slightly more focused, seeing that one among the three boys was his younger son, He Qianmin. The three boys talked and laughed as they walked, and they came to a table filled with drinks. The drink table was full of glasses and bottles, and there were all kinds of drinks from juice to alcoholic drinks.

Unexpectedly, this group of little kiddos dared to drink at a party, He Yanfeng raised his eyebrows and laughed.

However, in the next second, his smile froze on his face. He Yanfeng clicked the space button forcefully, and the video was frozen on the scene of He Qianmin’s bloody hand. He Qianmin’s surprised and pained expression and the bewildered and frightened expressions on the two boys beside him were clearly reflected in He Yanfeng’s eyes, a fruit knife covered with blood on the ground.

He Yanfeng’s hand on the desk slowly tightened and loosened. He pulled the progress bar of the video and moved the time backwards by a few seconds.

——He Qianmin was smiling and talking to his friends while reaching for the glass cup on the drink table. In the direction where his hand was stretched out, the glass cup disappeared out of thin air, replaced by a fruit knife standing upright on the table right before he grasped it.

He Yanfeng watched this video over and over again, and even when his eyes started to become bloodshot, he didn’t know what to think, so he looked up to see the time and date in the upper right corner.

May 22, 8:06pm.

The night He Qianmin returned home with a wounded hand, with stitches and bandaged was May 22.

That night, when he went downstairs to drink water, he found that he was injured. After questioning, He Qianmin replied that he had accidentally cut himself. He didn’t think much about it at the time, but now that he recalled it carefully, he remembered his expression at that time. Compared with annoyance, it was more of a calm and tired look.

——Just like the expression he looked at them with when he ran away from home today.

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He Yanfeng put his hands on his knees and then buried his face in his palms. Every word He Qianmin yelled today was repeated in his mind, and every time it was repeated, he felt more guilty.

While regretting, he was also thinking, if what Qian Min said before was true, then what did Qian Jian do all these years and just why did he do it.

He Yanfeng couldn’t think of a reason.

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“Da Bao.”

“Da Bao?”

“Qian Jian?!”

He Qianjian, who was talking with the system, abruptly looked up when a hand pressed against his forehead. After seeing that it was Yang Yun, he breathed a sigh of relief: “…..Mom, what is it?”

Yang Yun was also taken aback by his clearly frightened reaction. She retracted the hand on his forehead, pursed her lips and smiled, hiding the worry in her eyes: “You went to Wugu Village with grandpa and grandma to look at the house in the morning, how do you feel about it? I heard that you met Jiang Chen there as well, does he live there too?”

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He Qianjian’s forced smile stiffened and his eyes flickered for a moment. Eventually he said lightly, “The scenery is pretty nice.”

“What about the rest? That place is a hot spring village, how about the hot springs?” Yang Yun and He Yanfeng exchanged looks with each other and continued to ask gently.

“I didn’t look much.” He Qianjian lowered his eyes to avoid Yang Yun’s gaze, a trace of worry in his expression: “But it’s on the mountain, there are forests and hot springs, and it feels very humid. I think it might not be good for Grandpa and Grandma to live there.”

Yang Yun also began to pay attention to this. She thought for a while and then said: “In a few days, I will take the doctor there to have a look. If the environment is not suitable for the elderly, then Mom and Dad won’t live there for the time being.” This was directed at He Yanfeng.

He Yanfeng was watching the financial news, and said casually after hearing these words: “Don’t think too much, that house is allocated to veteran cadres, they must have considered the issue of health, and Mom and Dad like it very much. When they came back they even said that the neighbors are very nice. In my opinion, they’ll only be living there for a few weeks in the winter, and it’s rare that they are also willing to move their nest, so let’s not spoil their good mood.”

“How can this count as spoiling?” Yang Yun disagreed: “Mom and Dad are quite advanced in age, so they must take good care of their health. If the house is damp, it will affect the body. What should we do if they get sick?”

“Mom is right.” He Qianjian smiled and chimed in: “Dad, I think it’s really too humid over there. If Grandpa and Grandma live there, it would be bad if their rheumatism got worse. How about we persuade them not to live there?”

He Yanfeng said lightly: “You are becoming more and more exaggerated.”

He Qianjian was startled, but before he could figure out the meaning of He Yanfeng’s words, He Qianyu and He Qianmin came down from upstairs.

“Dad, what are you talking about?” He Qianyu ran to sit next to He Yanfeng and asked curiously, “What is too exaggerated?”

He Yanfeng rubbed her head: “What were you doing upstairs with your brother? You didn’t come downstairs all afternoon.”

“Brother helped me with my homework.” He Qianyu thought for a while, then leaned into He Yanfeng’s ear and whispered: “Brother is so amazing now, he isn’t mean to me when he explains questions like before. I can even understand after one explanation.”

He Yanfeng raised his eyebrows, looked at He Qianmin who was sitting alone on the sofa, and said: “I heard from your sister that you are very gentle in giving explanations to her study questions. Not bad, you have grown up.”

He Qianmin didn’t take it seriously: “It’s not that I used to lose my temper, it’s that she was too stupid in the past, everything must be explained several times, and yet she still didn’t get the hang of it. You would lose your temper too if you were the one teaching her.”

“That’s not true!” He Qianyu waved her small fists and said with puffed cheeks, “Brother used to be super fierce! And I couldn’t understand because he always explained too fast, and he wouldn’t teach me what I didn’t understand, just directly tell me the answer, so that’s why I couldn’t understand, now Brother explains to me step by step, explaining everything I don’t understand, so this way I understood.”

“I taught you the same as before.” He Qianmin didn’t feel that there was any difference between teaching He Qianyu homework now and before, and he insisted on his own opinion: “The only difference is that you have grown up a little bit, and you have leveled up from a stupid piggy to a little dummy.”

He Qianyu pointed at He Qianmin and complained with puffed up cheeks: “Dad, Brother is calling me names!”

He Qianmin rolled his eyes at her and mouthed: little, dummy.

“You’re the dummy!” He Qianyu jumped off the sofa and threw herself on He Qianmin to fight him to the death.

The two children on the sofa instantly became a mess of limbs, Yang Yun and He Yanfeng looked at each other with smiles.

Only when the financial news channel ended did the two of them finally die down. Seeing his daughter with disheveled hair and his son whose clothes were ripped open, he laughed happily, and after laughing, he mercilessly mocked He Qianmin: “Look at you being bullied so pitifully by Qian Yu, your combat power is too weak.”

“I went easy on her.” He Qianmin straightened his clothes and said, “I’m too lazy to quibble with her.”

He Qianyu turned her head away and snorted, but sat squeezed beside He Qianmin and did not leave.

“The way I see it, both of you have improved.” Yang Yun brought over a plate of fruit with a smile. She put it in front of them, rubbed the hair of her children, and said dotingly: “Qian Min has indeed grown up a lot during this time, Mom must praise you.”

He Qianmin blushed, avoided her hand, and changed the subject: “What were you talking about just now? What exaggeration?”

Yang Yun recalled the topic just now, sat down beside He Yanfeng, and said with a smile: “We were discussing whether to go and see the house in Wugu Village. Your elder brother said that the environment over there is too humid, and it may not be suitable for your grandparents to live there.”

He Qianmin glanced at He Qianjian who was sitting alone opposite, and looked away, his voice not even fluctuating: “Didn’t Grandpa and Grandma go to see it this morning? What did they say?”

Yang Yun: “They really like it.”

“Then isn’t that just fine.” He Qianmin picked up his vibrating phone, saw the text message, and a smile appeared on his face. He typed while saying: “That house is Grandpa and Grandma’s, as long as they like it then it’s fine.”

“That’s right.” He Yanfeng raised his eyebrows and smiled, his lips hooking up as he said to Yang Yun: “Have you heard what your son said, the elders have their own choice, we don’t need to nose in.”

Yang Yun was only just worried about the health of the two elders, and what He Yanfeng said just now made sense, so she smiled and said, “I can’t win against you father and son pair.”

He Qianjian didn’t expect Yang Yun to compromise without even a fight, and couldn’t help saying: “Even if Grandpa and Grandma have their own choice, it must be a choice good for them. If it is not good for their health, wouldn’t letting them choose by themselves harm them?”

He Qianmin snorted lightly: “Grandpa and Grandma are already so advanced in age, they have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice, and they would choose better than you with their eyes closed. No need to act like a dog who catches mice (TN: meddlesome).”

“Qian Min.” Yang Yun softly chided He Qianmin.

He Qianmin snorted coldly, bowed his head and continued typing on his phone. He Qianyu leaned close to He Qianmin’s hand, blinking: “I want to text Brother Jiang Chen too.”

“Don’t make trouble here.” He Qianmin didn’t lift his eyes: “My brother is explaining a question to me, don’t disturb my study.”

He Qianyu pursed her mouth and did not speak, quietly watching He Qianmin and Jiang Chen texting back and forth.

Yang Yun looked at He Qianjian and said softly: “Qian Jian, Mom knows that you are worried about your grandparents, but what your father and brother said makes sense, that house should be very suitable for the elderly to maintain their health. When the time comes, if you are really worried, just bring the doctor over when your grandparents live there to have a look, and listen to what the doctor has to say. If it’s not suitable, your grandparents will also follow the doctor’s advice.”

He Qianjian had nothing to say anymore, so he could only nod and smile, “Okay.”

While Yang Yun and He Qianjian were talking, He Qianyu watched as He Qianmin and Jiang Chen sent many text messages back and forth on questions that she couldn’t understand a word. After reading the texts, she only sighed: “Brother Jiang Chen is so gentle. Brother, you are so stupid, but even if you ask a question so many times, Brother Jiang Chen doesn’t think you’re stupid.”

He Qianmin paused and pinched He Qianyu’s face: “If you say anything more, then don’t sit here with me.”

“Hmph.” He Qianyu crossed her arms and said, “Brother Jiang Chen is much gentler than you, I also want Brother Jiang Chen to teach me how to do the questions.”

He Qianmin sneered, waved his phone and raised his eyebrows: “In your dreams, that’s my brother, he can only teach me.”

“You are my brother, and Brother Jiang Chen is your brother, so that means Brother Jiang Chen is also my brother!” He Qianyu had her own logic: “So Brother Jiang Chen is also my own brother!” She even sought validation from others: “Dad, am I right?”

He Yanfeng had been listening to them talking, and he said with a smile, “Yes, Jiang Chen is also your own brother, and you have three brothers.”

“Then I can ask Brother Jiang Chen to teach me, right!” He Qianyu said excitedly, “When are we going to call Brother Jiang Chen over to play at home! I miss him so much!”

Yang Yun said: “Then let’s find a time to invite your Brother Jiang Chen to come and play at home.” For some reason, she always missed that boy very much, and when she heard her daughter say that she wanted to invite him to the house, her heart was already filled with anticipation.

“My brother is very busy.” He Qianmin poured cold water on her: “Now he barely even has time to eat, so don’t make trouble.”

He Yanfeng raised his eyebrows: “Didn’t Jiang Chen already get early admission?”

“But he also has to take the college entrance examination. Our school’s teachers, leaders and principal have all put the burden of this year’s college entrance examination science champion on him. And also, his laboratory projects have to record data regularly, and he even has to stay in the laboratory on weekends. Every day at noon and evening self-study, he would help Brother Shen Xu and Brother Huo Bo with their homework. The questions I don’t know how to do are accumulated before being given to him on the weekend, and he will then teach me in the evening. Even this morning when he went to see the renovated house, it was squeezed out of his rest time, and now he didn’t even have any rest when he went home, he has been teaching me the whole time.”

“Why so tiring…..” Yang Yun said with distress: “You are only a freshman in high school, so don’t bother your brother with the questions you don’t know, and let him rest for a while.” Listening to He Qianmin saying “my brother this and my brother that”, Yang Yun also subconsciously said “your brother”, and she didn’t feel anything wrong after saying it.

On the other side where no one was paying attention, He Qianjian had already dug his fingers into the pillow, and lowered his head to hide his livid face.

“I don’t want to either.” He Qianmin pursed his lips slightly, and his tone seemed to be complaining: “But my brother has to check the Olympiad questions he assigned to me last week every week. If I didn’t do it, he would worry even more.”

“That’s right.” He Qianmin suddenly thought of something: “Let me tell you in advance, I won’t be back on the third weekend of this month.”

“Next, next, next weekend…..” He Qianyu counted with her fingers, blinked and said, “But isn’t that day Elder Brother’s birthday?”

“It’s my brother’s birthday that day too.” He Qianmin quickly sent a text message with his fingers without raising his eyes: “I want to celebrate his birthday with him.”

He Qianjian suddenly raised his head with a strange expression. Yang Yun also recalled that Jiang Chen and He Qianjian had the same birthday. She and He Yanfeng looked at each other with worry in their eyes.

He Yanfeng opened his mouth and said: “If there is someone’s birthday in the family, then the whole family must be there. This is the rule of our He family, and it is not negotiable. And this time is also your elder brother’s coming-of-age ceremony. When the time comes, all the relatives including your grandparents, uncles, and aunts will be there. It will be improper if you don’t show up.”

“It’s fine if you’re all there.” He Qianmin didn’t care. He glanced at He Qianjian coldly, curled his lips and said mockingly: “And I don’t think He Qianjian really wants me to be there, after all, every time this time of the year he always wants to show off. He gave up the competition this time, but I came first in the midterm exam, how embarrassing.”

“Qian Min!” Yang Yun frowned and said, “You mustn’t talk like that.”

He Qianmin snorted lightly: “I’m telling the truth.”

He Yanfeng put away his smile, and his tone took on a hint of warning: “This matter is not for discussion, don’t let me send someone to catch you at the gate of your school.”

“I won’t come back.” He Qianmin stood up and mocked: “I have a bad relationship with him so don’t mention being family. No one in the whole circle doesn’t know. So why pretend to be brotherly? He likes to act but I don’t. If you insist on me being there, then I’m afraid I won’t be there to give any blessings, but there to crash the party.”

“He Qianmin!” He Yanfeng stood up abruptly, and his face darkened: “I’m only saying it once, don’t let me hear you say such things again in the future.”

“Why can’t I say it?” He Qianmin sneered, and the rims of his eyes turned red a little: “For so many years, I have seen enough of you pretending to be nonchalant and muddleheaded! Why should I put up with him! Why should I look at his acting and fake smiles with knives hidden within! Why do I have to look at his attitude when I speak! Why can’t I say a single word when he wants to kill me! Why! You tell me why!” By the end, he almost screamed out.

The room was silent.

He Qianyu’s eyes were red with fright. She covered He Qianmin’s fisted right hand with both hands. Feeling the trembling of his hand, stinging tears fell from the tip of her nose, and she hugged him tightly in silence.

Yang Yun was at a loss, distressed and sad, she opened her mouth: “Qian Min…..” But after she called out his name, she didn’t know what to say, how to comfort him.

He Qianjian hid the darkness in his eyes, and broke the silence with a smile: “Mom and Dad, you don’t have to force Qian Min to come back if he doesn’t want to. It’s fine with me, let’s just forget about it.”

“He Qianjian, it’s a pity that you aren’t an actor.”

The corner of He Qianmin’s mouth curled into a sneering arc, and he coldly looked away. He pulled out his hand and gently rubbed He Qianyu’s head, then turned and left the He family.

……

In Li De’s laboratory, Jiang Chen was testing another version of the recognition system. This version was named after Jiang Chen’s usual naming method, and it was called “Changjiang Image Recognition System”.

The biggest difference between the Changjiang Image Recognition System and the facial recognition system authorized to Li De was the algorithm. Li De’s facial recognition system had a set of independent but fixed algorithms. The biggest use was to recognize faces, while the Changjiang Image Recognition System continued Changjiang’s deep learning algorithm and had an additional image repair function, which could restore blurred images using image super-resolution reconstruction technology.

In the future, Jiang Chen would install this system in Changjiang’s security system that was under development. All systems of the Changjiang series utilized the same database. When the Changjiang system finished loading the database, the Changjiang Image Recognition System would have an amazing effect.

At that time, if a stranger escaped the security scan by chance and breaks into the room with the security system installed, even if he covered himself tightly, the image restoration function of the recognition system could use the powerful database and algorithm to restore his facial features and original body shape. Then the monitoring and tracking functions of the Changjiang system would come into play. As long as the person was not planning to hide in the deep mountains and old forests for the rest of his life, the Changjiang system would be able to drag him out in the open.

At this time, the video Jiang Chen used to test the image recognition system was the surveillance video he had requested from G. The blurred parts in the video were restored frame by frame by the image recognition system, and the appearances of He Qianmin and the others as well as the blurred glass cups on the bar counter became clear. When He Qianmin reached for the glass cup, the high-definition picture made the scene of the glass cup being replaced by a fruit knife more clear.

His phone rang, and Jiang Chen picked it up. Without taking his eyes off the screen, he said casually: “What is it?”

“Big Brother…..”

Jiang Chen tapped his finger, and the video was frozen on the scene of He Qianmin holding the blade. He looked away and asked worriedly, “Did something happen? Where are you now?”

He Qianmin’s voice was hoarse: “Can I come to your house tonight?”

“Are you outside alone now?” Hearing the wind from the other end, Jiang Chen frowned and said, “Where are you, tell me the exact address.”

He Qianmin reported an address, and Jiang Chen got up. He picked up his coat and said, “Find a store nearby and wait for me, I’ll go right over.”

On the way to pick up He Qianmin, Jiang Chen received a call from He Yanfeng.

The unfamiliar number rang three times before Jiang Chen picked it up: “Hi, I’m Jiang Chen, who is this?”

“I’m He Yanfeng.” The voice on the other end of the phone was a little tired, but his tone was very gentle: “Today, Qian Min got in a quarrel at home, and I think he might come to you, so I want to call you in advance. If you see him, please send me a text message to let his mother and I know he is safe.”

Jiang Chen agreed, paused for a few seconds, and asked, “May I know why he got in a quarrel at home?”

He Yanfeng didn’t hide it: “The relationship between Qian Min and his elder brother He Qianjian has always been at odds. I think you should have heard about it. Today’s quarrel is also because of this reason.”

“In my impression, Qian Min is not a child who loses his temper for no reason.” Jiang Chen said indifferently: “He just looks willful, but after getting along with each other, what I see more is his tolerance and understanding. Uncle He, with all due respect, Qian Min’s decision to run away from home is definitely not a sudden impulse, people will only explode when their patience reaches the limit, and if the source of the conflict is not dealt with properly, then things will only get worse.”

He Yanfeng was silent for a while, then sighed softly: “This matter is very complicated, I can’t explain it clearly to you on the phone, but I want to tell you that his mother and I have never been partial to anyone on anything. We just want to try to adjust the conflicts and misunderstandings between Qian Min and Qian Jian to make this family more united and at harmony.”

“How can you be sure that the matter between Qian Min and He Qianjian is really just a misunderstanding? See who has evidence and who doesn’t, or whose words are more credible?”

He Yanfeng was a little surprised. In his impression, Jiang Chen was a very admirable and likable young man. He was gentle, polite and intelligent. It was precisely because he had a good impression of him that he explained so patiently and gently on the phone just now. But he never expected that Jiang Chen would be so sharp and direct.

But what made He Yanfeng feel even more strange was that he didn’t get angry at the offense of a junior who could be his son, and even wanted to explain things clearly to him.

He Yanfeng suppressed the desire to explain, and deliberately lowered his voice: “Then what do you use to judge the truth of a matter? You don’t rely on evidence or judge the credibility, it’s just because you and Qian Min have a better relationship?”

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Jiang Chen looked up and saw He Qianmin standing alone under the streetlight in front of him, told the driver to stop the car, and then said to He Yanfeng: “I found Qian Min.”

He opened the car door and walked towards He Qianmin. Before hanging up the call, he said lightly: “Uncle He, I will send you a video when I get back. Please check your email at about eleven o’clock. After watching the video, I hope your judgment of credibility will change.”

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