As soon as Yang Tianci walked to the gate of the community, he saw many people surrounding the downstairs of his building, and he could also vaguely hear the sound of beating and cursing. He was stunned for a moment, and immediately quickened his pace: “Move aside, move aside, what’s going on? What are you doing downstairs in front of our building?”

An old man with a fan was pushed off balance by him. After he stood up, he spat and cursed, “What are you still even asking for? The loan sharks have already come knocking. You don’t know what is happening when the money was borrowed by you?”

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When other people saw Yang Tianci, they also said:

“Xiao Yang, go back and have a look, your wife and mother are crying.”

“Ai, what’s the matter with you kid? Why did you borrow so much money? The debt collectors are already at your door. Your dad was pushed by someone just now, and he fell down for a long time and couldn’t get up!”

“You have a wife and a child yet you don’t know to be more mature. I always heard that you made money by speculating in stocks. I was wondering how you got your money, but it turned out to be from a loan shark.”

“That’s right….”

Yang Tianci was dazed by the scolding raining down on him, and it was Yang Shengmao behind him who squeezed in first. After seeing the situation at home, he yelled: “Grandma! Mom!”

Yang Tianci was awakened by his son’s screams. He immediately pushed aside the crowd and walked in. Everyone gave way consciously and he soon saw the situation at home:

The Yang family was on the first floor, and there was a small garden attached to the building. The Yang family pulled out the flowers and instead planted vegetables. The normally juicy vegetable field had been trampled into a mess. The door and the windows have been splashed with red paint, exuding a strong pungent smell. And looking in through the window with the curtains drawn back, he could also see a few large and burly men who were not easily messed with at just a glance. The furniture had also been smashed to the point that almost nothing was whole.

A man wearing a gold chain and a tattoo on his arm came out, holding a note in his left hand and tapping the palm of his right hand lightly. He casually looked at him while tapping: “You are Yang Tianci?”

Yang Tianci’s brain went numb, and he subconsciously wanted to deny it, but Yang Shengmao spoke first: “He is my father! Speak with my father if you have a problem, don’t hurt my mother or my grandma!”

Yang Tianci froze, and his eyes widened a little bit. Old lady Yang and Yang Shengmao’s mother hugged Yang Shengmao tightly and wept bitterly in gratification and fear.

Looking at the tattooed man who was getting closer and closer, Yang Tianci subconsciously took half a step back, and said, “I…..am Yang Tianci, but I don’t owe anyone money and I haven’t borrowed money from usury. Did you find the wrong person?”

“Find the wrong person?” The tattooed man snorted, raised the note in his hand, and flashed it before his eyes: “Is the fingerprint and name on it not yours?”

Yang Tianci only had time to see the name of the borrower, and it was indeed his name and his handwriting, but…..he hurriedly explained: “Brother, although this is my handwriting, I really…..”

“It’s yours.” The tattooed man interrupted him, raised his hand to call everyone inside out, and waved his hand: “Hit him!”

The group of men surrounded Yang Tianci in an instant, and the sound of punches and kicks on the flesh could be heard endlessly, with Yang Tianci’s screams and begging for mercy mixed with it. It was a bit frightening to hear in the already dark night.

During this period, old lady Yang and old man Yang tried to pull those people away several times, but they were all pushed away mercilessly. Seeing that these people were becoming more and more vicious, old lady Yang sat on the ground and yelled bloody murder and about calling the police. Shouting to the surrounding neighbors to help.

The onlookers looked at each other in blank dismay. The Yang family usually did not get along well with their neighbors, and there were even many frictions. There was no closeness to speak of and this kind of situation was nothing one could easily get involved with at a glance. If they helped, the Yang family might not even be grateful, while they themselves would be pulled into the trouble. Thinking about it this way, the neighbors scattered in an instant, going home one after the other and closing the doors and windows, as if they hadn’t seen anything at all.

When the group of people stopped, Yang Tianci no longer had a piece of good flesh on his body, half of his face was covered with blood from his nose, and he couldn’t even cry out.

Seeing her son’s miserable state, old lady Yang trembled in fright. When she came back to her senses, she began to curse at the debt collectors, her husband, and her daughter-in-law. Probably because the first two were not easy to mess with, she focused all her fighting power on her daughter-in-law: “You unlucky star, when Tian Ci married you, I knew it was not good. And it really became like this. Not only are you lazy and greedy and don’t know how to take care of your husband and son and in-laws, you also dare to persuade our Tian Ci to borrow usury. What kind of heart do you have! You want to kill this old lady, don’t you…..”

Yang Tianci’s wife was not easily bullied either, she pointed at old lady Yang’s nose and said: “I’m an unlucky star? Why don’t you think about your meddling self poking your nose in other people’s business all day long, and just how to eat and drink and spend money? If it wasn’t for you damn old lady, how could Yang Tianci borrow usury behind our backs? If you ask me, you are the culprit. You should go kill yoursself right away to pay back the money, only then will it not be a waste of having lived this long!”

“You unlucky star…..”

“You damn old lady…..”

The two were arguing endlessly, and they completely forgot about Yang Tianci, who was lying on the side, dead or alive, unknown. They also ignored the big brothers with tattooed arms who were watching the show while eating melon seeds with their arms crossed.

Yang Shengmao looked around and didn’t know who to help, so he said to old man Yang, “Grandpa, Grandma and Mom…..”

“Forget about them.” With a dark face, old man Yang glanced at the debt collectors on one side, and then at the balcony windows of their neighbors above which seemed to be closed, but in fact hid many onlookers. He felt extremely embarrassed.

Yang Tianci, who had been lying on the ground, finally moved. A few seconds later, he groaned while clutching his arm. Hearing the movement, Yang Shengmao stood up immediately. After walking a few steps at first, he saw the big tall men on one side and stepped back to his original position. He called out to old man Yang: “Grandpa, Dad…..”

Old man Yang raised his hand and interrupted Yang Shengmao’s words: “Your father has completely disgraced our old Yang family. The family is unlucky. Just forget about him!”

“But…..” Yang Shengmao looked left and right, really worried.

Old man Yang pulled Yang Shengmao up, and said: “This is their business, not our business, let’s go inside!”

Yang Shengmao was dragged into the building by old man Yang, but before they entered the door, they were blocked by the man with a tattooed arm. Old man Yang shook angrily, “Do you have any conscience? Are you still thinking of finding trouble for me, an old man and a child!”

The tattooed man threw away the melon seed shells in his hand, and sneered: “I don’t care if you are an old man or a child, it’s only natural to pay back the debt. If your son owes the debt, as the father, you have to pay the debt for your son. If I don’t look for you, who would I look for?”

Old man Yang was so choked by these words that he almost couldn’t breathe. He pointed at the man with a trembling arm, and said, “You people are breaking the law!”

“Here’s the IOU.” The tattooed man waved the IOU and said, “In black and white, everything is clear, even if the police come, you still have to pay the debt. I will only give you three days, 300,000 yuan, not even a cent less, or I’ll cut off a hand from your family. You can calculate it out yourself, how many hands and feet your family of five has.”

Yang Shengmao instantly remembered the scene of his wrist being twisted and dislocated in the afternoon, and cold sweat instantly dotted his forehead. He took a step back and hid behind old man Yang.

He realized very clearly: If their family couldn’t pay back the money, these people would really cut off their hands and feet…..

Old man Yang obviously also heard from the tone of the tattooed man that he was not joking, he really dared to do it. Thinking that all of this was caused by Yang Tianci, he was so angry that the hand holding the door frame was trembling uncontrollably. Even after the tattooed man led his men away, he was still muttering: “The family is unlucky, the family is unlucky…..how did I give birth to such trash…..”

Yang Tianci returned home with the support of old lady Yang and his wife, but he was blocked at the door before even entering. Old man Yang pointed at Yang Tianci’s nose and said, “How dare you borrow usury, and even as much as 300,000 yuan, speak, where did you spend all that money!”

Yang Tianci’s arms were weak, his legs were weak and his whole body was in pain. He just wanted to lie down quickly, he said: “Dad, I didn’t borrow any money, those people made a mistake, you get out of the way first, let me in.”

“You still want to go in?” Old man Yang blew puffed in anger and glared: “You still have the face to enter this house? Do you know that those people want you to pay back 300,000 yuan within three days, and if there is even a cent less, they will cut a hand or leg. You are going to kill our whole family! Yet you have the nerve to say you want to go in!”

“What?” Yang Tianci’s wife screamed, “Dad! Those people really said that?”

Old man Yang had a dark face: “Ask Sheng Mao.”

Yang Shengmao nodded with a pale face. Yang Tianci’s wife stared wide-eyed, and old lady Yang rolled her eyes and passed out.

“Grandma!” Yang Shengmao immediately supported the old lady Yang, his eyes red with fright.

“Help your grandma in.” Old man Yang commanded: “Also, Yang Tianci, you go out to borrow money now, and come back after you borrow the money. If you can’t borrow it, I will cut off the father-son relationship with you. Sheng Mao will also do the same. My grandson is still young, and he can’t lack arms or legs.”

Yang Tianci was originally feeling pain all over, and his chest heaved violently when he heard these words, he shouted: “I said I don’t owe any money, I don’t know about it at all! Even if I owe money, you are my father, shouldn’t you help me pay it back? How can I borrow 300,000 yuan in three days? Are you going to watch me die?!”

Old man Yang didn’t answer, but closed the door in front of him and locked it.

Yang Tianci stared at the closed door, his chest heaved violently, and his hands and feet, which were still weak at first, now provoked by anger, suddenly had energy. He kicked the iron door of his house: “Open the door!”

The door remained closed, and he persistently kicked and screamed, but failed to open his own door. However, the neighbors opened the door one after another. A middle-aged man on the second floor came out, stood in the corridor and shouted downstairs. “Yang Tianci, what’s the matter with your family? Let’s just forget about the debt collector scene just now, but now you’re still making noise, how can we even sleep with all the racket? Can your family have a little bit of public morality?”

Yang Tianci’s neighbor also said through the iron gate: “Yes, even if you can’t get in, you can’t kick the door like this. If you kick it, you are only hurting yourself and bothering others.”

The other people who opened the door chimed in. Yang Tianci turned his head with a gloomy face and said, “If I can’t go back inside, you won’t be sleeping either. If you’re not happy, then swallow it back. Stop talking nonsense to me.”

Hearing this, the man on the second floor said angrily: “You’re very arrogant at this time. Why didn’t you peep a word when the debt collector beat you just now? It’s rare to see someone like you who bully the weak and fear the tough to the extent you are. If you dare to borrow usury, you have to know what would happen today. Serves you right!”

Yang Tianci kicked heavily on the iron door, and the entire corridor echoed with the bang. The others were startled by such a sound and fell silent for a second. At this moment, the door of the Yang family opened, and the old lady Yang pulled her son in, saying: “Come in quickly, your father agreed that you can come in.”

The door of the Yang’s opened and closed, and the neighbors who were watching saw that they were finally quiet, and closed their doors one after another.

In the living room of the Yang family, old man Yang was sitting on the sofa, smoking a cigarette. He said: “I discussed this matter with your mother and your wife. The 300,000 must be raised, and it can be raised.”

Yang Tianci was taken aback for a moment, and stared at his parents blankly.

“But first tell me honestly, when did you borrow the money, where did you use it, and how much is left?”

The fire in Yang Tianci’s chest went out in an instant, and he quickly explained: “I really didn’t borrow money. I don’t remember borrowing money at all. If I knew, I would have paid it back long ago. How could the loan sharks come to our house? Mom and Dad, you have to believe me, I really didn’t borrow money!”

Old man Yang slapped the table heavily, and shouted: “You are still lying at this time, your name is written in black and white, and you said you didn’t borrow it! Where did the money go! Tell me now!”

“I…..” Yang Tianci paused for a moment, then suddenly raised his head: “You are not trying to raise money for me, you just want to know where the money is and how much is left, right?”

Old man Yang’s expression changed, and he was so angry that he gasped a few times before pointing at Yang Tianci and said: “Unfilial son! You rebellious and unscrupulous thing, how dare you talk to me like this! If I knew you would do such a thing, I wouldn’t have let your mother give birth to you back then!”

“Shouldn’t have given birth to me?” Yang Tianci sneered, “Why do I remember that you told my two sisters that I am the only seedling and the only continuation of the old Yang family line? Why is it that now that I have a 300,000 yuan debt I am no longer your son? In the end, money is more important than a son, right?”

“You!” Old man Yang pointed at Yang Tianci, so angry that he couldn’t speak.

Old lady Yang hurriedly said: “Why are you talking to your father like this? It’s already wrong for you to borrow usury and put the family in such a situation. Now you still refuse to tell us when you borrowed money and how much money you have left. How can we help you find a solution?””

Yang Tianci enunciated word by word: “I told you, I didn’t borrow any money.”

“Yang Tianci!” Yang Tianci’s wife said angrily with red eyes: “Don’t be ignorant of what’s good for you. If you don’t pay after three days, it’s not just you who will be unlucky, but also your parents, me and your son. Even if you don’t want your parents, even if you don’t want me, you have to think about your son, he is still so young, if those people really cut off a hand or a foot, how will he live in the future?”

Yang Shengmao, who was mentioned, had a pale face, as if he had gone numb after experiencing such a fright, his face practically expressionless now.

“Think about him?” Yang Tianci recalled the scene where he was beaten, but his son only protected his old mother and wife. He sneered, “Which one of you think about me? No one believes me, so why should I think about you all?”

“You!”

“Enough!” Old man Yang slammed the ashtray on the coffee table, every wrinkle on his face full of sinister gloom: “I don’t care how much you have left now, you will go to your sister’s house to borrow money tomorrow morning. I heard that Jiang Zhuo’s operation has already been done, since they have the money to do the operation, they must have the money to help you pay off the debt, let them chip in the 300,000 yuan!”

Yang Tianci and his wife were taken aback at the same time and looked at each other. His wife said: “Dad…..would this work? Last time Yang Si came to our house she severed ties with you and Mom. The relationship has already become so ugly, could she still lend money to Tian Ci?”

“She has to lend it even if she doesn’t want to!” Old man Yang patted the table, and said: “Our old Yang family has raised her to such an age, watching her get married and have a child. Her mother and I are not dead yet, but at this time people are forcing us to a dead end, if she dares disagree, then…..”

Yang Tianci interrupted old man Yang: “She won’t agree.”

Old lady Yang said, “What did you say?”

“With Jiang Chen there, she can’t possibly agree.” Yang Tianci’s eyes were filled with gloom, and he said in a deep voice: “Last time at the door of our house, we said we would cut ties with each other, and that bastard Jiang Chen recorded it. Today when I went over I saw him, and he took out the recording. Not only that, he also hit me, dislocated Sheng Mao’s hand, and threatened me not to appear in front of Yang Si in the future.”

Old lady Yang couldn’t believe it: “He…..hit you? He has such daring?”

“Ask your grandson.” Yang Tianci said, “See if it’s true that Jiang Chen dislocated his hand and relocated it back today.”

All the eyes of the people in the room were on Yang Shengmao, he hesitated but didn’t nod. He didn’t know why, he had a premonition that if they went to trouble Jiang Chen, they might end up worse than offending these loan sharks.

Seeing that Yang Shengmao didn’t speak, the other three people’s eyes became suspicious. Yang Tianci was anxious, walked to Yang Shengmao’s side, slapped him on the head, and said, “Say it! Isn’t that the case!”

Yang Shengmao clenched his fists and nodded slightly.

Old man Yang became angry instantly: “Rebellion! Jiang Chen even dared to hit his elders. He is simply lawless! Sure enough, he has no family education at all!”

Yang Tianci continued: “I think he was pretending in front of us before. In fact, he is full of evil and insidious scheming. If Jiang Chen is around, my sister will definitely not be able to lend us money.”

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“Then what should we do?” Old man Yang said, “There are only three days. Jiang Chen is at home all the time during the summer vacation. He can wait but our family can’t.”

“It’s okay.” Yang Tianci’s eyes flashed coldly, and he sneered, “He offended a young master for some reason, and he gave me a sum of money to monitor him and teach him some lessons at the same time. If I ask him for help, he will definitely be willing to help us, and without that bastard Jiang Chen as a hindrance, Eldest Sister will definitely use the money to help us pay off our debts.”

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The final exam came and ended as scheduled.

Summer vacation was coming, and due to the notice issued by the Education Bureau at the end of June to prevent schools from making up classes without permission, the prospective high school seniors escaped unharmed and welcomed the two-month vacation with cheers.

Jiang Chen originally planned to deal with the Yang family during the summer vacation. After learning that He Qianjian had contacted Yang Tianci, he decided to hold back. He really wanted to know that with the situation of the Jiang family being completely different from that of the first life, how would He Qianjian use Yang Tianci to stir up trouble this time.

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On the morning of the first weekend of summer vacation, Jiang Chen finished his computer work and got up to pour a glass of water. As soon as he walked outside his bedroom, he heard loud and rude knocking on the front door, and stopped. At this time, Yang Si had just gone out to buy groceries. She would not be coming back so soon, and she would never knock on the door like this either.

Probably because the person heard no movements, the sound of a key turning outside the door was soon heard. Jiang Chen walked out of the room, just in time to meet face to face with Yang Tianci and his son who just opened the door and came in.

However, they didn’t expect to see Jiang Chen as soon as they entered the door. Yang Tianci’s expression froze for a moment. He looked around and didn’t see Yang Si, so he asked, “Where’s your mother?”

Standing at the door, Jiang Chen glanced over Yang Shengmao and fixed on Yang Tianci’s face, saying calmly, “What are you doing here?”

“Where are your manners?” A guilty conscience flashed in Yang Tianci’s eyes, and he quickly covered it up, frowning and saying, “I’m your uncle, why can’t I come to your house? This is how your mother teaches you to treat guests and elders?”

Jiang Chen didn’t answer, and stepped in front of Yang Tianci. He stretched out his hand: “Hand over the key.”

“What key?” Yang Tianci snorted coldly, and the bit of guilt that had just risen was suppressed by anger from embarrassment, “What right do you have to ask me for the key, this is the key your mother gave me.”

Jiang Chen’s gaze moved down and landed on his right hand holding the key, and said mildly, “If I remember correctly, this is the key you secretly copied when you came to my house.”

Yang Tianci’s eyes faltered for a moment, but soon he was full of confidence: “…..It’s what your mother acquiesced.”

Jiang Chen didn’t speak, but just looked at him coldly, with his back straight and expression condescending. When Yang Tianci was looked at like this, an unknown anger suddenly burst into his heart. The reason he hated Jiang Chen was because of this look. No matter how cleverly he pretended to be respectful, he didn’t have the slightest respect for an elder in his eyes, and didn’t take him seriously at all.

But so what if he looked down on him? So what if he thought he was superior? It was a pity that he just had the young master’s symptoms but not the young master’s life. If a real young master wanted to deal with him, wouldn’t he just be crushed obediently?

Thinking of this, most of the anger in Yang Tianci’s heart was extinguished, and eager gloating glee appeared on his face, mixed with a weird and twisted mockery: “Jiang Chen——as your uncle, I kindly give you a piece of advice, don’t act like you are superior to everyone, be careful of offending people who shouldn’t be offended, when the time comes…..you won’t even dare to get up when you’re trampled under foot!”

Jiang Chen’s expression didn’t change: “Mr. Yang, I will give you a piece of advice as well.”

Yang Tianci sneered, and walked around Jiang Chen: “Forget about it if you don’t believe me, go get me a glass of water, I’ll be waiting here——”

Yang Tianci bent over, trembling and with a stiffened back. He looked at Jiang Chen in disbelief with a face that was instantly covered with cold sweat: “You dare to hit me?”

Jiang Chen smiled slightly, raised his leg and kicked him to the ground, saying softly, “Mr. Yang, you broke into my house to steal, I am just defending myself.”

The punch and kick occurred within ten seconds. Yang Tianci curled up on the ground, and it took him a while to recover. Bloodshot eyes glared up at him: “I am your uncle!”

“You haven’t been for a long time.” Jiang Chen said as he raised his hand and grabbed Yang Shengmao who rushed over. With a skillful twist of the wrist, Yang Shengmao was left stunned for two seconds holding his dislocated wrist. When he realized that he couldn’t control his wrist he howled: “My hand, my hand is broken! Dad, my hand is broken…..”

Yang Tianci’s eyes were about to burst from their sockets: “How dare you!”

Jiang Chen let go of Yang Shengmao, squatted in front of Yang Tianci, and slowly opened his palm. His voice was as clear as his smile: “The key.”

“You broke Sheng Mao’s hand, you actually…..”

“Yes.” Jiang Chen nodded: “If you don’t hand over the key, not only will his right hand be broken, but his left hand will also be broken.”

“How dare you ahhhhh let go I’ll give you—”

Jiang Chen opened Yang Tianci’s fingers one by one. His tightly squeezed knuckles made a cracking sound because of such a ruthless handling, which also made Yang Tianci’s screams become more and more tragic. Yang Shengmao who was next to him was frightened by this scene. Turning pale, he took two steps back.

Taking out the key in Yang Tianci’s hand, Jiang Chen threw it into the trash can beside the door without even looking at it, lowered his head and asked, “Mr. Yang, I want to ask, what did you plan to do coming here to find my mother?”

Yang Tianci gritted his teeth and said: “I am your uncle, if you treat me like this, your mother will not let you go when she comes back.”

“Wait just a second.”

Jiang Chen got up, entered the room, and came out with his mobile phone not long after. He tapped lightly, and the recording sounded.

Yang Tianci’s already ugly face changed with the play of this recording, turning blue and purple alternately, becoming more and more ugly. When the playback ended, veins popped up on his neck and forehead: “You recorded everything?”

Jiang Chen smiled, put the phone in his pocket, squatted down and said, “So, what did Mr. Yang come here for?”

“You scumbag.” Yang Tianci spat, “I’ve known for a long time that you have one face on the surface and another behind the back. I didn’t expect you to be so scheming at such a young age. You even dared to record the conversation between your mother and I.”

Faced with this evaluation, Jiang Chen blinked in surprise, then laughed, and accepted the evaluation that had never appeared on him in three consecutive lifetimes. He nodded and said: “I have always done unto others as others do unto me.”

Yang Tianci choked, his face turned red.

Yang Shengmao shrank back and didn’t dare to make a sound. Yang Tianci supported himself up from the ground with his hands, and finally sat up. When Jiang Chen took a step forward, he shrank back subconsciously, covered his stomach, and looked at him vigilantly.

“Three minutes.” Jiang Chen said lightly, “Leave immediately.”

Yang Tianci’s eyes were filled with anger, but after a flicker of his eyes, he suppressed his anger again, and said in a hateful voice: “Fine, just you wait.” He got up, pulled Yang Shengmao, ignoring his sharp inhale, and moved to go out.

“Wait.”

Yang Tianci paused, the pain in his stomach made his entire back muscles tense, and he anxiously waited for Jiang Chen’s next move with a fear that he didn’t even want to admit.

Before this, he never thought that Jiang Chen would dare to treat him like this.

In Yang Tianci’s memory, before high school, Jiang Chen didn’t like to talk every time he went to the Yang family’s house, but even if he was unhappy, he would just turn around and leave, and he would even let them know before leaving for the sake of being polite. This made him gleeful, while also feeling that this nephew was extremely hypocritical. Later, when the car accident happened to the Jiang family, Jiang Chen became ruthless towards them, but it was all verbal. And he also understood this, after all, good students were just a bit impressive at talking.

Yang Tianci once thought that this was Jiang Chen’s limit, but only now did he realize that he could be so arrogant. In other words, this was his true face, and he had been hiding this side before, pretending in front of everyone. So he was right, his nephew had been hiding his hypocritical self, and his scheming was very deep.

Jiang Chen didn’t know what Yang Tianci thought of him, and after stopping Yang Shengmao’s struggle, he fixed his dislocated hand in two sharp cracks.

Instantly, Yang Shengmao’s hand could move freely. Yang Shengmao was stunned for a moment, and then his face immediately changed. A boy of twelve or thirteen years old was just at the time when saving face was everything. But when he thought of his father being knocked down by Jiang Chen and his own dislocated hand, he slowly put his fist down again. Pointing at Jiang Chen with resentment, he said: “I will tell Grandma! I will let her scold you and beat you! And your lame dad, I will——”

Jiang Chen smiled slightly, squeezed the hand that had just been dislocated and then fixed, and said softly and harmlessly while Yang Shengmao’s voice stopped abruptly, tears accumulating in his eyes in an instant: “I hope you learn some manners.”

“You——” Yang Shengmao looked at his once again dislocated wrist again, terrified.

“Apologize for your previous words in a polite tone, and then use the right attitude for asking for help to ask me to help you fix your hand.”

Yang Shengmao’s face was pale, Yang Tianci gritted his teeth and said, “Jiang Chen, no matter what happens between me and your mother, Sheng Mao is your cousin, do you still have any conscience?”

Jiang Chen asked back: “No matter what happens between me and Yang Shengmao, my mother is also your sister, do you have any conscience towards her?”

Yang Tianci’s face turned blue and purple, and his voice was almost squeezed out from grinding his back molars: “It’s not up to you to intervene in the affairs of adults, nor is it up to you to educate your cousin. Why don’t you look at yourself? Beating your elder, bullying your cousin, insidious and cunning, what seventeen year old has a scheming heart like you. How are you even qualified to teach Sheng Mao a lesson?”

With a bang, Yang Tianci hunched over the railing and his face turned white as a sheet of paper. Jiang Chen moved, and Yang Tianci shrank back reflexively. Seeing the instant fear in his eyes, Jiang Chen suddenly remembered what Huo Bo once said to him: Some people simply can’t have reason spoken to them, so you just have to let them know reason through a hard fist.

He didn’t understand it before, but after a lot of experience, he realized that this sentence was actually a universal truth, and it was applicable to any situation at any time.

Probably frightened by his father’s tragic state, Yang Shengmao’s preparation for a sneak attack came to an abrupt end. Before Jiang Chen even turned around, he took a few steps back and blabbered quickly with his back against the wall: “I was wrong, I’m sorry cousin, please help me, help me fix my hand…..”

Jiang Chen nodded, and quickly fixed his hand. Under Yang Shengmao’s frightened gaze, he took a step back and said calmly, “I’m not your cousin. Also, remember today’s lesson and speak carefully in the future.”

Yang Shengmao was taken aback, looked at Jiang Chen’s expressionless face, and nodded unconsciously.

Yang Tianci hissed in anger, gave Jiang Chen a hard look, and said, “You just wait.”

Yang Tianci led Yang Maosheng downstairs in a hurry, and before they were about to disappear from sight, Jiang Chen used a voice they could hear, and said in a very calm tone: “If I find out that you went to see my mother without my knowledge, I’ll let you know how much trouble it’s going to be if I try my best to trouble someone.”

Yang Tianci paused, his eyes darkening with sinister gloom. Thinking of the phone call before, he sneered in his heart and didn’t answer. He didn’t turn his head to look at the window on the fifth floor until he walked out of the corridor. Those sinister and resentful eyes appeared cold even in the summer sunlight.

Yang Shengmao saw it by accident, covered his wrist and shrank back a bit: “Dad?”

Yang Tianci withdrew his gaze coldly: “Let’s go.”

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Upstairs, Jiang Chen watched the backs of the two walking away, turned and went back to the entrance. He picked up a recording pen from the gap in the shoe cabinet, and with a flick of his fingers, removed the battery. He thought that He Qianjian would have some new means, but the result was the same as in the first life. Other than surveillance it was to send Yang Tianci to make trouble from time to time, but that was probably all He Qianjian could do at this stage.

Jiang Chen took out his mobile phone and made a call: “Change the previous conditions. The amount mentioned on the IOU is now raised to 50%. Have the Yang family, especially Yang Tianci, voluntarily flee from Yan City by themselves.”

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Throughout June, Jiang Chen spent all his extracurricular time on the program he was designing and the business he had received in the hacker forum. Time passed slowly, and the Jiang family returned to the warmth and tranquility along with its passing.

Jiang Zhuo’s recovery went very smoothly. It was estimated that it would take at least three months for him to walk alone with a cane, but now it only took less than one and a half months. Judging from the recovery situation, he might even be able to resume normal walking in less than three months.

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When Yang Si saw Jiang Zhuo standing up by himself and walking towards her on crutches, she covered her mouth and wept with joy. Jiang Chen stood on the side, hugged her shoulder silently, and then stretched out his other hand to greet his father who came towards them. Jiang Zhuo quickened his pace and hugged his wife and son.

Shi Fengyue stood at the entrance of the rehabilitation training center, silently looking at the family of three huddled together not far away. He stood there for about half a minute, his long eyelashes half drooped, then turned and left.

Jiang Chen caught a glimpse of Shi Fengyue’s passing figure from the corner of his eye, let go of his parents, and said with a smile, “Dad, you and Mom can rest for a while, I’ll go out and buy some drinks.”

“Okay.” Jiang Zhuo smiled brightly, leaned the crutch against the bench, sat down slowly by himself, and winked at Jiang Chen after sitting upright: “Bring me a bottle of ing good.”

Jiang Chen pursed his lips, raised his eyebrows to signal him to look towards the side, and as expected, Yang Si snorted, “Jiang Zhuo, you’ve just recovered and already you’ve begun to act gleeful?”

“I’m just asking my son to buy me a drink!” Jiang Zhuo sat on the sofa alone, but his handsome face was full of grievances: “How am I gleeful?”

Seeing her husband’s pitiful face, Yang Si was annoyed and amused at the same time, and said, “Do you think your son will buy it for you? Did you gorget who found out the last time you smoked secretly? And the last time you drank old Li’s wine it was our son who smelled it on you. Let me tell you, Chen Chen and I are on the same side, don’t think you can influence him.”

Jiang Zhuo looked up with surprised realization: “I just said that your mother was not in the hospital, how did she find out that I was drinking, so it was you who told on me to your mother?”

Jiang Chen smiled innocently and harmlessly. Jiang Zhuo slapped the stool: “You kiddo!”

“You can’t control your mouth and yet you dare to be fierce to my son?” Yang Si cast a disapproving glance at him, thought for a while and said to Jiang Chen, “Buy your father a glass of milk, with just brown sugar. He should replenish his blood after surgery.”

“Honey, it’s been more than a month since I finished the operation.”

“Still.”

Jiang Chen obediently nodded, waved to the two of them and turned to leave.

Jiang Zhuo snorted: “This brat, when he was young, he consciously kept the secret between us men, but when he grew up, he learned to tell on me.”

“What secret?”

Yang Si sat down next to him: “The secret of how it was you who wanted to watch a movie, and said you would take your son to watch cartoons, but you ended up being so fascinated by it that you forgot him at the popcorn place, and caused him to go to the hospital for eating too much. Or is it the secret of how you took him to learn how to ride a bike, but then went fishing by yourself, letting him ride the bike alone and almost falling into the river, changing his clothes before coming back and pretending nothing happened?”

“That was all many years ago, but…..how do you know!”

“Have you forgotten what your son liked to do most when he was a child?”

Jiang Zhuo hesitated: “…..Discuss reason?”

Yang Si nodded: “When your son was young, not only did he like to seriously discuss reason, but he also liked to quote from other sources. Before elementary school, he was best at using his own examples to reason and increase the degree of persuasion.”

Jiang Zhuo: “…..”

Jiang Zhuo changed the subject: “I nearly suffocated staying in the hospital for so long, and now that I can walk on my own with a cane, how about the three of us go to a nearby park for a picnic this weekend, and continue the family ritual once again.”

“You want to drink again, don’t you?”

Jiang Chen’s footsteps faltered, and a few seconds later, he couldn’t help lowering his head and laughing. He walked out of the rehabilitation center amidst the gradually fading conversation.

There was a garden between the rehabilitation center and the inpatient department. If one wanted to get out of the hospital, one needed to go through the garden and a corridor, and go around to the lobby of the outpatient department.

Jiang Chen walked in the garden at a leisurely pace. What he thought might be blurred memories in his mind was actually extremely clear childhood pictures. The family of three going on a trip together, going to an amusement park, visiting a museum, going to the movies, and going on a picnic…..

Since elementary school, almost every weekend, his parents would take him out, even if it was just to go window shopping outside without buying anything, and then to have a meal, they would still persist on going out as a family.

Jiang Zhuo once said: This is a ritual, a ritual for our family of three.

This ritual lasted from when Jiang Chen could remember to his first semester of high school, when it was cut short by a car accident, and since then, it had never continued.

For countless weekends afterwards in the first life, Jiang Chen locked himself in the dormitory or library to study, and then threw himself to work overtime in the company. Later, he transmigrated to the interstellar era, and the dates were no longer counted by the week. But he still stayed up late and working overtime for two days, and because of this, some people regarded this as a peculiar little habit of his.

Now, this weekend ritual, it seemed, could go on again.

Jiang Chen stood in the center of the arch bridge, holding the stone railing with his hands, and looked down at the koi carp wagging their tails in the pond. The sunlight shone on the waves and fish scales, and the waves glittered brightly, as bright as the smile on the corners of his eyes and lips.

Suddenly, a conversation broke the silence in this corner.

“…..the only son of the family, do you know that if you don’t accept this operation, while he might not be able to do anything about you, but I really won’t be able to explain it. Feng Yue, you must also think about Uncle Yang, being a hospital director is not easy to do either.”

“Uncle Yang, I remember we made an agreement from the beginning.”

Jiang Chen recognized Shi Fengyue’s voice almost immediately, it was as deep and indifferent as before, and difficult to distinguish his emotions. But he was a little surprised, the other person seemed to be the hospital director.

“Yes, when you entered the hospital, I promised you that in addition to the regular consultations, the operation arrangement and acceptance of patients is entirely up to you. I have never interfered with you before this, but this is different, his identity is different. The success of the operation on the patient in 506 attracted the attention of several famous professors of orthopedic surgery in Yan City. They are all full of praises for you, and his family also decided on you to be his doctor because of this. Moreover, they have even hired a team to cooperate with you in this operation. Once this operation is successful, not only will you become famous in one fell swoop, but also for the hospital…..”

“No need to say anymore, Uncle Yang, I don’t want to take it.”

“You don’t want to, but I have to take care of this matter, Feng Yue, just for the sake of Uncle Yang who has watched you grow up, promise this time, Uncle Yang will put down my old face and beg you, okay?”

Shi Fengyue said lightly: “I can’t communicate with that family.”

“His family…..” Director Yang was silent for a while, and said, “I’ll help you communicate and definitely let them…..”

Shi Fengyue interrupted him: “Uncle Yang, you know me.”

The wind blew through the leaves, and amidst the rustling wind, a soft sigh sounded, and then the sound of footsteps gradually fading away.

Jiang Chen was sitting on the stone railing, his head turned sideways to meet Shi Fengyue who rounded the corner.

Shi Fengyue’s gaze was mild, and he glanced at him as a greeting, then turned and left in another direction.

Jiang Chen stopped him: “Why did you accept my father’s surgery?”

Shi Fengyue paused, turned his head to look at him, stared at him with calm eyes for a few seconds, then slightly parted his pale lips: “Then why do you trust me?”

Jiang Chen was puzzled, but Shi Fengyue seemed to be suddenly interested. He turned around and walked towards him.

“From the moment you learned my name, you had absolute trust in me. I am curious, where does this trust come from? Because of my name? Or because of my resume? But while my resume looks good, there are many doctors who are better and more experienced than me in China. Moreover, I had just returned to China without any fame or experience in surgery, but you only trusted me to do the surgery.”

Shi Fengyue stopped in front of Jiang Chen, leaned over and stared into his eyes: “Tell me why you trust me.”

Shi Fengyue’s dark orbs gleamed bright, and his thick eyelashes shaded them, leaving a shadow over his eyes, covering the young man reflected in them. Those sharp eyes seem to imprison him in a place where there was nowhere to escape.

Jiang Chen calmly leaned back a little, his eyelids slightly lowered, and after a few seconds, he suddenly raised his eyes and said, “So, that’s why you took on my father’s surgery, and it’s also…..why you don’t accept those people’s surgeries.”

Two pairs of eyes met, and Jiang Chen said with a slight smile: “Dr. Shi, the trust between doctor and patient originally needs to be accumulated through a period of treatment, and most patients who can show absolute trust from the very beginning are desperate and see you as the last life-saving straw. If you ask patients to trust you absolutely when they first see you, then that is a tall order.”

“You didn’t answer my question.” Shi Fengyue straightened up slowly, tilted his head, and looked at the dimple at the corner of his mouth, and smiled suddenly: “But you are very smart.”

Jiang Chen lowered his flickering eyes, and asked with a smile, “Could it be that I’m not right?”

“You are right.” Shi Fengyue took two steps forward, leaning on the stone railing with his hands, looking down at the koi in the pond, with a lazy and tired expression: “Patients who don’t trust me at the beginning often don’t cooperate with follow-up treatment which may also bring on a lot of trouble.”

Jiang Chen tilted his head, stared at Shi Fengyue for a few seconds, and suddenly realized.

“What you want is not trust, you just fear trouble.”

Shi Fengyue didn’t answer, but this already answered for him.

Jiang Chen laughed, and suddenly remembered the rumors about Shi Fengyue that he had heard in his first life. If they knew that Shi Fengyue’s willfulness and ignoring patients in need was not arrogance or perverseness at all, but just a fear of trouble. And once they expressed absolute trust, Shi Fengyue would not refuse, he wondered just how much they would regret it.

He was suddenly curious: “Since you are so afraid of trouble, why do you want to be a doctor?”

Shi Fengyue’s eyelashes seemed to tremble. He stared at the ripples in the pond, then suddenly straightened up and looked down at Jiang Chen: “Since you are so smart, why do you still follow the prescribed order.”

The two looked at each other, and they saw something in each other’s eyes. One smiled and the other raised an eyebrow, and then looked away tacitly.

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Jiang Chen glanced at his watch and said with a smile, “My parents are still waiting for their drinks, so I won’t waste the doctor’s time, I’ll be going first.”

Shi Fengyue nodded, and a second before Jiang Chen was about to walk out of sight, he said casually, “Good luck on the final exam.”

Jiang Chen paused, looked back and smiled, “Thank you.”

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