Chapter 91: Jinjiang comes up alone...

The road in the mountains is not easy to walk on, but Shen Aojun is used to it and doesn't find it difficult.

The only problem was that Jiang Chen, an adult man, was so heavy that she had to stop and rest several times.

She did not forget to pay attention to Jiang Chen's physical condition. After the initial convulsions, Jiang Chen's heartbeat and vital signs stabilized and he fell asleep.

Shen Aojun knew a little about first aid, and after making sure that Jiang Chen was not in immediate danger of death, she quickened her pace down the mountain.

The sun sets, and the sunset glows red on the country road.

At this time of year, many people in the village would take a walk on the country roads to digest their food and chat about family matters.

It's strange today, the road is surprisingly quiet.

Shen Aojun was about to send Jiang Chen to the village clinic. She passed by the village office and found that people from their village were gathered there, with young and middle-aged people gathered inside, women and children gathered outside, and some people were holding flashlights.

Shen Aojun heard the voice of the village party secretary, but the voices around were too noisy, so Shen Aojun couldn't hear what he was saying.

Maybe Murakami had some arrangements, but Shen Aojun didn't take it to heart.

Jiang Chen's safety was more important at the moment, so Shen Aojun was about to leave with him on his back. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a car parked nearby, it had a license plate from another place and had been hanging around their village quite a lot in the past few days.

"Has he found it already?" Shen Aojun thought.

Someone in the crowd saw her and shouted, "Xiaojun, where have you been? The village party secretary just asked someone to look for you."

"Teacher Lin, I went into the mountains and am not at home." Seeing that it was an acquaintance, Shen Aojun replied.

Teacher Lin is a kindergarten teacher in the village. She usually takes good care of Shen Aojun. She is not interested in what is happening in the crowd and walks over across the flowerbed of the village office.

She adjusted her glasses on her face, and then she noticed that Shen Aojun was carrying someone on his back. She was startled, and stepped forward more enthusiastically and asked, "What's going on? Who is this person?"

Shen Aojun did not answer Teacher Lin, but looked at the crowd and asked cautiously: "What are you doing?"

Teacher Lin explained, "Didn't a few outsiders come here a few days ago? The tall one said his brother got lost in the mountains, and he's paying the people in the village to help find him."

Teacher Lin looked at the person on Shen Aojun's back. It was a strange face, and Shen Aojun had just returned from the mountains. This was too coincidental.

Seeing that things were just as he guessed, Shen Aojun hesitated between the frontal attack and the roundabout tactics, and said, "Is the doctor here too? Please call the doctor for me. Someone here needs treatment."

Seeing how anxious she was, Teacher Lin turned around and called for help, and soon the doctor came over.

Shen Aojun handed the person over to the doctor and Teacher Lin, picked up a stick from the side, and then rushed directly towards the crowd of onlookers.

"Village Party Secretary, don't be fooled by them, they are human traffickers!"

Shen Aojun shouted loudly, her voice was as loud as thunder in the plain. The crowd quickly dispersed, and the village party secretary who was speaking looked up at Shen Aojun.

The eighteen-year-old girl stood in the crowd, looking majestic. Although she was young, she was sensible and was admitted to a key university this year. In everyone's eyes, she was already a national reserve talent.

Many people are willing to listen to her words.

It was already dark outside, and Gu Tingsen's patience had already run out when the village secretary gathered people. Now, when he heard Shen Aojun's voice, his face completely sank, as black as a piece of ink.

Seeing that he was unhappy, the village party secretary quickly tried to smooth things over: "This is the Xiaojun I just mentioned. Although she is a girl, she often looks for mountain products in the mountains and is very familiar with the forests. And she knows a few tricks, so she will definitely be able to help."

Shen Aojun stepped forward and pulled the village party secretary over, asking him to stay away from Gu Tingsen and the others, and then said, "No need to look for them, they are not in the mountains. These two people are just dressed like human beings, but they are really kidnappers. The person they kidnapped is the brother of the Jiang family who has been supporting my studies. The roads built in our village, the street lights installed, the schools renovated, and even the students' uniforms were all paid for by the Jiang family. It's your bad luck to meet us today!"

Shen Aojun's last words were addressed to Gu Tingsen.

She didn't know why this person brought Jiang Chen here. She only knew that this was her territory, and as long as she had the influence, she would not let them get away easily.

The good development of Xishui Village in recent years is inseparable from the support of the Jiang and Lu families. A road connecting the village to the national highway has brought livelihoods to countless people. And those cement roads running through the forest have saved a lot of trouble in transporting timber.

The crowd around was in an uproar. They came to help with good intentions, but almost became accomplices in harming others.

"They are actually human traffickers. They are too arrogant. Do they really think that we mountain people are easy to deceive?"

"If Xiaojun hadn't reminded us, we would have been in trouble. This is really too bad. Call the police! We must call the police and have them arrested."

Everyone came to help, and many of them had weapons in their hands. They originally wanted to find someone to clear the way, but now they became tools to confront Gu Tingsen.

There were only two people with Gu Tingsen. The bodyguard sensed the danger and tensed his muscles. He put one hand on the belt around his waist and protected Gu Tingsen with the other hand.

Gu Tingsen stared straight at Shen Aojun. In his memory, this was Shen Zhiyi's hometown. The villagers were ignorant, poor and snobbish. As long as they were paid, they would help with anything.

Before he decided to kidnap Jiang Chen, he sent someone to inquire about the situation. He thought everything was under his control, but he didn't expect Shen Aojun to jump out.

This girl is an extremely conspicuous presence in the village, but why is there no information about her at all in the information I have obtained?

"Little girl, I see you are inexperienced, don't be fooled. My brother has a problem here, I brought him here to relax him and let him recover."

Gu Tingsen's eyes were sharp, and he raised his finger and pointed at his temple, implying that Jiang Chen was sick.

She was just a person sponsored by the Jiang family, who had lived in the mountains since childhood. Could she have really seen Jiang Chen? The most urgent thing was to ask her to hand over Jiang Chen.

Chen Aojun heard his sinister intentions and sneered, "Brother Jiang is the only son, you are his brother? Is your surname Jiang or Lu? Oh, by the way, I heard this person call you Mr. Gu, your surname should be Gu. I know that Brother Jiang has a mortal enemy, who happens to have the same surname as you. Do I need to tell you what your background is?"

Shen Aojun was not completely ignorant of the affairs of the Jiang and Lu families. Her two brothers were quite concerned about her studies and life. They had met each other before.

On one side is a stranger of unknown origin, and on the other side is Shen Aojun who has grown up with them. The villagers know which choice to make without much effort.

"Why waste time talking to them? Just arrest them."

The people in the village don't have the patience for verbal attacks, and the village party secretary has already called the police.

Faced with the aggressive group of people, the bodyguard still protected Gu Tingsen. In fact, with his abilities, it was not a problem for him to help Gu Tingsen intercept these villagers.

There were many villagers, but few of them were trained. Their cars were not far away, so Gu Tingsen had the opportunity to drive away.

But Gu Tingsen didn't seem to have such thoughts. He stared at Shen Aojun intently. The dark night made his figure fall into the dark, and his eyes showed a fierce look.

The bodyguard couldn't understand what he was thinking for a moment.

Shen Aojun held the stick and faced his gaze without any fear.

Behind her is a noisy crowd, but she has calmed down now, like a tall pine tree, revealing tenacity and indomitable spirit.

With the same surname of Shen, the same sponsorship, and the same age of eighteen, Gu Tingsen vaguely guessed something. He lowered his head and laughed, as if he was mocking himself, revealing a bit of sadness.

Shen Aojun was wary of him doing something bad, and his face was tense.

"Xiaojun, the doctor is calling you. Your friend's condition is not good." Outside the village office, Teacher Lin ran over anxiously, and her voice attracted everyone's attention.

Shen Aojun subconsciously ran towards her, ran a few steps and then stopped, turned around and walked back to the crowd. She raised her long stick and pointed it directly at Gu Tingsen.

"Are you behind this?"

Jiang Chen has always been in good health, with no hidden illness. When Shen Aojun saw him fall ill today, he had a hunch that something was not right.

Nowadays, with the development of science and technology, some low-quality drugs have also become popular. These two people were able to bring him here quietly across more than a thousand kilometers, and they also made him not make any noise or noise, so they must have used drugs.

Gu Tingsen did not answer. The bodyguard was a saw-mouthed gourd, and Shen Aojun felt tricky.

Teacher Lin advised her: "Go over and take a look at the situation first."

Shen Aojun thought for a moment, walked out of the crowd, called Lu Chiyuan, explained the current situation in detail, and told him his guess.

Medical conditions in the countryside are limited, and the most common cases doctors come into contact with are headaches and fevers, so it is difficult for them to make a judgment on Jiang Chen's condition.

Lu Chiyuan brought a doctor, and Shen Aojun went straight to the health center and handed the phone to the doctor, allowing the two of them to communicate directly.

Under the guidance of the person on the other end of the phone, the doctor prescribed a prescription for Jiang Chen and gave him an IV drip to promote metabolism in his body.

The bed in the clinic was simple, and Jiang Chen lay quietly on it with a pale face.

Shen Aojun was watching over him, and from time to time he would ask about the situation of Gu Tingsen and the others in the village group.

The villagers surrounded them tightly with weapons, and the children were taken away by the adults and locked up at home, not allowed to come out.

The police station in the town was far from the village and it took them over an hour to arrive with sirens blaring. Not long after they arrived, a new convoy drove into the village.

Jiang Chen didn't know how long he had been walking. He seemed to be stuck in a vicious circle and couldn't get out. It was pitch black all around, and there was no sound. He was a little tired, so he stopped and sat on the ground.

After a long while, he seemed to hear someone calling him. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw a little boy in a shirt and overalls standing beside him, pouting, puffing his face, and kicking his feet unhappily.

"Why aren't you awake yet?"

Jiang Chen was surprised, his body suddenly fell down, and the feeling of weightlessness woke him up suddenly.

As the light came into view, Jiang Chen subconsciously raised his hand to block it, only to find that his hand was being held by someone.

The person holding his hand woke up with this twitch.

"How do you feel? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"

A concerned voice came, and Jiang Chen turned around and saw Lu Chiyuan's face.

However, after only two days of separation, he looked haggard, with dark circles under his eyes, his hair drooping naturally, and a bluish tint around his lips. Compared with his previous elite image, he now had a more decadent temperament.

Jiang Chen grabbed his hand, as if he was grabbing a lost treasure: "You came so quickly."

"I took a plane."

Gu Tingsen took Jiang Chen with him, and the security check was troublesome, and the whole journey was on the highway. But Lu Chiyuan didn't have this worry. Before receiving Jiang Chen's call, Xueqiu had a general direction of his whereabouts, and they took the nearest plane to land.

The assistant coordinated the entire process and arranged the car to ensure smooth passage.

Jiang Chen looked at the unfamiliar and slightly shabby ward in front of him. The solar street lights outside the window consumed energy, and the light became dimmer and dimmer, and the area it could illuminate was limited.

The contrast between the faint light and the strong light in the room made the outside world seem dark and nothing could be seen clearly.

The surroundings were very quiet, so quiet that Jiang Chen had the illusion that they were the only two people in the world.

Jiang Chen asked uncertainly: "Are we still in Xishui Village now?"

"Well, this is Murakami's health center. The doctor has gone home, and I persuaded Xiao Shen to go back as well."

The doctor was only in the clinic during the day, and usually at home. If the villagers couldn't find him here, they knew to go to his home. It wasn't far away, just around the corner.

"Where's Gu Tingsen?" Jiang Chen asked. He had no memory of what happened after entering the forest and had no idea what had happened to him.

He tried to move his injured shoulder and it didn't hurt as much anymore. Someone had given him some simple treatment.

"Xiao Shen revealed his identity, and the villagers called the police, who took him away."

"Will he surrender?"

Jiang Chen was a little surprised. Gu Tingsen would just sit there and wait for death?

Given his character, it is rare that he did not choose to fight to the death.

Lu Chiyuan met the police and learned about the circumstances of Gu Tingsen's arrest. He did not resist at all and was very calm.

"Kidnapping, murder, and selling illegal drugs. His problems are not minor. Even if he escapes today, he will be wanted nationwide."

Lu Chiyuan explained that the lawyer had already dealt with Shen Zhiyi's matter. Her death involved the Gu family's sale of illegal drugs, and now there was chaos within the Gu family.

Jiang Chen touched his neck. Gu Tingsen injected him with a potion that made him unconscious. He vaguely remembered that he had hallucinations before losing consciousness in the forest.

He felt a chill in his heart and asked, "How did I get here?"

"Xiao Shen carried you down from the mountain. The doctor has given you simple basic treatment. We will do further examinations for other problems after we return."

Lu Chiyuan calmed Jiang Chen's emotions. Gu Tingsen did not hand over the remaining antidote. The doctor's basic treatment was only to temporarily stabilize the drug properties in Jiang Chen's body, and there was still a possibility of relapse.

Hearing that it was Shen Aojun who carried him down the mountain, Jiang Chen's face became slightly hot. He couldn't imagine how a girl like Shen Aojun could get him down the mountain under such circumstances. Was it all by walking?

This storm had nothing to do with her and she shouldn't have been involved. The reunion was an unexpected accident. Until now, Jiang Chen still felt it was a little unreal.

"Why didn't she go to school? Didn't school start?" Jiang Chen asked worriedly, "Could it be that the world consciousness has affected her?"

Lu Chiyuan stood up and got a glass of water for Jiang Chen, and handed it to him to moisten his throat: "I asked, she has finished military training, the school is on a high temperature holiday, she came back to play for two days."

The tail end of summer is still so hot, and it is not uncommon for schools to delay the start of school or give holidays for the safety of students.

Jiang Chen was also lucky, if he hadn't met Shen Aojun, it wouldn't have been so easy for him to escape.

Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief knowing that Shen Aojun's studies were not affected. The little girl had finally walked out of the mountains and had a bright future that could not be ruined by the fan fiction world.

Jiang Chen held a paper cup and drank water. The sound of insects came from outside the window. The tranquility of the countryside washed away all the troubles and made people feel comfortable.

After drinking the water, he looked up at Lu Chiyuan, put his hand on Lu Chiyuan's chin, and asked distressedly: "Did you not sleep all the time?"

People who stay up late tend to look haggard and grow stubble quickly.

Jiang Chen was on guard against everything, but he didn't expect that Gu Tingsen's target was him. This kidnapping spanned a thousand miles, and Lu Chiyuan must be looking for him like crazy in the city.

Lu Chiyuan rubbed his palms. He didn't feel tired. With the help of Snowball, he could eliminate a lot of wrong answers.

"Compared to those two years, what are these two days?"

When Jiang Chen was kidnapped, Gu Tingsen said something that pierced Lu Chiyuan's heart. Jiang Chen was kidnapped again because of him.

When he was young, he avoided his own danger by returning home early. Now Jiang Chen put all his body and soul on him and ignored the danger he was also in.

They grew up together, and he, as the older brother, protected Jiang Chen, but in reality, Jiang Chen also protected him quite a few times.

Jiang Chen was so restless because he was in danger, how could he possibly sleep?

Jiang Chen moved to the inside of the bed and patted the pillow beside him: "Come up and sleep, I'll accompany you."

The lights in the clinic's ward were turned off, and the chaos ended that night.

Jiang Chen's body needed a more detailed examination. Lu Chiyuan didn't dare to let him delay in the village. He planned to take Jiang Chen back first and leave his assistant and two bodyguards in the village to clean up the mess.

Shen Aojun still had a few days left of vacation, so Lu Chiyuan asked her to pack up and go with him, to play with them for two days, and then go to school.

After Shen Aojun was admitted to the university, he packed up his things and left after a little hesitation before telling the good news to the two parents.

Before leaving, she gave the key to her house to her assistant so that they would have a place to stay.

The return flight was in the afternoon. Lu Chiyuan received a call from the police station, saying that Gu Tingsen wanted to see Shen Aojun.

Gu Tingsen’s case cannot be handled in the town and needs to be transferred to a higher level, but the formalities have not yet been completed, so he will be detained here for the time being.

Under the current circumstances, it is still possible to meet outsiders.

Seeing that there was some free time, Lu Chiyuan asked Shen Aojun for her opinion, and if she wanted to go, they could meet.

Shen Aojun, who was sitting in the passenger seat, had a question mark on his forehead: "Why does he want to see me? I hit his self-esteem last night, is he going to take revenge on me?"

Jiang Chen and Lu Chiyuan looked at each other, and Jiang Chen whispered, “It’s because of Shen Zhiyi. He knows the truth about the world. He guessed that Shen Zhiyi stole my life, so he might not be able to guess that Shen Zhiyi also stole Shen Aojun’s background.”

Lu Chiyuan said: "If you don't want to go, don't worry about it."

Shen Aojun thought for a moment and said, "Go! Learn about the criminal's psychology. Maybe it can be used as a teaching example in the future."

Jiang Chen couldn't help laughing. Shen Aojun didn't have any fear of being retaliated against, but he had a desire to understand the criminal psychology.

Lu Chiyuan asked the driver to turn around and go to the police station, and Shen Aojun sat in the front to show him the way.

After arriving at the police station to explain the situation, Shen Aojun went to see Gu Tingsen alone, while Jiang Chen and Lu Chiyuan were waiting for her in the lobby.

There was no air conditioning in the police station, only a fan blowing.

Jiang Chen recalled that he and Lu Chiyuan had gone to the police station because of Shen Zhiyi, both of whom were sisters with the surname Shen, and their moods were completely different each time.

Shen Zhiyi is always asking for things and needs Lu Chiyuan to take care of the aftermath, but Shen Aojun is the type who doesn't need to worry about anything at all, she doesn't need to rely on anyone.

"When I was brought to Xishui Village by Gu Tingsen, I just thought he was a psychopath. But now that I think about it, it's not difficult to guess his purpose."

Jiang Chen and Lu Chiyuan sat side by side. He turned his head to look at Lu Chiyuan and said, "This place is remote enough and far enough away. Apart from being related to Shen Zhiyi, we have no connection with him. We subconsciously exclude places that he is familiar with and places that are special to him, so we tend to ignore this place."

"But he doesn't know that there is a real girl from the Shen family here." Lu Chiyuan took a nap and shaved, and looked much more energetic.

He held Jiang Chen's hand, and his thoughts coincided with Jiang Chen's.

They were deeply involved in the fan fiction story, and after they had withdrawn from it, facing the dead Shen Zhiyi, they would no longer associate anything with her.

Gu Tingsen’s plan was good, but God was not on his side. The real girl from the Shen family appeared at the end of the story and completely shattered his dream of becoming the protagonist.

"Your name is Shen Aojun? Your grandfather is a veteran soldier, and you have been receiving financial support from the Jiang and Lu families over the years? You took the college entrance examination this year, and were admitted to a key university?"

Gu Tingsen looked at Shen Aojun who was sitting in front of him and repeated the news he had heard from other people. After he integrated this information, it was not difficult to see the overlap with Shen Zhiyi.

He guessed where Shen Zhiyi's setting came from, half Jiang Chen and half Shen Aojun.

Jiang Chen's part is about Lu Chiyuan's love and indulgence towards him, but what about Shen Aojun?

If the person he met was not Shen Zhiyi, but the heroic Shen Aojun, how would the story end?

Shen Aojun frowned, his face full of disappointment: "Is that all you want to tell me?"

She thought Gu Tingsen would say something harsh and become hysterical, but what happened was he just recounted her past.

Gu Tingsen's eyes were dark, and he asked abruptly: "Will you like me? If we were to meet on campus or in the city, would you like someone like me?"

"Ah?" Shen Aojun looked at Gu Tingsen with a strange expression, and couldn't help but suspect that he had a problem with his brain.

She rubbed her arms and felt like she was getting goose bumps.

"Hey, big brother, are you okay? You're almost 30 years old, and you're asking me if a student who's just become an adult and is still in school likes you? Don't you think what you said is offensive?"

Chen Aojun retorted without hesitation: "What kind of sweet thing are you that is worth me exchanging my future for love? Or do you think that girls who have not yet graduated from school are easier to deceive than their peers?"

Shen Aojun sneered, and without waiting for Gu Tingsen to answer, he made a conclusion: "Then you are really a rotten person!"

Shen Aojun didn't have a love mind. All she had in her eyes was recognition of her own abilities and a yearning and vision for a better life in the future.

What is love? What is a man? That's not what she should think about now.

Gu Tingsen listened to her voice and looked at her face full of disdain. His heart sank to the bottom and he once again realized that he was a clown.

Look, whether it is Jiang Chen or Shen Aojun, they are both sober and rational people. Shen Zhiyi was born from the two of them, but he absorbed only the insignificant aspects of them.

It turns out that the author's love for him is just this.

Obviously, there is the best choice in reality, but she would rather tear it apart, break it, reassemble it, and repair it with cracks, rather than give him the original one.

Gu Tingsen laughed out loud, his expression twisted and crazy.

Shen Aojun was startled and said to the police officer next to him: “He is not quite right, I will leave first.”

The police nodded, and Shen Aojun walked out of the room quickly. When he saw Jiang Chen and Lu Chiyuan, he couldn't help but complain to them.

Narcissist, psychopath, Shen Aojun cursed with all the words he could, and only calmed down after getting in the car.

She had never experienced the world of fan fiction and didn't know why Gu Tingsen asked her such a question.

Jiang Chen and Lu Chiyuan could guess that for Gu Tingsen, the fan fiction world was full of love, but when the disguise of love was torn off, he found that he had nothing.

Shen Zhiyi is fake, but Shen Aojun, who gave birth to Shen Zhiyi, is real. He wants to find the possibility of being loved from Shen Aojun, but unfortunately Shen Aojun's words are sharper than a knife.

Yes, how could a young girl in her prime, with ideals and aspirations, give up everything just because of a man's few words?

The paradise built with hypocrisy will eventually lead to nowhere to find the way.

The car on the way home sped forward, and fantasy and reality were completely separated with the execution of Gu Tingsen.

The sunlight fell into the car, giving Shen Aojun, who was sitting in the passenger seat, a golden edge.

In the back seat, Jiang Chen leaned against Lu Chiyuan, interlocking their fingers. The mountain village outside the window was receding, the mountains were lined up behind them, and that false world was being pulled away layer by layer.

There was no girl named Shen Zhiyi who got on the Lu family’s car and left the mountain that trapped her. There was only a girl named Shen Aojun who packed her bags and ran towards her dream.

Behind her is her respected brother, a pair of lovers.

They broke free from the constraints of the world, put an end to this absurd drama, returned to their own world, and restarted their lives.

The mountains stood quietly behind us in the distance, watching the car go farther and farther away and disappear at the end of the road.