Jiang Chen and He Qianmin looked at Huo Bo at the same time, their expressions showing the same surprise and confusion. Their brown pupils were clear and bright, and the shallow dimple on the left side of their mouths was faintly visible.
Huo Bo's eyes narrowed, and he instantly forgot what he was about to say. He finally understood why he had a familiar yet strange feeling after seeing He Qianmin.
The knuckles of He Qianmin's fingers holding the gauze turned white. He suddenly let go of the gauze, curled his fingers into a fist, and asked with a clenched jaw, "Why do you think so?"
Huo Bo said nothing, his eyes shuttled between Jiang Chen and He Qianmin for dozens of times. Then he suddenly stood up, looked at Jiang Chen expressionlessly and said, "Come out with me."
Jiang Chen sighed helplessly in his heart. When he saw Huo Bo looking back and forth between him and He Qianmin, he knew that Huo Bo must have guessed something, and it turned out to be true.
He Qianmin saw Huo Bo's eyes and felt that what he wanted to say to Jiang Chen was very important. It was not only important to Jiang Chen, but also important to him. He wanted to stand up, but Jiang Chen held him down and rubbed his head: "Let's go out and talk about something. You just sit here obediently."
He Qianmin's slightly open mouth straightened under Jiang Chen's restraining gaze, and in the end she could only frown and watch them walk out.
As soon as Jiang Chen and Huo Bo left, Chen Xu came with three sauce dishes. Seeing that only He Qianmin was sitting there, he asked curiously, "Where are the other two?"
He Qianmin frowned and leaned back: "Out."
"He went out?" Chen Xu glanced at the door and shrugged, "He must have gone to buy some drinks. Let's eat first."
He Qianmin looked towards the exit, his expression tense: "No."
Chen Xu was puzzled: "Not what?"
"...Nothing." He Qianmin glanced at the direction the two left again, retracted his gaze and asked Chen Xu: "You, Huo Bo and my brother, did the three of you grow up together?"
"That's about right." Chen Xu took out the dishes he had prepared earlier and placed them on Jiang Chen and Huo Bo's plates according to their respective tastes. He also left a portion for He Qianmin. As he picked up the dishes, he said, "Jiang Chen and I have known each other since kindergarten, and Huo Bo and I were in the first grade of elementary school. Since then, the three of us have been together until now."
"How did you two meet?"
"Jiang Chen and I? We're in the same class." Not knowing what he was thinking of, Chen Xu suddenly purred, stretched his head and whispered while holding back his laughter, "Don't look at your brother like this now. He was very funny when he was a child. The teachers in our kindergarten all liked to tease him. I don't know who he learned this from, but he loves to reason with people the most. Even if a child snatches his toys, he never gets angry. He just moves a small stool to sit on it. While the other child is playing with the toys that were snatched from him, he will seriously reason with them. Hahahahahahahaha..."
He Qianmin imagined that scene and couldn't help laughing out loud, but when he looked up and saw Shen Xu rubbing his belly with laughter, he became unhappy again and said, "This proves that my brother has been more mature than you since he was a child."
"Indeed, from childhood to adulthood..." Chen Xu placed the freshly served crispy meat in front of He Qianmin: "Your brother ordered this for you, try it. Huo Bo and I were responsible for causing trouble, and he was responsible for cleaning up the mess. He took the blame for us countless times, and the most amazing thing was that he always took the blame on himself. Those teachers would never believe that he did it, but he admitted it. The teachers couldn't do anything to Huo Bo and me, so we were able to successfully get away with it every time."
He Qianmin was eating crispy meat, and his eyes dimmed as he thought of something. Seeing this, Chen Xu changed the subject: "Don't you have a biological brother? You grew up together, did you often fight?"
…
Outside the hot pot restaurant.
Huo Bo got straight to the point: "Who is He Qianmin? He looks so much like you, don't say it's a coincidence"
"My brother."
Huo Bo crossed his arms, frowning as he said, "I remember that your only brother by blood is Yang Shengmao."
Jiang Chen's lips curled up slightly, "Now there is one more."
Ho Bo: "One more...?"
Jiang Chen stopped laughing and said seriously, "I know you have a lot of questions, but before the truth is investigated, I can't tell you my guesses without evidence. Huo Bo, I know you are worried about me, but I can only handle this matter myself. Don't interfere or ask too many questions. When the time comes, you will know."
Huo Bo stared at him quietly for a moment before he said, "I just want to ask one question. Is the Sun Zhi incident related to what you want to investigate?"
Jiang Chen: “Yes.”
Huo Bo's eyes were dark: "If you encounter any possible danger, you must tell me."
Jiang Chen chuckled, and the two of them bumped fists, understanding each other tacitly.
…
When Jiang Chen and Huo Bo returned, Chen Xu was waving chopsticks and teaching He Qianmin how to fight in a serious manner: "...If someone attacks you from behind, you should do this. First, punch him with your backhand, then duck down and poke his eyes when he's not paying attention. Will you use Eagle Claw? Just like that! Never show mercy. And if..."
Huo Bo and Jiang Chen looked at each other, one rolled his eyes and the other tried to hold back his laughter.
"You guys are back just in time. I'm teaching you the Shen family's secrets. Brother Min has a good understanding, but his attitude towards learning is a little..."
He Qianmin: "Shut up."
Chen Xu shook his head and said, "This young man is incorrigible." Then he put away his chopsticks and asked them, "What did you two talk about that took so long?"
Huo Bo: "Just chatting."
"Why do we have to go outside just to chat?" Chen Xu took the drinks they brought back, took out the milk, kept one bottle for himself and handed one to He Qianmin: "This is for you."
He Qianmin's eyes fell on the milk carton for a second, then he turned to look at Jiang Chen who had just sat down: "Brother, what did you guys do when you went out?"
"Buy some drinks." Jiang Chen helped him open the milk: "There's only beer here, so I bought you a few bottles of milk."
"But just now..."
He Qianmin had just started talking when Jiang Chen's cell phone rang. He looked at the number, raised his hand to signal a few people, then stood up and walked to a quiet place.
"D." The other party's voice was a little hoarse and vague, with a smile: "The little favor you asked me to do yesterday has been completed. I wonder if you are satisfied?"
Jiang Chen stood by the window, watching the people coming and going outside, the smile on his face faded: "What is he doing?"
"Nothing much has happened except to find out who beat him up, but I found something quite interesting."
"What's up?"
"He Qianjian has been in contact with a man recently and gave him a small amount of money. It seems that he wants him to do something."
"who?"
"A man named Yang Tianci. I checked and found that he has no background and had no previous contact with He Qianjian. Do you need me to check how they knew each other?"
"No need, keep watching him and tell me if there's any unusual movement."
"Okay." The man paused and said, "There is one more thing. I wonder if you would like to hear it."
"Please go ahead."
The other end laughed, "The man I hired may have been a bit heavy-handed. In addition to He Qianjian's broken right hand, he also suffered some head injuries. He fainted for a while and remained unconscious in the hospital. The doctor did a brain examination on him and found that there seemed to be something wrong with his brain. It happened that the He family rushed to see him, so the doctor suggested that He Qianjian be given a comprehensive examination. Who knew that when the blood was drawn, he suddenly woke up."
Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed: "And then?"
"He refused to agree no matter what. It is said that he almost beat up the nurse who was drawing his blood. The He family rushed to the ward in time to stop him."
"Did you draw blood?"
"No, he said that he had just had a check-up a few days ago and there was no problem with his blood, so the He family didn't insist anymore. There were no other problems either, so he was discharged from the hospital when he woke up. But what's interesting is that just as the He family walked out of the hospital gate, a Taoist priest came towards them. When the Taoist priest saw He Qianjian, he began to shake his head. When the old lady of the He family asked him, he said that He Qianjian had no fate with the He family, and that he couldn't see his future because his luck was messy and entangled with the luck of more than a few people. He advised He Qianjian to stop killing."
Jiang Chen's eyes flickered: "Is that person really a fortune teller?"
"Not necessarily." The other side laughed, "Maybe someone who doesn't like the He family came here to annoy the He family. Not only did he say that He Qianjian has no fate with the He family, he also said that the He family is kind-hearted and should have been blessed with good deeds for a hundred years, but because of strange forces, they are in great trouble. They will encounter a disaster within three years, and only one person can break it. If this isn't a curse, then what is it? No wonder Mr. He even raised his walking stick."
It was obvious that they were just treating this as a joke, but Jiang Chen lowered his eyes. He didn't think that the appearance of the Taoist priest was a coincidence, and some of the things he said... were not wrong. However, he really wanted to know whether the Taoist priest was a real one or there was another force he didn't know about that was targeting the He family or He Qianjian. If there really was another group of people, he really wanted to know what that person's purpose was.
"Go check on that Taoist priest."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Chen returned to his seat. Seeing that He Qianmin had barely touched his chopsticks, he couldn't help but ask, "Don't you want to eat?"
"No." He Qianmin put down his chopsticks, sat up straight and looked at Jiang Chen. He wanted to speak several times but didn't say anything. He waited for almost two minutes before saying, "Just now I said that He Qianjian's hand was broken. I think it's retribution. Do you think I am... cold-blooded and heartless?"
Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Of course not, why would you think so?"
"Because I'm jealous of him." He Qianmin looked at Jiang Chen stubbornly and said word by word, "Because he's better than me in everything, because he's better than me in everything, because I'm rebellious and ignorant, because... many people think so, why don't you think so?"
"Why should we think this way?" Huo Bo raised his eyes and said calmly, "You have your own eyes, so you should see for yourself."
Jiang Chen sighed, rubbed He Qianmin's head and said, "There is no unprovoked hatred in the world. You don't like him, so naturally he did something that made you hate him." He said gently, "You said before that the situation like last time when you caught the fruit knife happened many times. Your hatred for He Qianjian may be related to this."
He Qianmin was stunned for a moment, and then hesitantly asked, "...How do you know?"
Jiang Chen did not answer, but continued to ask: "Didn't you tell your parents?"
"I said it once." He Qianmin lowered his eyelashes: "They didn't believe it, and I haven't said it since then."
Chen Xu was confused and couldn't help but interrupt: "What fruit knife? You mean your brother got you hurt on purpose, then why didn't you say it?"
"Who would believe something without evidence?" He Qianmin laughed at himself and said, "If I tell you that I was in a car accident when I was twelve years old, and He Qianjian and I were sitting in the back seat at the same time, I was sitting on the right and he was sitting on the left, but when the car in front hit us, I switched seats with him out of thin air, would you believe it?"
Chen Xu hesitated, looked at Jiang Chen and then at Huo Bo, and couldn't tell what they were thinking, so he could only test: "...How did you change it out of thin air? Teleport? Superpowers? Could it be that you..."
He Qianmin interrupted Shen Xu: "I was hurt so badly at the time that I had a psychological trauma, especially when I was seriously injured and unable to move, I saw He Qianjian who was only slightly scratched, so I was stimulated and burst out the dissatisfaction I had accumulated towards my brother since childhood. The accumulated negative emotions are not conducive to the recovery of the body, so the brain started to protect itself and privately fabricated that memory. Do you want to say that?"
Chen Xu was speechless: "I..."
Jiang Chen: "I believe it."
Shen Xu looked at Jiang Chen helplessly, and Huo Bo also raised his eyebrows in surprise.
He Qianmin shuddered, turned his head and stared into Jiang Chen's eyes. After a few seconds, he turned his head and said, "You're lying."
"I saw it." Jiang Chen said calmly, "I was the one who dragged you out at that time."
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