"Fuck." Chen Xu touched his arm and hunched his shoulders and said, "Why are you making me so scared?"
Pan Liuyi couldn't believe it either: "That's impossible. Even if He Qianjian cheated, he couldn't have cheated in every exam. Did Chenghua's invigilator team up with him to deceive everyone? This doesn't make sense. There's no point in him doing this."
"Why is it meaningless?" Shen Xu said, "If he wants to go abroad and not take the college entrance examination, his regular test scores will be an important basis."
"No." Li Xiao shook his head: "The He family is quite traditional. Grandpa He does not allow the descendants of the He family to study abroad, so it is impossible for him to go abroad. Besides, spoken English is He Qianjian's weakness. If he cannot communicate well in language, it is useless for him to go abroad."
"Not going abroad?" Chen Xu touched his chin: "Then there is really no point for him to cheat. He can bribe Chenghua's teachers but he can't bribe the college entrance examination invigilator. Thinking about it this way, there is only one explanation."
Li Xiao and Pan Liuyi looked at him at the same time. Jiang Chen also raised his eyes with interest, waiting for his next words.
"That is--" Chen Xu leaned back, smoothed his hair, and shook his head: "Little friend, you think too much."
Li Xiao glared at him and said, "Everything I said is true."
"Then tell me." Chen Xu crossed his arms and said, "If He Qianjian cheated, he went to Chenghua from elementary school to high school for more than ten years, why didn't the teachers find out? Didn't you say that you can tell whether it's the same person from his way of solving problems and his reading comprehension in Chinese? If you can see it, why can't the teachers at Chenghua see it?"
"Let's take a step back and say that Chenghua's teacher just couldn't see through it or really colluded with him to cheat. Let's go back to the original question. What is he trying to achieve? There must be a purpose for doing something."
Li Xiao tensed her face, wanting to prove that she was right, but she couldn't find a convincing reason to explain He Qianjian's behavior, because she herself couldn't figure out why He Qianjian did that. She opened and closed her mouth, and finally could only puff up her face and say stubbornly: "I will definitely find his flaws, just wait!"
Hearing this, Jiang Chen, who had been silent all this time, calmed down and said to Li Xiao, "Although I have no position, I still want to remind you that you'd better not delve into this matter any further."
Being questioned and stopped, Li Xiao raised his chin, sat up straight and looked at Jiang Chen, his face full of stubbornness: "Why?"
"First, you are in the Affiliated High School and he is in Chenghua. It is not convenient for you to check his affairs."
"Secondly, whether He Qianjian cheated or not has no impact on you, but if he really cheated and found out that you knew about it, you are no match for him considering how he was able to stay undetected for so many years."
"Third, the power of the He family is beyond doubt. Maybe other members of the He family won't use this power recklessly, but that doesn't mean He Qianjian won't use this power to deal with you. If he wants to do something to you, what do you think will happen to you?"
Li Xiao looked into Jiang Chen's eyes and said, "Thank you for your reminder, but I don't agree with your second point. He Qianjian's grades really have no impact on me, but if he got his grades by cheating, then someone must have become his stepping stone. I don't know if that person knows or not. If he doesn't know, I think he would want someone to give him justice."
Meeting her eyes that were still childish yet stubborn and determined, Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, then closed his eyes and smiled.
"If someone really has something taken away from them without knowing it, I think not knowing it might be a good thing." Jiang Chen's eyes flickered: "Because the person who owns it won't really lose it, and the person who steals it may not really own it either."
Li Xiao frowned: "What do you mean?"
"It means... justice is never given by others, but is fought for by oneself." Jiang Chen took out a candy from his pocket, spread out his palm, and smiled: "But I want to thank you on behalf of the people who were stolen. Thank you for your kindness and wisdom."
Li Xiao met his eyes, and the resistance in her heart suddenly dissipated a lot. She looked away: "You are not the one who was stolen, why are you thanking me on their behalf." Although she said so, she took the candy in his palm, put it in her mouth, raised her eyes and said expectantly: "You said so much and don't want me to investigate further. Is it because you also believe what I said, right?"
Jiang Chen took a sip of milk tea and didn't answer yes or no.
"So..." Li Xiao bit his tongue out of habit, and hesitated several times before finally asking, "Do you really think that if I find out something, there will be danger?"
"Yes." Jiang Chen raised his eyes and answered without any hesitation: "If a person who can spend a lot of effort on a thing and persist for ten years to achieve his goal is about to achieve it, once his years of hard work is destroyed by others, you can't imagine what he can do."
"But that was just an investigation into cheating on the exam..."
"Li Xiao, I know you are very smart." Jiang Chen said seriously, "But I hope you don't challenge the evil of human nature with a curious mindset. Some people can pick up a butcher knife and stab others for a dollar's benefit, while others will kill others to silence them because they have planned for years to destroy them."
Jiang Chen's voice was clear, his tone was calm, and his words were spoken slowly and unhurriedly, but they made Li Xiao's face turn pale.
The little girl, who was only twelve years old and was already called a genius, behaved maturely and intelligently, but she couldn't help but feel afraid when faced with the dangers and darkness that were bluntly analyzed by others.
“Jiang Chen!” Pan Liuyi embraced Li Xiao like a mother hen protecting her chicks and said dissatisfiedly, “Why are you scaring my sister!”
Chen Xu was also a little dissatisfied: "Why are you being mean to Jiang Chen? Jiang Zi is telling the truth..." At this point, he coughed and lowered his voice: "Although it's a little bit past... But if He Qianjian really has a problem, it would be really dangerous for your sister to check it out, okay?"
"But I can't..."
"I'm fine, sister." Li Xiao grabbed Pan Liuyi's hand. Although his face was not very good, he said to Jiang Chen seriously: "I know you are not trying to scare me. I also know the seriousness of this matter. I will not investigate it further."
Jiang Chen saw her little face turn pale, and he felt a little apologetic in his heart. However, as the only person in the world who knew the truth of the matter, it was impossible for him to allow a twelve-year-old child to take risks when he knew there was danger. What he said before was not an exaggeration. If the book was true, then judging from what He Qianjian had done in the book, it was entirely possible that he would be so cruel as to harm an underage child.
He slowed down his voice and soothed her, "Don't be afraid. What I just said are the worst possible outcomes if you are discovered. In fact, there are more good people in this world who won't use these methods against others." Worried that the girl might feel relieved after hearing him say this, he added, "Under no circumstances should you risk your own safety for a 0.1% chance of survival. Once danger strikes you, it's 100% certain."
Hearing this, the little girl who had been pretending to be an adult and refusing to show fear even when she was afraid, finally smiled lightly: "I know, thank you, brother Jiang Chen."
Seeing Li Xiao smile, Pan Liuyi's expression relaxed as well, and she smiled a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry for what happened just now, and thank you Jiang Chen."
Jiang Chen smiled softly: "You're welcome."
When we came out of the cold drink shop, it was already late.
Jiang Chen and Shen Xu first sent Pan Liuyi and Li Xiao back, and then took a taxi back to Shen Xu's house together.
After going back and forth like this, it was almost dawn when he arrived at Shen Xu's house. Jiang Chen had stayed at Shen's house many times. There was a room reserved for him in the Shen family. There were spare clothes in the room that he had not taken away before. He had to go to school the next morning, so he simply washed up, set the alarm clock and went to sleep.
The next day, Jiang Chen was woken up by Shen Xu.
“Jiang Zi, Jiang Zi!” Chen Xu grabbed his shoulders and shouted, “We went to see the ballet and forgot to do our homework! The first period today is M2! He can’t finish all those questions in one morning self-study session! We’re done! We’re in trouble…”
Jiang Chen glanced at the time, turned over and buried his head in the quilt: "In my schoolbag."
"You did it? You did it?!" Chen Xu jumped up, pressed on Jiang Chen, hugged him and said, "Fuck, I love you so much, Jiang Zi, you are my savior! I'm going to go, you sleep well! Have a good dream!"
Shen Xu came and left quickly. He rummaged through Jiang Chen's schoolbag, took away his homework, and went back to his room to do it.
When Jiang Chen got up, Shen Xu only had one English composition left to write.
While Jiang Chen was brushing his teeth, he bit the pen and said, "Jiang Zi, tell me whether what Li Xiao said yesterday was true or false."
"What do you think?" Jiang Chen spit out foam.
"Tsk." Chen Xu shook his head: "It sounds fake to me, but I don't know why it feels real. But when I think about it carefully, I feel it is impossible, so I don't know, but -"
He was leaning against the wall. "You went too far in scaring a little girl like that. She's only twelve years old. You did that to her. I probably had nightmares last night."
Jiang Chen wiped his face and said, "If this happens, it will be a real nightmare."
Chen Xu paused, stood up and walked to Jiang Chen: "You mean, do you really think He Qianjian would do that? You don't even know him, and you just make such a statement based on what Li Xiao said?"
Jiang Chen paused and turned his head to meet Chen Xu's eyes. He wanted to laugh but also wanted to sigh.
After two lifetimes, Shen Xu is always the person who can see through him most easily, and Shen Xu is always so straightforward that he does not even hide his suspicion towards him.
"I'm not making this assertion based on what Li Xiao said." Jiang Chen knew that Shen Xu had a keen intuition and didn't want to lie to him, but there were some things that couldn't be said or explained clearly, so he could only divert his attention and said, "Qian Min told me something about He Qianjian. I think He Qianjian is not a simple person. Li Xiao is still young, so it's always right to remind him."
"He Qianmin?" Shen Xu pondered over this name, and was indeed led astray. He clenched his fist and said, "I forgot that He Qianjian is He Qianmin's biological brother!"
"Last time, that kid called you as if you were his own brother. It turned out that it was because his real brother treated him badly. It made me think about it for a while. If he wasn't a member of the He family, just by looking at your noses and dimples, I almost thought he was Uncle Jiang outside—"
Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows and looked over. Chen Xu immediately covered his mouth and said with a wry smile: "It's just a mistake, I didn't mean that. I meant you..."
"I look alike with He Qianmin?"
"Alike." Seeing that Jiang Chen was focusing on this, Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately stood up straight, shaking his head and saying, "At first glance, if you look at the front face, you don't look particularly alike, but if you look at the side face, your noses are made from the same mold, very similar, and the most important thing is the dimple, the position is exactly the same, if you purse your lips at the same time or smile together, you look exactly alike, no one will disbelieve that you are brothers."
Jiang Chen's eyes flickered: "...So similar?"
"Not only similar, there is also an indescribable feeling." Chen Xu touched his chin and thought for a while, then shook his head: "I can't explain it either, but when you two stand together, anyone will feel that you two were born of the same parents."
"Oh right." Shen Xu slapped his head and said, "There were so many things going on yesterday that I forgot about it. Didn't Zhang Zhipeng say that Sun Zhi wanted to find you? When I was watching the ballet, I suddenly remembered something. When you were in the third or second year of junior high school, Huo Bo caught a man following you. That man seemed to be Sun Zhi."
The author has something to say: Some big guys read the previous chapter and thought the score was referring to my height! My biological mother must clear his name!
The current height table of the main characters and several main supporting characters:
Jiang Chen: 178 (still growing)
Shi Fengyue: 186 (no longer)
Shen Xu: 168 (huge potential (said by Shen Xu himself))
Rose: 182 (the one on the basketball team can still grow)
He Qianmin: 172 (younger brother is still growing)
Note: M2 is the abbreviation of a machine gun. It is also the nickname of Mr. He, the chemistry teacher of Class 1, Grade 2. He got this name because he has a bad temper and swears like a machine gun and has a very long range.
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