He Qianmin's expression was blank for a moment. After several seconds, he spoke word by word: "He Qianjian?"
Seeing his incredulous expression, Sun Zhi smiled even more. Just as he was about to say something else, his peripheral vision accidentally touched Jiang Chen's cold eyes. He came back to his senses suddenly: "God Jiang..."
Jiang Chen raised his eyes to look at him and said calmly, "Are you done?"
Sun Zhi met his gaze and unconsciously took a half step back. When he realized his cowardice belatedly, he was shocked. Even though Jiang Chen was the top student in the grade and Huo Bo was standing behind him, he had never been afraid of him. In the four years of following Jiang Chen, he knew more about what kind of person Jiang Chen was than most people. To put it nicely, he was honest and kind, and to put it bluntly, he was not to be feared. Such people often stick to their meaningless bottom line and principles, but in this society, principles and bottom line are actually the most useless things. They will only become a person's weakness and a weapon for others to hurt him unscrupulously.
Therefore, Sun Zhi was afraid of offending Huo Bo, disobeying He Qianjian, and even displeased He Qianmin, but he was never afraid of Jiang Chen, because he knew very well that he could not bear the revenge of the former three, and no matter how angry the latter was, he would not be seriously injured.
But now, meeting Jiang Chen's eyes, he realized that he was actually extremely wrong. No harmless and gentle person in this world would have such eyes - majestic and oppressive, making people uncontrollably awed and unable to do anything but kneel at his feet.
Sun Zhi felt that he was a little breathless, and his knees became weak uncontrollably. "I..." He opened his mouth and found that he was so nervous that his throat was tight and he couldn't speak.
Jiang Chen retracted his gaze, and He Qianmin also came back to his senses. He took a few steps forward and grabbed Sun Zhi: "You just said that the person who has always wanted to harm my brother is He Qianjian, and he has sent people to follow him since the second grade of junior high school. Do you have any evidence?"
Being caught by He Qianmin and focusing all his attention on He Qianmin, Sun Zhi actually felt relieved. He thought to himself that this was weird, but he was still so frightened that he didn't even dare to look in the direction of Jiang Chen.
"Of course I have evidence." Sun Zhi thought that He Qianmin didn't believe that He Qianjian had done these things. In order to prove that what he said was true and to gain Jiang Chen's trust, he took out his best treasure: "I have the text messages of every contact with He Qianjian. If you want to see them, I can show them to you now."
He Qianmin: "Take it out."
Sun Zhi subconsciously glanced at Jiang Chen, and seeing that he had no objection, he took out his phone from his pocket, opened the text message interface, and said, "Start from this one, and read it yourself."
He Qianmin took the phone and scrolled through the messages one by one. His expression became uglier and uglier, and by the end, he was completely cold.
"Are these all the text messages from the past four years?" He Qianmin said coldly, "But this is not He Qianjian's phone number."
Sun Zhi was afraid that He Qianmin would not believe him, so he said hastily: "This is his other number. Don't you know how many mobile phones He Qianjian has?"
He Qianmin did not comment and asked, "Why did He Qianjian ask you to follow my brother?"
"I don't know." Seeing He Qianmin's unfriendly look, Sun Zhi took a step back: "I really don't know. In the past four years, He Qianjian asked me to help him a few times. The rest of the time he just asked me to follow Jiang Chen and report his every move."
He Qianmin: "What did he ask you to do?"
Sun Zhi recalled for a moment and said, "In junior high school, I was asked to stop Jiang Chen from going to the hospital once, and to find a way to get Jiang Chen to postpone his physical examination once. In high school, there was only one time when I was asked to take Jiang Chen out of the school and break his arm... No, it should be that I must stab him, and it would be best if I could break his arm at the same time."
When He Qianmin heard the word "physical examination", he frowned a little bit and asked in confusion: "Why did he ask my brother to postpone the physical examination?"
"I don't know." Sun Zhi said, "But I noticed one thing, and I think it has something to do with why he asked me to follow Jiang Chen."
He Qianmin asked almost the next second: "What?"
Sun Zhi's Adam's apple rolled, and he looked past He Qianmin and looked at Jiang Chen behind him. The corners of his mouth twitched for a long time before he tightened his throat and said, "I'll tell you this. Go to the school and plead for me."
Jiang Chen said calmly: "Why do you think I will agree to you?"
Sun Zhi: "Don't you want to know why He Qianjian has been sending me to follow you?"
Jiang Chen curled his lips: "Don't you know?"
Sun Zhi's face turned pale, and after a while he said, "Although I don't know, but..."
Jiang Chen interrupted him: "Since you don't know, what can you use to negotiate with me?"
"Qian Min, let's go back."
He Qianmin grabbed Sun Zhi's hand and paused, a little hesitant: "Brother, don't we ask him what he knows?"
"I promise this will be useful to you!" Sun Zhi said anxiously, "I don't need you to promise to do anything. Just go and tell Director Liu that I did this out of necessity and was instructed by someone. Even if I am expelled in the end, I will not blame you."
Jiang Chen paused, looked back and said calmly: "You did everything, no matter if you were instructed by someone or had no choice, you did it. How the school handles you is the school's business. I can only promise not to add fuel to the fire, but I can't speak for you."
Sun Zhi paused, unable to figure out what Jiang Chen meant by this.
If it was before today, he absolutely believed that Jiang Chen would not do anything behind his back to add fuel to the fire, but after today, he was not so sure. If Jiang Chen never intended to do so, why would he say such a thing.
But what if Jiang Chen just wanted to trick him with these words? Sun Zhi's fingers on his side moved restlessly. After an unknown amount of time, he finally made up his mind. Since it had come to this point, he might as well say it all at once. Regardless of whether Jiang Chen just said something to trick him or not, he believed that Jiang Chen would do it as long as he promised him.
Sun Zhi lowered his voice: "I'll tell you."
He Qianmin suddenly looked at him, staring at him closely and waiting for his next words.
Sun Zhi carefully looked around and said quickly, "I noticed that He Qianjian has a physical examination on the same day as you every year. If he has to postpone or advance the examination, he will be very anxious and irritable, and he will definitely ask you to do the same as him."
"Also, He Qianjian has been trying to prevent you from meeting any member of the He family, including He Qianmin. The reason He Qianjian asked me to stop you from going to the hospital was because He Qianmin was there. Later, I found out that he not only wanted to stop you from going to the hospital, but also asked me to prevent you from entering any area where you might run into any member of the He family."
Jiang Chen said calmly: "That's all?"
Sun Zhi was stunned: "Isn't this strange?"
Jiang Chen did not answer him, but turned around and said: "I will do what I promised. Qian Min, let's go."
He Qianmin was still digesting what Sun Zhi had just said. He followed him obediently. When he was about to say goodbye to Jiang Chen at the entrance of the corridor, he suddenly came to his senses: "Brother, why doesn't He Qianjian want you to meet me and my parents? Also, why did he want to have a physical examination with you? What is his purpose?"
Jiang Chen paused, suppressed his gleaming eyes, and said calmly: "You need to ask him this question."
He Qianmin frowned, as Sun Zhi's words just now kept repeating in his mind. He tried to find some clues, but his mind was in a mess.
"It's almost eleven o'clock. You still have to continue military training tomorrow. Go to bed early." Jiang Chen rubbed his head and smiled, "I'm going back too. Good night."
He Qianmin nodded absentmindedly: "Good night."
After returning home, taking a shower and lying on the bed, He Qianmin tossed and turned but couldn't fall asleep.
He went over everything Sun Zhi said in his mind over and over again, but not only did he not find any clues, but more questions popped up.
If He Qianjian was just afraid that Jiang Chen would go to the hospital and expose his actions because of the car accident, then why did He Qianjian send someone to monitor Jiang Chen's every move after he was discharged from the hospital? In addition, Jiang Chen just passed by and saved him, and he didn't know the other people in the He family at all. Wasn't it unnecessary for He Qianjian to prevent Jiang Chen from meeting everyone in the He family?
He Qianmin tried his best to find the reasons behind everything He Qianjian did and the purpose of his actions. If the long-term surveillance of Jiang Chen and preventing him from meeting with the He family was just in case, and the later injury to Jiang Chen and the attempt to break his hand was because of the failure in the joint entrance examination, then why must they have a physical examination together every year?
He Qianmin could barely find reasons for the first two things, but no matter how hard he thought about the latter, he could not find a reason why He Qianjian had to have a physical examination with Jiang Chen.
He Qianjian has always been a man who never does things without benefits. If there was no important reason, he would never send someone to follow Jiang Chen for four years. He Qianmin's intuition told him that He Qianjian's every move against Jiang Chen might be hiding a huge secret.
…
When Jiang Chen returned home, Yang Si and Jiang Zhuo had already gone to bed and left a light on for him.
He took a quick shower and returned to his room, closed the door, put on his headphones, and placed his fingers on the keyboard for a while, but did not move.
Changjiang's voice sounded in his ears: "Dylan, the wing net has received the message, do you need to open it?"
Jiang Chen came back to his senses, "Whose news?"
"196."
"Open it."
“Do you need to read?”
"No."
The message displayed in the chat box on the computer screen:
[196: Great God! The results of the Security Bureau are out! God C has entered the retest! I failed! ]
Jiang Chen then remembered that in August, when 196 and C came back from the Security Bureau assessment, they told him that the results would be out on September 1st, and also said that if he passed the exam, he would not consider studying for a master's degree.
[D: Don’t be discouraged, you are only a junior, you still have a chance. ]
196 quick reply:
【196: I had expected this a long time ago, so it was easy for me to accept it, but I still thank God D for his concern. 】
【196: By the way, God D, I heard from God C that you are also in Yan City?】
[196: Which district of Yan City do you live in? If we live close to each other, we can meet in person! ]
After sending three messages in a row, Mo Xi slowly withdrew his hands from the keyboard, crossed his fingers and made a praying gesture. He squatted on the chair, staring at the screen, muttering to himself: "No, no, please don't let it be what I think..."
【D: Zhonghai District. 】
Mo Xi stopped talking abruptly, staring at the three words on the screen with wide eyes. After a long while, he took a deep breath, then held his breath and typed on the keyboard:
【196: Hahaha, so you live in Zhonghai District. There are a lot of schools there. Are you still a student?】
[D: Yes.]
Mo Xi's pent-up anger instantly dissipated. He slumped down on the chair, looking up at the ceiling, feeling that there was nothing left to cherish in life. After a few seconds, he suddenly sat up, grabbed his hair and banged his head against the table:
——This is so fucking embarrassing!!!
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