When the plane landed in Province M, it was already completely dark.
Shi Jin walked out of the airport in a daze, followed Gua Er into the waiting car, and slumped in the back seat with his eyes closed.
"I told you to stop staring at those densely packed words. Now, you're confused before you even meet Xu Chuan." Gua Er took out a bottle of water from the small refrigerator in the car and put it on his forehead, asking, "Are you feeling refreshed?" Shi Jin
was shivering from the cold, and quickly shook his head to get rid of the bottle of water on his forehead, saying weakly, "I don't want this to happen. Xu Chuan is smart, cautious, and tight-lipped. If I don't come up with a way to deal with him sooner, I'm afraid I'll come back empty-handed when I really meet him."
"What are you afraid of? I think you're just overthinking things. Xu Chuan is now an ant in our hands. We can see him anytime we want. If you can't get him to talk once, you can go twice, right? He'll show his hand sooner or later, so don't worry too much." Gua Er soothed him. He took back the water bottle, squeezed it open, and passed it to him again.
Shi Jin took it with thanks, raised his head to drink a sip of water, looked at the top of the car, and sighed in his heart. But Lian Jun was still waiting for him to return in City B. He didn't have that much time to waste with Xu Chuan, so he had to find a way to make a quick decision.
...
The car drove into a hotel opened by Mie in Province M. Gua Er booked a presidential suite for Shi Jin and arranged for him to stay in it.
"Gua Wu and I will also live on this floor. All the staff on this floor are protection personnel transferred from Young Master Jun. Their safety can be guaranteed, and you can rest assured and rest." Gua Er explained the situation while sending Shi Jin into the house.
Shi Jin glanced at the tall cleaner passing by in the corridor, and his eyebrows twitched. After thanking Gua Er, he carried his luggage into the house, closed the door, and made a video call to Lian Jun to report that he was safe.
The call was answered in seconds. After the screen appeared, Lian Jun first looked at Shi Jin's complexion. Seeing that he looked depressed, he frowned and asked, "What's wrong? Are you tired?"
"No." Shi Jin rubbed his face to cheer himself up, and replied, "I overworked my brain. When I came here, I was thinking about how to pry open Xu Chuan's mouth, but I couldn't figure it out after thinking all the way."
He really had too little information about Xu Chuan. He seemed to know a lot of things, but those things were very likely known to Xu Chuan. After all, Xu Chuan was Shi Xingrui's confidant and had personally experienced those things back then. He must have known more than him. He came here this time to get some information about Xu Jie and his past from Xu Chuan. If Xu Chuan adopted a policy of silent resistance like he did when he was arrested, then his trip would be in vain.
Seeing how distressed he was, Lian Jun tapped the armrest of the wheelchair and suddenly said, "During the time you were away, I carefully looked at the information of Shi Xingrui, Xu Chuan and Xu Jie." Shi Jin
was stunned and instinctively glanced at the desk in front of him. Seeing that there were still a few unread documents on it, he frowned slightly and said, "Why did you think of reading these? You still have a lot of documents to approve..."
After returning to City B, everyone else took a break, but Lian Jun was still busy with documents every day. Although he didn't ask Lian Jun about his work, he could guess that Lian Jun must be under a lot of pressure recently. The situation on the road is now in turmoil due to the disintegration of the Nine Eagles and the Ghost Den. There is a possibility of conflict at any time. The time left for Mie An to transform steadily is running out. Before all the conflicts break out, Lian Jun must find a way to complete the transformation.
Every time he goes to the study, Lian Jun has work waiting to be dealt with, and now Lian Jun has to take time out of the morning to treat and exercise, so time is becoming increasingly insufficient. Now Lian Jun takes time out of work to help him look through the information, so he will definitely have to work overtime again in the evening.
"Not many documents were delivered today, so it won't delay anything. And now that Gua Yi is back, he can help me share some of the burden." Lian Jun saw through his thoughts at a glance, and he soothed him in a low voice, then picked up the information in his hand and said, "As the saying goes, those in power are confused, while those who are on the sidelines can see clearly. I'll tell you my guesses, and you can use them as a reference. Of course, I don't want to interfere in your private affairs, I just want to see if I can help you."
... How can there be such a considerate person in this world?
Shi Jin looked at Lian Jun lowering his head to draw the information, and his heart softened. He wanted to reach through the screen to hug Lian Jun and kiss him.
Every time, whenever he encountered difficulties, Lian Jun would help him, either actively or secretly. Moreover, Lian Jun helped him, but he was very sensible and never interfered with his decisions or pointed fingers at his affairs.
Suddenly, he wanted to go back to Lian Jun, if these troubles were not there.
"I miss you." He couldn't help but speak, and his expression fell a little.
After Lian Jun finished drawing the information and saw his expression, he spoke in a lowered voice with a hint of soothing: "Me too."
The two were silent for a while. Shi Jin adjusted his mood and said, "I'll be back as soon as possible."
Lian Jun waved the information in his hand and said with a smile, "I'm helping you get back as soon as possible."
So Shi Jin also smiled, and the fatigue on his face from rushing was swept away. He walked to the sofa and lay down. He found a stand to prop up the tablet and faced it towards himself, and said, "Then you tell me, I've been listing the time for the whole afternoon and the clues are all messed up. Can you help me open up my mind?"
Lian Jun looked at his comfortable look when he lay down, and felt relieved. He put down the information and said, "My guess is... There are three guesses: First, although Xu Chuan and Xu Jie are relatives, Xu Chuan should not be considered Xu Jie's long-term ally; second, Xu Chuan has been working for Shi Xingrui, but there may be a trust crisis between him and Shi Xingrui, and Shi Xingrui is wary of Xu Chuan; third, combined with the above two points, I suspect Xu Chuan does not know the relationship between your mother and Jian Jinwen. "Shi
Jin couldn't lie down after listening, and sat up and said in amazement: "How did you come up with these conclusions? It's not written in the information." He is now unable to decide the starting point of the conversation because he doesn't know how much information Xu Chuan has mastered and how solid the cooperation between Xu Chuan and Xu Jie is. If Lian Jun's guesses are true, then what entry point does he still want? He can just bombard Xu Chuan with information.
Lian Jun looked at his wide-eyed, somewhat silly expression and explained in detail: "Changes in interests will not deceive people. I not only looked at the investigation data, but also looked at various interest-related data from the establishment of Ruixing to the present. Judging from the equity changes and profit distribution of Ruixing, the period when Xu Chuan and Shi Xingrui absolutely trusted each other was from the establishment of Ruixing by Shi Xingrui to half a year after Xu Jie gave birth to Shi Weichong. After that, Xu Chuan changed from being Shi Xingrui's interest partner and lawyer to a simple lawyer. In layman's terms, before this point in time, Shi Xingrui was leading Xu Chuan to do business, and the two benefited mutually, and after this point in time, Shi Xingrui became Xu Chuan's employee, and simply paid Xu Chuan a salary as a superior."
Ruixing's data? Shi Jin
was surprised, and then he suddenly realized. How could he forget that Ruixing, as the center of interests that everyone is watching, carries a lot of secrets. He only cared about the investigation data before, but ignored such a large information provider. He
patted his head, gathered his thoughts and thought about Lian Jun's words again, and focused on one point - half a year after Xu Jie gave birth to Shi Weichong, wasn't that the time when Shi Xingrui abandoned Xu Jie?
When he reviewed the research data again in the afternoon, he found that if he really thought about it, Xu Jie could be considered a special one among Shi Xingrui's many women. Except for Yun Jin, Shi Xingrui would abandon other women as soon as they got pregnant, and would come back to see them after the birth. Only Xu Jie was different. After she gave birth to Shi Weichong, Shi Xingrui even lived with Xu Jie for half a year like an ordinary family of three.
He never doubted this before, thinking that Shi Xingrui was like this because he was a father for the first time and still had a little conscience in his heart, so he showed a little more "long-lasting love" to Xu Jie, but now it seems that it is not the case.
So something must have happened at this point in time, causing Shi Xingrui to abandon Xu Jie and "demote" Xu Chuan, but what happened must not be too serious and did not touch Shi Xingrui's restricted area, otherwise Shi Xingrui would have left the two of them long ago.
What could it be... he thought, and couldn't help but look up at Lian Jun.
Lian Jun waited quietly for him to finish thinking, and when he saw him looking up again, he explained, "As for the relationship between Xu Chuan and Xu Jie, judging from Xu Chuan's attitude towards Shi Weichong and the other brothers, which is no different, and the fact that he clearly had the opportunity to tamper with Shi Xingrui's will but never did anything, he and Xu Jie should have only cooperated a few times during a certain period of time because of kinship and interests. Long-term collusion must be It doesn't exist. Xu Chuan is loyal to Shi Xingrui in business. Putting aside the previous period that we don't know, if Xu Chuan and Xu Jie are indeed cooperating now, then this cooperation must have been established after Shi Xingrui's death. "Shi
Jin was immediately distracted by his words. Thinking back to what Xu Chuan had done over the years, he agreed with his guess and said, "Indeed, Xu Chuan had been working very hard for my father when he was alive."
"But Shi Xingrui doesn't completely trust Xu Chuan." Lian Jun said in a positive tone, and took out a few more documents and pointed them to Shi Jin. "Xu Chuan is not only an excellent lawyer, but also an excellent businessman. Ruixing has experienced many industrial restructurings during its expansion period. Shi Xingrui obviously has a talent like Xu Chuan, but he chose not to use him. Instead, he chose Xu Tianhua, who obviously had ulterior motives, as his deputy. In the later period, after Ruixing stabilized, Shi Xingrui only gave Xu Chuan some pure benefits and false status, and did not give him any rights. In business, he was still a traitor. So, he would definitely not reveal too much information to Xu Chuan about Shi Xingrui's most persistent love affairs. "Shi
Jin looked at the data in his hand filled with various income statistics, and the spirit of a poor student emerged. The more he looked, the more dizzy he felt. He quickly looked away and said, "So you concluded that Xu Chuan should not know the relationship between my mother and Jian Jinwen?"
Lian Jun put down the data and nodded, saying, "Well, but all this is just my guess, not a confirmed result."
Shi Jin felt that his speculation was likely to be true, lowered his head and closed his eyes, and his thoughts continued to diverge.
Yun Jin and Jian Jinwen's relationship was too secretive, and Shi Xingrui valued Jian Jinwen so much. After experiencing the stimulation of many failed attempts to find a substitute, he would definitely pay special attention to Yun Jin, a perfect substitute who was still young and had too many unknowns. As a subordinate who once had a "stain", Shi Xingrui would definitely not tell Xu Chuan the true situation of Yun Jin.
When he was drawing the timeline in the car this afternoon, he came to a conclusion - Xu Chuan should have really regarded Jian Jinwen as a friend during the years he was in contact with Jian Jinwen. This can be inferred from Xu Chuan's overly intense reaction after seeing his thin appearance. He even had a hypothesis in his mind - whether Xu Chuan would also like Jian Jinwen. But he was a little uncertain about the latter point. After all, he had never heard of any man who would continue to work for his rival in love after the person he liked died.
But if all the above information is true, Xu Chuan has no idea about the relationship between Yun Jin and Jian Jinwen, and Xu Chuan even has other thoughts about Jian Jinwen in his heart, and the cooperative relationship between Xu Chuan and Xu Jie is not as solid as he initially thought, then what if he directly told Xu Chuan that he is Jian Jinwen's nephew...
He couldn't help but hit the sofa cushion hard, and looked at Lian Jun excitedly - what breakthrough point is there? Just use the information to break through Xu Chuan's mental defenses!
Lian Jun leaned back in his chair and waited quietly for him to finish thinking. Seeing that he looked over with bright eyes, he knew that he had thought it through. He raised the corners of his mouth and asked, "Can you have a good sleep today?"
"I can have a super good sleep!" Shi Jin leaned over and smacked the screen a little pretentiously, and said happily, "Baby, you are so smart!"
Lian Jun raised his
eyebrows: "Baby?" Shi Jin responded shamelessly, and forced his question into a declarative sentence, then changed the subject and said, "You are not allowed to work overtime to review documents today. If you can't finish it, you can leave it until tomorrow.
You must go to bed on time." Lian Jun glanced at the time and stopped teasing him. Instead, he instructed, "Then you should go to bed early too."
"No problem!" Shi Jin agreed, chatted with him for a few more words, and then hung up the phone reluctantly.
...
I slept until dawn. After breakfast the next morning, Shi Jin got on the bus to the prison in Province M.
Gua Er was surprised to see that he looked relaxed and even in the mood to play mahjong. He asked, "Are you not worried about the conversation with Xu Chuan? Are you giving up on yourself?"
"What do you mean by giving up on yourself? I have found external help. My Ren and Du meridians have been opened." Shi Jin replied without raising his head. He drew a new card with great momentum and won directly.
Gua Er knew who the external help Shi Jin was talking about without thinking. He rolled his eyes and leaned back in his chair, muttering, "Wouldn't it be better to ask for help earlier? You had to hold on by yourself. You knew you were not smart..." Shi Jin
raised his ears, raised his legs and kicked over with a Foshan shadowless kick.
...
The prison is located in the suburbs of Province M. After about an hour's drive, the car stopped at the gate of the prison.
Guawu took out his mobile phone and made a call. Not long after, a man in uniform came out and led them into the prison personally, and took them to the visiting room.
"The prisoner Xu Chuan is very strange. Since he came here, he has been alone. He does not communicate with other prisoners, does not accept visits, does not answer incoming calls, refuses to receive incoming letters, and resists the once-a-week Internet open activities... In short, he refuses everything related to socializing. He has become very silent, and reads books when he has nothing to do, and he always reads the same few books. He is very easy to manage, but also very difficult to approach." Prison guard As he walked, he explained, his brows furrowed, "This time, the higher-ups forced him to accept your visit. He showed great resistance. You'd better be prepared. He will definitely not cooperate with your conversation."
Shi Jin didn't expect Xu Chuan to be in this state in prison. He frowned, thanked the prison guard for the reminder, looked at the visiting room that had already appeared in his sight, reached into his pocket, touched the few photos inside, and exhaled lightly.
...
The iron door creaked open, and Shi Jin stepped into the visiting room and looked at the only figure in the room.
Xu Chuan looked up when he heard the door open. When he saw Shi Jin, his eyes were dazed for a moment, but he quickly regained his clarity. He lowered his head again and looked at his handcuffed hands under the table. He said, "It's said that the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. You come here again now. Do you want to whip the corpse?"
Shi Jin walked over and sat opposite him and replied, "I don't have a hobby of whipping corpses, and I don't hate you. I came here this time to figure out some things and to tell you something."
Xu Chuan didn't even look at him, and replied coldly, "There is nothing to talk about between you and me."
"If I say that Jian Jinwen is my uncle, will you still think there is nothing to talk about between us?" Shi Jin went straight to the point, while staring at Xu Chuan's face, observing his expression.
Xu Chuan was stunned at first, then he raised his head and tried to stand up, and asked in shock: "What did you say? Whose name did you just say? Who did you say is your uncle! You are not qualified to call him by his name, you fake-" Shi Jin
took out two photos and pushed them over, saying: "These two people are named Wei Ming and Guan Jiajia, they are the biological parents of Mr. Jian and my mother. This is a photo of Mr. Jian when he was a child, and this is a photo of my mother when she was a child. Xu Chuan, if they are not related by blood, do you think there would be two people in this world who look almost exactly the same when they were children?"
Xu Chuan looked down at the photos on the table with his eyes widened, and his hands handcuffed to the chair struggled desperately, trying to pick up the photos.
"Not only photos, I also have detailed birth information of Mr. Jian and my mother. If you want to see it, I can show it to you." Shi Jin reached out and took back all the photos on the table, and deliberately left Jian Jinwen's photo for last.
Xu Chuan looked at Jian Jinwen's photo almost without blinking, his eyes were a little scary.
Shi Jin felt very complicated when he saw this, and sighed in his heart - Sure enough, Xu Chuan's feelings for Jian Jinwen were also different.
"Now, do you still think there is nothing to talk about between us?" Shi Jin deliberately said in a cold tone, put the photo face down beside him, looked at Xu Chuan whose eyes followed him, pointed at his own face, and said, "Last time we met, you said I didn't deserve this face, and that the part that resembled him most was my lips. At that time, I thought the 'he' you were talking about was actually 'she', referring to my mother. Now think about it, you were actually referring to Mr. Jian."
Xu Chuan looked at his face, his expression tense little by little, his body swayed, and suddenly he fell back into the chair, saying, "There is nothing to talk about between you and me... Even if you and Jinwen are related by blood, so what? You are not him, and you never will be."
Shi Jin frowned, knowing that he had to kill him.
"Of course I'm not Mr. Jian, and I will never be Mr. Jian." He leaned back in his chair, folded his hands on his abdomen, and his posture actually resembled Lian Jun. "But I am Mr. Jian's nephew, his last blood relative in this world. To be honest, when I was looking up this information, I went to see Mr. Jian's adoptive father. He was a very kind and great old man. He has always been grateful to you, but he didn't know that you were just a liar, a liar who helped the devil monitor Mr. Jian."
Xu Chuan's body shook and he clenched his hands tightly, but he still didn't speak.
"I promised him that I would help him find out Mr. Jian's background and the relationship between my mother and Mr. Jian, and I promised that if the result of my investigation was that Mr. Jian and I were indeed related by blood, then I would tell him the truth in person and go with him to burn a stick of incense for Mr. Jian."
Xu Chuan suddenly raised his head and looked at Shi Jin, gritted his teeth and said, "You don't deserve it." Shi
Jin sneered and stood up, letting Xiao Si buff himself, and said, "Why don't I deserve it? My mother is a victim, and I have never done anything to let Mr. Jian down. Of course I deserve to call him uncle! Go burn a stick of incense for him! But you are different. You are a liar who approached him with a purpose, and you are an accomplice to the devil to imprison him. You are really unworthy. You are the one who is responsible! You even wanted to help others kill me, Mr. Jian's last blood relative in this world! Let me think, if Mr. Jian knew that your friend wanted to kill his relatives, how would he react? Disgust? Hatred? Oh, no, Mr. Jian is such a kind person, how could he have such negative emotions, he would probably just be disappointed in you, and very sad, so sad that he never wants to see you again. "
Xu Chuan's expression became more and more terrifying as Shi Jin's speech speed increased. He looked at Shi Jin's aggressive look, and in a trance he seemed to see Jian Jinwen looking at him disappointedly. His heart tightened, and he pulled the handcuffs on his wrists again, shaking his head and said, "No! No, I didn't, I--"
"Shut up!" Shi Jin interrupted him, looked into his eyes, and said in a soft voice, "Xu Chuan, Mr. Jian's adoptive father is old and can only live for another ten years at most. Ten years later, you will be in prison. I will be the only one in the world who can go to sweep Mr. Jian's grave and offer incense to him. Do you really want me to die?"
Xu Chuan's pupils shrank suddenly, his chest rose and fell, and he looked at him for a long time. Suddenly, he raised his head and took a deep breath, sat back in his chair, and said hoarsely: "Photo... I want a photo of Jinwen. All the photos in my hand were taken away when I was in prison."
Shi Jin's eyes moved, and he sat back in his chair, turned over the photos on the table, pulled out Jian Jinwen's and pushed them over.
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