Chapter 28 After leaving Yuda University, Jiang...
After leaving Yuda, Jiang Can, Zhou Bing, and Qian Kun had dinner together, and Zhou Bing also arranged to meet Qian Kun at the restaurant.
Along the way, Zhou Bing talked about the daily lives of the artists under Morning Star Company, saying that they spend money like water and make money like a waterfall.
Earning a million a year will be a dream come true, and once you become a big star, earning tens of millions a year will be no problem.
The annual income of Jiang Wenzhuo, the top male star, and Xu Wei, the top female star, at Morning Star Entertainment, is something most people wouldn't even dare to dream of in several lifetimes. Other less famous celebrities can earn several thousand yuan just by shooting an advertisement.
Jiang Can had never acted in a TV series, and she hadn't even taken many photos, except for a wedding photo. She didn't know much about these things, but she was definitely interested in making money.
Even demolition compensation doesn't make this much money!
Upon arriving at the hot pot restaurant, Zhou Bing greeted a frail-looking young man.
The other person was wearing a denim jacket and glasses, and looked quite refined. He was Qian Kun, who had broken many hot stories. He was bold and meticulous, and there was no scoop he couldn't find.
Zhou Bing ordered a private room, a spicy hot pot base, and various meats, vegetables, and meatballs. After ordering, she asked Jiang Can and the other two if they wanted anything else to eat.
She ordered way too much; even four people probably couldn't finish it.
She handed the menu to Jiang Can.
Jiang Can glanced at the menu: a plate of potato slices cost three yuan, and a plate of beef slices cost eighteen yuan!
This is a really big city; things are ridiculously expensive.
She said, "I'm full after just one glance at the menu."
Zhou Bing: "The company will reimburse me, so I can eat as much as I want."
"Since Morning Star is so wealthy, I won't stand on ceremony." Qian Kun ordered several more plates of mutton.
The waiter brought over the pot base and poured in bone broth. After the pot started bubbling, he added meat and vegetables.
Jiang Can ate quite attentively; she wanted to properly taste the food from such an expensive hot pot restaurant.
The beef was tender and juicy, with a fresh, spicy, and slightly sweet flavor. After tasting a few more slices, she said to Zhou Bing, "Sister Zhou, when I get back, I'll make some hot pot broth and send it to you."
Zhou Bing: "You can do this too?"
Jiang Can: "It's not difficult. I'll try a few more times, and it won't be any worse than this."
Zhou Bing found it unbelievable.
Shen Lang: "Can Can's cooking skills are as good as her looks. Can Can's braised meat and fast food are in high demand."
She exclaimed with delight, "Then I definitely have to try it!"
After they finished eating, they started talking about serious matters. Jiang Can had only said a few words when Qian Kun's expression changed: "Someone took your place in college?"
Jiang Can nodded: "I went to Henan University today and met the classmate who is studying in my place. She is now using my name."
Qian Kun stared blankly at Jiang Can, as if he were looking at someone else through Jiang Can: "So that's how it is—being impersonated to go to university, having someone else impersonate you to go to university!"
Jiang Can immediately grasped the key point, "Who? Who else was replaced?"
Qian Kun released Jiang Can. He was in very poor condition, his hands were trembling. He took out a cigarette, pulled out a cigarette, and lit it after several attempts. The veins on his neck bulged and spread all the way to the back of his hand. He took a deep drag of the cigarette and said, "Qian Mo."
The story is quite cliché: Qian Kun and Qian Mo lost their parents at a young age and were raised by their grandmother. Later, their grandmother also passed away, and Qian Kun took on the responsibility of taking care of his younger brother. He dropped out of school to work and support Qian Mo's education.
Qian Mo was also a promising student, studying day and night, memorizing and doing exercises. Unfortunately, his college entrance exam results were not ideal, so after discussing it with his brother, Qian Mo chose to repeat the year.
When Qian Mo repeated his studies, he studied even more diligently, often studying until midnight. Seeing how serious they were, the homeroom teacher applied to the school to allow the classroom lights to be on until midnight.
Evening self-study had ended, and Qian Mo was doing her test papers in the classroom as usual.
There was another female classmate in the class at the time, but he didn't pay attention. Later, the girl took off her clothes and rushed out of the classroom, saying that Qian Mo had cheated, which attracted the school security guards.
He was beaten by the security guards, and later by the girl's parents.
Their legs were broken.
The female classmate demanded that Qian Mo take responsibility and wanted to send him to jail. The homeroom teacher ran around helping, and finally persuaded the girl's parents to accept money and forgive Qian Mo.
Qian Kun transferred his business and raised 5,000 yuan to compensate the woman, and Qian Mo was finally released.
Qian Mo's reputation was ruined, and the two brothers could no longer stay in the village. Their business in the county was also ruined, so they finally came to the provincial capital to try their luck. Their travel expenses were paid by Qian Mo's homeroom teacher.
Five years have passed, and the two have settled down in the provincial capital, but the past is an obstacle they can never overcome.
Qian Kun certainly believed that Qian Mo would not sexually assault the female classmate. He knew his brother's personality well enough. He just couldn't understand why the female classmate would frame Qian Mo.
Now, after meeting Jiang Can, he suddenly realized that it was all because of university admission quotas.
It's infuriating that he and Qian Mo never suspected anything in this regard.
The rest was easy. Jiang Can recounted the recent events, the plots of which were remarkably similar: ruining one's reputation, being expelled from school, and even being sent to jail.
The county's top high school is really something. They picked you, assigned you a 'kind and considerate' homeroom teacher, and meticulously nurtured you. After you succeed in the college entrance exam, they'll take your university spot, and you should just obediently go back to farming. How could you be so foolish as to repeat a year!
Since you're causing trouble, then you might as well go die and go to jail.
Jiang Can and Qian Mo are just two of the victims; there are many more victims in Liaoxian County, as evidenced by these facts.
Qian Kun took the job, and after finishing his work, he went to Liao County.
Zhou Bing hadn't expected this development. He said to Jiang Can, "Brother Qian Kun is best at creating momentum for his superiors. Since it involves his personal interests, it will definitely attract their attention. I'll keep an eye on Yuda for you and fan the flames from the sidelines. We definitely won't let the imposter get away with it. If there's any progress, I'll give you a call. You can leave me your phone number."
Shen Lang left the phone number for the phone booth in Shiliu Alley.
Jiang Can felt he owed Zhou Bing a huge favor because of her sincerity.
Zhou Bing: "We're destined to meet. I'm the kind of person who likes to help people to the end. Don't feel pressured. If you don't want to sign with Chenxing in the end, do you think I'll still hold your hands and sign? Okay, I'll take you to the station. After you're done with your business, I'll come to Liaoxian to find you. I'll have to try your cooking then."
This is the principle of "not releasing the hawk until the rabbit is seen."
When they arrived at the bus station, Zhou Bing escorted the two into the station and offered to buy their tickets. Jiang Can couldn't let her pay again, so she took Zhou Bing's hand and let Shen Lang pay the bill.
Zhou Bing exclaimed in surprise, "Can Can, you're so strong!"
Jiang Can laughed: "Someone like you, I can take on three at once. I can even try taking on five at once."
Zhou Bing had already mentally planned Jiang Can's future path: exquisitely beautiful and a skilled fighter—she was practically invincible. She told Shen Lang to get into the car first, then led Jiang Can to a corner to talk.
Zhou Bing asked, "Are you married? Did you have a wedding banquet or register your marriage?"
Jiang Can: "We've held a banquet and gotten our marriage certificate."
They were both under the legal marriage age, but in small cities, this isn't a big deal; you can get a marriage certificate just by giving them a pack of cigarettes.
There's no one behind them preventing them from getting married.
The Shen family was delighted that Jiang Can quickly married a disreputable street hustler.
Zhou Bing: "Do you plan to have children?"
Jiang Can was shocked, his eyes widening. "A child?"
She finally realized what she had overlooked: she had overlooked her child.
Zhou Bing: "You didn't do it?"
Jiang Can's cheeks flushed instantly, and her eyes misted over with shyness, making her look both delicate and charming.
Zhou Bing couldn't help but rub her cheek. "Little sister, we're so young, there's no rush to have children. Whether you go to university or become an actress, it's not suitable to get married and have children early. You're so young, it's not the best age to have children either. If you get pregnant... ugh, you definitely won't get pregnant. You should start using contraception now. It's okay if you don't know these things, I'll teach you."
Jiang Can genuinely didn't understand, otherwise she wouldn't have overlooked these things. Shen Lang was in the same boat; neither of them had received proper guidance from elders. Shen Lang had watched DVDs, but those DVDs didn't depict pregnancy.
Zhou Bing gave her a lot of information and told her to wait. He then got her a box of condoms in the car, saying, "I just bought these today, they're a gift for you."
Jiang Can blushed as she accepted it.
Zhou Bing thought it was beautiful, especially suitable for the big screen: "Hey, you're so pretty, Shen Lang is so lucky."
Jiang Can boarded the long-distance bus just before it was about to depart and sat down next to Shen Lang.
Shen Lang put his arm around her waist and looked at her; she looked so adorable.
Unfortunately, the occasion was inappropriate.
The car drove away, and Zhou Bing was still standing outside, waving to Jiang Can and the other person.
Jiang Can opened the window. "Goodbye, Sister Bing."
Jiang Can closed the window only when it was completely out of reach of anyone. She felt warm inside, but also a little strange. "No matter how badly others treat me, I'm not afraid and I can deal with them decisively. But this person is so good to me, I don't know what to do."
In all her life, she has had very few people who have been kind to her.
This idiom is also inappropriate; there's no need to count on one's fingers, it's just Shen Lang and Zhou Bing.
Shen Lang touched Jiang Can's cheek: "She wants to sign you so you can make money for her."
Jiang Can: "But I can make money too."
Shen Lang laughed: "So Zhou Bing succeeded."
Jiang Can leaned back in her chair, looking up. "But she's so wonderful. She's exactly the kind of mother I imagined when I was little."
Shen Lang: "Zhou Bing only wants to be your boss."
Jiang Can glared at Shen Lang. On the way back, she was in a good mood, leaning on Shen Lang's shoulder and playing with her gold bracelet, tracing the auspicious clouds on it. She asked softly, "Do you want a child?"
Shen Lang looked at her: "What does my child want? Is she missing a necklace? Buy it!"
Jiang Can: "You're the kid! I mean, do you want someone to call you 'Dad'?"
Shen Lang leaned close to her ear with a cheeky grin and said, "Don't you always call me that?"
In bed.
Jiang Can pinched his waist angrily: "How can you not understand me! Do you want to have a child? Our child."
Shen Lang imagined it all. Ideally, it would be a daughter, someone who looked like her and someone who looked like him, cute and soft, tugging at his sleeve and calling him "Daddy" in a sweet voice. He couldn't help but smile.
Wait a minute, what are newborn babies like? They just lie in bed and cry. They cry when they're hungry, thirsty, pooped, wet, or uncomfortable.
They want the baby to wash their clothes, wash their bottom, cry and want to be held, and fuss and want to be held. Maybe they are having a good time with their wife, but then the baby wakes up and starts crying, and their happiness is gone.
I also need to buy clothes, formula, toys, diapers for the baby...
Stop! He got goosebumps. He looked at Jiang Can and said, "We're still babies." He couldn't help but reach out and touch Jiang Can's belly. "There's a baby inside?"
Jiang Can slapped his hand away, "No way." She then explained the relevant knowledge to Shen Lang, and the two whispered to each other in very low voices. Shen Lang even wanted to see what a condom looked like.
However, it's not convenient to take it out and study it in the car.
Shen Lang touched Jiang Can's belly again: "Baby, you better be strong and don't come now."
Jiang Can: "It's all your fault. You don't know anything. Aren't you supposed to be so capable? You don't even know these things."
Shen Lang: "The disc didn't say that this could lead to pregnancy."
Jiang Can: "Then why don't you think about how other people get pregnant?"
The two exchanged a glance, then tacitly looked away. It wasn't entirely their fault; neither of them had considered it.
The bus continued driving, and when it came to a mountain road, there was a large wooden stake in the middle of the road, blocking the bus's path. The driver was forced to stop, and he frowned and cursed, "Who the hell put a wooden stake in the road? Are they crazy?" He then called on everyone to help him get off the bus and move the stake.
Otherwise, the car definitely wouldn't be able to get through.
The men in the front row got out of the car and together carried the wooden stake to the side of the road. Fortunately, although the stake looked big, it wasn't actually very heavy.
Several passengers with children also got off the bus and took their children to the restroom nearby.
People who get carsick should also get off and get some fresh air.
Once everything was moved, people boarded the bus one by one.
After finishing his cigarette, the driver called out to the passengers, "Everyone, please check if everyone in the next seat has boarded. If everyone is there, we'll set off."
Before he could finish speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. Turning around, he saw two burly men standing beside him. The bald man said, "We haven't even gotten on the bus yet, what's the rush?"
The driver looked down and saw a pistol pressed against his waist. His legs went weak and he trembled all over: "Brother, let's talk this out."
The bald, burly man tightened his grip: "Get in and drive."
The driver scrambled into the car and sat in the driver's seat, but he was too nervous to start the engine.
The bald, burly man pointed his pistol at his head, "Three...two..."
The driver finally started the car when he counted to one.
Bald, burly man: "Turn at the next intersection."
The other burly man, shorter in stature, had a cigarette dangling from his mouth. After taking a deep drag, he blew out a smoke ring and said, "You have one minute to pack up all the valuables."
He had a python tattooed on his body, coiled around him, with the thick snake's body visible through the open collar, and the ferocious snake's head coiled around his neck, flicking its tongue.
It makes it even more terrifying.
He banged his steel pipe against the carriage as he walked from front to back, collecting money as he said, "Behave yourselves, hand over all the valuables. I'm a kind man, I don't like bloodshed, don't force me to do anything. Also, all you women, keep your heads up."
When they reached the third row, a young woman was so frightened that she covered her head and dared not look up. The tattooed, burly man slammed a stick into the seat behind her with a loud 'thud,' yelling, 'I told you to look up! Are you deaf?'
The woman screamed in fright and quickly looked up.
The burly man glanced at it and continued walking.
Shen Lang and Jiang Can exchanged a glance; this was coming towards them. Jiang Can quietly took out a kitchen knife from her bag and handed it to Shen Lang.
The burly man walked up to Shen Lang and Jiang Can and said, "Look up."
Shen Lang threw the money and watch into the burly man's bag. Just as the burly man was waving his stick to make Jiang Can look up, Shen Lang slashed the burly man's neck with the back of his knife. The burly man's head tilted to the side and he fell backward.
Shen Lang grabbed him by the collar and carefully placed him on the ground.
He carefully walked towards the driver. Jiang Can quickly took off his silk scarf and used it to bind the burly man's hands. The man next to him immediately pulled out a belt and handed it over, binding him tightly.
Shen Lang was very careful, but the bald, burly man still cautiously turned around. Unfortunately, he was too late. The instant the man turned around, Shen Lang had already thrown the kitchen knife. The knife spun in the air and struck the bald, burly man's left shoulder, almost severing half of his body. Blood gushed out immediately.
He was a ruthless man; without uttering a scream, he let the cleaver graze his shoulder, then switched hands to the pistol, intending to shoot Shen Lang dead.
The driver jerked the steering wheel, and the bald man lost his balance. His pistol went astray and fired with a 'bang' through the carriage.
The people on the bus screamed repeatedly.
Shen Lang had already reached him, kicked the bald, burly man to the ground, took control of the pistol in his hand, and pressed it hard against the man's wound, causing the flesh to turn outwards and more blood to gush out.
The bald, burly man's face turned ashen. "Let me go, and I'll give you 50,000 yuan."
Shen Lang ignored the bald, burly man and told the driver to stop the car: "Please get off first, everyone. I'm going to their hideout. If someone is there to meet me, it might be dangerous. You can take another car later."
"Take back the money and belongings that were just stolen. The ticket seller should refund the ticket money and this bag of money."
Shen Lang was covered in blood, still clutching a pistol, and no one dared to move.
Shen Lang: "Hurry up, everyone. If you don't want to get off the car, then walk with it."
I wouldn't dare to go with them.
Everyone quickly got off the bus, and Shen Lang threw the bag that the tattooed man had just stolen to the ticket seller.
The driver stammered, "What about me?"
Shen Lang: "If you get out, who will drive?"
The driver said, "Brother, you drive. This car is easy to drive. Just step on the gas and it's off. My legs are weak, my legs are weak, I can't drive." Then he drove off.
Shen Lang: ...
Only Shen Lang, Jiang Can, and the two thugs remained in the car.
The driver and ticket seller led the group of over thirty people away as quickly as possible, wishing they could get as far away as possible.
Shen Lang can drive, though he's not very skilled at driving a bus, but as long as he can get it moving, that's fine.
Shen Lang looked down at the bald, burly man: "How much did the people who told you to kill my wife get paid?"
The Shen family is truly ruthless. They went to Yuda University to find Shen Jiajia at noon, and then hired an assassin to kill Jiang Can in the afternoon.
The bald, burly man didn't speak, but Shen Lang sneered and stepped on the kitchen knife.
Jiang Can rummaged through his bag, opened a small jar, and sprinkled the liquid onto the bald, muscular man's wound.
The bald, burly man could no longer hold back. He screamed in agony, rolled on the ground, and large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, mixing with his blood. "Fifty thousand, it's fifty thousand."
Jiang Can scoffed. The Shen family was really something else. They only gave her two thousand yuan for smashing her clothes. She thought they were stingy, but they hired a murderer for fifty thousand yuan.
She said, "I'm so sorry, you're too late. There's no way to remove the salt now. Just bear with it a little longer, it won't kill you." She then turned the man over.
Shen Lang pulled her away and started rummaging through the money himself. He found 25,000 yuan in the waist bag, then went to look for the tattooed man and found another 25,000 yuan.
The two men divided the loot and then committed murder.
Following the route the burly man had given them, Shen Lang took a detour to look for it. There was no one to meet him; it was just a wide-open grove of trees. The two of them hailed a car and prepared to come here.
It's definitely not for any good reason.
Since there's no one to meet us, let's go to the police station.
Shen Boyang wants to become a member of the Provincial Standing Committee, and the only person who can compete with him is Liang Yi, the director of the Provincial Public Security Department.
Shen Lang really wanted to get to know Director Liang, but since he was such a high-ranking official, even if he went to him, he wouldn't pay any attention to him. Well, now, an opportunity had come.
These two murderers must have committed many other crimes.
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