CH 147 Not Just Awesome

He Qianjian sneered as he flipped through the comments on the Internet, with dark malice in his eyes, as if he was muttering to himself, or talking to someone.

"So what if I don't have your help, I can still make Jiang Chen feel bad, and you can't stop me if you don't help me. This is just the beginning. When the public opinion ferments to its peak, no matter how good his grades are, so what? Yan and Hua Uni will still think he is troublesome. The top scorer in the college entrance examination has no college to go to, won't this be the biggest news this year..."

The room was quiet, no one responded, and He Qianjian didn't mind. He was in a good mood these two days, even if the System warned him time and time again, if it didn't develop a way to counterattack and devour the system in Jiang Chen's hands, he had better not go against Jiang Chen, he was not annoyed at all.

"Yan University and Hua University, the schools that I can't get into, Jiang Chen can also forget about going either and the He family, if I can't get it, I won't let other people get it, and now the police have found something. He Yanfeng must know a lot of things as well, but it doesn't matter, he is not the head of the He family."

"When I move to the old house, with Grandpa supporting me, no matter how much he finds out, so what. He's been played around by me for so many years. What can he do with me this time?"

[Do you think you have won a big victory?] The System's icy voice suddenly sounded. [What makes you think that you can make Jiang Chen unable to enter Yan University by spending a little money to find a few water army online?]

He Qianjian paused in sliding the mouse, his smile disappeared, and his face was full of gloom: "Of course I have other means."

[Means?] The System sneered in a humans like manner: [What should I even say, I have helped you for so many years, and you have been smooth sailing, so you really feel that you are omnipotent? You think you have the means to think that you are extremely smart, but you forget that in your previous life you were just a mediocre ant who could be stepped on by anyone, and in the end you even died a worthless death.]

"Shut up!" He Qianjian stood up abruptly, the solid wooden seat falling to the ground making a loud noise. He gritted his teeth and stared at a point in the air, his voice practically squeezing out of his throat: "I was just unlucky in my previous life, and I will never let it be the same in this life!"

[What's the difference?] The System said coldly word by word: [Without my help, you would still be that narrow-minded useless wretch.]

"I..." He Qianjian's chest heaved, but before he could say anything, the phone on the desk rang. He wanted to ignore it, but answered after seeing the caller ID.

Don't know what was said on the other end of the line, but his face became more and more ugly. Before he hung up the phone, he threw himself in front of the computer and opened the browser to search.

The System was integrated with He Qianjian, so he naturally heard the content of the phone call, and he already knew about the change of online public opinion before that, but it didn't stop it. He Wish Juan had been becoming more and more stupid and conceited, and was already putting a wrench in things, so let him learn a lesson.

What He Qianjian searched for was the Yan Uni statement. On Yan Uni’s official website, Jiang Chen’s admission notice was released. The text was very official but subtly protective, listing Jiang Chen’s awards and honors during his schooling. The most important thing was that at the end, Yan Uni warmly celebrated Jiang Chen's achievements in the image processing system, and dealt with the specific situation in detail, saying that Jiang Chen could apply for a personal laboratory from the beginning of his freshman year, and so long as he completed the current semester credits at the end of the semester he may not need to consider attendance.

This notice ignited the enthusiasm of the entire Internet. Before, only high school students and college students participated in the discussion of this matter, but since the Yan Uni's statement appeared, Hua University and the Military Research Institute have also issued statements one after another.

Hua Uni used Professor Xiang’s entrustment as an excuse to prove that Professor Xiang and Jiang Chen were not teacher and student. He stated that Professor Xiang admired Jiang Chen very much, and even believed that the image processing system he developed by himself surpassed the constraints of modern technology and showed outstanding performance, amazing creativity and research ability.

And on the research institute side, they announced Jiang Chen's achievements, published his image processing system thesis, and indicated that he still had a project in hand, and Jiang Chen would participate in the research of this project during his university days. Details would be announced at a later date.

In the Internet world, too many things could happen in one hour. From Yan Uni’s statement to the Research Institute’s announcement, netizens moved from one post to another, and the discussions were extremely enthusiastic. No one remarked negatively on Jiang Chen again and instead lamented over the gap between people.

Moreover, the news about Jiang Chen was no longer just gossip of ordinary people. After the announcement of the research institute, professional scientific research forums were also discussing Jiang Chen, but they were more focused on the paper and his results. Ordinary people also occasionally came here to see what the bigwigs think, but they could only see technical terms and various long research articles that they didn't understand at all, as well as English professional vocabulary that made them doubt whether they had even passed CET-6.

Netizens didn't understand, but it didn't stop them from thinking that Jiang Chen was awesome. A boy who was only eighteen years old and had not yet entered university could achieve such achievements, which had aroused so many discussions among scientists and professionals. Moreover, it was also said that the image processing system he developed was also especially powerful, and might even win the International Young Scientist Award. This was not just awesome, this was simply godly!

Yes, most of the netizens couldn't fully understand the content in professional forums, but at least they were all in Chinese, and there were always things they could understand, such as praising Jiang Chen and discussing the awards Jiang Chen might win.

Netizens searched for the awards that appeared the most. After reading them, they could only swallow their saliva, knelt in front of the computer, and shout: Great God.

The water army sent by He Qianjian before did their due diligence. In this kind of national worship, they still worked hard to slander him in every post related to Jiang Chen. However, the netizens at this time were no longer led by them. Instead, rational direct rebuttals and even violent expletive filled ones could make these water army want to reincarnate immediately with just their words alone.

After the water army's defeat, they immediately called He Qianjian and told He Qianjian that they had really tried their best, but they were also guilty over slandering a genius boy who made contributions to the country's technology and made the country look good. Moreover, those netizens cursed so unpleasantly, if it wasn't for the anonymous shield of the Internet, one mouthful of spit from each one of them could've drown them all.

In the end, the leader of the water army said that although we are no longer slandering Jiang Chen, we have done what you asked for, and you can’t blame us if the effect is not good. Whoever told you to slander a person who had no black spots at all. And also, we were scolded so badly on top of slandering a boy while ignoring our conscience like this, we are seriously injured psychologically. Although the compensation will not need to be paid, but the final payment just received will not be refunded.

He Qianjian looked at the computer screen expressionlessly, the blue light reflecting on his face, making it look weird and distorted.

——How can there be such a big difference between people? When I watched the news and interview with God Jiang before, I was thinking that the heavens are too unfair. We are all human. How can someone grow up like this? Later, when I learned that God Jiang was the top scorer in the college entrance examination, I was a little sour. Why was he not only good-looking, but also so smart as well. But after seeing Hua and Yan’s statement and the announcement of the Military Research Institute today, I can’t even feel sour. He isn’t a mortal man, he is a god.

He read the passage with the most comments over and over again, and the resentment in his heart surged more and more, but what was caught in this swirl of emotions was even more panic that he refused to admit.

He was afraid. He finally realized that he and Jiang Chen were not at the same level. This gap made him look like a clown no matter what he did, hilarious and ridiculous.

He Qianjian suddenly remembered that Jiang Chen knew that he had done so many things to him behind his back, but except for blocking the System during those two times, he had never dealt with him, not even in front of the He family and the Jiang family.

At that time, he felt that Jiang Chen was too stupid and simpleminded, but now he knew that Jiang Chen never took him seriously from the beginning to the end. Even if he blocked the System at that time, it might not be to deal with him, but just to deal with the System.

[I told you earlier not to act rashly. Jiang Chen is different from you. You have to rely on the He family to even touch him whereas he can kick you into the mud ditch by himself. Now not only are people on the Internet overwhelmingly praising Jiang Chen, people from the Institute and Hua/Yan have already noticed that someone behind the scenes was leading on the public opinion.]

He Qianjian raised his head abruptly.

The System seemed unable to see his extremely ugly complexion, and continued coldly: [You are still grasping on to the He family, for fear of missing this backer, but behind Jiang Chen is the power of the entire country, do you think that if your water army are found by government investigators, they will help you hide it?]

[When those water army rat you out, the He family will know what you did. What do you think the He family will do to you? One is the biological child and the most outstanding scientist of this century, and the other is the mud from the sewer, foul from the inside out. How do you think the He family will choose?]

"Enough!" He Qianjian roared angrily, sweeping everything in sight to the ground, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

Of course he knew how the He family would choose. In fact, he already regretted it. If he had listened to the System from the beginning, maybe he would not have fallen into the current situation in the He family. Moreover, even if he left the He family, with the System he would not be worse off. 

The System stopped talking and let He Qianjian go crazy. Now He Qianjian was as good as useless, but the rules of the System were strict, it could not be separated from him at this time, and it could only deal with the system in Jiang Chen's hands by staying with He Qianjian. After it dealt with the system in Jiang Chen's hands and completed the task, it would be able to leave He Qianjian.

He Qianjian sat on the only clean spot on the bed, staring blankly at the dark room with no curtains drawn.

For a moment, he was hopeful, thinking that Jiang Chen might not have that much power to find those water army, but at the same time he was extremely scared, afraid that if he was found out, the He family would completely abandon him or even retaliate against him.

He Qianjian didn't know how long he had spent in such endless speculation and panic, when he suddenly heard someone knock on his door.