CH 159 I'm Not Sleepy Now
Translated by The BL Muse (ko-fi)
Don't know when it started, but a piece of gossip suddenly spread in the circle of Yan City: He Qianjian had been kicked out of the He family.
At first, no one believed it. After all, when Jiang Chen was admitted back to the Jiang family, the He family made the relationship between the two clear in front of everyone, and indeed valued the rediscovered biological son more. But judging from the attitude at the time, the relationship with the adopted son was still good, even if he was not as valued as before, it was absolutely impossible for them to do a thing like kick him out.
However, the momentum of the news picked up more and more as time went by. Everyone couldn't help but speculate, but they still couldn't get the exact truth. Except for He Yanfeng who would still attend some necessary banquets, his other two siblings did not move around. The younger generation was also still in school, so there was nowhere to ask for news.
He Qianmin admitted it directly when someone asked him, but everyone in the circle knew about his relationship with He Qianjian. Otherwise, he might be reliable, but when it came to He Qianjian, it was hard to tell what he said was true or fake.
Until one day, someone working in the judiciary revealed the exact truth——He Qianjian was sentenced to three years in prison for being suspected of kidnapping, and had entered Zhangshan Prison, and it was the He family who called the police and arrested him.
As soon as the news came out, the entire Yan City circle was in an uproar. Now that school had started, some well-connected people went directly to the school where He Qianjian went to inquire. After learning that He Qianjian hadn't shown up for two months, they basically confirmed the news.
Everyone began to be curious. Since He Qianjian went to prison for kidnapping, who had he kidnapped?
Among them, Jiang Chen and He Qianmin were the most popular guesses. Among the two, the former had a subtle and awkward relationship with He Qianjian, while the latter was incompatible with He Qianjian, and they were both real children of the He family. It explained why the He family kicked him out and called the police themselves.
What outsiders would think and say when they knew about this matter, He Qianjian could make a guess without even thinking about it. But at this moment, he didn't have the heart to think about what other people thought, because his heart was completely dead.
It had been two months since he was sent to the police station from the He family house, and then to the detention center, court, and prison. During these two months, he called the System countless times, hoping to help him escape through the System, but the System did not respond even once.
He Qianjian could barely maintain his composure in the detention center, but when he heard the verdict and knew that he would stay in prison for at least three years, he lost his composure in a panic. Right there in the courtroom, surrounded by policemen on both sides, he began to yell and attempt to rush out.
Although he was quickly subdued and entered the prison as scheduled, He Qianjian also seemed to become abnormal, often talking to himself, or hitting the wall or knocking on the door, sometimes he would even burst into tears, ranting and wanting to hurt people. Because of this, He Qianjian was released on medical parole just a month after he entered the prison, but the doctor saw nothing wrong with him, so he went back to prison again.
Now that two months have passed, He Qianjian had also calmed down. He no longer shouted like a madman, and talked to himself less. The prison guards were relieved, and their monitoring of him had also been relaxed.
On this day, He Qianjian made a request——he wanted to see Jiang Chen.
The prison guards directly told their superiors about this matter. The superiors who knew about the relationship between He Qianjian and the He family, including Jiang Chen. So hearing this request they all felt very strange.
He Qianjian was sent here by the He family. In fact, they also made special requests. They were told to watch He Qianjian more closely, saying that he might be a little strange. And to keep an eye on him so that he did not escape and to not to put anything in a 50 meters range that might help him escape.
The first one, as prison guards, was natural, but the latter one was very strange. Within 50 meters, there were front and back cells and a custody room. Most of the time, the prison guards were on duty in the custody room, and the keys were also in the hands of prison guards. If it was something that could help a prisoner escape from prison, wasn't that the most critical and important part?
It was just that if it was kept close to the prison guards or in the drawer of the custody room, ordinary people couldn't touch it. So such a request was really unnecessary and strange.
But the He family was different from others. When the superior learned about this, he cautiously changed He Qianjian to a cell far away from the custody room, and also checked the prohibited items, which could be considered as his answer to the He family.
This time, when He Qianjian made a request, the superior thought it over and asked He Yanfeng directly.
He Yanfeng didn't know why He Qianjian wanted to meet Jiang Chen, but he knew that Jiang Chen had just finished the launch experiment and was preparing for listing, which was the busiest time, and he had to take care of not only his company, but also his studies and work in the laboratory. How was there any time to visit He Qianjian? So he directly refused.
When He Qianjian got the news that he couldn't see Jiang Chen, a fierce look appeared on his gaunt face, and his eyes were filled with gloom.
"Yo, isn't this the young master?"
Not far from the barbed wire fence, a bald man walked towards He Qianjian with a malicious smile, walking from the sun into the shadow where He Qianjian was sitting. He then touched his pale face, and looked at him with a smile.
He Qianjian tucked in his neck, a trace of timidity and hatred flashed in his eyes, and he called "Brother Hei" in a hoarse voice.
Brother Hei's hand on his face went around his back, and slowly moved downwards. He Qianjian's face changed, and he wanted to move away, but the other could hold him still with one arm. Feeling that hand reaching a certain place, his face became even more ugly, and he wanted to yell but didn't dare to yell. He wanted to resist but was even more afraid of being beaten, so he could only freeze in place, his face shifting from blue to white.
Now was recreation time. Except for the prison guard standing on the high observation deck, the other prison guards were scattered widely. Moreover, in order to avoid these prisoners, He Qianjian sat in the corner with stone walls on both sides, so they did not pay attention to this side at all.
The bald man saw his humiliated and ferocious expression, smiled and withdrew his hand, leaving after a short while. He was a bit perverted, but he also knew where this was, so he stopped after a touch.
After the bald man left, a short and thin man walked up to He Qianjian. Seeing his dark face, he forced a smile and said, "Young Master He, what about what you said earlier?"
Seeing someone approaching suddenly, He Qianjian stood up and kicked him away without even thinking about it, shouting angrily, "Piss off!"
The short and thin man didn't react in time, he was kicked suddenly, and fell down unprepared, lying on the ground without moving for a while. He Qianjian then realized that he had kicked the wrong person, but after seeing the short and thin man, the fear on his face disappeared in an instant, and he changed places without even sparing another look at the short and thin man.
After such a period of time in this prison, He Qianjian actually adapted quite well. Among them, the fastest thing he learned was how to read people. The person in front of him and the man before were the ones he was not afraid of and couldn't afford to provoke respectively, so naturally his attitude towards them was not the same.
Now, He Qianjian only thought about how to get Jiang Chen to come to see him in prison.
He was basically certain that the sudden disappearance of the System had something to do with Jiang Chen. He had to find a way to meet Jiang Chen. Only after meeting him could he negotiate with Jiang Chen and let the System return to his side. After such a period of time, he had completely regretted everything and also feared deeply. As long as Jiang Chen was willing to let him go out of prison and return the System to him, he was willing to do anything, even leaving the country.
He Qianjian, who was preoccupied with convincing Jiang Chen to return the System to him, didn't see that the man lying on the ground, after he left, had an even more disgusted and spiteful look on his face than he himself had when he faced the bald man before.
A few hundred miles away, the Military Industry Research Institute.
Jiang Chen handed in the results report at this stage. As soon as he left the office, he saw Shi Fengyue waiting outside the door. He took the coffee he handed over, took a sip, and walked to the laboratory side by side with him.
It wasn't until he walked out of the office that Jiang Chen asked, "Has there been any progress?"
The test at He Yanya's lab had ended two months ago, and the people who participated in the test, including Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue, have all returned to the main laboratory of the Military Industry Institute. The test equipment here was different from that over there, so the follow-up tests and the deciphering speed of those system files were much faster.
A few days ago, they saw a folder named "Optimal Choice Exchange Item Record Form" in the newly sorted folder. The name of this folder sounded like the previous "Optimal Choice Record Form" and it seemed to come from the same source, but the level of secrecy was extremely high, and the difficulty of deciphering was unprecedented.
Originally, Jiang Chen, who didn't pay much attention to this folder because of the name, became curious about it because of the unprecedented level of secrecy and difficulty in deciphering it.
However, from the time this folder was dug up to now, there had not been much progress into the entire deciphering process, and it could even be said to have stagnated.
After all, the laboratory focused on the development of Changjiang and though the alarm at that time attracted the attention of Major General Wu and others, it did not attract more attention from them. As the head researcher, Jiang Chem couldn't justify working on something that was not the main research topic to the top nor the bottom.
Therefore, Jiang Chen handed over the research on the System to Shi Fengyue. There were several reasons. One was because Shi Fengyue was very interested in the System, and the other was because Shi Fengyue was the one who knew the System's relationship with He Qianjian the best out of everyone and the third reason was because he trusted Shi Fengyue.
Facts have proved that Jiang Chen's trust was not wrong. After Shi Fengyue took over, the cracking speed of the files captured from the System was faster than when they worked together before, not to mention the translation. After all, he had created the translation software in the first place.
The only exception was the folder called "Optimal Choice Exchange Item Record Form", the progress had been very slow.
As Jiang Chen asked, he looked sideways at Shi Fengyue, seeing him in a white shirt and black trousers, his skin as pale as snow, but his eye circles standing out at a slight blue, and his lips were also pale. He couldn't help frowning slightly: "You stayed up late again?”
Shi Fengyue was lethargic, usually the thing he did most was sleep, and he was very angry whenever he got up. During this time, because of that file folder, his sleep time was significantly shortened. Only when he was too sleepy would he lie down on the table and nap a bit. As a result, no one in the laboratory dared to breathe too heavily, but even so, he still didn't have enough rest.
"I'm a bit sleepy."
Shi Fengyue rubbed the center of his eyebrows, his slender fingers appearing a little transparent in the sun.
Jiang Chen: "There's no need to hurry so with that folder, you can go to my lounge to sleep later."
Shi Fengyue: "No need."
"Then you……"
"Is the coffee refreshing?"
Jiang Chen just took a sip and so he recalled it: "It's quite refreshing."
"Let me try."
There was warmth on Jiang Chen's lips, and then the wind blew past, making it slightly cool.
Shi Fengyue rubbed his lower lip with his index finger, and smiled at him sideways: "I'm not sleepy now."