CH 172 Person I Like

A few days have passed since He Qianjian moved to cell 15. The atmosphere was as strange and silent as before, but nothing happened. Not even the conflict and fighting that was most common in other cells.

This kind of calm made him feel relaxed at first, but later he couldn't help but become wary.

In prison, there was not a single person easy to get along with. He Qianjian deeply understood this truth.

However, in the past few days, he found a cellmate from his previous cell during eating and relaxing times, and asked him if there was any special news or people who should not be messed with in cell 15. Later, he used the System to exchange some things to use to bribe some information from other people, but nothing had been gained.

He Qianjian originally wanted to find Zhou Yang to inquire about the matter, but Zhou Yang seemed to have been transferred to another place and hadn't been on duty here for a long time. He couldn't find the other even if he wanted to, so he gave up.

But the atmosphere in cell 15 was really weird. He didn't know the reason, but it made him more wary and nervous, like a startled bird. In cell 14, he could still sleep for a few hours every night, but after switching to here the first night, he could no longer fall asleep.

For this reason, He Qianjian even asked the System for help, hoping that it could find out the reason why cell 15 was so weird through monitoring or listening, but the System didn't take his matter to heart at all and said directly: I have to prevent Jiang Chen's system from finding me, I also need to clean up the virus and repair the program code. Don't bother me if nothing happens.

For five days in a row, all methods were tried. He Qianjian could not find the reason for the strangeness in cell 15, and he was even more afraid to fall asleep at night——the lights were turned off when he first entered the cell, and he could not see the other people's faces clearly. It was only when he woke up the next day, did he realize that almost everyone in the cell had dark circles under their eyes and looked ten years older than their actual age. This kind of weirdness made it even more difficult for him to sleep and eat, and he no longer felt any excitement over switching cells.

He Qianjian thought about it and decided to find the warden and explain that he wanted to change from cell 15  back to cell 14. However, the warden was not easy to see. Even when Zhou Yang was here before, he might not be able to help him meet the warden. Now that he was gone, if He Qianjian wanted to do anything, it was even more difficult to do so.

But the heavens probably heard his voice. Ten days before the reading club event, the warden came down to patrol during working hours. He also inspected the venue where the reading club was to be held. He Qianjian happened to have injured his arm a few days ago so during this period, he had not gone to work in the factory, but was assigned to decorate the reading club venue instead.

Seeing the warden, He Qianjian made a quick decision and stopped him immediately to explain his request.

The other prison guards frowned at him, and some even took out their batons, angrily scolding him for not having tact and wanting to teach him a lesson. After the warden stopped them, he just said lightly: Prison is not like outside. You need a reason to change cells. Give me one reason.

He Qianjian naturally had no reason. Did it count if his cellmates were too quiet?

He could only watch the opportunity slip away. Just when he thought he might have to endure the next several days and wait for the time to escape from prison, something happened again.

——There was a middle-aged man in their cell who stayed up for who knows how many days without daring to sleep. Finally, he couldn't hold on anymore and fainted. The prison infirmary could not treat him, so he was paroled for medical treatment.

He Qianjian seemed to have had an enlightenment and instantly had an idea. If he could be paroled for medical treatment, the success rate of escape would be higher, and he would not have to wait so many days.

But in this prison, injuries that could be paroled for medical treatment were not easily suffered, He Qianjian had to think about it carefully.

……

After knowing that the System still belonged to He Qianjian, Jiang Chen re-drew the plan and devoted all his energy to developing the Changjiang military version. At the same time, the launch time of the Changjiang home version was finally determined in half a month.

"Boss, we have finished parsing the files here, are there any other tasks?"

Jiang Chen was discussing with the people around him. When he heard this, he turned around with a smile in his eyes: "INothing more. Go back to rest after getting off work."

"Okay." The speaker picked up the folder next to him. While checking it, he suddenly remembered something and turned back: "But, recently the signals of DTW001 we captured are getting weaker and weaker. Does this mean that Changjiang has the upper hand?" Ever since they saw the codename of He Qianjian's system in the deciphered documents, everyone in the institute started calling it that.

"Not necessarily." The speaker this time was Shi Fengyue, he said lazily: "The weaker the signal may also mean that its shielding ability has strengthened."

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Another researcher joined the topic: "Although DTW001 seems to be a little weaker than Changjiang every time, it could still escape every time, and I think its intelligence is not weaker than Changjiang, maybe almost the same, right, Changjiang?”

Changjiang: "DTW001's intelligence index is 77.89%, and my intelligence level is 78%. From the data point of view, my intelligence level is higher than it."

"I also think you are more intelligent. Maybe next time you two fight, you two could quarrel. The one with more vocabulary must be more intelligent."

Changjiang: “Sure, but it's not necessary."

The researcher laughed loudly, and then pondered thoughtfully: "Boss, who created DTW001? If it's just about the level of intelligence, we also have Changjiang, so it doesn't count as unusual, but its other abilities are too strange. I asked my friend who studies quantum mechanics before, and he gave a possibility, but the possibility of this possibility being realized on earth is zero.”

This topic had been discussed in the institute countless times, but every time everyone was free or happened to think about it, they were not at all bored to discuss it again.

With Changjiang as a front example, He Qianjian's system which showed intelligence that was different from the technology of this era was easily accepted by them. However, how DTW's other abilities operate was still a mystery, so its origin was even more curious.

Jiang Chen: "Isn't this the answer we are looking for now?"

The researcher nodded, packed up his things, stood up and said with a smile: "I'm going to get off work first. I have a day off tomorrow. Boss, you should leave early later."

Jiang Chen smiled: "Later."

Tomorrow was Labor Day, and there were a total of seven days off for the holiday. Naturally, it was impossible for everyone in the institute to take such a long vacation, so except for the researchers who record data in shifts, everyone else could take three days off.

For the next three days, Jiang Chen had already thought about how to arrange it.

"Boss, I'm leaving too."

"The data has been rechecked and there is no problem. I'm out."

"Later, boss."

Jiang Chen retracted his thoughts and bid goodbye to his colleagues who were leaving one after another. In a blink of an eye, he and Shi Fengyue were the only two people left in the laboratory.

"Everyone’s gone."

Shi Fengyue turned sideways and looked at Jiang Chen, with one hand on the back of the chair and the other casually on the table. His posture was casual, and there was an indecipherable smile brewing in his eyes.

Jiang Chen tapped his fingers on the keyboard, looked at the computer screen intently, and hummed casually as an answer.

"So cold?" Shi Fengyue raised his eyebrows, moved closer to him and said, “You treat your colleagues with a smile and tell them to pay attention to their safety and say goodbye, but you just ignore your boyfriend."

Jiang Chen's fingers paused and he turned his head. The distance between their noses was less than two centimeters in an instant. He was not affected at all, his eyes smiling: "So sour?"

"Have a taste?" Shi Fengyue narrowed his dark eyes, pinched his chin, and bit his lower lip.

The corner of Jiang Chen's mouth curled up, and the hand on the keyboard was finally willing to leave. He raised his hand and hooked it around the other's neck. Instead of being passive, he took the initiative and licked into Shi Fengyue's mouth.

In the quiet laboratory, the only sounds were the suddenly deepened breathing and ambiguous wet noises.

When they separated, both of them were out of breath, but they both looked satisfied.

"Let's go, I'll take you back after dinner."

Shi Fengyue stood up, took his coat and stretched out his hand to pull Jiang Chen up.

Jiang Chen checked the laboratory, said goodbye to Changjiang, and the two left together.

While eating, Shi Fengyue pretended to casually ask, "We have three days off. How do you plan to arrange it?"

"Accompany my parents." Jiang Chen concentrated on picking out fish bones without raising his head: "Shen Xu and Huo Bo also said we haven't gotten together for a long time and we might meet up to have a meal together."

"Hmm, what next?"

“I might go visit the old He family house." Jiang Chen divided the fish into two parts, served half into the Shi Feng Yue bowl, and ate the other half himself: "I've been too busy during this period, and I haven't been back for a long time. It just so happens that He Qianyang will also be back, so I should stop by.”

Shi Fengyue ate the fish, put down his chopsticks, and looked at him with his arms crossed, his jaw slightly raised and appearing a little tense: "No more?"

Jiang Chen picked up another piece of fish, lowered his eyes and hid the smile and mischief in his eyes. He asked in a puzzled tone: "It's only three days off, what else is there?"

Shi Fengyue: “Your time management is very good. In three days, you not only plan to spend time with family, but also take time to spend with friends, and also visit elders. It is very reasonable indeed."

Jiang Chen twitched the corner of his mouth, suppressed the laugh that almost escaped from his throat, and coughed twice: "I think so too, but I keep feeling like I missed someone."

Shi Fengyue snorted coldly: "Maybe he's not an important person, otherwise how could you have missed him?"

Jiang Chen nodded seriously, but when he caught a glimpse of Shi Fengyue's dark expression from the corner of his eye, he finally couldn't hold back his laughter.

Shi Fengyue narrowed his eyes: "Is something funny?"

Jiang Chen shook his head quickly, but the smile overflowing from the corners of his eyes and mouth betrayed him.

Seeing the face of the other getting darker and darker, he finally stopped laughing and began to coax: “I made all the arrangements just now for two days, and left one day for the person who I missed."

Shi Fengyue's tense expression relaxed slightly, and the heavy air pressure around him finally rose a little: "Who did you miss?"

"Well..." Jiang Chen pretended to think, and when he saw the other's eyes glare over, he smiled and rolled his eyes: "Three days, one day for family, one day for friends, and one day of course——"

As Jiang Chen trailed off, Shi Fengyue's eyebrows lifted and he met his smiling eyes.

"For the person I like."

Shi Fengyue unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth in a smile but quickly suppressed it, though he couldn't help but let a chuckle slip.