CH 173 Family Time

Jiang Chen returned to the Jiang's and stayed for a night. The family of four had a meal at noon the next day, and he returned to the He's in the afternoon. It had been a long time since he had eaten with either set of parents. This time there was enough time, and they could go to the old family house for dinner in the evening, so he arranged it this way.

In the courtyard, the sun was shining on the lawn. Yang Yun pushed a small plate of petal-shaped cakes sprinkled with sweet-scented osmanthus petals next to Jiang Chen's hand: "Try some, Mom's new recipe."

Jiang Chen took a bite, and the slightly sweet taste melted in his mouth. It was soft and chewy, and the fragrance of osmanthus was very delicious. He swallowed it and took a sip of tea then smiled and said, "It tastes good."

The smile in Yang Yun's eyes became gentler, and she offered another piece to him: "Then have some more."

He Qianmin was playing games on his PSP, took a moment to take a look, and said, "Mom, Brother doesn't like too much sweetness, this is too sweet."

Yang Yun glanced at the pastry: "Is it very sweet?"

He Qianmin pouted: "It's overly sweet."

Yang Yun paused and wanted to take away the pastry that had just been placed on Jiang Chen's plate. Jiang Chen smiled slightly and ate the remaining half of the previous piece: "I think it's okay."

"Really?"

"Yeah." Jiang Chen said with a smile: "In the research institute, we only have three meals a day, and we rarely eat snacks. It feels good to have some occasionally."

A smile appeared in Yang Yun's eyes: "As long as you like it."

Before Jiang Chen could eat the second piece, He Qianmin came over and handed him another PSP: "Brother, this level is extremely difficult, let's do it together."

Just when the two of them had passed the level, He Qianyu had finished her homework and came out. She ran straight to Jiang Chen, threw herself on his back, hugged his arm, and said with bright eyes: "Brother, I will dance "Es Miranda" at the Grand Theater next Saturday, I’m going to play Es Miranda, will you come to see it?"

Jiang Chen: "Of course."

He Qianyu cheered: "Yay!"

"Then Brother, come to the dance practice room with me now. I'll dance the part for you to have a look first!" He Qianyu took Jiang Chen's arm and tried to pull him up. He Qianmin clicked his tongue and said, "Don't you see us busy here, go play by yourself.”

He Qianyu put her hands on her hips and said, "You are already in your third year of high school and you are still here playing games. Go and study already."

He Qianmin sneered: "You little brat, mind your own business. I remember you ranked eleventh in the midterm exam. No one in our family has ever had such a bad exam score."

He Qianyu blushed instantly: "That's because I accidentally missed two questions. If..."

"What if? Eleventh place is eleventh place. Are you proud about your carelessness?"

"If I had written it, I would've been in the top five!"

“But didn't you not write it down?" He Qianmin shrugged and said, “When taking exams, everyone only look at the results. They don't care whether you did something wrong, didn't know how to do it, or was careless. The score is what it is."

"I'm just a bit careless. I will definitely do better on the final exam."

"Just a bit careless? Do you think carelessness is a compliment? You are happy when people praise you for being smart. You are also happy when people say you were just careless. Are you dense?"

He Qianmin blabbered non-stop, vexing He Qianyu so much her eyes turned red with anger.

Jiang Chen glanced at him and gestured to him to shut up. He stood up and rubbed his sister's head, took her hand and said softly, "Okay, don't cry. Brother will watch you dance."

He Qianyu pursed her lips and was still a little tearful. She raised her head to defend herself: "It's not that I'm not smart. I didn't do well in the exam last time because I was just careless…”

Jiang Chen paused, turned around to look at her, bent down and said, "Does Qian Yu feel it is important for others to think you are smart or not?"

He Qianyu sniffed and said, "You and Second Brother are very smart. I am your sister, so I have to be smart too."

Jiang Chen squatted down, raised his head and asked, "Does Qian Yu also think that writing down the wrong answer or missing the question, rather than really not being able to do the question, is not as serious?"

He Qianyu hesitated for a few seconds, nodded and said, "I would've definitely done well on the exam if I hadn't missed any questions."

"Then why are you crying?"

He Qianyu's eyes were red like a bunny's: "I don't want others to think I'm stupid."

Jiang Chen smiled lightly: "Of course Qian Yu is not stupid, and you work very hard too. You study hard and practice dance diligently. If ypu can be more careful, you will definitely do even better."

He Qianyu nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then shook her head: "I... don't work very hard either."

"No?" Jiang Chen said with a smile: "Every day, you complete your homework from school and tutor seriously. You spend more time practicing dance than other students in your dance class every day. You rarely even go out to play on weekends. This is a lot of hard work.”

He Qianyu lowered her head, her cheeks were a little red, and she knitted her fingers together.

Jiang Chen smiled gently and said: "Smartness and hard work are both compliments. Smart people know how to work hard, and hard work can make less smart people smarter. This is a very good quality, but carelessness is different. Carelessness is not an excuse, nor is it a compliment that proves a person’s intelligence. It is a shortcoming that many people need to overcome, but it is not terrible. I believe Qian Yu will be able to defeat it in the future, right?”

He Qianyu nodded, her eyes bright: "I will definitely check the papers carefully in the future and work harder."

Jiang Chen rubbed her head: "Let's go, show Brother the dance you are going to perform next week." When passing by He Qianmin's stool, he lightly kicked his foot: "Together."

He Qianmin could only drop the game console and reluctantly follow the two of them.

Yang Yun looked at the backs of the three children in a trance through the floor-to-ceiling windows. When they were no longer visible, she turned around with a smile and said, "Chen Chen really knows how to teach children."

He Yanfeng also smiled: "Didn't old Jiang say before that he liked to reason ever since he was a child? Maybe he learned it from childhood."

Yang Yun paused slightly and slowly lowered her eyes.

He Yanfeng saw this from the corner of his eye and said casually: "What are you thinking about?"

Yang Yun shook her head and said nothing.

……

Two hours passed in a flash. After He Qianyu finished her dance, Yang Yun knocked on the door and asked them to pack up and get ready to go.

In the car, the two younger siblings had a disagreement and quarreled again. Yang Yun had no choice but to turn around and said: "You two should be quiet. Your older brother is already so tired from work, let him have a chance to rest."

In this way, the two young ones settled down a bit.

It was about an hour's drive from the He's to the old family house. Jiang Chen took advantage of the rare quiet time to take a nap, and when he woke up, they were already at the old family house.

Old Mrs. He had been waiting outside for a long time. Before the car even arrived at the garage, she opened the car door and hugged her grandchildren one by one. Finally, she took He Qianyu's hand and walked to the living room to sit down without letting go.

He Qianyang had arrived a long time ago. When he saw Jiang Chen and He Qianmin coming in, he exaggeratedly breathed a sigh of relief: "You guys are finally here. If you don't come, I would've been scolded to death by my dad."

"What did you do again?" Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows.

"What could I have done?" He Qianyang said, "It's just that a few classmates came to play at home, the music was a little loud, and the noise reached the next door."

"It wasn't just a little loud." He Qianmin showed no mercy.

He Qianyang chuckled and said, "Are you guys ganging up to bully me?" He turned to He Yanfeng and said, "Uncle, did you see, scold them quickly, they don't respect their older brother at all."

He Yanjun slapped him on the head: "What about you as an elder brother that your two younger brothers can respect? Can you tell your old man about it?"

He Qianyang ducked his head: "Okay, I'll shut up."

While joking and laughing, He Yanya asked Jiang Chen about the progress of the project, and Jiang Chen told the truth as much as he could.

Because of He Qianjian, everyone in the He family basically knows about Jiang Chen's research project. Although they didn't understand the more specific and professional aspects, there was no need to deliberately conceal the progress if it did not involve confidentiality.

He Yanya: "How about DTW001? I heard that you have made a new discovery."

"A new file folder was found. It should be the system regulations. Currently, only the conditions for exchanging items have been translated. Other than that, there is not much progress. We are still in the stage of collecting evidence. Once we have collected enough evidence, we will apply for the Central Bureau of Scientific Research to intervene.”

He Qianmin was curious: "What system regulations?" The others also looked over.

Jiang Chen smiled, shook his head and said, "I can't talk about this for now."

"I heard that the home version of Changjiang will be officially launched soon." He Yanjun said: "Your company's procedures have not left out anything that should be declared, right."

Changjiang was different from other products on the market. Coupled with the confidentiality of the project, it needed to go through multiple approvals before going on the market. Especially regarding the patents, five applications were applied for in one go. For this purpose, He Yanfeng specially sent someone from his company to oversee and prevent any mistakes.

Hearing that He Yanfeng had sent someone, He Yanjun was relieved, but He Qianyang suddenly thought of something. He raised his eyebrows and said: "Your company's products will not actually be sold on the market, and there is no physical store or customer flow. Though there is no worry over competition in terms of product position, Changjiang is also different from ordinary electronic products. This market is still blank at present, but I know of more than one company that is engaged in artificial intelligence. The person who plays the leading role in your company is your friend, right? Have they passed the background check?"

Jiang Chen had not considered this issue and also did not understand the market very well. He frowned slightly and said, "I don't know. I'll ask them tomorrow."

He Yanfeng also warned: "There are many technology companies researching artificial intelligence, and the investment in building laboratories is not small. You have seized the market first, which is a threat to others, and your target customer groups are the same, but the base is not big yet. If the Changjiang Home Edition is successfully launched, it may just add another competitor to some companies, but for other companies, it may even cause their capital chain to break. You need to investigate clearly so that when the time comes, and someone has taken action against your company, you will know who it is.”

Jiang Chen also became serious when he heard this, nodded and said, "I understand. I will make a call later and ask Shen Xu to check it out."