CH 095 APOLOGIZE

After Yu Fei and the young policeman left, the atmosphere in the He family house became solemn. Old Mr. He glanced over at He Qianjian and Jiang Chen, and said to He Yanfeng and Yang Yun, “Follow me to the study.”

After old Mr. He left, the atmosphere in the living room was not much more relaxed either. He Qianjian was restless as he endured the eyes of everyone present. While discussing countermeasures with the system in his mind, he racked his brains to find a way to save the situation.

He decided to start with the old Mrs. He who loved him the most: “Grandma, I know I was wrong, please don’t be angry with me, okay?”

Before old Mrs. He could speak, He Yanya took the lead and said, “Jiang Chen is the one you should apologize for in this matter.”

“Your aunt is right, you should apologize to Xiao Chen.” Old Mrs. He pulled out her hand that was held by He Qianjian, and the smile also disappeared from her always smiling face.

He Qianjian turned his head to look at Jiang Chen, struggle and humiliation visible in his eyes, and he could not utter a word for a long time.

Jiang Chen raised his wrist and looked at his watch, got up and said goodbye to the elders: “It’s getting late, I should go back.” As if he didn’t see He Qianjian finally opening his mouth, his tone calm and polite.

He Qianjian froze, looked up at Jiang Chen, and clenched his back teeth secretly.

“Xiao Chen, how about…..”

He Yanjun interrupted old Mrs. He: “I’ll send you back.”

Jiang Chen: “Thank you.”

……

After arriving home, Jiang Chen immediately turned on the computer, and Changjiang made a routine report:

“Dylan, the database has been automatically improved to 37.128%. The estimated time to reach 99% is twelve months. The last 1% needs to be improved manually, and the estimated time is forty-five months.”

“Task target implantation progress.” Jiang Chen turned on another computer, tapped his fingers on the keyboard quickly, and at the same time as lines of code appeared, Changjiang replied: “The gap has been opened in the task target, and the progress of Trojan horse virus implantation is 1.212%. Completion is expected to take 82 days.”

“The task target tried to superimpose security patches to prevent tracking for the first time today, and tried to find a gap to implant a Trojan horse virus to invade my program when counterattacking for the 15th time, all of which failed.”

“Have you collected the task target code today?”

“It’s still repeated code.” Changjiang said: “The task target has modified its own IP, and the code order has changed, but no new code has been added.”

Jiang Chen paused, remembering He Qianjian’s calm and tense appearance today, pondered for a moment and then said, “Give me the time when you interfered with the task target today.”

A form quickly appeared on the computer next to him. Jiang Chen glanced over it, and soon found that the time when He Qianjian couldn’t concentrate was when Changjiang was fighting the system.

“Dylan.” Changjiang said: “Today’s data analysis shows that the task target is building a new channel. Once the channel is built, I will no longer be able to hide the IP, and it will find us soon.”

Jiang Chen frowned: “How long do you estimate it will take for the task target to complete the channel?”

“Based on the premise of maintaining the current attack frequency and the task target having not updated, the estimated duration is about eight months.” Changjiang said: “Once the conditions change, the time will also change.”

“What is the shortest time?”

“Two months.” Changjiang said: “The program algorithm of the task target is far more complex, and most of the high-level codes are distributed in currently unknown directions, so its attack and protection ability is relatively weak. Once the task target is upgraded for attack and protection, the difficulty of capturing the task target code will be increased by 22%-58%, taking the highest value, it will only take 1 month and 28 days for it to complete the construction of the channel.”

Jiang Chen: “That’s enough time, is there anything else?”

“A message from C on Wingnet, do you want to open it?”

“Open.” Jiang Chen tilted his head slightly and looked at the other computer. The messenger pop-up window had already been opened, showing the conversation sent by C which could no longer fit in a chat window.

[C: Are you busy recently? Let’s chat~]

[C: I passed the political review a few days ago, and I will report to the Internet Security Bureau the day after tomorrow. I am still so excited now!]

[C: My idol God A is in the Security Bureau! ! !]

[C: As soon as I think of seeing God A, I’m so excited that I can’t sleep!]

[C: I haven’t slept for a week so far! I’m so sleepy but so excited! ! ! !]

[C: Brother, please talk to me, I’m so bored if you don’t talk to me! I haven’t found anything fun in the surveillance cameras these days, it’s really boring!]

[C: Nonono, actually there is something interesting, I’ll send it to your email, the title is Ghost Night at the Geological Museum, remember to reply after watching it dear~]

After Jiang Chen finished reading this long test list, he deeply realized that C was indeed really bored. He hooked up the corner of his mouth and returned:

[D: I’ve been very busy recently, so I don’t have time to chat.]

[C: Don’t! Let’s chat! Let’s chat for five minutes!]

[C: Have you watched that video? It’s absolutely terrifying! A stone that big disappeared just like that! People from the Yan City Museum stayed up three nights to check the surveillance, but they couldn’t find out how the stone disappeared. Go have a look, it’s very interesting.]

Jiang Chen raised his hand and was about to refuse when a window popped up from the computer. He smiled helplessly and clicked on the video.

The video was very short, a total of five seconds. The stone went from still being present to disappearing. When Jiang Chen was about to turn off the video, his eyes suddenly paused, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly. He clicked on the video again, watched it five to six times, and then turned off the video thoughtfully.

[D: When was this surveillance?]

[C: Just three days ago.]

Jiang Chen thought for a moment, and said, “Changjiang, call up the analysis data of the task target three days ago.”

“The analysis data on December 23 has been called up.”

Jiang Chen took a piece of scrap paper and pen, and carefully calculated the data on the analysis form. The time passed unknowingly. When the scrap paper was filled up, the phone rang. He glanced at the time and pressed the button, connecting the call: “Why aren’t you asleep?”

“He Qianyu has been pestering me and just went to sleep.” He Qianmin sounded impatient, but in fact there was a smile on his face: “She asked about you all night, and asked me why you didn’t come home with us, and why doesn’t He Qianjian go back to his own family. She’s so annoying, chattering endlessly.”

Jiang Chen smiled slightly: “She’s still young.”

“I’ve a headache from the noise.” He Qianmin paused, and his tone changed slightly: “Brother, have you ever thought that if you don’t disclose your identity for the coming six months, He Qianjian might do something to you behind the scenes.”

Recalling the incident in Changyang Square, Jiang Chen said, “Don’t worry, he can’t do anything to me.”

“Anyway, you have to be careful.” After He Qianmin finished speaking, he was silent for a moment, and then said, “After you went back, Grandpa asked He Qianjian a lot of questions.”

Hearing He Qianmin’s tone, Jiang Chen said, “Did he mention the car accident three years ago?”

“No.” He Qianmin said: “But just who they believe now is not important to me anymore. He Qianjian and I have no evidence, and it is impossible to produce evidence in the future. It’s indeed the best solution now for them to choose to put it aside.”

“Not asking doesn’t mean not doubting.”

Although they only met a few times, Jiang Chen could tell that old Mr. He and Mr. He Yanjun were not the kind of people who would let dangerous factors exist in their midst. Today, if they asked He Qianjian about what happened three years ago, it would mean that they didn’t have any doubts. In contrast, not asking now meant they weren’t giving He Qianjian a chance to defend himself. According to the resolute and decisive personalities of these two, they probably already started their own investigation.

But as He Qianmin said, the car accident three years ago did not leave any evidence. In front of old Mr. He and He Yanjun, as the only witness, compared to He Qianjian, who had been raised by the He family for eighteen years, his words were not convincing enough.

But after adding He Qianmin and the video he sent to He Yanfeng back then, this matter would definitely not be settled like it was three years ago. There was no evidence left from the car accident three years ago, but what He Qianjian had done these years were not without flaws.

When a person’s inherent image was shattered a little bit, his credibility in another person’s heart would be infinitely reduced, and when another person finds that person was full of lies and his character was worrisome, even if there was no evidence, there would still be a conclusion about the car accident in the hearts of the He family.

This was exactly Jiang Chen’s motive in telling the truth about the car accident three years ago in front of everyone in the He family after he knew that Yu Fei had come to him and He Qianjian for investigation.

“It’s useless for them to doubt. There weren’t any surveillance back then, so it is impossible for evidence to have been left. That’s why He Qianjian is so confident.” He Qianmin didn’t want to continue this topic, so he changed the subject: “I suspect He Qianjian knew from the beginning that he is not my parents’ son, only this can explain why he deliberately targeted you before.”

“And as I said before, he did a paternity test at the beginning, which proves that there must be someone else behind him to help. Although I don’t know what the purpose of that person is, since he sneaks around and never shows up, it must be because he is afraid of the He family. When we find that person, everything will be revealed.”

Jiang Chen’s typing hands paused, and he said calmly, “How do you plan to find that person?”

“He would definitely contact the people behind the scenes every once in a while. I am going to install a bug in his room, and then send someone to watch him to see who he makes contact with.”

“He has managed to keep his secrets for so many years. He would only be more cautious in the current situation. How can you be sure that you can catch the people behind him?”

“Because He Qianjian has a bad habit.” He Qianmin laughed: “The more he panics, the more he loses control. The less control he maintains, the more he likes to ask for help. Now that things have reached this point, I don’t believe he won’t ask for help from the people behind him.”

Not hearing Jiang Chen’s response, He Qianmin paused, and said cautiously: “Brother, I know you don’t want me to get in a conflict with He Qianjian, but now…..”

“If you want to investigate, just investigate.” Jiang Chen came back to himself and said, “I believe you have a sense of magnitude.”

He didn’t allow He Qianmin to get in a direct conflict with He Qianjian before because of He Qianjian’s insidious methods and the abilities of the system. He Qianmin would only suffer if he rushed at him headlong.

However, now He Qianjian could barely even take care of himself, and he was especially afraid of losing the protective umbrella of the He family. Even if he knew that He Qianmin was investigating him, he would never dare to attack him. And now old Mr. He and He Yanjun should have sent people to investigate He Qianjian, and with Yu Fei watching him as well, no matter how much He Qianmin tossed about, nothing would happen.

And no matter what, he was also there to step in.