CH 84

Early on Sunday morning, after Jiang Chen had a hearty breakfast, he still went to Li De’s laboratory.

After the new experimental data was recorded and the database of the Changjiang system was refreshed, Jiang Chen did not continue programming the security system as usual, but sat at the computer desk thinking.

After leaving school yesterday, they drove to the 17th Research Institute of the Military Department located in the northern suburb of Yan City. He stayed there for nearly seven hours and did not leave until after having dinner in the institute’s cafeteria.

After returning home, in order to test the intrusion function of the Changjiang system, Jiang Chen used it to hack into the monitoring system near the school quietly, but he did not expect to find He Yanfeng’s car on the street opposite the school gate. It stopped there at five o’clock in the afternoon, and when school was over at half past five, He Yanfeng and Yang Yun got out of the car and seemed to be waiting for someone at the school gate. Just when Jiang Chen thought they were waiting for He Qianmin, he saw them stop a high school boy who seemed to have said something to them, and He Yanfeng and Yang Yun went back to the car and drove away.

He Qianmin exited the school half an hour after they left. Playing basketball for half an hour after school was a habit He Qianmin already had when he was in Chenghua. He Yanfeng and Yang Yun could not be unaware of this, so them leaving early was definitely because they had not come to wait for He Qianmin.

Recalling the cancellation of He Qianjian’s birthday party yesterday, Jiang Chen frowned slightly, and had a vague guess in his mind.

The phone rang suddenly, and Jiang Chen came back to his senses. After seeing the caller clearly, he smiled: “Mom.”

Yang Si’s smiling voice came through the other line: “Chen Chen, are you at the Li De Group in Chengyang Square?”

“Yeah.”

“I’m here in the square now, it’s almost noon now, so go back with me.”

Jiang Chen was taken aback, got up and walked to the window to look down: “Are you alone? Where’s Dad?”

“Your father is cooking for you at home. He said that he will show his talents and make you have a very unforgettable eighteenth birthday. Also….” She lowered her voice and whispered: “Your father has been very mysterious these days. When you are not at home, he always locks himself in that little workshop of his, and I suspect he is secretly preparing a gift for you.”

Jiang Chen curved his eyes, turned around and picked up his coat, and walked out while smiling: “Then do you know what gift he prepared for me?”

“He did a good job of keeping it secret.” Yang Si complained with a smile: “It’s not just you, even from me he kept it a secret. A few nights ago I got up secretly and wanted to go to his workroom to see what he was doing. But he woke up as soon as I moved, so now I don’t know what he has prepared.”

Jiang Chen pressed the elevator, “Then it can only be revealed today.”

While waiting for the elevator, Li Nanfeng got off the other elevator and saw Jiang Chen outside the door. He jumped out with one step, smiled and raised the small gift box in his hand, shook it, and stuffed it into his hand: “Happy birthday!”

Jiang Chen thanked him with a smile, and Li Nanfeng asked, “Who are you on the phone with? Want to have lunch together at noon? I came down specially to find you to eat together.”

“My mother.” Jiang Chen invited: “She is waiting for me downstairs now. My father has already made lunch at home. If Brother Li has nothing to do in the afternoon, you can go to my house for a meal together at noon.”

“What can I be busy with?” Li Nanfeng immediately agreed, “But I have to go pick up the car first. If Aunt Yang is down there, go find her first. I’ll come later and pick you two up.”

When the elevator reached the first floor, Jiang Chen stepped out of the elevator and said, “We’ll wait for you at the north gate.”

Li Nanfeng shook the car key, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, “Remember to look at the gift I gave you.”

Jiang Chen took out the small box in his pocket, chuckled when he saw the sports car key inside, and took it out, “Thanks.”

The elevator door closed slowly, and Li Nanfeng’s voice traveled from inside: “Is this the biggest surprise of your birthday today or what!”

Jiang Chen laughed, put away the car keys and walked outside.

As soon as he walked out of the lobby, Jiang Chen saw Yang Si, who was sitting by the fountain in the middle of the square, smiling and talking to a woman with a little girl.

“Mom!”

Yang Si turned around, saw Jiang Chen and immediately laughed. She got up and waved at him: “Mom is——” But before she finished speaking, her pupils dilated suddenly, and she clutched her stomach, about to run his way: “Chen Chen!”

Jiang Chen reacted quickly and turned his head. A van without a license plate rushed into the square from the road and was driving straight towards him. Less than ten meters away, it was about to hit him.

“Mom! Don’t come over!”

The sound of tires screeching against the ground was getting closer and closer. Apart from Yang Si’s voice, there seemed to be another familiar cry. Jiang Chen didn’t have time to listen carefully, and rolled over nimbly, practically brushing the side of the front tire of the van in his dodge.

Before Jiang Chen could stand up, amidst the screams, he saw that the van that had just passed by had turned around and came back around to hit him again.

Yang Si had just breathed a sigh of relief, only to turn pale with shock when she saw this scene: “Chen Chen!”

Another exclamation sounded almost at the same time: “Xiao Chen!”

Jiang Chen had no time to pay attention to the sounds other than the friction between the tires and the ground. He glanced at the face of the unfamiliar man in the car, scanned the surrounding environment very quickly, turned around and dashed to the side.

The van was chasing after him, and even passers-by could see that this was not an accident, but a deliberate murder.

Yang Si clutched her stomach and wanted to rush to Jiang Chen’s side, but the woman who was talking to her held her arm firmly: “You can’t go there, it’s too dangerous!”

“That’s my son!” Yang Si broke away from the woman’s hand, her eyes only able to see Jiang Chen who was being chased by the van, the rim of her eyes reddening: “Let me go! That’s my son…..”

“There’s another one in your stomach! You can’t ignore this one in your stomach!”

“Let me go!”

The onlookers also rushed over to help, and someone persuaded: “Sister, we have already called the police, and the police will be here soon, don’t worry, nothing will happen.”

“Yes, auntie, don’t get too excited, it’s not good for the baby in your stomach.”

Several people teamed up to grab Yang Si and take her to a safe place. On the other side of the square, the driver Uncle Wang also grabbed Yang Yun, and persuaded her earnestly: “You really can’t go there, Xiao Yang, it’s too dangerous over there, even if you rush over, it’s useless!”

Yang Yun couldn’t break free, and seeing that the van was still chasing Jiang Chen, she was so anxious that tears fell: “Let me go, Xiao Chen is my son, he is my own son! Let me go, I have to go save him…..”

Uncle Wang was stunned for a moment, unable to react in his head, and Yang Yun broke away from him and ran over in his moment of shock.

“Xiao Yang!” Uncle Wang was in his prime, and immediately caught up with her. Ignoring what Yang Yun said just now, he held her tightly and refused to let go, anxiously persuading: “Think about Xiao He, think about Qian Jian, Qian Min, Qian Yu, don’t be impulsive…..”

Although the onlookers in the square were far apart, there were more and more people, and some even recorded a video of the scene directly with their mobile phones.

From the corner of his eye, he saw a passer-by take out his mobile phone to call the police. The owner of the van cursed secretly, stepped on the accelerator and accelerated towards the young man in front. However, the young man was not only agile, but also seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. Just before the van collided with with, he supported the black car next to him with one hand, jumped and rolled lightly, and landed on the ground on the other side of the car, avoiding the possibility of being crushed again.

After repeated failures, the owner of the van was sweating on his forehead, but when he thought of the huge commission after the transaction was completed, a fierce light appeared in his eyes, and he stepped on the accelerator and directly crashed into the black car in front of him.

The sound of two cars colliding violently resounded in the square. Yang Si clutched her stomach and her eyes seemed about to burst with how wide they were. She pushed away the hands of passers-by and ran forward: “Chen Chen! Chen Chen!”

Seeing the almost deformed black car in front of him, the owner of the van wiped the blood from his head, sneered, reversed the car and fled the area.

However, as soon as he turned the steering wheel around, he heard a “click” sound from the co-pilot’s door. He turned his head to look, only to see the young man standing by the side of the car intact, and at this time had already stepped inside the car.

The owner of the van was startled, and he couldn’t care less about money at this time. He stepped on the gas pedal and wanted to run immediately.

Jiang Chen pushed forward with his arms and got into the car. He punched the owner of the van on the temple with his fist and controlled the steering wheel with his other hand. Before the other could react, he grabbed his head and slammed it into the steering wheel hard several times.

The tires slid across the ground with a screeching sound, and the car braked before hitting another car.

The man’s head hit the steering wheel heavily due to inertia, while Jiang Chen stabilized his body early. He turned the man’s head which had blood on his face, and said in an extremely cold voice, “Who sent you?”

The broken glass on the steering wheel had pierced the van owner’s eyes and scratched his face. The severe pain made him scream in pain. Jiang Chen seemed to be unable to hear his wailing, and when he did not get an answer, he grabbed his head and slammed it against the steering wheel again.

Just before the collision, the owner of the van yelled hoarsely: “I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you everything!”

Jiang Chen stopped, but the hand grabbing him didn’t let go.

“It was a previous…..”

“A pregnant woman fainted! Has the ambulance arrived yet?”

The screams and panic outside the car all bled into each other to make incomprehensible noise, but that voice that was a little further away still reached Jiang Chen’s ears. He paused, and immediately let go of the man and jumped out of the car.

Jiang Chen pushed aside the crowd and saw Yang Si lying on the ground. His eyes turned red instantly.

“Mom!”

“The ambulance will be here soon.” The woman squatting next to Yang Si to take care of her said, “They said that it will only take five minutes.”

Jiang Chen nodded, took a deep breath, took off his sweater and covered Yang Si with it. He carefully checked her pulse, and finding that she had simply passed out, his fear eased a bit.

“Jiang Chen!” Li Nanfeng rushed in, and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Jiang Chen, while disheveled, was not injured: “I was waiting for you at the north gate just now and I didn’t see you. I heard that someone hit a person with a car so I came here right away, what’s going on?”

Jiang Chen shook his head. Just as he was about to speak, he felt Yang Si move: “Mom!”

Yang Si slowly opened her eyes. She sat up immediately after seeing Jiang Chen clearly, grabbed him with trembling hands and looked him over several times: “Are you okay? Are you injured anywhere? Why is there blood on your hands? Where are you injured?”

“I’m fine, it’s just a scratch.” Jiang Chen grabbed Yang Si’s hand and comforted her in a soft voice: “I’m fine, Mom, look, I’m here in front of you safe and sound, I’m really fine, these are just superficial wounds.”

Yang Si found that Jiang Chen was really fine except for some scratches by broken glass and the asphalt, so she hugged him, her voice full of fear and tone choked up: “You scared your mom to death…..”

Jiang Chen hugged his mother’s trembling shoulders, and the fear and worry in his heart dissipated little by little: “Do you have any discomfort? How does your stomach feel?”

Yang Si stretched out her hand to touch her abdomen, and her tense shoulders relaxed: “I just fainted from fright, I didn’t fall down, so there shouldn’t be anything wrong.”

Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and the sound of an ambulance came from far to near.

The doctors and nurses carried Yang Si to the ambulance on a stretcher. When Jiang Chen followed, he saw that another ambulance also carried a person with a familiar figure. His steps paused: “What happened over there?”

“Also fainted, likely out of fright.” Seeing Jiang Chen’s bloody hand, the nurse said worriedly, “Hurry and get in the car, your hand needs stitches immediately.”

Jiang Chen stopped thinking about it, turned around and got into the ambulance.