CH 098 CLUES

Not long after, He Qianmin saw Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue from a distance through the crowd of moving heads.

Shi Fengyue said something in Jiang Chen’s ear, and the two stepped back a little and looked at each other with a smile. He Qianmin felt a surge of anger in his chest, and immediately quickened his pace.

“Brother!”

Jiang Chen turned his head, still with a smile on his face, “You’re back.”

“Just now were you two——” He Qianmin complained, but after catching sight of Shi Fengyue’s half-smile, he held back for some reason, as if he would lose if he tattletaled.

“What?” Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows.

“It’s nothing.” He Qianmin’s gaze paused, and he landed on the bracelet in the booth in front of them. He took two steps, pushed Shi Fengyue away naturally, and asked Jiang Chen, “Brother, what do you think about us giving this to Mom?”

Jiang Chen was also looking at the bracelet just now, seeing that the one He Qianmin picked really suited Yang Yun’s aura, he smiled and said, “Very good.”

“What about this?” He Qianmin picked up another bracelet: “Do you think Aunt will like this?”

Jiang Chen thought for a while, and said, “Aunt is usually in the laboratory, so she should rarely have the opportunity to wear bracelets, so why don’t we give her something else.”

“That’s true.” He Qianmin put down the bracelet and picked up the silk scarf beside him: “Then what do you think of this? It’s the blue color that Aunt likes.”

“Very pretty.”

“Then we’ll give this as a gift.” He Qianmin handed the bracelet and silk scarf to the stall owner: “Please help me put it in a bag, how much is it together?”

“168.” The stall owner said with a smile: “I see you two are brothers, choosing a gift for your family? How filial, I’ll wipe the change from the sum, so just give me 160.”

“Thank you.” He Qianmin dug in his pocket, paused, and turned to look at Jiang Chen: “Brother, all my money is in the pocket of my previous clothes. Have you brought any money?”

Jiang Chen had been in the research institute for the past few days, and there was no need to spend money. He went directly to the airport as soon as he came out, and he had no money on him. He turned to look at Shi Fengyue: “Have you brought any money?”

“Yup.”

Shi Fengyue touched his pocket, the corners of his mouth froze, and he touched another pocket, but there was nothing.

He Qianmin crossed his arms and sneered: “Oh, you brought money?”

Jiang Chen chuckled, raised his eyes and said, “Did you forget to bring money too?”

Shi Fengyue pulled out his fingers, inserted them into his trouser pockets, looked away and said, “It was still there after I came out of the hotel just now.”

“Sorry, boss.” Jiang Chen laughed, and said to the stall owner, “I wasted your time.”

“Not a waste, not a waste, I’m setting up a stall here for people to see.” The stall owner advised with a smile: “Your money should have likely been pickpocketed, it’s crowded here, you must be careful with your wallet and mobile phone.”

Naturally, they couldn’t continue shopping without money, and the three of them could only return to the hotel.

Shi Fengyue left the conference group for a whole day, and lost his ID card, so he had to go to the person in charge of the conference group to explain the situation. Jiang Chen took He Qianmin back to a newly opened room.

As soon as He Qianmin sat down, Jiang Chen went straight to the point: “Tell me, what are you doing here in Ming City?”

“I found some clues.” He Qianmin approached Jiang Chen and showed him his mobile phone: “This is the man who has been in contact with He Qianjian every year since He Qianjian was in junior high school.”

Jiang Chen opened the enlarged photo, only to see a blurred face, “Who is this?”

“A small leader of a smuggling gang in Nan Province.” He Qianmin said: “I only found out that he smuggled many kinds of things, but the quantity is very small. He usually smuggled rare plants or jade. They were carrying out business in Ming City today.”

No emotion could be detected from Jiang Chen’s tone: “So you broke into the territory where smugglers were doing business?”

“I just wanted to make sure that person was the one who was in contact with He Qianjian…..” He Qianmin’s voice became smaller and smaller.

“And after confirming?”

He Qianmin: “I didn’t think that much.”

“Do you know how dangerous it was about what you did today?” Jiang Chen remained expressionless, and leaned over slightly to meet He Qianmin’s eyes: “Those people were doing smuggling business, and none of them are clean. If you were caught by them, you might have even lost your life. Have you thought about this before being so impulsive?”

He Qianmin lowered his head, pursed his lips, and did not speak.

Jiang Chen said mildly, “Look up.”

“Brother…..” He Qianmin raised his head slowly and called out timidly.

“How do you know that He Qianjian contacted that person?”

He Qianmin was taken aback for a second, and immediately replied after being stunned for two seconds: “I saw a document in He Qianjian’s room before, which recorded many rare plants and a list, and there was a phone number as well. I saw He Qianjian take that call, so I sent someone to investigate in this direction.”

Although Jiang Chen knew that He Qianmin had sent someone to investigate He Qianjian, he never expected that he would actually find something.

“What is he doing with smugglers…..” Jiang Chen frowned and pondered.

“Could that person be the one who helped him behind the scenes?” He Qianmin guessed: “But I found out that that little leader only started smuggling when He Qianjian was in the second year of junior high school. Given his financial strength, it’s unlikely. Moreover, this person is a native of Nan Province, and his parents and relatives have no connection with our family, so it is unlikely that the person behind He Qianjian is him.”

“Since you know that he is not the person behind He Qianjian, why did you still go and take the risk?”

He Qianmin curled his lips: “I have only found so much. Of course, I want to follow the vine and kick He Qianjian out of our house earlier. It would be even better if I can find evidence that he was involved in smuggling. Then he can directly go to prison, and he won’t get a chance to harm Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang.”

Jiang Chen warned lightly: “No matter what, you can’t do such a dangerous thing in the future.”

“I know.” He Qianmin bowed his head and admitted his mistake, carefully looking at Jiang Chen’s face, and seeing that he was not angry, he immediately continued: “Brother, I also found out that when He Qianjian was in the second year of junior high school, he transferred all the money he received before to an account, and that account is the account of this little leader of a smuggling gang, and I suspect that when this little leader first started smuggling, He Qianjian provided the starting capital.”

With the help of the system, He Qianjian had been investing since junior high school. He should indeed have some spare money, but he should be very careful in managing his accounts and could not be caught so easily by He Qianmin.

“How did you find out about this account?”

He Qianmin: “I hired a hacker.”

“Where did you find the hacker?”

“Wingnet.” He Qianmin asked: “Brother, do you know Wingnet? The most powerful hacker website in our country.”

“How do you have a Wingnet account?”

“Brother Mo gave it to me.” Fearing that Jiang Chen might not remember Mo Xi, He Qianmin reminded, “Shi Fengyue’s uncle.”

Jiang Chen had basically guessed who He Qianmin looked for help from. If it was C, it would not be difficult to find He Qianjian’s account.

Some time ago, Mo Xi’s attitude towards him suddenly turned 180 degrees. Sometimes he would even avoid him when he met him in Li De. He didn’t understand before, but later he learned from C the story of “a friend who didn’t know how to treat a master who was even younger than him” which let him match up the identity of 196 to Mo Xi.

He also thought about making it clear to Mo Xi, so that he didn’t have to worry about it, but later, he was too busy with things, and he never came across Mo Xi again, so he forgot about it. Who knew that He Qianmin had been in touch with him the whole time.

“That website has a ranking list, and the top 26 are all top masters in the hacker world. Brother Mo Xi helped me connect with C wjo is number three.” He Qianmin said: “Brother, I think if you play the website, you will definitely be in the top few.”

Jiang Chen frowned, and He Qianmin leaned over and said, “Mo Xi said that Shi Fengyue also has a Wingnet account, and is also ranked in the top 26. Brother, do you think you are more powerful or Shi Fengyue is more powerful.”

“Shi Fengyue is nine years older than you, is it polite for you to call him by his name so directly?” Jiang Chen rapped He Qianmin on the head with his knuckles: “From now on, call him Brother.”

“I don’t want to call him brother.” He Qianmin pouted: “I’d rather call him uncle, or directly bastard Shi….”

Jiang Chen didn’t hear the last two words clearly, “Directly what?”

“It’s nothing.” He Qianmin argued: “I call Brother Mo Xi brother, and Brother Mo Xi is Shi Fengyue’s uncle, so I am the same generation as Brother Mo Xi. If this is the case, Shi Fengyue is my junior instead. It’s normal to call him by his full name.”

Although Jiang Chen didn’t know why He Qianmin was so hostile towards Shi Fengyue, Shi Fengyue didn’t care too much about titles. He had only said that just now casually and didn’t intend to hold on to this matter. Currently he only wanted to know more about He Qianjian.

After pondering for a moment, he asked, “Has He Qianjian ever had business with that little smuggling ring leader?”

“Yes.” He Qianmin said: “It’s all flowers, plants and jadeite, but recently this smuggler seems to be looking for a rare plant that is about to become extinct recently. When I saw them trading today, it seemed to be that plant.”

“He Qianjian likes flowers and plants very much?”

He Qianmin shook his head: “He didn’t water the garden downstairs even once. But there are many books related to plants in his room, not only plants, but also a lot of other books, but I haven’t seen him read them much.”

“Brother.” He Qianmin returned to the previous topic: “Why do you think He Qianjian wanted someone to smuggle things for him?”

Jiang Chen frowned and said nothing, he also felt that this matter was very abnormal.

With the system in hand, He Qianjian had it easy no matter whether it was investing or making money, so there was no need to take the risk of doing such illegal things. Besides, he couldn’t possibly be unaware. Once the He family found out that he was partnering with others in illegal smuggling, it would definitely end badly.

And as far as he knew, although He Qianjian was eager for quick success, he had always been cautious in doing things. It was not too much to say that he was overly cautious. With so many open ways to make money, smuggling was definitely a risky one with extremely low benefits for him.

Under such circumstances, He Qianjian still persisted in this unbenefitting task that would capsize his ship if he was not careful, for four years. There must be some reason why he had to do so.