Chapter 68

After touring the honor room for a while, Jia Hongjian and his group heard Wang Qilin ask, "Mr. Ma, would you like to talk here or would you prefer to see the on-site verification test? Today, there happen to be important figures such as the deputy director of the National Planning Commission and a company with background from Beijing who are here to see our verification test. If you want to see it, I can arrange it for you..."

Before his father could turn around to look at him, Jia Hongjian coughed slightly. Upon hearing his son's hint, Jia Gang immediately understood without turning around and enthusiastically expressed his desire to see the verification test. Soon, the group boarded a minibus. Jia Hongjian sat behind the driver, noticing that the driver was wearing camouflage and had a buzz cut, with dark skin, looking very much like... a migrant worker.

Jia Hongjian didn't think much of it; being well-traveled, he knew that many drivers liked to wear camouflage because it was dirt-resistant if they needed to fix the car temporarily. "Driver, where are we heading?" he asked, leaning forward and offering a Hongtashan cigarette. To his surprise, the driver turned his head, saw the offered cigarette, and directly refused it with a wave of his hand! "I don't know. Don't ask what you shouldn't, and don't say what you shouldn't!" he said firmly.

Damn! Is he a soldier? Wang Hongcheng actually found a soldier to be their driver? Is this guy really a local tyrant in the northeast, treating the military like his own home?

After a short wait, the car started and slowly drove out of Harbin's city center, heading towards the suburbs. After about an hour, the group arrived at the entrance of a large compound. When the car stopped at the entrance, Jia Hongjian leaned forward and saw two armed soldiers standing guard. Soon, the car entered the compound, passing through rows of buildings, and suddenly two runways appeared at the end of the road.

The minibus finally stopped beside the runways, and Jia Hongjian and his group got out, only to find that a crowd had already gathered nearby. No, it wasn't so much a crowd as a group of people standing in clusters, seemingly waiting for something. "That one over there is the deputy director of the National Planning Commission, that one is the representative of the Science and Technology Commission's Yuanwang Company, and that one is from the Beijing Military Region..." Wang Qilin pointed to the group from a distance as he introduced them to Jia Gang.

Jia Hongjian looked at the group according to Wang Qilin's introduction and suddenly noticed that among the people standing farthest away, one of them seemed to be Wang Hongcheng! The guy had a large head and a thick neck, looking more like a cook than a wealthy businessman. However, the situation on the scene was a bit strange. The so-called "officials" were not chatting with Wang Hongcheng but were forming their own small groups, standing at a distance and chatting among themselves, occasionally glancing at Wang Hongcheng.

"My husband has a bit of a peculiar temperament, being a researcher and all. He usually doesn't like to talk to people or be asked questions before an experiment. If his mood is disturbed, he might refuse to do the experiment..." Wang Qilin was trying to build up her husband's image as a reclusive genius. But to Jia Hongjian, it sounded more like someone practicing qigong. Only those who practice qigong and special abilities are so concerned about their mood, right? Scientists don't usually say they won't do an experiment if their mood is bad. It sounded so fresh and strange.

While the camera crew was setting up their equipment, Wang Qilin led Jia Gang to meet the officials, while Jia Hongjian wandered around aimlessly. As he walked, he saw a Beijing Jeep 212 with a "Security" sign pull up to the site, and several people in military uniforms got out. Behind the 212, a Dongfeng truck also arrived, and many soldiers got out, holding signs. As they spread out to set up the signs, Jia Hongjian took a quick look and saw that the signs read "Temporary Military Control Zone"...

Huh... They're making it look pretty real! Jia Hongjian was starting to see Wang Hongcheng, the semi-literate, as someone as smart as himself. At least from what he could see, Wang Hongcheng's arrangements were pretty much what he would have done.

He wandered to a corner of the temporary control zone and saw a girl standing not far away, dressed in civilian clothes—no, or rather, in a style that wasn't popular in China but more like what was popular in North America! The girl was wearing a slightly tight black fitness leggings, a loose white batwing top, her hair slightly dyed brown, and red-bottomed white Converse shoes with a white star.

The girl looked to be around 17 years old, with large, long eyes and a slender face, but she was quite pretty, especially with her big, lively eyes. Her outfit gave her a youthful, sporty look. "Are you back from America?" Jia Hongjian slowly walked up to the girl, looking her over as he asked.

"Because there aren't many women in this country who dye their hair?" The girl unexpectedly replied in fluent, crisp Beijing dialect. "Wow, you're quick. But what are you doing here? Turning water into oil?" Jia Hongjian asked, still looking her over and smiling.

The girl's eyes sparkled as she looked Jia Hongjian up and down, then said with a meaningful tone, "What you're here for, I'm here for."

Oh? This girl is interesting! "I'm here to expose Wang Hongcheng's scam. Are you too?" Jia Hongjian's face took on a mischievous look, reminiscent of the infamous photographer Chen Guanxi.

"Expose a scam?" The girl was clearly surprised, but then, instead of panicking or strongly refuting, she looked excited, as if she had discovered something fun! "How do you expose it? Can I join you?"

For some reason, Jia Hongjian found the girl very interesting, reminding him of the clever and mischievous Huang Rong... Oh no! Wasn't he always learning how to charm girls from the example of Guo Jing? Why did this girl remind him of Huang Rong? Did he need to switch to the naive Guo Jing mode to charm her?

No way! Jia Hongjian immediately rejected the idea! He wasn't as high, rich, and handsome as Guo Jing yet! So he decided to continue learning from Chen Guanxi's methods, smiling mischievously: "I don't know, but there will definitely be an opportunity. With so many important people here, they will definitely do a double-blind comparison test. Even if he doesn't do it, I can stir things up and make him do it, then find a way to tamper with it..."

"Great! Count me in. I'll help you cover up when the time comes!" The girl was immediately enthusiastic and eager.

"But you must be here with your parents, right? Your family is in business? Here to examine a project?" Jia Hongjian thought for a moment, considering the safety of the girl, who reminded him of Huang Rong, and asked.

"More or less, you too?" The girl, who reminded him of Huang Rong, put her hand on her chin and looked Jia Hongjian over. "I saw you look around the place after getting out of the car, not excited or admiring. I knew you must be like me. Is your family here to examine a project, bringing you along?"

"No, I'm here specifically to expose the scam, so I dragged my family along to pretend to examine a project..." Jia Hongjian surprisingly told the truth, standing slightly straight and extending his hand to the girl, "I haven't introduced myself yet. My surname is Jia, and my given name is Hongjian. I'm a professional scam buster."

The girl was clearly surprised but then seemed to get an unexpected thrill, "Ye Jing, student. What's a professional scam buster?"

"Someone who deliberately ruins others' good deeds and gains a good reputation in society through this bad hobby," Jia Hongjian explained in a unique way.

"Ha! Funny!" Ye Jing clapped her hands in delighted surprise, "Where do you usually hang out? In Beijing? If you're in Beijing, can you take me along to bust scams? It sounds so interesting!"

"I don't usually hang out in Beijing. In the capital, if you throw a brick, you'll hit ten people, eight of whom are officials, one has relatives who are officials, and only one is a regular person. It's no fun to hang out there, where everything is about connections. I usually hang out in Shanghai, that's my turf."

"Oh? Shanghai is your turf?" Ye Jing's face showed a smile, and she looked Jia Hongjian up and down meaningfully, "My cousin's family is in Shanghai. How come I've never heard that Shanghai is the Jia family's turf?"

Jia Hongjian didn't stutter or struggle to explain like a typical teenager or young adult. He chuckled and whispered, "Of course, my family is the hidden black hand behind the scenes. Do you know what 'behind the scenes' means? If everyone knew, what would be the point? It's more interesting to stay hidden. Otherwise, when I go to bust scams, the salespeople would recognize me as the boss, beg me not to mess with them, and even give me free genuine goods. How boring would that be? It's more fun if ordinary people don't know, get it? That's how it works!"

The lively Ye Jing, who wasn't quiet at all, couldn't help but laugh, holding her stomach. She felt she had found a truly interesting person in this world! Look at this Jia, clearly lying and being exposed, but he wasn't angry, embarrassed, or stuttering. Instead, he quickly came up with a plausible lie! What a fascinating person!

"What about your family? What do they do? Do they usually stay in Beijing?" Jia Hongjian asked gently after Ye Jing finished laughing.

"My family... does business... usually, we're in America, where I go to school. But since our family is in Beijing, I'm basically in Beijing until mid-September."

Hmm? Not much time to stay in touch! Jia Hongjian had been thinking about whether to exchange contact information, but then he remembered that the internet hadn't been connected to China yet... and there was no QQ...

"Wang Taofang has arrived!" Suddenly, Jia Hongjian, who was thinking about how to exchange contact information, heard a shout nearby. "Who is Wang Taofang?" he asked himself. "Current State Councilor, former Minister of Public Security," Ye Jing explained to herself.

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