After the laughter, Xu Siyi spoke softly, her genuine envy evident in her expression.

Xu Siyi was once the Goddess of Eastern University, and to many, she still is. Faced with her heartfelt praise, most men would surely feel a rush of vanity, but Boss Jiang drank calmly, unfazed, "Every family has its own struggles. What you see is only what you see. If you were in her place, you might be even more miserable."

Xu Siyi let out a chuckle, instinctively intending to refute him, but for some reason, she suddenly calmed down.

"True."

She looked up, gazing at the moonlight, and sighed, "Every family has its own struggles."

The garden quieted down.

A pair of senior and junior students with a complicated relationship silently drank together.

"You just got back, you’re not arguing already, are you?"

Xu Siyi suddenly tilted her head.

"Of course not. We never argue."

Just mentioned every family has its struggles, and now he’s flaunting happiness.

"Then why aren’t you with her in bed, drinking here alone?"

"I’m just worried you’re in a bad mood, so I’m here to keep you company."

"Don’t tease me. Be careful, I might take you seriously. Even as a leftover flower, I’d still want to sleep with you, just to fulfill a long-cherished wish."

"Xu Siyi, you’re an East Sea University graduate, can’t you speak a bit more elegantly? It damages our university’s image."

"With you guys upholding East Sea University’s image, no matter how hard we try, it wouldn’t make a dent."

Jiang Chen laughed and shook his head.

"Just talk. Even if I can’t help, I can be a listener. A problem shared is a problem halved."

Jiang Chen smiled more broadly, "I have no worries～"

"Tch."

Xu Siyi rolled her eyes, "Forget it then."

She downed a can of beer with a "glug glug" and stood up, "Going back to sleep, bye."

She really left, taking her trash with her, leaving someone alone.

Jiang Chen leisurely drank by himself.

"Ya Li called."

After ten minutes, Li Shuru walked into the garden, wearing a coat.

"What did she say?"

"Minor injuries. Nothing serious."

Li Shuru sat in the moon chair where Xu Siyi had sat, seemingly relieved, gently comforting her boyfriend, "It doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with you. Don’t take it to heart."

Everyone’s life has challenges and troubles.

And they vary in intensity.

Xu Siyi probably wouldn’t think that the man who joked around with her, easing her mood, is under immense pressure.

She encounters a setback and can cry, but some people can’t cry, they can only bear it.

"I also hope it has nothing to do with me."

Jiang Chen drank, not too surprised by Liu Hongzhi’s injury.

"That’s how it is abroad. And as Liu Hongzhi’s business grows, it’s inevitable he attracts envy."

Jiang Chen shook his head, understanding his girlfriend’s goodwill, but some facts can’t be avoided, "It was aimed at me."

"Liu Hongzhi avoided trouble this time because my people got the news early and prepared."

After Xue Yali’s first call, Jiang Chen left the bedroom and began to confirm the situation.

Indeed, it was his oversight.

He didn’t consider Liu Hongzhi and Xue Yali staying in the Beautiful Country.

Fortunately, Sky Net once again proved its worth.

But that’s expected.

A person’s energy is limited, it’s impossible to do everything flawlessly. As a big boss, Jiang Chen spares no expense to invest, having recently let Zhuge Xi send over hundreds of billions. If Sky Net were so rigid, only following orders, it might as well be feeding pigs.

This world is pragmatic.

They can take the money.

But they have to prove their value.

"Tell Ya Li to bring Liu Hongzhi back first."

"Okay."

Li Shuru nodded, "Do you know who it is?"

Jiang Chen nodded, "I have a rough idea."

Li Shuru looked at him, saying nothing more.

Jiang Chen smiled, holding her hand, "Don’t worry. When your opponent resorts to such means, it often indicates one thing, they actually have no good way to deal with you."

"Does doing business have to be life or death?"

Jiang Chen chuckled, "Not necessarily. Some people fear fair competition, so they resort to other means, it’s a kind of path dependency."

Li Shuru pressed the other hand against his, "Then you can only stay in East Sea recently."

Is she making a point under the guise of an issue?

Isn’t it enough to just not go abroad, why can’t he even leave East Sea?

She does have her own little motives.

"No need to be so tense. Those people are only arrogant abroad, let them try here, I’d call the police to teach them a lesson immediately."

Li Shuru was amused, "Can’t you be serious?"

Jiang Chen withdrew his hand, opened a new can of beer.

In fact, they had already come.

But as a man.

There are responsibilities on his shoulders.

His woman isn’t here to accompany him in fear.

"Liu Hongzhi’s injured in the left leg, right?"

"Yes. When the car exploded, flying metal scraped him."

"Good. If it was the other leg, I’d never be able to face Ya Li again."

"How could that be? I know Ya Li. Even if Liu Hongzhi were really disabled, she wouldn’t..."

Saying this, Li Shuru suddenly realized, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Jiang Chen drank with a smile.

"It’s good then. Use this chance to let them stay with uncle and mom for a while."

It’s obvious.

She’s still comforting him not to blame himself.

But is he someone who likes self-doubt?

Of course, there’s guilt. If Sky Net hadn’t gotten the information in time and protected him, if something happened to Liu Hongzhi, he’d have a hard time facing the Xue Family.

But guilt doesn’t solve problems.

When problems arise, the best and only way is to face them.

"Then should your uncle and aunt be thanking me?"

Li Shuru chuckled, "Yes, they should thank you. When Ya Li and the others come back, I’ll have them throw you a special family dinner, okay?"

Having just mentioned the Shi Family waiting too, Jiang Chen sighed as he held the beer can, "So many dinners."

Li Shuru laughed.

"Alright. Drinking earlier, drinking again now, aren’t you going to sleep?"

What’s the relation between drinking and sleeping?

It’s not tea.

Isn’t alcohol supposed to aid sleep?

However, Comrade Jiang Chen is someone who cherishes his girlfriend, following her orders by finishing the can, stopping thereafter.

Even though it’s a small thing, it added emotional value.

Women, sometimes, don’t demand much.

"Wait a few minutes."

Jiang Chen put down the empty can, then took out his phone, first editing a message and sending it out.

"Why not notifying this time?"

No matter the reaction, whether there would be a response, Jiang Chen sent another message.

Of course.

The recipients were different each time.

The first was just text, the second was a multimedia message. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

The words attached to the photo were simple.

——Find him and kill him

Since Jiang Chen didn’t hide it, Li Shuru sitting beside him clearly saw the message he sent and the photo.

Forget being a graduate, even a junior high student wouldn’t struggle with such simple English, so Li Shuru wasn’t fazed by it.

No longer the girl from college.

No way she’d be surprised by such a minor thing.

She was curious about the photo.

The photo was taken when Jiang Chen visited Japan to pay respects, at the Fujiwara Family’s old house.

It wasn’t a personal portrait, but a group photo, capturing many high-ranking US military officers stationed in Japan, including the four-star admiral Bonnie Benjamin.

Of course.

Since they were all in civilian clothes, from the photo, most people in the world wouldn’t recognize the officers’ prestigious identities, Li Shuru included, so her attention was drawn to a young Westerner in the photo.

Because that dazzling blonde hair was really eye-catching.

"Who is he?"

Li Shuru asked instinctively.

"A punk."

Jiang Chen, having sent the message, spoke nonchalantly, put away his phone, and stood up, "Let’s go sleep."