Prisoner's Dilemma

The factory in the suburban county was so bright that people couldn't keep their eyes open. Jiang Chen stepped on a small stone and rolled it around to play, watching his assistant Xu Lin drive the car in front of him.

Xu Lin opened the car door and gestured for him to get in the car.

Jiang Chen kicked the small stone away: "Sit down, I'll drive."

Xu Lin had no objection, and after Jiang Chen sat in the driver's seat, he took the passenger seat.

Not to mention that there were few vehicles on the wide road, Jiang Chen was driving fast all the way, and a faint dust was raised from the rear of the car.Turning into a country road, Jiang Chen slowed down the speed of the car. There are stretches of farmland on both sides, and poultry can be seen playing in the small pool from time to time.

"Mr. Jiang, where are we going?" Xu Lin asked, obviously they had deviated from the way back to the city.

"Walk around casually." Jiang Chen drove aimlessly, he was used to seeing the tall buildings in the city, and occasionally running outside also has a bit of wild fun.

The car stopped beside a field, Jiang Chen got out of the car and stretched.It was a sunny day today, and it was rare to see some blue sky. The sun was so good that it illuminated the pastoral scenery infinitely brightly. He pulled out a weed and twirled it with his fingertips boredly.

"Xu Lin, what do you study in school?"

Xu Lin was admiring the beautiful scenery of the countryside with him, but he didn't expect him to ask such an abrupt question: "I study mathematics."

"Mathematics? Only people with high IQs can read it."

Xu Lin said modestly: "You are young and ignorant, and you haven't learned anything."

"You still say that you haven't learned anything, so wouldn't others have lived in vain?" Jiang Chen threw away the weeds and stretched his limbs, "Okay, don't be humble, tell me about yourself."

"Me? I have nothing worth saying."

"Whatever you want, say whatever you think of, you can say whatever you want, and I can listen whatever you want."

Under the strong light, Jiang Chen's face was drawn with clear lines. Under the shade of the sunglasses, Jiang Chen could see Xu Lin clearly, but Xu Lin couldn't see Jiang Chen clearly.Most of the time Xu Lin was able to devote himself to his duty as an assistant, but at this moment, he felt a little uneasy.

So he began to talk aimlessly, from family life to campus life, to past work experience, he picked some interesting things to Jiang Chen like chatting, Jiang Chen also cooperated very much, laughed when he should laugh, and sighed when he should sigh sigh.

The sky is getting late, the clouds are thousands of miles away, and the pastoral beauty in front of me is also stained with a layer of golden red.

Xu Lin spoke dryly: "Boss Jiang, if you still want to hear my story, why don't you find a place to sit down and talk slowly? It's not a problem to waste time by the field all the time."

"I think it's nice and clean here." Jiang Chen took off his sunglasses and fiddled with them in his hands, "There's no one else here anyway, so I'll ask you another question."

Xu Lin understood that he got to the point. After dawdling all afternoon, Jiang Chen finally wanted to ask the topic he really wanted to know.

"Mr. Jiang, please ask."

"When did you meet Sun Han?"

Xu Lin lowered his head and smiled: "I knew him before talking to Mr. Jiang. He is also a well-known person, so I have heard about it for a long time."

"You know that's not what I'm asking." Jiang Chen raised a pair of sharp eyes, "You don't have to wonder what I know and what I don't know, since I'm standing here talking to you alone, I hope you can be honest .I just want to know, why did you follow Sun Han? Who told you to do this?"

Just as Xu Lin was about to speak, Jiang Chen immediately said, "Don't try to lie to me, I will find out how much you are telling the truth and how much you are lying."

Xu Lin didn't answer right away. After thinking for a while, he still said in a lukewarm tone, "Can I make a phone call?"

Jiang Chen raised his hand, signaling him to be free.

Under Jiang Chen's gaze, Xu Lin dialed the phone: "Sorry to bother you...Mr. Jiang was talking to me...Yes, he asked."

When talking with that person, Xu Lin kept looking at Jiang Chen, and Jiang Chen also greeted him indifferently.

Xu Lin handed the phone to Jiang Chen: "Boss Jiang, please listen to the phone."

Jiang Chen was not surprised that there was someone behind Xu Lin, but he couldn't hide his surprise when he heard the familiar voice on the phone.

"Xiaochen."

"dad?"

Jiang Heng responded: "Go home, talk to me about what you want to talk about."

It was night when Jiang Chen returned to Jiang's father's house, he didn't have dinner, he only drank a bowl of porridge, and was anxious to have a deep talk with Jiang Heng.

"Why are you in a hurry." Jiang Heng stood behind the desk, a little helpless.

"How can I not be in a hurry? Shaojun..." Jiang Chen gritted his teeth and didn't continue, "Anyway, tell me what you're doing! Don't use me as a gunman!"

Hearing that he had leaked Han Shaojun's name, Jiang Heng's face turned serious, and he sat on the sofa chair firmly while leaning on the desk: "I know you brothers are looking for trouble for the Sun family."

Jiang Chen tilted his head: "Dad, did you say the wrong thing?"

"Don't talk to me, and don't stare at me. I will tell you sooner or later." Jiang Heng's slightly vicissitudes of face showed a little grief, which was not obvious, but it was deep and heavy. He thought for a moment and said, "Your Uncle Han You can't die in vain."

Jiang Chen put down his upturned Erlang legs and said seriously: "Dad, you know all about it?"

"Shaojun told you? Where did he know it?" Before Jiang Chen could answer, Jiang Heng waved his hand and said, "No matter how he knew it, it doesn't matter. No wonder there was such a commotion a while ago , you young people are still too careless."

"It can't be his fault! The cause has nothing to do with him at all!" Jiang Chen hesitated for a while, and didn't dwell on this topic, "Who else knows? Dad, don't keep me from hiding it, just tell me everything."

"And you, Uncle Xiao."

"You didn't know it long ago, did you?"

Jiang Heng shook his head, picked up his teacup and took a sip of strong tea: "It wasn't very early, or I checked with Lao Xiao for many years, but we didn't have any clues. We always thought that there was something strange about what happened back then, but luckily we didn't give up. There is no impenetrable wall, and we finally found the clues."

"then?"

"It's a long story." Jiang Heng stood in front of the window holding a teacup. It was pitch black outside the window and he couldn't see anything. Jiang Heng's figure was reflected in the glass. It was no accident that Sun Mingjie returned to Beijing at the time. It was probably a task to take us apart. At that time, the Shaojun was involved in the inheritance dispute of the Zheng family, which gave people an opportunity. They wanted to warn Lao Han. Take the Shaojun. One of the three of us will be recruited sooner or later, and I didn’t expect it to be Lao Han. Don’t say that Shaojun can’t swallow this breath, Lao Xiao and I will not let go of the real murderer behind the scenes.”

"I thought..." Jiang Chen recalled the scene when his father asked him to help Sun Han build a high-tech park, "I thought you and the Sun family had the same nostrils."

"Why do you think that you are as clear-cut as you are when you do things? Do you think that I am talking and laughing with Sun Mingjie, so I vent my anger with him? I am not old-fashioned! What is the friendship between our three families and three generations? What is Sun Mingjie? Han’s life is in his hands, and we won’t let him off easily.” Jiang Hengyin said ruthlessly, “But if you want to do it, you have to cut the grass and roots, and it’s not easy to catch someone’s deadly handle. I don’t have any Talents in this area, Xu Lin was recommended by Lao Xiao, and Sun Han happened to have a big project in hand, so I thought about using you as a cover to send it over."

"You should have told me earlier that Uncle Han had a grudge against the Sun family, you killed me, you know!"

Jiang Heng was puzzled: "I didn't let you know because I was afraid that you would be reckless. What did I do to you?"

"Forget it, I did it myself!" Jiang Chen rolled his eyes countless times in his heart, "Then what did you find?"

"If Sun Mingjie was monolithic, we would have nothing to do with him, but he is a rotten egg." Jiang Heng said as he opened the safe under the desk, and took out a thick file bag from it.

An hour later, Jiang Chen walked out of the study with the file bag in his arms. In order to get this set of materials, he almost lost his tongue.

Xu Lin, who had been waiting in the living room, followed.

"You still follow me?" Jiang Chen asked strangely.

"I'm your assistant, who will I follow if I don't follow you?" Xu Lin said calmly, "Whether it's dealing with the Sun family or just starting a business, Mr. Jiang needs help, doesn't he?"

Jiang Chen looked at Xu Lin, as if he was considering the sincerity of these words.

"In addition, I have to apologize to Mr. Jiang. It was not my intention to hide from you. Please forgive me."

Jiang Chen has always thought that Xu Lin is a talented person, serious and capable, considerate, and a trustworthy subordinate, but he always has the feeling of being betrayed by someone he trusts when he investigates the Sun's family without telling him.If it was changed before, Jiang Chen would definitely not use him again, but now he touched the thick file bag in his arms, and felt that as long as he could kill Sun Han, it didn't matter.

"Okay, then you can continue to do what you should do."

Walking out of the gate, facing the dark night, Jiang Chen took out his mobile phone.

"Brother Yuan, I have some very important information, are you free tomorrow?"

After finishing the call with Xiao Yuan, Jiang Chen swiped the screen, and his finger stayed on Han Shaojun's name, but he didn't click on it for a long time.

Now he was a little afraid to call Han Shaojun, for fear that he would not answer the call, and fear that he would force him to have nothing to say with his sarcastic remarks.

After hesitating again and again, he still only dared to edit a message and send it to Han Shaojun.

Holding the phone, Jiang Chen stood at the door of the house like a fool, neither leaving nor waiting.If I leave, I'm afraid I will miss the reply if I don't pay attention, and if I wait, it seems too deliberate.

Seeing Jiang Chen's expression of worrying about gains and losses, Xu Lin asked: "Boss Jiang, what are you waiting for?"

"It's nothing, then let's... let's go."

Jiang Chen coughed in embarrassment, and wanted to stuff the phone into his pocket, but his hands shook and he couldn't stuff it in. He stuffed it a second time, halfway in, and took it out again to take a look.The phone is not broken, the battery is full, the network is normal, but there is no reply.He sighed, and put the phone into his pocket as if making up his mind, the pocket of his trousers vibrated slightly.Like a thunderstorm on a sunny day, Jiang Chen frantically took out his mobile phone. In the panic, the file bag fell to the ground. He didn't bother to pick it up. He was pleasantly surprised to see the words "Han Shaojun" displayed on the screen.

"What time is it tomorrow?" Han Shaojun asked.

A firework bloomed in Jiang Chen's heart, Jiang Chen almost wanted to dance against the wind.