See You Again (Time Already Knows) - Chapter 73 - Part 2
Chapter 73 - “I’m Very Familiar With The Courthouses In A-City. Which One Do You Prefer?” - Part 2
“The end of the year is really chaotic. This isn’t the first time this has happened……”
Shi Jian came out from the police station. The sky was dimming. The darkness weighed down on her heart. She suddenly was very afraid of the dark and didn’t dare walk forwards. The police officer said the end of the year was chaotic, but why had she never felt that in the past? She suspiciously looked all around her, feeling like she was being followed. Shi Jian started crying in fear. She knew that no one was following her, but she had problems with her mind……
A police car suddenly stopped in front of her. The officer inside smiled and said: “Miss Shi, I noticed your hand was injured. We were just about to go to the hospital. Get in, we’ll take you.”
Shi Jian’s eyes were reddened. She didn’t say anything after getting into the police car. The young officer blushed ashamedly and smiled: “Sorry, it’s us police officers who didn’t protect everyone’s personal safety well enough. But please don’t worry. We will try our best to do our jobs better.”
Shi Jian was even more ashamed. A warm feeling slowly entered into her heart. The young officer grinned at her again, then spoke about the things they had to pay attention to while patrolling. The police car stopped at the First Hospital of A-City. One officer went to do some work, and the other even helped her call for emergency treatment and only left after the call was received. After Shi Jian’s wound was bandaged, she got her medication and quickly left. The hospital was so big that they wouldn’t necessarily bump into each other.
They had no way of bumping into each other. Ten minutes later, Ye Jiacheng hurried down and already could not find the person he was looking for.
Ye Jiacheng was not from A-City, but had lived there for many years. Looking into his personal connections wasn’t difficult. Yi Qindong privately hired someone to take care of it for him. Ye Jiacheng just so had a friend pull some strings so he could meet them.
Then, he discovered that Yi Qindong had not just himself, but also Yi Pei in his network.
Ye Jiacheng looked into Yi Qindong. He had only a suspicion about Shi Jian’s robbery. The main thing was that he wanted to know whether Yi Qindong would take action or not. He wouldn’t suffer any losses with Yi Qindong, but he worried that other people would suffer losses. So the bottom line couldn’t be too low, and the things he should protect against should be even higher.
Ye Jiacheng came with a friend of his to an old bar on Ninth Street to meet the renowned “Brother Ding”. There was pretty much no one at the bar in the early afternoon. It was Brother Ding’s bar, and everyone inside and out worked for him. But Ye Jiacheng had never been afraid of getting his hands dirty. He only had to care about it, and it was not troublesome.
Inside the private room, he poured a glass and lit a cigarette for Brother Ding. He used all the things he learned from his connections to skillfully greet Brother Ding.
Brother Yi appeared satisfied, in addition to his friend who had vouched for him. He drawled, “Money isn’t a matter when doing things for people. The most important thing is being kindred spirits.”
Ye Jiacheng also smiled and lit a cigarette for himself. It was too strong, and he “accidentally” choked. He snuffed out the cigarette and helplessly said: “I can’t smoke with Brother Ding. I seriously don’t know how.”
Brother Ding laughed loudly.
It was easy for Ye Jiacheng to play any character that was needed. He came to Brother Ding today to dig deeply into what Yi Qindong was doing. Brother Ding played a recording for him.
“Young Master Yi, we scare them a little like last time, or do we really do it?……Alright, I understand. But it’s a little difficult…… Hahaha, don’t worry. Worrying makes problems come up easier……”
Ye Jiacheng’s face was unreadable in the dim lighting of the private room. Even if his face was stretched taut, the outline was still warm and noticeable. The emotions of his eyes were hidden in that serene darkness.
After a while, he picked out the important point of the recording: “Rape?” Ye Jiacheng asked in a controlled voice, but he still revealed some emotion. Brother Ding sensed some strangeness and raised his brow.
His friend hurriedly pacified him and said honestly: “Yi Qindong wants…… That girl is our Jiacheng’s…… beloved. Yes, beloved.”
The atmosphere seemed to pause for a moment.
“Apologies, I don’t know much about this……” Brother Ding hurriedly said, “Young Master Ye, relax. We haven’t made any moves yet.”
Brother Ding said this with a smile. Being the one apologizing, he spoke of another issue: “This isn’t the first time the third Young Master Yi has done this. He came to us to deal with that pianist girl from the Jia Shi Platinum Club as well. That girl was also strange. She was scared so bad that she made up with Yi QIndong……”
Ye Jiacheng suppressed his emotion and didn’t speak for a while. He was thinking about one thing: if he had come here a bit later, if he hadn’t looked into Yi Qindong, would the little fox be harmed? He only had apprehensions before. He was afraid Shi Jian would offend Yi Qindong. He didn’t think that Yi Qindong really acted on his emotions. How did Yi Qindong want to hurt the little fox, rape? Ye Jiacheng clasped his trembling hands together…… He kind of wanted to kill someone, but he wanted to kill himself even more.
The one who wanted to harm the little fox wasn’t some stranger. It was the investor he was in real estate with, the person he decided to follow the bad examples of. Why did he even try to pull the “going with the flow” card?
Ye Jiacheng’s face was pale. He fiercely swallowed down a mouthful of white wine. His whole body quivered suddenly. He grimaced and still couldn’t say anything. It didn't even happen yet, but the lingering fear was already tormenting him, controlling him. Of course, it wouldn’t be as terrible as he thought it would be. Yi Pei would protect the little fox well. That man had always been better than him.
Not like him, who had hurt her, and even got angry at her.
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Soon afterwards, Brother Ding put Shi Jian’s purse on the table and specifically said: “Young Master Ye, take a look. Is anything missing?”
Ye Jiacheng picked up this white purse. The friend he came with also smiled: “Brother Ding, you speak as an outsider. Isn’t that right, Jiacheng?” Ye Jiacheng also nodded. After a moment, Ye Jiacheng gave him the money he’d brought. It was quite a bit more than what Yi Qindong gave.
But Brother Ding refused to accept it.
The people did not take part in the public officials’ fights, and Brother Ding wasn’t stupid. He could read people after being in the business for so long. Ye Jiacheng wasn’t Yi Qindong, and wasn’t some pushover. Even if he appeared to be incomparably elegant and refined, his aura could not deceive people. One really couldn’t afford offending him once they were too tangled together. Ye Jiacheng was polite to him just now because he wanted a favor from him. A token of goodwill was fine, but he couldn't truly be a dish of food for him.
“We are all friends. Young Master Ye, don’t be polite. I can guarantee you we won’t touch that Ms.Shi anymore. We will also let you know as soon as possible if we receive any new information, but……” Brother Ding snuffed his cigarette out in the tawny ashtray and clarified, “I don’t know whether Yi Qindong will find someone else to do this for him.”
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A-City’s Haichuan Hotel. The name sounded quite proper, coming from the idiom “all rivers run to the same sea”, but it wasn’t a clean hotel by any means. It was a high-end hotel that wealthy men liked to frequent. The sky was already dark. Yi Qindong came out in his night robe after his shower. Seeing that the person wasn’t here yet, he held his temper and gave them a call to hurry it up.
He was impatient.
Just as he hung up, the doorbell immediately sounded. Yi Qindong went to open the door and flinched slightly: “Jiacheng……”
It was raining outside. Ye Jiacheng came in wearing a pair of black leather shoes. His still-damp soles stepped onto the patterned carpet without a sound.
“I came to deliver a document to you. Take a look,” Ye Jiacheng pulled out a chair and sat. He tossed the document onto the table.
“This late at night, Young Master Ye……” Yi Qindong sat after some hesitation. For some unknown reason, he still started reading it.
The more he read, the more ugly his face became.
Ye Jiacheng explained: “I am withdrawing all your stocks in Ye Mao at their highest prices. You can sign it now, or you can wait for your lawyer to come and then sign it.”
Yi Qindong tossed down the document.
Ye Jiacheng was confident and even said with kindness: “I suggest you sign it now, otherwise this amazing offer won’t last.”
“Young Master Ye, aren’t you abandoning your benefactor?” Yi QIndong asked, seemingly angry.
“Are you angry? I can understand.” Ye Jiacheng turned his body, and said to Yi Qindong word by word, “I’m letting you know: I am even more angry than you right now.”
“Jiacheng……” Yi Qindong tried his best to smile and asked with a pleasant expression, “Did we have some kind of misunderstanding? And where would you get so much money at once?”
Ye Jiacheng needlessly explained: “You don’t need to worry about the money. After you sign this, not a cent will be missing from what you are owed.”
Ye Mao had such good momentum right now; Yi Qindong definitely wouldn’t sign it. Where in this world was there anything this convenient? Ye Jiacheng wanted to cross the river and burn the bridge. No way! He had started blaming his little sister inside. She couldn’t even hold down one man.
Yi Qindong didn’t want to sign it. Ye Jiacheng wasn’t in a rush and simply waited.
“Jiacheng, we must have some kind of misunderstanding. Did Yi Pei tell you something?” Yi Qindong pondered for a moment, guessing that Ye Jiacheng was definitely joining hands with Yi Pei, definitely! He saw that Ye Jiacheng still had the same expression as before, and started talking about legality, “Ye Jiacheng, you are coercing me! It’s illegal!”
“Illegal…… haha,” Ye Jiacheng inspected Yi Qindong, his expression was particularly shadowed. He coldly asked: “You’re talking law with me?”
Yi Qindong grit his teeth: “Young Master Ye, even if you are a mayor’s son, we still have to talk legally.”
“Of course we can,” Ye Jiacheng calmly replied to Yi Qindong, “Since you like the law, we will talk—— law——.”
Ye Jiacheng sprang up. The viciousness inside had already come out. He summoned his strength and kicked at Yi Qindong’s chair with his leather shoes. Yi Qindong was caught unaware and fell over along with the chair.
Yi Qindong was sprawled on the ground in an unsightly posture. His eyes were wide and round. He couldn’t get up for a while.
Ye Jiacheng crouched down, then played the recording for Yi Qindong with his cellphone. A sentence spoken by Yi Qindong: “Sue me for forcing them if they have the ability—— rape!”
Yi Qindong understood now.
Ye Jiacheng tossed away the cellphone and leaned in: “Yi Qindong, if they won’t sue you, I will.”
“Young Master Ye……”
Ye Jiacheng continued: “I’m very familiar with the courthouses of A-City. Which one do you prefer?”
“Or we can do this another way. Since you like going to court so much, you can also sue me. It’s so boring to be the defendant.” Ye Jiacheng cracked a smile and sincerely advised: “For example, you can sue me for violating my contract, and for malicious coercion.”
“Or……” Ye Jiacheng tossed Yi Qindong aside and stepped on his hand, “Maybe deliberate harm or something like that will be better?”
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