Striving for Science C62

Listening to the car being pounded, Shen Chang'an couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache. This was a luxury car, he heard that even a chipped paint job would cost a fortune.

Glancing at the person who was acting drunk and crazy, Shen Chang'an rolled up his sweater sleeves, turned to Dao Nian, whose expression was calm, and said, "Leave this idiot to me. It's cold outside, don't go down. Shen Tu, call the police."

After saying that, he strode towards Cao Jin, who was still smashing the hood of the car, pulled open the door, slammed it shut, and grabbed Cao Jin by the collar, dragging him to the side. "Running a red light, changing lanes without signaling, drunk driving. If you want to die, go die somewhere else, don't drag others down with you."

"What I do is none of your business!" Cao Jin pushed at Shen Chang'an, but his strength was so weak that he couldn't even push Shen Chang'an, let alone stand steadily.

Shen Chang'an released his collar and stepped back. Cao Jin spun around twice in place and fell to his knees on the crosswalk. Several young men jumped out of the sports cars parked on the side of the road and helped him up.

"Cao Jin, forget it, forget it." These spoiled brats glanced at the car and pedestrians that Cao Jin had almost hit. Cao Jin was clearly in the wrong, and making a big deal out of it wouldn't benefit him.

If it hadn't been for the quick reaction of the black luxury car that had stopped in front of Cao Jin, causing him to instinctively step on the brakes, the pedestrians on the crosswalk would have been hit by Cao Jin.

Moreover, this black luxury car was a global limited edition. The people who could afford to drive such a car were either rich or powerful. If they offended some big shot, they would be asking for trouble. It was better to apologize now and make a small matter into a big one.

Unfortunately, Cao Jin couldn't understand his friends' good intentions. He stared at Shen Chang'an with his drunken eyes for a while, "This kid, how come he looks like Shen Chang'an?"

"Damn it, I hate Shen Chang'an the most. You look like that ugly bastard, and you dare to challenge me?" Cao Jin broke free from his friends' grasp, swayed unsteadily, and pointed a finger at Shen Chang'an's nose with disdain. "What are you, you dare to tell me what to do?"

"I'm your grandpa!" Shen Chang'an slapped Cao Jin's hand away. "No, my grandpa doesn't have a grandson as disgusting as you. Calling you my grandpa isn't an insult to you, it's an insult to me."

One of the friends almost couldn't hold back a laugh, but they were all brothers and friends on the surface, so it would be a bit unbrotherly to laugh out loud.

"I, I'll kill you!" Cao Jin lunged at Shen Chang'an.

Shen Chang'an extended his long leg and kicked Cao Jin to the ground. He crossed his arms, slightly raised his chin, and looked at Cao Jin's group of friends. "You saw that, I was acting in self-defense, I didn't break any laws."

Cao Jin's friends: "..."

With the words already spoken, should they pretend to help or stand there and be good law-abiding citizens?

After a half-minute of silence, the spoiled brats decided that being good law-abiding citizens was safer.

This section of the road was close to the city outskirts, with not much traffic or pedestrians, which is why they dared to race on the side of the road. But they didn't expect that Cao Jin would not slow down even when he saw people, and just rammed straight ahead.

They could play around, but causing a death was not a good thing.

Their silence at this moment, even not bothering Shen Chang'an, was also a way to leave themselves a way out. If this really was some big shot they couldn't afford to offend, they might not be able to get away with it, but at least they wouldn't be accomplices.

The plastic brotherhood between spoiled brats was so fragile.

Cao Jin, who had been kicked by Shen Chang'an, half-crawled up from the ground. But after taking that kick, he sobered up a bit and realized that the person who kicked him wasn't someone who looked like Shen Chang'an, but Shen Chang'an himself.

"Shen Chang'an?!" Recognizing Shen Chang'an, Cao Jin gritted his teeth in anger, but he didn't dare to charge at him again. Ever since he was beaten up by Shen Chang'an in college, his body had deeply remembered Shen Chang'an's ferocity, making him only dare to talk trash whenever he saw Shen Chang'an, but never dare to actually fight.

"Didn't you say you couldn't stand living in the capital and went to make a living elsewhere? Why did you come back?" Thinking back to the terrifying experience of being beaten up by Shen Chang'an two years ago and lying in bed for two or three days, Cao Jin's voice was a little shaky, and he even unconsciously took two steps back. "Is this your car?"

Shen Chang'an had been working hard to get scholarships every year in college, he didn't look like a rich kid at all. How could he afford such an expensive car?

"Yeah." Shen Chang'an raised an eyebrow and glanced at Cao Jin's sports car, clicking his tongue. "I thought your family was rich, so you drive this kind of broken sports car. Did your business go downhill these past two years and your assets shrink?"

For someone who considered himself to be from a good family, being mocked for having a car that wasn't luxurious enough and a business that wasn't doing well was like having his face thrown on the ground and stomped on: "Shut up!"

For the past two years, he didn't know what was going on, but his family's business was getting worse and worse. Recently, the promotional ads they put on online platforms were even criticized by netizens for being sexist, causing their sales during this year's Double Eleven event to be less than one-fifth of last year's.

And because of his plagiarism scandal, he couldn't even get his graduation certificate. He didn't know what the school was thinking. His dad offered to donate to the school's teaching fund, but the school still refused to give him a break.

He had a few arguments with his dad today, went out to drink and drive, and then ran into Shen Chang'an, this annoying guy. What kind of rotten luck was this?

"You almost killed someone, and you're telling me to shut up?" Shen Chang'an grabbed Cao Jin's collar, pressed him against the car hood, grabbed his hair, and forced him to look at the pedestrians on the crosswalk who were still shaken: "See? They're real people. You just have a few drinks, step on the gas a few times, and you could have taken their lives. Do you understand?!

Being held down on the car in such a humiliating position, Cao Jin wanted to struggle, but he couldn't. His face was pressed against the cold metal, his gaze fixed on the pedestrians.

These pedestrians were wearing bloated coats, their faces were weathered, their dirty trouser legs were splattered with a lot of white paint, and their bodies were covered in dust. They looked like they had just returned home from work.

When they saw Cao Jin being held down by Shen Changan on the car and unable to move, the fear in their eyes gradually dissipated. The oldest man among them looked to be in his forties. He approached Shen Chang'an cautiously: "Little brother, we can't afford to offend these rich people . Let's not implicate you."

At this moment, they had realized that this black car blocking their way saved their lives. However, this dark car was not as valuable as the red sports car at first glance. He was afraid that Shen Changan would offend the big shot for their sake.

It is not easy for young people to stay in the imperial capital, because they may be affected for the rest of their lives.

"Brother, it's okay." Shen Chang'an said, "This kind of person who doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth and doesn't take human life seriously may really kill someone one day if he doesn't teach him a lesson."

The middle-aged man's lips moved: "Then, when the police come, I will testify for you."

"It's okay. You guys should go back and rest early." Shen Changan looked at his hand holding the paint bucket, which was red from the cold. "I have a traffic monitor in my car, don't be afraid."

"That's different. It's easier to talk when there are more people." The middle-aged man was afraid that when the traffic police came, he would favor the young man driving the sports car, so he made up his mind not to leave.

Several other workers were shrunk by the cold night wind, but they all stood on the roadside and did not move away.

The spoiled brats looked at these disgraced workers and then at Cao Jin, who was being pinned on the hood by Shen Changan. Some wanted to go up and persuade them, but were stopped by other companions.

"Don't go there." The handsome man who spoke looked a little solemn. "Didn't you realize that this person knows Cao Jin? Since he knows Cao Jin's identity, he dares to do this to Cao Jin. What does it mean?"

Hearing this, the dude who had already taken the step retreated silently.

No one wants this to happen. It's not that they don't want to help Cao Jin, it's just because they can't. We are all brothers, Cao Jin will definitely understand them.

After waiting for a few minutes, the traffic police rushed over. Shen Changan had good eyesight. He saw the police car coming from a distance and let go of Cao Jin.

After being held down by Shen Changan in the car for several minutes, Cao Jin felt a little embarrassed and couldn't help but want to attack Shen Changan.

"I advise you to think clearly. As long as you dare to take action, I will defend myself." Shen Changan sneered, "This is the imperial capital. Don't think about covering the sky with one hand."

Then, Shen Chang'an lowered his voice and said: "Back in school, when I beat you up, you couldn't do anything about it. Today, if I beat you up, you still won't be able to do anything about it. If you don't believe me, you can try."

Cao Jin's face turned pale, he glanced at the workers who were clearly siding with Shen Chang'an, and he quickly stuffed the wad of cash he was holding tightly into his pocket.

After arriving at the scene, the traffic police officer took a picture of the scene and turned to Cao Jin with a polite nod: "Sir, please cooperate with our drunk driving check."

Cao Jin looked coldly at the young traffic police officer: "Do you know what my family does?"

"I don't know." The traffic police officer handed the breathalyzer to Cao Jin. "You can blow into this, and then we can talk."

Cao Jin twisted his face and sneered, refusing to cooperate with the traffic police.

"Sir, please cooperate with our work." The traffic police officer's tone became more serious. "If you don't cooperate, we will have to take coercive measures."

Cao Jin turned his head to look at the traffic police, pointing at Shen Chang'an: "I was just attacked by him, and you police don't care?"

The traffic police officer turned his head and glanced at Shen Chang'an.

Shen Chang'an innocently widened his eyes: "I was just acting in self-defense."

"Bullshit, you held me down in the car for so long, and you call that self-defense?" Cao Jin cursed at Shen Chang'an. "Shen Chang'an, you always liked to use this trick to fool the teachers back in school, and now you're trying to fool the traffic police?"

"No, no, it's not like that." The middle-aged man, with his neck shrunk, looked at Cao Jin fearfully and explained to the traffic police, "This young man saw that this person was drunk and emotionally unstable, fearing that he might continue to hurt people, so he held him down. Recently, haven't there been many cases of drunk people driving recklessly and causing accidents? This young man was afraid that something like that would happen, so he did this. And I can testify that besides holding him down, the young man didn't do anything else."

"Yes, we can also testify." The other workers also chimed in, saying that Shen Chang'an was a good person, and that Cao Jin was the one who was emotionally agitated and wanted to hit someone, and Shen Chang'an was forced to defend himself.

Cao Jin never imagined that these seemingly simple workers, when they wanted to help someone, could be so eloquent. Each sentence seemed harmless, but taken together, they clearly painted him as a villain who could drive recklessly and seek revenge at any moment, while Shen Chang'an was the righteous hero who stood up for what was right.

Damn it, honest people can be more terrifying than professional scammers. Cao Jin could clearly feel the change in the traffic police officers' gaze towards him.

In the end, under the traffic police's firm stance, Cao Jin blew into the breathalyzer, confirming the fact of drunk driving.

Hearing the traffic police were going to take him away, Cao Jin grumbled and refused to cooperate. Seeing this, the other spoiled brats secretly called their connections, trying to get Cao Jin out of this.

However, the traffic police handling the situation were swift and decisive, unfazed by Cao Jin's intimidation and threats, and they escorted him into the police car.

"Shen Chang'an!" Cao Jin leaned out the window, shouting at Shen Chang'an. "You just wait, I won't let you get away with this!"

"Uncle police, is this a threat?" Shen Chang'an hugged himself tightly. "I'm so scared."

The traffic police officer, not yet thirty, was speechless.

He really didn't want to be an uncle.

"Chang'an." Dao Nian, seemingly appearing out of thin air, had gotten off the car. He maneuvered his wheelchair to Shen Chang'an's side, handing him his jacket. "It's cold outside. Put your sweater sleeves down and wear this."

"Oh." Shen Chang'an obediently followed.

"Shen Chang'an!" Seeing that Shen Chang'an didn't even look at him after all those harsh words, Cao Jin lost his temper. "Shen Chang'an, you just wait! When I get out, I'll make you and Cai Ran both regret this!"

Shen Chang'an paused, his hand mid-way through adjusting his jacket. He turned to look at Cao Jin expressionlessly. "Cai Ran, who?"

"Don't try to act innocent with me. Back then, that sl*t Cai Ran, to speak up for you, went to the guidance office and said I harassed her all the time." Cao Jin sneered. "I liked her for two or three years, but she considered my actions harassment. Since you've disappeared from my sight, I didn't bother to argue with her."

"But since you're so eager to meddle today, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Threatening someone in front of the police." The traffic policeman pointed the recording device at Cao Jin and snapped a few photos. He then said to his colleague who was taking notes, "Write this down."

After taking the photo, he shoved Cao Jin's head, which was pressed against the car window, back inside. "Sir, threatening and intimidating others is illegal. You should learn the law."

Cao Jin wrenched his arm free from the traffic policeman's grip, stubbornly sticking his head back out the window.

The traffic policeman pushed him back inside.

"Let go!"

Hearing Cao Jin's angry shout, the traffic policeman not only didn't let him go, but also had his colleague roll up the car window. He turned to Shen Chang'an and said: "Please don't worry, sir, we police will protect the safety of every citizen. If you encounter any danger, please be sure to call the police for help."

"Thank you," Shen Chang'an pointed to the dent in the car caused by Cao Jin's collision. "My friend's car is very expensive. He ran a red light, so he should be fully responsible, right?"

The traffic policeman couldn't help but laugh: "Please rest assured, we will handle this case properly."

"That's good." Shen Chang'an breathed a sigh of relief, lowering his head to say to Dao Nian, "Dao Nian, it's good he's taking full responsibility, otherwise..."

"Who's Cai Ran?" Dao Nian didn't care about the car at all. "Is she the girl you like?"