[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off":3,"chapter-bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-chapter-162":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Bound to the Sign-In System, I Took Off",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2336216,4567,"Chapter 162: Kangjiacuo","bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-chapter-162",162,"\u003Cp>“Qin Ye, are you alright?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the police car screeched to a halt, Meng Hai, the bald man, bolted out and saw Qin Yun standing on the national highway, thinking he had come to greet them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sized up Qin Yun—dirty clothes, but no visible injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d been terrified the whole way; no signal at all. After all, the criminals had guns—no matter how strong Qin Yun was, he’d be dead against gunfire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ping also hurried over, and seeing Qin Yun unharmed, he let out a breath of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Brother Qin, you’re safe—that’s wonderful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you for your concern,” Qin Yun greeted the group, then turned toward the wasteland. “Someone was already here before you arrived.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ping froze, stunned: “Someone was here? Who?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Hai frowned: “The only village nearby is Songxi. Further out is Duoma Township.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun led them to where the bearded man had been, pointing at the body on the ground: “It’s a Tibetan from Songxi Village. He took the man with the scar away, claiming he was from Songxi and needed to be punished by the village.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ping’s face darkened: “Absurd.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the law of the state, there is no room for childishness—these Tibetans are audacious beyond measure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Hai carefully compared the bearded man on the ground and said to Jiang Ping: “Uncertain. We need the Ritu County forensics team to confirm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take him along. Head to Songxi Village,” Jiang Ping snapped. “Young Brother Qin…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he finished speaking, a policeman ran over from the pickup, face grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Report, Captain: thirteen pelts total—two Tibetan antelope, six Tibetan gazelle, two bharal, and three Tibetan wolf.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the staggering number, Jiang Ping sucked in a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone, get in the vehicles. Armed and ready. Head to Songxi Village.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Jiang Ping turned to Qin Yun, Qin Yun waved him off: “I’ll follow soon. You go ahead. By the way, the one who took him away was called Lam.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lam!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ping and Meng Hai exchanged glances—that name was all too familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d dealt with her often: the only college graduate in Songxi Village, highly educated, the next village chief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone like her knew the law—how could she possibly do something like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, we’ll go ahead. Young Brother Qin, move quickly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without delay, they sprang into action. Soon, both police cars roared off, sirens wailing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lam, watching this through her livestream, turned to the old village chief, Nixiadunzhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chief, the police are coming.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nixiadunzhu nodded—he’d seen it too. His gaze shifted to the fur blanket on the floor inside the house, where the scarred man lay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After treatment, the scarred man had regained consciousness, but the agony in his chest and chin made him grimace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when he saw Nixiadunzhu and Lam, he grinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father, Little Lam—I thought I’d already fallen to Niewa. Cough, cough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nixiadunzhu looked at him and shook his head: “You know you’ll fall to hell—so why do these things?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… what’s it matter… cough… killing a few people? As long as there are more like Little Lam—bright, successful… cough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kangjiacuo showed no remorse whatsoever, as if it were perfectly natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This filled Nixiadunzhu with profound disappointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You poach the sacred mountain’s creatures, desecrate the sacred mountain—do you truly not fear falling into Niewa, doomed to eternal damnation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lam tugged Nixiadunzhu’s sleeve: “Kangjiacuo, the police are on their way. Do you want to live or die? If you want to die…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lam!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kangjiacuo’s eyes flared, his voice rising sharply: “What are you doing? Do you want to bring ruin upon the whole village?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kangjiacuo…” Lam froze, bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough, cough… Did you have the villagers rescue me from that Han man?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lam nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could you do that?” Kangjiacuo roared. “I’m just a worthless life—let me die! Bringing me back here is dragging the village down! And you—after all you’ve done to earn the chief’s position, what are you doing now…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… I just wanted to save you,” Lam whispered, eyes reddening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Save me?” Kangjiacuo laughed bitterly. “I killed people, I poached—my crimes deserve ten deaths. How can you save me? Cough, cough… My very presence here is a desecration of the village. Lam, you’re foolish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if I’m from Songxi Village, I was officially expelled long ago. My crimes are mine alone—but now you’ve brought me back. When the police investigate the village, what do you think they’ll do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having spoken so much, Kangjiacuo’s breathing grew ragged, his coughing uncontrollable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That… that Han man—where is he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lam shook her head: “Qin Ye is unharmed. I only brought you back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kangjiacuo closed his eyes. After a moment, he opened them again, fixing them on the two: “Take off my clothes. Bind me. Throw me into Longdaka.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lam’s expression changed: “Kangjiacuo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kangjiacuo ignored her, turning to Nixiadunzhu: “Father, you must sever all ties between me and the village.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nixiadunzhu shook his head: “It’s too late. The moment Lam brought you back, the village will be thoroughly investigated inside and out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kangjiacuo showed no surprise: “It doesn’t matter. What matters is clearing Lam. She must not be tainted. So we must make it undeniable that she brought me back for punishment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. Hurry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lam wept silently, her heart aching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Longdaka: one side a cliff, the other a stony desert. The wind howls like knives year-round. Strip off warm clothing there, and you’ll freeze to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Qin Yun entered Songxi Village, he noticed the villagers—old and young—staring at him with hostility and fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qin Ye, they’re looking at you funny. You think they’ll kill you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, something’s off. Can you even stay here tonight?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun felt uneasy, but then he spotted someone familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little Li!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shang had just stepped out of a Tibetan household. Hearing his name, he rushed over, delighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qin Ye, you’re here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun nodded, gesturing to the surroundings. The sky had darkened—8:30 p.m., the sun long set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kangjiacuo is dead. The village carried out private justice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun paused, startled. They really executed him? Not saved him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viewers in the livestream were equally stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the scarred man deserved a hundred deaths, hearing he was dead still sent a chill through them—after all, they lived in a civilized age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s thought, Qin Yun turned to the drone’s camera.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Friends, time’s up. Time to sign off. Today is December 9th—my second day on the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway. I’ve covered nearly two hundred kilometers so far, efficiently. At this pace, I may reach the Shiquan River in five days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This morning I left the Quanshui Lake checkpoint—everything went smoothly. I even played my flute for you. But just before Songxi Village, I ran into poachers. Now I’m in Songxi Village, but the villagers are looking at me with hostility. I’ll probably have to sleep outside tonight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s all. Drone battery’s low. Goodbye. See you tomorrow at 8 a.m. sharp.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without responding to the pleas in the comments, Qin Yun clicked “end livestream” and immediately stowed the drone in his backpack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, under the guidance of Officer Li Shang, he arrived at the chief’s courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard Jiang Ping roaring: “You’re completely lawless! You brought him back and executed him yourselves? What were you thinking?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun’s gaze shifted to the bloody, unrecognizable corpse on the ground—the face, unmistakably the scarred man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nixiadunzhu saw Qin Yun enter and stepped forward, performing a deep Tibetan bow: “Tashi Delek. Thank you for your contribution to Songxi Village—you helped us capture Kangjiacuo, our traitor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun glanced at Jiang Ping, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ping sighed: “This Kangjiacuo—the man on the ground—is a poacher, a traitor to Songxi Village. When Lam learned you’d captured him, she reported it to Nixiadunzhu—this old man here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nixiadunzhu is the village chief. He ordered Lam to bring Kangjiacuo back, because according to Songxi’s old customs, villagers who break the rules must be punished. For someone as guilty as Kangjiacuo, the punishment is exile to Longdaka.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed at the corpse: “They stripped his clothes and left him on Longdaka. Soon after, he lost control of his body and fell off the cliff—died instantly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun stepped over the body and turned to Lam on the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face was blank. When he studied her, she looked up briefly, then lowered her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun frowned. Something felt off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned close to Jiang Ping: “So what now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ping sighed, pulling Qin Yun aside: “Minority regions handle things differently. We can’t go further. But we’re still hunting a poaching gang—we hope to find clues from the other one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun nodded. He didn’t fully agree, but domestic handling of such cases was indeed complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like college entrance exams—minority groups get preferential treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In every aspect, Han people and other ethnic groups are treated completely differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said nothing. Since the matter was settled, and since he’d personally captured Kangjiacuo, Qin Yun believed the man deserved death—but now he was dead, debts erased, so he no longer cared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Meng Hai and another officer loaded Kangjiacuo’s body onto a vehicle and headed toward Ritu County; the other car returned to Quanshui Lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving, Jiang Ping smiled: “Young Brother Qin, you’ll get a banner and a reward. I’ll contact you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha, Captain Jiang, I’ll be waiting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re really not going with Meng Hai to Ritu County?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.” Qin Yun shook his head. “My livestream requirement is to walk all the way to Shiquanhe—I can’t break the rules.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright then, be careful yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The police car drove off on either side, and Qin Yun prepared to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Qin!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could move, a familiar voice came from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to see it was Lam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stay at my house for the night—the road ahead all the way to Duoma Township has no suitable place.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun hesitated—not because he feared they meant him harm, but since they disliked and despised him, why should he impose himself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, you’ve watched my livestream—you know I have ways to survive in the wilderness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been about to say, “Since you’re my fan,” but remembered he had indirectly caused Kangcaco’s death—he’d likely lost this fan already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lam didn’t press. She nodded: “Then wait a moment, Mr. Qin—I’ll get you some supplies.” With that, Lam returned to the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, Lam emerged carrying a sack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Inside are some butter cookies, a bottle of goat’s milk, and some dried rations.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Yun didn’t refuse: “Thank you, Lam.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He put the items into his backpack, waved goodbye, and walked forward into the moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lam, who had watched his silhouette until it vanished, whispered softly: “Mr. Qin, I don’t blame you.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1776,"2026-06-20T21:37:28.858Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","90784522c4168d34b2462bfd34edd9caf28787f17a436a4b3587d189fbaf7666","bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-chapter-163","bound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-chapter-161",329,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbound-to-the-sign-in-system-i-took-off-cover.jpg"]