Chapter 1095: Gentle Neighbor's Drama Queen Sweetheart 23

Zhongyu Yu's voice was suppressed, she only felt embarrassed, especially since Jin Chen had also seen this scene clearly.

Zhonggang shouted, "Those are just angry words! You've cost your parents so much money raising you from childhood, what right do you have not to give to the family!"

He Fang also slapped her thigh and cried loudly, declaring misfortune for the household.

Jin Chen didn't want to waste time here watching a monkey show.

He walked up to Zhongyu Yu, his expression indifferent, a sense of oppression suddenly arising; Zhonggang, who had just been scolding, stopped mid-sentence, stunned with fear.

"You... what are you going to do! Hit someone, right?"

"'Come on!! Someone's hitting people!'" Zhonggang shouted instinctively, but no one responded, so he could only slink away and shut his mouth.

Jin Chen lowered his cold gaze, not even bothering to act, "There's surveillance at the gate; this counts as trespassing a prestigious residence, do you want to go to the station for tea?"

He said while preparing to make a call.

Although scoundrels aren't afraid of the police, Zhonggang currently owed a huge debt, terrified that investigators would discover he'd taken money he shouldn't have, so he hid behind his mother.

"You don't understand, kid, you're Zhongyu Yu's friend, right? Quickly help Aunt persuade him—he's ruthless, even abandoning his own parents; back then that would have invited heavenly punishment!"

He Fang wasn't afraid of the police either, and tried to persuade Jin Chen, snot and tears streaming, painting Zhongyu Yu as a cold-blooded monster who doesn't recognize kin.

Zhongyu Yu didn't retort, just listened silently, the fingertips at her cuffs curling up as if she'd been sentenced.

It wasn't because of her mother's scolding and reprimand, but because Jin Chen was here, hearing everything; he had cautiously wanted to hide his shameful past, all of which He Fang embellished and told to Jin Chen.

Jin Chen learned just how terrible his family was, just like him—no matter how he tried to conceal it, the awful, sordid nature couldn't be hidden.

"Enough!"

Zhongyu Yu coldly rebuked, cutting off He Fang's accusation word by word, her eye rims turning red.

"No matter who comes to persuade me, don't think you'll get a single penny; you know in your own heart how much of what you just said was true."

"You still dare to talk back! You're just itching for a fight—what are you doing!!" He Fang was jerked back by a force, struggling in shock, like a shrew, and Zhonggang was also seized.

Jin Chen continued to protect him, slightly lifting his chin at the community security guard who had just contacted him, "Don't let people in randomly from now on."

"Eh, sir, rest assured."

The security guard, holding a baton, pretended not to hear the two's quarrel, dragging the people away.

Finally, it grew quiet.

Zhongyu Yu felt embarrassed, lowering her head to take a deep breath, not knowing how to face this silent scene.

"Yu Bao, lift your head."

He heard Jin Chen's voice, soft and low, seeming no different from before.

Zhongyu Yu slowly lifted her head, her beautiful eyes misty, lips slightly upturned, "Don't believe what she says."

Although everyone would think cutting ties is him being overly selfish, being deceived by He Fang's pitiful act, blaming all his past suffering on the phrase "You are blood relatives, how could you hold a grudge against your parents for a lifetime?", even Xue Yuanjing from before was no exception, often speaking up for He Fang.

But he simply didn't want Jin Chen to misunderstand.

"If... you don't believe me," Zhongyu Yu's shoulders trembled slightly, the more she thought the more aggrieved she felt, a red tint staining the corners of her eyes, "then I don't want to be friends with you."

Clearly a threatening tone, yet it came out trembling and sobbing like a coquettish whine.

"I didn't believe what she said," Jin Chen gently reached out to lift his chin, his thumb brushing away tears, warm breath spraying onto his ear, "I only believe you."

He cupped Zhongyu Yu's face, pinching it lightly like a punishment, his tone dangerous. "Not wanting to be friends? I don't agree."

Zhongyu Yu's eyes brimmed with tears, looking at him watery, the depths flashing with surprise.

"You weren't deceived... you believe me."

Her lips still bore the marks from where she'd bitten them earlier, evoking pity.

Jin Chen lowered his gaze, his thumb lightly rubbing her lower lip, brushing away hairs stuck to the corner of her eye.

"Our Yu Bao is so good, how could she be the selfish, self-serving person she describes?"

"Alright, if you keep crying your eyes will swell tonight." He wiped away her tears, softly coaxing, even his voice afraid to be loud lest it startle her.

Zhongyu Yu choked up, merely gazing tightly at Jin Chen's gentle eyes, somehow unable to stop her tears.

"I want a hug." Her sobbing voice was incredibly soft, pleading as she rubbed her cheek against his warm palm, her voice so feeble it sounded like delirium.

Yet Jin Chen precisely caught her, pulling her into his embrace, arms tightening.

An embrace full of safety, all danger and shame kept outside, as if being held meant he would forever be safe.

Zhongyu Yu actually had this thought arise.

He wrapped his arms around Jin Chen's slender waist, leaning into her gentle, broad chest, his long hair lightly stroked, quietly and obediently sniffling, easing his emotions.

Jin Chen, maintaining the embrace, slowly shifted step by step into the house, casually closing the door.

"Now it's safe."

His tone was gentle, as if soothing a child, "No bad people will come to disturb the little fox immortal's happy life."

Even while feeling wronged, Zhongyu Yu didn't forget to find a moment to retort.

"She is the great Fox Immortal Adult."

"Hmph, I don't see it that way," Jin Chen chuckled lightly, flicking her upturned, reddish nose tip, "You're so pitiful and aggrieved; without a hunter friend's help, what would you do?"

The two gazed at each other, Zhongyu Yu finally broke into a smile, unabashedly wiping her tears dry on Jin Chen's collar, the corners of her eyes red as if stained with rouge.

"Then you need to look after me more, or I'll be bullied to death."

He sniffed, then buried himself again in Jin Chen's embrace, feeling her strong heartbeat, his emotions gradually calming.

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +10, total 70.】

【Detected Villain Blackening Value -5, total 60!】

Zhongyu Yu explained her family of origin to Jin Chen, deliberately concealing the suffering and hardships she'd endured, only a few brief sentences.

It wasn't that she was unwilling to say more, but she felt no need for excessive explanation.

After Zhongyu Yu finished speaking, she felt much lighter inside, her only worry being exposure.

After all, for her profession, fame and ruin both come from public opinion; if the negative image became too severe, the company would certainly not let her continue managing the account.

「Yu Bao, if you feel at ease, then I'll handle this matter. 」

Jin Chen released the person in his arms, bending his two fingers to gently rub the jade-like cheek, 「But we need to investigate what your family has done. 」

Zhongyu Yu thought for a moment, nodded, 「Good. 」

He slowly curled a smile, both obedient and charming.

「Then I'll leave it to you. 」

How nice, with Jin Chen around, it seems no problem is a difficulty.

Zhongyu Yu calmed their emotions, suddenly remembered something, exclaimed 'aiya', trotted into the washroom, and looking at themselves in the mirror took a deep breath.

Then they quickly tore open a face mask Jin Chen had given them and applied it to reduce swelling.

If the eyes swell, they won't look good tonight!

Zhongyu Yu slowly smoothed out the mask's wrinkles, thinking about what clothes to wear tonight.