Chapter 1361

After Shen Shi finished telling the story bottled up in his heart, he actually felt a sense of ease arise from within.

Previously he never mentioned it to anyone, which was an understanding with the Shen family and also a warning to himself.

Only today, when he had fully opened his heart, did Shen Shi truly feel that even if he never learned how to love others, he still received Jin Chen's unreserved love.

This tangible affection was enough to cover all the past hurts he had suffered, as well as his fear and timidity toward intimate relationships.

With his chin lifted and rubbed, a delicate, soft kiss landed on the corner of his lips; the lingering affection and reliance spreading from his heart made this kiss feel especially prolonged.

"It's my fault; if I had known earlier, I shouldn't have agreed to join the variety show."

Jin Chen gently kneaded Shen Shi's earlobe; his pained, affectionate tone truly made one's heart go soft, and Shen Shi, like a cat, rubbed against his embrace, yet he shook his head.

"If not for that, we wouldn't have reconciled."

"But this is already enough."

Shen Shi's original intention in agreeing to jointly record the show was to use this variety program to reconcile with Jin Chen; despite several twists, fortunately the outcome was good.

Jin Chen gave a noncommittal nod, his hand resting on Shen Shi's stomach pressing lightly; feeling the lower abdomen soft and no longer tense, he relaxed.

"Is your stomach still uncomfortable? I'll go get medicine."

Shen Shi shook his head, fearing he would leave, and clung tightly, whispering, "Just a little… kiss me."

"Will a kiss make it better?" Jin Chen chuckled.

Shen Shi nodded solemnly, his confident tone repeating Jin Chen's words: "A kiss will make it better."

Having said that, he actively rubbed his lips against Jin Chen's; his cool expression revealed an innocent charm and unconscious sensuality.

Jin Chen turned while seated, his back blocking the somewhat glaring sunlight, and pressed Shen Shi into the rocking chair to kiss him.

The sunlight was dazzling; Shen Shi half-closed his hazy eyes and gradually gripped the fabric of Jin Chen's upper back.

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +5, total 95!】

【Detected Villain Blackening Value -10, total 20!】

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The bored 0731, having eaten his fill, noticed that the online sympathy for Shen Shi had subtly shifted.

Some even started stirring things up, claiming Jin Chen was too selfish, insisting on bringing him to an escape-room variety show despite knowing his partner feared darkness and ghosts.

The online crowd is enormous; where there are instigators, there will naturally be followers, and on the day after the issue blew up, such remarks grew ever more numerous, even quietly overshadowing the buzz about Yang Ji quitting the show.

Jin Chen's number of haters far exceeded the fans he had gained from the two episodes; seeing this hot topic felt like grasping the tail of the truth.

Various hashtags flooded the square, judging Jin Chen's every act of "not loving" and "disdaining" Shen Shi on the show, along with frame‑by‑frame analysis of micro‑expressions.

In the end the conclusion was drawn: Jin Chen not only dislikes Shen Shi, but also treats him as a stepping stone for his own advancement.

0731:???

"Hey! These humans really spout nonsense!"

Host and Main God, from the High God and the godwood incense that opened spiritual wisdom, to their companionship in the God Realm, and then to their separation after the myriad gods fell.

Just recalling the past makes it wail and shed tears; this bunch of blabbering humans simply doesn't get it!

Watch it trace back to the root, dig out the behind‑the‑scenes bastards… and yet again it's the Protagonist Top!

0731: 【Truly shameless!】

Jin Chen: 【……Perhaps the person you're scolding isn't me?】

Isn't it just that you didn't prepare my breakfast portion! What's the big deal!

Jin Chen threw several rolls of bacon into the space.

The brat has entered his teenage rebellious phase—really a handful.

【Of course not～I wouldn't dare!】

0731 chuckled, biting into a bacon roll and chattering away.

【The protagonist (the attacker) still bears a grudge against you, he bought a lot of online mercenaries to curse, spreading rumors everywhere that you don't love the Main God at all.】

Jin Chen's motion of dropping noodles into the soup pot paused slightly, he smirked, 【I don't have time to deal with him, but he came to me himself.】

【Damn it, I'm going to dig up evidence that the protagonist (the attacker) bought online mercenaries!】

Famous hacker 0731 said, unless Chu Yin stays offline, there's no escaping its data attack!

【No need, go handle something else.】

What's the point of just beating dogs? It's only fun watching two stray dogs bite each other.

Jin Chen had finished cooking the noodles, just about to go call his weary wife awake from last night, but upon entering the door he saw Shen Shi sitting on the bedhead, frowning while on the phone, looking quite angry.

Seeing Jin Chen enter, Shen Shi softened his eyes and hung up the phone directly.

"Who pissed you off this early in the morning?"

Jin Chen ruffled Shen Shi's hair, "You're so angry you didn't even sleep in."

Shen Shi lunged into his embrace, "Someone's scolding you online again, I know."

"It's just baseless rumors."

Jin Chen pulled him up, pinched his cheek and chuckled, "They all say I don't love you, wife—what do you think?"

"If those people who fabricate black material became scriptwriters, the entertainment industry would never lack good scripts."

Shen Shi sneered coldly, then stood up to comfort him, "Rest assured, I'll have someone take care of this."

"Then leave it to the Main God to handle."

Jin Chen smiled, leaned in close, seeing the irritation fade from Shen Shi's expression, then said, "All right, the most important thing now is to fill your stomach."

Shen Shi reached out to him, "My waist is sore, carry me."

Under his lover's guidance, Shen Shi, who no longer minds the age gap, still occasionally feels the difference from a man in his twenties, mainly in the bedroom.

It just so happens that Jin Chen is skilled at coaxing; he pampers Shen Shi to the point of losing his bearings, ultimately he can only obediently do it again.

Shen Shi can't even count how many times, before bed each night, he's sworn to himself to do it just once.

Recalling, Shen Shi, who was being carried to the restaurant, angrily pinched Jin Chen's ear, "You're sleeping in the guest room tonight!"

Jin Chen, completely unaware of his wife's train of thought:?!

Why!

Is making breakfast wrong, or is hugging wrong!

"Hmph, if I sleep in the guest room, no one will warm your blankets; at night your hands will be cold, your feet chilly—see how you sleep."

Shen Shi: "……"

It seems… indeed… the loss is greater for oneself.

That day, with the joint effort of the PR department of Gentleman Entertainment and a certain hacker, public opinion shifted again.

Initially, Gentleman Entertainment exposed the source of the water army, then again launched a full-face attack, openly posting a message calling out Chu Yin, urging him to behave properly.

Also, 0731, using an entertainment account built up through operations, exposed Cheng Yi's various flirtations with the same cast and crew, even including a video of the fatal director, and deliberately marked the time in the text.

In comparison, the day before Cheng Yi signed the CP agreement with Chu Yin, he had just gone in and out of a hotel with a notorious philandering director.

Moreover, after the truth of the romantic scandal involving Jin Chen came out, Cheng Yi left an apartment date with a top movie star the previous day, and that very night he was seen entering and exiting a restaurant with Chu Yin—the day Chu Yin publicly revealed his identity as the Young Master online.

Finally, 0731 also tagged Chu Yin, saying: "This is what not loving looks like, not analyzing frame-by-frame the microexpressions of a true couple; next time, learn how to gossip properly."

Netizens who had just devoured two big melons:???!!!!

You entertainment folks are so chaotic I can barely take it!

What are microexpressions! At most it means Jin Chen hasn't learned expression management, a bit spasmodic!

This is truly not loving—if it weren't for Chu Yin's status as Young Master, Cheng Yi would still be flaunting his love while juggling five, six, seven, eight boats! Ugh!

Moreover, some netizens launched a full-face attack.

Cheese Corn: @Chu Yin, stop messing with us true couple, you're so good at reading microexpressions—go see if that hat on your head is green enough.

Disliking Sponge Gourd: @Chu Yin, I'm starting to feel sorry for you, there's nothing to say—even with the backyard on fire you still don't forget to blacken Jin Chen, you really hate him.

Koi Fish Fry: @Cheng Yi, give me a time-management tutorial; if I had this kind of schedule, what would I worry about not making it ashore?

Disliking Green Beans: @Cheng Yi @Chu Yin, aren't you two the ones who claimed, "Having weathered countless vicissitudes, you're still by my side"? Keep locking it down!

0731, satisfied with the turned-around public opinion, in the blink of an eye received an invitation from Gentleman Entertainment.

Sincerely inviting you to join the company's PR department to add bricks and tiles to Jin Chen's future brilliant stardom.

The company even provides meals! How great!

0731 tearfully refused.

The reason is simple: a divine beast ran into the company to work, which would surely be terrifying for humans.

At this moment, the person in charge of Gentleman Entertainment stared at the several large characters in the reply email, lost in thought.

I would die if seen in the light, afraid I'd be too handsome for you.

Person in charge: "……"

As it turns out, making an astonishing statement can also earn fans who follow the main figure.