Chapter 14: Saving the Autistic Boy 14

A gentle kiss landed on the edge of his lips, and the boy widened his almond eyes.

He didn't know what it meant, but he wasn't stupid; he knew only someone very intimate could do that.

Ji Yan didn't even dare to breathe, staring blankly at the man who had come too close, his brain short-circuiting.

This look was truly adorable; Jin Chen chuckled lowly and held him tighter.

…… What, the title?

Ji Yan belatedly realized, recalling what Jin Chen had just said.

"The title of boyfriend." Jin Chen found the boy's lips addictive, kissed him again, and only pulled away after seeing his face flush.

The title of boyfriend……

Like Ji Yu and Chen Jiang, right?

Ji Yan suddenly understood, yet also seemed not fully to grasp, but he heard clearly: if he wanted Jin Chen not to leave him, they had to be in a boyfriend relationship.

He suppressed the trembling in his heart like beating drums, his fingertips shaking, and returned the embrace.

……Okay.

I can agree to anything you want, as long as you don't leave.

【Detected Villain Blackening Value -5, total 40, Heartbeat Value +10, total 65, blessings to the host~】

0731's voice became all sweet and rippling.

Their relationship was thus settled; although Jin Chen seriously doubted the boy, possibly truly not knowing what love is, it didn't matter—he had plenty of time to teach Ji Yan.

And the top priority now is to lower Ji Yan's Blackening Value.

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The next day, news of Ji Yu and Chen Jiang's breakup and Ji Weixue and Song Qian's divorce spread throughout the elite circles of A City.

That night upon receiving the news, Song Qian urgently returned home, yet still failed to appease the hospitalized Ji Weixue, and even Ji Yu bore the brunt of his anger.

In the studio, Jin Chen deliberately told Ji Yan about the matter.

……Divorce?

Ji Yan was extremely surprised, while deep inside a secret sense of satisfaction arose.

……Why?

Jin Chen sat beside the boy as if nothing had happened, his tone calm.

"Song Qian and Jin Tianhua are having an affair."

Ji Yan had heard the butler introduce him before, knowing Jin Chen's father was called Jin Tianhua; he immediately put down his paintbrush and looked at Jin Chen nervously and earnestly.

……No, sad.

"Not sad, I have no familial feelings toward him." Jin Chen shook his head; the original host and Jin Tianhua had no affection, let alone himself.

Yet Ji Yan still took Jin Chen's hand, emotion flickering in his brows, as if he felt sorrow for him.

Song Qian is really bad, he thought.

She ruined many people's feelings.

"All right, I really am not sad; don't furrow your brows, how unbecoming."

Jin Chen hadn't expected the boy's intuitive reaction to be this; helpless yet soft-hearted, he kissed his cheek, saying, "Song Qian and Ji Yu have gotten what they deserve; aren't you happy?"

Ji Yan blinked his eyes and nodded slightly.

……Happy.

Jin Chen: ……

Liar, your Blackening Value hasn't moved at all.

Ji Yan pursed his lips, keenly sensing Jin Chen's emotional shift; he gazed at the man eagerly, his eyes clear, unaware of what had happened.

"It's fine, keep painting."

Jin Chen's brow twitched; he chuckled, came back to his senses, and no longer dwelled on it.

——

At that moment, the Ji family villa.

Ji Yu looked at the red exclamation mark in his chat interface with Chen Jiang, furious, and directly smashed his phone hard onto the ground.

"It wasn't intentional on my part; why won't you even listen to an explanation!"

"The one who took the medicine should obviously have been Ji Yan!"

Thinking of this, Ji Yu's eyes burst with hatred.

Knock knock knock——

"Little Yu…… Mom has come in."

Song Qian wore a white dress, her hair reaching her waist; she looked almost the same age as Ji Yu, as if time had left no trace on her, save for the fine lines at her eyes' corners and the worry between her brows, which somewhat matched her age.

"What are you coming in for!" Ji Yu found everyone annoying now, especially his mother who brought up things that made him lose face.

"Little Yu, Mom is here to help you." Song Qian, who certainly understood her own child, took Ji Yu's hand, speaking with earnest sincerity.

"Your father and I's divorce is already irreparable, but I can go abroad while you still need to stay domestically."

"What should we do then?" Ji Yu, only twenty, had no idea how to handle this situation.

"Tell me the truth, have you recently provoked someone?" Song Qian smoothed her skirt, showing no sorrow befitting a divorce.

"Lately I can……" Ji Yu suddenly choked, his eyes showing some disbelief.

"Jin Chen…… lately, because of Ji Yan's matter, Jin Chen has been somewhat dissatisfied with me."

"Jin Chen?" Song Qian frowned, "He would willingly expose his father's scandal for Ji Yan's sake."

"Mom, you don't know; Ji Yan is like having placed a spell on Jin Chen—now he listens to him about everything."

Ji Yu muttered a complaint, then recalled something and looked at Song Qian.

Chen Jiang doesn't want to get engaged to me anymore, what should I do?

Then we won't get engaged; you're also a boy, you should have some backbone. Song Qian tapped his forehead with her fingertip, "You got me set up too—why didn't you hold onto Jin Chen back then, insisting on choosing Chen Jiang?"

Jin Chen is so scary! Besides, I really like Chen Jiang. Ji Yu pouted unhappily.

What good is liking someone? Can it fill your stomach? Now that you've been framed, Chen Jiang has abandoned you just the same.

Song Qian stood up, rubbed her forehead, and said, "Alright, I won't advise you further. I'll instead study how to deal with Ji Yan, who has Jin Chen's protection."

What should I do? Ji Yu suddenly grabbed Mother, "Are we really just going to give up on Chen Jiang?"

First, keep Bei Tai on the line; his family at least has some connection to Didu. If you enter the painting competition, he can still pull strings for you later.

Alright...

Ji Yu bit her lip, but in the end she didn't retort.

After Song Qian left, he angrily ran to Ji Yan's room to vent, only to suddenly discover a sheet of paper drifting out from under the bed.

His eyes lit up.

——

Hospital.

Ji Weixue probably had his brain rattled from this fall and faint; he quickly finished the divorce paperwork with Song Qian, then insisted on seeing Ji Yan, saying he wanted to tell something about his mother's past.

Although Jin Chen didn't want to let Ji Yan go, since it concerned his deceased mother, he couldn't stop him and accompanied Ji Yan to the hospital.

Don't be scared, I'm right outside; call me if anything happens.

Ji Yan nodded and walked into Ji Weixue's ward.

Jin Chen sat on the bench, catching up on the company's email messages.

……What, thing?

Ji Yan can now communicate normally with people, although his speech still tends to be slow; Ji Weixue doesn't mind, affectionately gesturing for the youth to come over.

Little Yan, Dad, after this fall I've figured out a lot of things.

He really does look like a caring father.

I never thought about your mother either; after all these years, whenever night falls, I really miss her.