Chapter 1460: Little Jin Dragon and the Guardian Phoenix 13

After coaxing for a while, Jin Chen finally managed to coax his Phoenix.

Changli still wasn't used to Jin Chen's surprise kisses each time, and his rapidly pounding heart took a good while to gradually calm.

Jin Chen leaned against Changli's office chair, put his arm around him, and whispered: "This afternoon I want to apply for half a day off, and go home tonight."

Changli looked at Jin Chen puzzled, waiting for the rest of his sentence.

As a result, Jin Chen also fell silent.

Changli: '?'

"What are you going to do?"

"Keep it secret for now, and tell the Phoenix later, okay?"

Changli lowered his eyes, feeling gloomy, and nodded slightly.

"Alright, if the place is far, just contact the driver."

"No need, the Phoenix still has an evening social gathering, I'll be back soon."

Changli gazed at the hand Jin Chen held, lifted his eyes, and urged: "Don't expose your identity, don't harm humans."

"I know."

Jin Chen laughed, pinched Changli's cheek, and said: "Am I especially stupid in the Phoenix's eyes?"

His dark gold‑tinged eyes gazed at his dragon, and Changli couldn't suppress a smile: "Yeah, foolish dragon."

Jin Chen: '...'

Stop the dragon body attack!

Jin Chen, huffing angrily, again lifted his Phoenix and stole a kiss, then turned and ran.

Changli: '...'

Forget it, I'll lecture him at home!

A lawless, foolish dragon.

We clearly agreed not to steal kisses.

Changli finally composed himself and continued drawing the manuscript, but less than twenty minutes later, Que Ling knocked on the office door again.

"Come in."

Changli didn't look up, thinking it was the assistant bringing coffee, but he heard Que Ling's slightly guilty voice.

"Boss, I'm here to ask for leave."

Que Ling was utterly unwilling, but Jin Chen's authority was too overwhelming—he couldn't refuse at all.

Moreover, Jin Chen repeatedly warned him absolutely not to tell Changli what he was going to do.

What could Que Ling do? Of course, he grit his teeth and came to ask for leave.

Que Ling's lovely face, frightened by today's successive shocks, turned a little pale, looking even more pitiful; Changli narrowed his eyes slightly, then looked away, and the pencil gripped tightly in his hand clenched a bit more.

"Are you going out with Jin Chen?"

"How does the boss know?! He didn't say anything at all!"

Que Ling's breath caught in fear; he dared not summon Jin Chen, and while navigating between the two great yokai bosses, the most important thing was to assess the situation!

For example, Que Ling now notices the boss's mood isn't great, so asking for leave is probably out of the question.

"No… no, it's just that I have some personal matters, unrelated to Boss Jin."

Boss Jin.

Changli raised his brows slightly, and when he lifted his eyelids again to look at Que Ling, his pupils suddenly turned dark gold.

"You know Jin Chen's identity."

Que Ling: '...'

That sentence sounds so familiar—just now, Heyi might have asked the same thing.

So just what exactly is Boss Jin's identity!

"I don't know, boss—I'm just a peacock yokai so weak I can't even be considered weak, how could I know Boss Jin's true form?"

Que Ling was frightened by that gaze and stepped back two steps; suddenly, as if enlightened, he hurriedly raised a finger: "Boss, don't misunderstand—I have no feelings for Boss Jin whatsoever, I daren't."

Changli, however, wasn't worried about that.

Instead, he was pondering what secret Jin Chen had—something he could tell Que Ling, whom he'd only just met half a day ago, but not him.

Being kept in the dark feels awful, especially when it's his own dragon.

But Jin Chen had already explained, and Changli didn't feel right pressing further.

Changli lost the mood to draw, casually set down the pencil that was about to snap, and his voice grew a few degrees colder.

"Sure, come back to work tomorrow."

"Thanks, boss!"

Que Ling bowed deeply at a 180‑degree angle.

Changli: '...'

——

At evening quitting time, Heyi voluntarily asked to join Changli for the night's gathering.

"I want to learn more; since this position is to help the boss share his burdens, I think… I should be able to be with the boss."

Although Heyi was making a request, his attitude remained neither humble nor arrogant, retaining his own backbone.

Changli glanced at him several more times, then finally agreed.

Among the three interns, he still thought highly of Heyi the most.

But Changli hadn't forgotten what Jin Chen had said earlier, and this was a perfect opportunity to investigate.

Meanwhile.

Jin Chen and Que Ling were in a small grove outside the city, far from human habitation.

Que Ling, who had seen Jin Chen the big boss's true form, was frightened into revealing his true form, hiding in the bushes, trembling, and didn't dare to spread his beautiful peacock tail.

Dragon!

Dragon! No wonder He Yi is so fearful.

Jin Chen jumped down from the tree, holding a snake in his hand to play with, "Come out, do you want to listen to the plan with your butt?"

Que Ling: "……"

He silently turned his body, after returning to his true form he poked his head out of the grass, revealing two ears, "You say."

He would rather die than come out; it's too terrifying for monsters.

Jin Chen was speechless for a moment, then began to explain his plan.

To let Chang Li smoothly survive the heavenly tribulation, killing He Yi now is the best method, but the side quest given by Ling Gun Gun also has a requirement: we must find out the true reason He Yi successfully harmed Chang Li in the original plot and completely eradicate it.

He can only let the plot slowly follow its original course; he must secretly arrange everything, ensuring Chang Li faces no danger while also uncovering the power behind He Yi.

Then this plan seems somewhat…

"Dirty, really dirty."

Que Ling's features were all Distorted; summoning his courage, he added, "You're a dragon…… really going to do such a shameless thing?"

Jin Chen remained silent, feeling no remorse at all, he tied the red snake he was playing with into a knot and hooked it on his finger, swinging it back and forth.

"In the whole world I am the only dragon; who dares to say I'm shameless?"

"Besides his phoenix, no one else will do."

Que Ling scratched his face, "That's also true."

"I will try my best to cooperate with your……"

Que Ling watched helplessly as the poor snake was about to be played to death, feeling that Jin Chen the big boss was doing this…… to kill the snake to warn the peacock.

Que Ling shuddered again, sensing that a peaceful, beautiful, happy life had already drifted away from him.