Chapter 1462: Little Splendid Dragon and the Guardian Phoenix 15

Chang Li just shook his head in his embrace, "I don't know, I'm so cold."

The warmth from Jin Chen's body made Chang Li feel very comfortable; he narrowed his eyes and rubbed against the neck crook, his gaze hazy and foolish.

"Will it be like that day for me?" Jin Chen silently raised the temperature in the car, holding his phoenix tighter, "When we get home, phoenix, could you show me your true form?"

Chang Li let out a muffled hum, buried his face deeper into the embrace, but still felt cold.

He glanced at the rising shield, then lifted his gaze to Jin Chen, his pupils turning dark gold as they slowly blinked, and he reached out to tug at Jin Chen's collar.

Jin Chen was almost melted by his cuteness; he gently stroked his cheek with a fingertip, opened his outer garment, and completely enfolded his phoenix in his embrace.

"Is the phoenix drunk?" Jin Chen smelled the mixed cold fragrance of alcohol on him and affectionately kissed the corner of his lips.

Usually when he stole a kiss, the phoenix would react quickly, but today the reaction was slow and sluggish, as if drunk.

Chang Li, however, refused to admit it, merely shaking his head, "I haven't drunk."

"All right." I don't believe it.

Jin Chen gently patted his back, slowly coaxing him to sleep.

With his partner's soothing, Chang Li's fatigue and discomfort greatly diminished, and he soon fell into a deep sleep.

Arriving home, it was already half an hour later.

Chang Li slept so exhaustedly that upon waking he felt his whole body increasingly heavy, even lifting his eyelids required great effort, and he weakly lay in Jin Chen's embrace, breathing softly.

"The phoenix is awake." Hearing the gentle voice beside his ear, Chang Li slowly nodded and hummed.

Jin Chen kicked the living room door shut, intending to put him on the sofa, but Chang Li refused, clutching his neck tighter, "No."

A weak voice, sleeping didn't make anything better.

Jin Chen took the blanket from the sofa, wrapped it around Chang Li and held him in his lap as he sat down, but Chang Li lowered his head to sniff it, then silently threw the blanket away.

Jin Chen: "……"

"Aren't you cold?"

"I don't have your scent."

Chang Li's voice was soft, like he was being coquettish, and he lowered his head to bump against Jin Chen's shoulder.

Jin Chen's heart was about to melt; he embraced Chang Li and kissed him several times before coaxing, "Phoenix, could you change back to your true form for me to see?"

Chang Li touched his chest, nodded, and changed back into his miniature phoenix form.

Much smaller than Jin Chen's dragon form, the little phoenix buried his head and rubbed against Jin Chen's palm, then hopped onto his thigh, its delicate claws hooking onto his pants as it tilted its fluffy head to look at him.

"Chirp?"

The little phoenix asked Jin Chen whether he had lost any feathers, and if losing them would make him feel better.

Jin Chen raised his hand to gently stroke the little phoenix's feathers, then lightly parted the feathers over his chest to look, frowning in confusion.

"The feathers haven't fallen out, but…… they're very dull."

Unlike Jin Chen's heart-protecting dragon scales that were in peril of falling off a few days ago.

The little phoenix's chest feathers remained sturdy, yet dull and lacking luster, completely different from the surrounding feathers, as if deprived of vitality.

"Chirp……" The little phoenix was very sad, and for some reason recalled the words He Yi had said at the banquet hall.

Beautiful, handsome peacocks also liked his dragon and were still pursuing him.

But at this very moment, his feathers turned dim, and he was no longer beautiful.

The little phoenix's dark gold beast eyes were watery, looking especially pitiful.

Jin Chen understood its meaning, hurriedly cradled it in his palm to soothe, his tone indulgent: "The phoenix isn't ugly at all; he's the most beautiful."

"Maybe, like me, he'll be fine in a couple of days."

"Chirp." The little phoenix affectionately pecked Jin Chen's palm, but with no strength, it only tickled.

The little phoenix was still cold; he flew to Jin Chen's chest, his claws weakly hooking the collar as he buried his head to burrow inside.

Jin Chen held him, then rubbed his fluffy head, "Will the phoenix sleep with me tonight? I'm afraid he'll wake up cold in the night."

The little phoenix tilted his head, thought for a moment, then emerged from Jin Chen's collar, jumped onto the sofa and shifted into human form, silently opening his arms to Jin Chen for a hug.

The meaning went without saying.

Before bed, the comfortable temperature in the blankets made Chang Li drowsy, yet he didn't forget to instruct his dragon: "From now on, don't go out alone with Que Ling."

Jin Chen pondered for a moment, "All right."

At worst, I'll message Que Ling later to communicate.

"Don't like the peacock; like the phoenix."

"I like the phoenix the most." Jin Chen lightly kissed his brow, then smoothed his back, "Sleep, phoenix, be good."

【Infrastructure Department to Villain Heartthrob Value +5, total 50!】

The next day, worried about the phoenix's condition, Jin Chen woke early and tested the temperature with the back of his hand.

Still cold, with no rise in temperature.

Jin Chen furrowed his brows; he could endure until his dragon scales fell off, but he didn't know when the phoenix's feathers would regain their color.

He didn't want the phoenix to suffer even a bit.

When Jin Chen got up, Chang Li immediately felt uncomfortable and let out two hums.

Jin Chen hurriedly leaned over to pat his chest, placed his own pillow in his embrace, "Good phoenix, I'm going to think of a solution for you."

Not knowing if he heard it, Chang Li clung to the pillow, rubbing his face into it, and would not whimper again.

Only then did Jin Chen feel at ease leaving the bedroom, rummaging through the treasures given by the Black Snake, and finally found a treasure that could contact the monsters on Demon Mountain who have no phones.

A stick of incense was slowly lit, smoke curling upward.

After a few seconds, Grandpa Leopard's side "connected the video," and the scenery of Demon Mountain instantly appeared before Jin Chen's eyes, like a frameless TV screen, absolutely ultra‑high definition.

Grandpa Leopard opened his mouth to ask first: "Little ancestor, surely you haven't caused trouble in the human world, have you!"

Jin Chen: "……"

This old man is up there in years, how is he still playing with stereotypes?

"Go to hell." Jin Chen snorted unhappily.

"How is it that you only came back yesterday and today they came looking for you?" Hei She Auntie came over and asked curiously.

Jin Chen hadn't previously taken to heart the matter of the Heart-Protecting Dragon Scale falling off, but since Chang Li also showed the same sign, he had to pay extra attention.

Briefly telling these two matters to several elders, Baozi Grandpa took a deep breath, stroking his long beard, feeling only bewildered.

When other demons encounter problems, he still knows a little about them.

But that's a splendid dragon and a phoenix!

He's just a leopard demon who's only lived a few hundred years—how would he know this kind of thing?

"Don't rush, I need to first look through the Yao Mountain inheritance register."

"But... according to the records, after you fell, there are still two pieces of jade in the nest, somewhat similar to the one you brought yesterday."

Baozi Grandpa asked: "What if I have Lang Shu send it over for you? Maybe it'll be useful."

After all, it can be considered the companion jade of a divine beast, even more precious than the jade that appears after hatching.