Chapter 1576: The Fake Young Master Is About to Be Pampered by the Real Young Master 06

"Hey!" Zhu Suisheng shouted in fright and hurriedly pushed him up; fortunately Jin Chen steadied himself in time, and the two barely stayed on the first step, where Yu Xing, having realized, yelled and pulled them up.

"Are you okay?" the short-haired girl nearest to Jin Chen, her face paling with fright, said, "I didn't see that, sorry."

Her view was blocked by Zhou An, who stood much taller, so she couldn't possibly see Jin Chen, and Zhou An remained indifferent.

Jin Chen's breathing grew ragged for a few moments; he quietly thanked Zhu Suisheng, like a normally aloof glacier struck by an unexpected storm, sending out ripples of emotion easily detected.

Zhu Suisheng tilted his head to look at his eyes, clearly the turmoil was huge yet he tried to hide it.

Zhu Suisheng chuckled and nodded, his tone tinged with pride, "You should be thanking me, otherwise you wouldn't even know if some people pushed you downstairs."

The aloof weirdo is just a little pitiful one, Zhu Suisheng thought.

Yu Xing belatedly glanced at Zhou An, feeling suspicious yet thinking it wasn't a big deal; member three approached skeptically and asked directly, "Zhou An, you wouldn't be doing this on purpose, would you? You know it's the stairs, yet you're crowding so close."

"How could it be me? I came to apologize to Jin Chen!" Zhou An gritted his teeth inwardly, how does this annoying fake young master appear everywhere, a relentless ghost!

Zhu Suisheng also found Zhou An eyesore, he didn't look at all like Dad's child; after finally seeing his face clearly, it was utterly ugly.

In fact, Zhou An's looks were above average for a protagonist, but the young master Zhu had a unique aesthetic standard for those he disliked, and Zhou An clearly fell short of the passing grade.

"You mean this young master is slandering you? It seems not only is your art appraisal ability poor, but your intellect is also worrying!"

Zhu Suisheng snorted, his crescent-moon eyes showing undisguised contempt for Zhou An, he leaned in slightly and whispered lowly: "Besides, don't think that just because my mom went to see you alone you can smoothly return to the Zhu Family; I will never agree."

Zhou An's expression shifted, recalling how Shi Qian had plainly said that after the genetic test results came out, he could return to the Zhu Family, but he would have to become Zhu Suisheng's brother.

That means the Zhu Family would absolutely never allow Zhu Suisheng's false young master identity to be exposed, and would even keep him above the position of their "biological child."

On what grounds?

Zhou An's surging anger could not be concealed, yet his gaze toward Zhu Suisheng remained troubled.

"I did see…… Aunt Shi, but……" "Enough, stop trying to sow discord here; I don't want to hear it."

Zhu Suisheng shoved aside the shoulder blocking his path, fierce, "Stay away from me."

Zhou An left full of anger, not only failing to complete his plan, but also discovering that Zhu Suisheng's relationship with Jin Chen seemed anything but ordinary.

This is simply terrible news.

As Zhou An went downstairs, he schemed: Jin Chen must have another "accident," preferably a long-term hospital stay that would prevent him from returning to school.

Upstairs, Jin Chen found an unused training room for today, contacted the manager online to apply, then brought the members inside.

Zhu Suisheng, for some reason, actually followed him in.

"Chen bro, come drink some water to calm down." Yu Xing handed Jin Chen a bottle of mineral water, then went aside with his instrument case to practice, feeling that the hard-to-get-along-with classmate Zhu still had something to say.

Zhu Suisheng casually sat on the training room bench, folding his scarf as he asked, "Why is Zhou An targeting you like this? Didn't you say you weren't close with him?"

Jin Chen put down his instrument case, removed his mask, took a sip of water, frowned at the words, and said, "I don't know."

"You are……" just not wanting to tell me.

The rest of the words stuck in his throat; Zhu Suisheng stared blankly at the maskless Jin Chen, his eyes shifting from sudden amazement to slight bewilderment.

His first impression was that he was very good-looking; Shuishui indeed hadn't mistaken the person, he was better-looking than many he'd seen, clear and quiet, perfectly suited to this winter season.

But soon he realized that Jin Chen's brow and eye contours looked somewhat familiar from another angle.

Zhu Suisheng:???

How come another one appears!

Jin Chen looked at him doubtfully, still aloof and calm, having no interest in the topic of Zhou An at all, "What do you want to ask?"

"I…… you…"

Zhu Suisheng stalled for a few seconds, took a deep breath, and asked, "Do you have a jade pendant bracelet? Have you seen Zhou An's bracelet?"

Whether it was Zhu Suisheng's illusion or not, upon hearing that, Jin Chen's motion of twisting the bottle cap paused slightly, his distinct-knuckled fingers gripping tighter, but soon returned to normal.

"Yes." Jin Chen replied calmly, waving to summon Yu Xing.

Upon hearing it was about the jade pendant bracelet, Yu Xing cheerfully raised his wrist, "I have one too."

Zhu Suisheng: "……"

So why exactly did his mother say that jade pendant was an heirloom and one-of-a-kind?

"However, mine is a Christmas gift replica from Chen bro; Zhou An also had one before, but he returned it." Yu Xing stated frankly.

That's how it is.

Zhu Suisheng's gaze toward Jin Chen gradually grew complex; he couldn't say what feeling it was.

"I still have some things to do; I'm leaving first."

After taking a few steps, Zhu Suisheng turned back, fierce, "Add my contact info, quickly."

Jin Chen glanced at him, the doubt in his brows not yet gone, but he nonetheless cooperated and scanned the code.

——

Zhu Suisheng came out in a hurry, his scarf not yet tied properly, but the cold wind cleared his head considerably.

Strolling down the dark-toned asphalt road, Zhu Suisheng's steps toward the school gate grew slower; he finally stopped in the shade of a tree and adjusted his apricot-colored coat.

He needed to investigate Jin Chen, he thought; it seemed Jin Chen was harder to deal with than Zhou An.

One day later.

After looking over the investigation materials, Zhu Suisheng became even more silent.

How could his life be worse than Zhou An's? The gap from ordinary to impoverished was far larger than expected, and some information couldn't even be found.

Zhu Suisheng only thought it was because Jin Chen's former residence was too remote, so the data collection was incomplete; he hadn't considered other possibilities.

Still mulling over how to handle this, Zhu Suisheng first received a call from his mother Shi Qian.

The genetic test results were already out; Zhou An and Zhu Chengde were biologically father and son; Shi Qian's phone tone was still cheerful, urging the whole family to gather at a restaurant.

Zhu Suisheng held Jin Chen's data in his hand; hearing his mother say they should treat Zhou An well in the future, his gaze fell on the sentence about nearly dropping out of middle school due to unpaid tuition.

"What's wrong, Shengsheng, are you unhappy?"

"... No, Mom, I'll be there soon."

After hanging up the phone, Zhu Suisheng tossed aside the documents and curled up on the sofa, thinking for a long time.

It's strange; clearly, when he learned that Zhou An was the person who swapped lives with him, he felt no guilt at all, and even thought Zhou An shouldn't have appeared.

But if it were Jin Chen…

After a brief moment of blankness, as if suddenly enlightened, Zhu Suisheng regained his resolve.

No, it shouldn't be like this.

No matter who it is, they cannot take away everything he currently possesses.

Since Jin Chen hasn't been discovered yet, it would be better to use this to control Zhou An—that fool is much easier to manipulate.