Chapter 1923: Living with Mister Ghost: Miscellaneous Affairs 39

Jin Chen moved over and poked Xia Tan's face, "Wife, change clothes, it's cold being naked."

He tried to change the subject, but failed.

"How could you lie to me? You did it on purpose, didn't you?"

Xia Tan lifted her leg to press against Jin Chen's half-buttoned shirt abs; her wet, red eyes glared like they had hooks, not to mention her bitten, swollen lips when she spoke.

It really had no intimidation at all.

Jin Chen thought, grabbing the ankle of Xia Tan's foot stepping on him, "Alright, I was wrong."

"I just wanted to find out why you did that; hasn't the misunderstanding about that been cleared up?"

Jin Chen sat down accordingly, "Come, put on clothes."

In just a few sentences, the faint qi in Xia Tan's heart disappeared completely.

Actually, he also didn't want to mention that again.

But one thing is one thing; he didn't want to just let it go so easily.

Xia Tan lazily got up, half-leaning in Jin Chen's arms letting him fuss; after fastening the last button she turned and kissed Jin Chen, her expression serious.

"From now on, don't lie to me, okay?"

Jin Chen: "I know."

Xia Tan asked again: "Do you know you did wrong? I was terrified, and you pretended to be someone else to scare me."

Jin Chen thought for a moment, then continued answering: "I know."

He pinched Xia Tan's palm, his apologetic attitude good: "Guabao feels wronged, sorry."

"No need to say sorry."

Xia Tan bumped his forehead, then rubbed against his neck like a puppy, hair all messy: "That thing was my fault, don't say sorry."

Jin Chen couldn't help laughing: "What should I do? I've made my wife this angry."

Xia Tan hummed a few times, burying her face shyly in his shoulder, muffled reply: "My wife isn't angry anymore."

"So magnanimous, then wife, lift your head, I'll wipe my face."

Xia Tan nodded satisfied, lifted her face for Jin Chen to take a wet wipe, carefully cleaning the blotches on her face, so comfortable her feet swayed.

【Detected Villain Blackening Value -5, total 5!】

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Time quickly came to the last purple qi body passage.

Qian Xiaoqin admired Xia Tan's ability to constantly shift between human and fierce ghost, expressing sincere admiration.

Besides, despising Jin Chen for merely sending a yin-yang-eyed boy to the Zhou family, which caused another major upheaval and reshuffle in the metaphysical field.

Naturally, Jin Chen expressed delight at hearing that.

"You don't know how much Zhou Xu treasures that person, carrying him around all day and even vowing to guard him as he grows up."

Qian Xiaoqin checked Xia Tan's body while complaining, and had to pretend not to see the red marks that clothes couldn't cover.

Not a single one was hassle-free, she thought.

Jin Chen: "Very perverted."

He remembered that whatever Xiao Ming was only in his early teens.

【Hmph, you still have the nerve to criticize others?】

Ling Gun Gun kept twisting and turning beside them.

"You can go out now."

After checking Xia Tan's condition, Qian Xiaoqin told Jin Chen.

Jin Chen still hadn't gone far; on the way he also answered a call for Xia Tan, from Lian Min.

He certainly couldn't say what Xia Tan was doing, so he randomly made up an excuse.

Meanwhile, on the other end of the call, the Investigation Society's Lian Min stared blankly, put down the handset, and looked toward the president.

The president wondered: "What did Xia Tan say? Is he coming back to work?"

Given Jin Chen's status, the president would love to enshrine this little ancestor; if the Ghost King could also give the Investigation Society some help, then standing at the top of the metaphysical field would not be impossible.

But for some reason, lately Xia Tan not coming to work was fine, yet there was no news at all.

The president truly feared he'd quit his job.

Lian Min: "……The one on the phone is the Ghost King, he said……"

"He said Xiao Tan is resting at home, and… his stomach feels uncomfortable."

President: "……"

Wait a moment.

Their notions had suffered an unprecedented attack.

And the culprit, Jin Chen, had no idea what was being imagined on the other end of the call; after waiting a while with no end in sight, he simply fell asleep on the lazy-person sofa on the balcony.

After a while, Qian Xiaoqin and Xia Tan came out of the bedroom together; the former picked up the magic implement case and left in high-heeled boots, not wanting to be shown off.

Xia Tan only felt refreshed, as if the surrounding air flowed in his vision, quite miraculous.

Through the transparent floor-to-ceiling window, Xia Tan saw Jin Chen asleep on the balcony.

Only on overcast days would Jin Chen appear on the balcony, but today the sky was especially dark, so he turned on the wall-mounted lamp on the balcony.

Warm yellow light fell on Jin Chen's brow, creating the illusion of sunlight, weakening the lingering gloom a bit, making him look even deeper and handsome.

Xia Tan slowly walked over, crouched beside Jin Chen, his gaze somewhat dazed and entranced.

After the last purple qi passage, Xia Tan finally shook off the morbid dependence of constantly wanting to cling to Jin Chen.

But the habit, already ingrained as instinct, was not easy to change; even without physical discomfort, Xia Tan still had a mental reliance.

Xia Tan turned her head to the side, in a posture that was not very comfortable, leaned against Jin Chen's cheek, when Jin Chen woke up she again slightly adjusted her movement.

How do you feel? Anywhere uncomfortable?

Jin Chen sat up, pulled Xia Tan into his arms, and asked.

Xia Tan shook her head slightly, raised her hand to gently stroke the corners of Jin Chen's eyes, her voice soft, her gaze entranced as if bewitched, and whispered, "May I kiss you?"

Jin Chen lowered his head, lifted Xia Tan's chin, and said, "Wife, you're so good."

Xia Tan nodded obediently, "Mm."

"That mouth," Jin Chen said.

Xia Tan slightly opened her still-swollen lips, closed her eyes as Jin Chen's kiss approached, her thin eyelids faintly flushed, making her look fragile yet harmless.

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +5, total 100!】

That afternoon, Jin Chen heard the confession he had missed that night.

Xia Tan's eyes brimmed with moisture from the kiss, she clung to Jin Chen, leaning into his embrace; her gaze, unlike the usual dazed look after intimacy, was clear and luminous.

"Jin Chen, I love you very much."

Jin Chen chuckled lightly, released the lips that had been bullied into not being able to close, and pressed their foreheads together.

"I know."