Chapter 1950: After the Rewind, Love You Again 26

The three-person team, no longer arrogant as in the morning, stopped Jin Chen without too much formality, saying, "Brother, we have plenty of points; let's negotiate."

"What do you want?" Jin Chen replied lazily, slinging an arm over Ruan Fu's shoulder as if boneless, his whole body seeming to spell out the three words "afraid of trouble".

"I heard you're good at finding clearance gold coins." The buzzcut guy said: "We'll use points to pre-order with you in advance, then buy any gold coins you find from me."

"Not really possible."

Jin Chen shook his head calmly, speaking solemnly: "My wife manages everything; I can't just give away gold coins."

He also gave Ruan Fu an obvious glance.

Buzzcut guy: "……"

"Damn, you little brat, weren't you just "skilled at taming your wife" yesterday! You change every day!"

Ruan Fu gave a smile that didn't reach his eyes, snorted coldly, and twisted Jin Chen's waist with his backhand.

"……Cough cough cough, cough cough!"

Jin Chen shuddered and hurriedly left with Ruan Fu.

Yun Zaizao followed behind them, then suddenly turned to look at the blond youth with a poor complexion; when their eyes met, he curled his lips as if unintentionally, the shrewd gaze behind his lenses revealing calculation.

——

Ji Luo went again to exchange clues with the other teams' girls; upon returning, he saw that Jin Chen and Ruan Fu had both disappeared.

"Where's Jin Chen? Has he finally been eaten by a fierce ghost?"

Gao Kai shook his head with a complex expression, feeling like a straight guy receiving a shock: "Jin Chen said he didn't have time to clean up last night, insisting on going to wash up no matter what."

But he also dragged Ruan Fu along, saying he wanted Ruan Fu to scrub his back and apply body wash.

Ji Luo: "……"

This time Gao Kai also learned the four-word maxim.

"Damn, just give it."

"And what about Yun Zaizao?" Ji Luo asked again, his tone hinting at something subtle.

Obviously, the one who isn't favored is the secret admirer.

Gao Kai made an acknowledging sound, pointed to the third floor, and said: "He might also have been hit by the shock, saying he'd go back to the room to organize clues, after all there are plenty of ghosts at night."

Ji Luo thought to himself, "Brother, as a straight guy you're still too naive."

In the hotel's relatively clean washroom, the third shower stall.

The narrow, enclosed space was filled with steaming mist, making speech feel suppressed; only each other in the haze could be heard.

Meanwhile, the two people supposedly scrubbing each other's backs waited until the hot water was about ready, then stood neatly dressed in the damp bathroom talking.

Ruan Fu gritted his teeth: "Is your brain full of paste? Why insist on here?"

Jin Chen slowly turned on the faucet to wash his hands, hearing this he sighed: "There's no way; this place is the most concealed."

Ruan Fu snorted coldly.

The washroom is right next to the toilet, and one can faintly hear voices from the opposite side; he doesn't think this is very concealed at all.

Jin Chen first got down to business, pulling up the panel of his light-brain wristband and sharing it with Ruan Fu.

"Look, maybe this time when we go out we can find the lair of this game."

Upon hearing this, Ruan Fu's eyelashes twitched; Jin Chen's unreserved frankness was like a thin needle subtly pricking his heart—not painful, but as if piercing a deliberately concealed window pane.

"Why tell me?" Ruan Fu didn't question it, didn't even examine it closely, merely lifting his eyes to Jin Chen, his gaze faintly stubborn.

As if he urgently needed an answer.

Jin Chen looked at his stern, icy face and found it cute, leaning in to plant an unexpected kiss.

"I only tell my wife; I wouldn't say it to anyone else."

Ruan Fu was stunned by the kiss, the warm touch on his lips becoming clearer in the hazy moisture.

【Detected: Villain Ruan Fu Heartbeat Value +8, total 45!】

Jin Chen smiled, pulling Ruan Fu into his embrace, holding him tightly with almost no distance between them.

"Stop doubting me all the time; I harbor no ill will toward you." Jin Chen lowered his voice, listening closely he sounded a bit aggrieved: "I only trust you."

Ruan Fu unconsciously pressed his lips; the coolness in his brows and eyes gradually softened, and for the first time being held so firmly he didn't push away.

Seeing him silent, Jin Chen lowered his head again, their noses touching; as he spoke, his scorching breath mixed with sandalwood almost made Ruan Fu feel dazed.

"You still won't believe me?" Jin Chen sounded dejected, stroking Ruan Fu's face.

"……No."

Ruan Fu drew a deep breath, his voice actually trembling slightly, carrying a subtle accusation: "You've already deceived me once."

"I haven't." Jin Chen refused to admit it.

"I won't deceive you, Ruan Fu."

Ruan Fu, once again pressed against the damp ceramic wall for a deep kiss, was dazed for a moment, not quite understanding how things had come to this.

He merely wanted to follow his heart and trust Jin Chen.

He didn't mean for Jin Chen to push his limits like this.

Yet the hand that wanted to push him away never lifted; instead it ended up gripping the hem of Jin Chen's shirt at his back.

【Detected: Villain Ruan Fu Blackening Value -5, total 75!】

Whoosh!

As they kissed intensely, the washroom suddenly plunged into darkness.

Just moments ago faint outside sounds could be heard; now there was a deathly silence, as if cut off from the world.

Only the dripping sound came from the neighboring shower stall.

It was the faucet dripping water.

But next door there was no one.

Ruan Fu's pupils shrank slightly; she tapped Jin Chen's shoulder as a reminder, but he pressed her hand down with his reverse grip.

Jin Chen had no intention of stopping at all.

Whoosh—

A gale blew in from the window outside the washroom.

The temperature plummeted.

Jin Chen instinctively pulled Ruan Fu back from the damp, icy wall, silently gazing at her, and curled his lips into a smile.

Ruan Fu glared at him, opened her mouth soundlessly, 'There's a ghost.'

Jin Chen then looked at the tightly closed shower door, wondering which clueless ghost was knocking in broad daylight.