Chapter 2455: Another Me 24

The jade shop's display case held various jade ornaments.

Jin Chen examined them, his gaze finally stopping deep in the counter: two blue‑white double‑fish jade pendants, the carving not top‑grade fine, but the fish shapes smooth and flowing, the lines ancient and simple.

Moreover, the edges of the two pendants could fit together seamlessly, forming a complete whole.

"Take this out and have a look." Jin Chen said.

The shopkeeper, an old man with white‑streaked hair, smiled and took out the jade pendant, placing it on the velvet cloth.

Jin Chen picked up one of them; it felt warm and smooth to the touch.

In his mind he asked Li Chi: "Xiao Chi, do you like it?"

Li Chi's consciousness instantly became lively, obedient and reliant.

"I like it; they can be pieced together!"

Jin Chen's lips curled slightly; he didn't look any longer and paid.

He threaded the jade pendant onto a thin red cord, slipped it around his neck, the warm jade resting against the skin below his collarbone, soon heated by his body temperature.

The other pendant was tucked into his inner pocket; with a slight thought it entered the space.

Jin Chen bought some snacks, picked up his things and headed back; just as he turned the corner, his peripheral vision caught a sneaky figure.

This time Lan Shan didn't have the courage to step forward and strike up a conversation.

He shrank behind the bamboo‑weaving stall at the alley entrance, only half his head peeking out, nervously staring; only after confirming Jin Chen had walked far away did he relax, then hastily pulled out his phone from his pocket and dialed a number.

As soon as the call connected, he lowered his voice: "Ms. Lin? I'll return the remaining money to you! I really can't do this job!"

"Your son is too fierce, and he even said he has a boyfriend who's even fiercer! Though I haven't seen him, just hearing that tone is enough to scare someone to death!"

"Anyway, I'm not helping you watch anymore—foreigners' money is really hard to earn!"

On the other end, Lin Wan obviously hadn't expected this opening; she stared blankly for a few seconds before grasping the point.

"Boyfriend, you say… my son personally admitted he has a boyfriend?"

Lan Shan: "Exactly, he said it himself!"

"Boyfriend…"

Lin Wan's mind was in a complete mess.

She had never heard that her son had a boyfriend!

Lin Wan hung up in a panic, then called over the neighbor Zhou Shuo to ask, asking whether Li Chi was dating anyone,

Zhou Shuo denied it, saying no, and added, "Could it be that the brother Xiao Chi mentioned before, the one he talked about with Li Dong, is this boyfriend?"

"So you're saying Xiao Chi still… has schizophrenia?"

Meanwhile.

Lan Shan looked at the hastily hung‑up phone and couldn't help cursing, "A house full of lunatics."

He shoved the phone back into his pocket, just about to slip away, when his shoulder suddenly sank.

Lan Shan's whole body stiffened; he jerked his head in fright.

The teenager who had clearly walked away just moments before was now standing silently behind him.

Jin Chen reached out, palm up, "Give me the phone."

Lan Shan: "..."

It's over.

"This is a public street—do you dare snatch a phone in broad daylight?"

Jin Chen looked at his blustering but cowardly demeanor and said, "You can try."

Lan Shan had just tried to step back, but felt the teenager's light hand pressing on his shoulder—as if half a mountain weighed there—making even a slight movement cause excruciating pain all over.

He no longer dared to talk back; in a panic he used the hand that could still move to pull out his phone, trembling as he handed it over: "Here! … I didn't do anything wrong! It's your mother!"

"She found me on a dating‑shoot platform, saying you have a mental‑related illness, not at ease letting you go out alone, gave me money to watch you constantly and report your condition at any time."

Jin Chen took the phone, his fingertips sliding across the screen a few times, quickly scanning the call log and recent contacts.

Sure enough, it was Lin Wan's number.

His eyes darkened: "What did you tell her?"

Lan Shan poured out everything like a bamboo tube spilling beans.

The more he spoke, the darker Jin Chen's face became.

This would likely lead Lin Wan to firmly conclude that Li Chi has a split personality.

"Don't let me see you again."

Lan Shan, as if granted a pardon, snatched his phone and crawled away, disappearing deep into the alley without daring to look back.

Jin Chen stood where he was, watching Lan Shan's embarrassed escape direction, his gaze heavy.

After a moment, he withdrew his gaze, picked up the bag on the ground, and said, "It's fine, Xiao Chi; let's keep playing—I have a way."

That night, all was silent.

Li Chi slept deeply, his breathing long and even.

【Creation progress 85%! Undergoing the first fusion!】

——

The instruments emitted a regular, faint ticking.

The strong smell of disinfectant pierced the nostrils; the feel was of the slightly rough sheet beneath.

Jin Chen opened his eyes, gradually adapting to the dim surroundings, seeing a bleak white ceiling.

【Host! You're awake!】

Ling Gun Gun cheered, "【You are in the top‑floor ward of a private hospital; for identity consistency, it's set that you fell into a deep coma from a car accident half a year ago…… Suggest the host first slowly adapt……】"

Before Ling Gun Gun finished speaking, Jin Chen focused, mobilizing his primal energy to guide the body into fusion.

He clearly felt the blocked meridians unblocking, and his body regained vitality under the nourishment of Spiritual Power.

Jin Chen sat up from the bed.

Squeak.

The hospital ward door was pushed open just then.

A young doctor in a white coat and glasses walked in holding a medicine tray.

He habitually lowered his head, preparing to change the nutrient solution hanging at the head of the bed.

As he lifted his head, he happened to meet Jin Chen's eyes.

Doctor: "……"

Jin Chen: "……?"

The two of them, several meters apart, silently stared at each other for a full five seconds in the dim hospital ward.

The doctor's tray clattered to the floor, and the bottles and jars inside rolled all over the ground.

He seemed to have seen a ghost, scrambling out of the hospital ward, and a distorted exclamation came from the hallway.

"Awake! The Second Young Master is awake! He sat up!"

Jin Chen: "……"

He lowered his head to look at the back of his hand with the indwelling needle inserted, then touched his face.

Not good.

Jin Chen started looking everywhere for a mirror, wondering how ugly he had to be to scare someone like this!

He threw off the blankets, got out of bed, and rushed into the private bathroom attached to the hospital ward.

The lights turned on.

Jin Chen stood before the mirror in front of the sink.

The mirror reflected a handsome, attractive face, though his skin was pale from lack of sunlight, with a faint dark shadow under his eyes.

It matched exactly the image he had conjured of himself in Lai Chi's dream.

Jin Chen let out a breath of relief and nodded, clenching his face.

Good thing, he hadn't grown crooked.

If he were so ugly that his wife couldn't recognize him, that would really be… game over.

【Host, could it be that you suddenly sitting up scared them, not that you're ugly.】 Ling Gun Gun complained.

Jin Chen patted its head.

【Now syncing your basic identity information.】

Ling Gun Gun: "【You are currently in Hu City. The Jin Family is a newly risen aristocratic family locally. To avoid unnecessary disputes, the family's core members are few; only you and your brother, Jin Ge, hold power.】"

【Six months ago, you fell into a coma due to a car accident, age twenty. Your brother, Jin Ge, is the current Executive CEO of the Jin Clan……】