Chapter 3078: After Divorce, Forced into Male Rivalry with My Ex-Husband 08

Jin Chen's shoulder was grabbed, someone firmly supported his back and lifted him from the sofa; the instant his body moved, the dizziness intensified, as if someone had placed his brain in a centrifuge spinning at high speed.

But Jin Chen did not lose consciousness; even during the worst few seconds, he silently counted the time, feeling the intensity and duration of the punishment.

After thirty seconds, the dizziness dropped from 100% to 10%, then disappeared.

Jin Chen's consciousness returned first, weakly leaning in Chenshu's embrace, his eyelashes fluttered a few times as he tried to open his eyes, but his pupils, just recovering, were still unaccustomed to the light; his field of vision was a blinding white, and as he squinted against the light, a warm palm covered his eyes, blocking all light.

Chenshu's worried voice came from beside his ear: "Feeling dizzy?"

Jin Chen's gaze flickered in the darkness of the palm; not wanting to speak, he just hummed.

"Can you rest against me for a while?" Chenshu's voice sounded near his ear; because they were so close, his warm breath brushed over Jin Chen's ear as he spoke.

Jin Chen, limp as a boneless thing, rested his chin on Chenshu's shoulder and looked toward Chi Mu on the other side of the sofa.

Chi Mu remained in his original seat, holding a cup of water, his gaze complex as he looked in their direction, his lips slightly pursed, as if trying to digest what was unfolding before him.

Jin Chen withdrew his gaze, closed his eyes again, and silently curled the corner of his mouth against Chenshu's shoulder, yet his brows and eyes carried a chilling aloofness.

It turned out to be only this much.

A first‑level punishment: thirty seconds of dizziness and tinnitus. For someone who has long designed horror games and is already desensitized to various sensory stimuli, this is hardly a torment hard to bear, but the audit mechanism is strict—deviating from the plot really does incur punishment.

999 spoke carefully: 【Tasker, are you all right?】

Jin Chen kept his eyes closed, his face still buried in Chenshu's neck crook, 【Not good.】

Jin Chen paused, then asked: 【You can't interfere with the audit mechanism, can you?】

999 fell silent for a moment, then replied: 【Yes. As long as the plot continues, the audit mechanism will keep being triggered.】

This time Jin Chen understood the implication behind 999's words, shifted to lean on the other side, and his side profile happened to fall within the filming range of the broadcast sphere.

In the frame, Jin Chen slightly furrowed his brows, his lashes damp, his complexion a few shades paler than usual, his lips also tinged pale; leaning on Chenshu's shoulder, he exhibited an extra hint of a deadly fragility that shouldn't be there, making it impossible to look away.

Chenshu lowered his head to look at the person leaning on his shoulder, feeling a tightness in his throat.

He wanted to lower his head to kiss Jin Chen's nose tip, or touch his furrowed brow, but the thought only turned half a circle in his mind before he suppressed it—Jin Chen was feeling unwell, and he didn't want to force him to expend energy resisting him, or worse, push him away in front of the camera.

Chenshu could only restrain himself as he lifted his hand and gently rubbed Jin Chen's forehead.

Yan Xu took a slender vial of medicine from his carry‑on luggage and handed it to Chenshu, speaking calmly: "This is a specific antidote for transition‑shift dizziness; it works quickly, and drinking a vial will make him feel much better."

Chenshu took it, glanced at the label on the vial, broke the seal, tipped his head back and took a small sip, held it for a few seconds before swallowing, then brought the medicine to Jin Chen's lips, supporting the back of his head, and said, "Take a little; it will help."

Yan Xu: "……"

The researcher Yun Wu, who had remained silent all along, lifted his face from the heavy pages, stared at this scene for a few seconds with thoughtful eyes, then lowered his head again, muttering a few words to himself, seeming quite torn.

Steve, halfway through chewing an energy bar, stopped biting and finally blurted out, "Does the General know Mr. Jin?"

Chenshu lowered his head, used his thumb to wipe away a bit of medicine that had spilled from Jin Chen's lip, hummed in response, and offered no further explanation.

: I saw what!! Tasted the medicine myself!!

: Ahhhh I can't take it!! I thought they were rivals, but they're lovers??

: These two definitely know each other! And it's certainly not an ordinary acquaintance! You're not innocent, you're not innocent.

: I declare this is one of the most ship‑worthy scenes I've seen all year……

: Imperial General!! Watching this makes my heart pound; normally letting someone else test medicine on him would be no exaggeration!

: What exactly is the relationship between the General and Jin Chen? Could they be former lovers?

: Wait wait let me think—so that 'three years without returning, impressive?' comment on the airship wasn't him being jealous of Chi Mu?

: So whose jealousy was just shown isn't clear yet! This is clearly a lovers' quarrel!

Chi Mu's fans are still trying to salvage the situation.

: No internal digestion of the melon!! Mu Mu and the General are totally meant to be!

: Exactly, the General is just a bit gentler, he treats everyone like this.

: Don't over‑interpret, maybe they just know each other.

: Mu Mu's complexion isn't good, waa waa waa, my heart aches—he must be jealous!

What the bullet comments don't know is that Chi Mu's complexion really is not good.

He reluctantly shifted his gaze, lowered his head to take a sip of water, trying to use this action to hide his somewhat anxious expression.

【Why do Jin Chen and Chenshu not only know each other, but have such a good relationship?】

【They shouldn't be unfamiliar! In the plot, Jin Chen and Chenshu have no interaction at all!】

The Protagonist Assistant System comforted him, 【But among all the Children of Fate, theirs is the highest fortune; the Host can observe further, and the current plot is still to your advantage.】

Chi Mu naturally knows this—since childhood, whatever he wants, he can obtain.

But Chi Mu doesn't quite understand; clearly everything is fine, yet whenever the plot involves Jin Chen, a Child of Fate, it always deviates from what he knows.

Otherwise, he would have been able to siphon Jin Chen's fortune when Jin Chen was young.

In the original novel's setting, Jin Chen should have first met Chenshu at a banquet, showing no interest in that cold‑faced general, aloofly staying in a corner and drinking all night; but in fact…… they lingered in the corridor for a long time, long enough that Chi Mu almost thought they had some private affair.

Also earlier, when Jin Chen was fifteen, Chi Mu followed the system's guidance to approach him, hoping to gather his fortune, but the people around Jin Chen guarded him too tightly—nothing like the security a family‑abandoned orphan would have—this directly prevented Chi Mu's intended childhood‑friend plot from proceeding; after that, Jin Chen not only failed to become a poor student needing his rescue, he simply vanished without a trace.

Chi Mu set down his water cup, lifted his head, and spoke softly, "Mr. Jin, are you alright? That just now was really sudden—it scared me."

Sitting beside him, Mai Lun chuckled; Jin Chen's attitude at the banquet had already annoyed him, and now he's causing a stir on this airship—he propped his legs on the sofa, tapping the armrest twice with his fingers.

"With a constitution like his, joining an adventure variety show is probably not a good idea—even Chi Mu can handle the transition‑shift dizziness, but Mr. Jin's reaction……"

Before Mai Lun could finish, Chenshu fixed him with a cold, straight stare.

That was the gaze only a true battlefield‑hardened officer could have; it sent a chill up Mai Lun's back, his words cut off, and he remained stunned for several seconds unable to continue.

He came to his senses, then felt furious, but because of the camera and Chenshu's status he couldn't lash out, so he embarrassedly turned his head and lowered his voice to speak to Chi Mu nearby.