Chapter 345: The Waist-Soft Educated Youth Was Spoiled by His Boyfriend 08

Mo Zhinan walked along unaware, when suddenly his foot found nothing beneath him; he jolted awake, and the next second Jin Chen grabbed his waist and turned him around.

He raised his eyes and met Jin Chen's smiling gaze.

"How did you get so tired?"

Mo Zhinan glared, said nothing, silently released the hand he'd been holding Jin Chen's with, and kept walking forward.

"Don't be angry, I was wrong, I was wrong."

Jin Chen hurried a few steps to catch up, pulled out a handful of brightly wrapped fruit candies from his pocket, held them before him, and said, "Come, have a candy."

He turned, lowered his head to look at the candy in Jin Chen's hand, feeling a bit overwhelmed by the attention.

Jin Chen simply tore open one, placed the candy at his lips, and only then did he open his mouth to take it in.

The rest he put into Mo Zhinan's clothing pocket.

"You have low blood sugar; besides eating meals on time, you should also keep a few candies on you at all times."

He reached out and pinched the youth's cheek; Jin Chen sighed that he was indeed a bit thin, and advised, "If you run out, just come find me."

The lychee-sweet fragrance quickly spread in his mouth; Mo Zhinan lifted his gaze to Jin Chen's eyes, saw the indulgence and gentleness there, and slowly nodded.

【Detected villain triggering Heartbeat Value, Heartbeat Value +10, total now 10!】

0731 silently spoke up, '【Host! I want to eat too! This candy looks delicious!】'

【Just keep thinking about it.】

【... This hurts the system's heart!】

The night breeze was very pleasant; as they walked and chatted, they soon returned to Nanbian Shanpo.

Of course, most of the time Jin Chen was the one talking; he didn't mind at all, and was happy as long as Mo Zhinan gave any response.

On the slope there wasn't just one house; scattered here and there were several households, all appearing considerably better than the house Mo Zhinan was temporarily staying in.

Hearing the wooden door creak, Jin Chen felt uneasy.

"You really don't want to move in with me?"

"No, there are too many people."

Mo Zhinan shook his head, firm in his choice.

Knowing he didn't like living with others, Jin Chen could only give up again.

"Then living alone, be careful—if Zhang Zhishuai comes again to bully you and I can't be reached in time, go to Lv Erding next door; I paid him to protect you."

Jin Chen said while putting today's purchases inside the house: clothes, shoes, simple bandaging supplies and medicine, nicely packaged snacks, and some daily necessities he'd picked up while strolling the street.

"I'll come tomorrow morning to help you change your dressing."

"Also, change the blanket—this morning I saw it was really thin; although it's summer, a night breeze still makes it quite chilly, and with your health you can't afford to get cold."

He chatted on like this, and although Mo Zhinan didn't speak, he listened attentively to every word.

After Jin Chen finished putting things away, he turned and saw Mo Zhinan's silent, well-behaved look, sighed helplessly, and said, "Did you remember everything I just said?"

Mo Zhinan nodded firmly.

"Then I'm off; wash up, rest well, see you tomorrow."

Jin Chen leaned in and gave him a brief hug, lowering his voice near his ear: "Good night."

Mo Zhinan's eyes flickered for a moment, then he slowly raised his arms to return the embrace.

"... Good night."

Jin Chen patted his back, turned and left the door, also helping to close the main gate securely.

Mo Zhinan sat in the main room chair, watching the direction Jin Chen had gone, then lowered his head and took all the candies out of his pocket.

After a while, he tore open another lychee-flavored candy and put it in his mouth, seemingly wanting to prolong that sweetness.

——

On the way home, Jin Chen ran into Liu Dazhuang, who was leading his little sister home.

"Jin Chen! You're back!"

Liu Dazhuang, who lives near the Jin Chen household, naturally heard about this afternoon's events, but having been paid, he kept his mouth shut and didn't spread it.

"Good evening, Jin Chen elder brother." Liu Xiaomei, having been taught by her own brother today, would probably go hungry this week without Jin Chen.

"Good evening." Jin Chen returned her greeting.

"Jin Chen, we've picked and delivered the oranges you wanted to your home; as for that Zhang Zhishuai... the three of us didn't see him this afternoon."

Jin Chen said, "No problem; if you get a chance later to make a move, it's not too late."

"Sure thing, bro!" Liu Dazhuang, who wouldn't disagree, then asked, "If you have anything else in the future, just tell me."

"There will be an opportunity."

Jin Chen waved his hand, "You guys go to sleep early."

Having said that, he headed straight home.

The door sounded; Gui Fang saw him return and hurried forward, saying, "Chenzi, just a moment ago while you were out, your third uncle came to our house to borrow money, saying he needed it for his grandson's wedding; seeing you weren't home, I just brushed him off for now."

Now the mainstay of the household has, through subtle influence, become Jin Chen.

Jin Chen recalled the original owner's memories; this so-called third uncle had always been ill-disposed toward their family, even saying Gui Fang's fate was bad and that she had jinxed her nephew to death, yet today he wasn't afraid that this money would turn out badly.

"It's fine, Mom; if he comes again, I'll handle it."

Seeing that the remaining items had already been placed in his own room, Jin Chen guessed his mother and uncle hadn't dared to take them, so he could only pull out two 50-yuan bills from his pocket.

"Mom, Uncle, take this money; if sometime later I go to town to work, you can buy whatever you need."

Fearing they might refuse, Jin Chen added directly, "I still have some loose change on me; if I kept this money myself, I'd probably just spend it on some random purchase someday."

Upon hearing this, Gui Fang and her siblings couldn't say anything more; they carefully accepted the money, straight-out praising Jin Chen for being promising.

Before bed, Jin Chen poured out half a plastic bag's worth of fruit candy from the sack and tossed it into the space.

0731 was already sound asleep, completely unaware of this.

——

The next morning.

The news of Jin Chen striking it rich had already spread by word of mouth throughout the village; perhaps it was because Jin Chen's intimidation yesterday had worked, everyone said the Jin family had stumbled upon dog-shit luck, but no one anymore doubted the source of his money.

The village was abuzz with the rumor, yet the Jin family was all harmony.

Jin Chen got up early and helped repair the broken wall in the courtyard; although Gui Hua was lame, she was more adept at this work than anyone.

Seeing the neighbor's main gate open, Jin Chen even placed the radio he bought yesterday in the courtyard, turning the volume up to max.

This made Xu Pozi so angry that, having swept halfway, she fumed and went straight back inside.

Jin Chen laughed as he turned off the radio, then was startled by 0731's howl.

【……What's the matter with you?】

That gave him a start.

0731 whined, '【Host! You're too good to me! This candy is so delicious!】'

【Eat more, then you can help me work properly.】

Jin Chen replied helplessly, then placed another brick on top.

【Ah! Host! Little Pitiful One is being bullied!】

0731 had just opened the villain monitor when it saw Mo Zhinan surrounded by a crowd.

Just then, Lv Erding, who had come running to deliver the message, also arrived in the courtyard.

"Brother Jin! Brother Jin, something's wrong! Your educated youth friend is being accused by Uncle Sun of stealing eggs—he's looking for trouble now!"

Lv Erding ran, panting.

0731 immediately shared the screen with Jin Chen.

Jin Chen saw Mo Zhinan's pale face on the monitor, and without thinking further, dropped his tools and ran outside.

"Hey! Be careful!" Gui Hua could only shout a warning.