Chapter 35: Saving the Gentle Senior 11

Shen Qingci saw he still had the mind to joke and tease, and the worry in his heart also eased a little.

"How can you be so stupid, the water is so hot, and you just rushed up like that?"

"I'm not stupid." Jin Chen hummed twice, "It's just because the water is too hot, I can't let senior get hurt."

"I'm thick-skinned, I can take it!"

He stretched out his uninjured arm and stroked Shen Qingci's face.

"If senior gets hurt, I'll feel worse than if I were hurt myself."

Shen Qingci's heartbeat skipped a beat, then throbbed like a drum, Jin Chen's warm palm pressed against his cheek, his heart feeling as if a feather brushed over, bringing a flutter and sourness.

His eye sockets grew hot, he covered Jin Chen's hand with his palm, tilted his head close, and slowly closed his eyes.

Jin Chen felt it, a tear slid into his palm.

After a long while, Shen Qingci's lips curved into a gentle arc, he leaned forward and embraced Jin Chen.

He softly said thank you.

Jin Chen embraced him, rubbing the back of his neck.

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +10, total 60!】

"Senior, help me take my phone out of my pocket."

Shen Qingci sat up straight and took the phone out of Jin Chen's pants pocket.

Just as he was about to hand it to him, he heard him say again.

"Take a picture of the wound, I want to file a complaint."

Jin Chen said it with full justification.

Shen Qingci laughed out loud, "Little Jin Chen, who are you going to complain to?"

"I'm going to complain to Dad, his son and future daughter-in-law are being bullied!"

He lay flat, exposing the wound completely.

"Make the picture look more serious!"

Shen, the future daughter-in-law, Qingci, helplessly complied.

"You're Anglo-Chinese, which uncle or aunt is British?"

Jin Chen tilted his head, "Mom is British, also a dancer, senior will get to meet her someday."

Shen Qingci thought it was about meeting the parents later, he blushed slightly and patted Jin Chen's back.

"What are you talking about, alright, here you go."

Jin Chen stared, why did his wife suddenly hit him!

His thoughts turned, seeing Shen Qingci's face flushed red, he realized, this was because he was thinking about meeting the parents.

Although he didn't mean it that way, he didn't want to clear up the lovely misunderstanding for now.

Jin Chen took the phone, sent the photo to the family group, the keyboard clacked away.

The original owner's family was very happy, parents loving, family background wealthy, completely parallel to the protagonist's line, no intersection, thus no conflict.

——"Dad Mom! Your precious son and future daughter-in-law are being bullied at school!"

Father Jin and Mother Jin replied almost instantly.

——"Someone bullied you?"

This is the strict but protective father Jin Hongyun.

——"Baby, you have a wife now! Is it a man or woman? Older or younger than you? How far have you gotten?"

This is the innately romantic mother Miliya.

Jin Chen glanced at Shen Qingci, his eyes teasing.

He replied to each, especially explaining Qi Ze's family background, then turned off his phone.

"The IV still has a while, senior come up and take a nap."

Shen Qingci raised an eyebrow dubiously, "Where to sleep?"

Jin Chen hehe laughed, "Beside me, if senior wants to sleep in my arms, that's also fine."

He stretched out his long arms, "My embrace is always open for senior!"

The school doctor who just walked in: "……"

He paused his steps, gave a light cough twice.

Shen Qingci instantly sat up straight, stared at Jin Chen.

The teacher brought over a bottle of IV, "Finish this bottle and you can leave, I'll come call you, your nap session is also fine."

His tone was teasing.

Jin Chen expressed gratitude, "Okay, thank you teacher for your consideration."

The teacher this time leaving, thoughtfully pulled the door shut.

He poked Shen Qingci's arm again, "Senior, did you hear? You can come up to sleep."

Summer afternoon indeed makes one sleepy, Shen Qingci yawned at what he said.

He didn't refuse, carefully lying down on Jin Chen's uninjured side.

Jin Chen contentedly embraced him, closed his eyes.

Inhaling the faint scent of clean agarwood, Shen Qingci lifted his gaze to Jin Chen, a feeling of unprecedented peace and comfort welled up in his heart.

——

Meanwhile.

Jin Hongyun learned his son was bullied, and immediately made an international call to the headquarters company.

After layers of warnings, Qi Ze's father finally received the news, and was frightened enough to be outspoken.

That's the Jin Family! They're a major financial crocodile from Didu to international!

"If you still want to inherit my company, just study honestly at school! Don't keep stirring up trouble all day!"

Father Qi angrily shouted, "Do you know who you've provoked! Jin Chen! The sole heir of the Jin Family! You share a dorm with him; not getting along would be bad enough, but you actually went and formed a grudge with him!"

Qi Ze's face turned ashen; he had been proud since childhood, his father took pride in him, and had never scolded him so harshly; for a moment he could barely accept it.

"It was he who started it; it has nothing to do with me."

"Not related to you? If the company gets suppressed by the Jin Family, then this company will have nothing to do with you at all!"

Father Qi hung up the phone.

Qi Ze clenched his fists, making the phone creak as he squeezed it.

He turned his head to look at Lin Le in the ward, extremely irritable.

"Let's break up."

His tone was flat and unemotional.

Lin Le was enduring the pain, already feeling depressed; upon hearing Qi Ze's words, he instantly felt his anger rise.

"Break up! Fine! Qi Ze, ask yourself sincerely—did you ever really like me? All the time, you're thinking of Shen Qingci, aren't you?"

His voice hoarse and trembling, "You're with me just because you know I don't get along with him, right?"

Qi Ze listened to his nagging voice, then turned away coldly.

"Whatever you think, I've already paid the medical fees; just rest and recover."

——

When Jin Chen woke from his nap, less than an hour had passed.

【Host, the protagonist broke up, it was Qi Ze's suggestion.】

0731 taking pleasure in others' misfortune.

【Hmm, have you collected those photos of Lin Le?】

【Done, should I send them to you now?】

【No, the timing isn't right now.】

Jin Chen glanced at the IV bag; it was almost done.

"Senior, wake up."

He softly woke Shen Qingci.

Shen Qingci instinctively rubbed against Jin Chen's chest, letting out a soft hum from his nose.

Jin Chen's heart softened, and he reached out to pat his head.

When he came to, Shen Qingci sat up slightly surprised, not understanding why his action felt so natural.

He poked Jin Chen's arm, "I'll go call the teacher to come remove the needle."

The two left the school infirmary; it was already past three in the afternoon, the sun shining brightly.

Shen Qingci, afraid of the sun, kept his hand shielding his face, and draped his jacket over Jin Chen, whose short sleeves had been torn.

Jin Chen glanced at the dormitory building, "Senior, do you have a driver's license?"

Shen Qingci: "Huh? I do."

"Then you drive, just stay ahead."

A few minutes later, Shen Qingci gazed at the Pagani before him, lost in thought.

The day this car was parked here, it caused a stir on the campus forum, with everyone guessing who the owner was; however, the school counts as half an aristocratic academy, and the buzz died down after a few days.

Thinking about it now, it indeed was the same day Jin Chen transferred schools.