Chapter 380: Beautiful Superintendent Fiercely Flirts 03

Jin Chen loved watching his smile; it was especially pleasing to the eye, and he couldn't help but squeeze the hand he was holding in his palm again.

Only then did he realize he had been holding it for so long; the warmth of his own palm hadn't reached his hand at all, it was still icy cold.

He glanced at the cloak Xuan Che wore, furrowed his brows slightly, and his tone sounded a bit distressed.

"Even though it's autumn now, the weather isn't cold yet, and you're dressed warmly—why are your hands still so cold?"

"Replying to Your Highness, after all, having lost vigor, it's natural for the body to be somewhat yin-cold."

When Xuan Che brought up the topic, he had intended to keep a straight face, but seeing the concern in Jin Chen's eyes—not the mocking look others gave—he couldn't help but soften his tone.

"Even eunuchs are like this?"

Jin Chen was obviously doubtful, began searching his memory for the original plot, but indeed no one had ever mentioned Xuan Che's physical condition.

"Exactly, Your Highness."

He didn't want to say it, so Jin Chen didn't press further, got up, pulled both hands into his palm and rubbed them left and right.

"It's fine, I have plenty of warmth; let me warm you up."

The warmth from his palm made Xuan Che, whose body had been icy cold for years, feel very comfortable; he narrowed his phoenix eyes, didn't refuse, half-leaned against the soft cushion's backrest, his tone somewhat pitiful.

"Your Highness treats me… I'm truly grateful, but there are plenty of beautiful women in the palace, each surpassing immortals; by then Your Highness might forget Xiao Qi."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Jin Chen suddenly turned serious, speaking solemnly: "All the beautiful women in the palace belong to the father emperor; you'd better not get me into trouble."

Xuan Che: "……"

He was at a loss for a moment, lowered his gaze sideways, "Your Highness clearly knows what I mean."

"Don't overthink it."

Jin Chen shifted his position, moved a bit closer, softened his voice to comfort: "I'm not someone just anyone can look up to; to me, you're already quite good."

His handsome face remained still, eyes fixed on the person opposite; Xuan Che's heartbeat quickened for a few moments, he lightly blinked his phoenix eyes, his long lashes trembling slightly.

"I've remembered it, Your Highness."

They chatted a while longer, exchanging probing remarks, and Jin Chen began to feel tired.

"What is the wife doing, throwing out probing remarks one after another?"

【Host! I've detected the cause!】

0731 suddenly appeared.

【What's going on.】

Jin Chen had originally suspected that in this world Chenshu had memories, but after careful probing he found it wasn't the case.

【Little Pitiful One has been reborn! He's probably suspecting you right now.】

That's how it is.

Jin Chen suddenly understood, glanced at the handsome, effeminate man smiling brightly.

This explains why Xuan Che agreed to the imperial edict to come fetch him.

But what's the reason for the probing? In the original plot, I was already dead.

This question remains tentative for now, but knowing that his wife had been reborn, Jin Chen couldn't help but become more cautious.

In that previous world where his wife was reborn, his neck had suffered terribly!

"What are you thinking about, Your Highness?"

Xuan Che suddenly asked out of the blue.

His demeanor, which had been smiling and lively just moments before, turned slightly cold.

He could sense that Jin Chen's expression had tensed for a moment earlier—had he discovered something?

"I'm wondering…… what the chances are of persuading the father emperor to let me have you."

Jin Chen immediately responded, his expression already back to normal: "I see you're dressed splendidly, but are you serving in attendance before the father emperor?"

Xuan Che didn't answer, merely stared with his phoenix eyes locked onto Jin Chen for a long time, seeing no trace of deceit in his gaze.

After a while he burst into laughter, trembling as he fell onto Jin Chen's shoulder: "I'm afraid…… if I say it out loud it'll scare Your Highness; you'd better return to the palace and ask His Majesty yourself."

【Host! Bad news, assassins have come!】

As soon as 0731 finished speaking, Jin Chen immediately went on alert, helped Xuan Che up and embraced him, then lifted the nearby curtain to look.

The next second, many men with blackened faces, dressed as bandits, rushed out from the grass, each wielding a large blade, aiming at the group clearing the path ahead and attacking.

In an instant chaos erupted; the guards shouted loudly about assassins protecting Your Highness, while without hesitation they began to deal with the bandits.

The horses were startled, suddenly stopped, and the carriage immediately began to jolt.

"Careful!"

Jin Chen immediately shielded the person in his arms, propped himself against the corner nearby and sat steady.

The bandits came down too fast, the jolting was just a momentary thing; his earlier reaction was no act, Xuan Che leaning against his chest not only stared blankly, smelled an inexplicably soothing sandalwood, yet he rarely knew what to say.

Not knowing the Superintendent's identity, yet still caring about him so much, it seemed only Jin Chen felt that way.

But there was no time to think further; Xuan Che threw a small item from his sleeve out of the carriage, the instructed dark troops also emerged, and killed those bandits off guard.

"We've barely started the journey, and already someone can't wait to kill me."

Jin Chen sighed, stroked Xuan Che's head again, "Rest easy, Xiao Qi, I won't let them hurt you."

Xuan Che broke into a smile, no trace of fear in his brows and eyes, leaning softly against him, his fingertips touching Jin Chen's neck.

"What do you mean by that, Your Highness? Do you think someone in the capital wants to harm you?"

"Isn't that obvious? This area has many waterways; normally bandits can't seize any wealth, let alone so many weapons; the most common bandit cases the magistrates receive are about stealing grain to eat."

Seeing the brutal fighting outside, he drew a breath, unable to bear watching, "Besides, our local bandits aren't that fierce; at most they're just a bit sturdier than ordinary people."

The more he spoke, the colder Xuan Che's gaze toward the outside became.

Originally I thought that in his previous life Jin Chen had been unlucky, killed by bandits on the way here, so this time he brought extra people.

Now hearing him say this, it really is someone with ulterior motives who is blocking the way.

If it really is someone from the palace, knowing I came to pick someone up, they still dare to send people to kill...

What a big gall.

He gave a look to the people outside, and killing intent surged forth abundantly.

"Why aren't you speaking? Are you scared?"

Having achieved the goal of the complaint, Jin Chen quickly began to openly eat tofu again, his palm rubbing the back of the person in his embrace, "Don't be afraid, there are so many people outside, they won't harm us."

Just as his words fell, the several horses that had been stabbed by the sneak attack all cried out in pain, actually breaking free of the hemp ropes, and the entire carriage went out of control, falling downwards.

Jin Chen's expression changed instantly; in just one second he protected the person in his embrace, trying to break open the carriage.

But nobody expected that, because the mountain road was steep, the carriage actually slid down the slope at high speed, and the entrance was also blocked.

"Your Highness! Governor!!"

The guards who had reacted exclaimed in surprise, and the covert troops' efforts to kill the bandits sped up, yet they still couldn't keep up with the carriage's downward speed.

Amid the jostling, Xuan Che could continually feel that Jin Chen held him firmly in his embrace, and despite such a severe descent he felt not a hint of pain.