Chapter 478: Plan to Win Back Boyfriend Using Green Tea 23

He Yuchuan didn't know how long he had been standing outside until his secretary came out to look for someone.

"Chairman He, the cooperating party has already prepared to sign the contract; they're just waiting for you to go in."

The secretary walked up behind him to remind him, but seeing He Yuchuan had no response, feeling puzzled, she raised her voice to remind him again.

"Chairman He?"

"Hmm, go in."

He Yuchuan pinched his palm with his fingertips, barely restraining himself from rushing over to confront him; he had no standing, nor any right.

It was he who personally pushed Jin Chen away, and it was his emotions that awakened too late.

The two walked one after the other into the private room, not affecting anyone.

After another good while.

Mi De An, having eaten and drunk his fill, finally still couldn't resist the strong physiological reaction of resistance, and not knowing how to get to the hotel's restroom, he pulled Jin Chen and said he wanted to vomit.

Jin Chen bared his teeth and dragged him to the restroom.

Just then, He Yuchuan's group, having finished discussing the cooperation, came out of the private room.

He Yuchuan showed no abnormality on the surface; after seeing off the cooperating party, he instinctively glanced toward the main hall.

Jin Chen was actually no longer there.

He stopped in his tracks, then turned his head to look toward the not-so-distant elevator entrance.

The upper floors of this hotel are where guests stay; could it be that they……

Startled by his own fantasy, He Yuchuan couldn't wait to call Jin Chen, even if it meant deceiving himself that he was still at Zhuang Yuan; above all, he must not let Jin Chen hear another person's voice on the phone.

He almost held a pleading attitude.

Having let the secretary and others leave work, keeping only the driver, He Yuchuan gave his instructions, then hurriedly walked toward the restroom.

That place was the quietest and also most suitable for making a phone call.

Of course, this phone call was still not placed.

Because just as he stepped into the turn of the restroom corridor, he saw Jin Chen and another person's backs at the far end of the washbasin.

He stood there waiting for a long time, feeling somewhat torn between advancing and retreating.

At that moment, the blond-haired man, as if he had already finished vomiting, with a sorrowful face, said a few words to Jin Chen, then his voice suddenly rose.

Loud enough that He Yuchuan could also hear it.

"... Do you actually like me or not!"

Jin Chen seemed very worried about that person, walking this way while responding.

"I like you, I like you—how could I not like you! Calm down!"

Just that one sentence made He Yuchuan feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

Like a believer who had long awaited judgment, he finally heard from his own deity the words of an irrevocable doom.

It stabbed He Yuchuan, making his breathing ragged; he couldn't recover for a long time, and when he finally regained his senses, Jin Chen and the other person were already no more than ten meters from the corner.

He feared that his sorry state would be seen by Jin Chen, and also feared that Jin Chen, upon discovering the excuse, would become angry and ignore him; he covered his painful, aching stomach, retreated backward, and hastily pressed the elevator to go up.

When Jin Chen noticed the footsteps, he instinctively glanced sideways and saw the elevator doors closing.

Strange, how could I feel that I just sensed my wife's aura.

But he had also drunk alcohol, so his consciousness was inevitably a bit unclear; by the time he tried to sense it carefully, the aura had already disappeared.

Jin Chen shook his head, chalking it up to simply missing his wife too much.

He clung to, still nagging over whether Li Cha Sen really liked or disliked his own Mi De An leaving, planning to hurry home to take a shower and wait for his brother to return.

0731, who had run out to loaf around eating and drinking, sensed Jin Chen's summons and hurriedly floated back from the back kitchen.

After returning to Jin Chen's System Space, he still rubbed his belly, letting out repeated burps.

【Eh…? Host! Little Pitiful One is in this hotel!】

0731 hurriedly reported.

When did it get here?! It wasn't even noticed in the back kitchen just a moment ago!

Jin Chen stopped in his tracks; the fleeting reflection from earlier in the elevator flashed into his memory.

Really, it's my wife?!

He then looked at Mi De An, drunk to the point of being a puddle of mud, and hissed.

Doomed, they definitely must have seen everything just now; my wife won't misunderstand something, will she?

"Send him to the room booked at Imperial Hall; just give my name, no need to return to pick me up, and hand him the car keys."

Jin Chen found a designated driver, hastily shoved him into the back seat of the car, reminded the driver, then turned and ran back.

The driver silently glanced at the unconscious foreigner in the rearview mirror, then blinked in surprise.

Good heavens, are rich people nowadays this unprepared!

【Little Pitiful One is on the top-floor open-air terrace! Burp…】

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When Jin Chen arrived at the open-air terrace, only He Yuchuan was sitting on the rattan swing, holding a highball glass, head bowed, dazed.

Clearly the decorations here are warm, even with little colored lights dotted about, but He Yuchuan sitting there just inexplicably appears lonely and desolate.

He slowly walked forward, trying as much as possible not to let He Yuchuan notice.

Until he reached out and pushed the swing's rod.

He Yuchuan was startled, instinctively looked back, and collided with Jin Chen's eyes that seemed to contain starlight.

Brother, did you see me?

Jin Chen went around, also sat on the swing, shoulder to shoulder with He Yuchuan, his long legs gently swaying on the ground.

He was the first to break the silence, causing He Yuchuan's feigned strength and coldness to collapse instantly.

"You lied to me; you didn't obediently wait for me at Zhuang Yuan tonight."

He Yuchuan didn't want the evening's atmosphere to turn stiff; he feared Jin Chen would get angry and just leave, so he carefully controlled his tone, trying not to sound like he was questioning.

He didn't even dare to meet Jin Chen's gaze.

Who would have thought Jin Chen would nod and admit, "Yes, I shouldn't have lied to you, Brother; in fact, I wasn't home all day today."

So they spent a whole day together...

He Yuchuan's face changed again, his eye sockets turned red, and his voice trembled as he spoke again.

"Why did you lie to me, you…… you don't like me anymore?"

Before he could finish the second half of the sentence, he swallowed it back.

He was too afraid to hear an affirmative answer.

"Because I was preparing a surprise for you."

Jin Chen sensed his emotional fluctuation, quickly cupped his face with both hands, turning him to face her, and indeed saw his eye sockets were red.

"Mi De An is my friend, just a friend; he's the person who came to help me pull off this surprise."

"I don't like him, I only like you, my dear childhood friend."

Jin Chen explained word by word, his tone serious.

He brushed away the moisture at the corners of his eyes with his fingertip, his voice low and tinged with teasing.

"I don't often see you cry, Brother."

At this moment, Jin Chen's voice was like a redeeming melody, pulling He Yuchuan back from the brink of collapse.

After a moment of stunned silence, he covered Jin Chen's hand with his own, also pressing his cheek, expressing his feelings for the first time with such urgency.

"I heard you two exchanging words like 'I like you'."

Jin Chen thought for a moment, raised his brow, and said, "At that time we were talking about how he loves someone who doesn't love him back; mine is the same."

"So you figured me out so early, Brother."

He pursed his lips, the familiar tea scent returned to him, and he stubbornly bent his torso to sink into He Yuchuan's embrace, tightly wrapping his arms around his waist.

"You found out about me, but instead of coming to ask me right away, you secretly felt hurt here."

"He Yuchuan is a coward."