Chapter 880: I Exist for You 16

After hearing Jin Chen's words, Yishen fell silent again, unable to believe what he had heard.

"What did you say..."

Half a mountain away, how could that be possible?

"Shenshen, did you just see someone?"

Jin Chen pondered carefully; everything that happened on this mountain was too strange.

Seeing Yishen's tension, he could only first take the person away, then slowly begin questioning on the road.

Yishen nodded, still gripping Jin Chen's hand tightly, unwilling to let go even for a moment.

"I didn't wait for you to come back, and I saw that old monk again."

"He calculated a hexagram for me; it was the worst possible, and then he said..."

Yishen's voice trailed off; the words he had wanted to say stuck in his throat, and he subconsciously didn't want Jin Chen to know he would disappear.

"What?" Jin Chen asked.

"Talk about what's happened to me lately; I'll encounter a turning point, and illusory matters should be cut losses in time."

Yishen simply answered that.

Jin Chen heard the answer, but his expression did not relax.

Since it's the worst hexagram, how could the interpretation be like this?

Perhaps there were more important matters; Shenshen didn't tell him.

While bringing Yishen down the mountain, he heard him continue: "I originally didn't believe that hexagram, but after the old monk finished speaking, he suddenly vanished."

Yishen especially emphasized, "I looked up, and he was gone, as if he were fake."

After saying that, he turned back to look behind, but perhaps because they were already some distance from the mountain, he could no longer see the ruined temple.

As he turned back and continued down the path, his expression slightly stiffened; the endless mountain trail seemed to have no end, and in such tension, his heartbeat began to sink.

"Jin Chen, you say... who could he be?" Yishen's aura calmed, his tone revealing loss and confusion.

Jin Chen, who had originally brought Yishen out to relax, now felt guilty as well.

He even regretted not having chopped up those damned scoundrels from the Time Exchange earlier.

He suddenly stopped his steps, embraced Yishen in his arms, and wrapped his arms tightly around him.

"Shenshen, don't worry, nothing will happen."

"I will protect you well, for sure."

Every word was sincere; Yishen could feel it, he relaxed his body and leaned into Jin Chen's embrace, letting out a barely audible sigh.

"I'm not worried about that."

His voice was so soft that only the two of them could hear it.

Yishen reached out and grabbed Jin Chen's collar, for the first time allowing himself to rely on and trust someone so completely.

Only Jin Chen, nothing but Jin Chen.

"What are you worried about, Shenshen?" Jin Chen asked softly, his low, gentle voice seeming to soothe all of Yishen's inner sensitivities.

Yishen fell silent for a few seconds, then shook his head, awkwardly leaning on Jin Chen's shoulder, "I won't tell you."

It's not that there's nothing, nor do I want to hide it from you; I just don't want to tell you for now.

Yishen himself felt that saying that was awkward and childish.

After saying it, he felt embarrassed, burying his head in Jin Chen's shoulder and refusing to lift it; his low mood inexplicably shook off half of its weight.

Jin Chen, however, found it adorable, chuckled for a while, hugged him and swayed his body, his steps wobbling left and right.

"Alright, alright, then I won't ask for now; I'll wait until Shenshen wants to speak, and then you can tell me."

"But, dear Shenshen, don't keep it from me too long, or I'll end up feeling heartbroken waiting."

Yishen was amused by his even more childish gesture, pinching Jin Chen's cheek and saying, "How are you even more childish than me?"

Jin Chen hummed twice, feeling a sense of accomplishment for finally managing to make Yishen laugh.

"Dear, if you're unhappy, I'll be unhappy too, so please share your feelings with me promptly."

Although Yishen had almost grown immune to that endearment, hearing it now still felt somewhat different.

"I know." He replied softly.

【Villain Heartthrob Value detected +10, total 42!】

As they were about to leave the mountain, Jin Chen released his divine sense, covering the entire peak.

There was no monk, nor any ruined temple.

It seemed as if everything that had just happened was merely their illusion.

Jin Chen didn't tell Yishen about this, but he silently kept it in mind.

The appearance of the old monk was definitely no coincidence.

The plan to go to the Time Exchange's lair needs to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

Finally descending the mountain, the two simultaneously let out a sigh of relief; Yishen's anxious heart eased considerably, and his hand, clasped with Jin Chen's, swayed slightly.

——

On the other side, the Time Exchange.

"Not good! Number Eight has lost contact too!"

The member monitoring the signals jumped up in alarm, shouting, "Quick! Go inform Number One!"

"Number One isn't here; he went to meet the Chief."

Responding to him was Number Two, the person who had previously crossed paths with Jin Chen.

"Still haven't figured out that person's identity?!" Number Two's voice was urgent; they had already lost several members in succession, and even that person's identity information remained undiscovered—this was practically unprecedented, something that had never happened before.

This person is practically the nemesis of the Time Exchange.

「Not yet; it feels like this person just appeared out of nowhere, and there's no record of them in Heaven's Net. 」

「Number Two! Something's wrong! 」

Another member let out a surprised sound, and the smart screen Youyou emitted a blue light, clearly displaying a message.

「A spacetime fugitive has appeared, having escaped from an unknown spacetime to here. 」

Number Two furrowed their brows, took several big strides to the smart screen, and connected everything in their mind.

「Could it be…… that person who suddenly appeared? 」

Precisely because they are a spacetime fugitive, there is no information about them here.

Although they are the Time Exchange, they used to specialize in capturing fugitives.

If that's the case, we must not allow anyone to disturb the order of this spacetime.

「Define this person as a spacetime fugitive and launch a full-scale search! 」

「Yes! 」

「Everyone immediately responded, and the person who had been sitting at the computer asked, 「Do we not need to first seek approval from Number One? 」」

「What approval, approval? You have to listen to what I say! 」

Number Two was extremely irritable, as if a sore spot had been poked, 「Action! 」

——

After Yishen returned, they still remembered the old monk's admonition.

I originally thought the so-called opportunity was just empty comforting words from the old monk, never expecting to receive a message from a 「fan」 the next day.

That fan's online name was Huacishu, claiming to be a book lover for many years, feeling it a pity about their ordeal this time, and firmly believing there was no plagiarism.

And they brought assistance.

——"If you don't mind, great one, I have technology that can detect whether there has ever been a login from a different location; if there has been even once, it can prove that comparable evidence is invalid."

——"Of course, you also don't need to worry about me having ulterior motives; it's simply a mutually beneficial exchange—if I can help you, you still need to pay the fee."

Staring at the message on the screen, Yishen had a moment of hesitation, and the old monk's words surfaced in their mind.

Is this the so-called opportunity that can solve the matter?