Chapter 884: I Who Exist for You 20

Yishen lowered his gaze to look at their clasped hands, obedient and well-behaved as he sat down beside him.

Both of them had unresolved doubts.

So Jin Chen patiently coaxed him, not forgetting to say: 'Shenshen will get an answer about the timeline; I also want to know, what exactly has Shenshen been agonizing over lately?'

'I don't want to argue with you at all, so let's stop hiding things from each other, okay?'

Jin Chen embraced the person in his arms, the hug dispelling the bleakness brought by the winter rain.

He looked into Yishen's eyes, speaking word by word, his voice soft and low, murmuring into his ear.

'... Then you speak first.'

Yishen relaxed his body, sighed again, but his tense mood finally eased considerably.

I had thought Jin Chen would ignore him for a long time.

Fortunately.

'I told you before, in the world you inhabit, there is a group of people with great supernatural powers who are bad.'

Jin Chen played with the held fingers, trying his best to explain the existence of the Time Exchange clearly.

'Those bad people can travel through time, going to various time points.'

Yishen was slightly surprised, then immediately understood: 'So those chat logs and photos…… they are the masterminds behind it.'

'Yes!'

Jin Chen felt indignant: 'Moreover, after my investigation, the annoying guy Xuyuchuan is also one of them, and there are even transactional ties.'

'They are especially excessive, using your Fortune Value to gain profit, so that annoying guy has luckily outrageous fortune.'

No wonder……

Although this news is overly shocking, it can well explain all his previous doubts.

The warmth at his fingertips entwined, and all of Yishen's worries were gradually explained.

'So the you I met when I was sixteen—when from the past is that?'

'Jin Chen: "That day, after returning from shopping, I accompanied you to get your notebook, and there were members of the Time Exchange on the street."'

He picked at his fingers, mysteriously saying: 'I've almost found their lair; from now on they won't be able to bully you.'

Yishen suddenly turned and gripped Jin Chen's hand, sitting up worriedly: 'Won't you be in danger?'

'No, no.'

Jin Chen hurried to comfort him, but laughed at those words, pulling him close and sighing: 'Shenshen is worried about me; Shenshen must really like me.'

Self‑pursuit, he always has his own way.

What's there to like or not like?

Yishen's somewhat nervous feeling was broken; his face slightly flushed, he lowered his eyes, leaned again into Jin Chen's embrace, Silence speechless.

He still needed a lot of time to digest this news.

'Don't be sad, Shenshen; now it's almost New Year, the streets are getting more crowded, activating their time‑travel also requires conditions, and besides, I'm here.'

Jin Chen tirelessly coaxed him, wanting to ease Yishen's inner worries.

'Such a dangerous thing—why didn't you tell me earlier……'

When Yishen spoke again, he actually choked up, but it wasn't sadness—it was being moved.

After all, someone who has never felt favoritism and warmth, once they do, will surely be deeply moved, and then comes a strong sense of being undeserving.

Just like Yishen at this moment.

'You clearly could have avoided this muddy situation.'

Yishen leaned on Jin Chen's shoulder, his voice soft, yet he was also awaiting an answer.

An answer firm enough to steady his heart.

Fortunately, Jin Chen has always understood him.

'Because you are Yishen, my creator, and……'

Jin Chen suddenly paused, not hearing the rest; Yishen raised his brows in doubt, his eye sockets slightly red, 'And what else?'

'Or that I really like you.'

Jin Chen said it very seriously.

Faced with such a serious expression, Yishen suddenly didn't know how to respond.

All their past interactions replayed in his mind; Yishen merely lacked romantic experience, and he wasn't a block of wood—how could he not feel it?

What made him even more at a loss was the kiss Jin Chen pressed onto him the next second.

A brief touch, the kiss on his cheek.

Yishen's body went stiff.

The suspicion in his heart proved true; he had thought he would reject it.

'Jin Chen.'

'His voice trembled slightly: "We shouldn't be like this."'

Jin Chen chuckled, teasing: 'I just wanted to comfort Shenshen.'

After saying that, he lowered his head, foreheads touching, his voice growing lower: 'What does Shenshen think it is? What are you thinking about?'

Yishen: '……'

Although he knew Jin Chen was teasing on purpose, he still blushed completely, even the corners of his eyes tinged pink, his heart racing.

The unanswered question found its answer when Jin Chen leaned in again.

Yishen used his fingers to block his face; the cool fingertips trembled uncontrollably.

'You know exactly what I'm saying.'

'Hmm……'

His mouth was covered, Jin Chen let out a muffled sound, grabbed Yishen's lax fingers, and, following the motion, pulled his arm once more into his embrace.

This time the lips touched not the cheek but the corner of the mouth.

Still, they parted at the slightest touch.

"All right, then I admit it."

Jin Chen smiled, eyes lowered, gaze tender, "I like Shen Shen, it's the liking between lovers."

"I want to date you."

The sudden frank words of love made Yishen's heartbeat seem to skip a beat, his most hidden ardent feelings ignited, the sensation at the corner of his lips warm, moist, and ambiguous.

"But we..."

"Why can't we be like this?"

Jin Chen knew what he was about to say, spoke first, his palm pressing against Yishen's chest, slowly coaxing him.

"I come from your inner self, I am your other half, we are meant to be a perfect pair."

"No one will be more compatible than us."

Yishen lifted his head to look at Jin Chen, clinging like a child, hugging tighter and tighter, the downpour in his heart turning into a tsunami.

"Jin Chen."

He whispered, "Which plot point from the Frigid Winter Sea Poem do you come from? Don't lie to me, this is very important to me."

Why ask this when being confessed to?

Jin Chen could vaguely guess what, he fell silent for two seconds, "I have ended all my adventures, returned to Luo Fu City to start a new life, and only then came to this world."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Yishen genuinely let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately…

At least thinking this way to keep Jin Chen around doesn't count as depriving him of his life.

The story after the ending doesn't need the author to compose; Jin Chen didn't miss any of the wonderful things he arranged, that's enough.

Yishen tightened his hold on Jin Chen's neck, lifted his head to close the distance, his gaze firm, lips slightly pursed, his voice soft and lingering.

"I like you."

Yishen, realizing his own feelings, expressed them for the first time without hesitation.

Jin Chen lowered his head and kissed his brow, his smile unstoppable, "I heard you, dear Shen Shen."

With a little force, Yishen was pressed down by him, lying flat on the sofa, Jin Chen clung to Yishen like a playful calf, kissing and hugging him.

Fingers hooked around the waist, even through the fluffy sweater, the waist's contours could be felt just right.

Years of hunched-over writing and irregular meals left Yishen slender, unable to withstand Jin Chen's constant affectionate rubbing.