Chapter 889: I Exist for You 25

Jin Chen walked over and sat down beside Yishen, also accompanying him in looking at the lake surface; under the spring sunlight, the water sparkled.

Yishen noticed someone beside him; his originally relaxed mood became a little tense, and he instinctively wanted to move to the empty space nearby, but he was afraid that would make others think he was despising them.

While his mind was in turmoil, he heard the voice of the person beside him ring in his ear.

"Hello, excuse me, is this yours that you dropped?"

Yishen frowned and lifted his head, looking at the two sheets of paper in that person's hand; he quickly moved his bag aside to take a look, and nodded somewhat ruefully.

He took the paper covered in handwriting and softly said thank you.

"The handwriting looks great, and it's written well too."

Jin Chen asked, "Are you a writer?"

His attitude was gentle and just right, not likely to make anyone feel overly offended.

Yishen finally lifted his head to look at him, saw the eyes exposed on his face, met his gaze for only a moment, then, secretly amazed, averted his eyes.

"... I suppose so."

"Very impressive."

Jin Chen propped himself up with his arms behind him, tilted his head to feel the spring breeze and sunlight, and said, "I have a very good friend who is also a writer."

When the topic came up, Yishen could clearly hear pride and pride in the person's tone.

He turned his head back to look at the shimmering lake; it was dazzling, like the unique twinkling stars of spring.

"Your……" Yishen pondered the wording; perhaps this question was untimely, inappropriate to ask a stranger.

But he still asked, "Can your friend make a steady living from writing?"

"Of course." Jin Chen answered almost without hesitation.

He tilted his head to look at Yishen, his tone gentle, "You write very well; if you submit your work, you will surely become an outstanding author."

He had just noticed that the manuscript in Yishen's hand was the first story essay outline after adulthood; once published, it garnered many readers within a few months.

From then on, Yishen embarked on the path of making a living through writing.

Therefore, today, in a certain sense, it can indeed be called a turning point in Yishen's life.

If he had chosen someone else's path, perhaps he would still be unable to escape his family of origin, and would still be trapped in the attic.

Yishen suddenly felt affirmed; hearing those words made him happy no matter what.

He pressed his lips together, and the inner scales of hesitation tipped toward "submission."

"Thank you." Yishen softly replied to Jin Chen's praise.

Jin Chen said, "If writing is your wish, then regardless of success or failure, you should give it a try."

"A wish……"

Yishen heard that word, and many images flashed through his mind.

It's merely using stories to express the words that cannot usually be spoken; rather than calling it a wish, it's more like…… an outlet.

"Then… do you have a wish?"

Yishen rarely has experience talking to strangers, and doesn't really understand what ordinary people's wishes are like.

Strictly speaking, he also doesn't know what his own wish is.

When he asked, he made a slight sideways lean to listen, as if anticipating; the sunlight shone on his hair and face, as if he were glowing.

Jin Chen rubbed his fingers together, suppressing the urge to reach out and ruffle his hair, gave a light cough, and said, "My wish is……"

After thinking, he smiled and said, "It is to hope that the person I like can achieve his wish."

"Huh?"

Yishen didn't expect to hear that answer.

It's not really referential, yet he couldn't help feeling a bit envious.

As it turns out, there really are people who hold someone so dear in their hearts.

He pressed his lips, curved his brows and eyes, hugged his backpack tightly to his chest, and said, "Bless you both."

Hmm, a spoken blessing from his ex-wife is still quite interesting.

Jin Chen almost laughed out loud, then quickly restrained his smile.

While they were chatting, helping Yishen firm his resolve to write, Jin Chen finally caught sight of the Time Exchange members who had found this place.

He sat up straight, absentmindedly plucked a dog's-tail grass and shook it, raised an eyebrow at the astonished Number Two, took off one side of his mask and gave a cold smirk, his smile edging close to mockery.

"I'm leaving."

Jin Chen saw they dared not approach any further, put his mask back on, stood up, and brushed the grass bits off his pants.

"I'm really glad to have met you today; I look forward to the day you become a great writer."

Yishen watched him leave, finally showing his first smile of the day, and said, "Thank you."

The scales in his heart tipped completely; Yishen thought, "I might as well go all out."

If the submission succeeds and he gets the royalties, he can move out; since that home is so unwelcoming to him, why bother disturbing it?

——

"You guys are really slow."

Jin Chen blocked their path forward, glanced at Number Two's appearance, snorted, and said, "You Time Exchange folks really are all cut from the same mold."

"One or two, you all look pretty much alike."

Little did he know that this remark was practically stepping on Number Two's major sore spot; how could he fail to hear that Jin Chen's comment was comparing him to someone else?

"So much nonsense."

Number Two whipped out an electric baton and slammed it hard onto the ground.

"You keep ruining my good deeds one after another; today you'll have to pay with your life here."

Having said that, he quickly took a few steps and rushed forward.

"Tsk, they start fighting over nothing, what's wrong."

Jin Chen shrugged, turned sideways to dodge the swinging baton.

"What did I say to make you so angry?"

He was a bit curious; with Number Two looking so flustered, nobody would believe there's nothing going on in his mind.

"Why do you have so much nonsense? Can't we just fight properly?"

While waiting for 0731 to reconnect the shuttle device, Jin Chen is currently idle.

"You can't beat me either; how about we chat a bit instead?"

Jin Chen nimbly dodged the attack again, then grabbed the heads of two members and slammed them together forward.

"Are the stronger ones ranked higher? The stuff you brought along is too fragile."

"You've fought so many times, and I don't know what you do besides plundering Fortune Value; why not introduce yourselves?"

Jin Chen chattered nonstop, his moves decisive, his strikes vicious and accurate; soon, aside from Number Two, all the other members who came over collapsed unable to get up.

Number Two was about to be annoyed to death by him.

"Above!"

Jin Chen thrust his fist toward Number Two's head; Number Two reacted extremely fast, crossing his arms to block.

"Fooled you, it's below!"

He kicked downward, using the rebound to launch into a sweeping kick, saying, "You non-humans, how is your reaction speed still not fast enough?"

Number Two was kicked several meters away, slammed hard into the lawn, and together with all the members he brought, couldn't even get up.

【Host, we can return now!】

Jin Chen flipped his wrist, a Spiritual Power chain appeared in his palm, leisurely staring at that bunch of damn things.

【If I trap them with the chain and let them leave this timeline, will there be an effect?】

0731【emm…maybe the protagonist will become stupid or go insane.】

Jin Chen's eyes lit up.

And this is great news!

He immediately flicked his arm, the chain turned into intangible Spiritual Power, binding those people so they couldn't move.

"Let go!"

Number Two spat out a mouthful of blood; seeing the shuttle device's light slowly dim, he knew this jump had reached its time.