Chapter 915: Childhood Sweetheart Times 09

Song Xu calmly watched them; with Jin Chen absent, he had no extra expression, and upon hearing Zhong Yin's words, he merely remained silent for two seconds.

I don't care about these things; don't ask me.

He appeared calm and indifferent, as if he truly didn't want to get involved.

But only Song Xu himself knew how complicated his feelings were upon hearing those words.

As they grew older, quite a few girls confessed to Jin Chen, and some even bribed him with snacks, hoping to pass along chocolate love letters or similar things.

Before, Song Xu found it a bit annoying and didn't want Jin Chen to accept those gifts.

In Song Xu's view, Jin Chen's attention should be solely on him, aside from studying; how could he have the energy to date girls?

But just a couple days ago, Grandma said they were both grown up, they weren't actually blood brothers, just neighbors and friends, so he couldn't monopolize Jin Chen's time like that.

So when Song Xu heard such words again today, he couldn't help but think of other things.

Zhong Yin didn't understand; she comfortingly patted Xu Jiujiu's arm and asked strangely, 'Jin Chen treats you so well, why don't you care?'

'Song Xu… could his possessiveness toward Jin Chen really be that strong? You're both adults; you don't want him to have a girlfriend?'

Song Xu frowned, finding her really noisy, and didn't want to answer such a question; he grabbed his book and went to another resting chair.

'Or maybe we should just drop it… we can talk about it after school starts.'

Xu Jiujiu hesitated a bit.

'What do you mean drop it? We finally have a chance today.'

Zhong Yin, frustrated, glanced at the open backpack and said, 'This bag is Jin Chen's; maybe he's not drinking bottled water because he brought his own.'

She pulled out the thermos inside, shook it, and shoved it into Xu Jiujiu's hand, saying, 'Wait a bit; when he rests again, you take this bottle to him.'

'Alright…'

Xu Jiujiu also didn't want to just give up.

Another half ended.

Jin Chen instinctively walked toward that direction, but didn't see Song Xu on the chair, puzzled, when a figure flashed into his view.

'Jin Chen, here's some water.'

Xu Jiujiu jogged over, looked up at him with a smile, and handed over the thermos.

Jin Chen felt bewildered, took the thermos, his tone slightly cold: 'Why are you taking my things?'

'I…'

Xu Jiujiu was startled by his expressionless face, forgot what to say for a moment, and bit her lip, saying, 'You didn't take my water just now; I thought… you wanted to drink your own.'

Jin Chen: '……'

What kind of brain circuit.

Song Xu stared blankly at the scene.

From his seated angle, he saw Jin Chen accept the thermos from Xu Jiujiu and lower his head to chat with her.

Although he couldn't hear what they were saying, just this scene was enough to make Song Xu unable to cope.

Clutching the mineral water bottle that Jin Chen had taken a few sips from, Song Xu wanted to go find his brother.

But due to a sudden emotional surge, his heartbeat faltered, a sharp pain gripped him, Song Xu struggled to breathe, his mouth slightly opened, he clutched his chest, and began to feel weak all over.

Clatter.

The book and the mineral water bottle fell to the ground, Song Xu bent over, and the color drained from his face instantly.

Brother…

He wanted to call out to Jin Chen, but couldn't utter a word, not even having the strength to speak.

'Xiao Yu'er!'

But Song Xu still heard Jin Chen's startled cry and the sound of him rushing over.

Jin Chen didn't want to waste more words with that girl; he wanted to find Song Xu, suddenly sensed something, turned his head, and saw Song Xu drop what he was holding, as if he'd taken ill.

Jin Chen immediately turned and ran over, but Xu Jiujiu grabbed his arm, saying, 'Hey… at least hear me out… ah!'

She didn't hold onto Jin Chen, but she flung the thermos from his hand; it hit the ground with a loud bang.

The loose lid came off, warm water spilled across the floor, and everyone looked over.

Jin Chen was blocked by her, and seeing that the water meant for Song Xu's medicine was gone, he instantly flared with anger and shoved Xu Jiujiu hard.

'Get lost!'

Xu Jiujiu was shoved, staggered, almost fell, turned in disbelief, and only then noticed Song Xu's condition, and followed after him.

'Xiao Yu'er!'

Jin Chen lifted Song Xu into his arms; the cheek touching his palm was already cold, and he needed to get him to take his medicine quickly.

'The bag! Bring the bag!'

'Ah, okay, okay, okay!'

The buddies who gathered heard him, hurriedly grabbed the backpack from the other chair, and Jin Chen quickly pulled out the medicine from its interlayer.

In the urgent situation, Jin Chen could only grip the mineral water bottle tightly, quickly warm it a little with Spiritual Power, and administer the medicine pellets.

'Xiao Yu'er, be good, swallow it quickly.'

Jin Chen held the boy tightly in his arms; the sorrow in his low voice was about to overflow.

Song Xu swallowed the medicine, weak, leaning against his brother's chest, breathing slowly, waiting for the drug to ease the pain.

Even at its fastest, the medicine takes three minutes to take effect.

Jin Chen kept his eyes fixed on Song Xu, fearing any other issue, his palm incessantly rubbing the area behind Song Xu's back, only stopping when it grew warm,

Xu Jiujiu saw Jin Chen feeding Song Xu the medicine and suddenly realized the thermos had been prepared for Song Xu.

She was on the verge of tears, flustered, apologizing, 'Sorry… Yin Yin said you'd drink the water in the bag; I didn't know the thermos wasn't yours, and I… I didn't knock it over on purpose.'

Jin Chen didn't even lift his head, just kept his gaze on Song Xu, and didn't respond to that apology.

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

The people playing ball exchanged glances, not daring to say anything more.

Everyone knows Jin Chen treasures this neighbor's younger brother above all else; now that Song Xu has suddenly taken ill, who would dare to advise them?

This brat Jin Chen shows no mercy when he hits someone.

Zhong Yin couldn't stand it any longer; she pulled Xu Jiujiu back, saying, "You've already apologized—why are you still crying? Song Xu is fine, isn't he?"

The medicine finally took effect, and Song Xu felt much better; he glanced at his brother with a wronged look, then leaned against his shoulder and coquettishly whispered.

"Brother..."

"It's okay, it's okay, be good."

Jin Chen continued holding him, hearing Zhong Yin's words, he finally reacted, coldly lifting his eyes and glancing over.

"Is that your backpack?"

Zhong Yin was frightened by his gaze and couldn't hold back, "I didn't even know—why are you mad at me?"

"Besides, if he had a heart condition, he shouldn't have been brought out."

"All right, Yin Yin… don't say more, it's all my fault." Xu Jiujiu hastily pulled Zhong Yin, "Let's go quickly."

If they stayed any longer, she would lose all face for the rest of her life.

Liu Xing stepped in front of Zhong Yin, "Enough already, isn't it fine if nothing happened?"

Having seen Jin Chen's few ball-playing friends, they hurriedly grabbed Liu Xing, "Hey, why are you joining in the fun?"

"Exactly, cut it out."

Liu Xing had just lost several balls to Jin Chen, was holding in his anger, and then saw him questioning his girlfriend—how could he bear it? But being pulled away, he could only relent for now.

Jin Chen suppressed his anger, snatched the bag and slung it onto his back, having no time to deal with them, he lifted Song Xu and left.

After walking several meters, Song Xu leaned on Jin Chen, and from the earlier conversation he also realized that the whole water-delivery thing was his misunderstanding; his mood gradually eased.

But after walking that far, unfortunately, Jin Chen still heard Liu Xing complaining.

"Every time you bring along a burden, I've been putting up with it for a long time."