Chapter 925: Childhood Sweethearts 19

Jin Chen discovered Song Xu missing at the gathering after his run.

Besides him, the few girls who had first asked Song Xu to fetch ping-pong balls from the equipment room were also baffled and voluntarily told the PE teacher what happened.

Jin Chen sprinted to the equipment room, and the PE teacher, remembering Song Xu's heart condition, hurried after him.

Mu Henian frowned at them, saying, "Why did you suddenly ask Song Xu to help?"

The girls said they had no free hands at the time and only wanted Song Xu to lend a hand, never expecting anything to happen.

That made sense, so Mu Henian and Cheng Huai followed Jin Chen's pace and also headed to the equipment room.

As he pushed open the equipment room's main gate, Jin Chen's heart was in turmoil.

Even though 0731 kept saying the Main God was fine all along, Jin Chen couldn't rest easy without seeing it himself.

"Xiao Yu'er!"

At that moment, Song Xu had just finished saying that, asking them to lift the storage rack back up.

Hearing the familiar voice, Song Xu felt a sense of security, and the calm he had been forcing collapsed instantly.

"Brother..."

Song Xu turned around and was immediately embraced tightly by Jin Chen.

"Are you hurt? Do you feel unwell?"

Jin Chen asked while holding him, coldly glancing at the five flustered thugs.

The PE teacher was also startled by the five tall men, exclaiming, "You're not from our school, are you? How did you get in?!"

"Damn! We didn't lay a hand on anyone!"

The most outrageous thing they'd done today was just knocking over this storage rack—does that even deserve a scolding?!

Leaning against Jin Chen's chest, Song Xu only fully relaxed upon smelling the familiar scent, softly shaking his head, "Not injured..."

"I feel a bit unwell."

He was still nervous after all; without Jin Chen around, he wouldn't necessarily be fine, having no backup and having to rely on himself.

"Brother... I feel really unwell."

Song Xu clutched his chest, brows furrowed tightly.

It wasn't the feeling of realizing his heart had been moved.

"Brother will take you back to the dorm to rest; you'll be fine soon."

Jin Chen picked Song Xu up and said to the teacher, "I'll take him away first."

"Go, go, health comes first!" the PE teacher hurriedly waved.

"You five! Get out of here quickly!"

The PE teacher wasn't a pushover either, grabbing the badminton racket at hand and smashing it at the five, "Really, bullying students and bringing it to the school—you lot of thugs are utterly shameless!"

Having gotten 300,000, they wouldn't quibble; frankly, if they didn't get a beating, they'd feel uneasy about taking that money.

In the dormitory.

Only after watching Song Xu swallow the medicine did the three of them finally exhale in relief.

Mu Henian stood by the window with arms crossed, saying, "I can have someone look into it."

"No need..."

Song Xu gripped the water cup, his voice clear, "I found out it was Zhong Yin who sent them."

"Zhong Yin..." Cheng Huai slapped his thigh, fuming, "Damn! She still dares to provoke you! She hasn't even been locked up enough in the detention center!"

Song Xu quietly repeated the whole story, his hand gripping the water cup trembling slightly as he recounted what happened in the equipment room.

Actually, he had little confidence at the time; inferring lifestyle habits from appearance was something he'd learned from movies too.

He just never expected to actually get to use that today, by a fluke.

Cheng Huai exclaimed, "Awesome! A Huai could go be a cop from now on."

Song Xu gave a wry smile, "With this body, what kind of cop could I be?"

"Besides... you'll still have to inherit the family estate later."

Cheng Huai thought of Song Xu's family background, somehow associating it with something else, glanced at Mu Henian with pinched fingers, then quickly looked away.

Jin Chen's expression was grim the whole time.

He held the boy tightly in his arms, gently stroking his back, his handsome face tense.

"I'll settle this matter; no one will bother you again afterward."

Song Xu raised a hand to smooth Jin Chen's furrowed brow, asking, "Brother, are you going to go fight them?"

Jin Chen: "No."

"You spent 300,000 after all—how could you not make use of those five?"

"Then that's fine."

Song Xu leaned into Jin Chen's embrace, his pallid complexion slowly returning to normal, just as it had many times before.

"Then... let's head back to class first; you should get a good nap."

Cheng Huai suddenly realized something, grabbed Mu Henian's hand and ran toward the dormitory exit, his meaning clear.

"It's been a peaceful afternoon, and the next period is also a self-study class!"

After running out a few seconds, Cheng Huai furtively poked his head back in with an embarrassed laugh, "Sorry, I didn't bring my meal card."

He tiptoed in, his eyes continually darting between the two of them.

Not bad—seeing this atmosphere, someone will surely break through their apertures soon! My heart is greatly relieved!

"What are you looking at?" Jin Chen wondered.

"Ah... nothing, nothing!"

Cheng Huai grabbed his meal card and ran off.

Ran to the stairwell entrance, saw Mu Henian already with hands on waist, panting.

I'm exhausted to death, they are really dense.

The atmosphere has come to this point, they still created such a good chance to be alone, yet they don't do anything!

Mu Henian patted Cheng Huai on the back, teasingly smiling and asked, "Why do you say they are dense?"

Cheng Huai subconsciously lifted their head.

Of course because...

Upon realizing the distance was too close, Cheng Huai's unfinished words suddenly stopped, face instantly flushed red.

No, nothing! I was just talking nonsense.

Cheng Huai hurriedly stepped back, holding their face, turning head with a worried, grim expression.

My god, this is hopeless!! Just got close and my face turned red—there's no way I could ever catch Mu Henian like this!

Ah Huai, your neck is also red.

Behind Mu Henian, seemingly unaware, they again lowered their posture from the other side and approached, handsome brows smiling, tilted head looking at Cheng Huai, "Ah Huai, what are you thinking?"

I...

Cheng Huai felt as if under a silence spell, just couldn't speak.

Suddenly I understood in the dorm, the two people who are like wood!

Even if they are good at fantasizing inside, they are still a youth who has never experienced love.

Facing that kind of gaze from the person they like, they become even more shy.

Suddenly, the top of their head was gently rubbed, "Alright, it's fine not to say."

Should... should go to class.

Cheng Huai slipped out from under their arm, face flushed red, hurried away.

Mu Henian stood there happily for a moment, then stepped forward to match Cheng Huai's pace.

In the dorm, Jin Chen coaxed Song Xu to sleep; no matter how much amorous thought, it couldn't outweigh Song Xu's bodily importance.

The two squeezed onto Jin Chen's bed, not spacious, but Song Xu felt that sleeping in this posture nestled in Jin Chen's embrace felt especially safe.

Just like when they were kids, after watching a horror movie, they hugged each other to sleep.

Song Xu doesn't want to go ask his brother Jin Chen now whether he likes him or not; as long as Jin Chen cares about him, cares about him the most, for now that's enough.

Other things, let's talk later.

Song Xu, thinking messily, soon fell asleep, still holding Jin Chen's arm, cheek softly resting on the chest, sleeping very soundly.

Every time after experiencing a fright, Jin Chen lets Song Xu rest properly; today is no different.