However, Jing Xun would remember the gifts Shen Yijin gave him and how he treated him well.
For instance, the other person even deliberately set aside some time to come with him to handle his younger brother’s transfer.
Yesterday at the hospital, it was too late, and he was quite agitated when he suddenly saw Shen Yijin, so Jing Xun hadn’t realized clearly that the private hospital Shen Yijin said he would transfer Lei Tianhao to was actually a private hospital opened by the Shen family…
In addition to having dedicated medical staff to look after him 24 hours a day, the private hospital also had high-end wards, which were suites with dedicated rooms for his parents to live in…
On the way, Assistant Jin Zheheng had already introduced it to Jing Xun with a tablet and showed him the pictures in advance.
As the big brother put it, it was most reassuring to transfer him to their own hospital.
Out of consideration for his family, Jing Xun had no objections to this point.
But having said that, Jing Xun still felt a bit unreal—how could the things he was worrying about just yesterday, after Shen Yijin arrived, all be problems no more overnight?
…Of course, there were still difficulties.
How to tell his family about this… had become a big problem.
Just a few days ago, he was still a poor college student; he couldn’t fabricate the lie of becoming rich overnight to deceive his parents.
Besides, that would be unfair to Shen Yijin, as that would be equivalent to directly erasing the Sir’s contribution.
Even if Shen Yijin had indicated it didn’t matter, Jing Xun didn’t want to do that.
But if he mentioned Shen Yijin…
In what capacity would he introduce him?
…As his lover?
In the original story, both his mother and stepfather didn’t like him being with a man.
Although same-sex marriage had long been legal in this world.
However, in the original story, the two elders opposed the original owner being with the “scum attack,” because in the later stages, the “scum attack” treated the original owner with all kinds of torture, slander, and didn’t treat him as a person.
Whether the two elders specifically didn’t like him being with a man, or just couldn’t accept him being with the “scum attack”… that was impossible to determine.
Having said that, when he agreed to the engagement with Shen Yijin, Jing Xun really hadn’t considered the issue with Ms. Luo. After all, in the concepts he had held for twenty years…
He had always carried life, aging, sickness, and death by himself.
How did that saying go? One person eats, and the whole family is full.
But after interacting with Ms. Luo at the hospital yesterday, I have to say, Jing Xun now cared a little about the feelings of the person he should now call mother.
This was difficult.
After all, he not only lacked dating experience, but he also had no experience in interacting and communicating with family members.
Just as he was struggling, Shen Yijin suddenly said: “Shall I go talk to them?”
“Ah?” Jing Xun stared wide-eyed.
Given the big brother’s style of introducing himself as his lover to everyone… Jing Xun was really worried that if he let the Sir in, Ms. Luo and the others would receive some kind of shock.
He shook his head repeatedly: “No, no, no, I’ll go say it myself…”
Shen Yijin said: “If you are worried that they cannot accept our relationship, I can temporarily not mention it.”
Jing Xun was surprised: “Sir?”
Shen Yijin just said: “It’s more important to settle your brother and parents’ affairs first.”
Jing Xun was truly shocked this time. Was this still the same obsessive-compulsive big brother who must honestly tell everyone about their relationship and must sleep in the same bed under the name of a fiancé?
Later, they really went to see Jing Xun’s parents together.
Shen Yijin, despite his usual outward coldness and lack of smiles, making him seem very boring, turned out to be well-educated, polite, and of outstanding temperament in front of Jing Xun’s parents.
And despite his usual silence, when he really needed to play a role, the big brother could actually speak quite well.
He told Ms. Luo and the others directly that because Jing Xun had outstanding abilities, he was funded by the school’s sponsors. His younger brother could enjoy the best medical treatment, and all expenses would be paid by the sponsor. In return, Jing Xun had to follow the arrangements to participate in the school’s scientific research projects.
…
People might not believe it if someone else said this.
But fortunately, every move Shen Yijin made was incredibly noble, and every word he said was powerful. It wasn’t just Jing Xun’s parents who believed it.
All the other patients’ families in the ward believed it beyond doubt.
Of course, Shen Yijin actually hadn’t lied.
He was indeed the school’s big sponsor.
The families of the patients in the entire ward and the adjacent, more familiar patients all collectively congratulated Ms. Luo, saying that she had raised a good son and was blessed in her life.
Ms. Luo and her husband had tears in their eyes, but they were beaming with joy and were endlessly grateful to Shen Yijin.
Even others gathered around, wanting to catch some of the noble’s glory.
Jing Xun looked at Shen Yijin, who was surrounded by many people in the cramped ward, still gentle and polite, patiently answering questions. Suddenly… he was moved and impacted by many inexplicable emotions.
Shen Yijin was born noble and loved cleanliness; how could others dare to stand so close to him?
But at this moment, surrounded by many strangers, he showed no discomfort.
He never demanded others follow his own standards. For example, regarding the engagement, he automatically assumed the identity of a fiancé, yet he never asked Jing Xun to hold the same attitude.
…Such a big brother is just too good!
Jing Xun remembered the upperclassman who told him the plot of the original story… no wonder Senior Pei liked him so much.
Someone like this, even if he were a villain, was impossible to hate!
And regarding today’s matters, how should he thank Shen Yijin?
He really had helped him a lot.
In the crowd, Jing Xun looked up at the tall man.
Seemingly feeling it, Shen Yijin also turned his head, just meeting his eyes.
In the noisy hospital, the two of them gazed at each other inexplicably.
Jing Xun’s eyes were crystalline, and in his field of vision, Shen Yijin’s cold eyes were not as icy as usual…
He still didn’t smile.
But I don’t know if it’s because he saw it too often, or because the surroundings were too noisy, that Jing Xun felt that the pair of peach-blossom eyes seemed to have signs of warming up.
So he smiled with his eyes and gave Shen Yijin an increasingly bright smile.
He even winked at the other person playfully.
Shen Yijin just stared at him without blinking.
At this moment, I don’t know which family member of the adjacent bed suddenly asked Ms. Luo: “Sister Luo, why do I like your eldest son so much? He looks good and is capable. I wonder if he has a girlfriend? My niece is graduating from college this year and is still single. Should I introduce them to get to know each other?”
Jing Xun: “…”
Uh.
The army for blind dates really is everywhere at every moment.
And in Jing Xun’s peripheral vision, the temperature in Shen Yijin’s eyes fell to freezing point at a speed almost visible to the naked eye.
Jing Xun thought to himself, “This is bad.” Will the big brother be angry? I didn’t expect that I don’t know who else, looking at the tall Shen Yijin, said: “This young man is also good. Young man, do you have a partner?”
Jing Xun: “…”
Shen Yijin: “…”
Jing Xun hurriedly rushed into the crowd, rushed to Shen Yijin’s side, and said to his mother: “Mom, it’s getting late, the ambulance we found is still waiting outside, let’s go handle the transfer procedures quickly.”
This is a big matter.
Ms. Luo obviously knew the urgency of the matter, so everyone stopped talking about it and immediately went to handle the procedures.
Accompanying his mother out, Jing Xun looked back at Shen Yijin: See, these aunts are like this, no need to take it to heart.
Shen Yijin looked at Jing Xun, who was giving him playful glances, and the originally tightened lips, for no reason, actually lifted slightly, revealing a faint arc.
Successfully transferring Lei Tianhao and finishing the matters here, Shen Yijin asked Jing Xun: “Xiao Xun, what are your plans next?”
Jing Xun thought about it seriously.
Today is Saturday, there are no classes or exams at school, and the research team is also off on the weekend, so it seems there is nothing else to do.
So Jing Xun said: “I’ll go back to the dormitory.”
His only remaining work was the private work he took on before. Because of his family affairs yesterday, it was put on hold, and he had to catch up with the progress today…
He didn’t expect Shen Yijin to suddenly say: “Today is the weekend.”
Jing Xun: “?”
Shen Yijin: “I’m not on a business trip either.”
Jing Xun: “??”
Seeing Jing Xun’s eyes full of question marks, Shen Yijin lowered his eyelids, his peach-blossom eyes filled with indifference again, his voice slightly low: “Doesn’t Xiao Xun feel we should do activities together?”
Jing Xun: !!
Oh, so that’s what it means!
Heaven knows! He didn’t mean to abandon the big brother and work alone!
Saying he wanted to go back to the dorm was mainly because the phones on CEO Shen and Assistant Jin’s side hadn’t stopped all morning. He thought the Sir had things to do, so he thoughtfully chose to retreat…
Jing Xun quickly blinked twice, explained his thoughts, and then asked: “Don’t you have to work today, Sir?”
Shen Yijin replied: “I do.”
Jing Xun: “…”
Shen Yijin slightly raised his chin and said naturally: “But it doesn’t stop us from doing activities together.”
Jing Xun: “…”
T-that also makes sense.
Shen Yijin asked him again: “Does Xiao Xun have anything else to do? Must go back to the dormitory to do it?”
…It doesn’t have to be done in the dormitory.
The kind of private work he took on could be done as long as there was a computer.
So Jing Xun honestly replied: “No need to go back to the dormitory, it can be done anywhere, as long as there is an internet cable… uh, then I’ll go back and get a computer.”
Shen Yijin had no objection: “Okay.”
Before returning to the dormitory, they also ate a meal outside, and it was already afternoon when Jing Xun went back to get things.
Shen Yijin’s car was waiting for him downstairs at the dormitory. Originally, the big brother wanted to go upstairs with him, the reason being that as a fiancé, he should help his fiancé carry things.
But Jing Xun was afraid his roommates were in the room.
He wasn’t the kind of person who liked to show off his boyfriend high-profile. Of course, what he was more afraid of was that Shen Yijin’s aura didn’t fit here, and Tang Jingyuan and the others would be scared or feel uncomfortable when they saw him.
Jing Xun didn’t want his roommates to be disturbed because of him.
Sure enough, Tang Jingyuan and Yang Yi hadn’t gone out, and they were crouching in the dormitory gnawing on books.
Even the roommate who had almost moved out had returned.
“Xunxun, where did you go last night? Is your brother okay?” Tang Jingyuan welcomed him warmly when he saw him. Hearing that Jing Xun came back to get things to go out for the weekend wasn’t very strange, after all, his family had such matters…
Instead, the roommate who returned looked at Jing Xun a few more times and said: “I heard you, Jing Xun, were appreciated by Professor Huo and even joined the school’s scientific research team? I didn’t see that you were so awesome before.”
He said this jokingly, but it was hard to hide the sourness of jealousy in his words.
Speaking of which, among the four people in their dormitory, only the one who returned wasn’t from their department and was transferred here by mistake during the school dormitory reallocation.
Coincidentally, he happened to be in the Department of Computer Science.
All projects in which the school cooperated with the outside were open and transparent, and the group members would also be publicized on the school website. Jing Xun’s name was indeed a bit abrupt hanging behind a group of graduate seniors, so it was normal to cause dissatisfaction.
Jing Xun didn’t take the other party’s tone to heart, responded casually, and started packing his things.
The roommate hit a wall, so he couldn’t say anything more and had to continue turning around to swipe his phone.
Jing Xun didn’t have much to bring. To be accurate, he didn’t even have to come back to get the computer; Shen Yijin had everything there.
But it was more comfortable to use his own laptop, and besides, he was highly likely to sleep at Shen Yijin’s place tonight, so he still needed pajamas.
Not wanting to trouble Assistant Jin to bring him things again, Jing Xun originally planned to come back to get some daily necessities.
He packed his change of clothes, his sleeping clothes, and his computer into his backpack.
With the backpack on his back, he looked no different from those college students who lived locally and went home for the weekend.
After saying goodbye to his roommates, he soon returned to Shen Yijin’s car.
The sun at noon was very strong, and the weather was very hot.
By the afternoon, although the sun began to tilt to the west and the clouds in the sky increased, it was still very hot.
It was that kind of muggy heat that was both humid and hot.
So much so that Jing Xun’s face when he returned to the car was more rosy than usual, with a red glow hanging on his side, dyeing the small tear mole next to his eye, making his eyes look even more bright and clear.
Jing Xun said: “Kept you waiting, Sir.”
Shen Yijin looked at him, his hand raised slightly, and finally, on the side close to Jing Xun, he picked up a bottle of water for him.
“Watch out for heatstroke.”
Jing Xun: “…Okay.”
Returning home, Shen Yijin changed his clothes slightly. He was indeed going to start working; it seemed he was going to make a video call.
This house had only one study. Shen Yijin didn’t ask what Jing Xun was doing with the computer, just asked if he wanted to go to the study to work together.
Hearing this, Jing Xun subconsciously shook his head.
There were too many reasons not to work together.
For example, he didn’t want to eavesdrop on Shen Yijin’s work—he hadn’t forgotten how the original owner was crippled in the original story, so he had to avoid suspicion.
For another example, if they had to finish work together, it would be a bit too clingy… although the villainous big brother’s behavioral patterns were all according to the role of “fiancé,” even real couples didn’t need to be this sticky… right?
Shaking his head, Jing Xun said: “It’s fine if I do it outside. Isn’t there a bar counter outside? And a table…”
“Okay.” This time Shen Yijin didn’t say anything; it seemed he understood this sense of propriety. He just said: “Call me if you have anything.”
“Okay,” Jing Xun said.
Jing Xun asked Shen Yijin for the Wi-Fi password in the room, and then it seemed there were no more things that needed to trouble the villainous big brother. Jing Xun watched the other party enter the study, and he took his backpack back to the walk-in closet, intending to change into casual clothes first.
Unlike the big brother, who was a perennial business elite with a straight face, Jing Xun had always pursued comfort in his dressing, anyway he didn’t need to have meetings.
However, when he changed clothes, he found something wrong again… It was a small problem caused by a logic error, which was that the pajamas and casual clothes he brought back were all vests and big shorts, because the dormitory was hot, and a poor student couldn’t bear to use the air conditioning.
But… Shen Yijin’s house had central air conditioning and even intelligent air supply, so the indoor temperature was always evenly maintained at the most suitable temperature…
This made him look a bit too cool wearing the vests he brought back specifically; it wasn’t appropriate.
And Jing Xun vaguely remembered that the big brother didn’t like him wearing vests.
…Then forget it. Anyway, he could wear the pajamas he borrowed from Mr. Shen yesterday for another day today.
Jing Xun flipped out the clothes he changed out of in the morning and put them back on.
Although the top was a bit wide and the pants were long… it seemed there was nothing inconvenient.
Rolling the trouser legs to his knees, Jing Xun started his private work.
The private work Jing Xun took on was to do some small programs for a game company. According to the contract, tomorrow was the day he had to upload the first sub-program, so overall time was a bit tight.
But fortunately, this wasn’t difficult for Jing Xun, and he was always particularly focused when doing things, especially when doing this kind of brain-burning small program, he couldn’t help but immerse himself in it.
So much so that by the time Jing Xun knocked on the last Enter key and finished the work, he suddenly found that unknowingly, the sky outside had darkened!
Did he really do it for so long?
Suspiciously moving his line of sight to the lower right corner of the computer screen, checking the time, it was six or seven in the evening… the sky shouldn’t have been dark to this extent…
Just as he was feeling suspicious, he heard a “crack” of thunder outside, followed by a downpour.
…This city is indeed rainy.
It turned out that the muggy afternoon was because it was holding back a heavy rain.
Jing Xun folded the laptop and stood up to stretch his aching fingers and cervical spine.
But the next second, when the lightning flashed again, Jing Xun’s movements paused.
He suddenly thought of a question.
Where is the big brother?
Is he still dealing with official business?
I don’t know if I thought too much, but I always feel it’s a bit strange that the house is so quiet at this time.
And Jing Xun also remembered the night he first met Shen Yijin, it was also lightning and thunder, and the heavy rain poured down…
Jing Xun came all the way to the outside of the study.
He couldn’t hear any movement inside.
He tentatively knocked on the door lightly.
“Sir?”
Still no movement.
Just when Jing Xun began to struggle whether to continue knocking on the door or just leave and come back later, the door in front of him suddenly opened.
Shen Yijin’s handsome face instantly came into view.
The study was located on the side close to the master bedroom. After dark, the sensor light in the area where Jing Xun was would automatically turn on, so the entire corridor was well-lit, not scary at all.
What was scary was the suppressed atmosphere on the other party, his gloomy and indifferent eyes, and the pitch-black darkness behind him.
…Shen Yijin didn’t turn on the lights.
At the same time, Jing Xun smelled the scent of cigarettes again.
This time, it was very strong.