Chapter 2666 It’s raining in Nancheng tonight 27

Uncle Jin looked at Jin Chen with a puzzled expression, then at Xie Linzhou beside him, "Little Chen, who is this...?"

Ren Xian stood to the side and behind Jin Chen, his face still bearing an impeccable smile. "Jin Chen, your uncle says he wants to say a few more words to you."

uncle……

Xie Linzhou's gaze swept back and forth between Ren Xian and Jin Chen, and the gloom that had settled in his heart surged up again, making his body stiff.

He stared at Ren Xian, his voice tense, "You... how did you get here?"

Ren Xian smiled and said, "Accompanying Jin Chen's uncle..."

"Ren Xian," Jin Chen interrupted him coldly.

Jin Chen's attitude towards Lian and the others was so distinct that Ren Xian almost couldn't maintain his smile.

Uncle Jin stood aside, looking thoughtfully at Xie Linzhou, who was pale-faced, and then at his nephew, whose expression was displeased.

My uncle seems to have figured it out.

Uncle Jin quietly pried Ren Xian's hand off, used the stair railing for leverage, and smiled at Jin Chen.

Jin Chen turned around, ignoring the two people on the stairs, and reached out to grasp Xie Linzhou's cold wrist, alert.

"Where are you going?"

Xie Linzhou seemed to have just come to his senses, his voice somewhat unsteady: "They should probably leave now."

“It’s raining tonight,” Jin Chen tightened her grip on his wrist, forceful and brooking no refusal, “I’ll take you home later.”

Xie Linzhou was also afraid that he would be fierce, so his voice softened a bit: "...Okay, then I'll go back to the private room first."

He withdrew his hand, turned and walked towards the private room, then glanced meaningfully at Ren Xian standing on the stairs, his eyes filled with gloom.

Uncle Jin called out from the stairs, "Xiao Chen..."

Jin Chen strode up the stairs and took her uncle's arm. "I'll have someone call a car to take you home to rest. It's so late, you're getting old, why are you staying up so late?"

Uncle Jin looked shocked: "?"

"I've only been here a short time! I haven't even had a proper chat with you yet!"

Jin Chen: "Is it my fault? I was afraid of disturbing you and Boss Ren's reunion."

Uncle Jin: "...You brat!"

He was somewhat resentful as the people Jin Chen had arranged escorted him downstairs.

Jin Chen then looked at Ren Xian, very impatiently, "What exactly do you want?"

Ren Xian looked at him with great interest and then said something surprising, "I'll pursue you."

Jin Chen was just as shocked as his uncle from earlier.

He frowned. "Is he crazy?"

Xie Shao is still cooperating with the investigation; he hasn't been fully detained yet.

Zero Rolling chimed in: [Perhaps, the protagonist's thought process is something we mere mortals can never comprehend.]

Jin Chen suppressed the absurdity in her heart, "Stop doing this useless work."

Ren Xian seemed not to hear him and continued speaking to himself, "But didn't you and Xie Linzhou break up? Now that you're single again, why not try someone else?"

Jin Chen:

He felt that every word Ren Xian said was a deliberate provocation.

“If you don’t want another bar to go bankrupt,” Jin Chen’s voice was flat and imposing, “leave now.”

Ren Xian's smile finally faded, and a sense of displeasure welled up inside him.

He was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly asked a rather strange question, "Am I and Xie Linzhou... very different?"

Jin Chen: "No matter how small the gap is, you can never become him."

After saying that, he didn't give Ren Xian a chance to speak again, turned around and went into the lounge, locked the door behind him, and started working on his computer.

Jin Chen now thinks it would be best if Ren Xian also went in to accompany Xie Shao, but unfortunately, what Ren Xian did was not enough to warrant going to jail.

Jin Chen emerged from the lounge about half an hour later.

Judging that the gathering downstairs had mostly ended, he headed towards the private room where Xie Linzhou was.

Pushing open the door to the private room, the noise inside had mostly subsided, leaving only a few people still chatting.

Jin Chen saw Xie Linzhou sitting alone on the corner sofa, his posture somewhat stiff and unusually quiet.

When Xiang Wenqing saw him come in, her eyes lit up, and she greeted him with a smile, "Boss Jin, long time no see!"

Jin Chen nodded to her, then his gaze fell on Xie Linzhou, his brows furrowing slightly. "Is he drunk?"

Xiang Wenqing looked at Xie Linzhou helplessly, "I don't know what he went out to do half an hour ago. After he came back, he just kept drinking and wouldn't talk to anyone. We couldn't persuade him to stop."

Jin Chen walked to the sofa, bent down slightly, and called softly, "Zhouzhou... Xie Linzhou."

Xie Linzhou seemed to hear someone calling him. He slowly raised his head, looked at Jin Chen with a confused expression, and took several seconds to recognize him.

He was silent for two seconds, then suddenly mumbled incoherently, with a stubborn, drunken tone.

"...I have a boyfriend."

Upon hearing this, Jin Chen's eyes flashed with a smile, and she followed up by asking, "So, who is your boyfriend?"

Xie Linzhou lowered his eyes, staring at his fingertips, and fell silent again, his eyes quietly reddening.

This is nothing like the calm and collected designer Xie who is usually in the industry.

The few people who hadn't left the private room were stunned.

Jin Chen reached out and gently took his hand. "Let's go, I'll take you home."

Xie Linzhou instinctively tried to struggle, his wrist twitching, but when he caught a whiff of the sandalwood scent emanating from Jin Chen, his body was drawn to him as if by a magnet. He wrapped his arms around Jin Chen's waist, buried his face in his body, and followed him out obediently.

Watching this scene, Xiang Wenqing shook her head and sighed, "Ah, love..."

Yuan Qiu's expression became even more awkward, "Love..."

Jin Chen half-carried Xie Linzhou as they walked out, inevitably having to pass through the crowded bar area.

In his drunken haze, Xie Linzhou noticed that many people around him were staring at Jin Chen. As if a sensitive nerve had been touched, he instinctively hugged Jin Chen tightly, using his body to block those gazes, protecting her as if she were something else, not letting others see her.

Jin Chen was so tightly held that she could barely walk. She adjusted her position and coaxed softly, "Don't move around, walk properly."

“…Oh.” Xie Linzhou responded vaguely, finally quieting down and continuing to stick the stickers on silently.

As I walked to the bar entrance, a wave of damp, cold air hit me.

The rain outside was quite heavy, drizzling down, and the night air, mixed with damp moisture, was blowing directly onto people's faces.

Startled by the cold wind, Xie Linzhou closed his eyes and remained motionless for a few seconds as if in a trance, before turning around and burying himself in Jin Chen's arms for warmth.

Jin Chen raised her hand and ruffled his hair, which was a little messy from the wind. "Wait here for a moment, I'll go get the car."

Xie Linzhou took a few seconds to react before slowly standing up and nodding, "Okay."

But she didn't let go of Jin Chen's waist and hugged him for a while longer.

Jin Chen pinched his earlobe helplessly, "...Let go first."

Xie Linzhou raised his hazy, drunken eyes and glanced at him, reluctantly but still letting go of his hand.

Jin Chen turned around and strode towards the underground parking garage.

A short while later, Jin Chen drove the car out.

【Hey! It got away!】Zero Rolling Reminder.

Who ran away?

Zero, always eager for drama, exclaimed, "Your wife!"

At the bar entrance, the windshield wipers cleared the falling rain, and Jin Chen's vision became clear. The entrance was empty; Xie Linzhou was nowhere to be seen.

Only the glow of the neon sign cast long, lonely shadows on the wet ground.

Jinchen: "..."

He's not sober yet, why is he running around like that?