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    Chapter 39 The war escalates. You didn’t bully me.

    The work in Qincheng was finished, and Jiang Chen returned to Licheng despite being reluctant to leave.

    After reporting his work, Jiang Chen devoted himself to his job intensively.Fortunately, although Jiang Chen is not in the company, he has been handling matters through the internal system and emails, so there is not too much backlog.

    However, there are still many things that need to be dealt with on the spot. On the first day back to Licheng, Jiang Chen’s busy feet were like a spinning top.It was already midnight when I got home.

    Jiang Chen hesitated again and again, but still sent a WeChat message to Cheng Yuxin: “I miss you.”

    Cheng Yuxin replied instantly: “Me too.”

    Jiang Chen immediately made a video call: “Why isn’t the baby still sleeping so late?”

    Cheng Yuxin had a thin blush on her face because of his disgusting name: “You, why didn’t you sleep?”

    Jiang Chen didn’t want Cheng Yu to worry, so he didn’t talk about the situation in Licheng: “I think you can’t sleep thinking about it.”

    “I miss you too,” Cheng Yu thought. “I was afraid that you would be too busy on your first day back at the company, so I didn’t bother you. If I had known better, I would have contacted you earlier.”

    Cheng Yuxin’s tone was a little annoyed. Jiang Chen was afraid that he would blame himself, so he quickly said: “It’s not your problem. I am indeed quite busy today. But if you miss me, you can contact me at any time. No matter how busy you are, you won’t be able to reply to WeChat, right?”

    What Jiang Chen said made sense, but Cheng Yu didn’t want to burden Jiang Chen: “Are you tired?”

    “I’m not tired!” Jiang Chen said quickly, and then thought that it was so late, Cheng Yuxin might be tired, so he changed his words: “Actually, she’s a little tired.”

    Sure enough, after hearing what Jiang Chen said, Cheng Yuxin immediately wanted to end the video.Jiang Chen was reluctant to let go, but it was indeed too late. When he and Cheng Yuxin lived together, he had never seen Cheng Yuxin sleep so late.So Jiang Chen said: “Well, good night, baby.”

    The blush on Cheng Yuxin’s face became more and more obvious, and she whispered: “Good night, husband.”

    Because Cheng Yuxin called her husband, Jiang Chen was excited until the early hours of the morning.

    Alas, this is what kind of human torture.Obviously, he and his wife are in love with each other, but they live in two different places and cannot be touched or kissed.

    Jiang Chen endured both physical and mental torture and kept his eyes open until dawn.

    The next day Jiang Chen came to the company with two huge dark circles under his eyes.Although colleagues passing by didn’t know the inside story, they still felt the strong low pressure surrounding this new celebrity in the company.So everyone was very wise and didn’t come to provoke him. Even the subordinates who came to Jiang Chen to sign were more concise than ever before, striving for a quick resolution and running as fast as they could.

    Because everyone’s efficiency has generally improved, Jiang Chen did not work overtime for the first time.Jiang Chen, who got off work on time, didn’t hesitate to hit the accelerator and get on the highway, heading straight for Qincheng.

    On the way, Jiang Chen made a video call to Cheng Yuxin while driving.

    “Baby, I’m on my way!”

    “Are you going on a business trip again?” Cheng Yuxin saw Jiang Chen’s dark circles under his eyes due to lack of rest, and sounded a little distressed.

    “I’m not on a business trip. I came to Qincheng to find you.” Jiang Chen suppressed his excitement and said.

    “No, this is too hard. You should have a good rest first!” Cheng Yuxin did not approve of Jiang Chen being so impulsive.

    “I can’t do anything without you. I’ll be here soon, baby.” Jiang Chen couldn’t listen to anything now, he only wanted to see Cheng Yuxin as soon as possible.

    Seeing Jiang Chen’s determination, Cheng Yuxin could only give up and persuaded him to turn off the video and concentrate on driving.

    Jiang Chen obeyed this time and turned off the video to concentrate on driving.

    Even though there was no traffic jam, it was still almost seven o’clock when Jiang Chen arrived in Qincheng.

    Cheng Yuxin had already greeted her family, so the two met directly at the dining place.

    Cheng Yuxin never understood that her parents knew about her relationship with Jiang Chen, and Jiang Chen had a harmonious relationship with his parents, but the three of them still disagreed with Jiang Chen spending the night at Cheng’s house.

    Yes, three people.Both the Cheng family’s parents and Jiang Chen disagreed.

    Cheng Yuxin asked directly when they met.

    Jiang Chen said: “The elders also know that it is not convenient for them to be at home.”

    Jiang Chen’s meaning was too obvious, so Cheng Yuxin stopped asking any more questions.

    The two of them had dinner and walked around Central Street for a while. Fortunately, they didn’t meet any acquaintance this time.

    At around eight o’clock, the two arrived at the hotel. Cheng Yuxin originally wanted to chat with someone first.He was too curious about what happened after Jiang Chen returned to Licheng, and how he could put himself in such a state.

    However, Jiang Chen didn’t give him any chance. He went straight to the topic as soon as he entered the door and kept working on it until the early morning.

    At the end, Cheng Yuxin could not utter a single word.Even breathing made my throat sore.

    He looked at his satisfied partner with tears in his eyes, pleading with his eyes to let him go.

    Jiang Chen finally relented, and kissed those gentler eyes with the utmost tenderness: “Good night, my wife.”

    When she woke up the next day, Cheng Yuxin was still unable to speak, and there was severe pain everywhere in her body.Jiang Chen wanted to ask for leave for him, but Cheng Yuxin firmly disagreed. She held her phone tightly and refused to let Jiang Chen succeed.

    Jiang Chen looked at his firm eyes and finally gave up and kissed Cheng Yuxin on the lips: “I’m sorry, I’ll be more restrained next time.”

    Cheng Yuxin reached out and touched his cheek, as if comforting a big dog that had made a mistake.

    Jiang Chen gently rubbed Cheng Yuxin’s palm: “Baby, I’m leaving.”

    Chaosheng goes to work at eight in the morning, a full hour earlier than Zhiyu, who works nine to five.In addition, Jiang Chen was far away, and it was not even six o’clock when we set off.Cheng Yuxin decisively fell asleep and was woken up by the alarm clock at eight o’clock. She came to the company with breakfast.

    Cheng Yuxin sent a WeChat message to the department manager, saying that she had a cold and her voice was hoarse.I may not be able to speak today.

    The department manager immediately asked thoughtfully if he wanted to take leave.

    R&D Cheng Yuxin: Thank you, Manager Zou, I won’t ask for leave yet.

    Product Zou Mingli: OK.Just tell me if you can’t hold it anymore

    Everything went well for Cheng Yuxin. When his colleagues heard that he had lost his voice, they enthusiastically sent him throat lozenges.Cheng Yuxin accepted it politely.

    Jiang Chen’s side will be much more lively.As a cutting-edge enterprise at the forefront of the trend, Chaosheng has always been involved in big things and small things.The new department manager is also very capable, and he managed to defeat Qincheng’s Zhiyu within just one month of joining the company.

    There was a turmoil within the company.Some people want to win over the newcomer as soon as possible before they have a firm foothold, some want to observe the newcomer’s true ability and the power behind it, and some want to eradicate it as soon as possible and then quickly.

    Jiang Chen saw everything.Anyone who comes is welcome to enjoy it.There is nothing new under the sun, not to mention that the size of Chaosheng is much smaller than that of HT. Even if someone is determined to cause trouble, it is not even half as good as HT.

    So busy and juggled, a week passed in the blink of an eye.Jiang Chen didn’t work overtime on Friday, clocked in on time and went straight to Qincheng.

    Jiang Chen had already discussed it with Cheng Yuxin during the day, because Cheng Yuxin wanted Jiang Chen to have dinner with his family. Jiang Chen didn’t want to embarrass Cheng Yuxin, so he agreed.

    The meal was quite harmonious, and Jiang Chen naturally stayed after the meal.Cheng Yuxin offered to take Jiang Chen to visit the Cheng family compound.

    Of course Jiang Chen would not refuse, and under the guidance of Cheng Yuxin, he gained a new understanding of the wealthy family.

    The owner of the Cheng family, Cheng Zhishun, is a very nostalgic person, so you can see the past memories of the Cheng family at any time in the Cheng family.There are old photos of the Cheng brothers and sisters, group photos of the elders of the Cheng family, calligraphy and painting handicrafts by relatives and friends of the Cheng family, as well as flowers and plants cultivated by Mrs. Cheng herself, flower arrangements, textiles, pottery, etc. made by herself.

    Jiang Chen had never found these things before when he came to Cheng Ming’s house twice.Passing through a corridor filled with old photos, Jiang Chen followed Cheng Yuxin to the second floor.On the second floor, every detail of Cheng Yuxin’s life from childhood to adulthood is perfectly preserved, including toys from childhood, school supplies from school days, awards, trophies, school admission notices, and photos of classmates and friends.The study room is filled with physical books of novels, character setting collections, game discs, animation peripherals… everything is detailed and dazzling.

    Jiang Chen looked at it and suddenly discovered a problem.

    Among these photos and various objects, there is only one person missing.

    The man with the same face as Jiang Chen.

    Jiang Chen didn’t say anything. After the visit, he followed Cheng Yuxin to Cheng Yuxin’s bedroom.Cheng Yuxin’s bedroom is both simple and lively. The main color is very simple, with only one main color, beige.The entire room is wrapped in soft and warm beige, which perfectly resembles Cheng Yuxin’s calm character.

    But the rest of the room is extremely lively. The shelves on the table are filled with figurines of various shapes, bonsais, plush dolls, photo frames, and colorful colored papers, posters, and cards set in the photo frames…

    Jiang Chen looked around, and his eyes stopped on the small blue figure placed alone on the bedside.Dark blue hooded sweatshirt, the big sweatshirt hat covers the figure’s face.There is also a black and gold sword that is about the same height as the figure on its back.

    Cheng Yuxin must like this character very much, otherwise he wouldn’t be left alone in this place.Jiang Chen thought.

    After washing, the two of them lay on Cheng Yuxin’s bed and chatted calmly and gently.Mainly Jiang Chen asked and Cheng Yu answered heartily.Jiang Chen asked a lot about Cheng Yuxin’s classmates and friends, interesting things while growing up, worries after work… It was as if he was making a memoir about the protagonist Cheng Yuxin, and every detail was missed.

    Until all the questions have been asked, there is nothing left to ask.Jiang Chen finally asked the question that he considered taboo: “Just now, I didn’t see Lin Leshu’s photo.”

    As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Jiang Chen regretted them.It was clear that Cheng Yu had already let it go, so why did he bring it up again.

    Is it a shame?

    Cheng Yuxin was also stunned, obviously not expecting to hear Lin Leshu’s name from Jiang Chen’s mouth.

    Jiang Chen quickly tried to save himself: “I’m just talking nonsense! Just pretend you didn’t hear anything…”

    However, words spoken were like water thrown out. Jiang Chen couldn’t take back his words, and Cheng Yuxin couldn’t pretend he didn’t hear anything.

    Since some things have happened, no matter how embarrassing they are, they have to be faced.

    Cheng Yuxin blinked her dark eyes, turned around, took out a photo frame from the drawer, and handed it to Jiang Chen.

    Jiang Chen took it and looked at it quietly.In the photo frame was an ordinary photo of four people.The four boys in the photo are all about 18 or 19 years old, and they are either wearing casual sweatshirts or sports suits.The most formal one is undoubtedly the one on the far right, wearing a casual shirt and light blue jeans.The one on the far left is even wearing only a sports tank top and sports shorts.Combined with the unremarkable playground green space in the background, it looks like it was taken casually on an impromptu basis.

    Jiang Chen saw the same faint smiles on the faces of the four people in turn, and guessed the relationship between the four people without much thinking.

    Jiang Chen: “Are you roommates?”

    Cheng Yuxin nodded.

    “Let me guess,” Jiang Chen pointed to the boy in a sports suit on the far left and continued, “He participated in a sports competition and achieved good results. You are celebrating him.”

    After Jiang Chen finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at Cheng Yuxin without blinking.

    The attire of the four people was so obvious that it was not surprising that Jiang Chen guessed it correctly.What’s more, the boy Jiang Chen pointed at had a face exactly like Jiang Chen’s.

    Cheng Yuxin nodded, with a somewhat proud tone: “Five-thousand-meter long-distance running champion.”

    Jiang Chen naturally guessed this, after all, he had seen the champion’s photo on the official account of Yucheng University a long time ago.Jiang Chen thought of another champion.

    “I actually don’t understand why…” Jiang Chen hesitated, he always felt that since he was the person Cheng Yuxin liked before, even if he didn’t make it to the end, he wouldn’t be a guy with corrupt moral character and deceitful feelings.

    But if not, how could he marry a girl after breaking up?

    Jiang Chen suddenly made a bold guess.

    “Is Lin Leshu really your ex-boyfriend?”

    Cheng Yuxin had been waiting for Jiang Chen to finish speaking. When he heard him ask this question, she shook her head honestly.

    That all makes sense.

    Jiang Chen returned the photo frame to Cheng Yuxin: “I understand everything.”

    “What did you understand?” Cheng Yuxin asked.

    “Your teenage worries.” Jiang Chen lovingly touched the top of Cheng Yuxin’s head, “It must be hard to have a secret love.”

    Cheng Yuxin’s mood, which had been stable throughout the night, was like a boat that had traveled tens of thousands of kilometers in the dark and finally saw a faint light in the thick sea fog.It was as if someone had crossed the boundless sea and traveled thousands of miles across mountains and seas just to find him.

    Cheng Yuxin threw herself into Jiang Chen’s arms, her face naturally buried in Jiang Chen’s chest.

    Jiang Chen couldn’t see his expression, but felt the warmth on his chest.

    Cheng Yuxin cried.

    He just held the person in his arms without speaking or making any movement.Until Cheng Yuxin raised his head, Jiang Chen saw his red eyes, with wet tears hanging under them, like a wronged cat.

    “I’m sorry, I made you cry.” Jiang Chen used dry fingers to help him wipe away the tears hanging on his cheeks.

    Cheng Yuxin quickly shook his head: “You don’t need to apologize.”

    “But seeing you like this makes me feel bad.” He held Cheng Yuxin’s hand and placed it on the left side of his chest. “It’s very angry now because I bullied you.”

    Cheng Yuxin felt the violent beating from the palm of his hand.Cheng Yuxin still shook his head: “You didn’t bully me.”

    “Then kiss me.”

    Cheng Yuxin raised her head and placed a light kiss on Jiang Chen’s cheek.

    “Not here.”

    Cheng Yuxin hesitated for a moment, then slowly kissed Jiang Chen’s lips under Jiang Chen’s expectant gaze.

    The moment they touched, Jiang Chen hugged the person and deepened the kiss.Cheng Yu’s heart subconsciously catered to him, making Jiang Chen’s already fierce desire burn even more intensely.

    Jiang Chen completely forgot that he was still in the Cheng family at this moment, and it was already late at night when he woke up.Cheng Yuxin had already fallen asleep. Jiang Chen accidentally woke him up and gently wiped his body with a hot towel.

    Jiang Chen couldn’t sleep and planned to go to the second floor to look at the photos of Cheng Yuxin when he was a child.As soon as she opened the door, she saw Mrs. Cheng standing upright on the other side of the corridor.The snow-white face was half-hidden and half-hidden in the deep night, like a female ghost seeking her life.

    Jiang Chen knew what was going on as soon as he saw Mrs. Cheng’s posture.Is the movement really loud?

    Jiang Chen shook his head helplessly, closed the door gently, walked closer and asked in a lower voice: “Auntie, what’s the matter so late?”

    “This is my home, and I should be the one to ask this question.”

    Mrs. Cheng’s voice was unhappy, and her face was so dark that it looked like she could squeeze out ink.

    Jiang Chen smiled lightly and said truthfully: “I want to see Cheng Yuxin’s photos.”

    Mrs. Cheng didn’t speak, her round almond-shaped eyes stared intently at Jiang Chen’s face.

    Jiang Chen’s expression suddenly became serious.

    Mrs. Cheng didn’t look at it for a long time, and soon she looked away. Her voice was no longer as angry as before.”Sooner or later, Xiaoyu will see your true face one day.”

    “Thank you, aunt, for reminding me.”

    Mrs. Cheng turned around angrily and went downstairs.

    It wasn’t until the sounds downstairs completely disappeared that Jiang Chen went to the room on the second floor where the photos were placed.

    After looking at Cheng Yuxin’s photo carefully again, Jiang Chen returned to Cheng Yuxin’s room, got into bed and lay down next to Cheng Yuxin’s body. Jiang Chen secretly made up his mind to buy the house that he had been looking forward to within a month.

    Early the next morning, I had breakfast with the Cheng family’s parents quite calmly. After saying goodbye to the Cheng family’s parents, the two went shopping together in the newly opened shopping plaza in the center of Qincheng City.

    It was Jiang Chen who suggested it, because this shopping mall is very close to the house he is interested in.

    The newly opened shopping mall is quite lively, and there are many activities.A round trip can be considered a fruitful experience.Jiang Chen bought a gift for each of Cheng’s parents, and also bought a couple’s suit for himself and Cheng Yuxin, and also bought a new set of jewelry to match the suit.Finally, we passed by a newly opened well-known chain hot pot restaurant. Since it was almost noon, Cheng Yuxin suggested that we just eat hot pot.

    The two came to the store. The new store had generous activities and launched many packages to attract specific groups of people, including a two-person package for couples.

    When Jiang Chen heard that purchasing a couple’s package would give him a limited set of couple’s ornaments, he immediately stopped thinking about anything and asked for this package.

    “Let’s take a look at the contents of the package first,” Cheng Yu thought.

    “Give us the ornaments first.” Jiang Chen said, “Both of our cars happen to be missing an ornament.”

    “I’m not lacking.” Cheng Yuxin never puts messy ornaments and other things in the car.

    “No, you are missing.” Jiang Chen said.

    Seeing how serious he was, Cheng Yuxin smiled helplessly: “Okay, I’m lacking.”

    The content of the set meal was far richer than Cheng Yuxin expected, and the craftsmanship of the ornaments was also very exquisite.The characters on the ornaments are a pair of pink and blue anime couple characters. The male character wears the iconic blue cape and hood of the same color, and holds a dark blue and gold astrology in his hand.The female character wears a classic pink Lolita dress and holds a white and gold scepter.Both the shape and details are absolutely worthy of the word “limited”.

    It was a satisfying meal.After lunch, Jiang Chen paid the bill at the front desk, and Cheng Yuxin walked out of the hot pot restaurant with an ornament in one hand.Among the diners queuing up at the door, a young man who looked like a couple asked him if the store had run out of decorations.

    Cheng Yuxin didn’t understand the situation and said truthfully: “I don’t know.”

    At this time, the girl in the couple held up her mobile phone and said: “I swiped it, this store has sold out.”

    “Then what to do,” the boy in the couple said distressedly, “We have already visited several stores and have sold out all of them.”

    “Would you like to check out other stores?” the girl asked, “There is another one in the university town, let’s go check it out.”

    “The university town is too far, and there are so many college students. I guess the delivery has already been finished.” The boy obviously didn’t want to go to the university town. He rolled his eyes and stopped waiting in line. He chased after Cheng Yuxin and stopped him, who had already left.

    “Wait a minute, handsome! Can I buy your ornaments? My girlfriend likes this IP very much, and we can’t buy it anywhere.”

    Cheng Yuxin stopped. He didn’t know the IP and didn’t like the ornaments.If it was just him, it wouldn’t matter if it was given to them for free.But the ornaments were what Jiang Chen wanted. Thinking of how happy Jiang Chen was when he got the ornaments, Cheng Yuxin decisively rejected the other party’s request.

    “No.”

    “Come on, handsome guy. It’s useless for you to take it anyway. How about 200 yuan? It only sells for fifty or sixty yuan online.” The boy, Ding Chengyu, is a boy at heart and is not interested in such gadgets. He said seductively.

    “No.” Cheng Yuxin still refused decisively.

    “You look like a sissy when you are riding a horse, and you have the temperament of a mother-in-law. If you don’t sell it for 200 yuan, do you want to raise the price like a lion!” The boy suddenly lost his patience and started to curse.

    “What are you doing? If you don’t want to sell it, you won’t sell it. Let’s go!” The girl chased after her. Seeing that her boyfriend was getting angry, she quickly stepped forward to dissuade her.

    “This guy is ignorant. He doesn’t sell anything for even 200 yuan. He really doesn’t think he is capable -” The boy became more and more angry after being persuaded by his girlfriend, and even raised his hand.

    Before he finished speaking, the boy’s arm was grabbed by someone, followed by a shrill howl.

    The boy’s arm was twisted behind his back with great force, and the whole arm was twisted into a weird angle.

    The crowd suddenly dispersed, for fear of getting angry.Some people took out their mobile phones to call the police, and others had already started recording videos.

    Cheng Yuxin looked behind the boy and saw Jiang Chen with a sullen expression on his face.

    “What did you just say?” Jiang Chen didn’t let go, his tone was unkind.

    “I just want to buy some peripherals. What’s wrong with me!” The boy grinned in pain, but he still spoke harshly.

    “Brother, can you let go? I’m sorry, we know we were wrong.” The girl felt sorry for her boyfriend and apologized simply.

    “It’s none of your business.” Jiang Chen didn’t even look at the girl. He used more strength on his hands and continued to ask the boy: “What did you just say?”

    The boy was in pain so much that tears came out. He no longer said harshly: “I was wrong, I’m sorry, I won’t dare to do it anymore. We won’t buy any peripherals, so let’s go.”

    Only then did Jiang Chen let go.He walked towards the person recording the video and said, “The video has been deleted.”

    The girl also came over: “Brother, please delete it. We are still students. If the instructor sees it, it will be over!”

    The elder brother who recorded the video saw that the girl was so frightened that he turned pale. He deleted the video, emptied the recycle bin, and said to the girl: “Little girl, you are a very nice person, and he is your boyfriend…” The elder brother said this, but did not finish the sentence.

    The girl bowed her thanks repeatedly: “Thank you, big brother. Thank you, big brother. We won’t dare to do that again!”

    The crowd gradually returned to normal, and Jiang Chen took this moment to walk towards Cheng Yuxin.

    “You weren’t scared.”

    Cheng Yuxin shook his head: “I am such an old man, what can happen to me?”

    Jiang Chen was about to say, you better not leave my sight in the future.If you look too ostentatious, you can easily provoke villains.

    At this time, Cheng Yuxin put the ornaments in Jiang Chen’s hands: “Get your ornaments.”

    Jiang Chen suddenly remembered what the boy had been talking about just now.It turned out to be for these two things.

    It turned out that Cheng Yuxin was targeted by that person just for decoration.

    Jiang Chen felt his heart become restless.I really want to hug Cheng Yu and kiss him hard.Let him never take a step away from him again.

    But Cheng Yuxin definitely didn’t like the crowds coming and going around.

    Jiang Chen slowly exhaled and held the ornament with force.After a while, his throat moved slightly: “Yes. I’ve got it.”

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