Chapter 54
By the time they finished watching the flag-raising ceremony, it was already around seven in the morning.
Yu Chen was not sleepy at all. Full of energy, he waved his little red flag and went on a stylish city walk with He Zhen. Before heading back, they stopped by a roadside stall and ate a hot bowl of tofu pudding with fried dough sticks.
Outside the hotel room, the bodyguards were still standing watch. They had assumed the two of them were sleeping in and had planned to knock when breakfast was delivered at eight. After learning that the two young masters had sneaked out and roamed around all night, the bodyguards’ faces turned pale. Very seriously, they explained the dangers involved. In their impression, He Zhen had always been polite, well-behaved, and never reckless, so the security team had stayed comparatively relaxed and had not needed to worry every second, the way other wealthy families did, about the young master running off.
After they went back inside, Yu Chen looked worried. “Boss, it’s all my fault. I suddenly wanted to go see the flag-raising and dragged you along. If they tell Grandpa, you’ll definitely get scolded.”
“I wanted to go too, so this isn’t your fault.” After taking off his dirty coat, He Zhen comforted Yu Chen. “Don’t worry. They won’t say anything. Besides, I already promised them I won’t go out alone again next time.”
Yu Chen nodded, hugged his clothes, took a hot shower, then burrowed comfortably into the blankets, ready to sleep for a while.
Seeing how naturally Yu Chen had made himself at home, He Zhen teased, “Yu Chenchén, how about I get you your own room?”
Yu Chen had only just warmed up the bed. There was no way he was moving.
Yawning, he asked in complete confusion, “Why?”
He Zhen’s words carried a deeper meaning. “This bed is even smaller than the one in my room. Don’t you think it’s cramped?”
Yu Chen covered his ears. “Not listening, not listening—turtle chanting sutras.”
“You’re the little turtle.” He Zhen pressed his thin lips together, a low laugh slipping out from deep in his throat. “Since you don’t want to move, I’ll go sleep in the room next door.”
“You’re not allowed to!” Yu Chen hurriedly jumped barefoot off the bed and grabbed He Zhen’s arm. “I’ll be scared sleeping by myself. You can sleep on the sofa.”
He Zhen looked at the fairly spacious sofa and the corner of his lips lifted. “Yu Chenchén, you’re being a bit too much.”
“Aren’t you the one who said the bed is small? Then you sleep on the sofa.” Yu Chen acted as though he had a point no matter how unreasonable he was, still clutching He Zhen’s arm. “I don’t care. You’re not allowed to leave. You have to sleep in this room.”
He Zhen looked at him meaningfully. “So domineering.”
“Mm.” Yu Chen’s tone rose. Right as he was making a fuss, both his feet suddenly left the floor. In the next moment, He Zhen had scooped him up in a bridal carry.
Yu Chen panicked and asked at once, “Boss, what are you doing?”
“You’ll catch cold walking around barefoot.” He Zhen tucked him back into the blankets. “I’m going to shower. After that, I’ll sleep on the sofa.”
The bathroom glass was frosted, so the silhouette inside could still be seen.
When Yu Chen realized He Zhen was undressing, he rolled around on the bed, then secretly hid under the blanket and covered his eyes.
He had really only been saying it casually. He had not expected He Zhen to take him seriously.
Still, the sofa was fine too.
After agonizing for a bit, he quietly lowered the blanket beneath his eyes and stared without moving at the strong figure inside the bathroom.
Honestly, his boss really did have a good body.
The two of them rested for the whole morning, then continued visiting the major sights in the afternoon. This time they could not shake off the bodyguards, so they could only let them trail along behind.
Still, aside from being a bit awkward, it was not too bad.
When they went to the Forbidden City, they ran into the teachers who had brought He Zhen to the Math Olympiad. Seeing Yu Chen there too, one of the teachers smiled and asked if he had come specially to keep He Zhen company.
Yu Chen nodded shyly and noticed Lin He standing behind the teacher.
He had forgotten who Lin He was. He only felt that the boy looked familiar.
Lin He took the initiative to speak to him. “Hello, Yu Chen. Long time no see.”
Yu Chen covered up the embarrassment of not recognizing him and put on an enthusiastic act instead. “Long time no see.”
After Lin He left, Yu Chen tugged on He Zhen’s sleeve. “Boss, that guy just now is from our school, right?”
He Zhen looked slightly surprised. “You… don’t remember him anymore?”
Yu Chen shook his head. “No.”
He Zhen raised his brows. “He’s the one who confessed to you after the military training performance that day.”
Yu Chen suddenly remembered. “Ah, right.”
Yu Chen’s reaction satisfied He Zhen greatly. His gaze lowered slightly as he asked once more to make sure, “You really don’t remember him?”
“Of course not. We barely even talked.” Yu Chen’s brow shifted slightly. “Is he your rival?”
He Zhen nodded. “Mm, you could say that.”
Yu Chen’s survival instincts kicked in immediately, and he launched into a rainbow-fart compliment. “I think your score is definitely better than his.”
He Zhen was clearly much harder to fool than he had been when they were younger. He asked lazily, “From yesterday until now, you haven’t even asked me how my exam went. So how do you already know I’m better than him?”
Yu Chen clicked his tongue and felt that He Zhen had become more and more petty lately, always wanting to argue over everything.
“Just intuition. You’re my boss, the little math genius, the Einstein of our generation.” Yu Chen curved his eyes ingratiatingly. “If you don’t take first place, then who would?”
He Zhen was fairly satisfied with that answer and reached out to ruffle Yu Chen’s messy hair.
After staying two days in Jing City, He Zhen brought Yu Chen back.
The results of the math competition would only come out about two months later. He Zhen had already prepared Yu Chen mentally in advance, telling him that next year, when the new season started, Yu Chen would have to register too.
“The top fifty in the national math competition can get direct admission to Qingbei. After that, they can qualify for the NOI international competition, and if the results are good, MIT might even send an offer early.”
Yu Chen felt a lot of pressure after hearing that, but for the sake of getting into his dream university, he still decided to give it his all.
Among the competition subjects, biology was his stronger one.
He Zhen carefully helped him analyze his strengths and weaknesses, and in the end decided to register him for biology.
The saffron-related research topic he had been working on was also biology-related, and on top of that, he had already submitted papers to major international journals, so he could accumulate more materials for applying to MIT’s biology program.
After returning, time began to pass faster and faster.
Before winter vacation arrived, final exams officially began.
Under He Zhen and Yu Chen’s leadership, every member of their support group improved greatly. On top of that, they had Lin Jiashu as their secret weapon. Whenever Lin Jiashu was in good shape, the entire group’s average score shot upward, instantly maxing out the whole group’s KPI and practically booking the annual championship in advance.
This time, Fang Jingrao improved by more than a hundred places, and his parents rewarded him with the Aston Martin mountain bike he had been dreaming about. On the day the results came out, Yu Chen’s group was celebrating as if it were New Year—just short of setting off firecrackers.
When Yu Chen saw He Zhen’s name still sitting at the very top of the rankings, he was incomparably proud. “I told you, my boss is going to dominate the throne of first place in the grade for all three years.”
Xiao Yu teased, “Fat Chenchén, that expression of yours makes it look like you were the one who took first.”
“There’s no distinction between the two of us. Besides, I placed fifteenth this time, which is also very excellent.” Yu Chen happily put away his own score slip, planning to paste it in front of Li Huan’s desk at home with the words bringing glory to the ancestors written above it.
“This Lin He is pretty pitiful too. With He Zhen around, he’ll never be able to take first.” Xiao Yu stared at the rankings thoughtfully. “If I remember right, wasn’t Chen Yize the top scorer in our middle school entrance exam? His grades dropped pretty badly this year.”
He Zhi’an gossiped, “I heard his parents are middle school math and physics teachers, so they probably used to tutor him after class. Now that he’s in high school and doesn’t have private tutors, it’s not the same.”
“Everyone is amazing. Everyone has off days.” Seeing Lin He ranked second, Yu Chen suddenly remembered the Olympiad. “Boss, are the Math Olympiad results out yet?”
He Zhen was doing shorthand for his listening practice. “Not yet. It should be in the next few days.”
Yu Chen cheered him on. “Don’t worry. You’ll definitely be fine.”
The bell rang for class, and the math teacher hurried in with quick steps.
“Class, before we begin, I have some good news to share.”
Teacher Li smiled as he pushed up his glasses, clearly eager to tell them. “Not long ago, He Zhen represented Hai City in the national Math Olympiad and achieved first place in the entire country, winning the gold medal!”
As He Zhen’s school-side instructor, Teacher Li felt tremendously gratified. Even though he had run over so fast that he was sweating all over, he still enthusiastically led the whole class in applauding for He Zhen.
Yu Chen was the most excited of all. When he stood up to clap, his pride and joy were written all over his face. Anyone who did not know better might have thought he was the one who had placed.
“At present, He Zhen has already secured direct admission to Qingbei, with complete freedom to choose any major.”
“Holy shit, Brother Zhen is incredible!” From behind, He Zhi’an patted He Zhen on the shoulder, his eyes full of envy.
His mother had once said that although the He family had produced top students before, the ceiling had been his younger uncle and maternal grandfather.
Now that they had He Zhen, the He family’s face was lit with glory too.
Xiao Yu clapped along as well, and for once sincerely acknowledged He Zhen.
Fang Jingrao was even more excited. He clapped until his hands turned red, his eyes shining with admiration and respect as he looked at He Zhen.
Meanwhile, Lin He’s math teacher also announced good news.
Although Lin He had not made it into the top fifty nationwide and thus lost the chance to enter the national team training camp, he had obtained qualification for Qingbei’s independent assessment. If he passed that, he could still be directly admitted.
The students around him were all applauding, but Lin He could not smile at all. Because he had just heard that He Zhen had taken first in the entire country.
His smile was bitter as he lowered his head and continued doing his exercises.
If there had been no He Zhen, then he too should have been a favored son of heaven.
But because this benchmark existed, in everyone’s mind, the most outstanding person would always be He Zhen.
Even the Yu Chen he liked had only He Zhen in his heart.
How was he supposed to explain this to his parents when he got home?
Lin He worked through the exercises in a dispirited state, trying desperately to hide his jealousy.
That very night, Yu Chen’s group held a lively celebration party at White Rose Manor.
For once, Grandpa He was willing to mingle with the young people. Clutching his grandson’s gold medal in his hand, he had not felt this exhilarated in a very long time.
While drinking lemon tea, He Zhen helped Yu Chen sign up for the five major academic competitions for the new season.
Besides biology, there were also informatics, chemistry, and physics.
Among those subjects, Yu Chen was strongest in biology, so He Zhen decided that starting from today, he would find a teacher to give Yu Chen intensive tutoring in biology and prepare him for next year’s competition. If Yu Chen could place well in the future, then even if he could not get into MIT, he would still be able to choose any top university in the country.
He Zhi’an had gone wild today.
He held a popper tube in his hand and sprayed confetti everywhere.
Even Grandpa He’s wheelchair got sprayed into a riot of colors.
Yu Chen was happily gnawing on pork ribs. With He Zhen taking care of his competition registration at his side, he did not have to worry about a thing.
At that moment, some of the streamers from He Zhi’an’s popper landed in Yu Chen’s bowl. He Zhen looked up at He Zhi’an. “Watch where you’re spraying.”
“Oh.” Behind He Zhen’s back, He Zhi’an made an exaggerated face, making Grandpa He laugh despite himself.
He Zhi’an complained, “Grandpa, look at He Zhen. He’s being mean to me.”
Grandpa He coaxed him, “I heard your grades improved a lot this time? Your total score went up by over a hundred points?”
“Yeah!” He Zhi’an said excitedly. “So is there a reward, my dearest grandpa?”
Grandpa He took a sip of soup. “What do you want?”
He Zhi’an opened his mouth like a lion. “I want a yacht! During winter break, I’ll take you all deep-sea fishing.”
Grandpa He did not even hesitate. “Sure.”
He Zhi’an immediately pulled up a picture of a yacht and showed it to Grandpa He. “Look, let’s buy this one.”
Grandpa He said, “No problem.”
After seeing the price of the yacht, Fang Jingrao’s eyes went wide.
Yachts cost this much?
He Zhi’an was the type who loved sharing his good fortune. He had already started planning to drag all his little friends out for fun during winter break.
“Jiashu, when are you free? Do you like fishing?”
A huge part of He Zhi’an’s rapid improvement had been thanks to Lin Jiashu. This new deskmate of his was beautiful and good-looking, but most importantly, he was also helpful, which made He Zhi’an like him very much.
“I’m going back to Su City for winter break, so I might not be here.”
“That’s alright. I can go to Su City and play with you.”
As Yu Chen gulped down fruit juice, he kept feeling that He Zhi’an had been in an especially good mood lately, exactly like when he had been in love in middle school.
“Xiao Yu, drink this soup. It’s really good.”
Yu Chen served Xiao Yu and Fang Jingrao each a bowl. “I can drink at least five bowls.”
Lin Jiashu laughed at that. “Five bowls? Then can you still eat anything else?”
Yu Chen laughed too. “Of course. I can still eat two more bowls of rice.”
Lin Jiashu pressed down the smile at his lips. “But you look really thin. Is it because you naturally don’t gain weight?”
“Our Chenchén,” Grandpa He said cheerfully to Lin Jiashu, “had a nickname when he was little.”
Lin Jiashu had heard Xiao Yu call him that before, and only then did he understand where it came from.
“At home, anything that makes it onto the dining table is called what again?” Grandpa He turned to He Zhen.
He Zhen laughed softly. “Fat Chenchén Approved.”
Grandpa He was amused. “Right, Fat Chenchén Approved.”
Xiao Yu and Fang Jingrao secretly laughed at Yu Chen. Yu Chen shoveled rice into his mouth with flushed cheeks, embarrassed enough that he could not say a single word in defense.
Lin Jiashu was actually very curious why the He family treated Yu Chen so well. Yu Chen looked completely like the He family’s second young master.
It was not until ten at night that everyone was finally sent home one after another by the He family’s drivers.
He Zhen escorted Grandpa He back to his bedroom. Grandpa He solemnly hung the gold medal in the display cabinet, right beside the honors he himself had earned over most of his lifetime, and for a moment he was overcome with emotion.
“Xiao Zhen, Grandpa is truly proud of you.”
Grandpa He’s eyes grew wet, and his cloudy gaze trembled with excitement. “Tell me—whatever you want, Grandpa will grant it.”
“There’s nothing I particularly want. But if you insist that I make a request, then please stop worrying about the company and leave it to the vice president for now.”
Lately, Grandpa He’s health had declined sharply. Ever since his heart had started acting up a few months ago, he had needed to rely on a large amount of medication every day just to hold on. No matter how the doctors tried to persuade him, he refused to let go of company matters.
“My grandson has grown up. He knows how to care about Grandpa now.” Grandpa He raised a hand toward He Zhen, pulled him into an embrace, and patted his shoulder. “Don’t worry. Grandpa knows what he’s doing.”
He Zhen nodded and helped Grandpa He back to bed to rest.
Before sleeping, Grandpa He asked again, “Xiao Zhen, you always never ask for anything. Honestly, that makes Grandpa a little worried.”
He Zhen sat lightly on the edge of the bed and asked in a low voice, “What are you worried about?”
Grandpa He paused for a moment, but in the end said nothing.
For people like them, veterans of the business world, the thing they feared most was someone who wanted nothing.
Because it meant they could never get hold of that person’s weak point.
It was not that he wanted to seize He Zhen’s weakness. He was only afraid that one day He Zhen might end up like He Jingyue—leaving him behind and walking away with someone else.
He often wondered, what did their He Zhen actually like?
For more than ten years, other than liking to play with Yu Chen, Grandpa He truly had not discovered any other hobbies of his.
“Xiao Zhen, one day… will you leave Grandpa?”
He Zhen tucked the blanket around him properly. “I already told you—so long as you need me, I’ll always be here.”
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye it was already the first lunar month.
Throughout the entire winter break, Yu Chen and He Zhen only rested for a few days. The rest of the time, they were busy with various training camps.
After discussing it with Li Huan, He Zhen chose a competition prep class for Yu Chen. Every morning Yu Chen went out to study there, and in the afternoons a tutor came over for one-on-one lessons.
There were only six months left before the next round of national competitions began, so Yu Chen had to hurry and raise his biology results.
He Zhen himself was even busier than Yu Chen. Besides attending training sessions for the national team, he also kept up with subjects like public administration. Other than making sure he slept at least six hours a day, he spent all the rest of his time studying like crazy.
Yu Chen’s lucky money haul this year was once again very plentiful.
Besides Grandpa He’s and Li Huan’s, there was also a red envelope from He Zhen.
This year, He Zhen had packed his envelope especially thick, so much so that Yu Chen’s little safe was almost too full to fit it.
Watching Yu Chen beam with joy as he sat there counting money, the exhaustion from He Zhen’s dull and grinding days instantly lightened.
After the New Year, the two of them continued their hard study.
That kind of life carried on all the way into the first semester of their second year of high school.
The arts-and-sciences stream split had ended, and Yu Chen’s original class barely changed at all. Only three students chose the arts stream and transferred into the arts class.
Hongwen High School had always had a tradition: in every exam, the seating chart was arranged according to the previous overall grade rankings, from beginning to end. In other words, the thirty students in Exam Room One were the top thirty students in the entire grade.
By now, Yu Chen’s grades had stabilized around the top fifteen in the grade, so he was not that far behind He Zhen. The semester’s first placement exam was about to begin, and Yu Chen was almost hanging from the rafters and stabbing his thigh with an awl—studying every night until very late.
The support-group system also continued this school year, though the homeroom teacher suggested that Lin Jiashu move to another group and serve as its leader. He Zhi’an panicked and absolutely refused to part ways with Lin Jiashu. After much pestering and pleading from him, the homeroom teacher finally relented and agreed to let Lin Jiashu take He Zhi’an along with him.
Seeing how firm He Zhi’an was, Xiao Yu quietly discussed it with Yu Chen. “Do you think He Zhi’an likes Lin Jiashu?”
Yu Chen mulled it over. “Jiashu is good-looking. It’s normal if An’an likes him.”
Xiao Yu stroked his chin. “That’s not right though. Didn’t He Zhi’an date girls in middle school? He shouldn’t like boys.”
The fountain pen in Yu Chen’s hand paused. “It’s normal to start liking boys because of your environment too.”
Xiao Yu did not continue the gossip. Instead, he grabbed Fang Jingrao and started reciting On the State of Liang together, since the homeroom teacher was going to test them on it later.
Around them echoed the voices of Xiao Yu and Fang Jingrao reciting.
Yu Chen lightly pressed his fountain pen against the corner of his eye and secretly looked over at He Zhen.
Ever since they had returned from Jing City, the way the two of them got along had become as natural as before, but also somehow different. For example, now He Zhen would not casually scoop him into his arms anymore, and Yu Chen would no longer flop onto He Zhen like when they were little and demand that he tell him stories.
Still, He Zhen’s feelings for him were hidden in countless details and small actions, and Yu Chen was sensing it more and more strongly.
One night, he had fallen asleep sprawled over his desk. Before going to bed, He Zhen had come into his room to check whether he had covered himself with a blanket properly, only to find him asleep there and carry him into bed.
And the concise summaries and key question sets for every one of Yu Chen’s subjects were all custom-made by He Zhen. He also regularly trained Yu Chen on his mistake sets, saving him a lot of time and making his preparation for the biology competition far more efficient.
Yu Chen knew that his boss was incredibly, incredibly busy. He could not bear to let He Zhen split his attention even more by tutoring him. But He Zhen had said that helping him study was something that made him happy—a relaxing time after class.
Yu Chen really liked the way the two of them were now.
Before getting into MIT, it was still better to focus on studying first.
As long as both of them understood each other’s feelings, that was enough.
A week later, the first placement exam of the first semester in second year officially began.
Yu Chen and He Zhen arrived at the exam room together and looked for their seats. This time it was a lucky coincidence. Yu Chen had ranked twelfth in the grade last time, and because the seats in the room were arranged in an S-shape, with six seats per column, by the time it was his turn, he ended up seated exactly to He Zhen’s right.
There were still thirty minutes before the exam started. Yu Chen was a little excited. Resting his chin on his hand, he raised a brow lightly at He Zhen. “Boss, one day, I’m going to sit behind you.”
He Zhen smiled lazily. “What you should say is, one day, you’ll sit in front of me.”
Yu Chen laughed openly. “Fine. I’ll work hard in that direction.”
Every word of their conversation fell right into Lin He’s ears.
He was seated behind He Zhen and quietly stared at that back.
Throughout their entire first year of high school, he had stayed firmly in second place.
Every time he brought home his exam scores, his parents would nag him for a long time, saying he was not as smart as He Zhen, that his mind was not as quick.
After his parents learned that He Zhen had secured direct admission to Qingbei, they ignored him for a long while. It was only after he passed Qingbei’s independent assessment that their attitude toward him improved.
“Boss, when will the global competition results come out?”
“That one’s slower. Probably next semester.”
“Then I’m predicting in advance—you’ll definitely take top three.”
“You’re that confident?”
“Of course. I trust little Einstein’s ability.”
Each and every one of Yu Chen’s words struck Lin He’s heart.
No one had ever said such things to him.
Not even his best friends. At most, they offered perfunctory comfort. No one had ever smiled at him with the same sincerity Yu Chen showed.
The exam bell rang, and He Zhen passed the papers back to him.
Lin He glanced lightly to his right, where Zhang Xiao—seated there—gave him a small nod.
It was the first time Lin He had ever done something like this. The palm holding his pen was damp with sweat.
He had analyzed things for a long time. Compared with He Zhen, his greatest weakness was physics, while his greatest strength was Chinese.
Zhang Xiao’s physics grades had improved by leaps and bounds over the past six months. In the last exam, Zhang Xiao’s physics score in that single subject had even surpassed He Zhen’s.
If the two of them worked together, then overtaking He Zhen would not be impossible.
Just then, Lin Li behind him lightly kicked his chair.
Lin He straightened his back in response.
Lin Li’s strength was English, and English had the most multiple-choice questions. During the exam, the two of them would swap answers by exchanging erasers.
And what Lin He could offer the two of them, besides money, were the corresponding answers in Chinese and math.
Two-thirds of the Chinese exam had already passed. Zhang Xiao, seated next to him, raised a hand slightly, signaling for Lin He to pass him a note.
Taking advantage of the teacher not paying attention, Lin He quietly wrote down all the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank answers on a slip of paper and stuffed it inside a hollow eraser.
The teacher was patrolling on the far right side of the room. From that angle, there was no way the teacher should have been able to see their little movements.
Lin He held his breath and used his elbow to nudge the eraser off the desk.
Because he used too little force, the eraser only fell to the front side of his own desk, far out of Zhang Xiao’s reach.
His back was drenched in sweat. He slowly stretched out his foot to nudge the eraser forward.
Suddenly—
The teacher, who had been far off on the right side, appeared behind him.
The teacher narrowed his eyes and looked at him. “Lift your foot.”
Lin He’s mind exploded with a buzz, turning blank in an instant.
The teacher bent down, picked up the eraser, and slowly opened it.
The moment he saw the answers tucked inside, his brows furrowed. “I thought there wouldn’t be any cheating in our exam room. I didn’t expect that even you would do something like this.”
The teacher ordered Lin He to stand and sternly asked, “Our school strictly forbids this kind of cheating. Speak. Who were you passing this to?”
From the corner of his eye, Lin He saw Zhang Xiao’s nervousness and quickly weighed the possibility of exposing him.
If he dragged Zhang Xiao into this, Zhang Xiao would definitely expose the fact that Lin He had bribed him to cheat in the physics exam too. If that happened, Lin He would be completely finished.
But if…
He stared at He Zhen in front of him, the one everyone praised as heaven’s favored son, and took a deep breath.
“Teacher, it was He Zhen. He asked me to pass it to him.”
Hearing the unexpected name, the teacher showed obvious astonishment. “He Zhen?”
Every student in the exam hall stopped writing and watched the drama unfold.
After hearing his own name, He Zhen rose coldly to his feet and looked at Lin He.
“Lin He, when did I ever—”
“You’re lying! How could He Zhen possibly ask you to pass him answers? You’re slandering him!”
Yu Chen was the first to lose it. Throwing down his pen, he rushed over, ready to argue with Lin He on the spot.
Lin He’s face was pale, and big beads of sweat slid down from his neck.
“Yu Chen! What does any of this have to do with you?”
The teacher shot Yu Chen a warning glare, then coldly told Lin He and He Zhen, “You two, come out. Stop the exam.”
Yu Chen tried to stop the teacher. “You can check the surveillance footage.”
“I don’t need you to tell me that. If you don’t want to keep taking the exam either, you can come out too.” Angry, the teacher collected He Zhen’s and Lin He’s test papers and placed them on the podium, then gestured toward the door. “Well? Why aren’t you leaving yet?”
He Zhen soothed Yu Chen and motioned for him to sit down.
“Don’t worry. I’m fine.”
After saying that, he walked out one after another with Lin He.
