Chu Jin quickly recognized he was acting strangely and rapidly tamped it down.

It was just Shao Ci, that’s all. It didn’t deserve his worry. Besides, he was perfectly clear about what kind of person Shao Ci was. It was just admiration for someone strong, that’s all. It didn’t count as anything. He was still the most important person in Shao Ci’s heart. 

Moreover, Yin Han was a powerful ability user who had plenty of people at his side. He was definitely just playing with Shao Ci.

After clearing up his thoughts, Chu Jin smiled towards them. He was the perfect amount of deferential, but didn’t look like he was being flattering either. “So you must be B City’s Yin Han. I’ve been looking forward to meet you for a long time. I’m very grateful that you came to S City to help us this time.”

Most of the people at the banquet had unconsciously gathered around at the sides, looking at Yin Han with adoration. They had known of Yin Han for a long time.

Yin Han was one of the strongest ability users in all of C Country. Reportedly, his ice ability had already reached the seventh stage. At first, B City’s base was about to be invaded by zombies. Yin Han single handedly put himself against the tide and saved the entire base, allowing the base to prevail. Today, it had become the strongest among the surrounding bases. The fact that the leader of B City’s base had actually been willing to let Yin Han out was shocking. 

In fact, Shao Ci knew why. It was because the leader of B City’s base was a villain who wanted to seize Yin Han’s power. In the end, he was killed off by Yin Han, and everyone chose Yin Han as their leader.

But as the protagonist, Yin Han’s goal was strength. How could he stay forever at the base? He had one of his friends become the leader and took the chance to come to S City’s base.

Chu Jin’s sixth stage water ability was also strong, but it was nothing compared to Yin Han’s ability. The distance between two stages of abilities was as great as the difference between heaven and earth. Thus, even Chu Jin had to speak to the other party with respect.

Chu Jin’s glory was completely eclipsed by Yin Han’s shadow.

Even with the rumors that whoever got close to Yin Han would die violent deaths, there were countless people who wanted to get close to him.

Because of Yin Han’s cold attitude, nobody had tried to make connections with him before. Now, it seemed that Yin Han could actually tolerate Shao Ci getting close to him, which meant that they had a chance. They weren’t any worse than Shao Ci. Didn’t he just seize the opportunity to get closer first?

At that moment, Shao Ci felt countless stares pricking into his body. He was used to them from his time at Chu Jin’s side, so he didn’t react.

Yin Han responded to Chu Jin’s attempt at conversation with a slight nod, not bothering to say a word. Chu Jin’s face turned ugly, but he could only continue on. 

Chu Jin looked at Shao Ci and suddenly had a thought. He turned towards Yin Han. “It seems that you and Xiao Ci are getting along pretty well. I’m glad I don’t need to worry.”

The noisy banquet hall suddenly went quiet. Everyone perked up, afraid of missing something important.

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“Does he now?” Yin Han’s expression darkened slightly.

The surrounding crowd was jealous that Shao Ci had connected with Yin Han so quickly, and felt a sense of schadenfreude. They whispered, “When I saw that he hooked onto Yin Han- so quickly, I even thought he had some tricks.”

“Chu Jin-daren is so good to him, but he still wasn’t satisfied. Let’s see who still wants him now.” 

“Shao Ci doesn’t even take a look at his own place. He thought he was so amazing because he was a healing ability user. What a joke. Nowadays, which base doesn’t have drugs to treat the zombie virus? Even if we didn’t have him, the base would be fine.”

Their words were simply to demean Shao Ci’s ability as utterly useless. In actuality, if ability users were injured and took medicine for treatment, they needed to rest for many days. If they were treated by a healing ability user, they could continue fighting with practically no rest. The result was completely different.

Hearing these cutting remarks, Chu Jin’s smile became even more warm. This was precisely the result he wanted.

Exactly, just like this. When Yin Han ruthlessly threw Shao Ci aside, he wouldn’t have any more unrealistic thoughts like trying to leave. 

When Shao Ci heard their mutterings, he felt like he had come from another planet. Hello? Were these lines from a script? He was just a normal person hugging a big thigh, why did they make him sound like he was a scumbag straddling two boats!

Moreover, this was an Xdian novel! Yin Han was the protagonist, and he was definitely so straight he couldn’t be straighter. If he thought Shao Ci was gay, then how was he going to suck up!

Shao Ci couldn’t help grabbing onto Yin Han’s sleeve anxiously.

Yin Han looked down at Shao Ci. He looked miserable, his gaze hazy, like he wanted to explain something but couldn’t say it, only looking at him anxiously. The coldness in Yin Han’s heart dissipated.  

“No need to worry. I’m not angry with you.” Yin Han smiled. The surrounding crowd gasped in shock. He bent down, gently planting a kiss on Shao Ci’s forehead.

It was like a feather slipping across his forehead, soft as though it had come in a dream, but it was reality.

Shao Ci didn’t react for a long time: “!!?”

W-wait a second! What just happened?! 

[Detected the capture target’s favorability isn’t too bad. Host, continue to work hard]

Shao Ci: “…” No, system, explain this! Why did this Xdian protagonist Yin Han do something so gay!

[It’s because the capture target thought the host was cute, just like a cute little animal.]

“Really? That’s great.” Shao Ci let out a breath, unconsciously accepting the system’s explanation that Yin Han took him as a pet. “If he thinks of me as a pet or something then I can still understand… How weird.” 

Which Xdian protagonist took the male supporting character a pet?!

Everyone else was similarly stunned into silence by the sight of Yin Han kissing Shao Ci. For a long time, they didn’t say anything. This development was completely different from what they had expected. Shouldn’t Yin Han ridicule Shao Ci cruelly, then chase him out the doors?

Yin Han lifted his head, sweeping a cold glance towards the people who had been sneering at Shao Ci. A cold wind blew towards them before they could react, freezing their mouths and icing their bones. They couldn’t say a single word. Their eyes flashed with deep fright, hating that they couldn’t hurry and escape, but fearing that they would incite Yin Han’s fury.

They had never thought that Yin Han would go so far for Shao Ci. They were full of regret. If they had known earlier, they would have kept quiet from the beginning. 

Chu Jin had also gotten a shock. He was beginning to have an inkling about Yin Han’s true strength. He forced his expression to maintain calm. He said, “These people truly were in the wrong, but nobody here is an enemy. You don’t need to go so far… How about having them apologize to you?”

Their gazes immediately filled with emotion. Many of them felt that Chu Jin, in comparison to the moody and turbulent Yin Han, was still a little better. They put away their thoughts of cozying up to Yin Han.

“Apologizing to me?” Yin Han looked at Chu Jin, laughing coldly. “I don’t need an apology. The person who really needs an apology is right here.”

He pressed down on the pale, anxious Shao Ci’s shoulder, coolly glancing towards the people shivering in cold with their mouths frozen shut. “There’s no need for anything too difficult. As long as the few of you kneel by the door for a night, there will naturally be no problem at all. But if you say anything after today, I can’t guarantee nothing will happen.” 

The group’s eyes flashed with unhappiness, but they quivered in the icy wind. With just a look from Yin Han, their courage split apart. Even if they weren’t willing, they could only follow Yin Han’s instructions. They didn’t have the slightest ability to fight back against him.

Chu Jin never thought that Yin Han would actually make threats right in front of his face, but he still needed to make use of him. He couldn’t do anything. He became even more unhappy.

Yin Han took Shao Ci’s hand and walked over. As they passed Chu Jin, he said quietly, “As you can see, my relationship with Xiao Ci is very good. There’s no need for you, an outsider, to worry about it.”

“Outsider?” Chu Jin unwittingly turned to look at them. How was he an outsider? 

Clearly, the person Shao Ci relied on the most was him. If it wasn’t for Chu Jin, he couldn’t even eat. No matter what time of day, he would always gaze at him with sparkling eyes. Even if his attitude was lukewarm, Shao Ci had never changed. He just liked him that much—Yin Han was someone Shao Ci had known for not even a day. How could he say that Chu Jin was an outsider?

Chu Jin nearly blurted out what he was thinking, but he rapidly calmed himself down. He put on a fake, perfect smile. “Then I can feel at ease leaving Xiao Ci in your care.”

He unwittingly glanced at Shao Ci, but Shao Ci didn’t turn to look at him once.

Everyone looked subtly towards Chu Jin. It was easy to imagine that tomorrow practically the entire base would know Chu Jin’s little follower had fallen in love with someone else. Moreover, Yin Han was quite good to Shao Ci. Even an idiot wouldn’t come back. 

When they saw Chu Jin’s expression was normal, a few ability users finally dared to come over. They sighed, “Chu Jin, who knew Shao Ci actually…”

“Hey, don’t be too sad. You’re so outstanding, what are you missing?”

“But, Chu Jin, you’d better pull him back. After all, Shao Ci is the only healing ability user in our base. If he goes along with Yin Han and leaves, it’s a big loss for our base.”

“If it was someone else, we could force them to stay, but Yin Han’s too strong. If we go up against him, we’ll be still losing out.” 

“You guys don’t need to worry. I know what Xiao Ci is thinking very clearly.” Chu Jin was completely confident. He said, “It’s because I’ve been too cold recently, so he’s throwing a little tantrum. When this is over, he’ll obviously come back.”

Exactly… Chu Jin thought to himself. Shao Ci was just throwing a tantrum. Sooner or later he would come back to his side. Still, in the future he had to be a little nicer. After all, Shao Ci was quite useful.

As for the weird feeling Shao Ci brought about when he was at someone else’s side, Chu Jin interpreted it as anxiety from not having control.