Chapter 185: You Are My Medicine (10)
“Can you sit up yourself?”
Xiao Ji looked back at Chen Yinnian.
Chen Yinnian felt weak and powerless all over, and he was suffering terribly.
He lay there motionlessly and didn’t answer Xiao Ji’s question.
Xiao Ji then bent down, supported Chen Yinnian’s neck, and pulled him up from the bed into his arms.
Chen Yinnian rested his chin on Xiao Ji’s shoulder, leaning into his embrace as if he had no bones.
Xiao Ji tilted his head and, at an angle invisible to the room’s camera, lightly kissed Chen Yinnian’s temple.
Chen Yinnian had no reaction, but one of his hands tightly gripped the corner of Xiao Ji’s clothes.
After a long time, just when Xiao Ji thought Chen Yinnian had fallen asleep on his shoulder, he heard the boy whisper:
“Brother, living is so tiring.”
“Chen Ni didn’t go to work today because of me. I’m always holding him back.”
Xiao Ji gently smoothed Chen Yinnian’s back:
“You’re very good. I have plenty of time to spend with you. If you’re willing, I’ll take you back to Jinsha, okay?”
Chen Yinnian shook his head: “I’m not going. No one will always stay with me.”
Chen Yinnian was ill, but he wasn’t a fool.
In the first two years of his illness, during this period, Father and Mother Chen would take turns staying by his side.
But negative emotions are contagious.
No one can digest their own negative emotions for a lifetime while also carrying the weight of someone else’s.
Chen Yinnian had broken down, and Mother Chen had also broken down countless times behind his back.
Chen Yinnian knew he was a disaster, a burden.
He hadn’t expected Father and Mother Chen to stay with him for long, and as expected, these past two years, they were always going out for business or vacations.
When everything is going well at home, why would one need to “clear their mind” so much?
It was simply because they were afraid to face a son like him.
Chen Ni had now taken their place, always keeping Chen Yinnian by his side, but how long could he hold out?
Chen Ni would eventually have his own life and his own family.
He couldn’t possibly devote all his thoughts to his younger brother forever.
Xiao Ji felt very sorry for Chen Yinnian.
But in terms of enlightening people, especially patients, he was truly a bit lacking in words.
He tightened his arms, hugged Chen Yinnian tightly, and asked softly:
“Are you very sad?”
Chen Yinnian squeezed out a muffled hum from his nose, and his tears began to flow uncontrollably again.
Xiao Ji then slid one hand under the hem of his pajamas, touching his warm back, and asked secretly:
“Will kissing make you feel better?”
037 silently rolled its eyes and blocked the surveillance in the room.
Chen Yinnian didn’t say a word, but he didn’t refuse either.
Xiao Ji then kissed him all the way from behind his ear to the corner of his mouth, lightly licking and kissing his lower lip.
Chen Yinnian’s eyelashes were trembling, and his whole body was tense.
Xiao Ji kissed him for a while until he felt the boy gradually begin to relax, then he made a request:
“Sweetheart, respond to me.”
Chen Yinnian was still crying. He didn’t know why; clearly Xiao Ji’s kiss was sweet, yet his tears were still bitter.
Chen Yinnian’s state wasn’t enough to support him in doing more.
Xiao Ji was simply using dense kisses to soothe him.
Chen Yinnian’s reaction was slow; Xiao Ji’s request had been made for a long time before he gradually began to respond.
Chen Yinnian felt that kissing was also tiring.
But for him, it was like a person on the verge of death in a snowy landscape suddenly finding a source of fire.
Even with all his strength, he wanted to continue getting closer.
The fingertips gripping the corner of Xiao Ji’s clothes turned white with effort, yet he was unwilling to let go.
Ten minutes after the monitoring in the bedroom was blocked, Chen Ni knocked on the door.
Xiao Ji let go of Chen Yinnian, pressed the boy’s cheek against his neck, and said: “Come in.”
As soon as Chen Ni entered, he saw Chen Yinnian still leaning in Xiao Ji’s arms, motionless.
He leaned against the door and asked Xiao Ji: “How is it?”
Xiao Ji’s expression was blank, undisturbed: “Not bad. He’s being very good.”
“Can we talk further?” Chen Ni asked.
Xiao Ji wanted to lay Chen Yinnian down, but Chen Yinnian suddenly raised his arms and wrapped them around Xiao Ji’s neck.
He didn’t speak, but the meaning was self-explanatory.
Xiao Ji didn’t force him to let go, only saying faintly:
“I’ll stay with him a bit longer. We’ll talk later.”
Chen Ni looked at the watch on his wrist: “Will it delay your ‘business’?”
The so-called “business” was originally Xiao Ji’s excuse for coming to Hong Kong.
He only said: “No. I have plenty of time.”
Chen Ni had rushed over quickly after the surveillance strangely broke, but not because he didn’t trust Xiao Ji’s character.
Xiao Ji had a good reputation over the years; Chen Ni was more worried about Chen Yinnian.
Seeing Chen Yinnian so dependent on Xiao Ji now, he only gave a reminder:
“If you don’t know how to handle something, call me. I’ll come at any time.”
Having said that, he closed the door again and left.
Once Chen Ni left, Chen Yinnian’s tense body visibly relaxed a bit more.
Xiao Ji repeated many times that he wouldn’t leave before Chen Yinnian let go of his neck and lay back down obediently.
Xiao Ji sat by the bed and stayed until he was sure Chen Yinnian had fallen asleep again. Only then did he stand up and leave the bedroom.
Chen Ni had been waiting at the door, leaning against the wall, a cigarette in his mouth and a transparent ashtray in his hand.
“Is he always in this state during his depressive phases?” Xiao Ji asked.
Chen Ni shook his head: “This is when he’s relatively calm.”
“And when he’s not calm?” Xiao Ji asked.
Chen Ni took a deep breath, stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, and looked at Xiao Ji:
“He will pretend to have returned to normal and then secretly commit suicide.”
Xiao Ji frowned: “When did this happen?”
Chen Ni pondered for a moment: “The first time my dad didn’t appear during his depressive phase.”
During an illness, all negative emotions are infinitely magnified.
Sensitivity, suspicion, and self-abandonment.
The first moment Chen Yinnian perceived a change in Father Chen’s attitude, he felt he must have been loathed.
Therefore, after that, Chen Ni spent even more thought on Chen Yinnian.
Xiao Ji understood Chen Ni’s meaning.
Chen Ni was giving him a heads-up.
If Xiao Ji truly agreed to take care of Chen Yinnian, it likely wouldn’t be easy to truly give the boy up.
If he didn’t want Chen Yinnian to die, he would almost have to go all the way.
Xiao Ji nodded: “I understand.”
Chen Ni’s palms were sweaty; his Adam’s apple bobbed:
“He won’t always be happy during his manic phases either. He’ll lose his temper, throw things, hit people, and say many malicious things that stab at people’s hearts.”
“I’m asking a favor of you, but compared to your refusal, I’m more afraid that you’ll give up halfway.”
Xiao Ji was silent for a moment, looked back at the closed bedroom door, and said to Chen Ni:
“I want that land. Additionally, I want to build an amusement park.”
His words were concise—the implication was that from the permit to the construction, then to the promotion and operation, everything would be handled by Chen Ni. He wanted to sit back and enjoy the results.
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