If it weren’t for Duan Yang’s fixed reminders concerning the harmful interval, Lin Chen would have felt like he was on a cruise on trip.

In any case, his journey to Dana was as a consequence of being kidnapped.

He was driving a helicopter that was about to disintegrate with a excessive fever, so he didn’t have time to understand the huge primeval forest.

Though many locations within the Dana Forest had been destroyed to some extent, as the sunshine ferry boat went deeper, he was nonetheless amazed by the magical energy of nature.

At the moment, the phrases that Mrs. Jiang had advised him would at all times come to thoughts on occasion. Nonetheless, the fact was far more exaggerated than what she stated. As an individual who had by no means seen the world, he noticed actual bushes and blue waves. In brief, he had skilled all the gorgeous phrases used to explain the forest.

After all, essentially the most superb factor on this course of was nonetheless a Dana python.

It was by probability.

The explanation was that the sunshine ferry he was on would depend on fishing to acquire meals dietary supplements throughout their escape. The Dana python crashed into the web whereas it was lowered. Though unusual fishing nets couldn’t catch such an enormous factor, the python that crashed into the web couldn’t get out. The web and python grew to become entangled, and the python tumbled round, arousing loopy water sounds.

Lin Chen was half-lying within the cabin, and Xing Conglian was sitting by his bedside, peeling a banana.

Though Lin Chen didn’t know why Xing Conglian insisted on doing such a easy job as peeling bananas, Lin Chen wasn’t the cussed sort, and it felt good watching Xing Conglian do this stuff for him.

Immediately, he heard the excited and terrified shouts of the Gaomeng folks from the facet of the ship, adopted by the voices of Wang Chao and Xing Conglian’s subordinates calling “Boss”.

There was the sound of speedy pattering footsteps, adopted by the hatch slamming open. Wang Chao poked his head in and stated excitedly, “Boss, Boss, there are actually large pythons within the Dana River!”

This was the primary time he had seen Wang Chao since he wakened from his coma. After Wang Chao opened the door, he blinked at him, trying extraordinarily alert.

Lin Chen didn’t fairly perceive why Xing Conglian excluded everybody from the cabin. Apart from Dr. Duan Yang, even Wang Chao wasn’t allowed in. Xing Conglian’s motive was that too many individuals would have an effect on his relaxation. After listening to this motive, Lin Chen most likely had a bit private expertise of what Wang Chao known as “controlling want.” Actually, he may most likely guess why Xing Conglian did this. So long as he lay on this cabin, on this hospital mattress, all the things exterior the room had nothing to do with them.

They didn’t want to concentrate to how many individuals Zaratul despatched to hunt them down, nor did they should fear about what was behind all this. Even the aftermath didn’t concern them, and naturally, it wasn’t his job to fret about it within the first place.

Earlier than Xing Conglian may react, Wang Chao had already snuck to his bedside and brought his hand nervously; his eyes had been pink.

“Get out!” Xing Conglian glared at Wang Chao as he spoke coldly.

“Boss, should you do that, my A’Chen Gege will get sick!”

“Initially, correction. He’s mine. And secondly, he’ll solely get sick when he sees you!”

Wang Chao’s face immediately flushed. “Boss, aren’t you shameless?!”

“How?” Xing Conglian took a chew of the peeled banana, then handed it to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen checked out Xing Conglian’s burning gaze as if he had been making an attempt to drive him to point out affection or one thing. He had no selection however to chew the spot the place Xing Conglian had simply bitten.

Wang Chao was shocked once more. Earlier than {the teenager} may yell out any astonishing remarks, Lin Chen requested, “What occurred exterior?”

Wang Chao was simply distracted. He stated excitedly, “Python! Python! Python! A’Chen Gege, do you wish to come see the python?! It’s a python!”

Xing Conglian glared at him once more. “Do you suppose my A’Chen’s physique is appropriate for going out to get some contemporary air?”

Wang Chao dug into his ear as if he hadn’t heard clearly what his boss had simply spat out. “You—what did you simply say?”

Xing Conglian crossed his legs and shook them, as if he had lastly discovered an advantageous place of their common bickering. He fortunately stated, “Let me deepen your impression of my A’Chen!”

Wang Chao blushed. Lin Chen had no selection however to interrupt the 2 of them once more and ask Wang Chao, “Is the python large?”

“It’s actually large. Its physique is sort of thick. Did you are feeling our boat shaking as if it had been being dragged?”

“Cease exaggerating. It relies upon by yourself perspective. Now, get out!”

Wang Chao sat down on the facet of the mattress and stated, “However the Gaomeng’s elder—whether or not he’s a excessive priest or a pretend—with terrifying large earlobes stated it was a thousand-year-old golden python with particular spirituality. You may make a want in entrance of it, and it’ll come true. A’Chen Gege ought to do it since he’s sick.”

“Can wishing make water flood the mountain with gold? How outdated are you? Do you imagine in this type of African stuff?” Xing Conglian stated incredulously.

Right now, Duan Yang, most likely seeing that the cabin door was open, additionally walked in. The physician was most likely going to offer him an IV. Now, trying on the look of Xing Conglian, Duan Yang stated, “It’s okay to get some air. It’s been stuffy within the ward, which isn’t conducive to restoration.”

“He hasn’t been bored for 3 days!” Xing Conglian stated dissatisfied.

Duan Yang checked out Xing Conglian and simply crossed his arms with out talking.

Lin Chen reluctantly opened the skinny blanket and stepped out of the mattress with one foot. “Simply endure it, and it’ll be wonderful. I wish to go and take a look because it’s a uncommon alternative.”

“What’s so uncommon about this!”

“You need to purchase a ticket should you go to the safari park,” Lin Chen stated.

“And the safari park isn’t as large!” Wang Chao added.

Simply earlier than Lin Chen acquired away from bed, Xing Conglian gave Wang Chao a smack in dissatisfaction.

Then he turned his head and stated to Lin Chen, “Do you want me to hug you?”

Seeing the 2 of them within the sickroom crossing their arms and watching, Lin Chen may solely seize Xing Conglian’s shirt collar and whisper softly in his ear, “Not now. I’ll maintain you tonight.”

Listening to this, Xing Conglian nodded contentedly and waved his hand. “Then let’s go!”

Actually, Wang Chao’s phrases weren’t exaggerated. Lin Chen did really feel the slight shaking of the ship throughout the brief distance from the medical room to the second deck.

Trying down, Lin Chen noticed many dark-skinned, scantily-clad Gaomeng folks gathered on the primary degree to observe the golden python. Most of them had been already kneeling on the bottom and starting to recite prayers about related issues. This was additionally the primary time he had actually seen these Gaomeng individuals who had been saved by Dr. Duan since he regained consciousness.

Truly, he had solely been in a position to examine these primitive tribes in journey magazines earlier than and didn’t have a really tangible feeling about them, however now that these dwelling folks appeared in entrance of him, he immediately had a deeper appreciation for the range of human life types. This appreciation was one thing that he couldn’t expertise when sitting at dwelling flipping via {a magazine}.

After all, this small emotion solely lasted for a brief time frame. Xing Conglian pressed his neck together with his hand and gently turned his head towards the river additional away. “Have a look at the python, not the folks.”

Lin Chen didn’t refute. He leaned on the railing and regarded over. The enormous python on the water’s floor was nonetheless churning, splashing waves a number of meters excessive. The captain directed the lads, who had been most likely Xing Conglian’s subordinates, to attempt to loosen the fishing web, however as a result of the python struggled so fiercely, it grew to become extra entangled within the web.

The Gaomeng folks set free exclamations because the boat was pulled additional, barely tilting it.

Xing Conglian grew uninterested in watching and shouted downstairs. “Kang An, minimize the fishing web.”

“Boss, I used to be nearly to catch it to point out it to you, and now I’ve to let it go!” The younger man beneath, who was pulling the fishing web, turned his head and responded.

Lin Chen regarded down and nodded to the younger man, however the second the opposite occasion noticed him, he was shocked and stopped speaking.

At that second, a foot sporting black leather-based boots immediately stretched from behind Kang An and violently kicked him within the calf.

“Zhang Lengthy, are you loopy?!” Kang An turned his head and scolded angrily.

“Maintain trying, and I’ll pluck your eyeballs out to feed to the crocodiles,” a reasonably smug voice responded.

Lin Chen noticed one other black-clothed man with a barely cool coiffure come out from behind. He took off his sun shades, bent over, and bowed of their path, exhibiting nice courtesy.

“Your buddy?” Lin Chen requested Xing Conglian with a smile.

Earlier than he completed talking, as if enjoying some sort of whack-a-mole recreation, one other younger Chinese language man emerged from behind and regarded up at them, then waved.

At the moment, Xing Conglian’s face was as black as the underside of a pot, even darker than the night time sky, to the purpose the place it couldn’t get any darker.

“How attention-grabbing,” Lin Chen stated.

Lastly, taking a look at him after which on the few folks beneath who had been curious to the intense, Xing Cong Lian stated, “Lower the rope and are available up.”

……

Lin Chen obtained these particular person “buddies” in his ward.

He leaned on the hospital mattress whereas Xing Conglian sat on the head of the mattress with legs crossed, remaining silent. Wang Chao squatted on the bottom on the finish of the mattress.

A gaggle of six folks stood in a row beside the mattress. This was the primary time he noticed Xing Conglian’s former subordinates. Relating to the workforce that had taken down Zaratul’s drug manufacturing unit in entrance of him, aside from being low-key and restrained, he couldn’t consider higher adjectives to explain them.

He glanced on the grumpy man subsequent to him and launched himself to the folks standing in entrance of his mattress. “Lin Chen. I’m presently a guide majoring in psychology.”

As if counting, as quickly as his voice fell, the six folks in entrance of the hospital mattress shouted in flip.

“Kang An!”

“Ye Zhu!”

“Xiao Wu!”

“Xiao Liu!”

“Zhang Lengthy!”

“Zhao Hu!”

As every of them reported their identify, Lin Chen discovered it extra amusing. Lastly, {the teenager} weakly stated from the tip of his mattress.

“Wang Chao!”

Lin Chen checked out Xing Conglian helplessly. “What sort of sadistic humor is that this?”

“Hey, hey. It’s not my enterprise.” Xing Conglian kicked Wang Chao. “Defined to A’Chen Gege. Your father’s surname is Wang.”

“A’Chen Gege, my father’s surname is Wang!”

Lin Chen raised his brows and glanced at Xing Conglian.

“Seniority is decided by Wang Chao,” Xing Conglian stated. “Critically.”

After Xing Conglian completed talking, he hurriedly shouted to the six folks standing in rows in entrance of him. “Okay, sufficient. You may get out now!”

Right now, to Lin Chen’s nice shock, Kang An, who was standing on the entrance of the workforce, immediately knelt down and stated to him loudly, “Advisor Lin, I’m sorry!”

Lin Chen was greatly surprised.

Kang An’s face was stuffed with sorrow. “I… I actually didn’t know it will be like this…. If I had identified that the Boss leaving would put you at risk of being kidnapped and nearly killed, I… I wouldn’t have invited the Boss within the first place!”

“Get out. Do you hear me?!” Xing Conglian stated coldly.

Xiao Wu pressed on Kang An’s shoulder and knelt down.

Lin Chen roughly knew the story, however quietly watching them kneel facet by facet in entrance of him, he couldn’t assist however say, “Is that this some feudal patriarchal system? Why are you kneeling at each flip?”

“They’re not good within the head. Simply ignore them.”

Lin Chen nodded, turned to take a look at the 2 folks kneeling on the bottom, and stated evenly, “When you kneel like this, it’s simply making issues embarrassing.”

A glance of bewilderment flashed throughout Kang An’s and Xiao Wu’s faces. They wished to face up, however they didn’t know what to do.

“The explanation why I’m embarrassed is as a result of, by doing this, you have got turned me into the kind of one that wants safety and may solely cling to others,” Lin Chen stated slowly. “However by way of my self-awareness, I don’t appear to be so ineffective but.”

“I… I didn’t imply that, Advisor Lin.”

“Since that’s not what you meant, then your logic simply now isn’t legitimate. For instance, should you had invited your boss to go away, it wouldn’t have prompted me to be kidnapped and nearly killed. His departure was simply an accident, and my kidnapping was additionally an accident. It was a matter of dangerous luck, and the actual perpetrator has already paid the worth. So it’s inappropriate so that you can blame yourselves for it.”

“However… However I nonetheless suppose I used to be too egocentric,” Kang An replied as he scratched his head. “I… I can’t clarify it effectively. It’s my fault for not dealing with this matter correctly!”

“It’s me who’s ineffective,” the skinny younger man named Xiao Wu stated solemnly.

“That’s proper,” Lin Chen stated softly.

As he spoke, he felt Xiao Wu search for at him. There was no resentment in his gaze, solely a powerful sense of self-reproach.

Lin Chen felt Xing Conglian put his hand on his wrist. He checked out him, then stated, “That is the that means of his existence.”

Upon listening to this, Xing Conglian leaned over to his ear and whispered softly, “I’ve stated the identical factor earlier than. Fairly cool, huh?”

Lin Chen couldn’t assist however giggle, then he turned to the 2 folks on the bottom and stated, “I’ve additionally encountered the sort of state of affairs that you just each encountered, which is totally unimaginable to unravel. Luckily, now we have your boss to lend a serving to hand, which makes many unimaginable issues potential. That’s most likely the that means of his existence. No less than with him round, we all know that even when the sky falls, there’ll at all times be somebody taller to carry it up, and even essentially the most troublesome issues give folks a glimmer of hope.”

Xiao Wu’s tears had been about to move.

After experiencing too many life-and-death conditions, Lin Chen felt that his capability to encourage folks had improved. “Subsequently, I hope that you’ll not be afraid of issues that you just suppose are proper, regardless of how troublesome or unimaginable they might appear. If all else fails, there’ll at all times be somebody to help you. And if that individual will not be there, then attempt to change into that individual.”

Kang An was so simple that he instantly nodded arduous and stated, “I’ll actually strive my finest to deal with it myself subsequent time!”

“Then please, rise up, you two,” Lin Chen stated.

Kang An and Xiao Wu rapidly stood up, and as if unable to carry again any longer, Xing Conglian chased them away like shooing flies. “I knew you guys had been as much as one thing. Get out of right here. You’re annoying the hell out of laozi!”

The 2 had been instantly expelled from the room. Xing Conglian regarded on the 4 folks nonetheless standing on the bedside and stated, “What are you observing? Are you ready for me to ask you to dinner?”

“Not you, Boss. I believe what Advisor Lin stated was actually good. Advisor Lin, you’re so skilled. Are you able to check out me?” Mr. Zhang Lengthy, very arrogantly, approached the hospital mattress and stated to him, “They maintain saying that I’ve bipolar dysfunction*. Do you suppose I’m actually sick? Ought to I take some medicine?”

*A psychological dysfunction characterised by intervals of melancholy and intervals of abnormally elevated temper that every final from days to weeks. If the elevated temper is extreme or related to psychosis, it’s known as mania; whether it is much less extreme, it’s known as hypomania.

At this level, Xing Conglian picked up the drugs bottle from the bedside and was about to throw it. “Scram!”

Zhang Lengthy hurriedly rushed to the door. “I will not be the one one with mania!” Zhang Lengthy stated whereas scowling at them. “I’ll come and go to you once more!”

Most likely seeing that Xing Conglian’s face had reached its persistence restrict, the group of individuals left in a rush. Ultimately, Xing Conglian threw his slipper at Wang Chao’s ass. {The teenager} left with a glance of being uncovered and embarrassed, scurrying out the door.

The hatch lastly closed once more, and all the things calmed down.

“What’s the matter? They had been simply saying a number of phrases…”

Earlier than Lin Chen may end, he was pressed by the again of his neck and pressed down as Xing Conglian kissed him arduous.

Xing Conglian’s actions had been barely impatient, and Lin Chen didn’t react for some time. He couldn’t breathe after being kissed.

He gently stroked the person’s again, however he couldn’t cease Xing Conglian from making additional aggressive actions.

Xing Conglian caught near him, sucking his lips arduous whereas prying open his enamel with out hesitation and teasing his tongue.

After the kiss, Lin Chen discovered that his hospital robe was nearly utterly unbuttoned, and most of his pores and skin was uncovered. He gasped and checked out Xing Conglian, making an attempt to calm himself down.

“Advisor Lin.”

“Hm?”

“Why are you so good…”

Lin Chen touched Xing Conglian’s ear and felt that the ambiance was good, so he didn’t reply.

Xing Conglian evenly nibbled on his collarbone and at last regarded up and stated, “It’s worthwhile to get higher quickly. I’m getting older, and my endurance will not be pretty much as good because it was.”

“So long as your endurance is sweet,” Lin Chen kissed his brow and stated with a smile.