My Sloppy Husband Is Actually a Handsome Bigshot!-Chapter 166 - 163: Vibrant Vitality 1

"Perhaps due to her background, Little Kui has always felt insecure, like a small beast guarding its food. Anything she likes, she won’t allow others to share." Jin Muchi looked up at Lin Zhenxin, explaining on behalf of Xiang Xiaokui.

"After coming to Danang, she fell in love with fresh coconut juice the first time she drank it, wishing she could take all the coconut trees home. Besides me, you’re the second person she’s willing to share it with."

Some of Xiang Xiaokui’s behaviors might seem strange to others, but Jin Muchi didn’t want Lin Zhenxin to misunderstand her.

"Do you like Little Kui?" At Lin Zhenxin’s strong insistence, Li Yanan had already turned on the air conditioning again in the room.

With an air-conditioning blanket on her legs, Lin Zhenxin smiled and asked Jin Muchi.

"Of course I like her. She calls me uncle, and I consider her a junior."

Jin Muchi laughed self-deprecatingly.

"If I didn’t like her, why would I raise her?"

Lin Zhenxin smiled without speaking. The ’like’ she referred to wasn’t the affection an elder has for a younger person.

And whether Jin Muchi truly didn’t understand, or pretended not to, he avoided the main point.

"But my brother and I are very thankful you’re alright."

Shifting the conversation, Jin Muchi looked towards the kitchen, where Li Yanan’s figure could vaguely be seen.

"I’m the youngest among the three of us, and at home, I’m the baby of the family, so I can be a bit impulsive."

Jin Muchi slightly raised a corner of his mouth, as if recalling past events.

"I’m grateful to have my eldest and second brothers."

Lin Zhenxin looked at Jin Muchi and could feel, between the lines, the deep bond among the three of them.

"Did you know? Yanan wasn’t always like this."

"The first time I saw him was in an underground fight ring abroad. He was soloing a Thai boxer. Those fierce eyes still linger in my memory! Back then, I thought, this man, like a wolf, must be ruthless to the core!"

"Over the years, Yanan has proven that my instincts were correct."

"What happened yesterday was a shock to you, but for the three of us, it’s normal. My elder brother still bears a gunshot wound, not to mention his hand..." Jin Muchi realized he was saying too much and abruptly stopped.

"Mr. Jin, are you saying all this to prevent me from distancing myself from Yanan?"

Lin Zhenxin smiled, her long black hair cascading to her shoulders, with an inherent grace and beauty.

"You saw through me?"

Jin Muchi let his hand rest on the sofa armrest, his handsome features bathed in warmth.

"In a way, yes and no."

Jin Muchi’s gaze grew distant, as though something had come to mind.

"In my memories, Yanan was always a man without warmth. He could quietly devise a perfect plan to wipe out his targets, and in an instant, he could manipulate his enemies, while everyone else was unaware... He’s like a machine without a heart; aside from those he cares about, everyone else is like ants to him."

Lin Zhenxin remained silent, but she could see this side of him from the way he handled the matter with Shelley.

"But your presence became a turning point in his life."

Jin Muchi’s expression was serious, while in the kitchen, Xiang Xiaokui was helping Li Yanan, flustered.

"He began to smile, began to care, began to have vitality..."

Lin Zhenxin listened quietly, her heart twisting with pain.

"Do you know? For our second brother, this is an extraordinary thing?"

"Actually, the three of us brothers have flaws in our personalities, but second brother’s are the most severe."

"Illness can be treated with medicine, organs with cancer can be removed, but... How could one simply remedy personality flaws? I often said he was a man without a heart, until he met you..."

Jin Muchi’s voice was slow, yet captivating.

"Your genuine heart awakened him."

"But I’m just an ordinary..."

Lin Zhenxin had never thought such an ordinary person like herself could be so important?

"Each person is a unique existence; there’s no such thing as being ordinary."

Jin Muchi shed his usual cold pride, speaking earnestly.

"Promise me, no matter what happens, stay by his side, okay?"

Having seen such a vibrant and lively Li Yanan, Jin Muchi naturally didn’t want him to revert back to his previous self.

That cold, emotionless man.

Lin Zhenxin met Jin Muchi’s gaze, unsure how much time had passed, finally nodding.

"Let me share a secret with you as a friendly gesture."

Jin Muchi smiled contentedly, glancing towards the kitchen, lowering his voice deliberately.

"What?" Lin Zhenxin, baffled by his mysterious demeanor, asked.

"Have you ever thought that maybe the meeting on the day of the blind date..."

"Wasn’t a coincidence?"

Before Jin Muchi took Xiang Xiaokui outside, she mentioned there would be a BBQ in Jiang Dongting’s yard that evening.

She insisted Lin Zhenxin had to come.

Lin Zhenxin pretended not to see Li Yanan’s slightly furrowed brow and agreed readily.

Closing the door, Lin Zhenxin looked up at Li Yanan.

"Are you upset?" She placed her hands on his cheeks, playfully squeezing back and forth as if playing with a toy.

"Your illness hasn’t recovered." Li Yanan’s features were slightly distorted by Lin Zhenxin’s playful hands.

"Then you barbecue, and I’ll just sit and eat, can’t I?"

Lin Zhenxin clasped her hands together, looking at him with pleading eyes.

Li Yanan shook his head helplessly; he really had no way to counter her.

"I’ve made porridge; I’ll bring it out for you." He turned into the kitchen, while Lin Zhenxin sat outside waiting for him.

— Have you ever thought that maybe the meeting on the day of the blind date...

— Wasn’t a coincidence?

Li Yanan brought out the steaming porridge, the rich aroma of rice spreading in the air.

"Our first meeting... Was it really a coincidence that I ran into you on my blind date day?"

Suddenly, Lin Zhenxin looked up and softly asked him.

With a clang, perhaps caught off guard, Li Yanan’s fingers momentarily slipped, and the bowl of hot porridge dropped...

Landing straight on his foot!

"Oh dear!"

Lin Zhenxin hurried over, squatting down in front of him, forgetting everything else.

The porridge was steaming, fresh off the stove, surely scalding hot?!

She quickly brushed the spilled porridge off his cotton socks, her palms burning with pain.

"Zhenxin, I’m okay, don’t use your hands!" Seeing Lin Zhenxin flinch as her fingers got burned, Li Yanan quickly bent down to help her up.

"How can you be okay! The porridge was so hot, it’s my fault!"

Disregarding the mess, Lin Zhenxin pulled Li Yanan towards the bathroom.

Reaching the bathroom, without a second thought, she crouched down and gently removed his sock.

Sure enough, a large area of his foot was scalded red!

"Look, it’s all red!" Lin Zhenxin turned on the shower, running cold water over the burn.

Li Yanan looked down at her small figure kneeling there; with the cold water soothing his foot, the pain wasn’t so fierce.

But having his foot held in her soft hands, he felt an indescribable sensation.

A bit like embarrassment.

"Leave it under the water for a while longer, and I’ll apply some burn ointment."

If it’s not handled well, it could blister; and it’s on his foot, a little walking would rub it raw.

If it sticks to the sock again, that’s the most uncomfortable part!

"I’m okay," Li Yanan reiterated.

Lin Zhenxin glared at him fiercely, then focused on rinsing it.

After nearly half an hour of rinsing, Lin Zhenxin finally stood up.

Due to squatting too long, she felt light-headed and unconsciously stepped back.

Just as her head was about to hit the frosted bathroom door, a pair of large hands reached out, pulling her back into the embrace.

"Let me apply the ointment for you," Lin Zhenxin said.

Lin Zhenxin asked the hotel staff for some burn ointment.

On the sofa, Li Yanan’s leg was extended, resting on Lin Zhenxin’s smooth thigh, while his large foot rested in her hand.

"Don’t, it’s dirty." The last time he felt this way was when she helped wash his feet.

"Don’t move, if it blisters it will be worse."

Lin Shenxin squeezed the white ointment onto her fingertip, gently applying and massaging it over the burned area of his foot.

The white ointment started to melt with the body’s heat, turning transparent.

The burn, red and swollen, was now soothed by a cooling sensation.

Having been rinsed for half an hour, it looked much better than it initially had.

"Does it hurt?" Lin Zhenxin looked up worriedly.

Li Yanan shook his head; this pain was nothing to him.

Still worried, Lin Zhenxin bent down, gently blowing on the area to ease the pain.

"Earlier... What did you ask me?"

Li Yanan’s voice was gruff, with a hint of tension.

Lin Zhenxin hesitated, then realized what he meant by his question.

"Never mind, it’s nothing."

Lin Zhenxin slightly regretted blurting out that question earlier; otherwise, Li Yanan wouldn’t have reacted so intensely.

A brief silence settled between them.

"If..." Li Yanan’s voice broke the silence.

Lin Zhenxin looked at him, eyes questioning, If? If what?

"If I told you it wasn’t a coincidence back then..."

Astonished, Lin Zhenxin slowly widened her eyes, looking at Li Yanan.

"That woman was arranged by Li Yingying for me, but if I wanted to refuse, there’s always a way..."

Li Yanan’s foot was still cradled in her soft, small hands, as her fingertips lightly brushed against his sole...

Tickling him.

"I received news ahead of time and knew you would attend the blind date meeting the next day, which is why I appeared nearby."

"In hindsight, it indeed wasn’t a coincidence."

After a brief pause, Li Yanan slowly began to speak, watching Lin Zhenxin’s expression.

"I... you..." Lin Zhenxin was so stunned she couldn’t find the words.

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