My Sloppy Husband Is Actually a Handsome Bigshot!-Chapter 174 - 171: Lin Zhenxin, I Love You

"Don’t be afraid."

"Mm, I’m not afraid." Lin Zhenxin never expected that even in such a situation, he was still worried about her.

"As long as I’m with you, I’m not afraid."

She clasped his broad hands with her own, without any hint of insincerity despite knowing he might not remember it.

Li Yanan was breathing heavily.

"Zhenxin..." Li Yanan was still calling her.

"I have no parents... no family... only... only you..."

The strength with which he grasped her wrist grew more forceful, as if he wanted to deeply merge himself into her being.

"Don’t leave... leave me... and don’t be... afraid of me..."

Hearing this, a wave of sadness swelled in Lin Zhenxin’s heart, and she finally couldn’t hold back her tears.

"Li Yanan..."

How could she be afraid of him? How could she leave him when he was so good to her?

Later, Li Yanan continued speaking nonsense.

He talked about his childhood, about fighting, about her, and as he spoke, he gradually fell silent, seemingly falling asleep again.

But Lin Zhenxin clearly saw the faint shimmer of tears at the corners of Li Yanan’s beautiful eyes.

It made her heart ache terribly...

Jin Muchi pushed the door open and entered.

He originally intended to take over from Lin Zhenxin in looking after Li Yanan, but didn’t expect...

Lin Zhenxin hadn’t slept.

Upon hearing the door open, she slowly turned to look at him.

"He had a fever last night." Lin Zhenxin’s voice was hoarse, as if she was very tired.

Upon hearing this, Jin Muchi quickly called the doctor in.

The doctor examined him and it was obvious that his condition had improved significantly since the previous night.

However, to be on the safe side, he administered an antipyretic injection to Li Yanan.

"Tell me about him, okay?"

After the doctor left, Lin Zhenxin’s voice sounded again, and it took Jin Muchi a while to realize she was talking to him.

"What do you want to know?"

He found a chair and sat beside her.

Last night, Jin Muchi also didn’t really sleep as he coordinated negotiations with the Ruan Family.

Lin Zhenxin was silent for a moment.

Actually, she didn’t know where to start, but after last night...

She realized her understanding of Li Yanan’s past was truly limited.

Aside from what he was willing to share with her, the rest was hearsay.

"I always feel that he knows all about me, but I know very little about him."

Lin Zhenxin gently stroked the back of his hand with the pad of her finger.

"He lived a very hard life before," Jin Muchi said.

"I know." The Li Family sent him abroad but didn’t leave him a penny. How did he make it through?

"But do you know that he could actually have lived a less difficult life?"

Jin Muchi said again, this time, Lin Zhenxin turned her head to look at him, eyes slightly widened.

"What... do you mean?"

"He once inadvertently revealed that during those years, he did have some savings. Even though the Li Family sent him abroad without a dime, he didn’t have to be as destitute as he was! However, before leaving, he used all his money to buy something."

"What did he buy?" Lin Zhenxin couldn’t help but ask.

Whatever it was, it must have been of utmost importance to Li Yanan for him to buy it regardless of his future livelihood.

"I don’t know, he didn’t say. It’s just the first time I saw such a happy smile on his face."

It’s precisely because of this that Jin Muchi remembers it so vividly.

"You mentioned his black boxing before..."

"Yes, he’s the most reckless fighter I’ve ever seen."

Back then, it was for this reason that Second Brother began to view him and Big Brother differently.

"He must have never told you that when he first entered the underground boxing arena, he would challenge legendary figures like a madman just to earn a little more commission! One time, the King of Muay Thai from Singapore and Malaysia..."

Jin Muchi paused as if recalling something, subconsciously glancing at Lin Zhenxin first.

"What happened to him?" Lin Zhenxin suddenly had a bad feeling.

"In that match, perhaps the King of Muay Thai from Singapore and Malaysia didn’t expect to encounter such a maverick, so he cheated. Yanan got three ribs broken, fighting agonizingly while coughing up blood, delivering a lethal blow to the opponent."

Lin Zhenxin could imagine the brutal scene just from hearing about it.

"When he was finally sent to the hospital, even the doctors said if he had been a little bit later or moved a little, the broken ribs would have pierced his internal organs, and there would be no saving him."

"Why did he..."

"Money, because he wanted money. Those were He Bainian’s exact words."

As Jin Muchi finished speaking, Lin Zhenxin pressed her lips together without saying a word.

"Back then, both Big Brother and I were puzzled, even if he was a newcomer, one match couldn’t have left him in such dire straits!"

"His clothes were so worn that even the cleaning staff would mistake them for trash and throw them away..."

Jin Muchi’s gaze fell on Li Yanan lying on the large bed.

Who could imagine the abject life he once led, looking at his current appearance?

"Even a lunch box had to be divided into two meals, you can imagine his living conditions."

"Second Brother truly lived a hard life."

Reflecting now, Jin Muchi thought if he found himself in Li Yanan’s situation back then, could he even endure...

It’s still a mystery!

"It was too bitter," Jin Muchi said.

Lin Zhenxin’s fingers trembled slightly. These were things Li Yanan never spoke to her about.

"Second Brother is a man of deep emotions and loyalty. Back then, before he fell out with He Bainian, the two of them had invested together. However, later, due to He Nuoxin, they became estranged, He Bainian decisively withdrew his investment, forcing Second Brother into a corner, yet he gritted his teeth and pulled through."

"It was during this time that Big Brother and I started forming closer ties with him."

Lin Zhenxin held her breath throughout.

From the time she knew him till now, the impression Li Yanan left on her had always been mature, stable, and reliable.

She never imagined that he had such a dark past in his life.

His background already pained her to the point of near suffocation.

But greater adversities never seemed to leave him alone.

Jin Muchi was silent for a while, and on the bed, Li Yanan, who had been in a deep sleep, slowly opened his eyes.

"I’ll leave now, when he wakes up, the one he most wants to see is you, not me."

Jin Muchi smirked a little, then turned and left the room.

Li Yanan didn’t speak, just slightly roused from his stupor, his face pale, with a bluish tinge from the loss of blood.

"Yanan..." Lin Zhenxin leaned over, looking at him in concern.

Li Yanan first glanced at their still clasped hands and then gradually released his grip.

Sure enough, after a night of holding her hand, Lin Zhenxin’s fair wrist was now bruised all around.

It looked like a bracelet, tightly clamped on there.

Li Yanan’s eyes flickered, and emotions of regret visibly deepened.

"I’m sorry..." After who knows how long, he apologized in a deep voice.

Lin Zhenxin quietly watched Li Yanan.

To her, even the smallest things, Li Yanan would keep in his heart.

"I don’t want to hear you say sorry, I want you to get better quickly."

However, Li Yanan’s gaze remained on the bruises on her wrist.

Perhaps due to the effects of the medication, his eyes were still a bit unfocused.

Lin Zhenxin felt very sad, and couldn’t help but lean closer to kiss his thin lips...

Slowly and gently...

He hadn’t washed, and instinctively, Li Yanan wanted to turn his head to avoid her, but Lin Zhenxin noticed and wouldn’t let him.

The man’s gaze suddenly showed rare confusion, and his body stiffened uncontrollably.

"Does it still hurt?" Lin Zhenxin touched his face, her eyes filled with concern.

Li Yanan was silent for a while, then shook his head.

The anesthetic had actually long worn off, and the dull pain in his abdomen was becoming more pronounced, but Li Yanan didn’t plan to tell her.

"Do you want to go to the bathroom?"

She particularly liked this current version of Li Yanan, though a bit slow due to the medication, yet remarkably obedient.

This time Li Yanan nodded.

Lin Zhenxin exerted herself to help him sit up, being extremely careful with every move to avoid tearing the wound on his abdomen.

Coming out of the bathroom, Lin Zhenxin casually wrung a towel.

Once he lay back down comfortably, she started to wipe his face.

Li Yanan remained silent, just letting her continue until his face was completely refreshed.

"I thought... you would be very angry." He suddenly said.

Lin Zhenxin paused in her actions, staring straight at him.

"I’m angry because you left me there alone to face the danger by myself."

After a brief pause, she continued to help him wipe his body, avoiding the wound as she spoke.

"I couldn’t bear to put you in danger with me."

As he said this, Li Yanan looked at the ceiling, the fresh stubble on his chin inexplicably sexy.

Lin Zhenxin pressed her lips together.

"Did you ever consider how I felt at that time?"

"I was always waiting for you to return, but I ended up seeing Jin Muchi instead."

No words in the world could describe the feeling when she saw Jin Muchi after opening the door.

"I’m sorry." Putting himself in her shoes, Li Yanan knew she would be angry, but if he could do it all over again...

He would still make the same choice.

"I said, I don’t want to hear you say sorry."

Li Yanan looked at her.

Lin Zhenxin’s eyes were as beautiful as black pearls.

"Then... I’m hungry." He truly didn’t say sorry again.

Lin Zhenxin looked at him, eventually conceding.

"I’ll go make you something to eat."

Lin Zhenxin made quite a mess of someone else’s kitchen.

Jin Muchi was an eyewitness to the disaster.

He never expected anyone to be so afraid of fire, freezing up just by getting close.

Moreover, her knife skills were so poor that she cut herself several times.

Even he, as a man, couldn’t stand it.

After a long while, Lin Zhenxin was staring blankly at a bowl of noodle soup.

"Aren’t you going to take it over?"

Jin Muchi called a servant to clean the kitchen.

Lin Zhenxin shook her head, a bit deflated, she feared fire and couldn’t cook.

Even she wasn’t really tempted by her own cooking.

"Can you ask the kitchen to make another batch for me? This one can be thrown away."

Having said that to Jin Muchi, Lin Zhenxin turned and walked out of the kitchen.

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