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Chapter 535 - 472 The Photon Traveling in Space

Chapter 535: 472 The Photon Traveling in Space

The next day, Jiang Chen contacted the hospital and arranged for Pei Yunxi to be moved to a different ward.

With an extra bed.

At least he didn’t have to spend another night on the chair.

After confirming that the "Okay" from the previous night was not his imagination, Jiang Chen, having learned his lesson, surprisingly went with the flow and actually planned to get into the bed.

Pei Yunxi evidently did not expect him to have such audacity and froze for a moment. When he had almost reached the bed, she displayed the contradictory nature of women, sternly saying, "You believe I won’t call the police?"

Jiang Chen was instantly embarrassed.

There really were police patrolling the corridor outside.

If this woman actually yelled out, it would be a minor embarrassment for him, but bringing shame to his compatriots would be a greater issue.

He didn’t make excuses like "It was you who asked me to get on the bed" or anything of the sort.

There’s no reasoning with a woman.

Thus, under Pei Yunxi’s relentless gaze, Jiang Chen could only retreat begrudgingly, move away from the bed, and sit back down on the chair, completely unaware of the fleeting smile in the woman’s eyes.

Although Jiang Chen was not a pampered person, sleeping in a chair was still somewhat uncomfortable.

However, he didn’t disturb Pei Yunxi’s rest and, unable to sleep, he just quietly gazed out at the night sky through the window as if daydreaming.

Perhaps it was the first time sharing a "lovely evening" with a man, or perhaps it was the pain from her wounds, Pei Yunxi couldn’t fall asleep either and was the first to speak, breaking the silent atmosphere of the ward.

"What are you looking at?"

Jiang Chen didn’t turn around, "I’m looking for the light from my childhood."

Pei Yunxi was perplexed, "The light from your childhood?"

"Have you ever played with a laser pen?"

Despite the obvious age gap, it wasn’t big enough for a generation gap, so Pei Yunxi certainly knew about the type of laser pen he was referring to.

"I’ve seen others play with it, what about it?"

She leaned on the pillow, her head turned towards Jiang Chen.

He simply said, "According to the law of conservation of energy, the photons that I shot into the night sky with a laser pen when I was a kid must be traveling through space right now. I just don’t know how far they’ve flown."

Pei Yunxi was stunned for a long while before she couldn’t restrain herself and cursed in a way highly uncharacteristic of her celebrity status, "Crazy."

Jiang Chen kept looking out the window.

For some reason, Pei Yunxi suddenly felt that the person sitting there had turned into a child.

"Hey."

Jiang Chen remained still.

Looking at his pitiful figure leaning against the chair, Pei Yunxi pursed her lips and once again said, "Come up here."

But Jiang Chen was not about to be fooled again, "You think I’m stupid?"

"Suit yourself."

Pei Yunxi turned her head to the other side.

Jiang Chen continued to gaze at the stars.

Pei Yunxi on the bed, for some unknown reason, began to laugh to herself, pulling the blanket over herself, trying hard to suppress her laughter, though the blanket still trembled endlessly.

And just like this.

Jiang Chen really did spend the night in the chair,

But it wasn’t all in vain.

When he woke up, the system’s mechanical prompt sounded like music to his ears.

[Pei Yunxi’s fondness for you +10]

All thanks to that photon traveling through space.

Jiang Chen decided he must tell her more about his childhood stories in the future.

Because the soreness from roughing it in the chair all night vanished in an instant.

But after great joy came great sorrow.

Looking at the heart-wrenching [85] fondness level, Jiang Chen’s face twitched, his emotions rollercoastering, and he couldn’t help but punch the wall.

Damn.

85.

Why 85?!

If only it had increased by 5 points, the mission would have been completed!

That’s how people are.

Never content.

"Having a seizure?"

Pei Yunxi looked over curiously.

Jiang Chen now realized that this woman was actually quite sly, insulting people without using swear words, an angel’s face with a devil’s heart.

He took a deep breath.

"I’ll ask the doctor to change the room."

————

Success was within arm’s reach.

Jiang Chen decided to bear the humiliation and carry the burden to the end, staying in the hospital without leaving, doing everything a caregiver could do, except for some genuinely unavoidable tasks.

But the results were not ideal.

He drew on past successes and racked his brains telling childhood anecdotes, but he never again achieved the effect of that beam of light, and the affection rating stuck at 85, unmovable.

It felt as if, after overcoming numerous difficulties and dangers, he had finally arrived in front of the vault door, yet he was missing the final key.

Inside the hospital.

Jiang Chen pushed the wheelchair, taking the physically disabled Pei Yunxi out for some sun.

Bai Haoran, who had rushed over from outside, approached and stopped at a distance, not immediately interrupting.

Jiang Chen was so attentive because he had ulterior motives, but Pei Yunxi didn’t seem to feel uncomfortable, enjoying it as if it were her due.

There were no reporters, no paparazzi, no one recognized them, and the two conversed and laughed naturally, like a pair of good friends, or even—

Lovers.

"Brother Bai."

Jiang Chen caught sight of Bai Haoran unintentionally.

Only then did Bai Haoran come over.

"Miss Pei."

He greeted Pei Yunxi in the wheelchair.

Pei Yunxi smiled slightly.

Bai Haoran looked up at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen realized he had something to say and told Pei Yunxi, "Wait for me a moment."

Pei Yunxi nodded and watched the two walk aside, then turned her gaze back, looking at the tall French plane trees.

"What’s the matter?"

Jiang Chen stopped and asked.

Bai Haoran was silent for a moment.

"Takagi Gentarou is dead."

Jiang Chen’s pupils constricted.

After a brief silence.

"When did it happen?"

"His servant reported it to the police this morning; the actual time of death should be between two and four a.m. yesterday."

Jiang Chen’s gaze flickered, and his eyebrows creased involuntarily.

The shooting case at Parc des Princes wasn’t resolved yet, and now, Takagi Gentarou, the prime suspect, was dead?

"How did he die?"

"The police initially judged it as suicide."

"Suicide?"

Jiang Chen was even more astonished.

"Yes, he was found hanged in his study. The servant said they didn’t see anyone else or hear any strange noises. The police also found no signs of forced entry in his mansion."

Bai Haoran said, "It was Joe Bankton who informed me. The stakeholders of K.E Group were also shocked. The police’s current theory is that he might have been under too much business pressure, but Joe Bankton said, the Takagi Gentarou he knew didn’t seem like someone who would take his own life."

Jiang Chen’s feelings were a bit complex at the moment.

He and Takagi Gentarou were competitors, that was true.

But so far, the two had never met in person.

And now, the man had hanged himself in his own mansion.

"Joe Bankton also beat around the bush asking me; I’m afraid he suspects that we did it."

Bai Haoran continued.

The sudden death of Takagi Gentarou caught him off guard as well.

"Right, before he committed suicide, Takagi Gentarou left a last will."

A last will?

Jiang Chen quickly asked, "What was it?"

Bai Haoran’s expression showed a trace of strangeness.

"He wrote a sentence: ’No one can occupy Paris before France surrenders.’

Their eyes met.

Both fell silent.