GTAS Arc. 2 Ch. 10
by cami【Congratulations, host, for successfully triggering Ji Linchen’s love line. In order to prevent the world from collapsing and to allow it to develop normally, please quickly increase Ji Linchen’s favorability rating and successfully conquer Ji Linchen.】
The mechanical voice of the system, devoid of any emotion, echoed in Ji Yichen’s mind as he stood still in Ji Linchen’s arms.
No, something was wrong with this development! Didn’t Ji Linchen like Lin Huai? How could he open a love line with himself? This… doesn’t make sense!
A flash of confusion passed through Ji Yichen’s beautiful phoenix eyes, and he hurriedly asked in his mind, “Little Six, is there something wrong on your end? How could Ji Linchen like me? He’s clearly upset about the woman he likes, Lin Huai. How could he develop feelings for me so quickly?”
【 …Host, Little Six wants to ask you something. Has Ji Linchen ever told you directly that he likes Lin Huai? 】
Ji Yichen fell silent at the question. Indeed, Ji Linchen had never told him he liked Lin Huai, but all of Ji Linchen’s actions showed that he did!
For example, when Lin Huai treated him, Ji Linchen pretended to pick a fight with Lin Huai; and when he mentioned Lin Huai, Ji Linchen angrily warned him and said Lin Huai liked women; and just now, Ji Linchen clearly misunderstood him mentioning his crush as Lin Huai, getting jealous to the point of hurting his hand. Could it be that Ji Yichen had misunderstood all of this himself?
“Ji Linchen has never said…”
【 Then that’s right. Little Six shows that Ji Linchen has never liked anyone before. You are the first person to open Ji Linchen’s love line, so there’s no mistake. Currently, Ji Linchen’s favorability rating is 50. Please quickly increase it and successfully conquer Ji Linchen. 】
Upon hearing Little Six’s voice again, Ji Yichen furrowed his brow, his eyes filled with conflict. He bit his delicate lips, wondering if it was too late to regret now.
He really didn’t intend to flirt with Ji Linchen. If he had known that Ji Linchen had such feelings for him, he would never have come to him. It would have been better to go directly to Lin Huai, to avoid adding another task. It was really troublesome…
“Is… is everything you said true?” Ji Linchen’s voice was low and trembling, evidently stirred with excitement.
Ji Yichen lifted his small face, the redness still lingering around his eyes, his fair skin blushing. Even the layer of fuzz on him seemed particularly cute in Ji Linchen’s eyes…
This was the power of loving the house and its crow [1], Ji Linchen felt that everything was perfect as long as it was related to Ji Yichen.
Being confessed to by someone he liked, Ji Linchen felt as honest as he did in his youth, and his deep eyes were filled with undisguised joy.
Ji Yichen nodded obediently, “Yes,” he said softly. Ji Linchen suddenly felt like tonight, the sky outside was cloudless, filled with stars, and the moon was exceptionally bright. It was a good omen.
Tonight was truly a wonderful night…
Ji Yichen watched as Ji Linchen’s deep eyes lit up, and he swallowed silently, feeling uneasy, shifting slightly, afraid that Ji Linchen would suddenly “give in to his desires” tonight!
For the sake of completing the mission, Ji Yichen was ready to sacrifice himself, but things were developing too suddenly, and he couldn’t help but feel a little scared…
“Knock, knock,” Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
“Sir, there’s a telegram from the military. Something’s happened,” came Lin Huai’s voice.
Ji Linchen’s expression turned cold at the sound, his angular face losing the softness it had before, his deep eyes dimming. Ji Yichen saw all of this, first relieved in his heart, then quickly escaped from Ji Linchen’s embrace, standing there with his head bowed, trying to conceal his hard-to-hide joy.
“Well, if Master Ji and Dr. Lin still have business to discuss, then, I’ll go back to my room and sleep first…”
Just as Ji Linchen remained silent for a while, Ji Yichen thought he agreed to let him go, so he immediately turned to leave without hesitation. But just as he turned around, he heard Ji Linchen’s gentle and low voice.
“You don’t have to be so formal with me in the future. Just call me by my name. I don’t like it when you call me ‘Master Ji,’ it sounds weird when you say those four words.”
Ji Yichen turned his head and gave Ji Linchen a warm smile. “I know, then when we’re in the military, can I call you like this, Little Linchen~?”
Ji Linchen chuckled at his words. Just as he was about to get up to grab Ji Yichen, Ji Yichen suddenly opened the door, and Lin Huai, who was outside the door, felt even more impatient after hearing the joking laughter of the two inside. As soon as the door opened, he stepped in directly. Seeing the two of them still dressed properly, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. After all, he interrupted Ji Linchen’s good mood…
“Major, there’s trouble in the military…”
Ji Linchen looked at Lin Huai, who entered with a furrowed brow. He reclined on the sofa, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly. His fingers, with distinct knuckles, lightly traced the intricate patterns on the sofa. His right leg was crossed over his extended left leg, and the silver eagle belt buckle around his waist looked even more exquisite under the light, resembling a living eagle. His sharp eagle eyes stared closely at the anxious Lin Huai before him.
He knew that Lin Huai wasn’t nervous about military matters right now. Based on his years of understanding of Lin Huai, no matter how tricky or difficult things were in the military, Lin Huai had never panicked. Instead, he handled them calmly and rationally. Just now, when he was looking for Ji Yichen, he heard from Ji Feng that Lin Huai was also looking for Ji Yichen.
From this perspective, Lin Huai should be worried about Ji Yichen now…
The smile on Ji Linchen’s lips became more pronounced. Both of them present wondered why Ji Linchen was smiling. Only Ji Linchen himself knew that he was smiling out of impatience. Ji Yichen was an interesting little guy. It seemed that not only Ji Linchen wanted to tease him, but also his own younger brother and the close confidant who had followed him for decades, all wanted to tease him…
“What’s going on in the military?” However, when Ji Linchen opened his mouth, it was about military matters he asked, and the smiling face from just now disappeared in an instant. At this moment, he looked as stern and serious as usual.
As soon as Ji Yichen heard that the two of them were going to discuss official business, he immediately closed the door. Then he stood at the door and took a deep breath, calming the fear that had been hanging in his throat just now down to his chest.
When he didn’t know how to respond just now, he could only nod in agreement. But Ji Linchen’s ferocious look had been seared into his eyes, making him really scared…
Ji Yichen didn’t return to Ji Linchen’s bedroom, but walked to the open-air corridor outside. He stared at the bright moonlight, feeling somewhat absent-minded.
This was the second world he had experienced. When he lost consciousness in the first world, he heard the system separating his main emotions from the first world. Now, his heart always felt empty, as if something was missing…
He pressed his chest with his hand. When he kicked Ji Yichen just now, his heart hurt so much, as if he was punishing Ji Yichen, and the original owner felt sorry for him…
“You’ve been infuriated to death, and you still feel sorry for that scum? How foolish…” Ji Yichen gently rubbed his chest and murmured softly to himself.
“Are you calling yourself stupid?”
Ji Yichen turned to see Ji Feng and raised an eyebrow. “Why, does the chief steward Ji also have the habit of eavesdropping on other people’s conversations?”
Only to see Ji Feng not speaking, but taking two steps to reach Ji Yichen’s side, bending down, leaning close to Ji Yichen’s fair and delicate face. His bright eyes were clear and devoid of any emotion.
“I am a death warrior [2]. Entering the Ji family is to gather advantageous information for the master. And you, now you are the precious treasure of the two brothers of the Ji family. You know, everything you say, every word you speak, could be advantageous to the master. I am just here to complete my mission.”
Hearing this, Ji Yichen stood up, straightening his posture and spoke loudly, “You and I are both here to complete our missions, but everyone relies on their own abilities. You don’t have to stare at me like this. I initially intended to climb into Ji Yanzhi’s bed, but now it seems that Ji Linchen is the true ruler of the Ji family. I have no relationship with Ji Yanzhi. Climbing into Ji Linchen’s bed now would be a last resort. Believe it or not, the advantageous information you couldn’t obtain after lurking in the Ji family for years, I can obtain it all in just one night…”
Watching Ji Yichen, who was righteous and unaware that he was doing something self-demeaning, Ji Feng sneered and straightened his body. His eyes were still clear. “Ji Yichen, do you consider climbing into a man’s bed something worthy of boasting about? Or is it that you climbed into the master’s bed to gain his approval, so he sent you here? Don’t forget, who Ji Linchen is. When that night comes, wouldn’t Ji Linchen find out that you are not pure?”
When Ji Feng met Ji Yichen’s beautiful Danfeng eyes again, he was unconsciously startled, taking a step back. Finally, he stiffened his neck and rolled his throat silently, strands of cold sweat already forming on his forehead…
Because Ji Yichen’s expression at this moment was colder than what he had seen in the room, especially those Danfeng eyes, he felt as if they were slender and emanating a dark glow, resembling those of a serpent…
But when he closed his eyes tightly and looked at Ji Yichen again, Ji Yichen had already turned away and no longer made eye contact with him. When Ji Yichen left, he left him with a sentence, devoid of the usual playfulness and cuteness, but cold as if in an icy wilderness…
“Ji Feng, don’t think that you are some kind of dogshit manager of the Ji family, and I will fear you. However you see me, I don’t care because you are just a temporary companion I need for support. As long as I can complete the mission, Ji Yichen is willing to sacrifice my life and everything. You don’t need to remind me of this all the time.”
[1] 爱屋及乌 (ài wū jí wū) – Literally “love the house and its crow,” meaning to love everything associated with someone, including their flaws or shortcomings.
[2] “死士” (sǐshì) – It translates to “loyal servant” or “dead loyalist.” While the literal translation is “dead soldier,” its usage in modern Chinese often refers to someone who is extremely loyal and devoted to their cause or master, willing to sacrifice everything for them.