Possessive Madman Coaxes Him With a Hand on His Waist! The Cold-Hearted Host Starts to Feel Something - Chapter 57

“Ah…”

A sharp hiss escaped as pain flared in his waist, and Yan Jin’s voice dropped, cold and threatening. “Say that again if you dare.”

“Sign me.”

“Do I even have the right to say no? You’ve already blocked every way out.”

Li Cheng shifted slightly.

“We foxes always give our partners whatever they want. Even if it’s a star in the sky, we’ll find a way to bring it down for them.”

“And now, when I’m only asking for a chance at work, you won’t even give that? All that talk about stars and moons—turns out it was just wishful thinking.”

【Fox Host, you’re such a smooth talker.】

Li Cheng: You don’t get it. My wife happens to like this kind of thing.

【Then what are you waiting for? Take him down already!】

Hearing that, Yan Jin thought that if Li Cheng really wanted a star, he might actually try to pluck one for him.

He tightened his arm around Li Cheng. “I can’t win an argument with you.”

In the end, Yan Jin agreed—and of course, he didn’t let the opportunity to take some advantage slip by.

After a while, Yan Jin looked at Li Cheng and asked gently, “Are you coming with me to work, or will you wait at home for me to come back?”

“I’ll go with you.”

Li Cheng’s eyes shifted slightly. Right now, Yan Xun’s killing intent hadn’t fully subsided yet.

He figured it was safer to stay by Yan Jin’s side for now.

“Alright,” Yan Jin replied.

Once they left, the two went straight to the company. Yan Jin, almost like declaring his territory, held Li Cheng’s hand the entire way.

After spending a few hours in the CEO’s office amusing himself, Li Cheng watched as Yan Jin answered a phone call.

It was from Old Master Yan, asking him to visit the hospital to see Yan Shen.

Even from across the room, Li Cheng could hear the angry tone on the other end. Yan Jin’s expression darkened.

“I’m not going.” His tone was frigid.

A series of harsh coughs came from the phone, and Yan Jin’s voice softened slightly. “Father, please take care of your health.”

“You two brothers can’t even get along! I’ll be driven to an early grave by you both! ‘Take care of my health,’ you say? You’re probably hoping I’ll die sooner! Cough, cough…”

Yan Jin’s grip on the phone tightened. “I don’t have a brother.”

“You ungrateful brat! Cough, cough…” The coughing grew even worse on the other end.

He paused. “I’m busy right now. I’ll call you back later.” Then he hung up.

Li Cheng saw him rub his temples, face still tight with anger.

He realized he didn’t know Yan Jin as well as he thought. Through his consciousness, he asked Ah Keng, Has his relationship with Yan Shen always been this bad?

【Fox Host, the arrival of Yan Shen and his mother caused Yan Jin’s mother to fall into depression and pass away, so he’s always hated Yan Shen. A year ago, Old Master Yan brought that mother and son back to the family, and Yan Jin hasn’t set foot in the Yan house since.】

Li Cheng frowned. I want to know everything—no details left out.

【According to the data, Yan Jin’s mother passed away twelve years ago due to depression. She suffered a severe emotional shock—and that’s when his second personality first appeared.】

A shock.

So that’s what caused it…

Li Cheng: I want to see his memories.

【Understood, Fox Host.】

Ah Keng immediately transferred Yan Jin’s memories to Li Cheng for him to view directly.

In an instant, fragmented images flooded Li Cheng’s mind.

He saw a young Yan Jin sitting alone in a corner, crying.

Running through the rain.

Standing at a gravesite, holding carnations for his mother.

A well-behaved child suddenly clenching his fists, his gaze changing into something fierce and defiant.

Yan Jin had always been a good kid—but Yan Xun wasn’t. Yan Xun did everything Yan Jin had only dared to write about in his diary.

He burned down the house Old Master Yan had prepared for Yan Shen and his mother.

Pushed Yan Shen off the second floor, injuring him. Failed exams on purpose. Fought constantly. Never did a single good deed.

He used his behavior to express the rage Yan Jin couldn’t.

Old Master Yan had always been proud of his brilliant son, but when Yan Xun appeared, his actions terrified the old man.

That was when he sent Yan Shen and his mother overseas.

…

Watching those memories, Li Cheng’s chest ached uncontrollably.

【Yan Jin hates them—but they hate him just as much.】

【Old Master Yan brought Yan Shen back hoping he’d help Yan Jin, but Yan Shen doesn’t see it that way. He believes the Tianye Corporation should belong to him. Ever since returning, he’s been making trouble for Yan Jin.】

Li Cheng: So he knows about Yan Jin’s second personality, doesn’t he?

【He does. That’s why he deliberately provokes Yan Jin at critical moments—hoping he’ll lose control and make a fool of himself in public. When Yan Jin’s anger reaches a breaking point, that’s when Yan Xun surfaces.】

Li Cheng’s fists clenched. So Yan Jin’s other self had been born out of deep pain.

He must have suffered so much back then.

Li Cheng walked over to Yan Jin, gently smoothing the frown between his brows. “Stop frowning all the time. I’m starting to get scared to even talk to you.”

Yan Jin caught his hand, his voice softening. “Are you hungry?”

Li Cheng didn’t answer. Instead, he wrapped his arms around Yan Jin. “You had a hard childhood, didn’t you…”

Yan Jin hadn’t expected that question. He ruffled Li Cheng’s hair lightly. “Why ask that all of a sudden?”

For a moment, emotion welled up inside him. Everyone saw the heir of Tianye Group as someone born into luxury—his life the finish line others could never reach.

No one had ever asked him a question like that.

No one had ever thought he’d suffered.

Yan Jin brushed his thumb along Li Cheng’s cheek. “Maybe you’re so sweet because I had to endure a little bitterness first—just so I could meet you.”