Come With Me (Second Update)

After Chi Li returned, the more he thought about it, the more feasible that conjecture seemed. A bitter heaviness filled his chest—

Si Jinyan, as a Mermaid, was powerful. But whenever Chi Li thought about how Si Jinyan might once have wondered why he was different from everyone else, while those people, in order to use him, told Si Jinyan that he was an experimentally cultivated subject, a test specimen, a tool...

During that period of his childhood, although Si Jinyan had undergone endless examinations, he had at least possessed fleeting warmth.

Chi Li thought of what Si Jinyan had experienced over the past few years—lies, exploitation, those parasitic people selfishly and greedily drawing Si Jinyan's blood for so long. Chi Li clenched his fists. All of this could have been avoided. Si Jinyan never needed to endure so much pain.

Si Jinyan hurriedly ended his meeting and headed to the bedroom.

He saw Chi Li leaning against the windowsill, staring outside, clearly burdened by something.

Si Jinyan walked over and draped an arm around Chi Li's shoulders. "Are you upset because I didn't keep you company?"

"Is that possible?" Chi Li pulled himself from his thoughts.

"Why not? What if you get used to me always being with you?" Si Jinyan smugly took pride in his little scheme. "Then one day, if I disappear, you'll start worrying about me and missing me."

Chi Li frowned. He did not like hearing Si Jinyan say things like that.

Amusement flickered in Si Jinyan's eyes. "See? You're worrying about me already."

Chi Li took a deep breath and suddenly asked, "Si Jinyan, did you ever wonder why you were different from everyone else?"

Si Jinyan visibly froze. After a brief pause, he suddenly leaned close to Chi Li's face, his lips pressed