He rushed out of the door in such a hurry that he forgot to comb his hair or wash his face. With his messy hair sticking up like a crazy person, he ran out happily. Due to his muscle strain, he limped a little while running, making him look even more foolish.

Number Five was originally standing outside the door. When he saw him suddenly run out, he was stunned for a moment. By the time he reacted and wanted to stop him, Shi Jin had already turned the corner of the corridor and met a tall man in a sharp suit. Number Five stopped in his tracks.

A man?

They were staying in a private hospital, and this entire floor was rented out. How could a man suddenly appear out of nowhere?

As Number Five furrowed his brow, he hurried over to block Shi Jin from the man on the opposite side. After taking a closer look at the man's appearance, he was slightly stunned. "Mr. Shi, why are you here?" he asked, although he really wanted to know how the man had managed to get up to this level.

The man blocking Shi Jin's path was none other than Shi Weichong, who hadn't been seen in a long time. He looked like he had just rushed a long way, with a slightly haggard complexion, messy hair, and wrinkled clothes.

Shi Weichong only glanced at Number Five before turning his gaze back to Shi Jin. Seeing that he still had a healthy complexion and his hair was tousled, he softened his expression and said, "Xiao Jin, I heard from Second Brother that you were injured and I was a little worried, so I came here on my own."

Shi Jin hesitated, "Um..." Seeing Shi Weichong, who seemed to have already broken off their relationship, Shi Jin honestly didn't know how to respond and what attitude to use.

Should he continue to act out the good show of brotherly love as before? That was obviously unrealistic. After learning about those transactions, Shi Jin couldn't pretend to be the original owner and do such things.

Should he meet Shi Weichong with a cold gaze? But Shi Jin was not the original owner after all. He didn't have deep love or hate towards Shi Weichong. Moreover, what if being cold towards him pushed Shi Weichong, who was still relatively friendly, to the opposite side? The progress bar was not yet complete, and he couldn't be too reckless.

After thinking about it, it seemed that there was only one attitude left to use when facing Shi Weichong.

"Thank you for coming to see me," Shi Jin quickly suppressed all his emotions and showed a polite smile to Shi Weichong. He politely asked, "It's not appropriate to talk here. Would you like to come to my hospital room? I just woke up, so it might be a bit messy..."

As soon as Shi Weichong heard his "thank you," his expression dimmed and he pursed his thin lips, nodding in response, "Sure, I hope I didn't disturb your rest."

Can't believe he agreed.

Shi Jin gave himself a mental slap. He handed his tablet to Number Five and gestured towards the hospital room behind him, saying to Shi Weichong, "Please, but you may have to wait for me a bit. I haven't washed up yet."

Shi Weichong noticed his distance and slight defensiveness, so he lowered his posture even more and replied, "It's okay, I can wait."

......

The three of them returned to the hospital room together. Upon arrival, Shi Jin arranged for Shi Weichong to sit on the visitor's sofa in the corner of the room and poured him a glass of water. He then left and asked Number Five to keep Shi Weichong company.

After a quick wash, Shi Jin came out and changed seats to sit across from Shi Weichong. He politely asked, "Would you like to have breakfast together? The hospital food here is pretty good."

Shi Weichong nodded and said, "Sure."

Wow, you really aren't shy, big brother.

He could tell that Shi Weichong definitely had something to say to him and wouldn't be leaving anytime soon. So, he turned to Number Five and asked him to help bring over two portions of breakfast.

Number Five nodded, looked at Shi Weichong, then got up and walked towards the door of the hospital room. He didn't personally go out to get breakfast, but instead made two phone calls. After hanging up, he waited at the door, looking like he was expecting someone to bring him breakfast.

While Shi Jin had been instructing Number Five, Shi Weichong took a quick glance around the hospital room. After Number Five left, Shi Weichong turned to Shi Jin whose attitude obviously wasn't very warm and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm just here to see you."

Shi Jin responded politely, "Okay."

"How's your health?" Shi Jin continued to ask.

"Much better," Shi Jin replied politely.

"How did you get injured?"

"Just a little accident."

"How have you been doing lately?"

"Not bad."

"You've lost some weight."

"So have you."

"..."

"..."

After a dry conversation, the atmosphere became heavy and awkward.

Suddenly, Shi Weichong put down his water glass and spoke in a serious and heavy tone, "Xiao Jin, I know I no longer have the right to say these things, but I..."

"Breakfast is here." Number Five interrupted, approaching with a tray.

Shi Jin breathed a sigh of relief and quickly helped Number Five set up the breakfast, urging Shi Weichong to eat.

Shi Weichong closed his mouth, glanced at Shi Jin's hospital gown, and temporarily suppressed his words, picking up his chopsticks.

After a similarly heavy and awkward breakfast, the two brothers once again stared at each other in silence. As Shi Weichong tried to say something, his phone rang in his pocket. The ringtone was clearly set for a specific person, and upon hearing it, his expression became complicated and he couldn't help but sigh.

Shi Jin immediately started to gossip in his mind - could it be that Shi Weichong is in love? Is it his girlfriend or boyfriend calling?

Perhaps sensing his curiosity, Shi Weichong took out his phone and explained, "It's my mom."

Oh, it's just his mom.

Shi Jin's mind automatically flashed through various information about Shi Weichong's mother, Xu Jie, and he found it a bit boring at first. But soon, he found it very interesting - very, very interesting.

When Shi Weichong answered the phone, he greeted "Mom.". It was probably the other person asking where he was, and he quickly replied that he wasn't at the company or at home, but rather at a hospital on the other side of the ocean visiting Shi Jin.

Shi Jin and Xiao Si immediately noticed that after Shi Weichong said this, his progress bar increased, although only by one point.

"Did it really just increase by one point? Am I seeing things?" Shi Jin asked himself in his mind.

Xiao Si confirmed, "You're not seeing things. It was 490 just now, and now it's 491."

So Shi Jin's sharp gaze instantly fixed on Shi Weichong's phone, then quickly pretended to be nonchalant and lowered his head to peel an orange, while also asking Xiao Si to amplify his hearing.

The buff quickly activated and Shi Jin perked up his ears, hearing a low and deep female voice coming from Shi Weichong's phone receiver. "What did you say? Visit Shi Jin? Shi Weichong, did you completely ignore what I told you before?"

Shi Weichong glanced at Shi Jin, who was 'seriously' peeling an orange, and lowered his voice to reply, "Mom, I know what I'm doing."

Perhaps it was the moment when Shi Weichong's words hit Xu Jie's breaking point. Her tone instantly became stern as she said, "Do you even know what you're doing? I don't think you know anything! It was Shi Jin's own decision to leave, so why are you trying to get involved? I heard you even want to give him a portion of the shares? Do you not remember that it was because of him that we had to deceive and guard against your father to get by? Do you want to make the same foolish mistakes as your father?"

"Mom!" Shi Weichong's expression became somewhat unpleasant upon hearing this, realizing that his voice was too loud. He quickly suppressed his emotions and said as gently as possible, "Mom, what happened in the past has nothing to do with Xiao Jin. It was clearly Dad who treated us badly. Please don't say things like that anymore, and don't worry about the shares. I know what I'm doing."

Xu Jie's voice became sharper and more severe, with a hint of ruthlessness: "Ignore it? How can I ignore it? Your father treated us mother and son as pawns because of a momentary mistake. You ran to Rong City during the New Year's because of a momentary mistake, leaving me alone in B city for the whole year. Now, because of a momentary mistake, you threw the company's responsibilities aside and even gave shares to him, completely ignoring the current state of Ruihang. If you continue to contact Shi Jin, I'm afraid you will even abandon me as your mother one day!"

Shi Weichong was obviously having a headache, trying to appease her: "Mom, please don't say such words in anger--"

"You can continue to contact Shi Jin, and I will let you know whether what I said today is just hot air!" Xu Jie interrupted him, and then hung up the phone directly.

Shi Weichong picked up his phone and rubbed his forehead wearily.

Shi Jin silently withdrew his attention and checked the progress bar in his mind, which had reached 500 when Xu Jie hung up the phone.

He ate a slice of orange and felt a bitter taste in his mouth - this was really an unexpected disaster. He never thought that even after running so far, Shi Weichong could still bring the deadly factor right in front of him and provoke him. It was truly a touching display of 'brotherly love'.

"Xiao Jin," Shi Weichong regained his composure and called out to the seemingly absent-minded Shi Jin.

Shi Jin swallowed the orange and looked up at him, knowingly asking, "Is your mother angry because you came to see me?"

Shi Weichong shook his head and lied with his eyes open, "It's not because of you, it's because of other things I did. She's a little mad at me."

Shi Jin immediately asked, "What else have you been doing?"

Shi Weichong seemed to have no energy to beat around the bush anymore. Upon hearing this, he turned around and took a file out of his briefcase, pushing it towards Shi Jin.

He said, "It's this. Back then, when you split Ruihang's shares into five parts and gave them all away, not keeping a single part for yourself, I didn't stop you because of my own selfishness. Now, I think it was very inappropriate. After considering it, I've decided to give you the part that you should have taken."

Shi Jin didn't touch the file and asked in return, "But shouldn't the part that I should have taken be the entire Ruihang? Dad was originally planning to leave the whole company to me."

Shi Weichong clearly didn't expect him to say that and was stunned for a moment, frowning and looking up at him. "When I gave away my shares, they should all be under your name now, right?" Shi Jin calmly met his gaze and asked with a positive tone.

Shi Weichong saw that his expression was somewhat cold and his furrowed brows relaxed. He nodded and replied, "Yes... Xiao Jin, don't say such words from anger."

"I'm not saying them just because I'm angry, big brother. You gave up a lot of benefits to get all the shares back from Second Brother and the others," Shi Jin continued to inquire with a positive tone.

There's nothing to hide about this. Shi Weichong nodded again and said, "At that time, Ruihang was in turmoil. To facilitate stability, Second Brother and the others transferred all the shares they had dispersed to my name, and helped me challenge Xu Tianhua."

"You all have such a great relationship," Shi Jin said with deliberate coldness, squeezing the orange in his hand. "So, are you planning to give me a portion of the benefits you obtained through other means? Or are you going to return the one-fifth share you received from me?"

Shi Weichong remained silent, clearly confirming Shi Jin's suspicions.

"Well, that's no fun. I don't need that share because I don't want any more involvement with you in terms of benefits. I've already suffered losses because of it, and I don't want to suffer a second time," Shi Jin decisively rejected, pushing the documents back.

Shi Weichong pursed his lips and said, "Xiao Jin, you need this. With this share, you can do whatever you want, instead of risking your life by staying with Lian Jun."

Shi Jin spoke frankly, "What I want to do is stay by Young Master Jun's side. I enjoy taking risks for him. Even if I were to die for him, it would be my own choice."

Outside the door, Young Master Jun rushed back after receiving Number Five's message. He opened the door slightly and heard Shi Jin's words. His hand trembled, but he silently withdrew it and sat at the door to listen further.

Inside the room, Shi Weichong furrowed his brow, feeling that something was off about Shi Jin's words. He asked, "What do you mean by that? Do you..."

"I love Young Master Jun," Shi Jin interrupted him.

Shi Weichong couldn't help but sit up straight and said, "Xiao Jin, didn't you say you only admire Young Master Jun?"

When Shi Jin heard the question, he remembered the embarrassing incident and felt a little uneasy. He coughed and replied, "Well, maybe when you admire someone too much, you end up falling in love with them."

Shi Weichong's face turned black after hearing this and he said, "But what about Lian Jun? One-sided love never ends well!"

"He likes me too," Shi Jin answered, cutting straight to the point. "We're already together and planning to get married once I reach the legal age." Of course, the last sentence was a lie, but he said it just to shock Shi Weichong.

Outside the door, Lian Jun's posture went from tense to relaxed and his facial expression softened. He gestured to Number Nine, who had come back with him, to go and fetch Uncle Long.

Number Nine nodded and turned to leave.

Shi Weichong was completely shocked. He never expected that after only a short period of time, his just-turned-adult younger brother was already considering getting a marriage certificate with some big shot with a messy background. Taking a deep breath to steady his emotions, Shi Weichong gritted his teeth and said, "I disagree. You're still too young. Major life decisions require careful consideration."

"I don't want to consider it carefully. You can't stop me from pursuing happiness just because you're over thirty and haven't found a partner yet. I refuse to become an old leftover man." Shi Jin continued to strike back.

Shi Weichong's forehead bulged with veins as he suppressed his temper and said, "Xiao Jin, you're still immature."

Shi Jin continued to lower his head and squeeze the orange, showing an attitude of no longer cooperating with the conversation. He said, "Anyway, I won't take any shares, nor will I leave Lian Jun. You have no right to interfere with my life, and I don't like it."

With the first part of "no right" and the second part of "I don't like it," Shi Weichong was hit hard by these direct punches, feeling short of breath. He looked at Shi Jin's resistant appearance and stood up with a solemn face, saying, "Where is Lian Jun? I want to talk to him."

Shi Jin was secretly happy to hear this and was just about to politely send the guest away when the door to the ward behind him opened. Lian Jun appeared at the door and looked at Shi Weichong, saying, "Xiao Jin is going to receive treatment. Please go ahead, Mr. Shi."

Shi Jin was surprised and delighted once again. He turned his head to look at Lian Jun at the door and greeted him, "You're back? Have you had breakfast?"

Lian Jun looked at him and replied in a gentle tone, "I've eaten. I'll go talk to your older brother and come back to accompany you." After speaking, he looked at Shi Weichong and his expression turned cold and unfriendly.

Shi Weichong saw their interaction and felt a lump in his heart. He bent down to pick up his briefcase and walked quickly towards Lian Jun, deliberately blocking Shi Jin's line of sight towards Lian Jun.

Lian Jun noticed his actions and pointed to the armrest of the wheelchair, instructing Uncle Long a few words before turning around and leading him away.

Shi Jin wanted to follow and eavesdrop, but his thoughts were dispelled by Uncle Long's quick closing of the door. He was also scrutinized by Uncle Long with a strange look.

"What, what's wrong?" He felt a little uneasy under Uncle Long's meaningful expression.

Uncle Long's expression was very meaningful, and he rarely asked in a gentle tone, "I heard that you confess to Young Master Jun through the door?" As soon as Shi Jin heard the question, he shook his head quickly and denied having any knowledge of it. But in his mind, he was recalling his conversation with Shi Weichong before. His thoughts then drifted to the timely appearance of Lian Jun, leaving him silent.

Uncle Long shook his head and approached him, patting him on the shoulder. "Young man, don't be shy. Having thick skin is not a bad thing. I think you're doing just fine."

Shi Jin winced as Uncle Long hit his sore spot, feeling like he wanted to die.

Uncle Long took the opportunity to pat his shoulder, his tone deep and mysterious, his expression serious: "Before, I was worried about how to talk to Young Master Jun about certain things with his thin skin. But now that your skin seems to be thicker, I'll just tell you directly. Shi Jin, when two men engage in intimate activities, they must pay attention to certain details, such as measures to avoid injury and proper positions... Do you want to know more about this?"

It was clear that there was an insurmountable gap between ordinary people and doctors when it came to the thickness of their skin. As Uncle Long continued to spout increasingly absurd statements, Shi Jin couldn't help but imagine some very inappropriate things.

Finally, unable to take it anymore, he covered Uncle Long's mouth and said solemnly, "Uncle Long, let's start the treatment now. Use more force, I can take it!" Just as long as you shut up.

Uncle Long impatiently pulled Shi Jin's hand away and, seeing him cower in fear, coldly snorted and cruelly pinched his shoulder joint.

Shi Jin screamed in pain, nearly dying on the spot.

......

By the time Lian Jun returned to the hospital room, Shi Jin had endured today's torture and was once again lying on the bed, barely breathing.

Lian Jun felt both heartache and helpless as he approached Shi Jin, covering him with a blanket and touching his forehead.

Shi Jin turned his head to look at him and asked, "Where's Shi Weichong?"

"I had Fei Yujing take him away," Lian Jun replied, his hand still resting on his face as he traced the contours of his features. "Shi Jin, when you reach the right age, we'll go get our marriage certificate."

Shi Jin suddenly understood that Lian Jun must have overheard his conversation with Shi Weichong earlier. His mind raced as he blurted out, "Why does it sound like you're making a promise you might not keep? Aren't you afraid we'll break up before I reach the legal age?"

Lian Jun's brow furrowed as he silenced him by pinching his mouth shut, his eyes warning him.

Shi Jin quickly raised his hands in surrender and leaned towards him, seeking forgiveness.

Lian Jun then released him, allowing Shi Jin to sit up and once again cling to him like a lazy sloth who had lost its bone. The two of them hugged in silence for a while before Shi Jin spoke up, "Just now with Shi Weichong, his mother called him in front of me. I overheard a bit, it seems like she's angry at me for him giving me shares."

"I'll have someone keep an eye on Shi Weichong's mother. If you don't want the shares, no one can force you," Lian Jun patted his back gently and comforted him in a warm voice.

Shi Jin had only intended to tell him about this, but when he heard Lian Jun's response, he felt a strange mood and continued, "I think Fei Yujing is deliberately trying to trap me. He must know something, which is why he suddenly informed Shi Weichong that I'm here recovering."

Lian Jun remembered the report from his subordinates and frowned, "I'll have Old Ghost warn him not to keep staring at you."

When Shi Jin heard this, he found it even more amazing. He thought of what he had discovered earlier in the morning, took a step back and released Lian Jun. Number Five handed over the tablet and Shi Jin explained his guess to Lian Jun.

After listening, Lian Jun seemed to be deep in thought and replied, "It is indeed very possible. I will send someone to investigate this part and we should have results soon."

Shi Jin looked straight at Lian Jun with shining eyes, filled with admiration.

"What's wrong?" Lian Jun couldn't resist reaching out to touch him, feeling itchy in his heart.

Shi Jin quickly shook his head to indicate that there was nothing wrong, and then leaned back against him, rubbing his face and patting his back. He felt so happy - Lian Jun was almost completely obedient to him, and yet he was completely unaware of it.

How could there be such a precious treasure in the world? Who wouldn't love such a treasure?

Laughing at the way he was being petted and rubbed like a little dog, Lian Jun lightly touched the man's back, turned his head to lift his face, and closed his eyes to kiss him.

......

Shi Weichong was 'led' out of the hospital by Fei Yujing, and even the chance to see Shi Jin again was taken away by Lian Jun. Obviously, his conversation with Lian Jun did not go well.

"Yujing, thank you for telling me about Xiao Jin's injury." Shi Weichong stopped outside the gate, looked in the direction of the hospital, and wearily said to Fei Yujing.

Fei Yujing wore a pair of glasses today, making him even more unapproachable. Hearing this, he spoke frankly, "Brother, I don't understand why you rushed over here in such a hurry and asked me to take you to the hospital to see Shi Jin. I thought our entanglement with him ended on the day we got our shares."

Shi Weichong leaned against the car that came to pick him up and said, "I used to think so too...but Yujing, Xiao Jin said something very right. In this whole matter, what did he do wrong? He was just passively born into this world and enjoyed the fatherly love he deserved. The root cause of all this is not him."

"But he was the one who lit the fuse, big brother. You've become weak. At the moment of choosing between interests, you should give up unnecessary things. You used to do it well," Fei Yujing replied coldly and heartlessly.

Looking at Fei Yujing's demeanor, Shi Weichong suddenly remembered his past self who had wanted to trample on Shi Xingrui. Knowing that saying more was useless, he stood up, opened the car door, and finally said, "Spend some time with Xiao Jin. You will understand what we have missed in these years."

Fei Yujing watched him leave and pondered over his words. He turned around and looked in the direction of the hospital, sneering and laughing mockingly.

Missed? That's non-existent. He doesn't need any unnecessary 'conscience'.