After Switching Bodies, the Mad Overbearing CEO Takes Over the Entertainment Industry-Chapter 213 - 210: How can I kiss you if you keep looking at me like that?

Chapter 213: Chapter 210: How can I kiss you if you keep looking at me like that?

Lin Shisheng briefly explained to her the working hours at KI Research Institute, summarized in a single sentence: Work as you wish, with no restriction on personal freedom. At the end of the year, each person must submit a drug they’ve developed on their own.

The ownership of these drugs is personal, and the profit one makes is also one’s own; the most important part is the unlimited access to resources! However, everyone at the research institute must participate in drug research.

KI Research Institute focuses on the heart; they aim to develop drugs to treat heart disease, which is even harder than finding a cure for cancer, as heart disease can only be managed or treated with a suitable heart transplant when possible.

People with congenital heart defects often can’t find a suitable match and don’t have long to live.

Lin Shisheng gave her an overview of the progress in heart disease research. Despite five years of work, there hadn’t been any significant breakthroughs, but they had achieved commendable results in areas like coronary heart disease, heart failure, malignant arrhythmia, acute myocardial infarction, and congenital cardiovascular diseases.

At the moment, there’s no solution for congenital heart disease; it can only be managed with medication.

Ji Tian stepped out of the gate, and the silvery-white iron gate closed automatically. Shen Zhiyi and Qin Wantang were out of sight, and Qin Jiangsheng appeared indifferent as he gazed into the distance, lost in thought.

Ji Tian wore a smile, "Qin Jiangsheng, I’m fine now."

Hearing her, Qin Jiangsheng came back to his senses. His eyes, the color of tea, showed a hint of warmth, "How was it? Did everything go smoothly?"

Ji Tian nodded, "Pretty good."

Dark clouds filled the sky, and the weather forecast had predicted rain for the past few days. After the rain, Capital City would be very cold.

No sooner had she thought this than a light drizzle began to fall from the sky. Ji Tian was slightly taken aback and, before the rain could intensify, she pulled Qin Jiangsheng under the eaves of a nearby building for shelter.

But in an instant, it turned into a downpour, and the cold wind made Ji Tian’s face grow cold, causing her to shrink her neck like a quail.

"This rain is so sudden; it starts pouring without warning, sigh." She frowned with a worried tone.

Qin Jiangsheng looked at the curtain of rain; he was dressed more lightly than Ji Tian. After standing outside for a while, his body felt a bit stiff. He turned and presented his long fingers in front of Ji Tian, "Tiantian, can you warm my hands? I can’t get them warm."

Ji Tian inspected his hands, with clear lines on his palms—very clean hands.

She lifted her deer-like eyes, shaking her head, "No, my hands are cold too."

Qin Jiangsheng smiled with his eyes, "Then let me warm yours."

He took hold of Ji Tian’s hand and tucked it into his pocket.

Ji Tian struggled a little, giving him a light push with her other hand, "Your hand is as cold as ice, freezing me."

"They’ll warm up after a bit," he said, his voice tinged with amusement.

"Next time, could you wear thicker clothes? Your pockets aren’t warm at all." As she spoke, she took his hand and placed it into her pocket, "Mine are warm, with a layer of fleece."

He paused slightly, and in such cold weather, aside from warming himself by the fire, even his pockets weren’t warm. Yet Qin Jiangsheng felt a continuous stream of heat filling him, making him deeply attached and yearning for more.

Now, just by holding hands, his heartbeat went erratic. At a certain moment, he felt his flesh and blood being remade; the bleak past would finally become just the past. He would definitely hold onto these warm hands and keep walking on, forever and ever...

His gaze became somewhat distant, listening to the crisp and pleasant sound of raindrops hitting the ground and then looking at Ji Tian’s profile, which inexplicably gave him a sense of familiarity. However, that was quickly followed by a feeling as if his heart had been tightly squeezed, bringing forth breathless and oppressive emotions.

Ji Tian let out a soft hiss, turned her head, and met Qin Jiangsheng’s confused and sorrowful eyes. The voice that wanted to question him got swallowed in an instant, softening a bit unintentionally: "What are you doing? You pinched me and it hurt."

Qin Jiangsheng turned his head sharply, his palms breaking out in a light sweat despite the cold weather: "Sorry, I was zoning out thinking about something."

"You..." Ji Tian swallowed the words in her throat, and eventually still asked, "What happened to you just now?"

He shook his head gently, taking it as his own illusion, let out a slight sigh, and moved Ji Tian slightly back below the eaves where raindrops bounced off his trouser legs, tilting his body to shield her from most of it.

"I thought I’d have to wait at least another five years to see that woman again. I didn’t expect it to be so sudden. Strangely, even my hatred for her has faded. Three years in the orphanage, eight years wandering on the streets, all thanks to her. Just now, she said she only regrets not having handled things properly before, allowing me to grow up and even find the Bai Family. She said if she could live her life over again, she would make the same choices. She’s a strong career woman and wouldn’t allow my existence to ruin the status she’s worked thirteen years for." Qin Jiangsheng paused, his Adam’s apple moving slightly.

Turning his head, he saw Ji Tian staring at him blankly, her eyes filled with an unnoticeable heartache. Suddenly, he smiled, brightening his expression: "But without her, I wouldn’t have met you. It seems like fate—that I was destined to go through so much suffering before I could get what I wanted. Even if it was beyond my reach, I still wanted to try."

"In the past, I always thought, when I would see her again, how impressive I would be. I would have support behind me, my heart as firm as stone, not shaken by any emotion. But now, if I’m fortunate enough to have great power, I just want to protect you from any harm."

The old him was like a drifting duckweed, unable to find a foothold. Then Ji Tian burst into his life like a beam of light, gradually illuminating the night of his world, restoring to him a clear day. In his heart, Ji Tian was the best, incomparable.

He lowered his head slightly, his cool lips touching her soft ones at the corner. Ji Tian’s eyes widened, and Qin Jiangsheng straightened up, looking at her helplessly: "How can I kiss you if you keep looking at me like that?"

Ji Tian’s face flushed red, and she turned away, back to Qin Jiangsheng: "Who said you could kiss me? Qin Jiangsheng, we’re in the middle of the street."

He pondered: "So it’s okay if it’s not in the street?"

"..."

The rain stopped, and she headed straight outside.

Qin Jiangsheng followed closely behind: "If you don’t deny it, I’ll take it as your consent."

"I didn’t consent!"

"Response time exceeded, it’s invalid."

"Rascal."

They bickered all the way and didn’t notice the black car a hundred meters away from them. Besides the driver, Shen Zhiyi and Qin Wantang were sitting inside.

Shen Zhiyi was somewhat surprised, covering her mouth: "Godmother, Qin and Student Ji... they..."

Qin Wantang’s eyebrows were tightly knitted. She couldn’t hear what the two were talking about from this distance, but she hadn’t expected her seemingly cold-hearted son to have such a tender side. Her life had been so unfortunate; why should he be so happy? He should suffer like her. She struggled to control this dangerous thought inside her. She wouldn’t stay in the Capital City for long, but on one hand, she felt an emptiness, as if a piece was missing.