Chapter 182 He Wants to Protect Shen Jin

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When their eyes met, Yan Yu was completely stunned. All his surprise and shock were written in his eyes, almost bursting out.

The man met his gaze for a moment, then seemed to quickly look away, avoiding eye contact with Yan Yu. He turned to leave, whispering, "Leave quickly."

"Wait!" Yan Yu reacted and grabbed the man's wrist with such force that the man gasped. Yan Yu didn't care about anything else, holding his hand tightly as if afraid he would lose his grip. "...Don't go!"

"Shen Jin!" Yan Yu shouted at the man, calling out Shen Jin's name.

Startled by Yan Yu's address, the man seemed to pause for a moment before trying to shake off Yan Yu. However, Yan Yu held him tightly, and the man whispered, "Let go!"

"I don't want to! I won't let go!" Yan Yu was no longer listening at this point; his eyes were red, and he rushed forward to hug him. "If I let go, you're going to leave!"

Yan Yu frantically called out Shen Jin's name.

The other person pushed him away again, seemingly a little impatient: "I already said, I'm not him! No, no, don't you understand?"

He tried to keep his voice down when he spoke.

"You are Shen Jin, you are Shen Jin!" Yan Yu roared at him, his voice hoarse, his emotions a mix of excitement and joy. "I won't mistake you! I know it's you! I've finally found you! I...I..."

Yan Yu was incredibly excited.

"Don't you understand? I already said I'm not! You've mistaken me for someone else!" Shen Jin finally couldn't take it anymore and threatened Yan Yu with the large knife in his hand, "If you come any closer, I'll chop you down!"

"I'm not afraid!" Yan Yu ignored him and rushed forward to hug the other person's waist tightly without any reason!

The familiar feeling instantly overwhelmed Yan Yu, and he almost burst into tears. He was Shen Jin, he was definitely Shen Jin, and he had no mistake.

Being held in Yan Yu's arms like that, the other person was slightly stunned, then pushed him away and gritted his teeth: "You... don't go crazy!"

"Shen Jin..." Yan Yu called out Shen Jin's name softly after being pushed away.

Chen Jin looked away.

"You've made a mistake. Leave now and don't come any closer," Shen Jin said to Yan Yu in a deep voice after a moment of silence.

“Leave? Where to? I want to go with you.” Yan Yu replied, “Do you know me… I knew you would be alright, you…”

As she spoke, she stepped forward and hugged Chen Jin again: "Can you let me hug you?"

"Not good!" Shen Jin pointed his broadsword at Yan Yu, the tip of the blade aimed directly at Yan Yu, causing Yan Yu to pause slightly.

"You can go wherever you want, just get out of here right now and don't follow me!" Shen Jin said to Yan Yu.

"No, I want to follow you, Shen Jin, I want to follow you." Yan Yu still wouldn't listen to Shen Jin and was about to step forward.

He completely ignored the large sword in front of him and walked straight past it.

Seeing that the large sword was about to pierce Yan Yu's chest, Shen Jin frowned and withdrew the sword from his hand.

Yan Yu's eyes immediately lit up.

"You are Shen Jin, why are you pretending not to know me? I miss you so much," Yan Yu said softly to Shen Jin.

Shen Jin gripped the hilt of the knife tightly and took a deep breath.

At this moment, a bandit attacked Shen Jin from behind. Shen Jin didn't notice for a moment, and the bandit had already raised his knife to slash at Shen Jin.

Yan Yu saw the bandit and rushed forward, shoving Shen Jin aside: "Be careful!"

Yan Yu's action was almost entirely without thinking, so he pushed Shen Jin away very quickly, and Shen Jin fell directly to the ground and rolled several times.

"Ugh!" Immediately afterwards, Yan Yu let out a muffled groan.

Shen Jin realized what was happening and quickly looked at Yan Yu. He saw that Yan Yu's arm had been slashed open by a large knife, and blood was flowing out.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the bandit ran away immediately.

"Shen Jin, are you alright?" Yan Yu, clutching his arm, stood up, walked towards Shen Jin, and asked.

"How many times do I have to tell you before you understand? I don't know any Shen Jin, and I don't know you either. Get out of here and bandage your wound yourself." Shen Jin said to Yan Yu in a deep voice, his voice now carrying a hint of helplessness compared to before.

After saying that, Shen Jin turned to leave and headed towards the tomb raiders to continue helping them deal with the bandits.

Without thinking twice, Yan Yu rushed in and followed closely behind Shen Jin.

Shen Jin glanced at Yan Yu behind him, and his brows immediately furrowed tightly.

"What are you doing following me! I told you I don't know you!" Shen Jin shouted impatiently at Yan Yu.

Yan Yu didn't stop at all. He reached out and grabbed Shen Jin's hand, but Shen Jin immediately dodged away.

"You are Shen Jin, I know." Yan Yu's heart was still pounding wildly with excitement.

"I told you I didn't do it, so get out of here!" Shen Jin continued to shout at Yan Yu.

Yan Yu's pent-up emotions finally erupted, and he roared at Shen Jin, "You are! You are! I absolutely cannot mistake you!"

Shen Jin seemed too lazy to argue with him anymore and continued on his way, but Yan Yu followed Shen Jin relentlessly.

The bandits dared not confront the tomb raiders head-on, and after only a few rounds of fighting, several of them were already injured.

The bandits were forced to retreat quite a distance, and the bandit leader stared intently at the tomb raiders.

"You...you just wait and see! You've offended me, and I won't let you get away with this!" The bandit leader panted heavily as he threatened the tomb raiders.

One of the tomb raiders chuckled, "Is that so? Then I'd like to see how you're going to stop us."

"You..." The bandit leader was so angry that he couldn't even speak.

"You all better remember this!" the bandit leader threatened them viciously at the end.

After saying that, the bandit leader waved his hand and shouted to the people behind him, "Retreat!"

Everyone quickly responded, turned around, and retreated, leaving the mountain.

This time it didn't work out, so we'll just have to try again next time. Anyway, as long as we're alive, we can always try again.

The tomb raider watched as the bandits ran off one by one and couldn't help but sneer.

"Tch, I thought they were something special, but they're just a bunch of trash." One of them threw his weapon on the ground and scoffed.

Others echoed this sentiment.

At this moment, Yan Yu kept trying to get closer to Shen Jin and reach out to touch him.

One of the tomb raiders spotted Yan Yu and immediately frowned: "Why is there another person?"

The other tomb raiders also came over to look.

Yan Yu, however, paid no attention to what others were saying; his eyes were almost entirely focused on Shen Jin.

Shen Jin listened to Yan Yu calling his name the whole time, but didn't say a word.

"Isn't this the one they claimed was one of ours, the one they used to threaten us?" one of the tomb raiders recognized Yan Yu and said.

"Shen Jin, why won't you admit it?" Yan Yu continued to press Shen Jin relentlessly.

The entire group of tomb raiders were staring at the two of them, and Shen Jin immediately clenched his fists.

"Have you had enough? Didn't I tell you I don't know you?! If you keep making noise, I'll kill you! Get out of here!" Shen Jin shouted at Yan Yu, unable to bear it any longer.

The tomb raiders were stunned for a moment, staring blankly at Shen Jin.

This was the first time they had ever seen Shen Jin lose his temper like this, and he even swore. For a moment, everyone was stunned.

Upon hearing Shen Jin's words, Yan Yu remained silent for a while.

Shen Jin thought that Yan Yu had finally understood what he was saying, but Yan Yu suddenly spoke up: "I'm not leaving! I'm just not leaving! I finally got to see you again, how could I possibly leave again!"

"..."

At this moment, someone finally realized what was happening.

"Do you...know each other?" someone asked.

Judging from their demeanor, they seem to know each other.

"I know him." Before Shen Jin could speak, Yan Yu admitted it directly.

"I don't know you!" Shen Jin said through gritted teeth.

"You are Shen Jin, why do you say you don't know me?" Yan Yu continued to call Shen Jin by his name.

As she spoke, she tried to cling to Shen Jin, but Shen Jin, unable to bear it any longer, kicked her away: "I've already told you I'm not Shen Jin! Why don't you understand!"

Chen Jin used a lot of force in this kick, and Yan Yu was kicked to the ground.

Without hesitation, Shen Jin turned around and was about to leave when Yan Yu suddenly grabbed his thigh.

"You are, you are Shen Jin, don't go..." Yan Yu's voice was low and hoarse as he continued to affirm that he was indeed Shen Jin.

He finally found Shen Jin, and this time, even if it meant killing him, he would never let go.

At this moment, one of the tomb raiders couldn't help but speak up: "Judging from your appearance, you're not one of those bandits. You've probably really mistaken me for someone else."

"I didn't! I didn't!" Yan Yu reacted very strongly, shouting loudly.

The tomb raider was stunned; he hadn't expected Yan Yu to react so strongly.

Yan Yu got up and still wanted to stick to Chen Jin.

"Get out of my way! I already said I'm not, I'm not!" Shen Jin continued to deny it.

As he spoke, he started to walk forward.

Shen Jin said to the tomb raiders, "Let's go quickly and ignore him."

The tomb raiders had no objections and left without further ado.

However, no matter how hard Yan Yu tried to shake him off, he insisted on following Shen Jin. No matter how Shen Jin treated him, even if he hit him, he would not fight back.

Even after the fight, she still clung to him, and no matter how hard she tried to get rid of her, she wouldn't leave.

"Please, please leave! I'm really not Shen Jin!" In the end, when force didn't work, Shen Jin had to resort to other methods.

Yan Yu said in a hoarse voice, "I won't... I won't! I won't lose you again this time. I was wrong before, please don't be angry anymore. I won't, I really won't."

Shen Jin was truly exasperated by Yan Yu's attitude, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "I really am not!"

The tomb raiders looked at each other, speechless, watching the conversation between the two.

"Ah Jin, do you really not recognize him? He seems like the person I'm looking at really." After a while, someone finally spoke up and asked.

Hearing his words, Shen Jin took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.

Finally, Shen Jin continued walking with his head down, saying, "I don't know him."

Yan Yu merely pursed his lips in response to Shen Jin's answer, saying nothing and continuing to follow him.

The tomb raiders looked puzzled and left with them before they could say anything.

"So what should we do with him?" At this moment, one of the tomb raiders pointed at Yan Yu and asked their leader.

The man glanced at Yan Yu, frowned slightly, and remained silent for a while.

"What else can we do? We're not bandits, we don't beat people," the man said after a moment.

Given the current state of these two people, one claiming to know Yan Yu and the other denying it, he couldn't just drive Yan Yu away like that, since they weren't as barbaric as those mountain bandits.

So they had no choice but to let Yan Yu stay for the time being.

Hearing their leader say this, the other tomb raiders didn't say anything more and let Yan Yu go with them. "Let's go, let's go to the mountain we're going to first," the leader of the tomb raiders said to the group after a moment.

Hearing his words, everyone responded. Their destination was a mountain not far from here, where there were many ancient tombs, and they decided to make that their target there.

At this moment, the leader of the tomb raiders suddenly turned to look at Yan Yu. Yan Yu was still sticking to Shen Jin's side, not daring to go too far, for fear that Shen Jin would shake him off, even though Shen Jin's expression clearly showed that he didn't want to pay attention to him.

"Young man, why don't you treat your wound first?" the man said, looking at Yan Yu's arm.

Upon hearing his words, Yan Yu was slightly taken aback and subconsciously looked down at his arm. The wound on his arm was still bleeding a little; it was from when he was slashed by the bandit with a large knife when he pushed Shen Jin away earlier.

Upon hearing this, Shen Jin glanced at Yan Yu's arm before quickly looking away, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

"It's alright, just a minor injury, nothing serious," Yan Yu quickly replied, regaining his composure.

Upon hearing Yan Yu's reply, Shen Jin snorted coldly, quickened his pace, and said coldly, "Who cares what he does? Let him bleed to death."

The tomb raiders were taken aback by Shen Jin's reaction. Shen Jin had always been the gentlest and most considerate among them; his attitude today was truly unexpected.

When Yan Yu saw that Shen Jin was angry, he immediately became anxious and hurriedly chased after him.

"Shen Jin, don't be angry..." Yan Yu didn't know why Shen Jin was angry, so he could only apologize helplessly.

The tomb raider realized what was happening and quickly stepped forward to hand Yan Yu the medicine and bandages he was holding: "Let's treat the wound first."

Yan Yu thanked him, took the medicine, casually applied some to his wound, bandaged it haphazardly, and then immediately went to chase after Chen Jin.

"Hey..." The tomb raider watched Yan Yu chase after Chen Jin again, feeling somewhat helpless. In the end, he simply shook his head and ignored him.

"What exactly is the relationship between this person and Ah Jin?" the tomb raider muttered to himself in confusion. After thinking for a while, he still couldn't find an answer, so he stopped thinking about it.

Yan Yu followed Shen Jin cautiously. Since it was night, Yan Yu couldn't see Shen Jin's expression clearly and felt very uncertain.

"Shen Jin..." Yan Yu hesitated for a long time before cautiously calling out Shen Jin's name.

Before he could say anything, Shen Jin interrupted him directly: "Don't follow me."

After saying that, Shen Jin quickened his pace. Yan Yu felt a pang of sadness upon hearing Shen Jin's words, as if he had been forcibly pulled away. However, Yan Yu only paused for two seconds before immediately following after him.

"Are you angry with me?" Yan Yu asked Shen Jin cautiously after a moment of silence.

In truth, he knew that whatever Shen Jin wanted to do to him, he deserved it, because of how he had treated Shen Jin in the past.

But when Shen Jin treated him so coldly, he still couldn't help but care, and he felt really bad.

Just then, one of the tomb raiders called out to them, holding a flashlight in his hand: "This flashlight is for you to use."

Upon hearing this, Yan Yu quickly stepped forward and took the flashlight: "Thank you."

"No need, just be careful. Who knows what might happen in these deep mountains and forests?" the man replied.

Yan Yu nodded and responded. Then, Yan Yu used the flashlight to light the way for Shen Jin, who continued walking on his own, ignoring Yan Yu.

Although Yan Yu felt a little sad, he was still very happy because Shen Jin was now truly standing in front of him. He hadn't seen Shen Jin for so long before, and he had really given up hope, thinking that Shen Jin had really left.

However, he was already very happy that he could see Shen Jin again and stay by Shen Jin's side.

Yan Yu shone his flashlight on Shen Jin. With the light from the flashlight, he could clearly see Shen Jin's figure. After so long, Shen Jin's body had really lost a lot of weight. He looked particularly thin and frail.

Looking at Shen Jin's retreating figure, Yan Yu suddenly felt a pang of heartache and a heavy feeling in his heart. Yan Yu only dared to shine the flashlight on Shen Jin's body; he dared not shine it any higher, for fear that Shen Jin would get angry.

At this moment, Yan Yu suddenly saw a snake quietly approaching Shen Jin's ankle in the grass at his feet, and it had even opened its mouth. Yan Yu froze instantly, his pupils contracted sharply, and his blood seemed to flow backward.

"Watch out!" Yan Yu shouted at Shen Jin and rushed over.

Shen Jin was stunned for a moment and didn't react immediately.

By the time he came to his senses, Yan Yu had already grabbed his shoulder and pushed him away.

Yan Yu stomped hard on the snake's head, pressing it firmly down. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, though he still felt a lingering fear when he thought about it.

At this moment, Shen Jin was stunned.

Immediately afterward, Shen Jin reacted, drew a dagger from his waist, squatted down, and cut the exposed body of the snake into several pieces. After confirming that it was dead, he raised his hand to Yan Yu, indicating that he should lift his foot.

Yan Yu then slowly raised his foot.

"Are you alright?" After escaping danger, Yan Yu quickly asked Shen Jin.

"What does this have to do with you?" Shen Jin sheathed his dagger and spoke coldly.

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Yan Yu watched as Shen Jin left, opened his lips as if to call out to Shen Jin, but could not utter a sound.

In the end, Yan Yu simply followed Shen Jin silently.

At this moment, the tomb raiders also noticed the commotion the two had made. One of them looked over and asked, "What happened? Are you alright?"

"It's nothing," Shen Jin replied.

Upon hearing Shen Jin's answer, the person who had asked the question nodded and said nothing more.

Yan Yu continued to walk beside Shen Jin.

After walking for a short while, the group was blocked by a river. The river was not deep, only about knee-deep, but the stones in the river were covered with a lot of water plants. If they took off their shoes and stepped on it, they would likely slip and fall.

The group hesitated for a moment.

"Everyone has worked hard enough. Take off your shoes and walk across the river. Be careful not to slip and fall," the leader of the tomb raiders said after a moment.

After saying that, he took off his shoes and socks and walked into the water.

He almost slipped and fell as soon as he stepped into the water, making everyone watching hold their breath.

Fortunately, he quickly regained his footing without falling, which relieved everyone slightly, and they all began to take off their shoes and socks to prepare to wade through the water.

Chen Jin also sat down on a rock, preparing to take off his shoes and socks.

"Shen Jin, let me carry you across." Yan Yu quickly came to Shen Jin's side and whispered.

As he spoke, he squatted down, his back to Shen Jin, gesturing for Shen Jin to come up.

Shen Jin glanced at him coldly and continued with his actions: "No need."

After being rejected, Yan Yu bit his lower lip and remained silent for a while.

"Let me carry you on my back, I won't fall." Yan Yu tried persistently.

Shen Jin stood up immediately: "I said you don't need it, and you really don't need to do this!"

After saying that, Shen Jin picked up his shoes and socks and walked towards the river without stopping, going straight into the river.

Yan Yu quickly grabbed a flashlight and went forward to illuminate Shen Jin's path. He also stepped into the river and shone the flashlight into the water under Shen Jin's feet, afraid that Shen Jin might slip and fall.

Fortunately, Shen Jin eventually made it across the river safely.

After everyone crossed the river, they continued on their way to their destination, and it wasn't until late at night that they reached the mountain.

"Alright, it's getting late. Let's all find a place to sleep for a few hours," someone said after we arrived.

The others responded and began looking for a place to rest.

Shen Jin found a tree, sat down under it, and leaned against it. Just as he was about to close his eyes and rest, Yan Yu came to Shen Jin's side.

Shen Jin frowned, slowly opened his eyes, and looked at Yan Yu: "Could you please stop following me?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Yu was stunned and remained silent for a long time.

"I...I won't bother you, I'll just stay here and watch over you." After a while, Yan Yu said in a low voice.

He just wanted to stay by Shen Jin's side, afraid that Shen Jin might run away again at any time. Moreover, he wanted to protect Shen Jin's safety and keep watch over him when Shen Jin was resting...