Chapter 240 Everything Feels Strange

Shen Jin frowned but remained silent.

Just as he was about to ask something else, Xiao Li continued, "But our foreman should know where Boss Bai is. How about I take you to see him?"

Upon hearing Xiao Li's words, Shen Jin immediately nodded and agreed.

"Let's go then," Xiao Li said with a smile.

With that, Xiao Li got up and prepared to lead the way.

"Alright, you guys go ahead and get to work. I'll be right back," Xiao Li said to the other workers before leaving.

"Okay, go ahead."

So, Xiao Li led Shen Jin and Yan Yu directly to the foreman.

After walking for a while, Yan Yu came to Shen Jin's side and reached out to take Shen Jin's hand.

Xiao Li was slightly taken aback by the two men's actions, wondering why they were holding hands, but he didn't ask out of politeness.

But Shen Jin was in a very awkward situation.

Normally, Shen Jin wouldn't say anything if the tomb raiders acted like that in front of him. He was already used to it, and the tomb raiders always teased him, so he took it all in stride.

But now, in front of others, Yan Yu still made such a gesture, and Shen Jin immediately struggled to break free, feeling somewhat annoyed.

Yan Yu immediately gripped it even tighter.

"What exactly do you want?" Shen Jin turned to look at Yan Yu, his voice tinged with helplessness.

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

Shen Jin was too exhausted to say anything more. In any case, whenever something like this happened, Yan Yu could only pretend to be deaf and dumb; he knew nothing else.

A tomb raider nearby looked at the two of them and couldn't help but smile. He said to Shen Jin, "Just let Yan Yu lead the way. Look how wronged he is."

Shen Jin immediately glared at the tomb raider.

"Alright, stop talking," Shen Jin said in a low voice.

After saying that, Shen Jin glanced at Xiao Li walking ahead. Fortunately, Xiao Li didn't hear him, and Shen Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, Shen Jin felt somewhat helpless. He clearly had no relationship with Yan Yu, so why did he have to act like a thief?

Hearing Shen Jin's words, the tomb raider laughed and said, "Alright, alright, I won't say anything then."

Soon, Xiao Li brought them to the foreman, and Xiao Li explained the situation to the foreman.

The foreman, who had initially looked fierce, immediately put on a smiling face after learning that they knew Bai Yujin.

"So you're a friend of President Bai. I'm so sorry for not greeting you properly," the foreman said to Shen Jin with a smile.

"It's nothing..." Shen Jin gave an awkward, fake laugh.

He really didn't have a good impression of this snobbish foreman.

At this moment, Xiao Li spoke up to the foreman, saying, "Then I'll go get to work first."

"Go on, go on, don't slack off." The foreman waved his hand.

So, Xiao Li left directly, waving goodbye to Shen Jin before he left. Shen Jin and the others also waved back to Xiao Li.

Then, Shen Jin looked at the foreman again and politely asked, "Do you know where Bai Yujin is?"

"Yes, yes, I know." The foreman nodded immediately. "It's just ahead. Shall I take you there?"

That way, maybe his child can get a better chance to impress President Bai.

Shen Jin knew exactly what the foreman was thinking, and his brows furrowed immediately, but he didn't know what to say.

There's nothing he can do; he's just someone who's naturally bad at saying no.

At this moment, Yan Yu spoke up directly: "No need to trouble yourself, just tell us how to get there, and we'll go by ourselves."

Upon hearing Yan Yu's words, Shen Jin glanced at Yan Yu.

At this point, I finally realized that Yan Yu wasn't so bad after all.

"No trouble at all, no trouble at all," the foreman quickly replied with a smile. "I'll take you there myself."

"No need, just tell us the direction. We prefer the feeling of exploring on our own. We appreciate your kindness, and we'll praise you a lot in front of Bai Yujin later," Yan Yu replied directly.

Now, the foreman couldn't say anything more.

Not only did Shen Jin think Yan Yu's answer was correct, but even the tomb raiders were surprised to find that Yan Yu was so eloquent and had such a commanding presence that he was already a cut above the foreman in terms of sheer aura.

Previously, Yan Yu had always been timid and obedient, always sticking to Chen Jin, so they were quite surprised now.

"Alright then..." the worker had no choice but to agree.

Although this wasn't the result he wanted, Yan Yu said that kneeling in front of Bai Yujin to praise him was still good, better than nothing at all.

"It's this way." Then, the foreman pointed in a direction: "We've opened up a road here. Just follow this road. However, it's still quite far from where Boss Bai lives. It will probably take a day to get there."

Yan Yu glanced at the road and nodded: "Okay, we understand."

After thanking the foreman, everyone left.

The group continued chatting as they followed the road to find Bai Yujin. When they ran out of things to talk about, the tomb raiders started trying to find something to say.

"I think Yan Yu was quite handsome when he looked like that just now," one of the tomb raiders suddenly said, praising Yan Yu.

Yan Yu was immediately stunned.

Before he could speak, another tomb raider agreed, "Yeah, that's right. He looks like an elite. I think Yan Yu is just right for that. I can already picture him in a suit, talking business with someone."

Listening to their conversation, Yan Yu found it amusing and couldn't help but laugh.

They continued their discussion, seemingly finding it quite interesting.

"Hey, speaking of which, didn't I see Yan Yu wearing a suit once before? He actually looked pretty convincing," one of the tomb raiders continued.

Upon hearing this, Yan Yu was slightly taken aback.

The suit they were talking about was the one Shen Jin picked out for him when he went shopping with Shen Jin before they even arrived on the island. He had always been reluctant to wear it and had kept it very well protected.

Shen Jin knew which item they were referring to and immediately felt a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, the tomb raiders got tired of talking after a short while and quieted down, continuing on their way.

It was morning, and everyone figured they'd probably have to wait until evening.

After walking for about two hours, Yan Yu started asking Shen Jin if he was tired, asking him almost every five minutes.

Finally, Shen Jin got annoyed by Yan Yu's questions and said, "I'm not tired of talking!"

Seeing that Shen Jin seemed angry, Yan Yu shut up and stopped asking the question.

Shen Jin's irritation subsided a little, but he still had to scold Yan Yu to make him behave. He was really getting annoyed to death by Yan Yu.

"By the way, Ah Jin, what kind of person is that Bai Yujin?" A tomb raider, getting a little bored, started gossiping.

Upon hearing this, Shen Jin thought for a moment and replied, "I don't know how to describe him, anyway... he's a good person."

Yan Yu was stunned for a moment, feeling even more jealous, sour, and somewhat uncomfortable.

Why should Bai Yujin be praised by Shen Jin like this? He has never been praised like this before.

"I'm a good person too." Yan Yu snorted and blurted it out instinctively.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

Yan Yu ignored their laughter and remained silent.

"Is Yan Yu jealous?" A tomb raider, always eager for drama, asked.

The other tomb raiders chimed in.

“Exactly, if this doesn’t count as jealousy, then what would count?” Another tomb raider chuckled.

Yan Yu rubbed his nose and remained silent.

Afterwards, everyone teased Yan Yu for a while before going about their own business, and Shen Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Shen Jin, are you eager to see Bai Yujin?" After a while, Yan Yu suddenly asked again.

Upon hearing Yan Yu's words, Shen Jin turned to look at him, his brows immediately furrowing.

"Why are you asking this?" Shen Jin asked.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to ask," Yan Yu replied vaguely.

Actually, he had wanted to ask this question for a long time along the way.

Shen Jin found Yan Yu's question extremely boring, so he didn't answer it, turned his gaze away, and continued walking.

"Why do you want to see Bai Yujin?" Yan Yu continued to speak.

“I already said it’s because we haven’t seen each other in a long time,” Shen Jin replied quickly.

"Besides this, there must be other reasons, right? I don't believe there's only one." Yan Yu decided to get to the bottom of it.

Shen Yu was speechless.

At this moment, a tomb raider came forward and pulled Yan Yu away, saying, "Why do you ask so many questions? It's like you're interrogating a criminal."

Yan Yu hesitated for a moment after hearing what the tomb raider said.

"I..." Yan Yu hesitated, unable to finish his sentence.

"What do you mean 'what ...'? Let's go!" the tomb raider said directly.

With that, she pulled Yan Yu away, not letting him continue to ask Chen Jin questions.

So Yan Yu had no choice but to continue walking with them.

After walking for a long time, the group was finally almost there.

“Look here, people can live here now,” a tomb raider said, pointing to a building.

Everyone turned to look at it in unison. Indeed, the house was already quite well-finished. Although it was newly built, it was definitely habitable.

"So we're almost there?" one of the tomb raiders asked again.

After all, there are already habitable buildings here.

Although the foreman told them it would take a whole day, they figured it definitely wouldn't take them a full day and that the time could be shortened.

After all, they had already walked so many miles, so walking was no problem for them at all.

Naturally, they can shorten the time a bit.

“I think so, we’re almost there,” another tomb raider nodded in agreement.

However, they only saw some habitable buildings, which did not mean that Bai Yujin lived there, so the group continued to walk forward.

The thought of meeting again made Shen Jin feel strange. It had been so long, and everything felt unfamiliar.