Seeing Shen Qiwen's ingratiating smile, Song Qinian was curious about the person opposite him.
After all, Shen Qiwen had always been arrogant, and anyone who could make him subservient must be a big figure.
Shen Qiwen was involved in Song Guanliang's affair. Song Qinian needed to know her enemy as well as herself to find evidence of Song Guanliang being framed from Shen Qiwen.
They didn't chat for long before Shen Qiwen received a phone call. He nodded respectfully to the man, seemingly saying "excuse me," and then left.
The man also turned to leave. Just as Song Qinian was about to follow to see who it was, she suddenly saw something fall from the man's body. She looked closely and it was a dark blue handkerchief.
Song Qinian was worried about not having an excuse to strike up a conversation. Seeing this, she immediately ran up, picked up the handkerchief, and chased after the man in front.
She couldn't speak, so the only way to get someone's attention was to touch them.
The man stopped and slowly turned his head.
At that moment, Song Qinian saw an incredibly beautiful face. The man's features were sharp, with a high nose bridge, thin lips, and he wore gold-rimmed glasses, making him look refined and abstinent.
But for some reason, Song Qinian's heart trembled fiercely, and her mind went blank for a moment.
Then, she saw the man in front of her smile, "Excuse me, is there something?"
Song Qinian came back to her senses and handed him the handkerchief she had picked up.
The dark blue handkerchief made Song Qinian's slender hands appear even fairer, like fine mutton-fat jade. Li Junshen's dark eyes greedily looked at Song Qinian, his smile deepening, "It's my handkerchief, thank you."
When Li Junshen reached for the handkerchief, he deliberately touched Song Qinian's hand. Song Qinian's hand was warm and soft, just like the hands that had brought her so much warmth in her childhood, making him want to possess it.
Li Junshen's hand, however, was very cold, as if he had been exposed to the snow for several hours, chilling people to the bone.
Song Qinian immediately withdrew her hand. Although it was the first time she had seen this man, her sixth sense told her that he was dangerous and she had to stay away from him.
Song Qinian nodded and turned to leave. The man behind her suddenly spoke in a low voice, "Niannian..."
Song Qinian stopped abruptly.
Li Junshen stared greedily at Song Qinian's retreating figure, then walked in front of her. The moment their eyes met, Li Junshen's face showed a look of surprise and disbelief, "It really is you! I thought I had mistaken you. Do you remember me?"
Song Qinian stared blankly at the man in front of her, her mind racing.
Gradually, she superimposed this person in front of her with the face of the one who played with her in her childhood and then kicked her into hell.
It was him!
The murderer who killed her cat in front of her!
The monster who wanted to drag her into his dark world!
Song Qinian's face instantly lost all color. She shook her head, and regardless of whether he could understand sign language, she gestured, "You've mistaken me for someone else."
She turned and ran towards the hall, but her heart was pounding, her mind filled with the cat's tragic cries, and her vision blurred with those dazzling red stains.
Li Junshen!!!
Hadn't he left Jinghua City?
Why did he come back?
Why did he appear before her again?
Song Qinian ran in a panic. Unaware, she stepped on her skirt, and her right foot instantly twisted. Amidst the piercing pain, she fell heavily to the ground.
Song Qinian had seen how terrifying and frightening the person behind her was. Hearing the approaching footsteps, she was both scared and flustered.
No!
She couldn't let him catch her!
Song Qinian got up to run, but her ankle was sprained, and any slight movement sent cold sweat streaming down her face from the pain.
At this moment, Song Qinian wished someone would come. No matter how bold Li Junshen was, he wouldn't dare to do anything to her at the Shen and Lin families' wedding.
But Song Qinian's hope was dashed. No one came until she was caught.
Seeing Li Junshen approach, Song Qinian raised her cold eyes and glared at him warily.
Li Junshen looked at the disheveled Song Qinian, who was still warning him, and smiled faintly. Then, he bent down and picked her up.
Song Qinian's face changed drastically, and she struggled with all her might. Her hands flailed wildly at Li Junshen, and she even slapped him hard.
Li Junshen's expression turned cold at a visible speed. "If you don't want me to do anything to you, then stop struggling!"
Seeing his appearance, Song Qinian immediately remembered the scene of him expressionlessly torturing her cat. Would he... kill her?
Li Junshen carried Song Qinian to a nearby sofa and then knelt on one knee to remove her high heels.
Song Qinian didn't know what Li Junshen was going to do. She took out her phone to message Shen Keqin when Li Junshen's clear voice sounded, "It might hurt a little, bear with it."
Before Song Qinian could even react to his words, Li Junshen placed the dark blue handkerchief on Song Qinian's ankle and then gently massaged the sprained area with his slender, beautiful fingers.
His movements were devout and serious, and there was no terrifying aggression about him, but Song Qinian couldn't help but recall the scene when she looked at him.
Song Qinian abruptly pulled her foot back. She didn't want her, whose hands were touched by the blood of her "Hamburger," to touch her.
Hamburger was the kitten Song Qinian had raised. Song Qinian had found it by chance in a garden after school, its leg injured by something.
Song Qinian had heard its soft, pitiful meow first.
When Song Qinian walked over, it was looking at her pitifully with tearful eyes. Her heart softened, and she took it home, naming it Hamburger.
At that time, Liu Xiaohan didn't want Song Qinian to raise a cat, thinking cats were dirty, shed hair, and were noisy.
Song Qinian couldn't bear to abandon the kitten, so she went to Song Guanliang. In the end, Song Guanliang intervened and kept the cat, but not without being scolded by Liu Xiaohan.
Hamburger was very well-behaved and liked to stick to Song Qinian. When Song Qinian went to school, it would be driven out of the house by Liu Xiaohan, but it wouldn't run away, quietly waiting near home for Song Qinian to return.
Every time Song Qinian did her homework, it would lie on the table and obediently accompany her. When Song Qinian was unhappy, it would rub against her with its fluffy little head.
Cats don't like people touching their tails, but she always liked to tease Song Qinian with her tail.
To Song Qinian, Hamburger was like family.
But such a fragile little life was cruelly killed by the man in front of her.