Just when Shen Rao was distracted.

A tall man wearing loose military pants, a black turtleneck, a dark brown windbreaker, and combat boots walked over.

He is capable and neat, with tough and resolute facial features. His cold and calm temperament also has an unrestrained righteousness.

The right side of his eyebrow is broken, but he doesn't look unruly. He has the kind of appearance that makes people feel safe.

He is a completely different type from Shen Rao.

The man walked up to Qi Yan, not glancing at anyone else, and smiled at her with his arms open.

"What a coincidence! We haven't seen each other for so long. Should I hug you?"

Qi Yan turned around and just as he took a step forward, he was pulled back.

She looked back and saw a cold, white hand grabbing the back of her skirt. The hand was trembling slightly and veins were bulging on the back of the hand.

The hands hanging by his sides were clenched into fists, and the white finger bones could be vaguely seen.

It seems like he is trying hard to endure something.

Qi Yan followed his arm and saw that he lowered his head and shook his head very lightly, as if to say, don't go.

Qi Yan pursed her lips, put her cool hand on the back of his hand, and the next second, she pulled the hem of his clothes out.

After Shen Rao's palm fell empty, his ears were filled with buzzing sounds.

His expression was stiff and blank.

He didn't know what he was thinking at the time, he only knew that endless panic almost enveloped him at that moment.

Just when the feeling of suffocation was about to swallow him completely, the coolness once again restrained his wrists.

The clear voice was mixed with a subtle worry.

"Why are your hands so cold?"

Qi Yan frowned and was about to raise her hand to touch his forehead to check his temperature when the man who had been ignored spoke.

"Xiaoyan, who is this?"

An affectionate name and a skilled tone.

Qi Yan did not stop. After touching Shen Rao's forehead and confirming that his body temperature was normal, he introduced himself lightly under the man's strange gaze.

"This is my current protection target, Shen Rao."

"Shen Rao, this is..."

Just as she was about to introduce the man, she was interrupted by a mellow male voice.

"Hello, my name is Pei Yuchen, and I'm Xiaoyan's fiancé."

"..."

Pei Yuchen chuckled and politely extended his hand to Shen Rao, but as soon as he said this, the air around them suddenly became still.

As quiet as death.

Suffocating, blocked, and unable to breathe.

Bai Ya, who was leaning back, couldn't bear to look away. It was too bloody and she could hardly bear to watch it any longer.

"He really dares to say that."

"What is there to be afraid of? It's not fake."

Instead, Zuo Yu took out melon seeds from his pocket with great relish.

Pei Yuchen, the eldest son of the Pei family, was Qi Yan's destined spouse since birth.

Before he could even eat some melon seeds, Bai Ya hit him with a warning.

"Don't eat this mess in the hospital."

"..."

For a moment, Shen Rao thought he had heard wrongly. He ignored Pei Yuchen's hand and turned to look at Qi Yan.

Her face was cold for a moment, but she quickly regained her composure. When she noticed Shen Rao's scorching gaze, she turned her head to meet his gaze.

Shen Rao pulled at the corners of her clothes on both sides very hard, so hard that he was shaking and the corners of his eyes were bloodshot.

He slowly opened his thin lips and breathed, trying to steady his voice.

"Is what he said true?"

If.

Seeing Qi Yan smiling at a strange man was like stabbing a knife in the heart.

Pei Yuchen's words just now were like cutting his heart out and crushing it on the ground.

Broken pieces of blood.

When Qi Yan saw him like this, her heart felt a little choked and a little painful for some reason.

Before he could even open his mouth, he was interrupted again.

"Of course it's true. We grew up together and have been engaged since birth. Am I right, Xiaoyan?"

Pei Yuchen withdrew his stiff hand and glanced at Shen Rao's hand that was grabbing Qi Yan's clothes. There was some coldness in his eyes, but a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Finally, he asked Qi Yan back, with a hint of provocation.

Shen Rao ignored him and just gripped Qi Yan's clothes even harder.

If the jacket wasn't of good quality, it would probably have holes in it.

"Qi Yan, I don't want to listen to him. Tell me, is it true?"

He humbly and stubbornly hoped to get Qi Yan's answer.

As long as she said no, he would believe it unconditionally.

But Qi Yan just looked at him in silence, looked at his scarlet and paranoid eyes, his jaw taut with endurance, and his slightly trembling lips.

She suddenly had an idea. She held back her breath, lowered her eyes slightly, then immediately opened them and spoke slowly.

"What he said is true."

"..."

Just this one sentence successfully destroyed all of Shen Rao's psychological preparations at that moment. In the noisy crowd, that sentence seemed to be repeated over and over again.

It's true, it's true, Qi Yan really has an engagement since childhood...

So who is he?

Shen Rao suddenly smiled.

The laughter was very abrupt and very defeated. It didn't look like a laugh, but more like crying.

But he didn't cry. Perhaps when one is extremely sad, one cannot shed tears.

He smiled, loosened his shirt hem little by little, turned his head, and walked out with his jawline tense, his steps fast, as if he wanted to escape quickly.

Escape from this place of trouble, escape from this emotional vortex.

Qi Yan was stunned for half a second, then quickly caught up and held Shen Rao's hand.

"Wait a moment……"

The rest of the words.

She stopped when she saw Shen Rao's broken face. The corners of his eyes were red, but his black pupils were dry and cold.

The spring water is gone, leaving only painful depression and confusion.

He glanced at Qi Yan's hand holding his wrist, curled his lips, and his voice was hoarse and choked, but full of sarcasm.

"What? Are you planning to cheat on me in front of your fiancé now?"

"..."

Qi Yan was choked. "I'll go with you. You're not safe by yourself."

"Ah."

Shen Rao sneered, paused, and lowered his voice.

"Qi Yan...you have an engagement, but you never told me."

"What do you think of me as? A mistress to entertain yourself? You kick me out when you're done? Isn't it fun to watch a mistress you don't care about dying in front of you? It's interesting?"

"Qi Yan, no one has ever bullied me like this in my life..."

"You are really bad."

As he said this, he shook off Qi Yan's hand, no longer looking at her, and strode away. His tall figure, with his back straight, walked through the crowd.

Qi Yan still maintained the posture of being thrown away, standing there for a long time without moving. People passing by looked at her with strange eyes.

Until Pei Yuchen came over, hugged her from behind, and laughed softly.

"Is Shen Rao just your mission target? He has quite a bad temper."

"..."

Qi Yan was silent, slowly withdrew his stiff hands, hugged his hands that were around her, and drooped his eyelids, unable to tell his emotions.

The sound is very soft and faint.

“Why introduce it like that?”

"Huh? Because I am your fiancé, Xiaoyan, have you forgotten?"

As he spoke, he rested his chin on the top of Qi Yan's head and narrowed his eyebrows.

Qi Yan said nothing and just smiled.

next second.

"Bam—"

The sound of a huge heavy object falling to the ground was heard in the hospital lobby, and people who were in a hurry were attracted by the movement here.

The tall and handsome man was thrown to the ground with his arms and legs spread out. Pei Yuchen was still dazed when he was knocked down.

He felt the stinging pain in his spine, but before he could even cry out in pain, someone stepped hard on his face.

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