"..."

Shen Rao's eyes swept over her unconsciously twisted fingers on the table, he lowered his eyelids, and his hand left the paper. The A4 paper fell back with a "rustle", and the densely packed words were covered, leaving only the cold white.

"I do not understand."

"..."

Qi Yan paused, straightened her back and put her hands on her legs. When she looked at him again, some unclear emotions emerged in her eyes.

Very complex and very quiet.

"My condolences, and... I'm sorry. If you can't accept it... I understand, and I can leave."

It took her a long time to utter these words.

"Leave? Where do you want to go? You want to leave me behind again?"

Shen Rao narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"That was not what I meant."

"Then what do you mean?"

"……Feel sorry."

Qi Yanmo then uttered these two words again.

Shen Rao looked at her, then quickly lowered his head, with his hair covering his face. After a few seconds, his shoulders began to tremble, and the shaking became more and more violent.

"Don't cry..."

Qi Yan panicked a little. She stood up from the chair and walked to his side. She instinctively wanted to touch his hand to comfort him, but stopped in mid-air when she thought of something.

The next second, he was held by warm hands.

Shen Rao raised his head at some point, and his black eyes seemed to be filled with crushed stars, shining brightly without any trace of sadness.

He held Qi Yan's hand, his eyes almost tearing up with laughter, his helpless tone tinged with laughter.

"What are you apologizing for?"

"..."

Qi Yan said nothing, just looked at him solemnly.

The smile on Shen Rao's lips gradually faded, but the stars in his eyes were still shining. He exerted force with his hands, pulled Qi Yanren into his arms, and let her sit on his lap.

"Shen Rao, stop making trouble..." Qi Yan was caught off guard and was held down unexpectedly. "I'm talking to you about serious matters, let me down."

She wanted to come down, but Shen Rao refused.

He held her waist tightly, rested his chin on her shoulder, and spoke slowly and steadily.

"I was just getting down to business."

He lifted her slender fingers with his fingertips and rubbed her thin calluses, his eyes serious, as if he was playing with a rare treasure.

"……you say"

Qi Yan endured it and didn't pull his hand back.

"I love you."

He said.

Qi Yan: “…”

What kind of serious business is this?!

"Shen Rao, I'm not kidding you."

Qi Yan's jawline tensed, he pulled back his hand and said coldly.

"I do not have either."

He was serious, and his cold face was now full of sincerity. The heavy emotions overwhelmed the light in his eyes, like the rolling waves of the sea at night, which could swallow everything in an instant.

"Qi Yan, are you questioning my love for you?"

His tone was also a little heavy.

"..."

Qi Yan didn't know how to answer, she lowered her head and remained silent.

Shen Rao glanced at the papers on the table, then looked at her with a relaxed expression. He gently kissed the side of her face and softened his tone.

"I'm not being mean to you."

Qi Yan still said nothing.

Shen Rao was not in a hurry. He took the stack of information and started flipping through it in front of her.

The words inside fell into the eyes of the two people line by line. After a long time, Qi Yan spoke in a low voice.

"...Have you known this a long time ago?"

Only now did she realize that Shen Rao's attitude was wrong. He was neither surprised nor sad.

He was so calm that he even had the energy to joke with her.

As expected, Shen Rao said "hmm" lightly.

At this moment, he was pulling her finger and moving it across one of the lines of words.

——'Master Xie and Mr. and Mrs. Shen are close friends.'

Qi Yan's heart suddenly sank, she held his hand, turned her head and looked at him,

"When did you know that? Why didn't you tell me?"

Shen Rao also looked back at her, and said with his thin lips, "It's not important."

"what?"

"Because it's not important."

While Qi Yan was slightly stunned, he covered her other empty hand and squeezed his five fingers into her fingers without saying a word.

Fingers clasped together, strong and domineering.

"Qi Yan, there's no need for you to blame yourself, let alone apologize. This has nothing to do with you or your mother."

Shen Rao stared at the printed words on the document and spoke slowly.

The information clearly lists the causes and consequences of Shen's parents' involvement in this incident, as well as their death investigation.

The investigation concluded that it was an accidental car accident.

Shen Rao remembered the origin of the tape when he regained his memory.

The eldest uncle of the Xie family was born in a military compound - the Xie family. The Xie family was full of loyal and brave people. In the end, he was the only one of his generation left in the Xie family. Later, the Xie family kept an unusually low profile, and this uncle was always elusive.

Old Madam Shen was born in a large compound. She and Shen's father were childhood friends and have been close friends for many years.

On a rainy night more than ten years ago, Uncle Xie came to the door, soaking wet, and handed the tape to Father Shen, asking him to make sure the old lady gave it to the Qi family. If the Qi family could not be contacted, then give it to Fu Qingxuan in the imperial capital.

I don't know how he found out about the relationship between Madam Shen and the Qi family, but there has been no news from him since that night.

The Shen couple realized the seriousness of the matter and did not want to drag the old lady who had been practicing Buddhism into danger.

They didn't know the Qi family, but they knew Fu Qingxuan, who grew up in the same compound, and knew her character and was trustworthy.

But before he could get in touch with Fu Qingxuan, Shen Rao was kidnapped, and then Shen's parents were in a car accident.

Everything happened too fast and too suddenly.

The grandfather of the Xie family is missing, both parents of the Shen family are dead, Shen Rao suffers from stress disorder due to the death of his parents, Fu Qingxuan, the only person who was investigating, also dies unexpectedly, the organization flees, and the Qi family falls into silence due to the death of Fu Qingxuan.

The secret has been kept secret for several years since then.

Perhaps Mr. Xie thought that the Shen family was protected by the Qi family and nothing would happen to them, but man cannot predict the future and fate plays tricks on us.

As he thought about it, Shen Rao leaned against her neck, muffled his throat, and repeated his previous words.

"What are you apologizing for?"

This matter obviously has nothing to do with her, and Colonel Fu cannot be blamed. I don't know what she is blaming herself for.

"..."

Qi Yan lowered his eyes.

If her mother were still alive, she would probably blame herself even more, because her mother's heart was much more passionate than hers.

She reached out and slowly hugged his neck, holding him tightly.

Shen Rao was a little dazed, but soon he enjoyed her hugging him, and then he heard her speak slowly.

"Feel sorry."

"...Qi Yan, are you addicted to apologizing?"

Shen Rao was somewhat dissatisfied and gritted his teeth in her ear.

Qi Yan didn't answer him. She buried her face in his neck and smelled the scent of fireworks mixed with his body.

She couldn't explain how she felt after knowing these inside stories before, but now she understands a little bit.

It's distressing.

Qi Yan would never say "I feel sorry for you", she would only fill that gap with apologies over and over again.

Shen Rao seemed to sense something, and he hugged her body and coaxed her in a low voice.

"Don't apologize, I want to hear something else."

"What do you want to hear?"

Qi Yan raised his head.

"Say, love me."

"..."

He smiled so hard that the corners of his eyes narrowed into lines. He brushed her lips with his fingertips and taught her word by word.

"Come on, repeat after me, I love you."

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like