Mo Li looked at the obvious scar on his arm, and her thoughts were suddenly brought back to ten years ago.

At that time, she was just a seven or eight-year-old child, playing with a few playmates in a nearby park.

There is a very large church at the back of the park. The place looks solemn and dignified. On weekdays, except for a few priests and some believers, almost no one visits here.

However, seven or eight years old is the age when children have the strongest desire to explore. After Mo Li accidentally discovered this church, he slipped in with a curious look on his face.

As soon as she entered the church, she was attracted by the magnificent architecture. This was her first time to walk into such a European-style building. The Gothic structure made her linger. The church was intricate and much larger than she had imagined. It didn't take long for Mo Li to successfully get lost inside.

But perhaps because of the child's playful nature, she was not panicked even if she got lost. Instead, she was attracted by the faint sound of piano not far away. She followed the sound into the church and soon discovered that the sound came from a room similar to a prayer hall.

The sound inside was very strange, a loud and smooth piano sound, accompanied by a strange "crackling" sound.

There were no windows around the room, only a glass dome on the top. Driven by curiosity, Mo Li opened the bolt on the door and slowly pushed open the heavy door. He immediately felt a hot breath rushing towards him.

The scene inside left her with an unforgettable memory.

The house was filled with thick smoke, and raging flames were jumping everywhere, devouring every bit of the house.

And in this hellish scene, a tall figure was sitting in front of the piano in the prayer hall, playing the piano calmly. The boy's clean and neat profile was reflected in Mo Li's eyes through the smoke and flames. This extremely unreal scene made her stand there in a daze, suspecting that she was dreaming.

Sensing the light from the door, the teenage boy in front of the piano finally stood up and rushed towards Mo Li against the light...

At that moment, Mo Li seemed to hear the boy yelling "Be careful!"

Afterwards, Mo Li seemed to feel something falling from the sky. Before she could dodge, she saw the young man desperately standing in front of her and blocking a piece of the burning decorative iron frame with his arm.

The iron frame hit the boy's arm, burning his skin through his clothes, but he just groaned and held the girl in his arms tightly.

The young Mo Li was frightened by this scene. If the boy had not arrived in time, the red-hot iron frame would have smashed through her head.

For the first time in his life, Mo Li felt his heart beating wildly in his chest.

The thick smoke from the fire in the house gushed out towards the door. She didn't know that the smoke was poisonous, and she felt drowsy after just a few breaths.

She couldn't see the boy's face clearly due to the smoke. She could only feel him pick her up and carry her on his back, then run out madly.

The moment she fell asleep leaning on his back, the last thing Mo Li saw was his arm that was burned and bloody.

"Thank you, thank you--" She lay on his back, her voice soft and tender.

……

When she woke up, she was back in the park, lying on a recliner. Several of her playmates gathered around her, asking her with great concern how she could have ended up in the church, causing everyone to search for her.

Her mind was dizzy. She looked around, but did not see the young man who had carried her out of the fire. She couldn't help but lower her eyes in disappointment.

"I'm sorry for making everyone worried. Did you see the little brother who rescued me?"

Everyone was stunned:

"Little brother? You are not talking about Tingyan, are you?"

"I heard that his hand was seriously injured while trying to save you, and his parents have already sent him to the hospital!"

Tingyan? Gu Tingyan?

Young Mo Li was a little dazed. Could it be him who saved him from the fire just now?

At that time, she did not have any deep impression of Gu Tingyan. She only remembered that he was a somewhat arrogant guy who always liked to show off how high-end his toys were. Although everyone would try to please him intentionally or unintentionally, Mo Li never liked this person from the bottom of her heart.

So... could he also have such a reliable side?

That was the first time Mo Li changed his opinion of him.

Later, when Mo Li saw Gu Tingyan’s burned arm in the hospital, he felt both guilty and moved.

According to Gu Tingyan, he was the one who found the unconscious Mo Li in the church. At the critical moment of life and death, he desperately blocked the falling shelf for her, thus saving her life.

This was obviously different from Mo Li's memory. She clearly remembered that the young man ran out of the closed prayer hall to save her. She also vaguely remembered his silhouette of remaining calm in the face of danger, playing the piano alone in the room engulfed in flames.

But as far as she knew, Gu Tingyan couldn't play the piano.

But everyone said that she was hallucinating because she inhaled too much smoke. How could anyone stay calm and play the piano in a room that was on fire?

The young Mo Li was not 100% sure about her memory, and the scar on Gu Tingyan's hand could not be faked. From then on, she firmly believed that he had saved her life in the fire, and she willingly became his follower.

A huge fire broke out in the historic church, destroying several buildings.

After a detailed investigation, the fire department concluded that the fire was caused by an accident due to the aging of the house's electrical circuit. Fortunately, the place was very remote, and apart from Gu Tingyan who was slightly injured, there were no casualties.

Mo Li became even more certain that the scene he saw at that time was just an illusion caused by his sleep, otherwise why did the young man never appear again?

The once glorious Gothic building was reduced to ruins, and the truth was turned to ashes along with the fire.

……

"What? Don't you want to admit it so soon?"

Gu Tingyan's somewhat arrogant voice pulled her back to reality from her thoughts many years ago.

"I almost gave up my life to save you. Now I just want you to do me a small favor. Are you going to refuse?"

Gu Tingyan once again showed an expression that showed he had control over her. It had been like this since she was a child. Every time Mo Li saw the hideous scar on his arm, endless guilt and self-blame would be revealed in his eyes.

This scar represents the initial bond between the two and is also Gu Tingyan's final trump card.

As long as this scar is still there, even if the two of them cannot be together, Mo Li can only obey him!

Because she owed him this!

Mo Li looked at the ugly and hideous scar on his hand that almost spread across his entire arm, thoughtfully.

Gu Tingyan was a little surprised because there was no guilt in her eyes like in the past.

Mo Li squinted his eyes and looked at his scar carefully:

"Gu Tingyan, actually, for so many years I have always had a doubt in my heart—"

"The person who saved me back then, was it really you?"

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