Married for a long time

I don't know if it was the eleven months of separation or the fact that there were too many things between them that made the two of them a lot stranger.

Mingming's tone of voice and attitude are no different from before, still gentle and gentle.

But it just doesn't feel like before.

Even last year, she broke up with him and ran away to Nandu alone. When they met again, there was no sense of distance like now.

"How are your parents? Are they okay?" Su Li asked again.

"Well, it's good." Qiao Peiyu replied, "Don't worry about us, and don't worry about this case. We will win, and you will be fine."

Su Li lowered his eyes and nodded, "Yes."

Suddenly, Qiao Peiyu stretched out his hand towards her, "Give me your hand."

Su Li looked at his hands that were prettier than a girl's, clenched his fists, and hesitated a little, "What...what's wrong?"

"I heard from mom that your hand was injured and you needed several stitches. Let me take a look."

Su Li's wet eyes were covered with a thin layer of timidity. She held the silver handcuffs, turned sideways in an evasive manner, and shook her head, "It's...it's fine now. It will be knotted after the stitches are removed." It’s scabbed…”

There is still a very dark mark, which is not beautiful, even a bit ugly, and feels uneven.

This injury actually didn't cause her much pain, the most was numbness. Her senses at that time had long been numbed by the dazzling blood.

Even when the stitches were removed later, she still didn't feel much pain.

Like a puppet on strings, at the mercy of others.

"Let me take a look." Qiao Peiyu insisted.

Su Li was silent and just refused.

Qiao Peiyu smiled softly, stood up and walked to her side, grabbed her arm, glanced at the silver handcuffs, and gently rolled up her sleeves, revealing a slightly ferocious dark purple scar.

His heart was tugged again, and his Adam's apple rolled again and again.

He was reluctant to touch this girl who was at the forefront of his heart. That beast not only dared to touch her, but also dared to hurt her.

His eyes were filled with a layer of cold severity, but it was fleeting and replaced by a softness. His slightly cold fingers touched the scar and rubbed it carefully, as if he was trying to empathize.

With such a long scar, there must have been a lot of blood and it must have been very painful.

In fact, Su Li is not a person who is afraid of pain, or maybe she is used to pain in the past years.

Whether she accidentally fell down or was scratched by a knife blade, she remained calm and didn't say a word.

That's because the pain was nothing compared to the sticks and whips hung by her uncle and aunt during her childhood.

"Does it hurt?" He murmured softly, both in his words and his expression full of care.

He felt sorry for this girl.

Originally, he thought that he could protect this girl and never let her be hurt or wronged for the rest of his life. But in the end, he overestimated himself and let her leave him for only eleven months. Not only were the silver handcuffs added to the body, but they were also scarred.

Su Li wanted to pull down his sleeves, but he was restrained by handcuffs and it was really inconvenient, so he could only pull his arm out of his hand.

She shook her head in panic, "It's been so long, it doesn't hurt anymore." Qiao Peiyu raised his eyes and looked at her fair and plain face, stood up slowly, stretched out his hand to rub her hair, "Ah Ji, I waiting for you."

Su Li's heart skipped a beat, and sourness spread in her heart again.

There was an urge to cry again, but this time I couldn't help it no matter what. The tears fell like strings of beads without stopping.

She wanted to suppress her cries, but soon a thick nasal sound escaped.

Qiao Peiyu knelt down again, looked at her, stretched out his hand to pull her face over, and wiped her tears with a square towel, "Don't cry, you know I can't live without you."

Su Li wanted to say something, but she couldn't say anything because of her crying.

He reached out and took Su Li into his arms, patting her back gently with his palms to express comfort.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Li's crying slowly disappeared and her tears stopped falling. The two of them didn't say anything, they just held each other like this.

Lin Jinyi, who had been invisible all this time, suddenly moved, as if he suddenly thought of something. He took off his Bluetooth headset, turned around and saw the two of them, a little embarrassed, but still calm on his face.

Still cold, he coughed lightly.

Su Li embarrassedly withdrew from Qiao Peiyu's arms and turned sideways.

Qiao Peiyu smiled and returned to the other side.

Lin Jinyi looked at the time again and said, "It's almost time. We can't wait any longer. If you have anything to say, we can wait until the verdict is announced. Now Su Li, I have a very critical question to ask you."

Su Li was stunned, "Well, Lawyer Lin, you ask."

Lin Jinyi looked at Qiao Peiyu, "Mr. Qiao, are you going out to wait for me?"

Qiao Peiyu didn't say anything, he just glanced at Su Li and smiled gently at her, "I'll wait for you."

Su Li was in a daze and no longer knew what kind of expression he had on his face.

When he reacted, Qiao Peiyu had already gone out, and Lin Jinyi sat opposite him, took out a stack of information from his briefcase, looked through it a few times, squinted his eyes, "I remember, you gave the police It was mentioned in the interrogation confession that after you got home, you took off your shirt and Zhou Zimu suddenly hugged you from behind, right?"

After listening to his question, Su Li suddenly understood why he let Qiao Peiyu go out first.

Lin Jin estimated that she knew about her relationship with Qiao Peiyu. Asking this question in front of him really made her a little embarrassed and ashamed.

Moreover, when she recalled what happened that night, she could not help but feel her heart beat faster. The panic and despair seemed to be nailed into her bones and blood and could not be removed easily.

He knew what kind of person Lin Jin was, so he must have felt something when he asked this question, so he nodded and said, "Well, I was a little tired that day. I wanted to take a hot bath. I made a reservation on the way home. I also planned to lie down on the bed and sleep after taking a bath, so I didn’t turn on the light, but turned on a remote-controlled floor lamp, thinking that I wouldn’t have to make an extra trip to turn off the light.”

Lin Jinyi suddenly smiled. This was the first time Su Li had seen him smile since she had known him for more than a month.

She was just like the Huo Yanchi I had seen before. Not only did she have a cold aura around her, but even her narrow eyes were very intimidating, cold and sharp.

Su Li didn't quite understand the meaning of his smile, "Lawyer Lin, is there something wrong?"

Lin Jinyi chuckled, "It's a problem. It's a problem that gives Lawyer Wang a headache. How to solve it? It's okay. When the next court session is held, we can just listen to Lawyer Wang and Zhou Zimu making up stories. I was blamed before for taking this matter too seriously. It has been limited, and now it seems that this case is actually very simple.”

Su Li didn't know why, but seeing Lin Jinyi, who had always been steady, suddenly become so relaxed, she felt a little more confident. (End of chapter)