There was no sound behind him, and Bo Jingzhou thought Shen Wanci had been offended by his words. After a few seconds, he continued, "So just give up on that heart that wanted to escape from me."

After waiting for a while, he still didn't hear Shen Wanci's voice. His brows furrowed, he found a stable position and weighed the person on his back: "Wanwan..."

"Late porcelain..."

"Shen Wanci..."

He called out three times in a row, but no one on his back responded.

Bao Jingzhou's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly crouched down to put the person down. Usually, as meticulous as a wealthy young master, every wrinkle on his clothes would have a clear standard, but now, he directly sat on the muddy mountain path, holding Shen Wanci in his arms.

The woman's face, small like a palm, was pale and bluish from the cold. Her messy hair stuck to her face, and her eyes were closed tightly. This wasn't a look of anger, she had clearly fainted from the cold.

Bo Jingzhou patted her face, his hand was cold enough, Shen Wanci's face was colder than his, "Wanwan, wake up, Gu Chenye will be here with people soon, don't sleep."

He bent down slightly, shielding himself from most of the raindrops falling from the canopy. "If you don't wake up soon, I'm going to kiss you."

Shen Wanci's brows furrowed tightly, she didn't know if it was because of the two slaps he had slapped her, or because of his words. She buried her face in Bo Jingzhou's arms, "I'm so sleepy, I want to take a nap first, don't bother me so much."

She could feel the temperature of her body rapidly draining away.

Bo Jingzhou couldn't just let her sleep like this. Seeing that she was reacting, he grabbed her shoulders and shook them a few times: "Let's talk?"

Shen Wanci was finally about to fall asleep when he woke her up again. She frowned and said, "What are you talking about?"

Bo Jingzhou fell silent for a moment.

He didn't understand her work and had nothing to talk about professionally. Over the past three years of marriage, there wasn't much to talk about either. Thinking about it, the only thing that might interest Shen Wanci was...

He opened his mouth: “Talk about Nie Yu City.”

Shen Wanci obediently followed his words and thought for a moment, but she really couldn't think of anything to say.

Bo Jingzhou took off her soaked coat and hugged her tightly, then wrapped her in the coat, trying to warm her icy body with this method: "Why did you like Nie Yu Cheng back then?"

Shen Wanci frowned, unwilling to answer this question.

Like is like, there's no need to overthink it.

"Just because he took care of that troublemaker for you?"

Shen Wanci was stunned for a few seconds before she reacted to the meaning in his words: "Probably."

That kind of youthful, naive love from her girlhood, she could barely recall it anymore. She couldn't even pinpoint when she started to fall for Nie Yu Cheng.

"Now that you know I'm the one who saved you, shouldn't you start liking me?" Bo Jingzhou rubbed her face.

Shen Wanci rolled her eyes, too lazy to bother with him. This wasn't like doing homework when you could erase mistakes and rewrite them.

After waiting for half a minute, making sure she wouldn't reply, Bo Jingzhou spoke again: "Were you afraid back then?"

“Although a long time has passed, it was probably because this was the first time I encountered such a thing. Even though the specific details have been forgotten almost entirely, that feeling of fear being tightly gripped still remains clearly etched into my bones.” “En.”

"If Nie Yu Cheng didn't reply to you that night, what would you do?"

That night they had a gathering at Gu Chenye's villa. Nie Yucheng was drunk and hadn't looked at his phone the entire time. Shen Wanci's message was something he saw by chance. Later, during a playful scuffle, his phone accidentally fell into the pool. They were all wealthy second-generation heirs who were also studying, so nothing was important enough to warrant answering a call. With that kind of weather, no one wanted to go in and retrieve it. By the time the cleaning staff found it the next day, it had been ruined.

Shen Wanci thought about it seriously, then shook her head.

If that person had just had a momentary lust, she could still go to her friend's place for a few days, but Chen Wei at the time clearly stated he would go to school to block her, if Nie Yu Cheng didn't reply...

She would probably fight him to the death.

Bo Jingzhou looked at her bewildered face, hating to squeeze the heartless woman in his arms: "Haven't you ever thought about asking someone else for help?"

"Change who?" Shen Wanci shook her head.

At that time, she was scorned by Shen Zhen'an. All those who had been friendly with her because of her status as the eldest Miss Shen, now wished to stay far away from her. Except for Nie Yucheng, whose attitude remained unchanged, who could she turn to for help?

She looked at Bo Jingzhou, her muddled thoughts clearing a little.

The man was soaked to the bone, rainwater dripping from his sharp features. His jet-black eyes gleamed in the darkness.

Could he have meant for her to ask him for help?

Shen Wanci: "Why did you help me back then? I remember we weren't familiar."

The few words he ever spoke were still because of Nie Yu Cheng's relationship. Such a superficial friendship was really not worth his own hands, to break that person's leg or arm. And according to Mom, the man retaliated at the time, taking advantage of Bo Jingzhou's inattention and driving him into the hospital.

Before doing this, Bo Jingzhou must have investigated Chen Wei and definitely knew what kind of person he was.

"I can't stand to see you cry."

The man pursed his lips, his voice hoarse. His cold lips brushed against her earlobe, but he didn't continue, as if it was just too close and accidentally touched. But because he hadn't left for so long, Shen Wanci felt that he might, probably, should have been kissing her.

Her body trembled uncontrollably for a few seconds, stiffening before she uttered, "I wasn't crying."

Have you cried?

She didn't remember.

But at that time, she seemed to have only sent text. Even if she cried, he probably wouldn't know.

"Well, she's crying pretty badly, like a little kitten that's been bullied."

Shen Wanci was certain he was lying. Even if she cried, she couldn't cry like a little kitten. That wasn't her character at all. If she were to cry, she would be a complete mess, howling loudly and without restraint.

She rested her head against the man's shoulder, his jaw providing a shield above her, keeping the rain from pouring into her mouth every time she spoke.

"Bao Jingzhou, do you regret divorcing me?"

He was too close. Shen Wanci's lips occasionally felt the rolling of his Adam's apple, which made her afraid to open her mouth wide, making her voice sound a little strange.

He's been appearing in front of her frequently lately, doing things that are easily misconstrued. She's not stupid, she can see right through it.

Bo Jingzhou: "Hmm."

Shen Wanci's voice finally rang out after a long time, so low it was almost inaudible. But because of the content, it sounded incredibly powerful and resolute, making it impossible to ignore: "But I don't regret divorcing you. I think this is pretty good now, so please stop wasting your time on me."

Bo Jingzhou chuckled softly, “Like this now? What do you mean by 'like this'? Am I sticking to you like a piece of chewing gum?”

Shen Wanci: “…”

A blinding beam of light from a flashlight pierced the rain and darkness, shining straight up from below and exposing the two figures' ragged state to whoever was approaching.