Apart from her red-rimmed eyes proving the unfairness in her heart, Jin Yu could not discern a trace of sadness in her.
A normal girl facing such a situation would have surely broken down emotionally, even if nothing had happened.
But she hadn’t, her calm was somewhat excessive.
Sitting on the hospital bed, Xu Niannian hung her head low, showing only her fair and smooth forehead, leaving him clueless about her thoughts.
Jin Yu stood in front of her, from this angle, he could see not only her smooth forehead but also her butterfly-like, curled and dense eyelashes.
Undoubtedly, Xu Niannian was a woman whose beauty ran deep into her bones, and it was her excessive beauty that had led to today’s incident.
Indeed, beautiful women are more likely to attract those with ill intentions.
Not everyone can control their actions.
"Today... thank you!"
Xu Niannian broke the norm by thanking Jin Yu, no longer glaring at him coldly as before.
Such abnormal behavior made Jin Yu wonder if she had been excessively stimulated.
"You... there’s no need to thank me."
He tried to encourage her to let go a bit, after all, nothing had happened, but the words came out as typical cold and hard.
After thanking Jin Yu, Xu Niannian didn’t say another word and kept her head down; it was then that Jin Yu remembered her foot seemed injured.
Since he had rescued her, he couldn’t just ignore it.
Jin Yu found a good excuse for himself and suddenly squatted in front of her, grabbing her ankle.
"What are you doing?"
Xu Niannian reacted like a frightened bird, her voice suddenly heightened, the crisp sound invading Jin Yu’s ears, causing him to stiffen on the spot.
While he was stunned, Xu Niannian quickly withdrew her foot.
Realizing she had perhaps overreacted, and just as she was about to apologize, she saw Jin Yu suddenly raise his head, his pitch-black eyes sharp as a hawk’s, locking straight onto hers.
"You, what are you doing?" her voice returned to its previous soft and sweet timbre.
"Say that again?" he suddenly stood up, his hands gripping her shoulders, his tone slightly urgent.
"Huh?" Xu Niannian looked blank: "What are you saying?"
"You... Ah!" As soon as Xu Niannian uttered a word, she let out a piercing scream; Jin Yu, unable to wait, simply pinched Xu Niannian.
Xu Niannian immediately let out a scream like that of a slaughtering pig.
Though the voice was high-pitched, it was entirely unlike the one in his memory.
Jin Yu’s brow creased into a "川" shape.
He looked down at Xu Niannian with a puzzled gaze.
Xu Niannian hadn’t cried even when Du Jiahao bullied her, but now she shed tears because of Jin Yu’s pinch.
Her eyes, brimming with tears, glistened with a layer of mist, wet and resembling the newborndeer Thumper.
"Are you sick, why are you pinching me?" Xu Niannian glared at him angrily.
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Jin Yu was silent, his deep eyes slightly narrowed, darkness at their bottom.
What he had just experienced was definitely not an illusion.
The first time she screamed, it was remarkably like the voice of the woman he had tormented in his memories.
But why did it not resemble it afterward?
Was it merely a coincidence, or was it really her?
After scolding for a while with no reaction, Xu Niannian couldn’t help but say, "What... what are you doing?"
Jin Yu squatted down again, his large hand grasping her slender ankle firmly as if in a vice.
Xu Niannian wanted to move, but Jin Yu ordered her to stop.
"Don’t move, I’ll check your foot."
His sudden sternness differed from his usual aloof demeanor; he was very serious, exuding an aura of respect-commanding authority.
Xu Niannian’s halfway moved foot instantly froze in place.
Jin Yu held her ankle and rotated it left and right; Xu Niannian was not accustomed to being touched in this spot, especially by a man.
The scorching heat of his palm caused her immense discomfort.