CH 21

Shen Qi completely misunderstood Shen Zhonghua’s intention. Shen Zhonghua let her accompany him to the street lantern market and she thought it was to protect him secretly.

Therefore, when Shen Zhonghua stopped at a place selling printed cloth dolls, he only picked a plump and chubby little pig. Preparing to hand it to Shen Qi, only to find that Shen Qi wasn’t behind him at all.

(T/N: Umm…  I tried to find a picture of the doll but I didn’t know which one was close proximity… But maybe like one of the pictures below? Either like a little pig or standing up  LOL.)

Shen Zhonghua couldn’t find Shen Qi and he was a little panicked. He was afraid the thing of his rebirth was just a dream. He was afraid of being like himself in the previous life when he looked back there was no Shen Qi behind him.

“Qiqi......” Shen Zhonghua passed through the crowd of people, trying to find the thin and petite shadow.

He called her name, calling to the back with a panic-stricken and husky voice.

It wasn’t until he heard the sound of a child’s clear and loud voice: “Mother! That big sister can climb the tree!”

Shen Zhonghua squeezed through the crowd, walking over as he heard the voice. He saw Shen Qi carrying her skirt and squatting awkwardly on the tree.

Shen Qi saw Shen Zhonghua and her small face was red. She was a little embarrassed and said: “These clothes are inconvenient......”

Liu Yue wore light and convenient black clothes, squatting on another tree. He was blending very well into the night scene and thick tree branches.

“...” Shen Zhonghua laughed involuntarily. With one hand behind his back, he opened his mouth to call her down, and extended his other hand toward her.

Shen Qi looked at that hand. She carried her skirt and prepared to jump down directly from the tree. But she wasn’t accustomed to wearing this complicated long skirt and accidentally stepped on the overly long skirt. Her foot slipped and she fell directly from the tree!

At the moment when her body was in the air, Shen Qi thought of several sets of actions to establish her footing. As a specially trained person that died, how could she make such a low-level mistake? How could she be so humiliated in public!

It was just without waiting for Shen Qi to remedy, she’d already fallen into Shen Zhonghua’s arms. Shen Qi looked up and just bumped into Shen Zhonghua’s two pairs of deep eyes.

“Wang...... Lord.” Shen Qi corrected her mouth while in Shen Zhonghua’s arms.

Shen Zhonghua knowingly asked her: “How did you climb up the tree?”

“Slave......” Shen Qi didn’t know how to answer. Shen Zhonghua still held her in his arms, apparently didn’t seem to let her down.

Passers-by heard Shen Qi’s self-proclaimed of the Lord. They couldn’t help glancing at her sideways and whispering: “This wealthy, big family is so different. The servant girl is dressed like a young miss.”

“...” Shen Qi didn’t speak and didn’t dare to look at Shen Zhonghua. She simply lowered her head to look at the delicate embroidery on her skirt.

Seeing her uncomfortable, Shen Zhonghua released her. Shen Qi breathed a sigh of relief. When Shen Zhonghua strode away, she followed closely behind, but at this moment, Shen Zhonghua suddenly stopped and turned around.

Fortunately, Shen Qi responded and stopped herself in time and took a step back, otherwise she would definitely hit Shen Zhonghua.

“For you.” Shen Zhonghua said.

Shen Qi raised her eyes and saw Shen Zhonghua was holding in his hand a little pig made of canvas. Her entire self was as if struck by thunder and froze in place.

“Don’t like it?” Shen Zhonghua couldn’t help but ask when he saw Shen Qi didn’t move. His voice was a little astringent.

“No......” Shen Qi stretched out her hand to take over that little pig and bowed to Shen Zhonghua: “Thanks for the reward, Wangye.”

Shen Zhonghua looked at her like this with a complex look.

He thought she would be happy. Because in the previous life, Su Lianxue dragged him to the lantern market, and Shen Qi as his dark guard followed him to protect his safety personally. At that time, when he walked afar, Shen Qi came down from the tree. As she followed behind him, she passed by this vendor’s stall and eventually saw this little cloth pig doll, her gaze stopped.

He happened to see it and had an impression of this little cloth pig doll. It wasn’t because he was angry, but because this doll, Su Lianxue also had a similar one. When he first met her, that little girl was carved out beautifully and was holding exactly this little pig doll. When giving something for him to eat, she would also take a piece of pastry to the doll’s mouth and said to that little pig with a sweet and glutinous voice: “Dudu eat something~”

At that time, Shen Qi came up, but he turned back and rubbed shoulders with Shen Qi. He went to that one vendor’s stall, bought that little cloth pig doll, and gave it to Su Lianxue. He believed she should like that cloth doll.

When Su Lianxue received that little cloth pig doll, she froze just like Shen Qi now. But then she smiled happily and said to him: “Older brother Zhonghua, whatever you give Xue-er, Xue-er is happy.”

In fact, she didn’t have much joy. Shen Zhonghua never saw that cloth doll afterward. Unlike the jewelry he gave to Su Lianxue, she always wore it on her body for several days.

Today, Shen Zhonghua thought equally that Shen Qi should like this cloth doll.

But Shen Zhonghua didn’t know that Shen Qi behind him, her mood was equally complicated. This doll was also seen in this lantern market in her previous life. At a glance, she just felt this doll coincidently resembled that doll she had been holding as a child.

But that cloth doll, when she was captured, wandered, bought and sold, and finally locked up in a training underground for secret and cruel training, she didn’t know when it was gone.