The blue-clothed maid tried her best to break free of Shen Huai's shackles. But he didn't expect Shen Huai to look thin and small, but his strength was not small.

For a moment, the maid only felt a sharp pain in her wrist, and she had no choice but to let go of the dagger.

Bu shook the dagger away, and stood by Shen Huai's side, for fear that this maid would attack Shen Huai again.

Qi Rin also rushed over at this time, staring at the blue-clothed maid with gloomy eyes.

Shen Huai had already let go of his hand at this moment, and the maid fell to the ground in embarrassment, choking on a mouthful of soil.

After seeing Qi Rin coming, Shen Huai glanced at him meaningfully.

Don't think she didn't hear him shouting.

Qi Rin was a little furious when Shen Huai looked at him, and he involuntarily looked away.

The corners of Shen Huai's mouth rose slightly, glanced at the blue-clothed maid lying on the ground, and ordered someone to drag her away and interrogate her properly.

After all, she was now more interested in Qi Rin's title just now.

"How did you know the word "woman?" When the two of them walked to no one's place, Shen Huai looked back and looked at Qi Rin with a smile.

Shen Huai's smile made the uneasiness in Qi Rin's heart expand even more.

"Huh?" Seeing that Qi Rin didn't speak, Shen Huai snorted lightly, and looked at Qi Rin from the corner of his eye.

Qi Rin was silent for a long time, and slowly took out an old handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Huai.

"This is what you gave me back then."

Shen Huai glared slightly, and took the handkerchief that had faded slightly in disbelief.

This...... It was the handkerchief she embroidered when she was a child, how did it end up in Qi Rin's hands.

Qi Rin looked at Shen Huai with an incredulous look, and couldn't help but feel a little lost in his heart.

He thought that she would remember it all these years, and he was the only one who cared about it.

Shen Huai held the handkerchief and looked at it carefully for a long time, and through the immature and clumsy stitching on it, she could only conclude that it was done when she was still young. But when exactly it was given to Qi Rin, she really doesn't have this memory.

Qi Rin caught a glimpse of Shen Huai's contemplative look, and became even more aggrieved.

"In the seventeenth year of Yuanhe, the twenty-second day of May."

Shen Huai's pupils dilated slightly after hearing the string of numbers Qi Rin said, and there was a little surprise in his eyes.

"It's you!"

Qi Rin's face turned slightly pale.

But he didn't want Shen Huai's next sentence to give him a heavy blow.

"How do you look different from when you were a child!" As he spoke, Shen Huai approached Qi Rin curiously and suspiciously, and carefully examined his face.

Qi Rin replied in a muffled voice, "What's not like it?"

Shen Huai frowned slightly, trying to recall the sporadic images in his mind.

Speaking of which, she was still young at that time, and if it weren't for what happened that day that made her unforgettable, she probably wouldn't have remembered Qi Rin.

"I remember...... You smiled cutely, like ...... Like a rice ball. ”

Shen Huai looked directly into Qi Rin's eyes, his voice became weaker and weaker, and he faintly smiled a little.

Qi Rin's face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Glutinous rice balls?!

I'm afraid that only Shen Huai will describe him like this in this world.

When other people in the capital saw him, they didn't have words such as coldness and coldness, indifference and ruthlessness in their minds, how could there be the word cute.

"You were cute tight then, too." Qi Rin pursed his lips and replied not to be outdone.

The smile on Shen Huai's face gradually receded, "When I cried like that, you can also see that it is cute?"

Qi Rin nodded without hesitation and said categorically: "Cute."

Qi Rin's words involved a gray memory buried in Shen Huai's mind.

When Shen Huai spoke again, his words were a little cold, "I remember that day I was bullied by Shen Yuan and a few people, and I also injured my leg. Some of them threatened me not to tell the adults, so I quietly hid in the corner and cried alone. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Huai suddenly raised a smile and looked at Qi Rin, "But I didn't want to meet you." ”

On the day Shen Huai and Qi Rin met, it was not gloomy and bleak, but the sky was clear and the sun was shining. In the mansion separated from Shen Huai by a wall, there were still several young children laughing and scolding.

But Qi Rin was the only one who saw Shen Huai, who was huddled in the corner and covered his injured leg and wept silently.

At that time, Shen Huaigang was adopted by Shen Songze and Xu Jin and brought back to the house.

The brother and sister led by Shen Yuan and Shen Yulang also had some children from relatives who didn't like Shen Huai, the sister who suddenly appeared. Every day, she would always come up with some strange things to trick her, but the most over-the-top should be the day she met Qi Rin.

On that day, a child in the house got a vicious dog out of nowhere, and it was very fierce.

Shen Yuan and Shen Yulang relied on the support of a big house behind them, instigated their subordinates to take the vicious dog out to intimidate Shen Huai, and threatened her not to step into the Shen Mansion for half a step, otherwise they would let the dog bite her.

Shen Huai's temperament at that time was not as tough as it is now, so she could only cry and wipe her tears and beg them at that time.

And then......

Shen Huai closed his eyes, not wanting to think about the events of that day.

Qi Rin also sensed that something was wrong with Shen Huai's mood, and deliberately diverted the topic.

"The handkerchief you gave me back then is old, can you give me a new one?"

Faced with Qi Rin diverting the topic so bluntly, Shen Huai couldn't help but laugh.

"I haven't touched a needle and thread in years, and as for the veil...... Shu'er made it for me. If you want to, I'll ask Shu'er to pick out a few beautiful pieces and give them to you. ”

Shen Huai's words were obviously tinged with pleasure.

Qi Rin's face stiffened for a moment, and he said stupidly, "No need."

Shen Huai laughed loudly, obviously feeling a lot better.

Qi Rin stood behind her, feeling her obviously much happier mood, and the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked.

Qi Rin pushed Shen Huai towards the front, and the warm winter sun penetrated the layers of condensation clouds and spread on the two of them.

That day and night, when Shu'er came in with tea, she found that Shen Huai had not rested, but was sitting under the candle with a needle and thread in hand.

"Miss?" Shu'er called out in disbelief.

She hadn't seen her own young lady touch these things in years.

Shen Huai was concentrating on the handkerchief in her hand at the moment, when she heard Shu'er calling her. He replied without raising his head.

"Hmm."

Shu'er put down the tea in her hand and walked a few steps quickly to Shen Huai's side.

"How did Miss remember this today?"

Shen Huai raised his hand to cross a stream of colored threads, and replied lazily: "In order to recuperate from my injuries these days, in addition to eating and sleeping, if I don't find something to do, I'm afraid I'll get moldy."

While speaking, Shen Huai had already embroidered a short section of flower branches.

I have to say that I haven't touched this thing for many years, and my hands are still sparse.

Shen Huai lifted the half-embroidered handkerchief and looked at the candle flame carefully. I couldn't help frowning.

It's ugly!