When Ni Sitian got home, she was going to go to the bedroom to wake Xu Tingchuan up for breakfast, but she found him standing on the balcony smoking.

She frowned slightly, put down her breakfast, and walked over.

He was lost in thought and didn't notice her approaching.

"Why are you smoking on an empty stomach so early in the morning?" Ni Sitian reached out and took the cigarette from his hand, stubbed it out, and threw it in the trash can.

She was a little angry. He had promised her that he wouldn't smoke this year and would take good care of his stomach. He had even thrown away all the cigarettes in the house that day. It turned out that he had been keeping some.

"What's wrong? What's bothering you that makes you want to smoke so early in the morning? I may not be able to help you much, but you can talk to me about it. Wouldn't it make you feel better?" Ni Sitian's words carried a hint of concern and a touch of probing. She thought that perhaps Xu Tingchuan was feeling stressed and wanted to smoke because he was keeping that matter from her.

He looked down at her cheeks and nose, which were red from the cold, raised his hand to cup her face and rub it, and said in a low voice, "It's so cold, don't go to buy breakfast, what if you get cold?"

“You’ve always been the one to buy things for me. Today I got up early to buy them.” Ni Sitian felt that she hadn’t done enough for him, and she wanted to be good to him too.

Xu Tingchuan looked down at Ni Sitian, his eyes shimmering slightly.

Ni Sitian was a little disappointed that he didn't answer her previous questions, but considering that he was still bothered by keeping things from her, she decided to forgive him a little.

"Let's go have breakfast, it'll get cold soon." She turned around and walked into the house.

Xu Tingchuan's expression changed slightly when he saw the L mark on her shoulder and back. He quickly caught up with her and grabbed Ni Sitian's shoulder.

Ni Sitian's shoulder hurt a little from his grip, so she frowned and turned to look at Xu Tingchuan.

Xu Tingchuan suddenly had a sticker in his hand with a black "L" mark on it.

"What is this? Whose prank is this?" Ni Sitian asked in confusion, reaching out to take the sticker from Xu Tingchuan's hand. But she saw Xu Tingchuan clench the sticker into his fist with great force, and the veins on the back of his hand were slightly bulging.

"You ran into a man in a black trench coat downstairs?" Xu Tingchuan asked, his face grim.

Ni Sitian nodded. "Yes, he's the one who bumped into me. Did he put this paper up?"

Xu Tingchuan's eyes shifted, and he said in a deep voice, "Next time you run into that person, stay far away from him."

"Why? Who is he?" Ni Sitian could also tell that the person had a dangerous aura, but she didn't expect that he would be involved with Xu Tingchuan.

“A murderer who was just released from prison.” Xu Tingchuan didn’t know how to begin the story, so he said succinctly.

Ni Sitian was horrified. She looked into the man's eyes, which were icy cold and did indeed seem like someone who had killed someone. But hearing so clearly that he was a murderer still surprised and frightened her.

She suddenly realized that since Xu Tingchuan knew he was a murderer, they must know each other.

Given Xu Tingchuan's background, he was surrounded by well-educated scions of prominent families. How could he possibly know a murderer?

And this murderer is now hanging around here, could he be looking for Xu Tingchuan?

So Xu Tingchuan was sobbing just now because of this person?

Ni Sitian's mind became increasingly confused, so she simply asked Xu Tingchuan, "Did he come looking for you?"

Xu Tingchuan didn't shy away from the topic and nodded, feeling that he should remind Ni Sitian about it.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Ni Sitian's mind. She remembered that besides Pei Yang and the others, there was another boy in the photo, and it seemed to be this person!