The one who played games with them the whole time was Miss Shen, Qi Jiu.

He was a big shot who had caused quite a stir in City A several times before.

The boy who had just returned shrugged. "Yeah, she doesn't really love games, it's just a hobby. It's a bit of a shame, though. If it were someone else, they might be our teammate by now."

Meanwhile, on the other side, Qi Jiu looked at the man sitting next to her and smiled.

"Did something troublesome happen? Why have you been in the study for so long?"

They returned after nine o'clock, and now it's past midnight. He seems to have spent the two or three hours in between in his study.

Was something wrong, or was she like a demon, making him afraid to come back?

Qi Silin reached out and pinched her soft cheek. "It's nothing serious. There was a video conference in between, so it took a little longer."

The video conference was originally scheduled for 7 p.m., but I went to He's house in the evening, so it was postponed for a while.

At this moment, Qi Silin's hair and body were still covered in water droplets, which lay neatly on the ground and on his pajama pants.

Qi Jiu naturally took the towel from his hand and gently wiped his body. She was always mesmerized as the towel slid over his strong chest and muscles.

"Were you playing games just now?" Qi Silin suddenly asked.

The towel was gently wiping his head, so he didn't look up.

The girl hummed in agreement, and then heard a strange voice from the man in front of her.

"With a boy?"

Although I didn't hear the whole thing while they were playing a game, I did hear whether the other person was male or female.

Qi Jiu chuckled softly; it turned out she'd turned into a jealous person.

The towel was removed from his head, and their eyes met. "Is it a boy, or four boys?"

Her gaze was somewhat fixed, which stunned the man.

So he admitted it? He's quite open about it. What should he say? Why was he playing games alone with a guy? There were four of them on the other side…

Seeing Qi Silin exhale a deep breath, Qi Jiu smiled. "They're all old friends. I'll introduce you to them later."

Qi Silin's hair wasn't long to begin with, and now that it had been dried with a towel for so long and left to air dry for an extended period, it was probably at least half-dry.

Hearing this, the man's lips curled into a smile. "Okay."

Looking up, Qi Silin saw the girl's slightly loose pajamas and immediately thought of what had happened two hours earlier.

"Qiqi..."

"Um?"

Qi Jiu put the towel down and looked at him, only to be met with his inexplicable gaze.

Before she could react, she saw the man reach out his large hand towards her chest, deftly unbuttoning her pajamas.

Qi Jiu: "!!!"

What are you doing! It's pitch black!

“Ah Lin…”

Qi Silin noticed that she seemed a little nervous, and the corners of her mouth curved into a smile.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not going to do anything. I just want to see the scars on your back."

The atmosphere had been too ambiguous, which made his mind a little foggy. The rubbing of his fingers only led him to one conclusion.

That is, Qi Jiu's scar on her back is quite large. Other than that, I really don't know anything else, so I want to take a look when I'm clear-headed.

Qi Jiu was taken aback, and pursed her lips as she looked at his serious expression.

She turned around, her fingers deftly unbuttoning the shirt. As the clothes fell off, the pajamas slid across her fair and delicate skin, revealing her alluring shoulders.

Upon seeing this, Qi Silin's breath caught in his throat, and his eyes widened even though Qi Jiu couldn't see him.

What a jerk! Why did you have to say something so self-destructive?

Mouth: "..." 6.

But as her pajamas fell off, the scars on her back also caught attention.

If he had touched it before when he couldn't see it, now he didn't even have the courage to touch it, and was even... somewhat shocked.

She never imagined that a girl could have such a large scar.

The wound has grown new skin, but the skin color is wrong, and some scars are still wrinkled, making it look horrifying.

Qi Silin suddenly laughed, but the laugh was somewhat bitter.

No wonder the girl wasn't scared at all when she saw the palm-sized wound on his waist when they first met; she even observed it with interest. It turned out that she had an even bigger wound on her own body.

The more a man thinks about it, the more bitter he feels.

He simply couldn't imagine how Qi Jiu had once so casually looked at the scar on his waist and said, "I'm not afraid."

How can I describe this horrifying scar before my eyes?

It's located right in the middle of Qi Jiu's back, and it's quite large, stretching from under her armpits to her lower back, taking up half the space.

The only difference is that the shape of this scar is somewhat strange.

At first glance, it even looks a bit like butterfly wings, blooming vigorously behind the girl.

It's somewhat terrifying, but at the same time, it adds a touch of beauty.

Qi Silin didn't even realize that his outstretched hand was trembling slightly, but he couldn't touch her back for a long time.

Qi Jiu turned her head and lowered her eyes. As if she had noticed his movement, she leaned back and let her back meet the man's slightly cool fingers.

"Qiqi, aren't you very good at pharmacy? Why didn't you use any medicine on such a big scar on your back?"

If medication were used, the scars on my back would be reduced by more than half, if not completely gone, and they wouldn't look so scary anymore.

Girls are naturally fond of beauty, and although this area is usually invisible to others, they will notice it themselves.

Qi Jiu smiled and said, "It can't be removed."

She felt the cool touch of his fingers and a smile appeared on her lips.

“The man’s knife was poisoned back then, and I was unable to remove it due to my limited abilities. Now that it has healed, so many years have passed, there’s no need to remove the scar. Consider it a lesson learned.”

She spoke of it so casually, as if such a large scar wasn't on her own back.

This time, the man didn't speak. He stared at his fingers and slowly traced the scar on the girl's back from beginning to end.

Qi Jiu didn't disturb him, but still said, "This happened many years ago, don't worry, it didn't hurt at all."

"And what about back then?"

She hadn't expected the man to ask her a question back, and she pursed her lips. "At the time, it probably didn't hurt. I've forgotten about it."

The back injury was so severe that it was incredibly painful, especially with the knife tip being poisoned. Those few days were truly a living hell.

But thinking about it this way, the pain of that time is over, and there's no need for people to be sad about the pain of that time.