Chapter 364: After three years of waiting, Shen Zhichu finally came to pick it up
"Miss Shen, I'm afraid you'll have to come here in person."
"What do you mean?" Shen Zhichu asked with a frown.
Zhao Qian explained, "Niannian has been staying in the Imperial Garden since you died. Whenever someone carries him out, he'll scratch them. Boss Li and I don't dare touch him easily, so we need you to come here in person. How about this... set a time tomorrow and I'll arrange for a driver to pick you up."
When Shen Zhichu heard Nian Nian, her heart ached. How was this silly cat that had tried to save her from the fire? It had refused to leave the villa. Was it thinking about the words she had said before she died in her previous life, asking it to wait for her to pick it up?
"No need, I can go there myself, at 9:30 in the morning." After saying that, Shen Zhichu hung up the phone.
After five minutes of talking on the phone, his hair was wet and sticky against his skin, feeling very uncomfortable. Shen Zhichu found a hair dryer in the cabinet.
The weather in June and July is the hottest, and Shen Zhichu was using a fan to blow dry his hair at the same time, as the hair dryer only blocked the heat, trapping the hot air in his hair.
She looked at the lights outside the window, feeling a little uneasy, perhaps because she was going to see Li Jingshen again tomorrow.
That night, Shen Zhichu couldn't sleep. She looked at the money in her account and began to plan what to do next. First, she would find a partner to start a company. Once she had a foundation, she would acquire the economic company behind her.
Shen Zhichu has not signed the termination contract yet because the follow-up work is troublesome.
The contract for "Changmenghen" was signed by the company. If she leaves now, there is a high probability that she will not get to star in this drama, and it may even involve a lawsuit, which will delay the progress of the crew.
But if she doesn't leave, the company will always put pressure on her.
So the best way is of course for her to acquire shares and become the largest shareholder boss, so that she doesn't have to worry so much.
……….
After breakfast the next day, Shen Zhichu called an online taxi to go to Yuyuan.
Three and a half years after her death, the place is still the same as before, as if the fire had just happened yesterday.
She looked at the villa where she had been locked up for nearly two years, especially the bedroom on the first floor with the floor-to-ceiling windows. It had been so long and the burned areas had been renovated, but when she glanced over, she seemed to still see the unwashed blood and dust. Her toes curled up and she inexplicably tasted a burning sensation.
External injuries can be healed, but can injuries so severe as to damage the soul still be healed?
The answer is no.
Even though so many years have passed, even though she has a new body, the injuries she suffered are the severe pain she experienced personally, and the slightest thought of it would cause her heart to ache.
She couldn't forgive Li Jingshen because the injuries she suffered in her previous life were too severe, and she was afraid of repeating the same mistakes.
The little deer that was banging against my chest was already dead.
………
Chen Zhichu took a deep breath and walked towards the villa. Although they were both in J City, it was much cooler in Keyu Garden, as it faced north and south.
Shen Zhichu walked forward with her head down, and noticed a strange gaze. She looked up reflexively, and a tall figure caught her eye.
Li Jingshen had deep brows and was standing at the gate. He was wearing the white shirt that Shen Zhichu liked. Behind him was a wisteria with green leaves. Unfortunately, the wisteria flowering season had just passed.
Shen Zhichu slowly approached him. She had good eyesight and could see her reflection in his pupils.
Li Jingshen pursed his lips and uttered only a few words after a long while: "This place has never changed..." His eyes were filled with deep nostalgia, as if he wanted to bring up the past and evoke some "good" memories of Shen Zhichu.
In fact, this place has brought some happiness to Shen Zhichu.
During the time when she lost her memory, Li Jingshen pretended to be nice to her, and Mrs. Zhang treated her as if she were her own daughter. Although they didn't have children, she had a cat.
Li Jingshen's face was very pale, and his voice trembled weakly.
At half past nine in the morning, golden sunlight penetrated the shade of the trees. The trees moved in the wind, and Shen Zhichu's hair moved slightly in the wind. She was wearing a nude shirt and a white knee-length skirt. She had fair skin and a pair of beautiful watery eyes. She looked like she had walked out of a painting.
Chen Zhichu carried the bag and glanced inside calmly, his tone tinged with mockery: "Whether this place has changed or not, it's what I hate the most. I'm afraid you've forgotten that I was imprisoned here by you, and burned to death in a wheelchair."
Shen Zhichu said this with only slight sarcasm, without any hatred.
Li Jingshen felt a pang of pain in his heart. He looked at Chen Zhichu again. At this moment, her eyes were distant and defensive. The corners of her mouth were raised, but the smile did not reach her eyes.
It was obviously the hottest time of the year, but he was shivering with cold, as if he was thrown into an ice cellar in the middle of winter, with a thin layer of ice all over his body. He clenched his fists tightly, but felt no sensation at all.
It turned out that the place he had kept all along had only brought Shen Zhichu torture in life and fear before death.
For her, this is like opening the wound and rubbing salt into it.
"I'm sorry, Shen... I cough..." He started coughing before he could finish his words. His chest was swollen and painful. He felt so cold because he hadn't slept last night. He was standing here waiting for Shen Zhichu before dawn this morning.
His mouth was filled with a sweet and fishy taste. Li Jingshen gritted his teeth and swallowed the blood in his mouth. However, his throat became more and more itchy after that. He covered his mouth and coughed silently.
Shen Zhichu turned a deaf ear and shrugged off Li Jingshen's apology. He had heard the word "I'm sorry" so many times from Li Jingshen that it was no longer surprising.
"What about Nian Nian?"
Li Jingshen finally stopped coughing. He covered his mouth and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll take you in."
Shen Zhichu deliberately kept a distance from him. She walked behind him and looked at Li Jingshen's back. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt that Li Jingshen seemed to have lost weight.
Three years ago, Li Jingshen always had a straight back and looked at people with disdain. He was always high and mighty, but looking at him now, it seemed as if his spine was broken.
Besides that, he walked a little unsteadily, as if he was enduring something.
Chen Zhichu had no time to observe him, her mind was filled with Nian Nian who had been waiting for her here.
She walked into the villa and looked around, but there was no sign of the cat.
"Call it."
Shen Zhichu cautiously called out to the empty house, "Nian Nian."
Her eyes swept across and finally landed on the bedroom where she was burned to death three years ago. A small figure walked out from inside.
It walked with great effort, its body swaying. The ragdoll cat that once nestled in her arms and pestered her to comb its hair now had no hair left on its body.
One of its ears was missing and half of its tail was broken, but in Shen Zhichu's eyes it was still the most beautiful ragdoll cat.
Nian Nian stood at the door and looked at her timidly, wanting to get closer but not daring to. The cat had a strong sense of self-esteem. It dreamed of seeing Shen Zhichu, but when it really saw her, it didn't dare to get close. It was afraid that Shen Zhichu would think it was ugly or dirty.
Shen Zhichu thought that she would not have too many emotions in her life, but when she saw Nian Nian at this moment, the emotions that were sealed by God burst out like a flood.
Her heart felt sore, as if she had eaten mustard, and her nose was choked and uncomfortable, and tears came to her eyes.
Shen Zhichu was worried about scaring it, so he slowed down and squatted down, extending his hand towards Nian Nian: "Nian Nian, come here."
Niannian walked towards Shen Zhichu unsteadily with its tail hanging down. It sat down half a meter away from her and looked at her with its little head tilted up. Its throat was damaged by the fire. Although it could make sounds, the sounds were very unpleasant. It did not dare to make any sound. It stared straight at Shen Zhichu without even blinking.
Nian Nian's eyes were blue, like beautiful crystals, her pupils dilated and shining, reflecting the figure of Shen Zhichu.
Although it couldn't make a sound, its eyes told Shen Zhichu that it had been waiting for her for a long time and hoped that Shen Zhichu would touch it.
Shen Zhichu reached out with a trembling hand and gently stroked Nian Nian's head.
Nian Nian subconsciously wanted to rub her hand with its head, but it froze because it remembered that its ears were burned.
Shen Zhichu felt a pang of pain in her mouth. Nian Nian was the most spiritual cat she had ever seen. She bent down and carefully held it in her arms, then placed a kiss on the top of its head.
"Niannian, I'm here to pick you up."
At that moment, the cat cried, and tears flowed from its watery eyes and wet its fur.
It waited for three years, and finally Shen Zhichu came to pick it up.
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