"Miss, here's your lost handkerchief." Pei Ji raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and handed the handkerchief back to Su Qingci with a smile.
After saying that, Su Qingci reached out to take the handkerchief, and her fingertips accidentally touched Pei Ji's palm again. Pei Ji suddenly felt a strange electric current spreading throughout his body.
His heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
Pei Ji also felt this strange atmosphere, but he did not show any abnormality on the surface. Instead, he smiled politely.
After Su Qingci thanked Pei Ji, she pretended to turn around and leave.
But just when she took a few steps, an accident happened - a frightened carriage came galloping from the corner!
The horse ran around the street like a madman, smashing many stalls into pieces.
Seeing that the carriage was about to hit the unsuspecting Su Qingci, the people around screamed in terror.
At this moment, the driver who was trying to control the horse obviously noticed that someone was about to cross the road ahead.
He waved the whip anxiously and kept shouting "whoosh!", trying to make the horse stop.
However, it was too late.
The frightened horse did not obey at all and continued to run forward madly.
At the critical moment, Pei Ji rushed forward without hesitation.
He was as fast as lightning, grabbed Su Qingci's wrist tightly, and then used all his strength to pull her back.
Because the incident happened suddenly, Su Qingci was completely unable to react.
She stumbled, lost her balance, and took a few steps back.
Immediately afterwards, with a "bang", she fell directly into Pei Ji's warm and broad arms.
"Miss, are you okay?" Pei Ji asked with concern, his tone full of worry.
He looked down at Su Qingci in his arms, only to see that she had her eyes tightly closed and her face was as pale as paper, obviously she was very frightened.
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