Liang Ting's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled.
"Indeed. Back then, not only were the bones in his hand broken, but the tendons and meridians were all severed too."
"Could you hold this for a moment?"
Just after they left the residential complex, Qi Jingmo handed the shopping bags in his hands to Su Qiao.
Su Qiao had no idea what he wanted to do, but she reached out and took them.
Qi Jingmo squatted down. With his nimble, well-defined fingers, he carefully retied the laces of Su Qiao's already loosened white sneakers, then slowly stood back up.
"Loose shoelaces are dangerous. You could easily trip and fall. Be sure to pay attention next time, all right?"
"Oh." Su Qiao blinked.
Was he the kind of thoughtful little sweetheart people talked about?
Seeing her unusually dazed expression, Qi Jingmo's lips curved up slightly, and he reached out his hand.
"What are you doing?"
Seeing that he seemed about to touch her head, Su Qiao quickly dodged.
What a joke. Could a woman's head be touched just like that?
Besides, was he trying to show off that he was taller than her?
Qi Jingmo froze for a moment.
He hadn't expected Su Qiao to dodge him.
For some inexplicable reason, he felt a little hurt.
"There was a leaf caught in your hair. I just wanted to take it out for you."
After a pause, he slowly explained, "No one has tended these trees for years. Some little bugs like to crawl onto the leaves, and some little spiders even like to spin webs on them. It's not very clean and could make your skin itch."
The moment Su Qiao heard about spiders and spiderwebs, she suddenly felt itchy all over. She quickly leaned her head toward him.