The Longevity Courtyard teemed with people as the students cheerfully wrote their wishes on prayer ribbons.
In one corner of the courtyard, however, two people stood facing each other.
"Go on. What did you want to tell me about Nian?"
Song Jici folded his arms and looked coldly at Fu Zhenzhen, who stood before him.
He had not wanted to entertain her, but this time, Fu Zhenzhen had used Jiang Nian as bait to get him to come out.
He wanted to see what she was up to now.
Looking at the open rejection on Song Jici's face, Fu Zhenzhen started to cry again. "Jici..."
"Save your tears. And don't call me that."
Song Jici lowered his eyes, staring aimlessly at the fallen leaves on the ground.
Over the past few days, he had wished countless times that Fu Zhenzhen had never saved him.
Six years ago, one of his father's business rivals had played dirty and sent people to abduct him.
He had originally been taken only as leverage against the Song Corporation, and he was not supposed to suffer any serious harm.
But greed had gotten the better of those kidnappers, and they had actually decided to hold him for an exorbitant ransom.
If he had not received training for situations like that and escaped when their guard was down, there was no telling what they would have done to him.
After finally escaping the wolves' den, he had found himself in the wilderness. He had wanted to find someone to help him, but the first people he encountered were a group of human traffickers.
The traffickers had not known who he was, but his good looks convinced them he would fetch a handsome price, so they had tied him up and taken him away.
Having escaped one