"But when I was seven years old, the emperor's uncle came to my house to look for my father. Before my father came back, he was waiting in the study.
"Yulong got into the study because he was naughty, so I followed him in.
"So I watched helplessly as the emperor grabbed the jade dragon..."
At this time, Li Zian's voice was already hoarse, and he choked at the end of his words. He paused for a long while and moved his lips a few times.
Just when he was about to muster up the courage to tell the final result, Shen Tianshu suddenly held his hand first, and then patted the back of his hand comfortingly.
Li Zian stared at the small white hand on the back of his hand, and suddenly thought of many things.
He had always been troubled by the fact that Shen Tianshu was too distant and polite to him, and was not as familiar with Li Zihan.
But I never thought that the fundamental reason might be that I had never opened my heart to her.
After taking the photo, Shen Tianshu felt that he had gone too far and quickly took his hand back.
Li Zian took a sip of tea and took the initiative to play with the kitten that was wrapped in Shen Tianshu's hands. He sighed slightly and said, "This matter has been in my heart for more than ten years. Is there anyone willing to listen to me?" Good."
Shen Tianshu had never seen Li Zian like this before, as if a ferocious big cat was trying to expose its belly to people.
Li Zian stretched out his hand to caress the kitten, pretending to cover the back of her hand unintentionally, and continued before she could make a move: "Uncle Huang's look was very terrifying. I was so frightened that my legs went weak and I hid. I dare not go out behind the screen.
"I never expected that the emperor's uncle actually lifted the jade dragon high and threw it heavily to the ground... When the jade dragon finally breathed his last, he still tried his best to turn his head and look in my direction...
"If I had been braver and rushed out to protect it, it might not have..."
At this point, Li Zian's voice was completely choked up.
Seeing Li Zian's expression in desperate need of comfort, Shen Tianshu's hand that he had planned to take out involuntarily stopped.
Li Zian took the opportunity to close his fingers and quietly enclose her hand completely in his palm.
The kitten struggled to get its head out of Shen Tianshu's hand, tilted its head and meowed "meow".
Li Zian was stared at by its pair of round black eyes, and he retracted his hand in embarrassment.
"If it's inconvenient for you, then I can take it back and leave it to someone in the mansion to take care of it."
Shen Tianshu didn't originally want to raise a cat. She always felt that even her own life was not stable and she was unable to take on the responsibility for another little life.
But when she heard Li Zian say that she wanted to give it to her servants to raise, she suddenly couldn't bear it. She held the kitten in front of her and asked softly: "How about you come home with me and I'll help you?" It’s also more convenient to change the dressing, okay?”
The kitten stuck out its tongue and licked the tip of its nose, then gave her a "meow".
So when Shen Tianshu came home, there was a little fur dumpling in his arms.
"Girl, come back... what is this!" Mingyu came out of the room to greet her, her voice suddenly rose in pitch, and finally she turned a corner.
The kitten was so frightened that it crawled into Shen Tianshu's arms.
"Keep your voice down, you're scaring the cat!" Shen Tianshu reached out to soothe the fur on the kitten's back while walking into the house.
"Cat? Where did it come from?" Mingyu glanced curiously into Shen Tianshu's arms. Unfortunately, the kitten was too well hidden and could only see a little hair on the tips of its ears.
"I picked it up on the road. I brought it back because I saw how pitiful it was." Shen Tianshu returned to the room and wanted to find a place to put the cat down first. However, the kitten was very scared at this time and clawed at it with its uninjured front paws. She lives in Shen Tianshu's clothes and refuses to leave no matter what.
Shen Tianshu had no choice but to take off the coat that was caught by it and put it on the chair. The kitten immediately got under the clothes and hid it.
Mingyu couldn't help nagging at the side: "If the girl wants to raise a cat, it would be great if we asked someone to go out and hire one. I don't know if the one picked up outside is clean. I'm afraid the clothes will be scratched."
Seeing that Mingyu wanted to lift her clothes, Shen Tianshu stopped her and said, "The kitten is injured and has a broken leg, so it is a little scared of people, so don't scare it.
"You can find a suitable basket, make the inside softer, and put it on my bedside."
Mingyu had been disgusted with it just now, but when he heard that the kitten was injured, he immediately softened his heart and quickly prepared the cat's nest according to Shen Tianshu's request.
But she was still worried and said: "Girl, do you really want to put the cat next to the bed? What if it doesn't scratch you honestly?"
"No, it has always been quite well-behaved." After saying this, Shen Tianshu saw Mingyu's disapproving look and said, "Let it get used to it for a few days, and then move it out after it is no longer afraid of people."
Hearing that Shen Tianshu had already made a concession, Mingyu couldn't say anything more.
Shen Tianshu sent everyone in the house away, and then he brought the cat into the house with his clothes on. He carefully opened the clothes covering the cat, coaxed the kitten to loosen its paws, and put it into the place where Mingyu had just put it. In the prepared cat litter.
There is a cushion inside the cat's nest, which is not very thick but soft enough.
The kitten was a little resistant at first, but after stepping on the cushion with its little paws a few times, it seemed to like it a little bit.
It dragged its injured leg around all day long, trying to find something to eat but found nothing.
Later, after he was rescued, he was treated for injuries and rode in a carriage. He was surrounded by unfamiliar environments, which made him nervous all the time.
At this time, we finally arrived in a relatively secluded environment, and there was no longer any strange smell around us.
It was really sleepy and couldn't hold it any longer. It sat on the cushion and dozed off little by little with its little head.
Shen Tianshu directly pushed it down on the mat, ignored its weak struggle, stroked the fur a few times, and successfully coaxed the little fur dumpling to sleep.
After the little Mao Tuanzi fell asleep, Shen Tianshu gently changed its position to prevent it from pressing on his injured leg.
The kitten was so well-behaved after sleeping, as if the messy piece of clothing next to the cat's nest was not scratched by it at all.
Shen Tianshu put his hand on the kitten, feeling the ups and downs of its breathing, and couldn't help but think of Li Zian's appearance just now.
This was the first time she heard Li Zian talk about her past. She didn't expect that he had such a soft and sad side under his original cold personality, which made her feel a little sorry for the child who was only a few years old back then.
Perhaps it was because he had seen so many such things since he was a child that he chose to seal his heart tightly, but he also taught Li Zihan those things from a young age, otherwise she would make the same mistakes as him.
For him, this may be the only way to protect himself and his family from harm to the greatest extent.
That night, Shen Tianshu fell asleep to the sound of the kitten's purring, and in his dreams, Li Zian lowered his eyes slightly and poured out his thoughts.