"Bao'er, Bao'er, don't be scared. Please, don't be scared. I won't hurt you!" Li Xiu murmured incoherently, his voice hoarse. He was truly terrified. In his last life, a single slap had cost him half a lifetime. He wouldn't hurt her. He wouldn't. He knew he was wrong now. He really, truly knew he was wrong.
Feeling the warmth of his tears flowing from her hair onto her neck, Zhou Lian paused. Stroking Li Xiu's back, she said softly, "I'm not scared, Jin Chen. I'm not. Jin Chen cares about me so much, he wouldn't bear to hurt me, right? I'm not scared at all!"
"Right, right, right! I care about Bao'er so much, how could I ever bear to hurt my Bao'er!" Li Xiu said softly, his voice still hoarse, but his tears fell uncontrollably, like pearls from a broken string.
