The hot tea was poured into the teacup. Some water vapor was seen floating above the tea. The soft scent of the tea diffused in the room.
Song Boyan did not appear like how he was in the Li family just now. He appeared calm but also like a powerful man who had control over all the things.
The rain continued to fall outside the window.
The light in the room created different kinds of halo in the room. But, there was still a dead silence in the room.
Tang Li instinctively stopped walking.
She was so nervous that she could not help but softly grab her left wrist with her right hand.
She was in doubt now. Was it right or wrong to come and meet Song Boyan?
Although he had helped her in the Li family that night, they had never met each other before.
In her former life, Han Jifeng was proved innocent after she had met Ji Ming. Then, he was released from jail and had regained his post.
Ji Ming was the only one who had appeared throughout the entire process of the investigation of the case.
But, Tang Li understood the situation very well. If Song Boyan did not allow Ji Ming to help her, he would never have been able to do anything no matter what he had wanted to do in the first place.
She might have been standing there for too long. Song Boyan looked up at her. He seemed gentle and nice. He even gave her a smile. "Ji Ming told me that you've come to thank me, is that so?"
Tang Li recovered her senses and gave a soft reply. Her eyes fell on the empty seat in front of Song Boyan.
"There's another door in the room." He put the teapot back on the desk. He said with his deep voice, "It's nearer to the lift if you come in from there."
He was giving her an explanation.
Tang Li tilted her head and looked over there.
Sure enough, the door was hidden by the screen.
She looked back at Song Boyan.
Song Boyan was looking at her too.
She was guarded but the man seemed to see right through her.
Tang Li had an illusion at that moment.
It seemed like he had seen right through her including all her plots up until that moment.
She lowered her head slightly. But, her heartbeat did not slow down.
In her former life, she was only twenty-six years old when she passed away. Still, she was a naive girl and she did not have much knowledge about life. Now, she was facing Song Boyan alone. He was a mature and powerful man who had been tackling every kind of difficulty in life. She seemed so weak in front of him.
A pair of black leather shoes appeared in front of her after a long time.
Song Boyan stood in front of her with his hands behind him.
Now, they were quite close to each other. His white shirt was just inches in front of her. She could smell him distinctly. It was a mixture of the scent of the tea and the cigarette. It was a lazy but comfortable kind of feeling. She felt calm by his presence.
After that, she heard him saying to her, "It's almost midnight now. I'll ask Ji Ming to send you back."
Tang Li did not hold herself back anymore. She looked up at him and said, "Thank you very much for tonight. You have not only lent me an umbrella but helped me at the birthday party just now. If it was not you outside the study, I would have been discovered by them."
Song Boyan turned to look at her again with his dark, deep eyes.
Tang Li stared straight at him. She was not afraid of him just because he was older than her.
Song Boyan was the one who averted his gaze this time.
His gaze fell on the wound that was stained with the rainwater on her forehead.
The girl in front of him wore only a thin shirt. It could not keep her warm in the cold of the night. Her eyes grew brighter in the cold rain and she seemed quite pitiful to him.
She seemed like a pet animal who was abandoned by its master by the road.
She was no longer living comfortably in Dian Nan now.
Ji Ming came and knocked on the door at that very moment.
Tang Li replied swiftly, "Goodbye. I won't disturb you anymore."