Chapter 660 - 204 Disbelief
Jiang Li stared blankly at his hand.
The jade pendant was unscathed, and the moonlight streaming in through the window covered it and his hand with a lustrous, pristine glow. It seemed as though the pendant, reminiscent of a stripe-necked cat, was coming to life, held by a stunning Spirit Demon emerging from a gloomy world. Bearing a bewitching token that mesmerized the mind, he offered it to her.
"This..." Jiang Li said, incredulously looking at him.
"You dropped this during the day," Jih Heng leaned back nonchalantly and said, "I forgot to give it back to you." Seeing that Jiang Li was hesitant to reach out and take it, he simply placed the jade pendant on the table.
Jiang Li slowly clasped the jade pendant in her palm, feeling a joy at its recovery, yet also a trace of doubt. But her doubt was quickly overwhelmed by the stench of blood emanating from Jih Heng. He was wearing red clothes, which under the moonlight didn’t reveal much, so she couldn’t tell if it was someone else’s blood or his own.
He had just evaded answering Jiang Li’s question, so she didn’t know where he had been or what he had done. The only thing she could ask was, "Are you injured?"
Jih Heng just smiled and said nothing.
Jiang Li took scissors out from her sleeve and laid them on the table, feeling like a child who had done something wrong, somewhat nervous but more so hoping to make amends. She said, "...Later when I saw blood on these scissors, I was sure they had hit that person...they had hit you, right? You..."