On a scorching summer day, Yucheng was still damp and muggy, as if crushed beneath a mountain of heat. Cicadas buzzed in the roadside trees, their cries drifting through the shimmering air.
As Qin Lian stepped out of the cool subway passage, a wave of heat immediately enveloped her. Her silk blouse clung to her skin, and her low ponytail kept sticking to her neck, prickling and itching until she could hardly bear it.
She wore skinny jeans, her long, slender legs like chopsticks, yet she walked with surprising agility. Following the route she remembered, she turned and raised her parasol slightly. Across the street, a man was waving frantically to get her attention.
He was her cousin, a partner at Hengxin Law Firm, a joint-venture firm. In court, he was the very picture of a mild-mannered gentleman; in everyday life, he was a full-fledged human husky.
