Qin Manshu spoke very politely to Ji Shuli. She was feeling very heavy-hearted. Besides being saddened by Ji Shuli's rejection, she seemed to be lost in other thoughts as well.

She showered and changed at the gym, then returned to the hotel. Because of Ji Shuli's refusal, she did not go back to the apartment that had been tidied up beforehand.

After packing all her luggage, she called Jiang Shichu, but hung up abruptly after he answered. She sat on the sofa, seemingly lost in thought.

In the end, she simply ordered food from the hotel where she was staying to calm herself down.

About forty-five minutes later, the hotel staff brought over the meticulously packaged dishes Qin Manshu had ordered, along with a food box, and set the table for her. She was in a bad mood and didn't have much of an appetite, but she still ordered a lot of food.

The hotel staff asked if Qin Manshu needed help setting out the food, but she declined. Because the food container was insulated, she asked them to leave the food there, saying she had something to do and would open it later.

After the staff left, Qin Manshu went to take a shower. After showering and drying her hair, Qin Manshu sat back down in the hotel lobby. She touched the food box slightly, but still didn't have much of an appetite. With a headache, she lay down on the sofa and picked up her phone to call the driver to pick her up. However, when she took out her phone, she saw that almost all of the calls were missed calls from Jiang Shichu.

Qin Manshu immediately dialed back.

“Jiang Shichu.” She was somewhat surprised.

Jiang Shichu said directly, "Send me your address. I've already gotten off the highway."

How did you end up here?

"Didn't you call?"

Qin Manshu took a while to say, "I just dialed the wrong number."

"Don't lie, you couldn't have dialed the wrong number."

Jiang Shichu seemed to know Qin Manshu's personality. He hung up the phone first and sent Qin Manshu a message: address.

Qin Manshu took a deep breath and finally gave Jiang Shichu the hotel address. A dozen minutes later, Jiang Shichu arrived at Qin Manshu's building and found Qin Manshu based on the room number she had given him.

Jiang Shichu knocked on the door.

Qin Manshu was dressed casually at home, her hair tied up, and she lazily opened the door.

Why did you come here?

"I thought you were hinting that I should come over when you called, wasn't that right?"

Qin Manshu smiled and said, "So you still don't care about me. If you don't care, why would you deliberately say such annoying things?"

"I'm not saying anything offensive, I'm just telling you what you should do." Jiang Shichu went straight into the room the moment Qin Manshu stepped aside.

He saw the food box on the table, glanced at the order time on it, and calmly said, "It's been almost two hours. It seems you're in a bad mood today. You've been here for so long, and of all times you called me. Did you fail to confess to Ji Shuli?"

Qin Manshu tossed a cushion over, which Jiang Shichu caught perfectly and continued, "I'm just telling the truth, but this cushion proves I guessed right."

"So, are you in a good mood or a bad mood? Are you happy to hear that my confession was rejected?"

Jiang Shichu laughed, "Didn't I also like you? Didn't I also fail?"

Qin Manshu sat on the sofa and said weakly, "You've never confessed your feelings, so you don't know what this feeling is like."

As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Shichu took three steps in two, and a few seconds later he was leaning on the sofa, pressing her arm firmly against the sofa with his other hand. He stared at Qin Manshu and asked, "Is it that I don't want to confess or that you don't want me to confess? Have you ever given me such an opportunity?"

Qin Manshu froze, looking at Jiang Shichu with some surprise.

Jiang Shichu narrowed her eyes and continued in a low voice, "You never gave me such an opportunity. Just when I realized my feelings for you, you inexplicably fell in love with Ji Shuli."

"It's not inexplicable—"

"Then explain how you managed to have almost no contact with him, and how you even fell in love with him while he was abroad," Jiang Shichu continued to question.

Qin Manshu wanted to explain, but she swallowed the words back as soon as they reached her lips.