Chen Ningsheng listened to Xu Xinchen's soft murmur, his eyes darkening for a moment. However, remembering Xu Xinchen's attitude just now, he could only suppress all his romantic thoughts. He couldn't help it; if he continued, his baby might really start hitting him.

Xu Xinchen was unaware of Chen Ningsheng's thoughts. Only after feeling that her waist was no longer sore did she reach out and push Chen Ningsheng, saying, "Okay."

She felt much better in her back, and it was getting late; if she continued pressing the massage, she might be late for work.

Chen Ningsheng didn't say much. He withdrew his hand and stood aside, quietly controlling his breathing until he felt the impulse in his body had gradually subsided. Only then did he follow Xu Xinchen outside, quickly change his clothes, and send her to work.

When Xu Xinchen arrived at the company, she finally broke the rule of arriving 15 minutes early for a whole month.

When she stepped into the company, there were only three minutes left before the start of the workday. As she entered the office, everyone looked at her with mocking eyes.

"Min Shi, you're quite punctual today. Did you give up after a month?"

Xu Xinchen looked stunned and said, "I really didn't time it; it was all an accident."

The others burst into laughter, but didn't say much to Xu Xinchen. After exchanging a few jokes, they buried themselves back in their work.

Xu Xinchen breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that everyone had stopped targeting her. She nodded to those who had been joking and laughing with her and returned to her seat.

Lin Lina arrived at the office door a second after Xu Xinchen stepped into the office. She saw Xu Xinchen enter the office and everyone was laughing and talking to her.

Thinking back to what she had just witnessed—Xu Xinchen getting out of that black car again—Lin Lina clenched her fist so tightly that her nails almost dug into her flesh.

But Lin Lina seemed to feel no pain at all, staring resentfully at Xu Xinchen's back, her heart pounding, and it took several minutes for her to calm down.

Xu Xinchen was organizing her documents with her head down when she suddenly felt a gaze as real as a physical object staring at her. She immediately looked up and met Lin Lina's eyes, which were filled with resentment.

"snort!"

When Lin Lina saw that Xu Xinchen had noticed her, she immediately snorted coldly and walked into the office with an arrogant demeanor.

Xu Xinchen was instantly angered by Lin Li's arrogant attitude. Her face hardened, and she glared back fiercely. Who gave Lin Lina such confidence? She glared at her and yet she acted as if it was Lin Lina's fault.

The exchange between the two was witnessed by everyone else in the office. Lin Bingchun waited until Lin Lina sat back down before coming over and gently nudging Xu Xinchen's arm: "Min Shi, are you alright? When did she start targeting you again?"

Xu Xinchen shook her head gently, her eyes full of confusion: "It's nothing, I don't know why she keeps clinging to me."

Lin Lina had been behaving herself for over a month, so why did she suddenly start causing trouble again?

And thinking about it carefully, it seems to have started yesterday.

Could it be that she's been hiding herself all this time, and that she's never actually given up on dealing with me?

Unable to figure out what Lin Lina was up to, Xu Xinchen let Lin Lina do as she pleased. Whatever Lin Lina wanted to do, she would just go along with it.

Looking at Xu Xinchen's completely fearless appearance, Lin Bingchun couldn't help but smile. She leaned close to Xu Xinchen's ear and whispered, "Min Shi, if Lin Lina knew that she had gone to such lengths to target you, but you found it completely harmless, wouldn't she be so angry that she fainted?"

Xu Xinchen also chuckled mischievously, deliberately lowering her voice and whispering in Lin Bingchun's ear in front of Lin Lina, "I don't know either, but I think the way we're talking right now is enough for her to speculate about us a thousand or eight hundred times."

Xu Xinchen's statement was not without basis; ever since Lin Bingchun took her place, Lin Lina had been observing them out of the corner of her eye.

When Lin Bingchun leaned close to her ear to speak, a flash of anger appeared in her eyes. Now, she was deliberately speaking to Lin Bingchun like this in front of her. Lin Lina's face looked almost completely black.

Lin Bingchun clearly understood Xu Xinchen's meaning, and the two of them moved closer to each other, putting on a back-and-forth performance in front of Lin Lina.

As expected, this successfully enraged Lin Lina to the point that her hands trembled, and she glared at the two of them as if she wanted to skin them alive.

Xu Xinchen had been paying close attention to Lin Lina's reaction, and successfully provoked Lin Lina to the point that she almost stood up and started yelling at them.

At that moment, Xu Xinchen whispered to Lin Bingchun with a smile, "Alright, let's not upset her anymore. It won't look good if we start making a scene again, with so many people in the office."

Xu Xinchen still remembers how Lin Lina angered everyone in the office back then. Although Lin Lina was the one in the wrong, if it was always because of her that things got heated, over time, the people in the office would also have opinions about her.

After all, if it weren't for her arguing with Lin Lina, Lin Lina wouldn't have started a fight with others. If you really think about it, she could be considered part of the culprit.

Lin Bingchun nodded knowingly. Not wanting to put Xu Xinchen in a difficult position, she decided to retreat as well. However, before leaving, she secretly made a contemptuous gesture to Lin Lina.

After confirming that Lin Lina had seen it, Lin Bingchun immediately withdrew her hand and turned to walk back to her seat.

Lin Lina had already sat up halfway because of Lin Bingchun's gesture, wanting to yell at Lin Bingchun. But seeing Lin Bingchun turn around and walk away without hesitation, all the words she wanted to say got stuck in her throat, choking her and almost causing her to cough wildly.

Xu Xinchen looked at Lin Lina's expression and smiled disdainfully. She really couldn't understand what Lin Lina was thinking. Everyone worked in the same office, and she made everyone uncomfortable. Did she really want to be happy?

Seeing Lin Lina angrily sit back down in her chair, Xu Xinchen lowered her head and continued calculating on the documents she hadn't finished yesterday.