After breakfast, Xu Tingchuan drove Ni Sitian back to the city.

During the drive, Xu Tingchuan told Ni Sitian that he would be going on a business trip in a few days.

"How long will it take?" Ni Sitian put away her dejected expression and looked at Xu Tingchuan to ask.

Xu Tingchuan glanced at Ni Sitian in the rearview mirror and suddenly wanted to change his mind and say he wasn't going.

However, the trip has already been arranged, and the partners in the United States have been informed that he will go there in person. It would be untrustworthy to say that he is not going now.

"This time it might take a little longer, probably one or two months." Xu Tingchuan held the steering wheel with one hand and reached out with the other to take Ni Sitian's hand in his palm.

"It's been so long." Ni Sitian lowered her head, playing with his fingers, and asked in a muffled voice, "Then who are you taking?"

Xu Tingchuan found her question a bit strange and glanced at her. "This time I'm leading a team, about a dozen people."

Upon hearing that so many people would be going together, Ni Sitian slowly exhaled, then still somewhat uneasy, asked in a low voice, "Is Secretary Lin going too?"

“She’s not going.” Xu Tingchuan stopped his car downstairs at Ni Sitian’s company building, turned to look at her, and narrowed his eyes slightly: “You seem to care a lot about Secretary Lin.”

"No way." Ni Sitian pouted, not wanting Xu Tingchuan to think that she was even jealous of his subordinate, so she changed the subject: "By the time you come back, it will probably be winter."

Xu Tingchuan cupped Ni Sitian's face in his hands and looked at her intently.

He was thinking that if she said right now that she didn't want him to go, he might cancel the trip immediately.

This was completely different from what he had imagined when he got married. At that time, he envisioned a married life where the two of them would treat each other with respect, he would work hard in his career outside, and his wife would just stay quietly at home.

And now he actually wants her to stay by his side at all times, preferably never leaving his side.

"I'll be back as soon as possible," Xu Tingchuan said, gently stroking her cheek.

"Okay, I'm going to work now." Ni Sitian nodded and prepared to open the door and get out of the car.

Xu Tingchuan pulled her back, held the back of her head, and lowered his head to press his lips to hers.

After a long kiss, he released her and ruffled her hair: "Go to work."

Ni Sitian's cheeks were still slightly flushed. She waved to him, opened the car door, and walked towards the office building.

Xu Tingchuan watched her go inside before driving away.

Ni Sitian entered the elevator and was about to press the close button when she saw Ji Xiaoyun running towards her quickly.

After running into the elevator, Ji Xiaoyun was still slightly out of breath. She looked at Ni Sitian and asked, "Did your boyfriend change his car?"

She had previously seen Ni Sitian being driven to work in a Land Rover, but now it was a Maybach, a significant improvement in class.

Ni Sitian frowned slightly upon hearing this. She didn't need to explain anything to Ji Xiaoyun, but she really didn't want this to go on and on, so she said, "He is my husband."

Ji Xiaoyun was surprised. She and Ji Xiaoyun were both recent graduates and hadn't even graduated yet. How could Ji Xiaoyun be married?

"Please don't try to test me with those pointless questions anymore." Ni Sitian pressed the button for the fifteenth floor and looked at Ji Xiaoyun, saying, "You've reached your floor."

Ji Xiaoyun bit her lip and walked out with her bag slung over her shoulder.

Ni Sitian closed the elevator door and continued up to the eighteenth floor.

Ji Xiaoyun turned around and looked at the numbers on the screen, clenching her fist.

She didn't think she was any less capable than Ni Sitian, and she believed that she would eventually reach the 18th floor as well.