"Who said that!" Xu Tingchuan said in a deep voice, very seriously, "She is clearly very likable."

Ni Sitian chuckled and muttered, "You're not going to say you like me next, are you?"

Xu Tingchuan fell silent and did not respond.

Ni Sitian felt the atmosphere was a bit awkward. Had her words just now come across as presumptuous?

"Um...you should go to the hotel and rest, it's getting late." She racked her brains and changed the subject.

"Mm," Xu Tingchuan replied.

Just when Ni Sitian thought the call was about to end, he suddenly said softly, "I like you very much."

These six words reached Ni Sitian's ears through the communication waves, and she was stunned.

Previously, when Xu Tingchuan said he regretted getting married, he told her he didn't want love and that he wanted it now, but he never directly told her that he liked her.

Although she vaguely sensed that he liked her, hearing it with her own ears made all the difference.

Her entire ear started to burn, but she didn't know how to respond.

“You are easy to like, so don’t doubt yourself because of those people with bad hearts,” Xu Tingchuan said softly. “You don’t need to cater to these people’s preferences. There will always be people in this society who will dislike you no matter how well you do.”

Ni Sitian understands this principle, but she finds it difficult to adapt at first, after all, she has only been in the workforce for a short time.

"Don't think too much right now. Wash your face and have a proper lunch." Xu Tingchuan coaxed him patiently. After a pause, he added, "As for Ji Xiaoyun who was knocked unconscious, don't worry about her. I'll handle it. They can't do anything to you."

"Hmm." Ni Sitian nodded, then said a little embarrassedly, "Did I cause you any trouble?"

He was away on a business trip thousands of miles away, yet he still had to handle the aftermath for her, which made her feel extremely guilty.

"Silly girl, how many times have I told you we're husband and wife? We'll have so many troubles to deal with in the future." Xu Tingchuan really wanted to hug the soft, gentle woman on the other end of the phone and comfort her, but he couldn't.

"Mm." Ni Sitian perked up, stood up from the steps, and said to Xu Tingchuan, "You should go and rest. Take care of your health and don't work too hard."

Xu Tingchuan smiled faintly and responded softly, but did not hang up the phone.

Ni Sitian was also waiting for him to hang up first. After a while, he still hadn't hung up, so she couldn't help but say, "Hang up already."

"You hang up first." Xu Tingchuan didn't want her to endure the lonely ringing of the phone after it was disconnected, so he preferred her to hang up first.

"Then I'll hang up." Ni Sitian said, her finger moving to the hang-up button, pausing on it for a long time, and said with some reluctance, "I'm really hanging up."

Xu Tingchuan smiled and said, "You can hang up now."

Ni Sitian realized that he needed to rest, so she didn't hesitate and pressed the hang-up button.

Seeing that the communication had been cut off, the light in her eyes dimmed along with the screen.

A person stood blankly in the stairwell for a while before slowly turning around and walking out.

Just then, the phone rang again!

She answered the phone happily without even looking at the caller ID.

But then I heard Xiao Zhang's voice on the other end, saying that lunch had been delivered.

Ni Sitian lowered her head dejectedly and replied, "Okay, I'll go down now."

She had little appetite, ate a little bit with difficulty, and felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.