The next day, Ni Sitian woke up in Xu Tingchuan's arms.

The moment she opened her eyes and saw that exceptionally handsome face, she couldn't help but smile foolishly.

This is what it feels like to like someone: you feel happy when they're around, and you miss them when they're not.

Ni Sitian couldn't help but raise her hand, her fingertips tracing his eyebrows and eyes in the air, the more she looked, the more mesmerizing it became.

She couldn't help but lean in and lightly touch his lips with hers.

As soon as I moved away, I saw Xu Tingchuan open his eyes.

Uh... she got caught stealing a kiss.

"Good morning." Ni Sitian gave a dry laugh.

Xu Tingchuan raised an eyebrow slightly, looking at her with a dark, ambiguous smile.

"Um, it seems like it's getting late. You should be going to work, right?" Ni Sitian tried to change the subject.

“Today is Saturday.” Xu Tingchuan put his hand under the blanket on Ni Sitian’s waist, gently pinching her waist, and said meaningfully, “So we have a lot of time today.”

Ni Sitian shrank back and chuckled awkwardly, "Hero, don't be impulsive!"

"You started it, it's too late to say this now—"

As he spoke, Xu Tingchuan flipped over and pinned Ni Sitian down.

Before long, the sounds from the bed were even louder than the birdsong outside the window.

When Ni Sitian woke up again, it was already noon. She got out of bed and left the bedroom, her hand still rubbing her sore waist.

When I got to the door of Xu Tingchuan's study, I saw that the door was half open, so I was about to push it open and go in.

Before her fingers even touched the door, she heard Xu Tingchuan say in a deep voice, "He's gone back to Yihai."

Who is it?

Ni Sitian was puzzled, but before she could think much of it, she heard Xu Tingchuan say again, "I saw him at the engagement banquet of the Qin and Jiang families."

Ni Sitian froze, the meaning of which couldn't be clearer.

She saw Su Yan at the event yesterday, and Xu Tingchuan was not by her side for a while yesterday. Did he really go to see Su Yan?

Why hide it from her? She's not an unreasonable person. Since he said he was only confused about Su Yan because they were childhood sweethearts, she wouldn't stop him from seeing her.

Ni Sitian lowered her hands, clenched her fists, pressed her lips tightly together, and looked rather unwell.

Xu Tingchuan hung up the phone and came out. He saw Ni Sitian standing outside the door with her head down. He reached out and touched her head. "Are you hungry?"

Ni Sitian's mind was in turmoil. She dodged his hand and gritted her teeth.

"What's wrong?" Xu Tingchuan noticed that something was wrong with her, so he bent down to look at her.

Ni Sitian turned her head away, her heart filled with complicated feelings, unsure whether she should ask him.

"Sitian?" Xu Tingchuan called her name softly.

"I'm hungry," Ni Sitian said before heading towards the kitchen.

Xu Tingchuan felt something was off as he watched her retreating figure, but he didn't dwell on it too much. That person's return might be a tricky situation, and besides, that person had noticed Ni Sitian yesterday.

Thinking of this, Xu Tingchuan's expression darkened slightly, his dark eyes becoming unfathomable.

Both of them were preoccupied with their own thoughts, and although they weren't thinking about the same thing, they both happened to be unusually quiet today.

After lunch, Ni Sitian locked herself in her small study, turned on her computer, and stared blankly at the screen.

She couldn't understand why Xu Tingchuan was keeping it from her. Surely he didn't still have feelings for Su Yan? If he did, she wouldn't have been involved in the first place; he would have just dragged Su Yan to get married.

"Ugh, so annoying," Ni Sitian growled, scratching her hair.