"Hmm." Ni Sitian found that she could move her hands again, so she touched his cheek with her hot hands, then glanced at the alarm clock and frowned: "It's past seven o'clock. I slept for two hours. Why didn't you wake me up for dinner?"

Xu Tingchuan knew she had misunderstood his sleep duration and didn't correct her; in fact, twenty-six hours had passed. He had heard Shen Muzhi say that if one slept for more than a day, the poison would worsen much faster than before, and one could potentially...

"I'm so hungry." Ni Sitian slowly sat up and felt that she was in pretty good spirits. It was rare for her to feel so energetic after sleeping for only an hour.

She stretched and walked to the dining table. Seeing that the dishes on the table were no longer warm, she was about to take them in to reheat them.

Xu Tingchuan walked over, stopped him from reheating the food, and dumped it all into the trash can.

It's summer now, and food left overnight is no longer edible.

"Why are you being so wasteful? It's just cold, it'll be fine after you heat it up," Ni Sitian said with a hint of dissatisfaction.

"These dishes aren't very good, I'll make them for you again." Xu Tingchuan rolled up his sleeves and took out ingredients from the refrigerator.

Ni Sitian had no choice but to wait. She walked back to the sofa, sat down, and felt quite refreshed. She turned on the TV and watched the drama series she had been watching recently.

"Strange, why does this not connect with yesterday's plot?" Ni Sitian muttered, then turned to Xu Tingchuan and complained, "The production companies of TV dramas these days are really irresponsible. They cut out the main characters to give more screen time to the supporting characters. How can they cut things so haphazardly? I can't connect the scenes every day. I hope my script won't be cut like this."

Xu Tingchuan paused in his chopping, his lips pressed tightly together, and he did not respond.

Ni Sitian felt the editing was so messy, and the supporting actor was ugly, so she didn't even watch it and sent it to the station.

Seeing that she noticed the variety show was interrupted every Friday, she thought it was a bit strange. "Isn't today Thursday? Why is this episode airing already? Did the TV station move it up?"

Xu Tingchuan took a deep breath and sped up his chopping.

Ni Sitian didn't think much of it and just watched with great interest.

Xu Tingchuan finished preparing the food and brought it out. He walked over and turned off the TV, saying casually, "Don't watch TV while you're eating."

"Why are you making such a face again?" Ni Sitian asked, puzzled. She reached out and rubbed his cheek, pouting as she said, "No wonder Jiayue called you an old scholar."

“Jia Yue yesterday…” Xu Tingchuan paused, then changed the subject, “She came by?”

“Yes, we talked a lot.” Ni Sitian sat down and said to Xu Tingchuan while eating, “It seems that the son-in-law that my mother-in-law is hoping for is not going to come for the time being. It seems that Jiayue wants to break up with Han Shizhao.”

"Oh," Xu Tingchuan replied absentmindedly.

“She said her mother-in-law had already submitted her retirement application.” Ni Sitian felt a little sorry for her; many researchers like Jin Rulan were still working even in their eighties. She sighed softly, “Jiayue seemed very remorseful about this. She even went to Qinghua Mountain. She said the names on those two tombstones felt unfamiliar, and she regretted it very much…”

Xu Tingchuan's eyes widened slightly. Qinghuashan Cemetery, where Li Jing, the twin brother killed by Li Rui, is buried. Is it possible that he was so perverted as to bury the antidote next to Li Jing's grave?

"Hey, are you even hearing me?" Ni Sitian said, slightly annoyed, tapping Xu Tingchuan's bowl with her chopsticks.