Xu Tingchuan stared at her intently. Right now, the only thing that could bother him was her, but she seemed completely oblivious.
"Is something wrong at work?" Ni Sitian asked worriedly when he didn't answer.
Xu Tingchuan withdrew his gaze and nodded casually.
Ni Sitian took two steps forward, hugged Xu Tingchuan's waist, and said softly, "No matter how troublesome work is, you must take care of your health, otherwise I will worry."
This one sentence dispelled all the pent-up frustration Xu Tingchuan had felt that day.
Although she avoided giving him a direct response, he sensed that she wasn't completely indifferent to him; at least her concern and worry were genuine.
Take it slow. She's already making progress little by little. He should give her more time.
Xu Tingchuan convinced himself of this as he held Ni Sitian tightly in his arms.
After taking a shower, the two lay in bed. Ni Sitian rested her head on Xu Tingchuan's arm, wrapped her arms around his waist, lowered her eyes, and said softly, "Please don't be angry with me in the future, okay? I was so afraid that you would ignore me today, so afraid that you would hate me."
Xu Tingchuan smiled bitterly. He was the one who was afraid. She didn't want love, but he insisted that he did. This was different from their original intention for getting married. He was so afraid that she would think of divorce again because of this.
"I'm not angry with you." Xu Tingchuan hugged her tighter and kissed the top of her head.
He's been angry with himself all day, angry at himself for saying those things when he got married; he's practically digging his own grave.
"We need to live a good life..." Ni Sitian had been crying for a long time today, and her eyes were very tired. She closed her eyes as she spoke.
Xu Tingchuan heard her breathing calm down and looked down. She had already fallen asleep with her lips slightly pouting, looking extremely cute.
He lowered his head, gently pecked her lips, silently said goodnight, hugged her tightly, and closed his eyes to sleep.
In the following days, Xu Tingchuan did not bring up the topic again, and Ni Sitian comfortably retreated into her shell. The two of them tacitly avoided touching on the subject, and life returned to normal.
These past few days, Ni Sitian would visit Ni Tianzhen every day after work. She noticed that although Ni Tianzhen's emotions had calmed down and she was no longer crying, she seemed indifferent to everything and no longer smiled as much as before. She seemed to have been completely drained.
The destructive power brought about by this love affair is something she doesn't know when it will be repaired. Every time she sees Ni Tianzhen like this, she becomes even more timid. She is very grateful that Xu Tingchuan has not mentioned it to her again.
However, Xu Tingchuan seemed to have become busy again. Although he no longer worked overtime all night, his home hours became very irregular. He left early and returned late, and the number of times they met seemed to be gradually decreasing.
At first, she suspected that although he said he wasn't angry, he was actually still angry with her, which was why he was distancing himself from her. However, in other aspects, he did not behave any different from before.
Well, it's not entirely true that there's no difference.
The only difference is that because he comes home late, they haven't had sex lately...
Of course, it's not that she really wanted it, it's just that something felt off.
Hugging Xu Tingchuan's pillow, Ni Sitian rolled around on the bed for a while before suddenly sitting up and glancing at the wall clock.
It was already nine o'clock at night when she suddenly had an impulse.
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