Li Tingyan’s lips slightly tightened as he reached out to hold Nianyang’s shoulder, "Nini, what are you imagining? How could I not like you? It’s been so long. Do you still doubt my feelings for you now?"

Nianyang asked gloomily, "Then why didn’t you call me, or answer my calls? I called you so many times and you didn’t pick up. Do you know how anxious I was?"

Li Tingyan explained in a low voice, "I’m sorry, Nini. I didn’t do it on purpose. We have to avoid distractions during work, and we can’t bring phones with us. I put mine in the cabinet a while ago."

This explanation barely made Nianyang feel a bit better. She steadied her breath and slowly asked, "Who is Yin Tang then?"

Li Tingyan’s whole body froze, feeling his hands and feet starting to sweat coldly, "How did you know...?"

"So, it’s all true then?" Nianyang held back her urge to lose temper, looking at Li Tingyan with reddened eyes, "You just went out with her. What were you doing?"

Li Tingyan’s Adam’s apple bobbed, "We were discussing business. Don’t overthink it, Nini, don’t doubt me."

"I’m not doubting you, of course, I’m not doubting you!" Nianyang suddenly leaned against Li Tingyan’s chest and took a breath. Initially, her eyes were just red, but now the whites of her eyes were filled with red blood vessels.

"But Li Tingyan, why do you smell like women’s perfume?

This is what you call discussing business? Is it embracing each other?"

Li Tingyan was taken aback and instinctively smelled his own clothes.

Nianyang pushed him away, "When you called me before, I already felt that your tone was off. But you told me you were busy, so I believed you and tried not to doubt you. Just now, the guard said that you have been close to that Yin Tang recently. I comforted myself that it was a misunderstanding, my Li Tingyan loves me so much, loves me so fearlessly, that it’s impossible for him to betray me. Look how much I trust you! But how could you really do something that would hurt me!"

"Nini, Nini, don’t cry!" Li Tingyan panicked and pulled the girl tightly into his arms, hoarsely saying,

"I didn’t hurt you. It was Yin Tang who bumped into me by accident. I swear, I haven’t touched her. My heart and body only accept you. Please don’t doubt me because of this. It’s unfair to me!"

Nianyang’s nose turned sour and she suddenly couldn’t hold her emotions in,

"Does that make it fair to me? Li Tingyan, you’re such a jerk. Do you know what I’ve been through recently? I really needed you. You obviously weren’t busy, you obviously had time, but you didn’t call me. I so hoped for your care. I was really sad. I took the train specifically to find you, but when I got there, there was no space left. I only had fifty cents on me, took the bus halfway and walked for an hour. I was so tired and wanted to see you so badly. But when I arrived, I only heard you were with another woman. I only saw the guarded look in your eyes when you saw me. You were actually guarding against me. You smelled like another woman’s perfume, and you tell me not to overthink it. How can I not overthink it!"

When Li Tingyan heard this, his heart ached terribly. He sat the tearful girl with a red nose on the bed, removing her shoes, and discovered that the girl’s delicate, fair feet were already blistered and several blisters had formed.

Even though Li Tingyan himself had had such blisters before and never thought much of them, seeing them on Nianyang’s feet, his heart felt like it was tearing apart in pain.