The leader of the cultivation alliance has a crush on me.

"Dong Dong Dong~"

Hearing the knock, Chu Tiancheng put his phone back, adjusted his expression, sat up straight, and said calmly, "Come in."

He kept his head down, assuming it was a supervisor coming to see him, and didn't look up, focusing intently on his work, channeling his anger into his work.

"Assistant Fang said you didn't have lunch." Song Ke said, seeing him focused on his work with his head down, as she sat down and put the food on the table.

Hearing the sound, Chu Tiancheng suddenly looked up and saw Song Ke with a grin on her face.

He said with an unusually cold expression, "Why is it you?"

"Otherwise, it could be Assistant Fang. You've scolded people so badly they're afraid to come in. I'm telling you, even if you're angry, you can't just vent it like that."

After saying that, she held up two fingers and pushed the food towards him again: "Eat up, it's almost afternoon, what's wrong with you starving here?"

Gu Qing can't see it either.

"You still know I'm angry?" Chu Tiancheng asked her, his tone softening slightly after hearing this.

They stopped their hunger strike and started placing food in front of them, asking, "Have you eaten?"

Song Ke raised an eyebrow: "I ate it."

"But why are you making such a fuss? It's such a small thing, why are you so angry that you don't even eat?"

You know perfectly well that Gu Qing and He Yunming have only just met, and they haven't done anything yet.

You still have a chance.

"If you ask me, you should arrange a business trip right now."

Chu Tiancheng got angry again upon hearing this. He stopped eating and looked at her with a frown: "Why did I have to go on a business trip? Am I just being a nuisance here?"

Hearing his suddenly sarcastic tone, Song Ke knew that this person was angry again.

Song Ke felt a little tired. Had Chu Tiancheng finally figured things out or not?

You asked why I went on a business trip? Of course, it was to go out with Gu Qing, have some alone time together, and nurture our relationship.

How could you ask such a stupid question?

Why are you still here, getting in the way?

She didn't even have the heart to tell him that he was indeed a nuisance here. Everyone else, like He Yunming, knew to take the initiative, but when it came to him, he was like a block of wood.

To be honest, if it weren't for the mission's success, she really wouldn't have been able to bring the two of them together.

This only proves that Gu Qing has opened her eyes.

"Why can't you understand? What advantages do you have staying here?"

Chu Tiancheng simply put down his chopsticks, looked at Song Ke with a deep gaze, and asked tentatively, "Don't you think you've gone too far?"

"Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

Even if you don't try to appease people, you should at least show some respect.

How come she used to be such a clingy person, rushing to explain even the slightest misunderstanding, afraid that I would misunderstand? Now, she hasn't explained anything since this morning, and she hasn't even tried to contact me.

He had been hoping that lunch would be an opportunity, but Assistant Fang told him that Song Ke had gone out to eat by herself.

It's infuriating!

It made him especially nostalgic for his clingy old self.

Song Ke looked at him blankly: "Explain?"

No way, he knows that he saw He Yunming and Gu Qing having dinner and laughing and joking together today?

He has eyes that can see a thousand miles, doesn't he?

But what can she say about this? It was just a coincidence.

"I didn't mean to keep it from you; I just didn't want you to be upset."

"And I guarantee that even though they have nothing now, you still have a chance."

Chu Tiancheng paused for two seconds after hearing this, then looked at Song Ke with a scrutinizing expression.

No, what do you mean they have nothing?

Are they talking about different things?

"Who are they?" Chu Tiancheng asked.

Song Ke felt Chu Tiancheng's gaze fixed on her, as if it were glued to her.

"Well... Sister Gu Qing and that He Yunming." Sure enough, after she finished speaking, she saw that Chu Tiancheng's face had turned completely dark. She quickly said with a look of desperation, "I just happened to run into them. I definitely didn't mean to keep it from you."

After listening, Chu Tiancheng kept his gaze fixed on Song Ke until he saw that Song Ke looked uncomfortable. Then he suddenly leaned back and gave a wry smile.

"Is this all you wanted to tell me?"

Looking at Chu Tiancheng's expression, Song Ke felt a little scared. She pursed her lips and said, "What else could it be? I warned you before. Sister Gu Qing is a very nice person and very popular. If you don't work hard when there are no competitors, it will be even harder to catch up now."

Chu Tiancheng let out a cold laugh this time. Song Ke was startled by Chu Tiancheng's expression and subconsciously swallowed: "You... why are you looking at me like that?"

Chu Tiancheng looked at him for a few seconds, then smiled instead of getting angry and asked, "Song Keke, are you pretending to be confused when you know the truth, or are you really stupid?"

"I've already said that I didn't mean that to Gu Qing."

"I do not like her."

Song Ke, being cheeky, subconsciously asked, "So, who do you like?"

"No, I asked the wrong question, but you clearly liked Sister Gu Qing before." Song Ke was a little confused. In the book, Chu Tiancheng liked Gu Qing until his death.

He cared even more about Gu Qing's affairs, even more than He Yunming, the legitimate wife.

"Shut up."

Song Ke was startled by Chu Tiancheng's sudden roar; it was the first time she had ever seen Chu Tiancheng so fierce.

Even when she clung to Chu Tiancheng and annoyed him before, he had never been this fierce.

Song Ke even felt that Chu Tiancheng, sitting across the table, had an urge to strangle her.

She instinctively leaned back in tension, a self-protective action born of fear; the instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm is human nature.

What's wrong with Chu Tiancheng? Did someone touch a sore spot?

So irritable?

Very scary.

Song Ke silently added another point to his mind: he was unromantic, spoke rudely, and had a bad temper.

They even felt that trying to match him with Gu Qing was putting Gu Qing in a difficult position.

Chu Tiancheng calmed down for two seconds, looked at Song Ke who was obediently shutting her mouth and looking at him with a slight fear in her eyes, sighed, and took the initiative to back down.

"Keke".

Song Ke was stunned for a moment; this was the first time Chu Tiancheng had called her that.

In the past, I always used my full name.

His fearful gaze instantly turned into a strange one, his expression unreadable.

He wondered if Chu Tiancheng had gone crazy again.

His voice softened: "Isn't it obvious who I like? Why do you keep pushing me towards other people?"

"Or is it that what you said about liking me before was just a capricious and playful thing, and you didn't mean it?"

Song Ke's strange gaze turned to horror. She looked at Chu Tiancheng in disbelief and stammered in shock, "You...you're not joking with me."

"I don't believe it."

How can disliking someone turn into liking them?

"Did something happen to you?"

"...If Sister Gu Qing doesn't like you, you don't need to make fun of me."

"So, do you not believe me, or do you not like me?" Chu Tiancheng looked at her, his gaze so intense that she couldn't avoid it. "Give me a straight answer."

Before Song Ke could speak, Chu Tiancheng added, "Think it through before you speak, but once you've said it, don't go back on your word."

"I'll take it seriously."