Saving the male protagonist in the dungeon only resulted in him becoming cannon fodder.

Liu Ting looked at Li Yan, thinking: Is it really because I'm so prejudiced against him that I find everything about him disagreeable? Just as Liu Ting was lost in self-reflection, Li Yan had already quickly tidied everything up and took Liu Ting's hand, leading her back to her seat. Only then did he tend to his injured hands. Li Yan said casually, "It's just a little red, it's not that fragile, it's not like Liu Cheng has panda eyes." Liu Cheng, suddenly brought up, was somewhat displeased and retorted, "You hit me in the eye!" The two argued back and forth, neither willing to back down.

Seeing this, Lu Ze, worried they might attack again, quickly stood up to calm them down. Meanwhile, Ji Feng was carefully applying ointment brought by a waiter to his wound, while Liu Ting silently watched. The meal was very relaxed and pleasant, the atmosphere much better than at the beginning. Everyone had drunk some alcohol, and considering safety, Liu Ting asked Liu Cheng to take her home. Wang Fei had no objection to this.

Li Yan happened to be going the same way as Liu Ting, so he offered to take her home. Seeing that the relationship between Liu Ting and Li Yan had eased and was no longer as tense as before, the others felt relieved and let them leave together.

After watching them walk away, the remaining group began discussing the day's events. Liu Lin spoke first: "Did you see Li Yan's fawning attitude when you came in? He was completely different from yesterday, ignoring Liu Ting entirely. Today, he went to find Liu Ting instead. And I made another important discovery: Wang Fei definitely didn't delete the video. You might not have noticed, but Liu Ting accidentally spilled water, and Liu Cheng's phone screen showed a photo of him and Wang Fei, which Wang Fei happened to see. Also, Li Yan ran so fast to block the water; Liu Cheng, sitting next to him, couldn't have reacted as quickly. Either Li Yan was looking in Liu Ting's direction the whole time, or he accidentally saw it. And after this heroic rescue, Liu Ting's attitude towards Li Yan might have softened; they even left together later." Liu Lin finished recounting the day's events in one breath, and Ji Feng handed her a glass of water. Bai Mengmeng and Lu Ze hadn't noticed so many details. Bai Mengmeng couldn't help but praise, "It's good that you were observing; we were worried they might start fighting the whole time." Liu Lin said proudly, "After a while, something even more interesting will definitely happen!"

Lu Ze checked his phone and saw that it was very late, so the group hurriedly dispersed and went home.

Meanwhile, Liu Cheng and Wang Fei barely spoke the rest of the way. When they arrived at Wang Fei's doorstep, Liu Cheng turned to leave. However, Wang Fei, watching his retreating figure, made up her mind. She called out, "Stop!" Liu Cheng immediately stopped upon hearing her voice. Wang Fei angrily walked up to him and demanded, "Why did you do that?" Wang Fei waited quietly for Liu Cheng's answer.

Liu Cheng said in a low voice, "I didn't think too much at the time; I was just confused and believed what others said. Actually, it's mainly my fault. I lacked thought and didn't consider the consequences. I've realized my mistake." Wang Fei continued to press, "Did you approach me with a specific purpose?" Liu Cheng immediately swore, "When I met you, your relationship with Bai Mengmeng wasn't that close yet, and that blind date wasn't something I intentionally arranged. I genuinely like you."

Wang Fei got the answer she wanted, turned and left, leaving Liu Cheng standing there alone. He muttered to himself, "She left after asking me, does that mean she forgave me?" Wang Fei returned home in a good mood and saw Liu Cheng still standing there under the streetlight through her window. So, she sent Liu Cheng a message.

When Liu Cheng received the message, he left excitedly. However, to his surprise, Wang Fei only sent him two simple words: "Goodnight." Meanwhile, Liu Ting had been waiting for Liu Cheng's return in the living room. Seeing Liu Cheng in such a good mood, she asked curiously, "What happened to make you so excited?" Liu Cheng rushed over and excitedly told her, "Wang Fei texted me!" Liu Ting smiled and congratulated him.

Liu Cheng suddenly remembered something and asked Liu Ting, "Did you and Li Yan have a fight on the way?" Liu Ting replied somewhat awkwardly, "We didn't argue. Why do you always think we would quarrel or fight?" Liu Cheng explained, "You've met a few times, and every time you treat each other with a fierce attitude, haven't you?" At this moment, Liu Ting realized that this was indeed the case.

That night, many people's thoughts changed. Li Ming felt extremely resentful; he couldn't understand why the Liu family was no longer willing to stand by him, but instead helped others and even cooperated with them. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he was also disappointed in the way Liu Ting treated him because of this matter. He secretly resolved to make a change.

The next day, everyone threw themselves into their busy work. Li Ming, no longer hiding as before, went directly to Lu Ze's company. Coincidentally, Li Yan also happened to be there. The moment the two met, their powerful auras were so overwhelming that no one dared approach.

"Brother!" Li Ming said to Li Yan with a fawning expression.

However, Li Yan, with a cold face, glanced at Li Ming, who was doing something despicable, and then walked towards the elevator without looking back.

Li Yan didn't have much affection for his younger brother.

However, Li Ming was not angry because of Li Yan's indifference, and followed him into the elevator.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze had already received the message from the front desk and immediately came out of the conference room to wait in the office.

Upon their arrival, Lu Ze warmly invited them to sit down.

Then, Lu Ze asked curiously, "I wonder what brings Mr. Li here today?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ming didn't mince words and replied directly, "Oh, I'm just here to visit our competitor's company and pick up Sister Ting for dinner."

However, Li Yan suddenly spoke up, "I'm also here to have dinner with Liu Ting."

Upon hearing this, Li Ming's face instantly darkened. He turned to Li Yan and asked in an unfriendly tone, "When did you meet Liu Ting?"

Li Yan retorted without hesitation, "What's it to you?"

Seeing this, Lu Ze was afraid that the two would start arguing, so he quickly sent Liu Ting a message.

Not long after, Liu Ting arrived at the office door.

Seeing Liu Ting walk in, Li Ming quickly stood up to greet her.

Liu Ting glanced at him expressionlessly and didn't say anything more.

Taking the opportunity, Li Ming said, "Sister Ting, I'm really sorry about what happened last time. Let me treat you to lunch today as an apology."

Li Yan retorted, not to be outdone, "I also want to treat Liu Ting to dinner."