When Senior Sister finished reading all the previous messages, she felt her understanding of male-female relationships had been completely refreshed.
She felt like she was witnessing a very novel way of communication between men and women.
The man on the other side was a block of wood, a typical straight man, and their junior sister… was a typical tsundere.
These two were truly a match made in heaven.
It was just that the man's sudden message… from a straight man’s perspective, it was possible he genuinely missed his junior sister.
After careful consideration, she said to her junior sister, "Feifei, if I'm not mistaken, it's likely because you haven't been communicating much these past few days. He's worried you're ignoring him, so he's expressing that he truly misses you."
"Really?"
Yuan Feifei hesitated, "Senior Sister, does he… really like me?"
After saying that, she quickly added, "I don't like him yet, Senior Sister, don't overthink it. I just want to know what he's thinking, so I can treat him differently…"
"We know, we know." Her junior sister's tsundere nature wouldn't change anytime soon. It was clear that she did have some feelings for this man, but with their personalities, without someone to play matchmaker, it might take ages for them to get together. She returned the phone to her junior sister and said, "Don't worry, he does like you."
"That's good then." A large weight seemed to have been lifted from Yuan Feifei's heart, but she quickly realized she might have been too transparent. She immediately tried to cover it up by saying, "I mean, my charm is undeniable; he must be captivated by me."
"Of course."
Senior Sister continued, "Consider this message from him as him feeling like you haven't been paying him much attention these past two days, and he couldn't hold back, so he expressed his true feelings."
"Really?"
Yuan Feifei looked at the message, holding her phone. She seemed to have already figured out how to reply.
"Of course… By the way, Junior Sister, if you think this man is good, perhaps you could try changing your communication style a bit, or maybe take the initiative to ask him out for a meal or something?"
Senior Sister reminded her. Given their situation, a direct approach was the best method.
"I've hinted at it before, but he always says the current situation isn't suitable for running around and that we shouldn't cause trouble for others, so it never went anywhere," Yuan Feifei pouted.
She understood Ning Fengzhi's meaning; after all, Ning Fengzhi was also a doctor, but she still wanted to meet this guy at least once.
She didn't like this guy!
Thinking this, she immediately shook her head; she absolutely did not!
"That's true, he's a doctor, so he'd naturally approach it from that angle," Senior Sister also understood, especially doctors during this period; they were all working harder than ever.
"Let's talk about it when the pressure eases a bit," Yuan Feifei also convinced herself internally and agreed. At least she shouldn't add to his worries.
"But… Junior Sister, let me remind you, if you don't reply soon, he might start overthinking and worry that you don't want to talk to him anymore." Senior Sister continued to remind her, "So, you'd best reply to him."
"Really?"
Hearing Senior Sister say that, she immediately picked up her phone, ready to send a message.
Just as she was about to send the message, her phone rang.
It was Ning Fengzhi's call. She quickly grabbed her phone and hurried out of the bar, to a less noisy area to answer it.
"Hello?"
Her voice was slightly anxious. She took a deep breath to compose herself.
Ning Fengzhi on the other end also seemed to be adjusting his emotions, and she could clearly hear him taking deep breaths to steady himself.
"Are you… at work?"
Ning Fengzhi asked after a few seconds of silence.
"Mm, I didn't have time to check my phone just now. I was about to send you a message when you called," Yuan Feifei's eyes darted around as she spoke.
She was clearly agitated, pacing back and forth to calm her emotions while she spoke.
"Really?"
Ning Fengzhi relaxed upon hearing that she genuinely hadn't replied due to work. It seemed Yuan Feifei wasn't avoiding him because she had started disliking him.
"I think, later…"
Inside the balcony door, several people were waiting by the entrance. Leading them were Shi Yiling and the Nether Doctor, followed by Dongfang Jingjing, Wang Qiran, and Luo Qinghan. Without exception, their inner passion for gossip had been ignited.
"Why does Uncle Qi seem so nervous?" Shi Yiling exclaimed with disappointment, "Be more confident, be more assertive. It's clear this future aunt needs him to be more proactive. Why doesn't he understand?"
"Uncle Qi is new to this, he's a bit inexperienced. Be more lenient with him," the Nether Doctor clearly understood his Uncle Qi.
After all, he had been fulfilling the responsibility of the Nether Doctor in his hometown. In those villages, there were only a few women his age; the rest were either children or elders. He couldn't possibly gain experience.
Now that there was finally someone who could potentially be a future partner, Uncle Qi had to be extremely careful, right?
"Sigh, you men are all the same."
Luo Qinghan was also clearly displeased with Uncle Qi's demeanor. She didn't have much cultivation, but she could clearly see from afar that Uncle Qi was a bit awkward standing there. He wasn't young, but he was still like a big boy.
"..."
Wang Qiran really wanted to refute, thinking he was different from this Uncle Qi, but he quickly gave up. He wasn't much better himself, or he wouldn't still be single.
Although he knew he was single because he had focused all his attention on making money and had never thought about getting involved with women.
Dongfang Jingjing, however, looked on with curiosity, "So this is what love looks like? It's not like what I see in games."
As soon as she said that, Wang Qiran immediately chimed in, "Jingjing, you must separate games from reality. He's a normal man; the games you play don't represent men!"
He had also been fortunate enough to witness the games Dongfang Jingjing played.
Those were all romance simulation games with handsome male characters, and he really couldn't muster any interest. Especially the way many of the men spoke in them… it was too typical, not the way a normal, ordinary man would speak.
"Really? I think Brother Lan is quite similar to the characters in there?" Dongfang Jingjing asked, confused.