Averting Liao Ruoji's gaze, Chen Bin answered somewhat unnaturally.
"What's the point of liking? You already have a boyfriend."
Liao Ruoji paused momentarily, then asked, "Did Liao Ruoli tell you that?"
"Who told me doesn't matter; the important thing is you have a boyfriend."
"He's someone my family introduced to me; I don't like him at all!"
"If you don't like him, then why did you make the effort to come to Tianhai for him?"
At those words, Liao Ruoji was furious.
She snapped harshly, "Why I came to Tianhai—don't you already know in your heart?"
Hesitating briefly, Chen Bin tentatively asked.
"Could it be… that you came for me?"
"No shit! My last job was infinitely better than being a university lecturer. If not for you, do you think I would travel all this way to Tianhai?!"
As she said this, tears were already welling up in Liao Ruoji's eyes.
"Let me ask you just this once—do you like me or not? If not, I'll leave tomorrow and…"