Actually, what she wanted to say wasn't thank you. What she wanted to say was: Han Jingnian, do you like me?
She was just a little bit, a tiny bit, away from spilling out these words.
But at the last minute, she swallowed them back in.
His concern and worry were genuine when she pretended to fall just now. She noticed all his little gestures and actions around her lately. She could clearly feel his changing behavior... She had wondered more than once if he had started to like her and that was the reason why he was treating her so well. But she didn't dare confirm it.
She was just scared... Because she liked him a lot, a whole lot, she didn't even have the courage to gamble on it.
...
By Thursday, Xia Wan'an, already able to walk normally in her flat shoes, still made Han Jingnian feel as if she was heavily injured. He forcefully sent her home to rest, after their return to Beijing, before heading to the office to work.
