"Um... haha, I've been too busy with work these past few days and also felt bad about disturbing you, so I didn't call you," Ye Fan said with an apologetic smile. "How have you been doing these days?"
"Not good!" Zhao Lina said, a bit huffily.
Pretending not to know, Ye Fan asked, "Work not going well? Haha, actually, you don't need to push yourself so hard. While serving the people is important, you can't possibly get everything done perfectly on your own..."
Listening on the other end of the phone, Zhao Lina grew so annoyed at Ye Fan's feigned ignorance and nonsense that she itched to bite him. If Ye Fan had been in front of her, she certainly would have pounced and bitten him hard. However, despite knowing Ye Fan was talking nonsense, she couldn't bring herself to say the real reason.
"Why does this annoying guy always have to be so detestable?!" she cursed inwardly.
After Ye Fan rambled on for a bit, he finally stopped.