我还以为你最近在忙工作的事呢
“I thought you'd been busy with work lately.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不去就对了
“That's right.”
我还以为 你最近在 忙工作 的事 呢
“I thought you'd been busy with work lately.”
“Turns out you've been thinking about this stuff instead.”
“Here I thought you were working hard, but you're actually distracted by romance!”
Playfully exposing a friend's romantic preoccupations is a common bonding ritual in modern Chinese casual social dynamics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I thought / I was under the impression that
Used to express that an earlier belief was incorrect or contradicted by recent revelation.
busy with work matters
A standard casual expression to describe being occupied with job responsibilities.
Softens the realization and marks continuous ongoing action or state.