Shi Lei teased, "It's the 21st century. Are we still practicing gender discrimination?"
Gao Jing tossed her hair. "This is girls' talk time now. Shall we go? I drove here. Momo, you can give me directions..."
The four girls walked off, arm in arm. Xu Jike watched them go, then suddenly took a deep breath. He had only exchanged a single sentence with Chi Mo the entire evening—a dry congratulations on her successful performance.
'But what else could he have said to her? Just as Director Liu said, a woman as radiant as her would never be content to be kept hidden away. And he understood, too. From the moment they met, it was clear they weren't meant to be.'
'It just felt so frustrating.'
Xiang Zhe patted his shoulder, feeling a bit sorry for him, to be honest. "Come on, let's head back to the hotel. You have a client to meet tomorrow afternoon."
Xu Jike sighed. "How did you feel when Gao Jing rejected you?"
