100,000/Hour Professional Stand-in Chapter 69.2: Xinxin, What Brings You Here? (2)

Ji Fanyin patiently waited for Ji Xinxin to pick up the call, and when she answered with a soulless “Hello” Ji Fanyin dropped her question, “Are you here to look for me?”

Ji Xinxin didn’t answer the question.

By then, Ji Fanyin had already reached the residential area’s entrance. She glanced at Ji Xinxin once more and saw her anxiously turning her back on Song Shiyu and Bai Zhou.

She probably doesn’t want the two of them to know she’s here.

“What a coincidence. I happened to spot you yesterday.” Ji Fanyin began making her way toward Bai Zhou. “In the shopping mall.”

“…”

Ji Fanyin casually walked up to Song Shiyu and Bai Zhou and smiled at the two men. She then turned toward where Ji Xinxin was and loudly called out, “Ji Xinxin, why not join us since you’re already here? Let’s not make this a wasted trip.”

Astonished by the sudden call, Ji Xinxin reflexively turned her head around and found herself coming eye-to-eye with Ji Fanyin’s gaze. 

Those words also caught Song Shiyu and Bai Zhou by surprise. They immediately turned their eyes over to look at Ji Xinxin, with Bai Zhou’s hand still tightly holding onto Song Shiyu’s collar. 

Now that they were finally aware of each other’s presence, the air suddenly grew so stifling that it became hard to breathe for them. 

The only one who remained unfazed was Ji Fanyin.

“Aren’t you coming over?” she asked Ji Xinxin. 

Ji Xinxin stiffly hung up her phone. She began walking toward the trio with a strained smile, her eyes avoiding Ji Fanyin and alternating between Song Shiyu and Bai Zhou. 

Song Shiyu subconsciously asked, “Xinxin, what are you doing here?”

Ji Xinxin looked at Song Shiyu with disappointment looming in her eyes, “You left in a hurry earlier. You said that you wouldn’t be able to make it in time if you didn’t leave right away. I sensed that something was wrong, so I followed you. I didn’t know that you…”

“…” Song Shiyu fell silent.

Oh? These two met earlier in the morning?

Ji Fanyin suddenly regretted not recording her conversation with Song Shiyu yesterday. Otherwise, she could have

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