100,000/Hour Professional Stand-in Chapter 31.2: Men Can’t Be Counted On (2)

Meanwhile, on the other end of the world, Ji Xinxin fiddled with her phone with a contemplative look on her face. 

She was feeling a little flustered. Ji Fanyin had suddenly changed so much that her leading words didn’t seem to work on her anymore. 

On top of that, ever since she left for France, she felt that she was gradually losing control over many things. 

The number of contacts she had had increased by twofold within a short period of time. The effort required to keep up with so many connections was really no joke. Even a skilled time manager like her was having trouble coping. 

Not to mention, problems kept cropping up one after another.

For one, Bai Zhou was suddenly unwilling to play games with her anymore.

Ji Xinxin wondered if his change of attitude came from him discovering that she had been bringing a spare tyre with her on their ‘online dates’. There was no doubt that she was making a risky maneuver here, but she had been careful to ensure that she wouldn’t be exposed. 

Her explanation to her French spare tyre was that Bai Zhou was her younger brother, and that she wanted to play together with him. 

She would be seated alongside the French spare tyre whenever they played, so there was no need for the latter to use the voice chat. On top of that, she had changed her voice chat settings to ‘Push-to-talk’ so that Bai Zhou wouldn’t hear her conversation with the French spare tyre. 

It just so happened that the very day Bai Zhou’s attitude toward her changed, Ji Xinxin received a message from Cen Xiangyang informing her of a scandal relating to the Bai Family. This led her to deduce that Bai Zhou’s anomalous behavior was caused by a conflict he had with his family. 

So, she had been devoting great effort to console Bai Zhou over the last few days lest she lost one of the biggest fishes in her fishery due to a moment of carelessness. 

Putting all things aside, she was actually quite fond of Bai Zhou. 

Bai Zhou’s appearance checked off her boxes, though she thought that it would be wonderful if she could swap his person

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