Xiao Sese finally returned home after seven in the evening. As she lay on her bed and unlocked her phone, she was greeted by a barrage of unread messages.
After exchanging a few idle words with her best friend Kaixin, she opened the chat with Rong Yao to find a string of lonely, unanswered messages:
"What are you doing?"
"Have you eaten?"
"Why aren't you replying?"
"Are you filming that commercial? The one for Director Chen?"
"I shouldn't have worried about you."
"Want to go out?"
Chapter 24