What his father said was true, though. Other than Alice, he had barely befriended other ladies since he was young.
It was not because he had no interest in women; rather, all his attention had been poured into the company's matters, so he was unconcerned about the affairs of the heart.
The older man could not figure out his son at this point. Staring at the young man as if he were a block of wood, the middle-aged man asked askance, "Don't you need women?"
Gong Jie snorted. "No."
His father let out a long, meaningful hum of acknowledgment while casting a judging look at him. "Don't you have any biological needs?"
"Cough."
Embarrassment had him turning his body slightly away and tilting his head down to let his fringe hide his deep-set eyes, which were looking elsewhere instead of his father. "I settle it on my own."
That reply, however, amused his father to no end. "You settle it on your own?"
"Cough!"
