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The film festival finished at ten in the evening.
He Jichen tactfully declined over ten invitations to meet afterward. After he slipped out, he immediately reached for his phone and tried to call Ji Yi as soon as he got in the car.
Just like his previous attempts to reach her, her phone was still switched off.
From the rear-view mirror, Chen Bai, in the driver's seat, saw He Jichen put his phone to his ear for the second time.
Chen Bai didn't have to ask; he knew He Jichen was calling Ji Yi.
Since He Jichen woke up in the afternoon, Chen Bai had constantly been by his side. When he attended the film festival in the evening, He Jichen had to entertain a lot of people, but every now and then, he would pull out his phone and tap the screen. Sometimes, the people beside him would talk to him, but He Jichen wouldn't react for a long time and when he did, he replied with single-word answers.
