Gao Ge glanced at her, thinking she was in a bad mood, and winked at the others: "Don't mention that person, it's disgusting."
"Yeah, let's change the subject... What are you wearing to the cocktail party tonight? This is my first time attending a cocktail party like this. It's hosted by the Xu Group, and it sounds very high-end."
"I went shopping last night and picked out a beautiful dress. It cost me two thousand dollars, and it hurt like hell. I brought it to the office and plan to change into it after get off work."
"Oh my god, why didn't you call me when we went shopping last night?"
The topic of discussion shifted to the evening cocktail party, but Xia Xi was still not in high spirits and remained silent.
Gao Ge cut the steak on the plate and comforted her, "Don't let that jerk get to you. We won't have a bad opinion of you just because of a few words from him. I also had some misunderstandings about you before, thinking you were the kind of person who got in through connections, so I always targeted you."
"Well, I'm not affected by Jiang Tian's affairs." Xia Xi stuffed a forkful of chicory into her mouth and wanted to laugh. How could she think that Jiang Tian's illogical words could affect her?
"Then why do you look unhappy?"
"Oh, I was wondering if I could skip the cocktail party tonight."
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After lunch, the group walked back and ran into Lu Mingji in the office lobby, who had just returned from an outing. He pointed at Xia Xi and said, "Just so you know, don't forget to attend the cocktail party tonight. Xu's Vice President Wang said he wanted to discuss the design plan with you. We were a bit rushed yesterday, so he didn't have time to share some of his thoughts."
Xia Xi had no expression on his face.
While she was eating, she was still thinking about what excuse she could find to avoid the party, saying that she was sick, or that her two children's parents were called and she had to go to the kindergarten.
No excuses now.
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