The door closed in front of Gao Qinghe.
Gao Qinghe clenched her fists so tightly that the spare key dug into her palm, but she couldn’t care less.
She was trembling with anger.
Lin Xi’s expression, tinged with pity and surprise, was burned into her mind and wouldn’t go away.
‘What does she mean by that? First she said I was welcome at the exchange meeting, and now she says I wasn’t invited? So whether I can go or not is entirely up to her, Lin Xi?’
Gao Qinghe paced back and forth in the room in her high heels, the chain around her ankle jingling with every turn.
‘Fine, fine. In the end, Lin Xi still looks down on her, still thinks Gao Qinghe can’t get into that circle.’
“The exchange meeting is by invitation only. I’m not sure you can get in.”
‘She can get in, but I can’t?’
‘She… she…!’
Gao Qinghe threw the key hard toward the door and let out a short, sharp scream from her throat.
‘Damn it!’
‘What’s so great about Lin Xi? She’s nothing great!’
‘Who is she to boss me around? Who is she to decide whether I can go to the exchange meeting? Who is she to look down on me?’
‘First she took me to be a fashion model, then she and Zhao Yuqi blamed me for not doing well enough. After all that circling, isn’t she just saying I’m worthless?’
‘What “think it over clearly” and “it’s normal for fashion models to bind their chests”
Does she think I lack awareness? What’s with her condescending attitude?’
‘Oh, Xiang Bei knows what he wants, Lin Xi knows what she wants, everyone in their circle knows what they want — and only I don’t, right?’
‘What the hell is she so high-and-mighty about?’
‘Just because I don’t have money? Just because I wasn’t born rich like them?’
‘Why can’t Gao Qinghe stand on the same stage as Lin Xi?’
‘I can earn money. If I become Li Nan’s model, the money I make might be no less than Lin Xi’s allowance, and it will be money I earned by my own efforts — can that compare to someone who relies on family support?’
‘So who is she actually looking down on?’
Gao Qinghe clacked over to the door and picked up the key.
‘Ha, just because Lin Xi says I can’t go, I won’t go? Who does she think she is? Do her words carry that much weight?’
Gao Qinghe unlocked her phone and opened the ride-hailing app.
Her fingers trembled, and she had to tap the screen three or four times to get it right.
She entered the address, requested a ride, closed the app, opened it again, closed it again, repeating this several times while constantly checking the distance of the approaching car.
But the anger inside her only burned hotter, making her more and more anxious.
‘Lin Xi won’t let me go?’
“The exchange meeting is by invitation only. I’m not sure you can get in.”
Gao Qinghe pouted, mimicking Lin Xi’s tone, shaking her head exaggeratedly and speaking shrilly.
“Pfft!”
“What do you mean I can’t get in just because you say so?”
Gao Qinghe grabbed her shoulder bag and adjusted the Chanel long necklace around her neck.
“Let’s see if I can get in or not!”
She shoved the key into her bag forcefully.
“I don’t need you to take me in. It’s not like I don’t know anyone. Even Li Nan said he could get me in. Who do you think you are?”
She stood in front of the mirror and studied herself.
“Just wait. Even if I go in later than you, I’ll still outshine you.”
Gao Qinghe looked at herself in the full-length mirror.
She touched her chest and the gold long necklace that matched her outfit, adorned with colored glaze beads and small pearls that casually hung over her fair back, making her skin glow with an ivory luster.
Suddenly, she reached behind her neck, took off the necklace, and tossed it into the paper bag of clothes in front of her.
Then, in her high heels, she went back into the room and took out the Tiffany small diamond necklace that Xiang Bei had given her from the cabinet.
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