Hishiri Adashino was disappointed, and hurt as well.
Disappointed because she felt her boss had truly terrible taste in men. The men she picked were far too lustful, falling for every woman they saw.
Hurt because the world's second most beautiful young woman was standing right in front of him, yet he remained completely unmoved. Was she not youthful and beautiful enough, or was he blind?
Incidentally, she could let her boss have the title of the world's most beautiful young woman. After all, her boss was the one paying her salary.
Yuan Shikai was also baffled. He had not even held her hand; the most physical contact they had had was their shoulders touching.
Yet everyone believed that something had happened between them during those ten-odd minutes.
Who were they looking down on?! If something had really happened, would he have gotten out in less than a few hours?!
But the gossiping crowd did not care about that. As long as there was gossip to feast on, they could imagine the details however they liked.
That was how it went: one picture at the start, and the whole story left to guesswork.
In the end, Hishiri Adashino stopped gambling and ran off to the lounge area to sulk.
Yuan Shikai, meanwhile, continued looking for a table by himself. He still had to make it to the second floor afterward.
However, this time, the moment Yuan Shikai joined a table, everyone who had been sitting there stood up.
Do not ask why. They knew something was off about him, so why would they gamble with him? Was that not just giving him money?
No one's money blew in on the wind. It was not meant to be given away like that.
You could say he was cheating, but no one