Yin Jiehao naturally assumed that this icy young lady was deliberately ignoring his polite attempt at small talk.
However, a split second later, Qiao Meixia shifted the heavy stack of cardboard boxes she was holding under her arm. The sudden, slight movement caused one of her compact wireless noise-cancelling earpieces to slip free from her ear and fall onto the polished floorboards with a tiny clack.
Yin Jiehao blinked in immediate realisation, a flash of self-deprecating humour crossing his mind. 'So that's why... She was not deliberately ignoring me at all. She simply could not hear a single word I said through those earpieces.'
He politely bent down, picked up the fallen wireless earpiece from the floor, and handed it back to her with an understanding smile.
"Thank you." Qiao Meixia said with polite brevity.
She accepted the small device, popped it smoothly back into her ear, and continued listening to her music without missing a beat.
