Jia Zhongyue stared at Li Ye for a long while before finally smiling.
Facing an enemy yet having to force out a smile was absolutely an ultimate skill with an S-rank difficulty level.
"Deputy General Manager Li, you've come from far away, and we haven't yet had the chance to play the host. How about we eat first, then have a proper talk?"
Li Ye glanced at the sun outside the window. It was only a little past nine. Inviting him to eat at this hour was hardly sincere.
So Li Ye said blandly, "There's no need for a meal. But you need to immediately detain Ma Haimao, because our people identified him as the culprit, and your three workers have also admitted that he was one of the culprits."
Jia Zhongyue waved his hand and said as mildly as he could, "It was only an accidental injury during a conflict between workers. Don't go calling anyone a culprit or not. Our internal affairs should be settled internally."
"Settled internally?"
Li Ye sneered. "You mean placing me under house arrest here too, settling it the same way you settled my twenty-eight workers—as if we were criminals?"
"Comrade Li Ye, please watch your words. We never treated you as criminals. You were the ones who never treated us as your own people."
Gan Zhongjie, who had remained silent all this time, finally could not hold back and shouted, "I told you last time that the materials you handed over to us had major omissions. We asked your technical personnel to fill in the gaps, and they started speaking in veiled barbs and strange tones."
When Gan Zhongjie had first met Li Ye yesterday, he had indeed used that excuse, but Li Ye had cut him off on the spot. Today, however,