War Begins

Ling Zhiztian smiled and told the driver to pull up to the entrance. He had the driver take a taxi back to the company, then opened the front passenger door for Lu Yang. "President Lu Yang, I'll personally take you to the airport. Get in."

Lu Yang sensed that Ling Zhiztian had something to discuss. He got into the passenger seat while Ling Zhiztian jogged around to the driver's seat, and the two drove away.

On the way, Ling Zhiztian drove while saying to Lu Yang, "President Lu Yang, I'm older than you. How about I call you little brother?"

"Of course," Lu Yang said.

Ling Zhiztian chuckled and deliberately glanced at Lu Yang. "Little brother, not bad. You built such a vast empire from nothing but your bare hands. Even I admire you."

"Young Master Ling, don't make fun of me," Lu Yang said.

Ling Zhiztian said anxiously, "You forgot again, didn't you? I call you little brother, so you can call me big brother. What kind of relationship do you have with my father? Why are you being so distant with me? You're not still angry about what happened earlier, are you? I apologize."

"Or kick me once and vent your anger," he added.

Lu Yang had known Ling Zhiztian wanted to talk about this. Smiling, he said, "You were right to kick me. If you hadn't, I would have thought something was off. After all, I bore some responsibility for the old man being hospitalized."

Ling Zhiztian shook his head. "It wasn't your fault. It was mine. I didn't know what had happened at the time. My dad only explained it to me today. Before that, I thought you people had ganged up on him and angered the old man so badly that he ended up in