Ronan wondered if, because rumors had been circulating around the branch lately that he and the Martial Emperor had quarreled, Mister Bai had gotten some ideas and come to test the waters.
As for why he was testing them... during the time Mister Bai had taken leave, even Bamboo Pole had noticed that he seemed to be pressuring the Martial Emperor over his daughter.
Ronan's assessment of Bai Xinyan had just been rather blunt: as a professional woman, what Bai Xinyan had done was naturally inseparable from her boss. Of course, being able to carry it out so thoroughly and so brilliantly was another matter.
No matter what, Mister Bai had objections to the way Bai Xinyan conducted herself, and accordingly, he must also have objections to the Martial Emperor. In the past, it had been uncertain where those objections would lead, but now that Bai Xinyan had become a director of Quantum Corporation—and was plainly the Martial Emperor's representative—Mister Bai's direction had become clear.
However, Mister Bai had not pointed it out directly. Instead, he had circled around it... because circling around it was exactly what he wanted.
Ronan understood perfectly.
Mister Bai was a senior member of the Xia City Branch, one of the few Mental Side Architects, and immensely well-liked. But even so, he could not disrupt the current excellent situation of stability and unity at the Xia City Branch.
So he could only probe. He could only circle around it.
To see whether Ronan could help him put a little more pressure on the Martial Emperor.
But such things could not be said aloud, no matter what.
At a time like this, what was needed was a pretext, and what was needed was to circle around the issue. Just like Ronan—even if he had seen the