Old Zhou took the opening Old Na had given him and, pretending to be helpless, said, "Old Na, it's all in the past. To be honest, when I left back then and lost my temper with you, I just wanted you to do everything you could to protect me. After all, I thought of myself as your trusted subordinate.
"But later, I thought it over. I hadn't considered your position, and I really shouldn't have blown up at you like that. I'm sorry."
Both middle-aged men knew why the other had relented, but they tacitly left it unsaid. They raised their glasses and drained them. Everything that had happened was left behind in that cup.
After a few rounds of drinks and several dishes,
just as Old Zhou was growing anxious, unsure whether he ought to speak, Old Na finally said, "Old Zhou, I've come to ask you to work with me. I don't know if you're willing."
Old Zhou didn't waste words. He agreed at once without even asking about the salary or benefits.
As he saw it, even if the pay was a little lower than before, it probably wouldn't be much less. Old Na had personally come to bring him back, after all. It wouldn't make sense to offer him a lot less.
What Old Zhou hadn't expected was that after completing his resignation, he'd head to the COFCO Tower only for Li Xiaoyue to take him upstairs to Everyday Medical Technology.
Just as Old Zhou was beginning to wonder whether he'd been kidnapped, he saw that a company had just been set up in the previously empty office space upstairs.
The office was packed with people. At a glance, he could tell the company was thriving.
Only a fast-growing company would have such cramped offices, since