In the study, Zhou Yi and Wu Xiaoyan met Botong Pharmaceuticals' chairman, Zhou Yi's father, Zhou Botong.
"Dad, you wanted to see me?" Zhou Yi asked.
Zhou Botong snorted and got straight to the point. "That Bai Xiaowen you provoked is an Awakened! Why couldn't you use your brains? When you provoke someone, shouldn't you investigate them first? Hm?"
Zhou Yi said indignantly, "Bai Xiaowen had always been a pretty-boy good for nothing. Who knew what kind of damned luck he stumbled into? He disappeared for ten days, then came back as an Awakened?"
At that point, Zhou Yi suddenly thought of something and shouted, "Right! He must have relied on a psionic treasure!"
Wu Xiaoyan explained softly, "Uncle Zhou, we didn't provoke Bai Xiaowen for no reason. We suspected he might have something that could increase an Awakened's chances of successfully advancing."
Zhou Botong snorted. "Couldn't you have thought of some other method? Look at your methods! Pulling dirty tricks in practical combat class, getting delinquent girls to threaten him... all low-class tricks!"
Wu Xiaoyan said, "I had approached Bai Xiaowen before, planning to recruit him into Botong Pharmaceuticals and deal with him slowly afterward. After Bai Xiaowen disappeared, I also tried to recruit his sister. But those siblings were both incredibly stubborn. I had no choice but to resort to this unconventional method..."
"Enough. I don't want to hear excuses. Things have already come to this. Tell me, what should we do?" Zhou Botong said, suppressing his anger.
"If nothing else works, we can talk to Bai Xiaowen, apologize, and offer some compensation..." Wu Xiaoyan said quietly. In her eyes, Bai Xiaowen's identity as an Awakened was like a mountain. She no longer had the courage to stand against him.
"Apologize? Why the hell should we apologize! If