"Fuck! He hung up on me again."
Furious, Ye Nan ended the call and tossed his phone onto the desk. He tilted his head back and slumped into his chair.
He had called ten-odd minutes earlier, but hadn't gotten through. Figuring Lu Zhou was probably busy, he had grudgingly waited a while, only to get no response when he called again.
"Did he block me?" Ye Nan muttered, then sighed in frustration. "Man, doing business is so fucking hard these days."
Across from him sat a thin, shrewd-looking man with glasses perched on his nose. Wearing a fawning smile, he said,
"Take it easy, Ye. These research types usually have a screw loose. It's normal for them not to know what's good for them. You'll never make sense of what they do if you try to think like a normal person."
"True." Ye Nan sighed, but he still couldn't let it go. Aggrieved, he said, "Man, I'm still so fucking pissed! The idea was mine, but once he fucking made it, he turned around and pretended he didn't know me."
Just thinking about it filled Ye Nan with rage. He slapped his thigh hard with his right hand, barely stopping short of a stream of curses.
Still, anger was one thing. Venting a little was fine, but he didn't have the nerve to actually pick a fight with Lu Zhou.
He might get a little carried away when spending money, but he had received a higher education. He wasn't stupid enough to lose all sense of perspective. He knew perfectly well that if he crossed someone he shouldn't, his father would be the first to string him up and beat him.
And that was the best-case scenario.
More likely, he wouldn't even get the chance to be disciplined by his