"If I'm guilty of something, I hope the police come arrest me, instead of leaving me to be tormented by people like you!"
Gao Ming had just arrived at Nightlight Studio when he heard Manager Gou roaring from outside. He leaned to one side and glanced into the room.
"The lead artist's on leave at home, the game designer's gone missing, and now even the damn cat's disappeared!"
Manager Gou slammed the desk, his wig sitting crookedly on his head. "What can you people even do? This isn't me manipulating you anymore. You're just that outrageous!"
Zhang Wang, who handled operations, took a sip of coffee and couldn't help muttering, "The studio didn't end up like this because of any one person. We make horror games, but you insisted on making us develop a dating game. It's perfectly normal for Mr. Xia and Wei Dayou to choose to leave."
"I threw away every last shred of my dignity to bring you that investment, and now you're getting picky?" Manager Gou slapped his own face. "People need their bark, and trees need their dignity! I had faith in you, so I was willing to find you an opportunity!"
"Didn't you get that backward?"
"Does that matter?!" Manager Gou was so angry that he took off his wig and wiped the sweat from his head. "Call him right now. Get Xia Yang back here first!"
"His phone's switched off." Programmer Li Jie looked helpless as he secretly closed the recruitment website he had been browsing.
"If his phone's off, go to his house and fetch him! A minor injury doesn't take you off the front line!" Manager Gou walked over to Wei Dayou's desk. "What about this one? Have you called the police?"
"We can't get hold of Wei Dayou, but surely