Ji Yanzhi felt as though someone had suddenly kneaded his heart. A sour, tingling sensation traveled up his spine and into his throat.
Ji Yanzhi's Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty. Had Ji Ear said that just to avoid driving a tractor, or was it purely so that he could...
In the past, if he had heard that Ji Ting could build a Computational Lithography Platform, Ji Yanzhi would have devoted all his attention to it immediately. Now, though, he was caught up in whom that answer was really for, desperate for a definite reply.
"Ji Ear, you... why aren't you answering my question?"
Ji Ting lifted his eyes and gently pressed his lips together. "Mm... I actually still have money. You don't necessarily have to go drive a tractor."
Ji Yanzhi froze, then let out an amused laugh. "You mean if I fail, you'll support me?"
Ji Ting considered it seriously for a few seconds, then shook his head just as seriously. "You're too hard to keep. You'd take up a lot of my time and energy."
Ji Yanzhi's expression went from cloudy to stormy in an instant. "How am I hard to keep? Do I eat too much or spend too much money? Ji Ear, do you have any conscience at all?"
"What does this have to do with conscience? Legally speaking, I don't have any direct obligation to support you in the first place."
"So if the law doesn't require it, you won't support me? What about feelings? Is there nothing between us..."
Knock, knock, knock.
The knocking cut off Ji Yanzhi's unfinished sentence, and Fang Jie's voice rang out. "President Ji, Vice Chairman Ji is here. He says he has something to discuss with you."
Ji Shize's arrival rubbed salt into Ji Yanzhi's already foul mood. He