"...Wasn't I right to handle it that way?" Ji Yanzhi didn't understand.
"You still think you did nothing wrong?" Jiang Mingde nearly laughed in exasperation at his assumptions. "The fact that the kid hadn't said anything before meant he had some sense. But you just had to create an opportunity for him to lay it all out, and then Xiao Ting explicitly rejected him. Doesn't that make Xiao Ting a regret he'll carry from now on?"
"So what if he regrets it?" Ji Yanzhi said dismissively. "It's not as if Ji Ting will go soft on him because of that."
Jiang Mingde sighed. "You still don't understand. Looking back on a youthful infatuation later in life, you can just smile about it. Regret is different. That's something a person can remember for a lifetime."
Ji Yanzhi sneered, a petulant edge to his voice. "He'd better remember it for a lifetime. Let's see what trouble he can stir up."
Seeing how plainly he was putting on a tough front, Jiang Mingde shook his head and stopped trying to persuade him. "I've said my piece. Keep an eye on that kid from now on, or you'll be the one losing sleep over it."
Ji Yanzhi's face was taut, a dark cloud hanging over his brow. Clearly, it was already bothering him.
After taking the old man home, he turned the car around and headed straight for Shili's R&D Center.
When Ji Yanzhi arrived, Wang Mian had just finished a meeting. He opened the door and saw him, and the exhaustion on his face instantly gave way to astonishment. "Director Ji? What brings you here?"
Ji Yanzhi was about to speak when Wang Mian caught on. "Didn't we agree I still had two days? Why are you coming in person to hound me