"Beep beep beep~"

"Hello, Director Zheng."

"That Cloud Universe project. Has the money gone out?"

"It's already gone out."

Zheng Bin came close to roaring it. "Why wasn't I told first? Why!"

"Dir— Director Zheng, I called you. You were out at the time, and you told me to handle it myself."

"I—"

"Send somebody to watch Pan Tao. Right now."

"But it's Saturday."

"Are you deaf?"

Zheng Bin bellowed, "Do what I told you!"

"Okay. I'll get in touch with him right now."

He hung up. Sitting at a red light, thinking about what Xu Ye had just said to him, Zheng Bin slapped the steering wheel several times in a fury, and the car let out a harsh blast of horn.

Fifteen minutes later.

Yu Jiaying came down from upstairs.

She spotted the fruit on the front desk and beamed. "Xiaomei, where did this come from?"

"The handsome one over there brought it." Wang Xiaomei pointed at Xu Ye.

Xu Ye laughed. "I picked it up on the way. It's getting hotter and hotter out. A little fruit is good for you."

That was all Yu Jiaying needed to start in on Zhao Ming. "Xiao Ming, look at Xu Ye. He's a few years younger than you and he still knows better than you do."

Zhao Ming couldn't be bothered arguing. Say the wrong thing and he might get hit, so he was better off keeping his mouth shut.

"Jiaying-jie, where are the others?"

"They're trying out some of the treatments. I—"

Yu Jiaying hadn't finished before Xu Ye stood and cut in. "Qingqing's one thing, but my little cousin only just took the gaokao. Don't let her get mixed up in all that."

"It's fine."

Yu Jiaying explained with a smile. "It's only the most basic facial."

Only then did Xu Ye sit back down. "That's all right."

"Did that guy leave?"

"Mm. Xu Ye made him mad enough to go."

"Xu Ye, what's the story?" Yu Jiaying was curious. "Back on the opening day I already thought there was something off in the way he looked…