Chapter - 178

Zeke explained, “I knew Douglas from Reinz Pharmaceutical. Douglas only agreed to collaborate with Susan out of respect for me. For Susan, the opportunity to collaborate with Reinz Pharmaceutical is not something that money can buy, so comparatively, it didn’t hurt her to give me some shares.”

Lacey thought for a moment. “It kind of makes sense. But how do you know Douglas?”

“Douglas was my cellmate,” Zeke said matter-offactly.

Pfft!

The taxi driver couldn’t hold it anymore as he chuckled.

Why are the youngsters nowadays so impetuous?

Is this something you can boast about?

He couldn’t help but think of a young couple who had ridden in his car last time, who actually boasted that they would get the Love in a Fallen City project.

What a joke.

This taxi driver would probably never know that the couple who rode in his car last time was also this same couple in his car now.

Besides, they weren’t boasting at all!

Soon, they reached Westlake Road.

After getting off the car, Zeke looked around with a puzzled expression. There isn’t any hotels or guesthouses nearby, so why did she bring me here?

It wasn’t until he saw Dawn and found out she rented a place nearby that it dawned on ZekeLacey wanted to spend the night at Dawn’s.

Zeke was utterly disappointed.

Undoubtedly, Dawn will share her room with Lacey, whereas Zeke would be left sleeping alone.

In fact, Lacey and Dawn didn’t sleep at all the whole night.

The conglomeration plan made the two of them so excited that they worked overtime to write up a proposal.

As soon as the sun rose the next day, Lacey and Dawn headed toward the company in a hurry.

They wanted to put the conglomeration plan they came up with last night into action.

Zeke only woke up two hours after the two of them left.

Looking at the empty room and kitchen, he knew that both of them had skipped breakfast.

Hence, he had no choice but to order two sets of breakfast from a Michelin star restaurant in a takeaway container for them.

Starting the morning right by having breakfast was important as it determined the productivity for the rest of the day.

Upon arriving at the project site of Love in a Fallen City, Zeke heard someone shouting, “Help, Cripple is passing out again!”

Zeke instinctively came to a halt, frowning.

It was the nature of a doctor to save lives, so he couldn’t turn a blind eye to this kind of thing.

He turned his head toward the voice.

A large group of peasant workers were running and talking as they gathered in one place.

“Damn, how many times has Cripple passed out?”

“Jeez, just to make money, he really doesn’t care about his life, does he? He’s sick, and yet doesn’t want to stay in the hospital, but comes to work instead.”

“Why am I so damn unlucky to be on the same shift as he is? Because of him, we’re making lesser money.”

A potbellied contractor made his way through the crowd.

Seeing the cripple fainted on the ground, the contractor suddenly became angry. He kicked the cripple hard. “Hey, Cripple, wake up!”

The sharp pain caused the cripple to slowly open his eyes.

He looked around in confusion. It took him a long time to finally come back to his senses.

“Oh, sir, I went to bed too late last night and fell asleep as I was too sleepy today. I’ll get up and work right away.”

He struggled to prop up his body, trying to stand up.

But he was so weak that he couldn’t stand up after two attempts, so he could only kneel on the ground, catching his breath.

Meanwhile, Zeke’s heart skipped a beat when he heard Cripple’s voice.

His voice is kind of familiar. He sounds like my high school best friend, Hudson Callum.

He then recalled how Olivia and Dylan had told him that Hudson had a broken leg now and became disabled. Could it be…

With a ghastly expression, Zeke hurriedly rushed over.

The contractor kicked the cripple again, and the man fell back hard on the ground. “Hey, Cripple, can you still f*cking work? I think you come here to get free medical treatment, don’t you? You’re fired. Don’t die here. Get out of here!”