Chapter 434: You Are Just a Fly

Zhang Li would not give up. He smiled and said, "I know a Western restaurant that is quite good; it's very high-end and authentic. The steaks there are all air-freighted from Aozhou. Let me take you there to eat."

"No need. No matter how authentic it is, it can't compare to the local ones there. I ate so much Western food abroad that I got sick of it. I want to eat something from home," Bai Muyu shook her head.

The smile on this guy's face instantly stiffened. Bai Muyu was not planning to give him any face at all.

"Alright then, I'll stay here and keep you company." Zhang Li still wore a smile on his face. In order to pursue Bai Muyu, he really lowered his stance.

"I am eating with Chen Yu. Didn't you see that?" Bai Muyu was a little angry.

"I saw it, but I think having one more person doesn't matter, right?" Zhang Li said with a thick-skinned expression.

"It does matter. This is a restaurant for couples, isn't it? We are on a date. Don't you feel that you are quite redundant in front of us?" Chen Yu smiled.

"I only care about Muyu's opinion; your opinion is not important," Zhang Li glared at Chen Yu.

"Sorry, Chen Yu's opinion is my opinion. I am on a date and don't want anyone to disturb us," Bai Muyu said coldly.

Zhang Li's expression changed completely. He turned his head and stared fixedly at Bai Muyu: "You with the surname Bai, are you planning not to give me any face at all?"

"That's strange. Why should I give you face?" Bai Muyu was very puzzled by this.

"Heh, both you and your father work at the Academy of Sciences, and my father is the Dean of the Academy of Sciences," Zhang Li sneered.

"So what? Does that have anything to do with anything?" Bai Muyu asked, puzzled.

"If you want to work peacefully in the Academy of Sciences, want to get titles and honors, and want funding priority, you must pass through us first," Zhang Li looked at Bai Muyu playfully.

"I think you have misunderstood one thing," Bai Muyu smiled: "My father and I both rely on our abilities to make a living."

"When I was abroad, various scientific research institutions tried their best to keep me, and my work here was designated by the higher-ups. Do you think your father's meager power can threaten me?" Bai Muyu sneered.

"Heh, Bai Muyu, you are still too young. You don't understand the human relationships and worldly wisdom of our Huaxia at all. You and your father are very excellent, I have to admit that, but do you think you can be invincible just by being excellent?"

"You are really too naive. Do you believe that I can cut off all the resources for you and your father right now and turn your research into a piece of waste paper?" Zhang Li sneered.

"I don't believe it," Chen Yu looked at this guy as if he were looking at a mentally disabled person.

Is this guy an idiot? Bai Zhan and Bai Muyu were listed as strategic talents by the higher-ups. The value of the two of them could not be measured by money.

Usually, even a super-strong department like Dragon Breath had to pay attention to them, and their files were listed as highly confidential by those above. This guy wouldn't think that he could suppress Bai Zhan and Bai Muyu just by relying on his father, a straw-bag Dean, would he?

"I don't believe it either." The look in Bai Muyu's eyes when she looked at this guy was a bit strange. Is this guy trying to be funny? She was a dignified technical talent, and both she and her father were gifted researchers. Would she actually be afraid of this kind of power oppression?

"If you don't believe it, you can try it now," Zhang Li grinned hideously: "Do you believe that within three days, both you and your father will be unemployed? Starting tomorrow, your research projects will be stopped."

"No need for three days. Let's see the results right now," Bai Muyu said speechlessly and took out her phone: "Dad, I've been threatened."

"What? Who dares to threaten you?" On the other end, Bai Zhan was busy, and he exploded instantly upon hearing this news.

"Zhang Li, the son of that straw-bag Dean you often talk about. He wants to pursue me, I didn't agree, and then he threatened to report us, make us unemployed, and stop our projects," Bai Muyu said: "I don't want to work under the name of such a straw-bag anymore. I want to resign."

"Fine, I will submit my resignation application immediately," Bai Zhan said angrily: "That son of Zhang Wude is even more of a straw-bag than his old man. This kind of straw-bag wants to pursue my daughter? He's crazy. I'm resigning now, I'm not doing this anymore."

"Alright, as you wish. My father has resigned, and I will resign too," Bai Muyu said lightly.

"You with the surname Bai, don't be too self-righteous. Do you really think the Academy of Sciences won't function without you and your father?" Zhang Li sneered.

"Then I have to remind you, the reason why the Fengling Academy of Sciences exists, and the reason why there is so much funding every year to research various things, is all because of Bai Doctor's projects," Chen Yu glanced at this guy as if he were looking at a fool.

The reason why the Fengling Academy of Sciences could coexist with the scientific research institutions in Shengjing was entirely due to Bai Zhan's major breakthroughs in quantum physics. Even foreign forces were eyeing this kind of advanced breakthrough.

Bai Zhan and Bai Muyu were now strategic-level figures. Did this idiot really think his Dean father had that much power?

"The Earth will keep spinning without the wealthy families," Zhang Li said disdainfully: "Bai Muyu, I can give you one more chance. If you agree to date me, we will wipe the slate clean regarding what happened before."

"Then I really thank you. Thank you for still being able to give me a chance, but I don't need it," Bai Muyu almost laughed. Does this guy still not know what he did wrong even now?

"Bai Doctor has resigned? What exactly is going on?" Suddenly, Zhang Li's phone rang. It was his father calling. As soon as he answered the phone, the person on the other side asked him in a flurry of rage.

"Resigned then so be it, what does it have to do with me?" Zhang Li still said disdainfully: "And Bai Muyu is going to resign too. You can approve their applications together and let them go."

"You're talking nonsense! Bai Doctor asked me to ask you what's going on. Did you go to harass Miss Bai again? You bastard, why don't you look at yourself in a mirror? A toad lusting after swan meat?" Zhang Wude almost roared.

"Dad... why are you so angry? I'm your son, aren't you going to side with me?" Zhang Li was stunned and said in a flustered and exasperated tone: "If I'm a toad, what are you?"

"Shut up! Bai Zhan has already bypassed the hierarchy to resign. An investigation team with a very high rank from Shengjing is already taking a special plane here overnight to ask me what's going on. Tell me, how am I supposed to answer?" Zhang Wude screamed.

"Is... is it that serious?" Zhang Li was dumbfounded: "Dad, your rank isn't low. As the Dean of the Academy of Sciences, can't you even handle dismissing two people?"

"You idiot, how did I raise such a mentally disabled thing like you? They are strategic-level people, what can I use to compare with them? If I mess this up, I'll be suspended. You grandson, you've killed me!" Zhang Wude was speaking almost with a sobbing tone.

"Then what should I do, Dad?" Zhang Li panicked. The reason he could live so comfortably was entirely because of his father.

If his father were suspended, with his own straw-bag abilities, he would definitely be kicked out.

"I don't care what method you use, beg for Miss Bai's forgiveness. You must keep them. If she refuses to forgive you, then I will sever the father-son relationship with you," Zhang Wude hung up the phone angrily.

Putting away his phone, Zhang Li's face twitched slightly. He never expected that things would blow up this big.

He put on a thick-skinned face and squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying toward Bai Muyu: "Muyu."

"What is it?" Bai Muyu asked expressionlessly.

"I didn't do the right thing just now. You and Uncle Bai are both talents in the quantum field, so you must stay," Zhang Li said with a thick-skinned face.

"We're not staying. With a father as powerful as yours in the Academy of Sciences, how could we ever have a chance to get ahead?" Bai Muyu couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him. Now that she was completely in no mood to eat because of this guy, she stood up and said: "Let's go, Chen Yu, let's change places."

"Alright, let's go," Chen Yu nodded, stood up, and left with Bai Muyu.

"Don't, Muyu, don't go. I really know I was wrong. Give me a chance," Zhang Li howled.

But Bai Muyu left with Chen Yu without even looking back, leaving him behind full of regret.

"Give me your bag," Chen Yu said to Bai Muyu after they left.

Bai Muyu handed the bag to Chen Yu and asked curiously: "What are you doing?"

Chen Yu took her bag, opened it, and then found a button-sized positioning device in the corner of the bag.

"Is this for tracking?" Bai Muyu was taken aback.