Chapter One: Rejection Settled

The system did nothing. Jiming felt relieved. A casual no was worthless. He passed over a note bearing the warehouse numbers and a validation code. “Give this to Manager Luo. If he reads it and still refuses, I'll leave.” Ten minutes later a middle-aged man in a reflective vest hurried out but kept the gate shut. “Mr. Zhou, your company is in liquidation. Even if this is true, I cannot entrust medicine safety to a bankrupt team.” A silver light appeared in Jiming's vision. 【Authentic rejection detected. Evaluating value...】 He tightened his hand around the bars. Desperation had not vanished. It had merely named its price.