He furrowed his brow, a handsome face tense with seriousness as he said, "But this isn't McKinney! Beijing is not a place where you can act arrogantly. Here, there are many people who might look unassuming but actually have profound backgrounds. Here, it would be best for you to put away your prickly way of dealing with people. It's fine to talk to me like this today, I won't take it to heart considering the many years we've known each other. But if it were someone else, they might not be as understanding as I am, got it?"
Nathalie Quinlan couldn't understand where he got the idea that she usually interacted with people prickly, nor could she fathom where he found the confidence to educate her here. His incessant voice buzzed in her ears constantly, making her furrow her brows and shove her hands into her pockets, just as she was about to speak.
Zayn Fisher's phone started to ring.
With a gloomy expression, he picked up the phone and saw that it was a call from Zeus Tanzil.