The first message comes in at 10:14 AM.
Bael reads it without putting down his pen.
*Young Master has arrived at Dingshan. Session underway.*
He sets the phone face down and returns to the contract in front of him. Third party indemnification clause, standard language with one non-standard carve-out the other side had inserted hoping it wouldn't be noticed. It had been noticed. He makes the notation and moves to the next page.
The meeting he's sitting through doesn't need much from him right now, Shen Rui has minutes covered. The analysts presenting have prepared thoroughly, Bael listens at the level required and keeps working.
Normal Thursday.
The second message comes at 1:52 PM.
He's back at his desk by then, he picks up the phone the same way he picks up anything.
*Session concluded. Brief delay in departure. Young Master is at a café nearby with his collaborator.*
He reads it once. Then again.
