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    Halley had been to college, for heaven''s sake. Basicmon sense, especially regarding something as crucial as contracts, should have been second nature to him.


    "I''ve been swampedtely, you see, with this new project. There wasn''t a contract temte to follow, so... I forgot to include the breach use when drafting it."


    And when he got ghosted by the other party, he didn''t even see iting.


    His first thought was about theirck of integrity and respect for someone else''s hard work. Talk about being...


    Naive.


    Or rather, too honest.


    Roseanne, on the other hand, immediately wondered about thepensation.


    But...


    "Do you have to draft the contracts yourself?"


    Halley''s face twisted in embarrassment. "Normally, no... My partner used to handle all that. I was more on-site. But then, two weeks ago, he wanted out..."


    Halley, bless his heart, couldn''t convince him to stay. He had to bite the bullet and pull most of the already tight funds from thepany''s cash flow to pay him back his initial investment.


    Roseanne raised an eyebrow. "Didn''t you consider calcting the losses?"


    "...Losses?"


    "Yeah, losses. When you guys started the business together, you split the profits, right?"


    "Of course!"


    "Well, by the same token, shouldn''t losses be shared too?"


    Thepany was clearly not doing well, and losses were inevitable. It made no sense to return the principal investment as if nothing had happened. Even a brief gamble in the stock market would result in losses that couldn''t be magically recouped by just pulling out.


    "I''d partner up with you in a heartbeat if it meant I could only gain without any risk," she joked.


    Halley was speechless.


    Roseanne sighed. "I think you know the math. You just didn''t want to ruin the friendship over money, right?" Halley''s eyes misted over.


    "Anne... am I a fool? Not iming damages for breach of contract, just returning the investment outright..."


    "Not at all," Roseanne asserted firmly. "My bro is just too generous, that''s all. He doesn''t put money above everything else." "He was my college roommate. We got along so well during undergrad, almost like brothers. I never thought..."


    He never thought his closest ally would walk away when times got tough.


    "I get it; it''s human nature to aim higher. So, I don''t me him. Just myself, for not being able to keep him..."Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.


    Roseanne''s eyes sparkled with an idea. "Hey, you mentioned yourpany does smart home solutions. Can you tell me more?"


    Halley thought she was merely curious, but he exined earnestly anyway.


    "...So, in a nutshell, we use smart


    net


    devices and thetest Al control models to improve living conditions and make daily life more convenient."


    "Just homes?" Roseanne probed.


    "Pardon?"


    "I mean, is it only residential projects you handle? What aboutmercial construction,boratory designs, or smart systemyouts?"


    "Well, we used to do foundational


    building work, but thepetition was fierce. Between therge construction firms and the smaller crews,


    we didn''t have an edge, so we dropped that segment."


    "As forboratory design and smart systemyouts... If a client has specific needs, we primarily focus on renovations and implementing the rted smart technology That should be doable."