“I’ve already submitted my resignation letter.”
“Huh?” The HR manager was completely stunned.
It took a long moment before he could speak again. “Then… then you…”
Ming Yan knew that according to the standard resignation procedure, after submitting a resignation letter, there was still a two-week handover period.
She wasn’t the type to leave things half-done.
Since she had already decided to resign, she would still handle the necessary work handover. She couldn’t burden others.
“I’ll come back to the office later to do the handover.”
“Alright, alright, I’ll wait for you then.”
After hanging up the phone, Ming Yan couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
She had already sold her house. Once she finished the handover work, she could leave.
However, the incision on her abdomen still throbbed faintly with pain.
After resting for quite a while, Ming Yan finally hailed a taxi and headed to the law firm.
As soon as she appeared, the atmosphere in the entire law firm lightened considerably.
“Sister Ming Yan…”
“Sister Ming Yan, you’re finally here…”
Several junior assistants were overjoyed, chattering excitedly around Ming Yan.
Their eyes held genuine delight and reliance, which warmed Ming Yan’s heart.
“I’m here to do the work handover,” Ming Yan said with a smile, interrupting everyone’s excitement. She turned her gaze to one of the assistants. “Jiajia, I’ll hand over my current workload to you first.”
“Sister Ming Yan, you… you’re really leaving?” The group couldn’t help but exchange uneasy glances.
Ming Yan nodded with a smile. “Yes.”
…
Meanwhile, as soon as Han Jin received the news that Ming Yan had returned, he rushed into Huo Hanshan’s office.
“Ming Yan is back!”
He grinned brightly. “I knew that girl couldn’t do without you. See? As soon as she heard you were going to fire her, she came right back!”
Huo Hanshan glanced at him expressionlessly. “You seem quite idle. Would you like me to assign a few of my contingency fee agreements to you?”
Han Jin quickly raised his hands in mock surrender—what a joke!
The cases that ended up in Huo Hanshan’s hands were all high-risk contingency fee agreements. While higher risks and more complex cases meant a larger share for the lawyer, one still needed the ability to handle them!
Just as Han Jin turned to leave the office, he suddenly heard Huo Hanshan speak. “Call Ming Yan in.”
Han Jin’s lips curved into a smile. “Got it.”
Ming Yan was in the middle of her handover when she heard someone nearby call out, “Attorney Han!” She instinctively looked up and met Han Jin’s smiling eyes.
“Little Ming Yan, Old Huo wants you to go to his office!”
Ming Yan stood up.
Han Jin walked side by side with her, lowering his voice. “Little Ming Yan, let me tell you, when dealing with a heartless man like Huo Hanshan, you have to be tough. Don’t just go along with everything he says. This time, he even dared to skip the wedding! He’s been spoiled by you!”
Ming Yan’s hand rested on the doorknob as she turned to look at him. “Are you coming in with me, Senior?”
“No, no.” Han Jin quickly waved his hands. “I can’t afford to provoke the one inside. You handle it.”
With that, he scurried back to his own office.
Ming Yan took a deep breath and pushed the door open.
Huo Hanshan’s office was as tidy and solemn as ever. The dark wooden furniture and walls lined with law books created an atmosphere that was both dignified and oppressive.
He was seated behind the spacious desk, head bowed as he reviewed documents.
“Lawyer Huo, you asked for me?” Ming Yan stood before the desk, her voice calm.
It was a perfectly ordinary form of address—after all, at the company, Ming Yan always maintained propriety by calling him “Lawyer Huo,” only using his name in private.
Yet Huo Hanshan’s hand, holding the fountain pen, paused. He instinctively looked up at her, his brow faintly furrowing.
After disappearing for a week, the young woman before him looked noticeably thinner.
Her once full cheeks had lost their roundness.
Dressed in a simple white blouse and black trousers, her figure appeared even more slender.
“Have you been ill?” Huo Hanshan’s brow furrowed slightly. “Why have you lost so much weight?”
Though appendicitis surgery was minimally invasive, it was still an operation. After a week of recovery, she had lost a full six pounds.
“What did you need, Lawyer Huo?” Ming Yan countered without answering, adopting a strictly professional tone.
Huo Hanshan couldn’t help but frown. For some reason, hearing that “Lawyer Huo” left him inexplicably unsettled.
He had clearly shown concern, yet she remained unappreciative.
Even if he had been wrong about the wedding incident, wasn’t it a matter of life and death?
When had she become so cold-hearted?
“Not coming to work for a week? Do you really think I wouldn’t dare to fire you?” Huo Hanshan’s voice turned colder.
Ming Yan’s expression remained indifferent, still maintaining her professional demeanor. “I’ve already submitted my resignation letter.”
“I haven’t approved it.”
“According to labor law, employers have no right to refuse an employee’s resignation—”
“Ming Yan!” Huo Hanshan’s voice rose sharply, cutting her off coldly.
Ming Yan’s long, curled lashes trembled slightly. She pressed her rosy lips together, averted her gaze, and fell silent.
The office plunged into a heavy stillness.
After a long pause, Huo Hanshan finally pressed his lips together, his voice softening slightly. “There’s a meeting this afternoon. You’ll accompany me—”
“Huo Hanshan, I told you…” Ming Yan spoke slowly, word by word, “I’ve already resigned.”
Huo Hanshan’s expression darkened instantly.
“Are you done making a scene?”
Would she really resign?
Could she bear to leave him?
From the day he met Ming Yan, she had clung to him like a persistent, affectionate shadow. No matter how coldly he pushed her away or how harshly he scolded her, she always followed him.
Whenever he turned around, she was always there behind him.
He knew better than anyone that Ming Yan couldn’t leave him.
Resign?
How could that be possible?
“You should know when to stop this nonsense! Do you really think I won’t approve your resignation?” Huo Hanshan’s voice grew low and tense.
“I don’t need your approval.” Ming Yan looked up at him. “Once I’ve handed over my current tasks, I’ll leave. Don’t worry, Lawyer Huo, it won’t take long—everything can be transferred within a day.”
Huo Hanshan’s face darkened as if it could drip with gloom. But before he could speak, the office door was knocked, and Han Jin poked half his head inside. “Old Huo, we need to go—”
Before he could finish, Huo Hanshan grabbed a file from the desk and hurled it violently. “Get out!”
The folder crashed to the floor, scattering papers everywhere. Han Jin’s head vanished as quickly as wheat being cut.
Ming Yan couldn’t help but frown.
Due to her Emotional Detachment Syndrome, she rarely saw significant emotional fluctuations on Huo Hanshan’s face. Even when he was extremely angry, he would only frown slightly. But smashing things like this…
was a first.
Ming Yan withdrew her gaze, her porcelain-like face remaining calm. “Additionally, regarding my shares in Minghan, just convert them to cash at market value…”
Before she could finish, Huo Hanshan suddenly stood up and strode over to her in a few steps.
His tall stature brought an overwhelming sense of oppression, and his pitch-black eyes seemed to hold a biting frost.
Huo Hanshan spoke almost word by word, “Ming Yan, think carefully. Once you resign, don’t even think about coming back!”