Early the next morning, just as Xu Yunzhou sat down at his workstation, the internal phone from HR Director Zhao Lili rang.
"Xu Yunzhou, come to my office."
Zhao Lili was thirty-four this year and unmarried. Today she was wearing an eye-piercing red suit, and the strong smell of perfume rushed at his face from three meters away.
She leaned back in her leather chair like a Queen waiting for a subject's audience.
"Director Zhao, is something the matter?"
Xu Yunzhou sat down opposite her, already having a premonition in his heart.
Zhao Lili crossed her hands on the desk, her bright red manicure exceptionally striking, putting on a condescending posture:
"I know all about the matter between you and your girlfriend."
Xu Yunzhou raised his eyebrows; news travels really fast.
He remembered that Zhao Lili was an elder relative of one of Su Qianran's classmates. It seemed last night's farce had already reached her ears."This is my private matter, no need to trouble Director Zhao to worry about it."
"Private matter?"
Zhao Lili gave a sneer,
"The corporate culture of our company despises this kind of behavior of abandoning someone after trifling with them the most! A girl gave her best five years of youth to you, and you just break up like that? What if she can't think it through and does something extreme, or comes to the company to make a scene? Have you considered how much impact that would have on the company's reputation?"
Xu Yunzhou was simply angered to the point of laughing by this rhetoric that inverted black and white:
"Director Zhao, without understanding the facts, you just concluded that it's my fault?"
"Facts? Putting aside the facts, do you not have even a little bit of responsibility?"
Zhao Lili brought out the omnipotent golden quote, leaning forward, her gaze aggressive,
"You work overtime until the middle of the night every day, giving your girlfriend the cold shoulder and ignoring her emotional needs, is this not your problem? Taking on project after project, do you really think the company can't function without you?"
Looking at her face that was slightly distorted from agitation, Xu Yunzhou only felt it was utterly absurd:
"I work overtime to complete my work and create value for the company, and now this has instead become my original sin?"
"Working overtime is not an excuse for ignoring a partner's feelings."
The more Zhao Lili spoke, the more agitated she became,
"A man with true responsibility and empathy, no matter how busy he is with work, can give his other half sufficient emotional value! That child Ranran is so pure, she just wants you to accompany her more, what's wrong with that? You can't even do this little bit, what kind of man are you?"
Looking at her face where the exquisite makeup couldn't cover up the meanness, Xu Yunzhou suddenly felt everything was very ridiculous:
"Director Zhao, actually, I came today originally to resign."
Zhao Lili first blanked:
"Little Xu, don't get agitated. I am communicating with you as a woman and an elder. I am not criticizing you, I am helping you."
"The company is a place that stresses corporate culture and positive energy. This behavior of yours seriously contradicts the 'responsibility and fraternal love' values advocated by our company. If other colleagues, especially female colleagues, found out, what would they think..."
Looking at her PUA face of "I'm doing this for your own good" and "I represent justice," the last trace of patience in Xu Yunzhou's heart was completely exhausted.
He slowly stood up, not bothering to waste any more breath on this idiot.
"Director Zhao, no need to waste your saliva."
He took out a folded piece of A4 paper from his pocket and placed it gently on the smooth desk,
"This is my resignation letter. Please help me process the resignation procedures as soon as possible. The salary that should be settled, deposit it directly into my card."
Zhao Lili clearly didn't expect him to be so decisive. She blanked for a moment, and then shrill mockery blurted out:
"Resign? Xu Yunzhou, who are you trying to scare? Leaving our company, what kind of thing are you? Just relying on you, who doesn't have a Ph.D. or Master's, in this current employment environment, you can still find a job with a monthly salary of thirty thousand? Stop daydreaming!"
She crossed her legs again, her posture returning to arrogance, and spoke as if giving alms:
"I'll give you one last chance right now. Go obediently and apologize to Su Qianran, and I might consider letting you stay for observation. Otherwise, wait until I spread your 'glorious deeds' in the industry, let's see which company dares to want someone with bad character like you!"
Xu Yunzhou couldn't even be bothered to give her a glance, turned around, and walked away.
"Halt!"
Zhao Lili screamed exasperatedly behind him,
"Xu Yunzhou! If you dare to step out of this door today, believe it or not, I'll make it so you can't survive in the entire Binzhou IT circle!"
Xu Yunzhou shrugged and directly turned to leave the office.
That string of numbers lying quietly in his Bitcoin account gave him the confidence to say "no" to a foolish idiot at any time.
Watching Xu Yunzhou's back disappear without any reluctance, Zhao Lili froze in place, her face burning hot.
She forcefully suppressed the shock and anger in her heart, took out her phone, and rapidly dialed Su Qianran's number.
"Hello, Ranran? I found your Xu Yunzhou to chat today. But I only said a few words, and he, he actually said he wants to resign! Didn't you say he has millions in loans on his back and absolutely doesn't dare to be unemployed? What's going on?"
Su Qianran on the other end of the phone was clearly stunned too. She was silent for a few seconds before analyzing with a bit of arrogance:
"Sister Lili, don't be fooled by him! He's definitely doing this on purpose for you to see, wanting to apply pressure on me through you, forcing me to bow my head and apologize first! How could he really resign? Leaving this job, what will he use to pay the loan?"
Hearing Su Qianran's words, Zhao Lili sneered, her tone returning to its previous meanness:
"I said so! Playing this trick with me? This man is so childish! Ranran, liste