Chapter 6. She did something no one else dared to do...
After Yu Yue replied in the group chat, several of her friends were in an uproar.
In their eyes, they might be unlucky girls who have unexpectedly become lucky to lie in the arms of a big star and be carried all the way to the hospital.
Although this big star has only just debuted and can only be considered a minor celebrity, he is already a star that can be seen on TV, and he is such a handsome guy.
Especially for Dia Yu Yu, also known as Lin Shi Ya, her body is still in the Maldives, but her heart has already flown back to S City, wanting to lie in the arms of a handsome man in her place.
The other person and she were the only two people in the group who lived in S City. Because they lived in the same city, their relationship was even closer.
Moreover, they were from the same university, graduates of the same year, just in different majors. They met online and were both amazed by the coincidence.
And so, fate brought them together, and she became Yu Yue's best friend.
She's just a little too love-struck; she gets infatuated with handsome guys.
Yu Yue found it funny. She didn't tell everyone the details in the group, nor did she dare to, because it would be too embarrassing; she had her pride.
Unbeknownst to her, at the Maldives airport, Lin Shiya was already eager to fly back and watch the drama unfold.
Seemingly feeling that Yu Yue was replying too slowly in the group chat, she made a long-distance call directly.
Yu Yue saw the caller ID on her phone, her lips twitched slightly, but she still silently pressed the answer button to switch to speakerphone and then held the phone away from her ear.
The next moment, a sharp, explosive sound came from the phone's receiver.
"Ugh, you stinky fish, tell me quickly, are my Xinqi's pecs soft? Are they comfortable to lie on? Does he smell good?!"
Yu Yue trembled at the sound of "Brother Xinqi".
Before she could speak, the voice on the phone continued: 'See? I told you my plan worked. They didn't give you any trouble, did they?'
The voice on the other end finally stopped, and Yu Yue picked up the phone, speechless, "How was I supposed to know? I just fainted. And... can you be normal for once? When did he become your brother? I'm about to throw up."
"Okay, I'll be back tomorrow. Are you at the hospital now? Send me your address, I'll come pick you up," Lin Shiya said on the phone. "I'm already at the airport."
"No need, I'll go to the company first thing tomorrow morning," Yu Yue declined the offer.
"What? You're like this and you still want to go to the company?" Lin Shiya's speechless voice came through. "What's so great about staying at this lousy company?"
“There’s really nothing good to stay here,” Yu Yue confirmed her words.
'Then why...'
"I'll submit my resignation tomorrow." She had already written her resignation letter in bed.
"You've finally come to your senses, Yu Yu." Lin Shiya said with deep relief. "I've disliked those people in your company for a long time; they should have left long ago."
“I’m not like you. I’m under a lot of pressure.” Yu Yue sighed. Lin Shiya’s family is rich. She stays at home as a full-time daughter and has no financial pressure. Of course, she can go to work or quit her job whenever she wants. But she is not like that.
She grew up with her grandparents while her parents went to work in other cities, making her a "left-behind child." Later, when her parents' lives improved, they had twins, a boy and a girl, and they no longer had the energy to bring her to live with them in the big city.
Now they are in H city, and she is in S city, neither too close nor too far, neither too warm nor too cold, just like two parallel lines that are close but will never intersect, each living their own lives peacefully.
Perhaps when she was little, she would complain and beg for her parents' love and attention, but as she grew up, she became indifferent to it.
Especially after her grandparents passed away one after another last year, she has never contacted her family again, let alone returned to the place where she was born and raised, but which did not give her many fond memories.
She wasn't an orphan, but she lived like one.
"Okay, okay, I know," Lin Shiya said on the other end of the phone. "So, what are you planning to do with that little bitch Huang Jiayan? You're not just going to let it go like this, are you...?"
"I don't know," Yu Yue said after a long silence. "I have no evidence."
Lin Shiya: 'But she has no proof that it wasn't her.'
“Nobody in the company will side with me,” Yu Yue said, pausing slightly. “She’s with our boss right now.”
"What? Is it what I thought?" Lin Shiya exclaimed, gossiping, "How did you know? I remember your boss is married, and your boss's wife is quite assertive. Did he really dare?"
“I accidentally saw their conversation on Huang Jiayan’s phone,” Yu Yue said. “But I have no proof.”
"Damn it, you little bitch." Lin Shiya said irritably, "Alright, that's enough. I'm boarding now. You should go to sleep."
"Okay, you should go too, bye." Yu Yue hung up the phone, yawned, and thinking about having to go to the company tomorrow, quickly turned off the lights and went to sleep.
The nurse came in just now and told her that she could be discharged tomorrow and just continue taking her medication at home, which put her mind at ease.
The rooms here are not cheap; I can't afford to stay even one more day.
...
The next morning, Yu Yue completed the discharge procedures and took a taxi to the company.
I ran into the company's HR personnel as soon as I entered.
"Xiao Yu, you were absent from work yesterday, I've noted it down."
Yu Yue paused, frowned, and asked, "Didn't I already ask for leave?"
"You told Xiaoyan to ask the boss for sick leave, but you didn't ask me to." The HR person said impatiently, "Besides, you didn't get a sick leave certificate, so how can I give you sick leave?"
Yu Yue: ……
She remembered that she was supposed to go to the hospital to get a sick leave certificate yesterday afternoon, but she was suddenly pulled to the company in the afternoon, and then went to apologize to someone in person. In the end, she ended up in the hospital and didn't even remember it.
"I understand, whatever." Yu Yue thought for a moment, then took out a resignation letter from her backpack and handed it over.
She had someone print this for her at the hospital, just for this moment.
"You..." Before the HR could speak, Yu Yue waved her hand and left.
She's busy; she has to go to the boss's office.
...
"I heard you fainted in the hotel yesterday?" In the office, Wei Zixiang was drinking tea. The first thing he said to Yu Yue was, "You young ladies are so lucky. Just act weak and people will forgive you."
Yu Yue: ……
"I have a fever of 39 degrees Celsius, Mr. Wei."
"You still have the nerve to talk back?" Wei Zixiang slammed his teacup down. "Do you know how many smiles I had to put on for you?"
Not only that, he also gave some resources to the other party as compensation. Just thinking about this made him furious.
“That’s not the photo I put in, Mr. Wei.”
Yu Yue usually appears gentle, quiet, and good-natured, but that doesn't mean she's easy to bully. Having decided to resign, Yu Yue immediately retorted, "I wrote 'Big Idiot' in the filename specifically to differentiate it. Why did Huang Jiayan copy the photos to my hard drive? What about the other reviews? Why did they approve them and send them to the client?"
The barrage of questions left Wei Zixiang bewildered, and he didn't react for a moment.
"Yu Yue, have you taken the wrong medicine or are you out of your mind?" Wei Zixiang didn't expect that his assistant, who had only been with the company for a short time, would dare to talk back. He immediately scolded her incredulously, "Don't think that just because I'm being polite to you, you're taking advantage of me. If you don't want to work here, then don't."
Although what she said was true, that's the unspoken rule in the workplace: whatever the boss says goes, and the boss's will is the company's will.
Wei Zixiang was still angry and decided to teach this ungrateful young girl a lesson, her first lesson in the workplace.
He stood up, leaning forward on his desk, and said in a condescending tone, "I was initially reluctant to let you go because of your young age and the fact that you've worked here for a year. I was planning to give you another chance... but it seems you haven't really reflected on your actions. I'm giving you one last chance to make amends... I have a dinner with the brand's representative tonight. You need to come along, apologize sincerely, and offer them a toast, and that will be the end of it. Otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?"
"Otherwise, you can forget about continuing," Wei Zixiang said, enunciating each word clearly.
"Oh, I'm not going."
Yu Yue got angry just looking at the guy in front of her. He wanted her to accompany him for drinks? He was dreaming.
"What did you say?!" Wei Zixiang couldn't believe it. Before he could get angry, a white envelope flew towards him with three bold, black characters written on it.
Resignation letter.
"You can go by yourself tonight!"
She's not a hostess! I don't want to work this lousy job even once more!
Since she didn't need to hand over her work anyway, Yu Yue threw down her resignation letter, turned around and left, slamming the door shut behind her.
At that moment, the other colleagues were all secretly sitting in their office chairs, eavesdropping and paying attention to what was happening.
Perhaps the room was too soundproof, because they could only vaguely hear President Wei shouting and reprimanding them, but they couldn't make out what he was saying.
So when the boss's office door opened and then slammed shut, the colleagues immediately pretended to work, but their ears were perked up and their eyes were constantly darting to the person who had just left, trying to observe her expression.
"Yu Yue." At the office door, Yu Yue was called. She looked up and found that it was Huang Jiayan.
"What's wrong?" she asked casually.
"Are you angry with me?" Huang Jiayan asked, looking aggrieved. "I really aren't..."
"Alright, anyway, there's no evidence." Yu Yue looked at her roommate, with whom she had lived for a long time, feeling extremely disappointed.
She didn't want to pursue the matter any further, since she was going to resign anyway.
Unexpectedly, just when she was about to give up on this pointless matter, Huang Jiayan persisted and spoke up again.
"Yeah, there's no evidence. I knew I shouldn't have helped you submit the drawings." She muttered quietly in a voice that everyone in the office could hear. "It's true that the more you do, the more mistakes you make. It's better not to do anything at all."
Upon hearing this, Yu Yue abruptly pulled back her foot, which was about to take a step, and looked at the other person in shock.
Huang Jiayan felt a little uneasy under her gaze and subconsciously took a half step back.
"Then I really should thank you." Yu Yue felt that she was already very magnanimous to be able to keep smiling.
She was as grateful to him then as she was now.
If I had known, I would have risked my life to get up and deliver it to the company myself, instead of trusting her too much and letting her operate my computer.
Of course, this is not Yu Yue's fault. When they were all assistants, they supported each other a lot and helped each other submit drawings, so she was not on guard this time.
Who knew that Huang Jiayan would pull this stunt on her so soon after becoming a leader.
She's learned her lesson and will be more careful in the workplace to avoid making the same mistake again.
"Yu Yue, don't say that. Don't let your personal emotions get in the way," Huang Jiayan advised in a seemingly caring yet magnanimous tone. "Go apologize to President Wei. He may have a sharp tongue, but he's kind-hearted. If you sincerely admit your mistake, this matter will be over. I just received news that both the artist and the brand have issued statements, and the situation has temporarily calmed down. In a few days, everyone will forget about it, so you don't need to worry too much."
"No need, I've already decided to resign." Yu Yue didn't want to listen to her nonsense and walked away.
"What?! You're going to resign?!" Huang Jiayan grabbed her arm, surprised.
She thought about it and concluded that Yu Yue probably felt embarrassed about being fired, so she took the initiative to resign to save face for everyone.
That won't do. She finally got the job, and now Yu Yue wants to resign. So she quickly said, "Don't worry, I'll put in a good word for you with President Wei. As long as you apologize, he won't fire you. You don't need to..."
"No need," Yu Yue said with a smile, swatting Huang Jiayan's hand away. "You do your job well."
After saying that, she turned and left without looking back.
"Holy crap, Yu Yue's got some nerve, she's really quitting her job."
"Anyone would resign if they were in this situation; they have to take the blame."
"She edited the photo herself, so we've misunderstood her."
"You actually believe that..." The colleague said, glancing furtively at Huang Jiayan, who was still standing there dumbfounded with an incredulous look on her face. She whispered to the person next to her, "You actually believe Huang Jiayan's story... It's obvious she's guilty."
"How can you be sure? It's also possible that Yu Yue is just too proud to admit it..."
After a day and a night of gossip, everyone in the studio had basically heard the whole story.
That day, it was because General Manager Wei personally handed the hard drive to the supervisor and left without saying anything that the supervisor thought the review was complete, which led to the problem photo being sent to the client by mistake.
Huang Jiayan herself admitted that she handed over the hard drive to Yu Yue. She was the only person who had contact with Yu Yue's computer and hard drive. What's even more interesting is that Huang Jiayan didn't hand it over herself, but had General Manager Wei hand it over on her behalf.
In short, either Yu Yue is lying to shirk responsibility, or Huang Jiayan is lying.
"What evidence do you need? This is just my gut feeling. Besides, don't you find it strange that Huang Jiayan and President Wei were both absent from the company that day, yet President Wei still handed over the hard drive?"
"Didn't she say that the General Manager Wei she met downstairs didn't come up?"
"Then why did President Wei leave in such a hurry? Do you really believe there wasn't something going on between them?"
"Damn, you're not a woman, where do you get your sixth sense from..." another colleague quickly gossiped, "Really? No wonder she's putting on airs as soon as she became a leader. But Yu Yue is really something, she didn't realize that this falling out with President Wei would be hindering her resignation..."
"Young and impetuous, inexperienced, that's why..."
Just then, Huang Jiayan walked over, and the two immediately fell silent and began to concentrate on their work.
Downstairs, Yu Yue had already walked out of the office building. She looked at the bustling street, then suddenly stopped and stood at the doorway.
She picked up her phone, and a new message popped up.
[Hong Jie (Note: Boss Lady): I understand, thank you Xiao Yu / smile]
Looking at the reply on the screen, Yu Yue smiled happily and then strode away.
She was indeed young and impetuous, but she wasn't speaking without reason.
She had no evidence, but she knew that President Wei's wife was a very suspicious and domineering woman.
So... my boss might have a tough time in the future, he won't have the energy to deal with her.
The weather wasn't good today, but Yu Yue felt refreshed.
She did what everyone else wanted to do but dared not: she threw her resignation letter in her boss's face.
Goodbye, you bullshit company!
...
An hour later, Yu Yue returned to her residence.
"Oh, it's Xiao Yu, you've come at the right time." As soon as you enter the building, you run into the old landlord who has come to collect the rent.
The other person was holding a resident registration form, took off their reading glasses, and said, "I heard your roommate moved out. Are you still renting next month? I rent the whole place, have you found a new tenant yet? If you're not renting, I'll have to list it up in advance, and you have to move out before the end of this month."
Yu Yue was stunned, and her smile froze on her face.
Damn, how could she forget about that?!
"Judging from your appearance, you haven't found one yet," the old landlord added sarcastically. "There's still a week left; this is the deadline."
"..."
As if things weren't going to go wrong, before Yu Yue could even step inside and catch her breath, several more messages popped up on her phone, tagging her.
[Lazy Fish: @HappyFish, come look! You're trending!!]
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