Chapter 55

Inside the envelope was a bankbook, a credit card, and a salary slip. The two thousand yuan advanced last month had already been deducted, and the remaining money, after paying back the three thousand borrowed from Lingyu, was fifteen thousand...

"Thank you, Mr. Ji. I'll go back to the apartment first."

"Stop." Ji Jie gritted his teeth. He was truly fed up with her submissive appearance! "...You quit. I can't stand a cheap bone shaking in front of me all day long."

After standing for a while, He Lele turned to look at Ji Jie. "..."

Seeing that there was some obvious anger in her eyes, Ji Jie felt a bit elated in his heart, and the corners of his lips curled. "What, finally unconvinced?"

"Mr. Ji... have you ever been bullied?"

"Hmph!" Ji Jie raised his eyebrows. "Who would dare!"

"Yes, who would dare." He Lele smiled and walked slowly toward Ji Jie. "So you must not know what kind of consequences different reactions will have when facing others' bullying. Oh, no, just now Miss Ding called you 'Chairman Ji'. You are definitely not the chairman, so you must be a director, right? Becoming a director at such a young age, if you aren't a crown prince, you must be part of the crown prince party, right?"

Ji Jie didn't deny it. "So?"

"So when facing others' bullying, you can return it without hesitation. If you receive unfair treatment, there are plenty of channels for you to get justice. You are a vested interest in this pyramid society, and I, the cheap bone, natural soft-bone, willing to be cheap, lewd and lustful, hypocritical and affected woman in your eyes, am just an ant under the feet of you and your partners of the same class. Do you know what is most important when you are an ant? It is to preserve yourself as much as possible and then accumulate strength to climb up, rather than wasting time and energy on other ants for a moment of anger, especially when those ants can create more trouble to a certain extent."

"Like the kind of concession just now, in your eyes, it is losing self-esteem and being trampled by others, but it can allow me not to suffer the same difficulty next time I collect my salary. Besides, her dissatisfaction is only aimed at the person doing this job, not because I did anything. I don't need to be angry at all. As for quitting..." He Lele placed the envelope on the table and pushed it to Ji Jie with one hand. "If I don't have to pay liquidated damages, I would be more than happy to! I can return this month's salary intact, and I will pay back the two thousand advanced as soon as possible. Please—fire me! I guarantee that I will stay three hundred paces away from you for the rest of my life."

It was as if mercury had been poured into his left chest after it was torn open. The heavy, splitting pain made it difficult for Ji Jie to even breathe. The woman in front of him was clearly as delicate as a wild flower whose name he couldn't name by the roadside, but at this moment, she was like a female knight covered in blood on the battlefield, stepping on his body and holding a sword against his throat! Such a clear sense of immediacy—

Damn it! Wiping away the absurd image in his mind, Ji Jie was about to speak but found that three figures were standing at the door at some point.

Author's Note:

To some extent~~ Ji Jie is also quite powerful~~ always stepping on Lele's sore spots...

Double update today~~ there will be another update tonight~~ early today~~ hehehehe~~ I hope everyone is happy~~ and can rest early tonight~

Thanks to ber2wind, fu2007 (received all six LOVEs~ haha~ mwah~), and Wen Lan for the wolf-tooth clubs!! Love you all!!

Thanks to xlslhy for the macaron! I like such bright colors!

Xiao Xuanxuan~~ hugs!! Thanks for the two matcha lattes and two chocolate brownies~~ they look so appetizing~~ no~~ I have to lose weight... 5555

Ya Duo Ya Duo~~~ hugs~~ tiger-touching the girl~~ Lele is just too lazy to pay attention to that woman who doesn't know what she's talking about~ no other thoughts. Thanks for the diamonds and the support all along~~ you've spent money~~ hugs~~~~ Jiangshan will work hard not to let you down~

☆, Chapter 67: Heaven Knows, Earth Knows

He Lele turned back to look along Ji Jie's gaze and couldn't help but be startled. She was too impulsive just now and didn't notice that someone had opened the door.

"General Manager Zhai... Mr. Shentu." He Lele nodded to the two of them.

Zhai Feiyun turned her head and looked coldly at Ding Jiaqin behind her. "Xiao Qin, are you making things difficult for Miss He?"

"General Manager Zhai, I didn't! She came to get her salary card, and I gave it to her. There, that's the envelope on the table." Ding Jiaqin explained in a panic.

Ji Jie snorted coldly, stood up from the office chair, and sat on the long sofa by the wall, giving up his seat to Zhai Feiyun.

"You go out first." Zhai Feiyun was also too lazy to waste time on this kind of thing. She knew Ding Jiaqin had always been a bit snobbish, but who in this industry wasn't snobbish? Money is daddy, milk is mommy, and if you have nothing... if I don't step on you, should I let you be worshipped like a Buddha?

Zhai Feiyun looked at He Lele. Just like what this girl said just now, this society is just that realistic. People who can't see reality, don't know how to endure, don't know how to work hard, but complain about others all day long and argue pointlessly, are destined to be miserable and resentful for a lifetime. By comparison, boys like Ji Jie and Mu Wei, who had superior conditions since childhood and hadn't suffered any human suffering, were truly inferior to this young girl in terms of character. Only Shentu was stronger.

Walking slowly to the table, Zhai Feiyun picked up the envelope on the table. "Do you still want to quit?"

"...If, I don't have to pay liquidated damages." He Lele answered with her head down.

"Shentu, what do you think?"

Shentu Mo looked at He Lele, glanced at Ji Jie, took the envelope from Zhai Feiyun, and opened it to look. When he saw the details of the salary slip, his black eyes behind the lenses narrowed slightly.

"What's the deal with the liquidated damages?" Shentu Mo asked.

"That was set up to prevent paparazzi from mixing into the apartment using this job. Violating confidentiality regulations, quitting voluntarily within three months, or being fired by the owner due to dereliction of duty, compensation of 100,000." Zhai Feiyun explained.

Hearing this, Ji Jie sneered even more. 100,000 only. Using this little liquidated damage as an excuse, he thought that woman simply didn't want to leave the apartment!

Shentu Mo heard Zhai Feiyun's explanation and was even more certain of his guess. He held the salary slip with his fingertips and waved it at Zhai Feiyun. "Concubine?"

Zhai Feiyun coughed twice and avoided his gaze. "I haven't said anything." It seemed Shentu knew they had made a mistake. But it was none of her business. She had never said this girl was a "concubine maid" she found for them. If they wanted to blame someone, blame the fact that this girl appeared too coincidentally...

Speaking of which, she was becoming more and more curious about this girl's upbringing. She had never seen a girl of this age who could endure so much. This patience and open-mindedness were clearly because she had a deep understanding of the cruelty of the world and the ruthlessness of human nature. With such character, as long as someone was willing to give her a chance and help her, she would definitely be able to achieve something in any industry! Perhaps, she should help this girl.

Seeing Zhai Feiyun's appreciative gaze, Shentu Mo suddenly reached out and pulled He Lele over. "Modify the contract, multiply all amounts by five, and have Lin Qi send it to the apartment this afternoon."

"Mr. Shentu!" He Lele didn't understand what Shentu Mo meant, and Shentu Mo didn't explain, his large hand like an iron clamp on her waist.

Zhai Feiyun couldn't hide her smile when she saw this, nodded, and watched Shentu Mo hug He Lele and leave.

Ji Jie sat on the sofa in a daze. "What riddle are you playing? What concubine?"

"Hehe... cough, cough, so you didn't know?" Zhai Feiyun thought for a moment, her intuition telling her that some things would make things more interesting. "Didn't I joke before about finding you guys a 'concubine maid'? I really was just joking, but... it seems someone misunderstood, and that girl seems to have been misled."

"...So she really stayed in the apartment 'forced' because she couldn't pay the liquidated damages?" Ji Jie heavily emphasized the sound of the word "forced."