We moved to Golden Courtyard

……

"Huh? Brother Xu Qi? So early?"

While exercising outside in the morning, Xu Qi happened to run into Fu Hua. Seeing the other woman's surprised look, Xu Qi couldn't help but scratch his head and ask, "Am I usually late?"

"Oh, no, it's just that last night..."

At this point, it was Fu Hua who blushed first.

“I saw Mei go into your room last night.”

……

Xu Qi took out his phone. He hadn't had time to check it since he woke up that morning. He clicked into the group chat and scrolled up to see what everyone had been saying last night.

Grandmaster: Oh no, I saw Miss Mei walk into Xu Qi's room in her pajamas.

【I am Alahato】 has been removed from the group chat.

Kosmo: "Blanch!"

Pink Fairy Miss: Sigh!! ? ? Is the progress... this fast? Hmm... Xu Qi is really good at this...

Programmer: According to general theory, Mei went in voluntarily, right?

Rin is still too cute: Maybe Xu Qi coerced her.

Professor: Miss Mei, you wouldn't want your boyfriend to do dangerous things again, would you...?

V2V is more than just good-looking: What's the rush? Once my V2V upgrade is successful, Xu Qi will be invincible.

Cosmic Diva: What weird stuff have you made this time?

V2V isn't just for looks: Hmph! Need I say more? It's all about the funnels! Last time, we were actually crushed like this by Char's Sazabi, I can't swallow this insult!

Canned food: It's hard to swallow if you go into details.

May there be no disease in the world.

The end of the world! :?

Aponia: ?

Pink Fairy Miss?: ?

Professor: Kitty, I suggest you don't come back tomorrow.

V2V is more than just good-looking: you're doomed.

……

My condolences to the cat... This Patto, it seems her reckless nature is incurable. Of course, that's not the point.

Xu Qi squinted at Fu Hua.

Fu Hua scratched his head guiltily, took one step... two steps... and then fled at lightning speed!

"Ugh... these guys, at least try to be normal for once..."

After finishing my morning exercise, I saw Sakura dressed in office attire, getting ready to leave.

"Good morning, Sister Ying."

"Huh? Xu Qi?" Yae Sakura paused in her steps toward the underground parking garage, looking puzzled. "Why are you up so early?"

"That's enough... Nothing really happened last night..."

"Oh~~" Sakura gave him an 'I understand' look, "Not enough fun?"

"No, you didn't understand anything."

"Pfft!" Sakura couldn't help but laugh out loud, and Xu Qi, of course, knew that the other party was just joking, so he couldn't help but smile as well.

"Okay, I'll stop teasing you now. I'm going to work."

"Um! Sister Sakura."

"Ok?"

"I'm going out later, could you give me a ride to the company?"

Ying frowned, walked up to Xu Qi, and said seriously, "Xu Qi, I think you'd better rest more. You can postpone going to work..."

"No, Sister Ying, you've misunderstood."

"Ok?"

"I... went to resign."

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On the way, inside the cherry blossom-colored Porsche, Sakura couldn't help but glance at Xu Qi sitting in the passenger seat, and then spoke.

"Xu Qi, have you... thought this through?"

"Yes, Sister Ying, I've thought it through."

"That's fine."

After a moment of silence, and before the other party could ask any further questions, Xu Qi couldn't help but laugh and say, "Aren't you going to ask me why?"

“I believe you have your own reasons. There’s only one thing to say: just do what you want to do. That’s how everyone at Golden Courtyard is.”

"Ah."

"Would you like to come to my company? I'm quite familiar with the HR people here."

"No need, I've already decided where to go."

Sakura was taken aback for a moment, then immediately realized—Bronya.

"What do you intend to do..."

"Yeah, I went out yesterday and wandered around until I arrived at ETStudio. Bronya was so anxious that she wanted to sign the contract with me on the spot."

Sakura smiled knowingly.

Indeed... If Sakura were in that position, she would probably be just as anxious.

Anyone with a modicum of insight could understand just how terrifying this young man's potential truly is.

But recalling Alicia's slightly lost and dejected appearance that morning... he couldn't help but grin—this kid's luck with women is just too strange.

Have you spoken to Ellie recently?

"Huh? Isn't that obvious?"

"Oh... alright, you'd better figure out the right balance yourself."

"Don't be a riddle teller, Sakura-nee!"

"But to be honest, even if you don't resign, I'm actually planning to have a serious talk with you about this."

"what happened?"

"You could say you made a major contribution to the braking incident of 956, but..." Sakura's expression was somewhat serious, "Xu Qi offended a lot of people in the command center at the time."

"..."

"Chief Engineer Xia can't take care of you all the time. He is the group's chief engineer, while you are just a small employee in a subsidiary company, and you're not even at the branch's headquarters."

But that day in the command center, your tone and decisiveness were very firm. This is not a bad thing; on the contrary, in that situation, that kind of courage was exactly what was needed. You were very good.

But… that’s a state-owned enterprise, Xu Qi. You should know more about state-owned enterprises than I do.”

Sakura's words made Xu Qi's heart sink.

"You offended too many leaders that day, and too many leaders remembered your name. If you are still in the company, you will be very uncomfortable, not as you think—rising to the top."

Xu Qi's face turned pale, and cold sweat even appeared on his forehead.

Indeed... he was oversimplifying things.

When it comes to workplace matters, Yae Sakura's intuition far surpasses his. If it weren't for Sakura's guidance, he probably wouldn't have realized these things for a long time.

"Thank you, Sakura-nee."

“It’s alright, you’re going to resign anyway, so just take what I’m saying with a grain of salt. But Xu Qi…” Ying said meaningfully.

“ETStudio is not the same as a state-owned enterprise. In a place like that, you can’t survive by being obsequious and reading between the lines.”

Xu Qi humbly asked, "Then it should be..."

"In a place like that... you have to learn to be ruthless."

49. After this kiss, came farewell.

When Xu Qi stepped back into the Jiuting base, his state of mind was quite different. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he just felt... as if he were more at ease.

When people see Xu Qi on the street, they invariably exclaim in surprise, "Engineer Xu!" as if he were a leader.

But that is indeed the case.

At least in the eyes of most employees, it was a foregone conclusion that Xu Qi would enter the management team, and even the company's leadership team in the future.

But what they absolutely couldn't have imagined was...

Xu Qi is here today to submit his resignation.

As he entered the technical office, he planned to take back the little souvenirs from his desk, but to his surprise, there was no one in the office.

That's good too, at least I won't have to see Li Fucong's face.

Perhaps some people have forgotten, but Xu Qi will never forget.

They actually dared to say his name sounded like a girl's, and even said things like, "So he's actually a guy."

Some things can be said, and some things cannot.

Li Fu doesn't even understand this simple principle, so it's no wonder that Xu Qi targets him at every turn.

Halfway through tidying up, the office door was opened.

Xu Qi looked up and found that the woman who entered was both unexpected and made Xu Qi feel quite happy—Xin An.

"Xu Qi?"

Good morning, Xin'an.

His tone was much less confrontational now. About a month ago, when this woman asked him for the 914 documents, Xu Qi had given her a piece of his mind.

But looking back now... it all seems like a bunch of unnecessary things.

When Xin'an saw Xu Qi again, his expression was somewhat complicated.

A month ago, she betrayed Xu Qi and completely sided with Li Fucong. She even pettily tried to sow discord between Xia Ya and Xu Qi.

However, everything that happened during this month was simply too unbelievable.

As a result, her feelings for Xu Qi became unpredictable.

Xin'an wasn't sure what she was thinking. She just felt that she might never be able to hate the man in front of her.

At the very beginning, she was somewhat resentful that a child like her was ordering her around.

"You...came to work today?"

"No."

Xin'an frowned; she had already seen Xu Qi tidying up his desk.

"Where are the people in the office? They've all disappeared!"

"Li Fu is being transferred to the Meilong headquarters tomorrow, which is considered a promotion. The people in the technical department are all seeing him off. I guess he wants to treat everyone to lunch."

……

Life is definitely not a novel... This kind of clown started his career advancement because he has a good father, while I... have already planned to run away.

Aren't you coming with us?

Xin'an suddenly fell silent, and Xu Qi realized how embarrassing his words were.

"Um, I... I didn't mean anything by it. I just wanted to say... since he's a colleague, aren't you going to see him off? You probably won't see him again."

Xin'an shook his head.