I took the resignation letter that Chen Jingming had signed, and went to the Human Resources Department and the Finance Department. After completing all the procedures, I returned to the office.

I came to Fang Yuan's side and said to him: "I have applied to Chen Jingming to resign. He has agreed. You can arrange someone to hand over the job with me."

After I finished speaking, the office suddenly became quiet, and even the sound of typing on the keyboard was no longer heard. All eyes were concentrated on me. Like Chen Jingming, they did not expect that I would suddenly resign.

Fang Yuan said to me without any surprise: "I know all the work you have in hand. I don't need to hand over. I will arrange someone to take over."

I nodded without saying much, then walked towards my office and packed up my things. In addition to being sad, I also felt a sense of relief after depression. Maybe I never belonged to this city. After all, I would leave one day, and this time I just advanced the time for leaving.

Zhao Li came to me, pulled my clothes, and asked in a low voice: "Zhaoyang, why did you suddenly resign?"

I smiled and said, "Will you feel good if I quit my job? No one in this company will suppress you as a sissy again."

Although I was joking with Zhao Li, he said to me very seriously: "Zhaoyang, don't say that. We have worked together for so long, we are colleagues and friends."

"Do you treat me as a friend?"

Zhao Li nodded and said, "Although you are a traitor, you are not bad-hearted. Every time I take a leave, you will do things at work for me very readily. If others don't understand you, I understand you."

I smiled, feeling inexplicably, I just patted Zhao Li on the shoulder, said nothing more, lowered my head and started to pack up my office supplies, while Zhao Li helped me clean up.

After a while, I finally packed up my things, and then took the cardboard box and said goodbye to my colleagues who had worked with for more than two years. Everyone stood up to say goodbye to me. Maybe they have been suppressed by me in various ways over the years, but I didn’t care about me in my heart. In Zhao Li’s words: Although I am pitiful and damaged, I am open and honest in this planning department, and I have never excluded anyone or slandered anyone at work.

I nodded and signaled to my colleagues, and finally came to Fang Yuan, the only sitting side, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother is gone."

Fang Yuan did not look up or pay attention to me. His actions surprised everyone. They were surprised why we were as close as brothers in our daily lives, but Fang Yuan was so indifferent to me at this moment.

Finally, I smiled bitterly without a response, and finally waved to everyone, carrying the cardboard box to the exit of the company.

So my world became free, but it was only now! But the future turned into a trap, blocking the necessary path of my life, waiting for me to fall, maybe it would ruin me, or maybe I became stronger in the desire to survive, and then struggled to escape from the trap and become a master of life, but what was the ending? Only time can give me the answer, so I don’t have to speculate, just look around with the desire to survive in thin ice!

...

After leaving the company, I went back to my newly rented apartment. The first thing I did after closing the door was to take off my shoes and lay on the bed, then cover myself with a quilt, hoping to be able to throw away all the heavy weight and sleep steadily.

Unfortunately, during the afternoon I was lying in bed, I didn’t feel sleepy. Most of the time I just stared at the ceiling, and then lit a cigarette in panic. The sky outside the window gradually darkened, so the city was shrouded by light and shadow, but I was isolated in a dark space by the walls on all sides, and I couldn’t feel the temperature of light and shadow at all. It seemed that my winter had arrived before winter!

Looking at the sky outside the window where the city was red with neon lights, I was a little dazed. In the trance, I lit another cigarette, and took only one sip, but I felt a burst of lung pain. Only then did I realize that I had smoked too much cigarette in this afternoon when I couldn't sleep, but what happened? At least the smoke saved my loneliness and helplessness. So I took another heavy breath, disintegrating my helplessness, dissipating my loneliness, but I received a heavy cough. Alas, life is hard to achieve!

It was getting late again. I seemed to be forgotten by the whole world in this cold corner. I was still confused and still lost my mind. I was not awakened until the ringtone of my phone rang.

I turned over and took my cell phone from the cabinet at the bedside, looked at the number but unexpectedly found that it was Yan Yan called.

I hesitated for a long time before answering Yan Yan's phone call. I didn't speak first, waiting for Yan Yan's questioning. At this time, Fang Yuan probably told her everything that happened today.

"Zhaoyang, where are you?" Yan Yan's voice was not as stern as I thought.

I was stunned for a moment because of the accident and then replied, "I live in the place."

"Have you had supper?"

"No." I replied in a trance.

"No?...Are you stupid? If you have eaten or not, you will give me such an ambiguous answer!" Yan Yan said to me with a laugh and cry.

So I immediately gave her a positive answer: "I've eaten."

“What are you eating?”

I finally said impatiently: "Do I want to report to you after going to the bathroom several times today?"

Yan Yan replied angrily: "Dear, stop pretending, come to my house for dinner."

"If you don't go, your husband won't like me!" I refused firmly, but in fact I was afraid of facing Fang Yuan. No matter how decent the reason I had, it would eventually ruin his and Chen Jingming's future in the work.

"Then let's go out to eat alone. Today I heard Fang Yuan say that you have resigned. I didn't say anything about the reason, and I always have a calm face..." Yan Yan didn't continue, but the meaning was already very obvious. She wanted to know why I resigned, why Fang Yuan was calm, and why I said Fang Yuan didn't like me.

I weighed it a little and agreed to Yan Yan's request to go out for dinner alone. Before leaving this city, I must at least explain it clearly to her. In the end, I hope Fang Yuan can understand me and forgive me.

...

I was waiting for her arrival outside the restaurant that I made an appointment with Yan Yan. Because Yan Yan drove a Mazda 6, I paid special attention to whether there was a Mazda 6 among the vehicles coming and going, but in the end, the one who stopped in front of me was a red Cadillac cts. After looking carefully, I found that it was Jian Wei's car, and then I saw Jian Wei and Yan Yan sitting in the car.

Yan Yan, a woman with a huge pit, said that she went out to have dinner with me alone, but brought Jian Wei... After a flash of dissatisfaction, I was deeply puzzled again, why did Jian Wei come? Did she stay in Suzhou these days and not leave? And has Yan Yan already told her: Mi Cai was just an impostor girlfriend who was pulled by me?

These confusion surprised me, made me nervous, and a little ashamed, because based on my understanding of Yan Yan, she would definitely tell Jian Wei after she learned that Mi Cai was not my girlfriend.

I sighed in my heart again, it seemed like another night that was worse than injury!
Chapter completed!