"Quit? Are you serious?"
Sang Ying hadn't expected Yun Zijin to suddenly bring up quitting. They all got along so well, and she hadn't heard about the girl having a falling out with anyone.
"Of course, I'm serious. I'll write my resignation letter right now."
With that, Yun Zijin sat down at her workstation, opened a Word document on her computer, and started writing her resignation letter.
"I'll hand over the work I have to you. It's not much anyway."
Theirs was a design firm whose main business was taking orders and producing design blueprints. Yun Zijin's focus was primarily on landscape design.
"That's probably not a good idea. You should wait for your resignation to be approved. Who you hand your work over to is up to the supervisor."
Taking on more projects meant a higher commission, but Sang Ying was afraid that if Yun Zijin gave her projects directly, it would cause office gossip.
"Whatever works. If you think it's inappropriate, I'll ask the supervisor then."
Yun Zijin wrote her resignation letter as she spoke.
Ten minutes later, Yun Zijin sent her resignation letter to her supervisor through the OA system.
Then she began to organize her current workload: projects she hadn't started, those that were half-done, those sent back by clients for revisions... She sorted them all into different categories.
Before long, Yun Zijin was called into the supervisor's office for a talk.
"I told you to think it over carefully yesterday. Is this the result of your consideration?"
The supervisor clicked open the resignation letter Yun Zijin had sent her.
"Yes. After careful consideration, I've still decided to resign."
"Can you tell me why? As far as I know, you get along quite well with your colleagues."
Yun Zijin's abilities were undeniable. The supervisor was truly reluctant to let such a talent go.
"I was kind enough to save an old man a while back. He had no parents and no children. When he passed away, he left me all his assets. When I received the inheritance, I realized I could live comfortably for the rest of my life just by collecting rent. I need some time to process this sudden windfall. So, to avoid delaying the company's projects, I've decided to resign."
The supervisor thought, '...Do you really think I believe you?'
Whether the supervisor believed her or not, Yun Zijin had her heart set on resigning.
Besides, she was an intern, so she didn't need to wait a month to resign. She could leave as soon as she handed over her work.
The supervisor had tried to convince her to stay, but one look at Yun Zijin told her the girl's mind was made up. There was nothing to be done, so in the end, she had to approve it.
"Fine, fine. Just hurry up and hand over your work, then get out of here. It'll save me the frustration of looking at you."
She had finally found a promising talent, only for her to quit after such a short time. The supervisor felt like her heart was bleeding. She really didn't want to see Yun Zijin, the culprit of her heartache, ever again.
"Thank you for letting me go, Supervisor! You're such a great person. After I'm done with the handover, I'll treat everyone to afternoon tea! They can pick whatever they want!"
Yun Zijin gave her supervisor a "good person card" and took the opportunity to propose treating everyone to afternoon tea.
"Just go hand over your work already!"
The supervisor said grumpily.
Yun Zijin skipped jauntily out of the supervisor's office, even kindly closing the door behind her.
"How did it go?"
Seeing Yun Zijin come out, Sang Ying immediately leaned in to ask about the situation.
"Relax! I just need to hand over my work and get my salary from finance."
After speaking, Yun Zijin picked up the various unfinished projects she had organized. "These are all my unfinished projects. I've put all the important notes on sticky notes. Sister Ying, you can pick whichever you like. Please help me distribute the rest to the others.
Oh, right. I'm treating everyone to afternoon tea this afternoon. Could you please help me organize it, Sister Ying?"
Although Yun Zijin was quite popular at the company, she was still an intern. When it came to organizational skills, an experienced employee like Sang Ying was the one to rely on.
Sang Ying gave Yun Zijin an "OK" sign. "Don't worry, I'll handle it perfectly for you!"
Sang Ying quickly chose a project she wanted from the pile Yun Zijin had organized. Then, she sent private messages to a few of her close work friends, telling them to come over and pick out projects.
She then posted a screenshot of the CHAGEE menu in the employees' group chat (the one without any managers), explained that Yun Zijin was treating, and started a group order list.
"Done!"
"Thanks, Sister Ying!"
Yun Zijin gave Sang Ying a big bear hug.
"By the way, I've really been wanting to ask, why did you suddenly decide to quit?"
Sang Ying had been holding this question in for a long time and finally couldn't resist asking.
"Hehe... If I said I got rich overnight and don't want to work anymore, would you believe me?"
Yun Zijin was telling the truth.
Unfortunately... no one believed her.
Sang Ying gave Yun Zijin a look that said, "Do I look like an idiot to you?"
"See? I'm telling the truth, but you don't believe me."
Yun Zijin spread her hands. "Let me see what everyone ordered. I'll place the orders one by one."
Yun Zijin took out her phone, opened a certain yellow app, and started placing orders according to the names on the group order list.
"What made you decide to treat everyone to afternoon tea? With all these orders, you won't have much of last month's salary left, will you?"
Sang Ying really couldn't understand how the previously frugal Yun Zijin had suddenly become so extravagant.
It was as if she didn't see money as money anymore.
"I told you, I got rich overnight!"
Yun Zijin showed Sang Ying the Piaget Limelight Gala series diamond-set ladies' watch on her wrist.
"Your watch is really nice. What brand is it? I'll go check it out next time."
Clearly, Sang Ying hadn't gotten the point Yun Zijin was trying to make.
Yun Zijin: ...
"I bought it at Jinsheng Mall across from our office. It's a Piaget ladies' watch."
"Oh, Jinsheng Mall across the street? Then I..."
Sang Ying swallowed the second half of her sentence as she realized what kind of place the Jinsheng Mall Yun Zijin mentioned really was.
Jinsheng Mall. One look was enough to confirm it was a place she couldn't afford to enter.
Only now did Sang Ying start to seriously take in Yun Zijin's outfit for the day. A Chanel tweed-style suit, Valentino One Stud patent leather heels on her feet, a Piaget watch on her wrist, and the silk scarf on her head... if she wasn't mistaken, was that a Hermes?
So the bag she was carrying today was a real Herbag?
That's right. As a woman, Sang Ying had noticed the bag Yun Zijin was carrying at first glance. She had originally assumed it was just a high-quality knockoff of a Hermes Herbag, but she never expected it to be real!
"You... you're full of surprises!"
Sang Ying was about to scream at the sight of Yun Zijin's outfit. The ensemble, which could buy a whole apartment in a second or third-tier city, left her utterly stunned.
"I told you I got rich overnight, and you didn't believe me!"
"I believe you, I believe you! From now on, I'll believe anything you say!"
Sang Ying's financial situation was much better than Yun Zijin's had been before, but even she couldn't bear to spend money on luxury goods.
If she had thousands or tens of thousands to spend on a pair of shoes, she'd rather use the money to have a great meal.
"So, what are your plans after you resign?"
Even though Yun Zijin said she was rich now, Sang Ying still believed that a woman should always have her own career.
No matter how well it went, at least she wouldn't be at home, wasting her life away in a daze.
"I'll take a break for a while and see." Yun Zijin wasn't sure if the system would give her a spending task every day. She needed to observe for a while longer.