The Witch (Lisrene)

Chapter 103

In a blink of an eye, it was Friday again.

As usual, Irene hired a car to drive her from Hai Cheng University to the studio and waited for Lisa to finish his work before heading to the villa together.

"Lady boss, you're here." Jisoo was exceptionally cheerful today. He immediately went up to greet Irene the moment he spotted her entrance.

Faced with the man's grinning expression, Irene could not resist asking, "Did something good happen today?"

"You saw through me? Hehehehehehe!" Jisoo laughed happily. "The reward from the association has arrived."

"Really?" Irene's eyes lit up too.

"Of course. I already transferred your share to boss' account. This is the proof of the transaction. I will send it to you." Jisoo could have just sent the proof to Irene immediately after the transfer. However, he remembered that today was Friday, so he decided to inform her personally instead.

Irene took a look at the funds stated on the proof. Her elated expression stiffened. "Something's wrong here. Why is it only 576,000 yuan? Shouldn't it be 640,000 yuan?"

Ghost Divinator was worth 800,000 yuan. So if it was a 80-20 split between her and Jisoo, she should be receiving 640,000 yuan and Jisoo's share would be 160,000 yuan.

"There's still a 10% tax deduction." Jisoo explained.

"Tax? This is even tax deductible?" Irene was shocked.

"Of course. Our association can be considered as an entity partially owned by the government so we must pay tax."

"But isn't this tax amount a bit too outrageous? It actually takes 10% of the total reward?" Irene was dejected.

"Actually, this tax amount is already a concession from the government. If we were to adhere to the usual personal tax policies, it would not be a mere 10%. After all, we belong to the high-earning populace." Jisoo explained.

She blinked her eyes, took out her phone to open the tax calculator app and silently fill in her earnings into the app. When she saw the horrifying tax figures reflected in the app, she immediately terminated it, as though afraid that the country would impose more tax deductions on her if she looked at the app further.

"Haha... it seems so." Irene wiped her perspiration and stopped grumbling about the matter.

Paying tax was good. It was an honourable act to pay tax. After all, paying tax meant contributing to the country.

"Lady boss!"

Hearing shouts for her, Irene turned her head around to spot the other 3 employees of the studio walking over to her. Right at the front of the group was Seulgi-in his hands was a very familiar-looking box.

"Seulgi, did you buy new clothes for Winter again?" The logo on the box was the same as the clothes that Seulgi had gifted to Winter previously. It was clearly apparent that this box contained clothes from the same brand.

"Isn't it autumn now? So I prepared 2 sets of autumn outfits. The winter outfits should be entering the market in another 1 month. During then, I will bring some for Winter as well." Seulgi answered.

"You are preparing for winter outfits? Actually, Winter isn't afraid of the cold." Winter was still a fragmented soul currently. Therefore, she did not have a vibrant emotional foundation and would not be able to differentiate between hot and cold temperatures.

"It's alright even if it is not afraid of the cold. The purpose of these clothes is to let Winter become happy when wearing them. Otherwise, if you bring it out next time, it would find it odd that it is dressed differently from others." Ever since Seulgi found out that Winter could move and talk, he had treated Winter as a human-one that is less than 5 years old, that is.