Tenant's Secret Love

Chapter 61: Submitting resignation letters

Mark smoked in silence, and Harlan and I just stood there. Finally, Mark sighed, stubbed out his cigarette

Harlan was shocked and asked, "What's wrong, Manager?"

Mark leaned back in his office chair, closed his eyes, and didn't open them for a long time. He gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know how the CEO of Jumei found out about Darren's conspiracy, but in just three days, he investigated the financial situation of Manager Li of the Merchants Department with great determination and efficiency, and finally got Manager Li removed from Jumei due to financial problems... This girl is extraordinary, she has skills and drive!

I naturally knew that the girl Mark was referring to was Renee, and I had never expected that she would be able to dismantle the conspiracy against her in just three days.

I was silent, while Harlan looked at me with confusion. Mark didn't know about my relationship with Renee, and probably mistakenly thought that a member of Jumei had leaked the news to Renee, while Harlan knew about it.

Harlan ultimately didn't confront me in front of Mark, but asked in a low voice, "Manager, what should we do now?"

Mark sighed heavily and said, "Our Baoli has still missed this best opportunity in history to surpass Jumei. The next battle is sure to be fierce. Let's go according to the previous plan and first get this promotion campaign done."

Harlan nodded and asked tentatively, "Manager, what is the attitude of our company's senior management towards this matter?"

Mark shook his head and said, "I haven't reported this matter to the higher-ups yet. What the outcome will be, you'll have to wait for my notice. As for you and Lucas' promotion, I will do my best to fight for it with the higher-ups... Work hard!"

"What about you, Manager...?"

Mark didn't answer Harlan, but just waved his hand at us, indicating for us to leave first. His low spirits made Harlan and I understand that he had already lost the opportunity to be promoted to the top of the company because of this incident.

...

After leaving Mark's office, Harlan dragged me into the elevator, and then the two of them stood on the rooftop of the company's top floor.

I lit a cigarette and waited for Harlan's volcano to erupt.

"Lucas, I really wish it was someone from their company who leaked it, not you!" Harlan suppressed his emotions and did not erupt with anger as expected. He had always been much calmer than others.

"It wasn't someone from Jumei who leaked it, I'm the one who told Renee."

"How could you do this to Mark? How could you do this to the opportunity we have worked so hard for all these years?" Harlan's words were cold with suppressed anger.

I didn't say anything, just took a heavy drag on my cigarette. I did this to satisfy my conscience and my convictions, but I also let everyone down, including myself. I destroyed Mark and Harlan, and I also destroyed my own future.

"Say something, damn it!"

The furious Harlan finally kicked me in the stomach. In the suffocating pain, I fell to the ground, but I didn't look at Harlan. It was a long time before I picked up the cigarette that had fallen from my hand and took another drag. I was a little sore, and my heart hurt a little, but I didn't know what to say or do.

"Lucas, did you fucking take any advantages from Renee, are you going to jump ship and seek greener pastures at Jumei? Harlan's face grew colder and colder as he spoke.

"I didn't, I didn't take any advantages from her..."

Harlan, however, was unwilling to hear my explanation, and interrupted and scolded, "Lucas, you fucking bastard... Mark shouldn't have kept you around, you don't even care about morality in order to curry favor with a woman! I fucking misjudged the man!"

After Harlan finished, he never looked at me again, walking towards the corridor exit. Even his back seemed so angry.

I finished smoking the cigarette in one go, lay on the ground, looked at the blue sky, and let the wind cut through my body. In the pain, I bitterly smiled. Harlan and I have been brothers for nearly 10 years, but he felt that I did it just to curry favour with Renee.

In fact, I only wrote a letter to Renee. She doesn't know who the writer is, and there was no exchange of interests between us at all. And I didn't even fawn over her. But Harlan didn't even want to give me the chance to explain to him. Maybe I don't need to explain, either. If he understood me, he would never have misunderstood me.

I once firmly believed that we were close friends, but why doesn't even he understand me? Can't 10 years of friendship not buy me a little understanding and a little trust?

I felt like crying, but I couldn't. So I breathed in the cold air and whimpered. In the midst of my whimpering, this huge city gradually turned into a city of sorrows. I lost the purity of love in this city of sorrows, and I lost the honesty and trust between brothers... Once again, I had the urge to leave, and then I left all the pain and sadness behind, and finally left alone.

...

After leaving the rooftop, which was being battered by the cold wind, I immediately went to Mark's office with my resignation letter. At this point, I didn't even want to find my next job here. After completing the handover, I left, leaving this city of sorrows forever.

I opened the door to Mark's office, walked in with my head down, and Mark, who was looking at some documents, asked me somewhat puzzled,

Mark looked at me in surprise, and after a long time, he put the document aside and asked me, "Why do you suddenly want to resign? You didn't mention it to me just now."

"Manager, actually, I have been thinking about resigning for a long time, and I have also given it careful consideration...I can't afford to buy a house in this city, and I see no hope. In addition, my mother's health

Mark shook his head and said to me, "Lucas, I have just made it very clear to you and Harlan. I will do my best to apply to the higher-ups for your promotion and his, and you will not be affected by this incident." After a pause, he added, "Although you usually seem cynical, you are talented. This can be seen in this promotional plan. Although I don't know the implementation results yet, this promotional plan is very innovative... If you are willing to correct your attitude and work hard at Baoli Department Store, you will definitely have a future."

Mark's words made me feel even more guilty. I had let him down. I knew that I was lucky to have met him, and that I might not have the opportunity to meet such a good boss again in the future workplace. But precisely because of this, I had to leave. I could not live with my own sense of guilt. My leaving was the best way to deal with the situation for myself, for Harlan, and for Mark.

After a long silence, I once again firmly said to Mark, "Manager, please understand me and let me go!"

Chen Jingming looked at me for a long time before asking, "Are you sure you've thought this through?"

Without hesitation, I said, "Yes, I am, Manager."

Mark nodded, took a pen from the pen holder, and signed his name on my resignation letter.