Chapter Twelve: Resignation

  Back in the orchard, I found that there were even more birds here. This is a blessing or a curse, it's hard to say whether it's good or bad. On the one hand, Chu Jiaqiang doesn't have to worry about pests in the orchard, but he's also afraid that some fruit-loving birds will damage the fruit. He took a look and found that although several peaches had been pecked at, they were still intact and hadn't been ruined by the birds eating one bite here and another there.

  After weeding for a while, Chu Jia Wen, this liaison officer, came again to call Chu Jia Qiang back to eat.

  On the dinner table, five bright red river crabs were naturally the most tempting. Chu Jia Wan immediately monopolized two of them, leaving one for each of the others.

  "You don't even know how to let your elder brother have one more? No manners!" Second Aunt seized the opportunity to scold Chu Jia Yan again.

  "It was you who said this morning that I should eat two," Chu Jia Wan said with a straight face. Chu Jia Qiang was taken aback, had he really said those words? It seemed like it was she who had said them herself.

  In the afternoon, when he arrived at the old house, the workers had already started working and were sweating profusely. Chu Jiaqiang found that two side houses had been whitewashed with lime, which looked pretty good. After greeting them, Chu Jiaqiang went to the back of the house to pick some pomelos and peaches, washed them clean with well water, soaked them for a while, and then ate them, feeling cool and refreshing.

  "Come on, let's have some fruit first, it's from our own garden." Chu Jiaqiang greeted everyone and said.

  "Huh? Is this behind your house? How is it so big? The fruit color is not bad! Old Eight used to take care of it specially, but it wasn't as good as this?" Fifth Uncle said in surprise.

  "Mmm! This peach is delicious."

  "Haha! What a pity there's no watermelon, or else eating it in this weather would be perfect!" Chu Jiaqiang laughed and said, with everyone nodding in agreement.

  One afternoon, Chu Jiaqiang finally cleared all the grass in the entire orchard.

  When leaving in the evening, all the rooms had been whitewashed and the floors were also pasted. The kitchen stove was already built, with some white ceramic tiles on it, so that later when it got dirty, just wipe it clean with water. These ceramic tiles were left over from Second Uncle's last time, and were moved over directly in the afternoon.

  "Alright, time to call it a day. Tomorrow I'll finish up the bathroom and living room, and this house will be comfortable." Fifth Uncle wiped his sweat.

  Chu's family is strong and immediately gives everyone today's wages. Those people are naturally overjoyed! After working hard for a day, isn't it just for this wage?

  The next day, Second Uncle took Chu Jiaqiang to the town on his Jialing motorcycle. Chu Jiaqiang gave the wages to Second Uncle and asked him to help settle the wages for today's construction workers, then boarded the bus back to the city, preparing to resign from the company.

  As expected by Chu Jiaqiang, when he heard that he was going to resign, the business manager had never been so enthusiastic. Those procedures were helped to be done in a few minutes, and even personally went to the finance office to help apply for this month's full salary, plus the rare benefits, Linlin and others, Chu Jiaqiang got a total of around 10,000 yuan as his final salary.

  "When you first came in, little brother, I knew you were destined for great things and would leave sooner or later. Look, my guess has come true now, hasn't it? Honestly, little brother, have you found a way to get rich? Don't forget to take care of your big brother in the future!" The business manager's eloquence was impressive, despite inwardly cursing Chu Jiaqiang as an idiot, his words were full of flattery.

  In his opinion, how many people want to squeeze in by cutting off their heads, but he gave up because of emotional things, what is not stupid? He also knew about Chu Jiaqiang's breakup, which was no secret within the company.

  The Chu family's strength couldn't see through this guy's true intentions, and he smiled without saying a word. Perhaps in the past, he wasn't qualified to compete with this person, but now that he had the Shanhe Map, everything would change its course.

  Returning to his former workplace, he only wanted to bid farewell to one person. As for the expressions of others who didn't understand and were gloating, Chu Jiaqiang just smiled it off. Since he started cultivating, he found that he seemed to have taken many things lightly.

  "Are you really leaving? Don't be kidding!" Li Quan asked anxiously.

  "Haha! Brother Li, do I look like someone who jokes around? Whether you believe it or not, my leaving has nothing to do with Cai Zixuan's matter. No matter how much I explain now, it's useless. You'll understand later." Chu Jiaqiang smiled faintly.

  Li Quan carefully observed Chu Jiaqiang, furrowed his brow. He found that Chu Jiaqiang had really changed a lot from before, his appearance hadn't changed, but his temperament had. He became more confident, more elegant, and more open-minded, like a refreshing breeze. He was puzzled in his heart, couldn't think clearly what Chu Jiaqiang had experienced these past few days that made him change so much.

  Seeing him unaffected by the breakup, Li Quan nodded and said: "Alright! Let's go to Brother Li's place for a drink tonight."

  Chu Jiaqiang didn't refuse: "Alright, I'll leave first! It's quite uncomfortable here."

  He gathered his belongings from the office desk and left with a carefree attitude, leaving many people wondering again if he was really abandoned by a woman.

  As he walked out of the company gate, Chu Jiaqiang ran into the person he least wanted to see. He saw Cai Zhixuan walking in with Manager Wang, and when she saw Chu Jiaqiang, she looked embarrassed for a moment before pushing Manager Wang to go in first, then walked towards Chu Jiaqiang herself.

  The Chu family sighed and had to face what they had to face.

  "I'm really sorry about what happened between us!" Cai Zixuan said.

  "Whatever, everyone has their own choices, I have no right to interfere with your behavior. Didn't the ancients say: A forced melon is not sweet! Maybe we should have seen through it long ago. Alright, let's just end it here! It's better if we don't contact each other from now on, I'm fine with that, anyway I've already quit my job. What others say, I won't hear."

  For this woman who has been corrupted by money and material life, Chu Jiaqiang now can't bring up a good impression. If it weren't for the pleasant experience they had before, he wouldn't even bother to talk to her.

  Cai Zixuan's eyebrows furrowed, and Chu Jiaqiang's calm attitude made her very uncomfortable. It seemed that if Chu Jiaqiang didn't say anything to retain her, she would lose face. The current situation was like she had been dumped by Chu Jiaqiang, and she was just a pitiful person.

  "Why resign? You should understand that positions in our company are hard to come by, and you've also applied for them before. You should know that opportunities don't come easily. Where's the spirit of not giving up easily that you had before? I finally managed to persuade Manager Wang after several days, and he agreed to promote you in a few months. Why can't you hold on?" Cai Zixuan surprisingly lectured Chu Jiaqiang.

  Chu Jiaqiang looked at the woman and found that she had really changed, becoming a stranger to him. The lingering affection in his heart also disappeared along with it. He smiled and the beautiful female staff at the service counter in the distance lit up, only then realizing that this man was actually quite handsome, wondering how they hadn't noticed before.

  "Do you still remember what I said? I said that it would take three years to build my own world. Chu Jiaqiang looked around the entire company and said: "After being here for so long, I just realized that I wasted a lot of time. Although this place is good, it's like a birdcage, limiting people's development. So, even if the feed here is great, the growth of an eagle will always be limited. Okay, what needs to be said has been said, and I should leave too."

  After finishing speaking, Chu Jiaqiang walked out of the luxurious company building calmly.

  These bold words quickly spread throughout the entire company building through surveillance facilities, and most people were stunned. Some people think that this guy is just sour grapes, scolding him as a toad with a big mouth. Others were shocked by Chu Jiaqiang's boldness, thinking that this child would not be mediocre in the future.

  Watching the back view of him leaving, Cai Zixuan suddenly realized that he was still the same young and arrogant him! Still unchanged. She certainly remembered that this person used to be so proud and carefree in school, wasn't she also attracted to him because of this?

  "So cool, what a real man!" A female colleague on duty watched as Chu Jiaqiang's figure gradually disappeared into the distance.

  "Hehe! Has the little girl reached puberty? But what's his name, Chu Jiaqiang or something? He indeed has a strong will. Now it seems that the fool is someone else! Look at her, that woman seems to be regretful." A turbulent and unscrupulous woman said.