Special Effects Pheromone - Chap 45
After submitting his resignation letter, Yu Zhao suddenly felt extremely relaxed. However, after that brief period of ease, he found himself extremely uncomfortable.
“Why?” Yu Zhao found it strange. “Feeling at a loss?”
Perhaps because, since he was sensible, every day and night had been filled with a kind of nervous busyness.
In his childhood, he had to work part-time even during study breaks. After joining the Yu family, there was no need for part-time jobs, but he still had to handle things in this family amidst his studies, which was also quite challenging. After graduating, working at Yu Corporation was not exactly a walk in the park.
However, today was different.
Today, Yu Zhao felt something he hadn’t felt in the past ten to twenty years—an idleness.
Idleness made him feel at a loss.
Early in the morning, he woke up to a hot breakfast, and after eating, he was taken to Yu Corporation by Qu Jing. Once at Yu Corporation, all he needed to do was a simple handover; he didn’t have to worry about anything—truth be told, Yu Hai didn’t need him to manage anything. Yu Zhao logged into his office system and found that some of his permissions had been frozen.
Looking at the glaring “frozen” on the system, he felt it was irritating. He hadn’t even left yet, and the tea had already gone cold.
Since the office system was so heartless, he decided not to work anymore. He asked Xiao Qi to make him coffee and leisurely sat there, enjoying the view.
He had been sitting in this office for several years, but it was the first time he had looked out of the glass window at the city so leisurely.
To be honest, the view from this high-level office was quite good. However, the office with the best view on this floor was still the one belonging to Yu Yong.
Yu Zhao had no objections to that; after all, in the Yu family, the best things had never been his.
He hadn’t finished his coffee when someone from Yu Yong’s side came over for the handover. The person sent was Tang Donggu.
Yu Zhao was familiar with Tang Donggu; he was the biggest lackey around Yu Yong. Yu Yong trusted him a lot. So, Yu Zhao was usually quite polite to Tang Donggu.
Tang Donggu walked into the office, nodded and bowed with a smile, seemingly very respectful to Yu Zhao, “About the materials for the handover…?”
Yu Zhao pointed to a stack of documents on the desk and said, “Those are the ones.”
“Just these?” Tang Donggu looked at the thin stack of documents, somewhat surprised. “Your department is quite big…”
Yu Zhao smiled, “Mr. Hai only asked me to hand over Gao Bohua’s case to him; he didn’t tell me to hand over the entire department.”
Tang Donggu chuckled, “Did Mr. Hai not inform you today? Or did you not check your work email? Mr. Hai has decided to merge the two departments after you resign. Your department will now be under Mr. Yong’s management.”
Yu Zhao leaned back in his chair, smiling faintly, “Is that so? Kindly inform Mr. Hai that my office permissions have been frozen. Did you not notice?”
Tang Donggu’s face stiffened.
In fact, when the office system permissions were frozen, it was HRD who thought of it to gain favor with Yu Yong after seeing Yu Zhao leave. Yu Hai didn’t even know about it!
Tang Donggu went to scold HRD with an unpleasant expression. HRD was scolded to the point of being miserable before explaining, “I only froze some sensitive and critical permissions. It’s not possible that he can’t even check announcements and emails!”
Tang Donggu finally understood that Yu Zhao had taken advantage of the situation to shift the blame!
Yu Zhao was leaving in a month, and Yu Yong was taking over his “legacy.” Yu Zhao was intentionally delaying the handover, neither fast nor slow, saying, “Isn’t there still a month?”
Unexpectedly, the usually cooperative Yu Zhao had become a tough nut to crack. Yu Yong had no choice and could only hope for Yu Zhao to clarify everything and leave as soon as possible; this month was too hard to endure!
In fact, Yu Zhao also found it quite hard to endure.
He finished his coffee, turned half a circle on his office chair, and felt increasingly bored.
Suddenly, his phone rang.
Seeing the three words “Gao Bohua” on the screen, he answered, “Mr. Gao, what’s up?”
“Oh, Mr. Yu.” Gao Bohua said, “Are you resigning?”
“Yes,” Yu Zhao replied casually. “Did someone from Mr. Yong’s side contact you?”
“Yeah. I was wondering…” Gao Bohua’s tone became somewhat mysterious. “Why did you suddenly sign a supplementary agreement with me?”
Upon hearing this, Yu Zhao understood a bit, “Did Yu Yong mention it to you?”
“No. I think he probably didn’t pay attention!” Gao Bohua’s tone became somewhat disdainful.
“Hmm? Didn’t you remind him?”
“Hehe.” Gao Bohua laughed, “I’m quite savvy. I didn’t remind him. We’ll talk about it when the delivery date comes.”
Gao Bohua’s words were quite strategic, making Yu Zhao feel like he owed Gao Bohua a favor.
Changing the topic, Gao Bohua said, “By the way! When are you and my brother going to have a meal with me? We should find a time to connect and strengthen our relationship!”
Yu Zhao felt that Gao Bohua had done him a favor, so he couldn’t outright refuse. He could only say, “Sure, I’ll check my schedule. It’s not easy to schedule with Qu Jing.”
Gao Bohua clicked his tongue and said, “Do you even need to make an appointment with him?”
“Of course, of course,” Yu Zhao replied. “Isn’t it like that for people from well-off families?”
Gao Bohua sighed with emotion, nodding, “True, our dad used to be busy too. I had to make an appointment through his secretary to meet him.”
Yu Zhao was taken aback, “our dad?”
“Oh, just… just my and Qu Jing’s dad, isn’t that your dad too? So, it’s ‘our dad,’ right?”
Yu Zhao didn’t agree; recognizing this “dad” required Qu Jing to acknowledge it first.
By noon, Yu Zhao felt increasingly restless. Seeing that it was lunchtime, he called Qu Jing. Qu Jing quickly answered.
Yu Zhao listened to the quiet surroundings, possibly in a meeting, and said, “Are you busy right now?”
Qu Jing didn’t give a direct answer, just gently asked, “What’s up?”
Yu Zhao said, “Well… it’s nothing urgent. Gao Bohua wants to invite us to dinner.”
“Why?” Qu Jing’s tone didn’t reveal any emotions.
Yu Zhao rarely heard Qu Jing speak so emotionlessly and thought that there might be some conflict between Qu Jing and Gao Bohua. Forcing them to have dinner together might not be a good idea. Yu Zhao changed the topic, “Actually, it’s nothing. Since the deal is closed, let’s just have a meal together. After all, it’s the last major client I signed for Yu Corporation. I thought it would be nice to have a meal and chat before leaving. If you’re busy, I can have dinner with him alone.”
Qu Jing thought for a moment and said, “Let’s go together. I’ll ask Tang Ke to check the schedule and I’ll get back to you.”
Yu Zhao said, “If you’re busy, let Tang Ke contact me directly to schedule a time.”
Yu Zhao and the “rich kids” around him were accustomed to this somewhat peculiar behavior—instead of directly contacting family members, they would contact secretaries. It wasn’t about putting on airs; in fact, many times, it was more convenient to schedule through a secretary.
Secretaries knew exactly when the boss was available and when they weren’t. If the boss wanted to know when they were available, they had to ask the secretary. After the boss asked the secretary, negotiated the time with the other person, and finally settled on a time, the boss would have to inform the secretary again to note it down as a “pending task.”
“If Tang Ke contacts me directly, that’s fine too,” Yu Zhao suggested, “or I can finalize the time with Gao Bohua and then inform Tang Ke.”
After hanging up, Qu Jing glanced at Tang Ke, “Why does my husband want to talk to you so much?”
“?” Tang Ke looked at Qu Jing in confusion.
Qu Jing said, “Stay away from him.”
“Boss,” Tang Ke said, “Are you feeling unwell?”
