Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 140 Job-hopping Turmoil

Chapter 140: Chapter 140 Job-hopping Turmoil

Li Yifei actually had a quite favorable impression of the people in the logistics department. He then whispered to Shen Yajuan, "President Xu is definitely going to leave; she will submit her resignation today."

"What? Wasn’t she supposed to be transferred to the headquarters?" Shen Yajuan exclaimed in shock upon hearing this news.

At this, all the staff of the logistics department gathered around, staring at Shen Yajuan, bewildered.

Knowing she had misspoken, Shen Yajuan felt a bit embarrassed, while Li Yifei calmly said, "You are all my good brothers and sisters. Today, I’m going to share some news with you; this is something I heard President Xu say in the car."

Michele looked at Li Yifei with a somewhat complex gaze. The news that Li Yifei claimed to have heard in the car was simply a lie; she had seen with her own eyes that Li Yifei and Xu Yingying, this executive, had been shopping at the mall.

Someone immediately ran to close the door of the logistics department and then ran back. The logistics department thus became an independent small group.

After clearing his throat, Li Yifei said, "You should have also heard that the main office is planning to send someone to take over President Xu’s position because they see the potential in our branch. This is a normal job rotation within the company. However, President Xu made several good suggestions to the main office, and not a single one was adopted. And now they want to implement some new management method here. President Xu thinks these new methods are completely impractical, so she has become disillusioned with the main office’s approach and has decided to leave."

Shen Yajuan immediately frowned and said, "God, if President Xu leaves, who knows what will become of Huayang. What are we going to do?"

A few others also looked worried, but it was Shen Yajuan who asked, "Li Yifei, do you have any other news? We’ve been colleagues for so long. If you have any news, please let us know ahead of time, so we can be prepared."

Li Yifei shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don’t know much more. I’m just advising everyone to be careful working here in the future. Also, President Xu is likely to join another big company. If she needs people there, you might want to consider it."

"Really?" Michele was the first to shout excitedly.

Compared to the others, Michele was the youngest. Although she appeared fragile, she was the most spirited in her work. Xu Yingying had always been her idol. Naturally, she still wanted to work under Xu Yingying if possible.

"Of course it’s true. Would I lie to you?" Li Yifei nodded with certainty.

Apart from Michele, the rest were not so enthusiastic. They were no longer young, and changing jobs was not something they could easily consider. After all, the current treatment at Huayang Company was very good. Even if the general manager changed, the treatment wouldn’t change in the short term—if the staff got restless, the company would be completely ruined. Anyone who wasn’t a fool wouldn’t do such a thing.

Since they couldn’t get any more information out of Li Yifei, everyone dispersed, each thinking about their own way forward, whether to stay or prepare for other possibilities. Those with work to do left shortly after, leaving only Li Yifei and Michele behind.

Michele walked over to Li Yifei’s side, pulled up a chair, and sat next to his desk. She bit her lip and whispered, "Brother Li, could you talk to President Xu for me? I really want to continue working under her."

Li Yifei looked at Michele, somewhat surprised. Though everyone in the logistics department usually praised Xu Yingying, when it came down to their own futures, they dared not express their intentions lightly. It was Michele, this young one, who dared to speak such words.

"Do you really want to go?" Li Yifei asked with a smile.

"I do!" Michele nodded vigorously. "No matter where President Xu goes, I want to work with her."

Li Yifei nodded and said, "I’ll drop a hint for you, then you can talk to her yourself."

"Could you just say it for me?" Michele pleaded. "You and President Xu..." She covered her mouth abruptly, her eyes flitting with panic, not daring to meet Li Yifei’s gaze.

Li Yifei’s eyes narrowed as he asked, "How am I with President Xu?"

"You are... you are... aren’t you President Xu’s driver?" Michele stammered, her cheeks turning red, clearly not good at lying.

Li Yifei could easily guess that Michele knew about him being Xu Yingying’s boyfriend and said with a smile, "Did Shen Yajuan tell you?"

"No, no!" Michele became even more flustered. "It’s just me... I saw it myself."

Li Yifei said with some surprise, "You saw it yourself? When did you see it?"

"The day before yesterday, when you were shopping at the mall with President Xu... I saw you." Michele fidgeted with her fingers, looking down.

"Oh, that truly was a coincidence. You could have just come over to say hello."

Michele, feeling that Li Yifei wasn’t angry, grew bolder and said, "Brother Li, I didn’t dare. I was afraid President Xu would be upset."

Li Yifei chuckled and said, "Why would I be angry? Alright then, I’ll agree to this on behalf of President Xu."

Michelle gave Li Yifei a sweet smile and said, "Thank you, Brother Li."

Li Yifei felt that Michelle wasn’t as unnatural as she had been looking at him the past two days, which was a nice feeling. If feelings weren’t involved, who wouldn’t like to chat with such a beautiful girl? "You seem to be in a good mood today?"

Michelle’s face turned red as she spoke softly, "Brother Li, I’m sorry. I was a bit resentful these past few days. I thought you were quite a good catch, but you actually turned me down, so I was a little disappointed. But now that I know you’re with... I’ve let it go. President Xu is so outstanding. Compared to her, I’m just like a grain of sand and she’s like the stars in the sky. It’s no wonder you turned me down, Brother Li."

Michelle suddenly opening up like this caught Li Yifei off guard, but such thoughts put him at ease. He smiled and said, "I should be thanking you for thinking so highly of this low-level employee."

Michelle pouted and said, "If you’re good enough for President Xu, that says a lot about how exceptional you are, Brother Li."

Li Yifei laughed heartily and said, "Doesn’t that mean I should be proud?"

"You should be proud. At least it proves that my judgment isn’t bad," Michelle said, also starting to joke with a light laugh.

After chatting and joking for a while, some colleagues came back, and Michelle returned to her seat. Since everyone was preoccupied with their own concerns, even if they saw Li Yifei and Michelle talking and laughing, no one teased them about it.

Li Yifei released such news today to give Xu Yingying a helping hand. Su Mengxin’s company was starting from scratch, and if Xu Yingying didn’t have her own team, it would clearly make things more difficult.

And Xu Yingying wasn’t the type to pull away the existing team for her own sake. That simply wasn’t her style. Li Yifei saw this clearly, so he decided to help out Xu Yingying on the down-low.

As for why he did it, Li Yifei himself couldn’t quite figure it out. Maybe after pretending to be Xu Yingying’s boyfriend for so long, he had started to consider issues from the perspective of Xu Yingying’s boyfriend on occasion.

After Li Yifei spread the word, the news quickly circulated within the company. In the eyes of outsiders, he was Xu Yingying’s personal driver, and the news he spread was obviously more credible than others’. This made everyone even more anxious, uncertain about what to do. Of course, there were some employees who were very optimistic about Xu Yingying, and they were already trying to find ways to follow her.

The leaders could obviously approach Xu Yingying directly, but the ordinary employees could only contact Li Yifei in secret. Li Yifei hadn’t had much interaction with other departments recently, so he didn’t know much about these people. However, since they had the guts to switch jobs with Xu Yingying, they were at least employees with a lot of drive. Most of these people were likely the kind of talent that Xu Yingying needed.

The things Xu Yingying didn’t want to do, Li Yifei did without any pressure. However, in the afternoon, Xu Yingying called him into her office. She stood with her arms crossed, her face flushed with anger.

"What are you doing? Do you realize that’s against corporate law?" Xu Yingying accused Li Yifei as soon as she opened her mouth.

Li Yifei sat down on the couch, lit a cigarette, crossed his legs and asked, "How did I break corporate law?"

Xu Yingying had gotten used to Li Yifei’s respect towards her, and seeing his casual demeanor now made her uncomfortable. She frowned and said, "It’s fine for me to switch jobs, but if I take the company’s employees with me, that’s a violation of corporate law, considered unfair competition."

Li Yifei took a drag from his cigarette and replied, "Have you poached anyone?"

Xu Yingying answered with a stern face, "Of course I haven’t, but you have."

"Have I poached anyone? I just said you were leaving. If they want to follow you, that’s their choice. Besides, even if I did poach, what’s that got to do with you?"

Xu Yingying blurted out, "It has everything to do with it, you’re my boyfriend!"

"Am I?" Li Yifei looked at Xu Yingying with a smile in his eyes.

Xu Yingying paused, then remembered that Li Yifei’s boyfriend role was just a pretense at home; it wasn’t necessary at the company.

Li Yifei chuckled again and added, "And if they say I poached, I would have to be an employee of your new company, wouldn’t I? But it seems I’m not an employee of your new company yet."

"You’re not coming with me?" Xu Yingying looked at Li Yifei in surprise.

"Why would I go with you?"

"This..." Xu Yingying was at a loss for words. Yes, why would Li Yifei go with her? She couldn’t make decisions for Li Yifei. But hearing him say that made her feel really uncomfortable. After all, she had brought him into the company, and now he wasn’t going to follow her? It just didn’t seem right.

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