132: Chapter 132: The city is full of schemes, I want to return to the countryside 132: Chapter 132: The city is full of schemes, I want to return to the countryside “Ning Fan, so you were really here to treat me, and here I thought…”
“Thought what?
Thought I was going to eat you up?”
Xu Ruolan was immediately embarrassed and annoyed, and said coldly, “Then you should leave, it’s your choice, I won’t stop you.”
Ning Fan chuckled but did not say much more.
If he stayed by Xu Ruolan’s side any longer, things would become problematic, as both the Rain Emperor and Mingwang Pavilion had already set their sights on him.
Both forces were relentless, and staying by her side would only bring her a series of troubles.
Having a burden to look after, he couldn’t freely take action; it was better to let go and settle the score with the Rain Emperor and Mingwang Pavilion first.
As for Xu Ruolan’s Pure Yin Body, there was no rush; he could always come back for it later.
Only after Ning Fan had thought through all this did he decide to temporarily leave Xu Ruolan.
All the way Xu Ruolan remained silent, seemingly lost, and she did not say a word even until they reached her company.
She closed the car door and walked straight out of the garage, clomping up the stairs.
…
After coming back to the company.
Ning Fan spent the morning in the security department, with several security brothers gathering around him from time to time.
They shared jokes, and Ning Fan boasted for a while about things like slipping into a lady’s bed at night and french kissing the piano queen, boasting about fraternity with the bigwigs of Zhonghai City’s four major powers.
In the eyes of his security brothers, Ning Fan’s tales were just boastful pranks meant to be taken as jokes.
However, Ning Fan looked at them with a half-smile and said, “Let me tell you the truth, guys, it’s all real, not just some tall tales.”
“Yes, yes, Brother Ning certainly can do anything; we totally believe that,” the security guards laughed in agreement.
That’s how the day went, and just before knocking off, Ning Fan said with a smile,
“Brothers, I’m resigning today.
Hope to see you again if fate allows it.”
“Resigning?!”
The security guards were suddenly confused.
Why was he resigning all of a sudden?
Had someone offended Ning Fan, the big shot?
It seemed nobody dared to offend him.
“Resigning?
Why are you resigning?”
The most surprised was Security Minister Zhu Xuetao, who since the last incident, dared not say anything to Ning Fan.
He was always respectful, welcoming him warmly every day, never daring to speak harshly to Ning Fan.
Now, this sudden talk of resignation from Ning Fan scared him to death, making him worry if he had somehow offended this living Bodhisattva again.
Zhu Xuetao walked toward Ning Fan with a pale face and said tremulously, “Boss Ning, is there something I haven’t done right?
Please point it out, I’ll correct it immediately to make sure you feel at home in the security department.”
Ning Fan looked at Zhu Xuetao’s liver-colored face and chuckled, “It’s not about you.”
Zhu Xuetao couldn’t accept that.
At this point, if the same thing as last time happened again, he would definitely lose his job.
He desperately tried to keep Ning Fan.
“Boss Ning, you can’t go, the security department won’t function without you, you must stay.”
The other guards felt the same and didn’t want Ning Fan to leave.
In the time they had spent together, everyone had bonded and become brothers.
A guy like Ning Fan, who even the CEO wouldn’t dare to offend, was willing to put aside his pride and be one of them—truly treating them like brothers.
Where could they find someone like him again?
The guards’ affection for Ning Fan was undeniable, and they, along with Zhu Xuetao, tried to make him stay.
“Brother Ning, stay here.
The package at Xu Corporation is not bad, and besides, all of us brothers are here waiting to hear more of your great deeds.”
“Brother Ning, if you’re leaving, to hell with this place, I don’t want to stay here either.”
“With no Brother Ning, there’s no point staying in this security department; where Brother Ning goes, we go.”
The guards were as heartfelt as they were toward their own brothers, talking to Ning Fan, just not wanting him to leave like this.
Ning Fan smiled and said, “There is no feast that doesn’t end; you needn’t keep me any longer.”
The guards were reluctant to let Ning Fan go, but seeing his determined intention to leave, they couldn’t keep him anymore.
“This … Boss Ning, if you just leave like this, I’m finished; please don’t go?”
Zhu Xuetao looked distraught, as Ning Fan’s departure would make it challenging to explain things to the CEO and the head of security.
“Minister Zhu, this has nothing to do with you, and no one will blame you,”
Ning Fan patted Zhu Xuetao’s shoulder reassuringly, thinking that this guy must have been scared by that last incident.
After that incident, Minister Zhu was truly courteous, never having dared to offend him at any point.
Zhu Xuetao’s cold sweat streamed down; he couldn’t absorb a word of Ning Fan’s assurances.
In the end, when Ning Fan was insistent on leaving, they could not hold him back.
Surrounded by a group of security guards, he dramatically made his way to the HR department, which terrified Lan Kexin in HR.
“What are you doing?”
Lan Kexin was outright flabbergasted, staring blankly at Ning Fan with her clear black-and-white eyes.
“Ning Fan, what are you up to now?
I’m telling you, this is a company.
Don’t mess around, okay?”
Ning Fan looked at Lan Kexin, who was dressed in a sharp professional outfit that highlighted her feminine softness and workplace charm.
“Kexin, these people insisted on following, and I was hoping to have a private chat with you.”
“Pff…”
Lan Kexin trembled slightly, infuriated, she kicked her high heels and glared at Zhu Xuetao next to her, who shook his head helplessly.
She had forgotten that Captain Zhu had been scared stiff, and he couldn’t stand up to Ning Fan, letting him mess around in the Security Ministry as he pleased.
Even the Security Minister turned a blind eye…
“Ning Fan, what are you here for?”
Lan Kexin asked coldly.
Ning Fan walked up to Lan Kexin, sat down directly in the seat, and said indifferently, “Help me process my resignation.”
Lan Kexin said in surprise, “Resignation?
Who is resigning?
I haven’t heard anything about it?”
Ning Fan pointed to himself and said nonchalantly, “I am resigning.”
“You, you’re resigning?
Am I hearing this right?”
“Can’t bear to see me leave?
Too bad I’m not interested in you, you know my preferences.”
Ning Fan teased as he looked at Lan Kexin.
Lan Kexin’s face turned red, and she looked at Ning Fan with a complex expression.
Why would this guy resign?
Did President Xu know about this situation?
But even if President Xu knew, there was nothing he could do.
Ignoring Ning Fan’s teasing, Lan Kexin asked, “Why do you want to resign?”
“Do I really need to tell you?” Ning Fan frowned.
“I’m the Director of HR, I must know your reasons for resigning, otherwise it’s not allowed!”
Letting such a big fish escape would be a pity, wouldn’t it?
Keep it up!
She definitely had to find a way to keep him.
“The city is too tricky; I’m going back to the countryside.”
Ning Fan shrugged his shoulders.
“…”
Everyone was flabbergasted, such an awkward reason.
“That reason doesn’t count, you’re not allowed to resign.”
Lan Kexin sat down coldly, crossed her arms, and huffed as she looked at Ning Fan.
Seeing that Lan Kexin didn’t want Ning Fan to leave either, the security guards began pleading anew, nearly in tears and snot.
“What are you guys doing?”
Ning Fan was startled; he had seen this scene somewhere before; it seemed like the prelude to mourning at a funeral.
“I’m just resigning, not dying…”
“Ning Fan, think it through, getting into Xu Corporation isn’t easy.
Once you resign, there’s no chance of coming back.”
Lan Kexin said earnestly.
“Oh.”
Ning Fan nodded seriously.
Lan Kexin thought to herself, this guy had such a cushy place in the Security Ministry, he had everything he wanted; what more could he be dissatisfied with?
Yet he insisted on resigning, wasn’t he just making trouble for himself?
Lan Kexin tentatively said, “Why not just stay?”
“Leaving!”
Lan Kexin, angered, threw Ning Fan’s files down on the desk, making a loud clattering noise.
Ning Fan laughed and said, “Kexin, we’re not getting divorced, why do you care so much?
If someone were trying to divorce you, wouldn’t they have to tear down the entire building?”
The security guards watched Ning Fan, dumbfounded.
Lan Kexin turned pale with anger, realizing she couldn’t retain Ning Fan anymore.
“Just pretend I didn’t say anything, sign it and disappear quickly!”
Ning Fan swiftly signed his name with a flourish and whistled at Lan Kexin as he was leaving.
“We’re both regulars here; you can still reach out if you need help.”
“You…
all of you get out!”
Lan Kexin drove out the bewildered security guards and huffed, “Ning Fan, you better not let me run into you again…”
Muttering to herself, her eyes were slightly red.
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