“Miss Chen… I am sure there has been a misunderstanding.”

“I don’t understand. What misunderstanding?” Hah, I wanted to laugh.

“There is no need for you to leave the company. It was just a little transfer to make people forget the rumor. Once it’s gone, Evan was planning to put you in charge of our cybersecurity team again.”

“I understand. However, I’ve already decided to leave the company today. I’m sure you understand, Mr. Lin. It would be difficult for me to become the head of the cybersecurity team. I am young and my experience is lacking, so people underestimate me. The rumors don’t help either, but mostly I refuse to let them ruin CEO Lin. I have been thinking about it and concluded that I needed the space to protect my mental health and protect CEO Lin.” Mental health. It’s something that the company had been promoting for the past few years. I looked at the man who would become one of Evan’s greatest supporters soon.

This man was not only corrupt, but he was also ruthless and had no sense of morality. Just like me, he worked under Evan and became one of Evan’s lackeys.

I smiled inwardly as I heard him ask if I am sure about my decision.

“Yes, I am a hundred percent certain.”

“But this… I have to call Evan about this.” He quickly dialed Evan’s number and, just as I expected, Evan had turned off his phone. This was something that Evan did for me. This was for my benefit of course, he wanted me to beg for my spot and he wanted me to run around looking for him, like a crazy dog.

It seems that he was still expecting me to find him and beg him to take me back.

“I don’t think I can approve of your resignation without him.”

“I already have a flight scheduled this afternoon. I am leaving Shanghai.” I lied without batting an eye.

“This— “

I could see the hesitation in his eyes. So, I added, “I’m going to leave. With or without your permission.” I knew my words surprised him. Once again, he tried to negotiate and promised to give me leave, even an all-paid vacation. In the end, he offered me a promotion once I came back from Hong Kong. Still, I refused.

“All right, since you already decided to leave, you can leave. However, let’s leave the door open about you possibly coming back when this is over.”

I almost felt bad for him, knowing he would take Evan’s abuse for not stopping me, so I let him believe the door would stay open. Hah.

“Thank you, Sir. I will give everything to Mrs. Flor, including some training materials for the next IT Expert, and everything that I needed to submit.”

“What about your team? Were they aware that you are leaving today?”

“No Sir and I would like to keep it that way.” Those people only wanted to befriend me because of Evan. In the future, some of them betrayed me. There was simply no point in keeping people like that by my side.

“All right. Make sure to give Flor everything.” Mr. Lin let out a sigh before shaking his head. “Also… can you give me a recommendation? The best person who should lead the team after you.”

Finally, the time that I have been waiting for had come. “Sir, I would recommend Mr. Li Xiaoran. He is already in his forties and his experience is superior to mine. He is a very smart programmer and an outstanding leader. Plus, before I started working in the company, he was the previous team leader. I am sure he would lead the team well.” And most importantly, he is going to sell some of the important files to another company a few months from now. In the past life, we avoided a big problem because I immediately noticed the peculiarities and was able to track down the corporate spy.

But this time… everything will be different.

“All right. You may leave.”

“Thank you, Sir. Have a wonderful day ahead.” I bowed and left VP Lin inside his office. When Mrs. Flor heard about my resignation, she couldn’t help but show some genuine surprise on her face. Seeing my resolute expression, she didn’t convince me to stay, but immediately wished me luck.

After taking care of my business inside the company, I immediately packed my things and left the building. Mr. Li Xiaoran’s appointment should happen soon. And the fact that he’s a corporate spy is going to have some impact on the company. But this isn’t enough to weaken Evan’s influence.

So, I have to plan something even more dangerous.

I immediately made my way into a coffee shop and started thinking of the future events that would happen from here on out, ones that wouldn’t be affected by the changes I had made in my own life.

The mayoral election is going to happen next year.

In the past, I did everything to help the politician that Evan favored and purposely released some scandals to help. In the end, that politician won, and Evan destroyed a few other candidates who didn’t support him, then made the winning candidate his puppet.

The enemies of my enemy are my friends.

Was that the right saying?

I started smiling. Slowly… a plan emerged in my mind.

The winning candidate was Vice President Lin’s brother-in-law. If I got ahold of him first, I could use him to take Vice President Lin, and Evan, down.