Lu Xue finally felt relieved, but at the same time, she found it a bit strange.
"Did you come down in the middle of the night just to drink beer next to the fridge?"
Mu Yuze's gaze shifted slightly downward and he saw the chiffon cake in Lu Xue's hand. He jerked his chin as a signal.
"You came down in the middle of the night to eat cake too. We're in the same boat."
Lu Xue looked down at the cake she had taken a bite of and moved closer.
"Do you want some? Aunt Chen's cooking is quite good. I can't finish all of this by myself."
Mu Yuze shook his head. "No, thanks. I have no appetite."
After saying that, he tilted his head back and took another sip of beer. The transparent beer bottle was soon empty.
Without saying a word, Mu Yuze took out a second bottle from the fridge and tilted his head back to take a sip of the cold beer.
He just stood there beside the cabinet lonely, letting the thick, dark shadow envelop him.
Lu Xue didn't bother about him. She found a chair and sat down on her own. She carefully finished a piece of chiffon cake, licked off the remaining cake cream on her hands, and then washed her hands and went upstairs.
When she was going upstairs, she looked back and saw that Mu Yuze was still standing where he had been, not even changing his posture a bit.
He looked a bit desolate, which made Lu Xue feel a slight sense of reluctance. She came back down the stairs and walked up to Mu Yuze again, looking up at him.
"Mr. Mu Yuze, although I'm about to leave and I'm no longer qualified to interfere in your life, I still think you should drink less cold beer. It's late at night. You'd better go to bed early. You have a lot of work to do tomorrow."
Mu Yuze showed no expression on his face. He looked down at the slippers Lu Xue was wearing.
They were both wearing the same style of home slippers, which were bought by the aunt at home. Lu Xue's were pink while Mu Yuze's were blue.
At this moment, she was standing right in front of him, their two pairs of slippers facing each other, and the stripes on them were clearly the same.
Mu Yuze felt an indescribable sadness in his heart. It turned out that they had lived under the same roof for so long and had formed so many subtle habits.
He didn't find it strange when he could see her every day when he got home. But thinking that he might never see her again in the future, every simple greeting under the same roof in the past seemed to become precious.
Seeing that Mu Yuze just stood there drinking and didn't say a word for a long time, Lu Xue tentatively asked,
"Can I ask if you have any troubles? Or is there anything that makes you feel particularly stressed or anxious? Whether it's work or life, I can help you relieve it."
She stared at Mu Yuze for a while, but Mu Yuze just shook his head and lowered his eyes without saying a word. Lu Xue felt a bit self - defeating.
After a full ten minutes, Mu Yuze finally spoke in a hoarse voice.
"I don't have anything sad. I just want to drink some wine in the middle of the night. You should go back to sleep quickly."
Seeing that Mu Yuze spoke clearly and logically without any emotional fluctuations. Except that his voice was a bit hoarse, his mental state was completely normal.
Only then did Lu Xue feel slightly relieved and turned around to go upstairs.
After entering her room, she went to sleep with her head buried. She had no idea how long the dark figure beside the fridge had stood there in the darkness.
...
The next day, Lu Xue submitted her resignation letter. When this letter was handed to Yan Hua, he read it as if it were a death sentence. His face was full of embarrassment.
He hesitated to speak several times. He wanted to persuade Lu Xue to stay, but in the end, he couldn't say anything.
Yan Hua didn't dare to delay at all. He quickly handed this hot potato in his hand to Mu Yuze.
Mu Yuze was having a video conference. When he saw Yan Hua enter, he immediately suspended the conference and then took the thing Yan Hua handed over.
Yan Hua hesitated beside him and then appropriately said, "Boss, this resignation agreement is very sincere. We really have no reason to persuade Lu Xue to stay. How about just approving it?"
Mu Yuze stared at the resignation letter for a long time. His fingertips gradually tightened, crumpling the resignation letter more and more tightly. The thin piece of paper soon became out of shape in his hand.
Yan Hua stood on one side nervously, feeling that every minute and every second was extremely long.
After several minutes, Mu Yuze finally put the crumpled paper aside and said calmly, "Approve it."
Then he continued with his own business and restarted the video conference that had been interrupted just now.
Yan Hua had no way of guessing what was going on in his boss's mind. He silently went back.
After Lu Xue submitted her resignation letter, she went through the company's resignation procedures. After making sure that there was no work to be handed over, she left the company with peace of mind.
After that, she never showed up at the company again. All her attention was focused on the appointment to meet Mr. Chen the next day.
She went to Han Xiaolv's house. The two of them took out the media reports on her works over the years and many photos of her past works.