"Who do you think you are, Pei Kexin? Everyone knows you've negotiated so many contracts and are best at psychological warfare! You want to fool people with a few nice words and then quickly think of a solution? Let me tell you, we're not stupid enough to believe you that easily!"
"Since you're so candid, then go ahead and complete your resignation procedures now. Sign away your inheritance right now. We'll know if you're truly candid or just pretending!"
Honestly, ever since she fell out with Pei Zongrui in Harbin, Pei Kexin had prepared herself for nothing to come of it.
The Pei family was shamelessly bottomless; someone like her couldn't possibly outwit them.
Now that the old man was gone, she owed no one anything and couldn't be bothered to argue with them anymore.
It was just money. She had her own company besides Pei's. At worst, she could earn it slowly, and everything would get better.
Even if it didn't get better, she had the ability to work. How much worse could it get than now?
There was no need to be angry, no need to argue with them.
"Fine, I'll agree to whatever conditions you have. But in return, I ask that you all agree to one condition of mine."
Did she still have the right to propose conditions in her current passive situation?
Pei Zongrui looked at her mockingly, "You have conditions? Let's hear them."
Pei Kexin's gaze was deep as she looked towards the hospital room.
"Let me go in for a moment. Chairman Pei is my savior. I have an obligation to go in and kowtow to him twice."
The Pei family hadn't completely lost their humanity. They at least gave her five minutes to say her final farewell.
Five minutes later, she came out, and the Pei family placed the prepared documents before her.
Pei Kexin signed them, and Pei Zongrui told her.
"Go to the company tomorrow to handle the handover. Once everything is clear, you can leave. From now on, the Pei family will have nothing to do with you. You are never to return to Pei's again."
She wasn't even qualified to attend the funeral.
Pei Kexin sneered, dropped the pen, and turned to leave.
During the years she lived with the Pei family, Pei Kexin's every move was scrutinized. To prove her innocence, she hadn't purchased property separately.
She hadn't worked for long, and her savings were not substantial. It was only after she started in sales that she accumulated some savings, totaling around five million yuan.
She bought herself an Audi A8 outright for over a million yuan. The remaining three million were all invested in Gu Wei's foreign trade company. She only had twenty to thirty thousand yuan in cash for immediate use.
Thirty thousand yuan in South City, where land was as precious as gold, wouldn't even be enough for a down payment on a house outside the Fifth Ring Road, let alone in the city center; it wouldn't even be enough to buy a toilet.
Therefore, although Pei Kexin had been a sales vice president at Pei's for several years and was highly regarded in the industry, appearing incredibly successful to others, she was truly just a penniless employee.
After moving out of the Pei family home, she didn't even have a place to stay.
Leaving the hospital and returning to her car, her heart felt hollow.
She couldn't go home, she couldn't go to the company. Apart from two friends, the vast world offered no one she could contact.
Fu Duoduo and Gu Wei had been busy a few days ago. She wondered if they were free now.
After a moment of sadness, Pei Kexin sent a message in their group chat.
"I'm back. Is everyone free? Let's have dinner tonight."
Gu Wei quickly replied, "You're finally back. Did anything happen?"
Pei Kexin: "Let's talk when we meet. Give me an address, I'm coming over now."
Fu Duoduo had also just returned from out of town. She chose a teahouse and sent the location. Friends who hadn't seen each other for ten days were converging.
Pei Kexin arrived first. She ordered a cup of flower tea to cool her temper and sat down to wait.
Gu Wei was the second to arrive. He walked in looking radiant, clearly in high spirits.
Pei Kexin couldn't resist teasing him, "Why didn't you bring your goddess along? It feels good to be promoted from a lapdog, doesn't it?"
The smile on Gu Wei's face immediately vanished.
"You speak so harshly. Can't you avoid bringing up sensitive topics?"
After speaking, he realized she was in a bad mood and changed the subject.
"You look very tired. Was this customer complaint a big trouble? Where's your little husband? Didn't he go to find you? How did he perform? Did he scare Pei Zongrui, that clueless idiot, for you?"
Pei Kexin took a sip of her tea, "I don't want to talk about those people who spoil my appetite. Let's talk about something else. Where's Fu Duoduo? Why isn't she here yet?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the sound of high heels echoed from the doorway as Miss Fu arrived with her usual decisive manner.
Always impeccably made up, with a designer bag in hand, her arrival was announced by the sound of her heels before she was even seen, drawing attention wherever she went.
After they sat down, Gu Wei asked her where she had gone in Chongqing.
"What else? I went to sign artists. My agency company is really going to open. The procedures are almost complete, and I've already signed the two artists who just terminated their contracts with Tang Feng."
Pei Kexin: "Wow, impressive. You've really opened it. Does the new company need to recruit management talent?"
Fu Duoduo: "Absolutely."
Speaking of this, she sighed, "Starting a business is really difficult. Everything costs money. Sigh, the money my dad gave me hasn't even been used yet, and I feel like it's almost gone. It's annoying."
"So, don't ask me to pay today. I'm almost broke lately, so broke I want to drink tap water. It's too hard."
Gu Wei: "..."
Pei Kexin also added casually.
"Then Brother Gu should pay. I'm broke too lately and want to drink tap water with you."
Gu Wei again: "..."
Ignoring him, Pei Kexin looked at Fu Duoduo, "Since your budget is limited, please hire me. I guarantee I'll be cheaper than anyone else."
"What do you mean?"
"I've been kicked out by the Pei family. After all my scheming, I ended up leaving with nothing. I can't be bothered to have any more dealings with them. From now on, I'm going to fight my own battles. Sister Duo, if you need me, we can negotiate the price."
Fu Duoduo and Gu Wei were quite surprised by her leaving with nothing.
"You've been with the Pei family for so many years, enduring their cold shoulders and hardships, working like a beast of burden for them. Even if you don't count merit, you have earned hardship, right? Why should you leave empty-handed? You're such a smart person, how could you agree to it?"
Pei Kexin told them about how they had planned to frame her.
"If I didn't take this step, and truly fell out with them, with so many people against me, they could easily frame me for something, and I would have no room to turn things around?"
"Forget it. An arm can't twist a thigh. As long as the green hills remain, there's no fear of running out of firewood. I, Pei Kexin, am not so pitiful that I can't survive without them. I won't argue with them."
"I won't easily forget the humiliation they inflicted on me today. I will live well from now on, live a life worthy of respect, and wait to slap their faces."
Fu Duoduo trusted Pei Kexin's work capabilities implicitly. Her joining the company to help her was like adding wings to a tiger.
Soon, everyone cast the Pei family scumbags aside and began planning their bright future.
After a happy dinner, Pei Kexin and Fu Duoduo went home together.
They each drove their own cars, one in front, the other behind. As they were driving, Pei Kexin's phone rang.
It was Pei Zongrui calling.