“You want to resign?”
Huo Zhixiao frowned and sat up, looking at Ding Yinan inexplicably.
“Did I not satisfy you just now?”
Realizing that Huo Zhixiao’s brain circuit was going in a strange direction, Ding Yinan no longer lay lazily on the bed, but sat up and said in a serious tone: “It’s not that.”
“Then why do you want to resign?” Huo Zhixiao said, “I will not allow it.”
There were many reasons for resignation, and Huo Xun was just a trigger.
Ding Yinan felt a little headache when he thought that it would take a lot of talking and explaining. But he had to discuss this matter with Huo Zhixiao, so he let out a breath, cheered up, and started from the original motivation: “I don’t like work and life mixed together.”
As early as the day when he had found out that his ex-boyfriend had cheated, Ding Yinan had said this while drinking with Huo Zhixiao, that it was his principle to separate work and life.
“If a principle can be easily changed, it will not be a principle.”
Huo Zhixiao obviously had that thought in mind, as his tone wasn’t as strong as before. He simply furrowed his brow slightly and asked, “But didn’t you work well with me?”
“Yeah,” Ding Yinan said, “But you will need to choose one: A wife or an assistant.”
Huo Zhixiao didn’t answer, but his face clearly expressed the words “I want everything.”
“Besides,” Ding Yinan paused, “I don’t want to do a job that I didn’t like.”
“A job you didn’t like?” Huo Zhixiao was momentarily shocked, his brows furrowing deeper. “You don’t like being my assistant?”
“No,” Ding Yinan said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, “I don’t want to arrange blind dates for you.”
Huo Zhixiao fell into thoughtful silence, and after a while, he said solemnly, “… My dad.”
He seemed to finally realize that this was a problem.
“I don’t want to bear it,” Ding Yinan said. “Maybe in your environment, you has a lot of worries and has to endure Mr. Huo, but I am different. If I am not happy with what I did, I can leave any time.”
“…Yes,” Huo Zhixiao said with lowered eyes.
“If you aren’t happy either,” Ding Yinan said tentatively, “You can be like me too.”
“You mean resigning too?” Huo Zhixiao asked.
“Hm.”
If Huo Zhixiao himself had no intention of resigning, Ding Yinan would not impose his own ideas on Huo Zhixiao. He knew that Huo Zhixiao wanted to resign, so he took the lead in setting an example.
“But you said before that you will not resign with me,” Huo Zhixiao said.
“As I said, I will not mix work and life together,” Ding Yinan said. “I will look for another job.”
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Ding Yinan was not very good at talking about love, so he could only express his thoughts straightforwardly. The reason for his resignation was not that principles made him abandon Huo Zhixiao, but that he put Huo Zhixiao in a more important position, so he was looking for the best solution in the relationship between the two.
And only when he found the optimal solution could he be with Huo Zhixiao at ease.
“I see,” Huo Zhixiao let out a breath of compromise. “What are your plans after that?”
“I will go to my classmates to help,” Ding Yinan said.
“Which classmate?” Huo Zhixiao asked.
“You’ve seen him, the one at the Machimoto Bar.”
After just a few words, Huo Zhixiao frowned again and asked in a bad tone, “Are you going to be his assistant?”
“We’re not sure yet.”
“You can resign as soon as you want, but why do you want to be someone else’s assistant?” Huo Zhixiao said, his anger clearly evident.
Ding Yinan said helplessly, “I have to earn money to live.”
“Can’t I support you?”
“No,” Ding Yinan said, “Do you think that is a healthy couple relationship?”
Huo Zhixiao fell silent for a while and then said with an irritable expression, “It is so troublesome to fall in love.”
“That’s how it was,” Ding Yinan said, “Think about it carefully.”
After saying this, Ding Yinan got out of bed and returned to his room.
To be honest, Ding Yinan wasn’t sure how Huo Zhixiao would consider their relationship. Perhaps, as Huo Zhixiao had said, he found it troublesome and didn’t want to continue, leading to a breakup between them.
After all, considering Huo Zhixiao’s flirtatious temperament, Ding Yinan didn’t know if Huo Zhixiao would still be interested in him after they had slept together just now.
If it really ended like this…
Forget it, Ding Yinan thought. Anyway, they weren’t officially together, and it wasn’t even possible to talk about breaking up.
However, he still felt very irritable.
After rushing over, Ding Yinan laid down on the bed, exhausted. His body was clearly tired, but his mind couldn’t relax, imagining countless future outcomes.
After an unknown amount of time, the bedroom door was gently pushed open.
The footsteps came from far to near, Huo Zhixiao lifted Ding Yinan’s quilt and lay down beside him. But after lying down, he kept turning his back to Ding Yinan, and his whole body exuded low air pressure.
Ding Yinan immediately understood what Huo Zhixiao meant, and he wanted to continue the conversation, but he was still angry about Ding Yinan becoming someone else’s assistant.
The busy mind was finally relieved, and Ding Yinan was instantly swept away by a deep sleepiness.
He turned over towards Huo Zhixiao, put his head against his back, and fell asleep like that.
When he woke up the next morning, Ding Yinan’s side was empty.
He subconsciously looked at the time. It was less than eight o’clock. Huo Zhixiao shouldn’t have gotten up so early.
However, in the next second, the noise from the kitchen broke Ding Yinan’s usual cognition.
He came to the kitchen with his slippers on and saw Huo Zhixiao wearing an apron, stirring the egg liquid with an egg beater in a decent manner.
“Are you making breakfast?” Ding Yinan asked in surprise.
“Yeah,” Huo Zhixiao looked at the bowl in his hand and said, “Go wash up first.”
It wasn’t that Huo Zhixiao didn’t cook before, but Ding Yinan had twisted his foot that time, so Huo Zhixiao could only take care of the lunch for the two of them. Now that Ding Yinan wasn’t injured or sick, and it was still early in the morning, he really couldn’t figure out how Huo Zhixiao suddenly became so homely.
When Ding Yinan came back from washing, two bowls of steaming egg noodles had already been placed on the dining table. He picked up a few noodles and tasted them, and they tasted pretty good.
Huo Zhixiao took off the apron, sat down opposite Ding Yinan, and while stirring the noodles, said, “I respect your decision.”
Ding Yinan raised his eyes and looked at Huo Zhixiao.
“Before, I thought raising a dog was a very simple matter, but later I found out that it was not the case,” Huo Zhixiao said unhurriedly. “I take Sanbai for a walk every day and spend time playing with him. Sometimes, he is naughty at home, and I can’t do anything about it.”
Ding Yinan looked at Huo Zhixiao quietly.
“Do you know why I persisted?” Huo Zhixiao finally raised his eyes to meet Ding Yinan’s gaze. “Because you said I will not be responsible.”
Ding Yinan did say that, even after Huo Zhixiao had already started raising San Baisui, he still had a negative attitude towards this matter. But he didn’t know when he had changed his view of Huo Zhixiao, and he didn’t even reject the idea of having an extra son.
“The same goes for falling in love. I thought it was very simple, but in fact, there are many aspects to consider,” Huo Zhixiao said again. “I imagine having a secret relationship with you under my father’s supervision, and the result was… very uncomfortable. So I understand why you want to resign.”
Ding Yinan pursed his lips and involuntarily said, “Hn.”
“How much annual salary does your classmate offer you?” Huo Zhixiao suddenly asked.
“500,000,” Ding Yinan said. “It doesn’t include bonuses.”
“When I can give you a million annual salary,” Huo Zhixiao paused, “Will you come back to me?”
Ding Yinan was already by Huo Zhixiao’s side, so he knew that Huo Zhixiao meant returning to work by his side.
“This…”
“I know you have your principles,” Huo Zhixiao said. “But the problem is that work is a part of life.”
Ding Yinan was slightly taken aback when he heard this.
“If we think about what you do around me before,” Huo Zhixiao said. “You are my personal assistant, and half of your job responsibilities are related to my life.”
Huo Zhixiao stopped talking and did not continue to argue about the relationship between work and life, but what he had said just now caused quite a stir in Ding Yinan’s heart.
“I will resign,” Huo Zhixiao finally came to the final conclusion. “But I need some time.”
Ding Yinan nodded and said, “Okay.”
He already had a way out, so he dared to resign confidently, and Huo Zhixiao’s need for buffer time was, of course, understandable.
In fact, no matter how dissatisfied a rational social animal was with his job, he should resign after finding a new job.
“I have to go out later,” Huo Zhixiao said, “I’ve appointed a lawyer to consult about opening a studio.”
Ding Yinan was a little surprised; he didn’t expect Huo Zhixiao to move so fast.
“Have you been thinking about resigning?” Ding Yinan asked.
“Well,” Huo Zhixiao said, “So I’m not completely clueless.”
Ding Yinan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. He suddenly found that the relationship between him and Huo Zhixiao was not as difficult as he had imagined.
After breakfast, Ding Yinan took the initiative to clean up the messy kitchen countertops made by Huo Zhixiao.
Huo Zhixiao came out of the bedroom wearing a light gray suit, holding two ties in his hand, and asked Ding Yinan, “Which one do you wear?”
Ding Yinan looked left and right, finally took the one on the right, went directly around Huo Zhixiao’s neck, and tied a beautiful tie knot under his collar.
“Perfect,” Ding Yinan imitates Huo Zhixiao’s tone.
Huo Zhixiao smiled and said, “Then I’m going out.”
“Wait,” Ding Yinan grabbed Huo Zhixiao’s tie and pulled him back in front of him.
He raised his arms around Huo Zhixiao’s neck, raised his chin, and pressed his lips. After a while, he let go of Huo Zhixiao lightly and said with a faint smile, “Go out early and come back early.”
theyre so sweet
Couple
Awww😍
I really appreciate that they are talking about these things properly, thanks for the new chapters~
I’m so glad to see the rare occurrence of communication between two (future) lovers in a novel. Normal tropes always go for the misunderstanding and heartbreaks etc, it’s so refreshing to see two adults properly talk it out, and seriously deciding what’s the next step they should take in order to further their relationship <333
🥰😍
It’s good that they’re both putting in the effort to work on their relationship 👏
Thanks for the chapter 💞
character developmenttttt, love it
Tbh, maybe DYN needs to think if someone else becomes HZX secretary then that person probably will spend the amount of time like he did previously. Anyway I’m glad they worked it out instead of dragging this for like so many chapters…haha
This chapter is good and rarely seen. Separation on work and life, considerations now that they’re transitioning to an official couple, income talks, ml showing his disagreement then thinking then accepting, which also includes him sleeping near mc even though he’s upset, and bringing up his part in their convo if mc can come work for him again in the future, then to ml considering setting up his own studio.
So many plans, decisions, and actions were made (´︶`)
I’m in love in this chapter. So healthy!!
I think this is my favorite chapter. They’re finally act and talk like adults and secretary Ding is more loving and tender.
Thank you for the translation. 🙏