Evening.


    Zhao Yulu and Li Minmin were dining at Haido.


    "Yu Lu, I''ve got good news, Tao Yingjun has been fired," Li Minmin said.


    "Fired? Doesn''t he have a dad who''s a vice president? How could he still be fired?"


    Zhao Yulu didn''t know about this news. Before she finished writing her resignation letter, she had already left all thepany''s groups.


    "Thepany''s announcement said that Tao Yingjun vitedpany policies. Everyone is guessing that it was because he spoke about you in the group, Xu Yang found out, and then he got fired," Li Minmin said.


    "Spoke about me? So, does that mean you already know about my past with Xu Yang?" Zhao Yulu''s tone was calm.


    "Yeah, I know. Actually, I think it''s no big deal. You didn''t need to leave. Anyway, Xu Yang is now your brother-inw. In the future, definitely no one would dare to bully you. Maybe the leaders would even promote you," Li Minmin said.


    "Maybe, but I really don''t want to work in that kind of environment anymore," Zhao Yulu said.


    "So what do you n to do in the future? I think you can totally talk to Xu Yang, and work at hispany. With so manypanies he has, it would be no problem for you to take a management position at any of them."


    Li Minmin didn''t understand theplexities of the situation and still didn''tprehend why Zhao Yulu wanted to work elsewhere.


    "I''m not going to work at hispany. I''ve already found another ce," Zhao Yulu said, shaking her head.


    "You''ve found a ce? Where?" asked Li Minmin.


    "I called Sister Ting this afternoon. She said Penguin hasn''t given up on entering the online literature industry and ns to acquire other online literaturepanies. When the timees, she will still be the president of the acquired online literaturepany and she wants me to be her assistant," Zhao Yulu said.


    "Really?" Li Minmin''s eyes lit up.


    "Yes," Zhao Yulu naturally understood what Li Minmin was thinking, "Min Min, don''t worry. Once I have established myself in the newpany, I will suggest to Sister Ting to bring you over."


    "Yeah, yeah, Yu Lu, thank you," Li Minmin nodded again and again, very happy.


    Zhao Yulu would be her backer in the future.


    With a backer, one could be promoted and get a raise.


    Otherwise, one may just remain a small employee for life.


    "This is our opportunity to be strong women in the workce, and in the future, we can be independent without relying on anyone," Zhao Yulu said.


    "Yeah, yeah," Li Minmin nodded repeatedly in agreement. Now that her future work was settled, she rxed and asked curiously, "Yu Lu, Tao Yingjun only vaguely mentioned your affair with Xu Yang. Could you tell me the details? If it makes you ufortable, you don''t have to say."


    "There''s nothing ufortable about it." Having talked with Han Mengting in the afternoon, Zhao Yulu had already let go of the past. She spoke of it with utter tranquility, "When I broke up with Xu Yang, there were reasons on my side and also because of family influences."


    "My mother and father divorced when I was very young. I lived with my mother, and my sister lived with my father."


    "My mom is quite mercenary and remarried a man who was somewhat wealthy."


    "Living with my mom, I was inevitably influenced by her. While studying, I didn''t feel it mattered, but after graduating, it was different."


    "Actually, it''s not that I had to break up with Xu Yang right after graduation; after all, we had so many years of feelings for each other."


    "But my mom would nag me every day about Xu Yang''s shorings, saying he was penniless, came from a small ce, would struggle to establish himself in the big city, and even if he could afford a house, he would carry a mortgage for a lifetime. She also said how a woman should be."


    "My stepfather also didn''t want me to continue dating Xu Yang but hoped I would meet some rich second generations, marry one, and help with his business."


    "They kept criticizing Xu Yang, talking my ear off till I was sick of it, and it influenced me, making me feel that Xu Yang indeed would have a hard time getting settled in Jiangcheng."


    "So, that''s how I ended up breaking up with Xu Yang."


    "On one hand, I wasn''t firm enough, and on the other, family issues yed a part."


    "After I broke up with Xu Yang, he got together with my sister."


    "My sister said she had always liked Xu Yang and confessed to him after we split up."


    "Just like that, Xu Yang and my sister got together and even got their marriage certificate."


    Zhao Yulu was talking about this matter in detail to someone else for the first time.


    It was only because she had let go that she could speak of it.


    She hade to view Li Minmin as someone she could confide in.


    Being able to talk about it showed that she had truly moved on.


    "So Xu Yang being with your sister like that, the two of them must not have had much affection, right?" Li Minmin asked.


    If there was affection, Xu Yang would have been a scumbag.


    "At first, they probably didn''t have much affection, butter on, he must have fallen in love with my sister," Zhao Yulu said.


    "I see," Li Minmin nodded.


    "Seeing Xu Yang be so sessful, at first, I didn''t think much of it, butter on, I regretted it," Zhao Yulu said.


    "I would have regretted it too," Li Minmin said.


    A billionaire, just slipped away.


    Anyone would regret missing out on that.


    "But I don''t feel that way now," Zhao Yulu said.


    "You''ve let go?" Li Minmin asked.


    "Yeah, I''ve let go. Today, I called Sister Ting and she gave me some advice, and it was then that I truly let go," Zhao Yulu nodded.


    "What did she say?" Li Minmin asked.


    "She said my choice wasn''t wrong; it''s just that now Xu Yang has be a billionaire, and it''s normal for everyone tough at me for that."


    "If Xu Yang hadn''t been sessful, or if I had found a boyfriend richer than Xu Yang, thoseughs would not have existed."


    "What I need to do is not to dwell on what I''ve lost because what''s gone can nevere back. I have to learn to let go and focus on the future."


    "Actually, for most women, relying on a man can be unreliable. A woman can only truly take control of her life by being self-reliant and having her own career."


    Zhao Yulu didn''t repeat Han Mengting''s exact words but shared her own understanding.


    "You''ve said it well, women should indeed have their own careers and not just rely on men. Self-reliance is most reliable. No wonder Sister Ting became a high-ranking executive at Penguin while still so young."


    Li Minmin was very envious of strong women like Han Mengting. If only she could be such a powerful woman, that would be wonderful.


    "That''s why, as Sister Ting''s assistant this time, I will learn as much as I can from her and strive to be a strong woman like her in the future. Even without a man, I can still live well," Zhao Yulu said.


    "Yeah, me too. When I go work at the newpany with you, I''ll definitely work hard to do my job well and strive to be a strong woman," Li Minmin waved her hand.


    "As long as we''re willing to work hard, we can make it. What many peopleck are opportunities, and since we have them, we must seize them," Zhao Yulu said.


    "Yeah, let''s work hard together," Li Minmin nodded repeatedly.