150 Fired

Dan took long strides towards his office. His pair of navy blue suit fitted his tall and muscular physique quite well. He still maintained his indifferent expression amidst the enthusiastic and surprised greetings of every employee present.

When he opened the door, he saw the OIC sitting on his chair, with shoes tapping on the top of his desk.

Director He, to his surprise, fell down from the office chair, slamming the telephone he was just using onto the hardwood floor.

He managed to stand back up in a hurry. He was rubbing his hips as he greeted, "CEO Zhou, welcome back!" He forced a smile out of his face.

"Stand at the corner." CEO Zhou's icy voice rang.

Director He almost crawled away into the corner. The two assistants who were following CEO Zhou could not help but snicker.

"Liu. Get me a new office. Get all things in here burnt and the whole place disinfected. Print new copies for all the documents." CEO Zhou frowned in disgust and turned around to leave.

Before he reached the door that Michelle Adams opened for him, he stopped in his tracks.

"Oh, and Mr. He, you're fired." he declared without looking back, then proceeded in going out of his former office.

CEO Zhou went down with Michelle Adams to the underground parking. Liu Fei Long was left to burn and disinfect everything.

Dan was about to enter his car to leave when his assistant stopped in her tracks.

"CEO!" she called his attention.

Dan turned around swiftly, with indifferent eyes.

"Sir, I will formality submit my resignation, but at this point, I believe it is only appropriate to let you know beforehand. I didn't dare to do it while you were away, Sir. However, now, it is necessary for me to tender my resignation." She took a deep breath after explaining everything.

Dan had his brows furrowed. "Why?"

"Sir, I'm pregnant. I need to focus on my baby since I had just recovered from the accident."

"Oh..." His slight frown eased. "Then don't resign. File an indefinite leave. You can use the income for raising the baby."

"Sir, what my husband earns will be enough for us. I..."

"Then make your husband transfer to ZFC to be my assistant. Brother-in-law has a capable secretary. You expect me to thrive while working with someone like Liu?"

Michelle Adams pursed her lips in realization.

"I can grant you a leave of absence until half a year after your baby is born, but for those last 5 months, you need to do some of the paperworks at home." Dan was trying to convince her.

"I...I need to discuss it with Riley. After all, we owe you a lot, CEO."

"I'm not trying to force you as an obligation. What I did for you guys back then was a sign of my appreciation for everything you've done for me and my wife. You just need to think of the upcoming headaches I will have with only Liu around. Please tell Riley to pity me? I also have a child to raise and I miss his chubby face right now, so I need to go. You may also take the rest of the day off to think about it."

He went into his car and drove off.

"Do-does it mean that Ms. Midori had already given birth?!" She almost squealed at the thought and excitedly went home.

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Dan hurriedly drove off to their spanish villa. As his car reached the courtyard, he saw a black and a silver Audi A8 units parked just outside the house. He hurriedly went in to check on his family. Only a few people new of this place. Who had discovered their peaceful home?

"Hey! There's my son-in-law!" Xiu Jin smiled at him in delight. He was carrying the baby. "Hey, Dmitri, welcome Daddy back home!" Xiu Jin held the baby, so the eyes would stare at Dan.

Suddenly, there was a baby's cry not coming from the newborn who was visible in the area.

"No, no...it's okay, Sweetie. You want Daddy? Okay, Daddy, take Xinyu first." Jiang Mei Ling emerged from the kitchen area while handing her child to her husband.

Dan sighed in relief. It seemed that his friends got another unfamiliar car.

He turned to Xiu Jin. "Father, did Mother tell you where we live?" He had remembered giving the address to his mother-in-law before leaving City T. He was hoping that their relationship is getting better if she would tell Xiu Jin such details.

"Oh, no...Midori told me. Masaichi is still busy somewhere though, so I did not bother telling him." Xiu Jin continued to coax the baby to sleep.

"Why is Niisan so busy these days?" Midori just came down from upstairs, clutching a bag of diapers.