15 Resigning With Obstacles (1/2)

Nie Chang led Su Yan out of the subway. They had never before taken this way together so he actually didn't know where they would have to deliver the letter of resignation to. He looked at Su Yan and lifted his brows.

”I'll do it alone. I wouldn't want to have those rumors spread to my boss. Even if I don't work here anymore. It's bad enough as it is.”

”Alright. But it wouldn't be a problem if I accompanied you until the door, would it?”

Su Yan shook his head. ”No, it probably wouldn't but … Let's just be safe, alright? Who knows who'd be seeing us together?”

Nie Chang leaned against the wall next to them and smiled teasingly. ”That sounds like a clandestine love affair.”

”Hah? That has nothing to do with it!”

”Of course! It's some kind of relationship you can't expose to the world because you're afraid of how everyone will react. Ah, the society isn't ready to accept a love such as ours …” He sighed deeply as if they really were lovers that had to keep their relationship hidden from the world.

Su Yan blushed. This wasn't what this was about! How could Nie Chang say something like this?! And with such a straight face, too … ”I'll go alone!” He turned around and ran off.

Nie Chang coughed to mask his laughter. He waited a bit, then he followed Su Yan. Tch, as if he would wait and let him go alone when there was some guy running around who was after the one he loved!

Su Yan reached the office of his boss without any problems, though. He stood in front of the door and looked down at the letter of resignation in his hands. Luckily, Nie Chang hadn't included his real reason for resigning. He could just tell his boss that he had gotten another job offer and felt like he would do better there.

He knocked on the door and the good-humored voice of his boss answered him.

”Boss …” Su Yan entered with a nervous expression.

As he had told Nie Chang, his boss was already in his fifties and happily married with three children. He was normally unhurried and friendly to all his employees. Working for him was nice, just that there weren't many promotion prospects. Su Yan's aspirations had never been high, though. Having a job with a normal pay was already enough for him. He had always thought that he would just work there at the railroad station for some years and then look for something different if he didn't like it anymore. Well, it might have been different if he found a girlfriend until then. Now, he was actually going to resign because of a male co-worker. It felt weird.

”Ah, Su Yan, come in, come in.” His boss waved and actually put a cup of coffee in front of him. ”Now, tell me. Did it work out?”

”Hah? What?” Su Yan didn't understand. What was his boss talking about? Had he gotten some assignment that he forgot? Was there some promotion the passengers were supposed to ask about?

His boss smiled even brighter. ”Ah, you don't have to pretend. Zhi Bao Yu already told me everything. So, what did Li Ming say?”

Su Yan's expression derailed. Fuck! His co-workers had actually told his boss he was gay?! ”Boss …”

”What? That guy rejected you?! How can that be? The girls told me he ran after you after work! Shouldn't he have asked you out?” His boss actually looked worried about him. Su Yan felt even worse.