Jian Hang had struggled with whether to resign or not for a long time.

She weighed over and over whether she should leave Yinlin.

If it weren’t for her health problems, she might have stayed for another two years.

If she continued to stay in Yinlin, she would have little hope of promotion. Right now, she was already the head of a country branch, and she would need to return to headquarters if she gets promoted.

When she chose to return to China, she considered her parents and grandparents who were getting older, and she wanted to come back and spend more time with them.

She went abroad when she was fifteen and had been away from them for too long.

Now that she was married to Qin Moling, she had another layer of worry.

It wasn’t easy for couples to live separately in a different places, let alone two different countries. Over time, it would definitely end in divorce.

In another two years, her career would inevitably face a bottleneck.

If she chose to lie down comfortably, she didn’t need to work any harder. With her ability, she would live a good life even if she just stayed put.

But she was unwilling to give in.

She always believed that she could climb still higher instead of stopping here.

When she was in Suzhou, Tan Feng asked her if she had ever thought about changing careers.

During this time, she also thought seriously about changing careers. It was a challenge, but it was also an opportunity. 

She thought of Han Shuang. Han Shuang became the CEO of her family’s group. To achieve that position, she not only had family background but also had the abilities to match.

She then thought that she might be able to get the CEO position of some group someday.

After being distracted in front of the screen for another ten minutes, Jian Hang began to concentrate on writing a resignation letter. 

This resignation letter was addressed to Boss Pang. She wrote it for almost two hours, but actually there weren’t many words.

She typed and deleted, wrote and rewrote, and revised it several times.

In the end, she couldn’t write a very sentimental resignation letter after all.

After saving the document, Jian Hang turned off the laptop.

When Wanyue’s merger and acquisition project was completed, she would be able to hand over the work at hand.

… …

When the plane landed, the first thing Jian Hang did was to send her resignation letter to Boss Pang’s mailbox.

She no longer gave herself any chance to hesitate.

Qin Moling asked, “Go to the company or go home?”

Without thinking, Jian Hang said, “Go to the company.” Then she asked, “What about you?”

“Company.” Qin Moling originally wanted to go back to the villa directly, but since she was going to the company, he might as well go back to Lemeng.

Qin Moling’s driver came to pick them up and took Jian Hang to Yinlin Capital first.

The car was parked in front of the building, and Jian Hang pushed the car door open.

Qin Moling slid the window and said, “Jian Hang.”

Jian Hang had just taken two steps and turned around.

He asked, “Will you go back for dinner tonight?”

He had never cared about whether she would go home to eat. Since he asked her this today, it should mean that he would also go home to eat. Jian Hang still had a lot of work to do, but she decided to just work overtime from home, “Go home for dinner.”

Qin Moling nodded, closed the window, and the driver started the car.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

When Jian Hang arrived at the company, her colleagues came over to congratulate her.

Several other colleagues who had gone to Suzhou for that extended business trip have also returned. 

What Lin Xiao was most concerned about is, “Boss, when will you take your wedding leave? You have worked so hard, you can take a few more days off then.”

“Soon.” But it wouldn’t be a wedding leave; she would take a long vacation after leaving the company.

Jian Hang said, “Get ready. We will have a meeting in half an hour to report on your work progress these past days.”

Lin Xiao: “…”

He sighed inwardly.

The past few days when Jian Hang went to take wedding photos were the happiest days for him. No one cared or asked about his work.

As soon as she came back, she turned on hell mode.

He didn’t know when she would be promoted, but when she was transferred, he would buy the most beautiful fireworks to set off.

Perhaps because she was leaving Yinlin soon, Jian Hang cherished even the time for meetings.

Lin Xiao managed to get through the one-hour meeting minute by minute.

Jian Hang sighed that the meeting ended so quickly.

On the way home after getting off work, Jian Hang thought about who the headquarters would send to take over her job when she resigned, whether they would appoint someone from the headquarters, or recruit another suitable person from outside.

But whoever came to replace her, Lin Xiao’s good days were coming to an end.

No one would take the time to teach him patiently like she did.

… …

When she got home, Aunt Geng was preparing dinner. After almost two months of absence, Aunt Geng was still as familiar as before. “The suitcases have been put in your rooms. You go upstairs to rest first. I will bring you some fruits in a bit.”

Jian Hang returned to the bedroom. Her suitcase was standing on the bedside. Just now Aunt Geng said that the suitcase was placed in their room. It turned out that the suitcases—hers and Qin Moling’s—had been placed in their respective rooms.

She glanced at the bedside table and suddenly paused. There was a figure on it: it was one of her favorite game characters.

She didn’t manage to grab this figure when it first came out—she didn’t expect Qin Moling to make up for her regret.

Jian Hang asked Qin Moling: [When did you buy the figure?]

Qin Moling replied quickly: [Not long after you left for Suzhou.]

Jian Hang guessed that he had felt guilty because he went to Zhong Yanyue’s birthday party and didn’t have dinner with her, so he bought a figure to apologize to her.

Seeing this figure, she really couldn’t let go of her game account.

After staring at the figure for a moment, Jian Hang took the suitcase to the cloakroom and tidied it up.

In the last two nights in Oia Town, she and Qin Moling slept in the same bed, and they got used to it unconsciously.

She didn’t know where he would sleep tonight.

Marriage First, Love Later translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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Chapter 35.1 — Apology
Chapter 35.2 — Apology
Chapter 35.3 — Apology
Chapter 36.1 — Ask for More
Chapter 36.2 — Ask for More
Chapter 36.3 — Ask for More