Chapter 295: A Huge Reward
Liu Xiangyi still didn’t know she had unintentionally helped Xu Yuyou a great deal. At that moment, she was saying, “It’s all thanks to Sister Xu. The investigation was fast and thorough, and the bodyguards executed their tasks well. Otherwise, Miss Chen would still be locked in that dark, cold freezer.”
Xu Yuyou recalled accidentally seeing Liu Xiangyi’s phone screen earlier, where she noticed Liu Xiangyi looking longingly at a luxury handbag several times but hesitating to buy it because she was saving for a house.
Xu Yuyou then waved her hand grandly and led a group of people to Harbour City.
Pretending to be caught up in a shopping spree, she went on a crazy shopping spree herself. When they returned, she casually took out two similarly priced handbags, handing one to Xu Fang and the other to Liu Xiangyi.
“Take it and have fun. Consider it a small gift from me to thank you for your hard work these past few days,” Xu Yuyou said.
Liu Xiangyi looked at the beautiful logo on the shopping bag — it was from the brand she liked. She didn’t even open it and immediately tried to refuse.
“Boss, this is too expensive. I can’t accept it.”
Xu Yuyou glanced at Xu Fang.
Xu Fang quickly pulled Liu Xiangyi aside and said, “Xiao Liu, if the boss gives it to you, just take it. She’s always generous. Giving us little gifts like this is just her way of making us happy. Just accept it cheerfully.”
Hearing this, Liu Xiangyi looked at Xu Yuyou’s expression. Seeing her smiling encouragingly, she finally followed Xu Fang’s lead and accepted the gift, thanking her softly.
After the shopping trip ended, Xu Yuyou stayed home and didn’t go out again. Liu Xiangyi returned to her room and opened the beautifully packaged luxury box.
Inside, carefully wrapped, was exactly the handbag she had looked at so many times but never dared to buy.
“Ahhh!” Liu Xiangyi screamed in excitement, jumping around her room a few times before picking up her phone and posting a new note on Little Red Book (Xiaohongshu).
“I’ve been so lucky recently! I really wanted this bag but couldn’t bear to spend the money. I never expected that just by accompanying my boss shopping, she would casually gift it to me! [photo attached]”
Recently, Liu Xiangyi’s account had been getting good traffic because she shared her experience of narrowly escaping from a scam abroad, which was corroborated by news reports confirming she was one of the people repatriated from the Thailand scam rings.
Very quickly, comments flooded in. One comment got thousands of likes within an hour:
“Got scammed abroad, didn’t lose a kidney, ended up working for a top rich boss instead, and now gets an 80,000 yuan bag without even lifting a finger… I’m standing on my rooftop right now, please delete this post — seeing you this lucky is killing me!”
The replies were full of people jokingly saying “+1.”
Liu Xiangyi replied:
“I didn’t dare to accept it at first, but my senior assistant sister urged me to. She said if I didn’t accept it, the boss would be unhappy.”
This reply made the comments even livelier. People joked:
“Is it too late for me to get scammed in Thailand?”
“So if you get scammed, you’ll immediately get a rich boss as compensation?”
Liu Xiangyi hadn’t expected her casual post to go viral, and even some employees from Xu Yuyou’s company chimed in.
One said:
“Miss Xu is super generous. Just look at the company’s turnover rate — almost nobody wants to leave once they join. Last year, several ladies got pregnant. They wanted to quit to not affect work, but Miss Xu convinced them to stay, saying to just take proper maternity leave according to company policy. The company offers 180 days of maternity leave because Miss Xu doesn’t want girls to sacrifice their careers for family.”
Netizens were very moved by this and a flood of related comments followed:
“After I got pregnant, HR called me in for a meeting, reassigned me to a terrible job, and basically forced me to resign.”
“I earned 20k a month before pregnancy, but after I got pregnant, they moved me to a 2k job, and I couldn’t even refuse.”
“You don’t realize how cruel companies can be to women until you get pregnant. Female bosses like Miss Xu really understand.”
There was another comment that also drew attention:
“At my old company, they credited my work to a well-connected employee. When I fought back, they fired me. It got ugly, and only through labor arbitration did I get any compensation. When I tried to find a new job, my old employer blacklisted me. I almost gave up until a friend suggested applying to Miss Xu’s company. During the background check, my old employer badmouthed me, but HR didn’t blindly believe them. They did their own investigation and ultimately hired me, saying they didn’t want to miss out on any talent.”
At first, people weren’t sure if this story was true, but clicking into his profile revealed he was a screenwriter for short dramas. Before joining Xu Yuyou’s company, he had no notable works. After just eight months, he had three hit short dramas to his name.
All three credited him as the writer, confirming that his career truly took off after joining Xu Yuyou’s company.
In fact, his latest post mentioned that the company had agreed to let him transition from short drama writing to long drama screenwriting — if all went well, his career would reach even greater heights.
From Liu Xiangyi’s casual post, news about Xu Yuyou’s company’s amazing benefits spread across the internet. Even fans of Song Zhibai showed up, saying that judging by his casual Weibo posts, the company really had no shady practices, even for top celebrities — they had plenty of time to read and hone their acting skills.
In no time, Xu Yuyou’s company became the poster child for a dream workplace online.
When Xu Yuyou received the news, she was stunned. She didn’t expect fortune to favor her again so quickly.
But she didn’t have time to feel emotional — she was accompanying Old Master Lu for a health checkup.
Then, Old Master Chen arrived.
According to Old Master Lu, Old Master Chen looked like he had aged twenty years overnight, utterly haggard.
Even so, Old Master Chen personally walked up to Xu Yuyou and bowed deeply to her.
“Miss Xu, I must thank you… If it weren’t for you, my granddaughter would probably still be curled up in that freezer…” Old Master Chen said, tears streaming down his face.
Xu Yuyou felt deeply sad too.
After expressing his thanks, Old Master Chen took out an envelope containing a check for two hundred million Hong Kong dollars.
“This was agreed upon in advance. Please, Miss Xu, you must accept it,” Old Master Chen said.
