Chapter 4 — Leave Application Approved Within 10 Minutes

The glass door of the large meeting room is open. Director Chu and Truong Dao both stood inside. As soon as he saw me walk in, Director Chu immediately came forward to welcome me. On his face was a polite smile.

“Miss Tran, I'm sorry to have to rush over here.”

"Nothing."

Truong Dao stood next to him. His face was pale. Lips pursed tightly. He looked at me with extremely complicated eyes. There is resentment. There is unwillingness. But even more so is the humiliation and helplessness.

"We have printed out the contract. Please take a look. If there are no problems, you can sign right away."

Director Chu pushed a paper contract towards me. I picked up the pen. But don't sign right away. But turn to the compensation page. Fee: 10,000 yuan per day. The bold letters stand out in the middle of the page. My old salary after tax was just over 25,000 yuan per month. And now. One working day. It was almost half a month's previous salary. I can feel it clearly. In that moment, Truong Dao's breathing almost stopped. His eyes were fixed on that line of text. The pharynx moved slightly. I hold the pen. Sign your name in the job recipient position. Each pen stroke is clear.

"Alright."

I pushed the contract back.

“Now take me to see the system.”

Having finished speaking, I stood up. Don't look at Truong Dao again. Walk directly out of the meeting room. Director Chu immediately followed closely behind. Truong Dao felt like someone had pulled out his spine. He stood there dumbfounded for a few seconds before stiffly following. I went to my old work location. The table top was covered with a thin layer of dust. The pot of betel that my grandmother hadn't had time to take away when she left work had already begun to turn yellow. The leaves droop lazily. I don't sit down. I took out my personal laptop from my bag. Start the machine. Connect to the company's intranet. A circle of people quickly gathered around. There's someone from the technical department. There are people from the project department. There were also many people who simply came to watch the excitement. Vuong Wei also joined the crowd. Try to stretch your neck to look at the screen. My fingers flew quickly across the keyboard. Each line of commands appeared like a waterfall. Green characters. In the eyes of others, it may be a difficult book to understand. But in my eyes... It's a kingdom I built with my own hands. A kingdom. But I'm the only one who holds the key.

“Found it.”

I spoke softly. I detected a log of unauthorized access from outside. Someone tried to bypass the firewall to forcefully modify the system's core permissions. Activate the self-locking protection mechanism that I installed before. To avoid data theft, the entire system automatically goes into hibernation.

“What a fool.”

I laughed coldly in my heart. This type of brutal solution is like using a hammer to smash a delicate safe. Besides destroying the lock. Didn't get anything. I connect to the central control panel. Then enter a long and complicated series of commands. A progress bar immediately appears on the screen. System recovery in progress... Estimated time remaining: 10 minutes. I let go of the keyboard. Lean back in the chair. The whole office was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Everyone stared at the slowly moving progress bar. As for Truong Dao's face... It changed from white to blue. Just like someone who just swallowed an entire tube of mustard. Maybe he finally we also realize. The thing I conveniently threw away that day... How precious is it? The progress bar finally reaches 100%. A blue check mark pops up on the screen. Immediately, the whole office echoed with sighs of relief mixed with intentionally suppressed cheers. Several technical staff immediately rushed back to their seats. Begin testing each subsystem.

“The order system has been restored!”

“Financial data is accessible!”

“The logistics portal is working again!”

Good news continued to spread. The giant machine named after this company, after many hours of paralysis, finally started operating again. I unplugged the network cable from the laptop. Close the computer. Put it in your bag. From beginning to end, I didn't say another word. I turned around and prepared to leave.

“Miss Tran, please wait a moment!”

A voice rang out from behind. As Chairman Chu. He walked quickly in front of me. There is another person behind. General Director of the company. A man in his fifties, his hair is gray but his mind is still extremely clear. Since joining the company, I have only seen him a few times from afar at year-end parties.

“Miss Chen, what happened today is really thanks to you.”

His voice was very sincere. There is no air of superiority.

“Just helping out.”

I calmly replied.

"No."

General Tien shook his head.

“This is absolutely not a small matter.”

“Today you saved the whole company.”

After speaking, he turned to look at Truong Dao standing next to him. Truong Dao's head immediately bowed lower.

“I've seen your resignation report.”

“I also looked into the whole thing.”

President Tien's eyes turned back to me.

“This is negligence in our management.”

“We let a talented person like you slip away.”

“I apologize on behalf of the company.”

He leaned slightly towards me. There was an immediate commotion around. An honest and upright general manager.