Sam is resigning

Uncle Joe finished packing Oliver's luggage and zipped it up. Then he turned and looked at him.

"CEO Knight, you really have changed." Uncle Joe shook his head and said with a smile.

"How have I changed?" Oliver stood beside Uncle Joe and smiled back as he asked.

"You are more cheerful than before, it's just like you used to be when you were in high school. I think Ms. Green is responsible for that." Uncle Joe said happily.

"You don't think it's good?" At the mention of Ava, his heart filled with warmth. Ava must be waiting for him to come back home, he also wanted to go back as early as possible. He will go home and bury himself in her, in fact, he was thinking of taking two days off and stay in bed with Ava. What a wonderful idea!

"Good, very good."

"Let's go home." Oliver smiled and patted Uncle Joe on the shoulder.

On the same day at Sam's place,

Sam was preparing for lessons at home, soon the classes will start but his work got interrupted by a call from the principal. Sam immediately picked up the call.

"Hello, principal sir. How are you?" Sam asked politely, he was a bit puzzled because the principal doesn't usually call him unless it's something important.

"Sam! Good... good....how are you doing?"

"I am good sir, just preparing for the lessons, after all the classes are about to start."

"About that, you see Sam I really like you but I am having some trouble with the school financing lately so I am afraid I will have to let you go. Could you please leave your resignation letter at my desk by tomorrow?" The Principle said in a serious tone.

He really liked Sam and also knew his students get along well with him and listen to him very much but he had no other way. He felt sad letting him go like that, without even giving him much of a notice. But Oliver Knight was one of the large benefactors of the school and he has demanded Sam out, so he was helpless.

School financing? That was the lamest excuse Sam has ever heard. He was shocked, "But principal sir why all of a sudden, I mean did I do anything wrong? If so please tell me I work on it." He couldn't understand why he was being asked to resign like that.

"Sam, don't worry, I believe in you and I am very optimistic about you. You are young, promising, and so responsible for students, I am sure you will manage a better job than this." The principal said as he sighed.

Sam fell silent and suddenly he seems to understand something. "Sir, did Oliver asked you to do that?"

The principal got flustered, he couldn't tell him that indeed it was Oliver, so instead, he quickly said, "Sam, stop wasting your time on that and find another job for yourself. It's not good to have a break on the career."

After Sam hung up the phone, he sat motionless in his study for a long time. Oliver had warned him several times so he should have seen it coming.

Sam didn't care that Oliver got him to lose his job, he believed he was capable enough to get another job in this city soon. What bothered him was his students, he has been putting all his efforts into these children for years and preparing them for graduation. Now if he left them just before the final year like that they all will be lost. He knew their strength and weaknesses well and knew how to guide them properly, he was really afraid, being caught in the middle of his and Oliver's fight, his students will suffer.

Among Sam's students, there was a girl named Sasha who was the daughter of one of the directors of the education department. She found out from her mother that Sam was resigning and immediately posted it on their school group chat. For a long time, there has been a lot of discussion going on about it. The students loved Sam so naturally, they were very upset about him resigning from his job.

"Why would Mr. Evan resign at this moment, we are graduating next year. What will we do without his guidance?"

"Yes, Mr. Evan, Please don't leave us like that."

"They said they have arranged a better teacher for us but we don't want that we only want you, Mr. Evan."

"Let's go to the principal's office and protest, we want Mr. Evan. He can't resign."

"....."

For a while, this news kept exploding in the group, when Sarah saw it she was shocked. 'Why would Mr. Evan resign?' Sarah immediately took out her phone and called Sam.

"Hello, Sarah." Samuel laughed. He knew she would call the moment she finds out. He has already seen the group chat between his students. He was very proud and overwhelmed to see how much his students loved him and how reluctant they were to let him go.

"Mr. Evan, is it true? Are you really resigning?" Sarah couldn't believe it.

"Sarah, it's adult's business. You don't have to worry about it, someone more capable will take the job and become your department head. All you have to do is concentrate on your study and get an excellent grade." Sam said earnestly.

"But Mr. Evan, I don't understand why would you do that? Don't you love us anymore?" Sarah said almost in a choked voice.

"Sarah, it's not that, of course, I love you children and I will come back again. It's just right at this moment I cannot stay at the school. Don't let me down Sarah, study hard and make me proud."

"But...." Sarah started to sob sadly.

"No but, and as my class monitor, please go to the group chat and tell everyone not to get this excited. It's entirely my decision and when the time is right I will come back. Can you do that?" Sam said with a gentle smile.

"Yes, Mr. Evan."

Beijing Tiantan Hospital.

Ethan came to the hospital wearing a pair of sunglasses and a hat and directly walked into the cardiology department of the inpatient department. All the way he kept his head lower afraid of being noticed by Ava's bodyguards.

Ava was busy at her office typing her patient's details report on the computer so she didn't notice when Ethan walked into her office.

"Miss Green, is it convenient for us to talk please?"

Ava heard Ethan's familiar voice and her hands stopped on the keyboard. She raised her head and looked at Ethan surprised. It took a while for Ava to compose herself.

"Mr. Smith, what are you doing here?" Ava asked feeling a bit uncomfortable.

"Miss Green, I need your help. I told you before I'm a bit desperate here." Ethan's voice was a bit excited and attracted the attention of the doctors in the office.

"Mr. Smith calm down. Have a seat." Ava looked at Ethan's face carefully and realized his once handsome face looks a bit haggard now, there are dark circles under his eyes and he also seems to have got thinner. Looks like his family is really going through a rough time.

"Thank you, Miss Green." Ethan bowed to Ava and sat down, which made Ava very embarrassed.

"Miss Green, I will not bore you with business talk here, I just want you to talk to Oliver to back off and let my family go. He has already ruined our business if he didn't stop now, I and my family will have to die. Please help me." Ethan's eyes were pleading as he begged Ava.

Ava felt really bad for him, he was so confident and arrogant when he challenged Oliver to play poker but now all that was gone and he was pleading in front of her, Ava sighed and said in a very low voice, "Mr. Smith, I would really help you if I could but the thing is Me and Oliver, we broke up."

"What?" Ethan stated at Ava in disbelieve.

If Ava and Oliver have really broken up then was there no hope for him?