The research institute's door was open for once. Xu Yi walked straight in and saw Akali sitting cross-legged on the living room floor, folding the clothes piled beside her and putting them into a bundle.
From the looks of it, she was packing.
Sensing someone coming in, Akali looked up, saw Xu Yi, and immediately held out her hand.
"Mr. President, hurry up and give me my money. I'm waiting for it so I can go home."
Xu Yi smiled, took a money pouch he had prepared earlier from inside his coat, and tossed it to her.
Akali caught the pouch and felt its weight in her hand. She opened it, poured the gold coins onto the floor, and carefully counted them. Then she exclaimed in surprise, "Seventy-six gold coins? That much! Mr. President, are you sure you haven't made a mistake?"
Hearing the commotion upstairs, Avita came down the stairs. Beside her was Stille, who had come specifically to see the two of them off today.
When she heard the amount Akali announced, even the normally composed Avita was startled. "President, why is there so much?"
Stille, however, did not look particularly surprised. She simply watched Avita and Akali with a grin.
"Besides the twenty-six gold coins for last month and this month combined, there are another fifty gold coins for your year-end bonus," Xu Yi explained.
"Year-end bonus?" Avita and Akali exchanged puzzled looks. "What does that mean?"
"Exactly what it sounds like. At the end of the year, you receive some extra money as a reward for all your hard work," Xu Yi replied. "Since both of you have done exceptionally well, and to reflect the importance of our researchers, the guild decided after some discussion to give you a higher year-end bonus than ordinary employees. We