At noon one day a month earlier.
A glamorous man and woman sat in a private room at an upscale seafood restaurant.
They ate seafood while sweet-talking and getting affectionate with each other.
After eating and drinking their fill, both were a little tipsy and began discussing work.
"Ren Yao, is it really okay for us to do this? Isn't this illegal?"
"Illegal? What law are we breaking?"
The woman smiled dismissively.
"I'm just pushing employees out, and you're just poaching staff. What's wrong with that? They can't keep working under me, so they go work at your company. Then, as a couple, we share our work results. What's the problem?"
"If nothing goes wrong, once the project is finished, I'll definitely get promoted again. I might even go straight to director."
The man nodded. "Let's hope nothing goes wrong."
"How could anything go wrong? If neither of us says anything, who would know? When I finish an entire team's work all by myself, how could the boss possibly not promote me? It'll definitely be fine, darling. Once I get my promotion and raise, we can start thinking about buying a big villa."
"If things go smoothly, poaching an entire team in one go should definitely get me a promotion and raise too. But I can't help worrying about using shady methods like this."
Ren Yao said, "Hehehe! You're just a scaredy-cat. What's there to be afraid of? No one will know! Even if they do find out, it actually doesn't matter. As long as the part where we 'share results' doesn't get out, we'll be completely fine."
"That's true. But to be safe, after this meal, let's stop seeing each other for a while."
"Okay! Or how about starting after tonight instead..."
The man's smile grew more suggestive. "Hehe,