On October 15, the Victoria's Secret employee whose earlier request for leave to accompany her cancer-stricken mother to surgery had been denied posted on Xiaohongshu that she had already resigned, with no negotiation and no compensation, while the store manager remains in post. Her mother was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer after the surgery, the targeted drugs are unaffordable, and she was unable to enroll in treatment because she did not meet the criteria.