Changing his clothes, Xiao Xun’s demeanor transformed from the inside out. After getting his hair done and spritzing on some perfume, he headed to Lu Wenshan’s place.
It was another apartment, very close to Secretary Fan’s, just across the street.
Lu Wenshan opened the door and shouted into the apartment, “Dad, Mom, my boyfriend is here to see you!”
Xiao Xun walked in, carrying gifts. His mother always said it’s better to be over-polite than under-polite.
Lu Wenshan’s father appeared to be a cultured man, slightly overweight, wearing glasses, and dressed in a crisp white shirt even at home.
Her mother looked like a typical housewife. As soon as Xiao Xun entered, she bustled about, inviting him to sit, have some water, and eat fruit.
This made Xiao Xun quite uneasy. He had never experienced the feeling of being a son-in-law meeting his in-laws. After all, Mu Jiahe’s parents had passed away long ago, and he hadn’t heard whether Celine’s parents were still alive.
Lu Wenshan’s father, sensing Xiao Xun’s awkwardness, said with a smile, “Don’t be shy, make yourself at home.”
Xiao Xun quickly nodded in agreement.
Lu Wenshan’s father said, “I’ve booked a restaurant nearby. We’ll eat there tonight.”
Xiao Xun responded with a simple, “Oh!” He dared not say much more, not even raising his head. If he had known this would happen, he wouldn’t have come at all.
“Xiao Xiao, what do you do for work?”
In response to Lu Wenshan’s father’s question, Lu Wenshan spoke for Xiao Xun, “He used to be a big leader at our company. He also owns his own game company. It’s very profitable.”
Lu Wenshan’s mother nodded, saying, “Ambitious and successful, that’s good.”
Lu Wenshan’s father then asked, “Who else is in your family?”
“Father and Mother.”
“And what do your parents do?”
Lu Wenshan hooked her arm through her father’s, saying, “Dad!”
Xiao Xun answered truthfully, “My parents run a restaurant back in our hometown.”
“Not from around here?”
Xiao Xun shook his head. “No.”
Noticing a slight change in Lu Wenshan’s father’s expression, he asked, “Have you bought a house here?”
Xiao Xun thought about the villa he was staying in, which belonged to Mu Jiahe, and shook his head. “No.”
“Is it that you’re too busy with work to choose one, or do you not plan to live here long-term?”
Lu Wenshan again tugged at her father’s arm, but he remained unmoved.
Xiao Xun replied, “Because I have a place to stay right now, and I am indeed quite busy every day, so I haven’t bought one.”
“Buying a house! You must do it early. I see our country’s real estate market is booming. Property will be a hot industry, and houses will surely sell well. Look, when I was young, houses in our city G were only a few hundred per square meter. Now it’s almost twenty thousand, and it will rise further.”
Xiao Xun nodded, “I’ll consider it.”
After many questions and answers, the family of three, along with Xiao Xun, left the apartment and walked towards the restaurant.
Xiao Xun commented, “If it’s far, we can drive!”
Lu Wenshan said, “Your car can only fit two people. Why don’t we ride in my dad’s car?”
Lu Wenshan’s father’s expression soured slightly. He said, “That’s fine too.”
The restaurant they chose was not high-end but gave an impression of prestige, suitable for entertaining guests, and reasonably priced.
They were shown to a private room. Xiao Xun was accustomed to being waited on, and he hadn't learned much about social etiquette, so his performance at the dinner table wasn’t great.
As they emerged from the restaurant, Lu Wenshan’s father said to Xiao Xun, “It’s getting late. You have work tomorrow, so you should go back and rest early.”
“Then have a good rest, Uncle and Aunt. I won’t see you off.”
“No need to see us off. Go back.”
Xiao Xun turned and took a couple of steps before remembering that his car was still parked at Lu Wenshan’s. Lu Wenshan and her family had already driven off. There was no other option but to take a taxi.
Just as he got into the taxi, Lu Wenshan sent him a message, “Thank you for today. If you ever need my help, don’t hesitate to ask.”
Xiao Xun replied, “Did I perform poorly today?”
“It’s okay, much better than the previous few.”
Xiao Xun took the taxi to where he had parked his car. As soon as he got into the driver’s seat, Lu Wenshan’s father arrived belatedly and parked his car opposite Xiao Xun’s.
Xiao Xun looked at that car and knew that Lu Wenshan’s father was definitely not an ordinary person. If nothing else, the two passes on the passenger seat could grant access to places ordinary people couldn’t go. Although there were no obvious markings, Xiao Xun had dealt with similar organizations and recognized their security features.
Seeing this, Xiao Xun took out his phone and called Secretary Fan.
The call was answered quickly. “President Xiao, missing me again?”
“I’m not joking, I have a question for you.”
“Alright, ask away!”
“Did Lu Wenshan, Wang Sucheng’s new secretary, leave on her own, or did you fire her?”
“I fired her? Why, is she your lover, or a relative of yours?”
“Don’t you do background checks before firing people?”
“President Xiao, what do you mean by that? Are you doubting my work ability? Her background is clean. She’s a returnee student, that’s all. There are plenty of people like that in the company.”
“Have you investigated what her parents do?”
“On her contract, she wrote that she’s a bank employee.”
Hearing this, Xiao Xun frowned. “A bank employee, she wrote that herself?”
“That’s right.”
“And you didn’t investigate after that?”
“What was there to investigate? Could she have some special background or something?”
“Yes, that’s why, for the sake of caution, you’d better have her re-enter the company, even if it’s a different position. Although I know your backgrounds are deep, Saint Roman is Mu Jiahe’s life’s work. I don’t want to see it ruined by me.”
Secretary Fan was taken aback. “President Xiao, you can’t be joking, right? If her background were special, would she be willing to be just a secretary?”
“Your background is even more special than hers, and you’re still a secretary! Call her now, by any means necessary, and get her back to work.”
“Understood, President Xiao. I’ll take care of it.”
After hanging up, Xiao Xun drove back to the villa.
As soon as he entered, he saw Mu Jiahe sitting on the sofa. She turned to look at Xiao Xun, “You’re back quite late today. Did you have a business engagement?”
“No.”
“You bought new clothes, didn’t you?”
Xiao Xun glanced down. He had been in such a hurry to get back that he hadn’t even had time to change. “Mm.”
“Good taste. Did you pick them yourself?”
Xiao Xun told the truth, “Wang Sucheng’s secretary, Lu Wenshan, picked them out for me.”
Mu Jiahe looked at Xiao Xun. “Lu Wenshan?”
“Yes!”
Mu Jiahe chuckled. “She’s quite beautiful, isn’t she?”
“She’s alright, I suppose.”
“You saying that is looking down on President Wang. His taste in aesthetics is very high. His past secretaries were all considered great beauties in the company.”
Xiao Xun suddenly remembered that the card he used to buy clothes was Mu Jiahe’s supplementary card. She would have a record of any expenditure made with it.
At this moment, Xiao Xun was relieved that he had told the truth.
After returning to the other world, Mu Jiahe didn’t linger in bed for even a minute. She got up directly and rushed to the Fire Shield God King’s Palace.
The recent national affairs had her completely overwhelmed. Only in her original world could she get proper rest.
Xiao Xun’s sole mission was to defeat the Four Great Demon Kings.
Besides undead, devils, zombies, and monsters, there were many other kinds of evil races, collectively known as the Undead.
The Undead had established a massive temple on the planet where the continent of Atlantis was located, on the other side, in a place called the Tuoluo Continent. It was built from massive rough stones, shaped much like pyramids from another world.
Here, they conducted the important ceremonies of the Undead, awaiting the descent of the Demon God.