Mu Jiahe nodded, "Today is our wedding night, let's not talk about those things. I want to savor this moment."
Xiao Xun embraced Mu Jiahe, pulling her close.
After returning to the other world, the two were reluctant to part, as if facing a separation of life and death.
"Husband..."
Hearing Mu Jiahe call him that sweetly, Xiao Xun smiled broadly, "What is it? My dear wife?"
"I plan to give you all my assets, is that okay?"
"No, I don't want that. I am yours, so I should be the one to hand over my salary card. How can you give me yours?"
He held Mu Jiahe tightly, "Shall we go get our marriage certificate tomorrow? Okay?"
"Why tomorrow?"
"I have something today."
Mu Jiahe's eyes reddened slightly, "Then we'll talk about it later! It's not like a day or two makes a difference."
Xiao Xun buried his head in Mu Jiahe's chest, not seeing her expression. "Then can I tell my parents?"
"It's not too late to tell them after we get the certificate, alright?"
"I'll do whatever my wife wishes."
"You’re so naughty… What are you doing? You’re still going at it, aren't you afraid of overexerting yourself!"
Half an hour later, a phone call interrupted the moment. Xiao Xun reached for his phone. "Hello?"
"President Xiao, I've arrived at your residential complex. The security guard won't let me in. Could you please come out quickly?"
"Alright, wait for me. I'll be right there."
Saying this, he reluctantly pulled away from Mu Jiahe's embrace and began to get dressed.
Mu Jiahe looked at Xiao Xun, "Let's take a photo together! Using your phone."
Xiao Xun switched to selfie mode, "Okay, I've wanted to take a photo for a long time, but you always refused. I'll use this photo as my wallpaper."
Mu Jiahe suddenly stopped Xiao Xun's hand, "Let's forget it. I'm not wearing makeup today."
"What does that matter? My wife is a great beauty even without makeup."
"Then let's take it when I get back tonight!"
"That works too…"
As he spoke, Xiao Xun kissed Mu Jiahe's cheek, "Wait for me patiently, okay! If you get bored, you can start picking out wedding dresses and a photo studio. We'll have our wedding here too."
"Okay, hurry up! Secretary Fan must be waiting impatiently."
Xiao Xun changed his clothes and happily arrived at the complex entrance.
Secretary Fan honked the horn, and the complex security guard saluted Xiao Xun, "President Xiao, drive safely."
Xiao Xun nodded to the guard and got into Secretary Fan's car.
"Yo! President Xiao is in high spirits today. What's the happy occasion? Share it with us!"
Xiao Xun couldn't hide his smile, laughing heartily before regaining a composed expression, "I won't tell you."
Secretary Fan, acting like someone who knew, said, "Even if you don't tell me, I can guess. Is it something good about President Mu?"
Xiao Xun couldn't hide his smile, "Oh! Not bad!"
"Of course. If I didn't have these skills, how could I dare to be President Xiao's personal secretary!"
The car didn't head into the city but instead drove towards the western suburbs. The western suburbs had many mountains, and the sports car struggled a bit. It stopped in a particularly difficult area to navigate.
A man, as burly as a bear, who had been protecting Xiao Xun, along with a group of his subordinates in large SUVs, was waiting there.
"I'll only take you this far."
Xiao Xun looked at Secretary Fan, "Aren't you coming with us?"
Secretary Fan smiled, "President Xiao thinks too highly of me. My rank isn't high enough."
Xiao Xun didn't say anything else. He opened the car door and walked towards the bear-like man, greeting him in advance, "Long time no see!"
"Mr. Xiao, please get in!"
After saying this, he opened the rear door.
After Xiao Xun got into the car, he asked the bear-like man beside him, "You're not blindfolding me today?"
"Mr. Xiao, you jest. You are now the general responsible person. You have the right to know all the secrets here."
Hearing this, Xiao Xun felt a little uneasy. Without his spatial ring, he felt insecure, worried that if anything unexpected happened, he wouldn't be able to escape.
The mountain road was extremely difficult, no wonder they were driving large SUVs. These vehicles could traverse any ordinary road with ease, but on this mountain path, the bumps were still significant.
Upon reaching a large air-raid shelter, a group of people in black combat uniforms emerged. Their faces were filled with a murderous aura, clearly indicating they had experienced gunfire.
Xiao Xun could sense that these people had all killed before.
After checking the identities of everyone in the car, they saluted, and the vehicle slowly drove into the interior of the air-raid shelter.
The interior of the air-raid shelter was vast and extremely cold. Most curiously, there was a giant eye at the top, gazing down.
When the car stopped at a designated spot, it began to slowly descend.
Xiao Xun was amazed. To build such a massive project in this location was truly a grand undertaking, something ordinary financial and material resources couldn't achieve.
Furthermore, a large letter 'G' was visible everywhere, the symbol of the Door God Society.
When the car reached the predetermined location, Xiao Xun was asked to put on a white lab coat and goggles. Although he didn't know why, Xiao Xun complied.
The men who had accompanied Xiao Xun were only the burly man named Ma, who resembled a bear, but the rest stopped outside the disinfection room. It seemed they weren't qualified to proceed further.
After undergoing a comprehensive disinfection spray, the two entered the next room, which resembled a research laboratory. Everyone wore white lab coats and goggles. They paid no attention to newcomers, solely focused on their own tasks.
At this moment, a person wearing a black mask approached Xiao Xun.
He was wearing a pure white jumpsuit, with a combined pattern of a compass and ruler embroidered on the left chest. In the center of the pattern was a blue 'G'.
"Xiao Xun, I hope you've been well!"
Xiao Xun nodded, "It has been a while. But why are you still wearing a mask in a place like this?"
"Do you want to see the face beneath my mask? I believe you'll be very surprised when you do."
"Then you underestimate me. I've seen all sorts of ugly faces. Even if you were an alien, I could understand. What would be so surprising?"
The bear-like man coughed, "Behave yourself."
The black-masked man extended his hand, "It's alright. We're old acquaintances."
With that, he removed the black mask that seemed welded to his face. The face that was revealed greatly surprised him, indeed shocking Xiao Xun.
It was a face he could never have imagined.
"Brother Xiang, it's you?"
The face beneath the black mask belonged to Su Xiang, the night shift network administrator at the Golden Gourd Internet Cafe back then.
Seeing Xiao Xun's shocked expression, Su Xiang smiled, "I told you, quite surprised, aren't you!"
Xiao Xun immediately understood something, "Meaning, you've been watching me since I was in college?"
"You can't say that. I was originally watching someone else. I met you by chance, that's all."
"So, you were part of the Door God Society from the beginning?"
Su Xiang nodded, "From the day you accidentally stumbled upon our meeting online, we had already identified your identity."
Xiao Xun cursed inwardly, *If only you'd said so sooner! You made me hide for so many years.*
Su Xiang chuckled, "You're probably cursing me in your mind right now, aren't you?"
Xiao Xun quickly waved his hands, "No, no, how could I! You took such good care of me back then, I'm very grateful."
"Alright, the meeting is about to start. We can chat more after it's over."
"Okay."
Following Su Xiang, they entered a dark conference room. Video conferencing was used here. In every shadowed area, there was a silver-gray plaque marked with a blue number. Above the number was an eye, some glowing green and some red.
Xiao Xun quietly asked, "Brother Xiang, what do the green and red eyes mean?"
"The green light means the other person is online. The red light means they are offline."
Saying this, Su Xiang sat down in front of a microphone and motioned for Xiao Xun to sit beside him.