Chen Xiaoxiao took out a stack of red invitations from her red handbag and handed one to each person. She then handed the last one to Shen Qingyan, saying, "I also invite you, stranger."

"Thank you, I will be there on time. Congratulations." Shen Qingyan subconsciously bowed, but stopped halfway through, feeling embarrassed and doubting herself.

Why did he just stand there like that...? Was it subconscious? Was he from ancient times?

But if he were from ancient times, why would he consider himself to be from ancient times...?

The girl wearing the red veil smiled and hummed a song as she walked away happily. Xiao Shuai and Xiao Qiang silently followed her, while Xiao Mei and Xiao Yuan watched her.

Shen Qingyan remained silent, neither looking at nor paying attention. She put the invitation away, walked straight out of the hotel, and wandered around the city again, searching for other clues.

Xiao Mei and Xiao Yuan followed at a distance, without any apparent intention. Shen Qingyan ignored them and continued with his own business. He felt a strange confidence that if they ambushed him, he could definitely defeat them.

Maybe he already knew martial arts?

……

modern.

Gu Xixi opened her eyes and sat up straight in bed. She heard a knocking sound outside and turned her head to see a plump white bird eating.

It was just that it kept pecking at the food in the small bowl even after it had finished eating, which made that pecking sound.

She immediately checked the system and found no historical messages or news about Shen Qingyan, which was the best news she could expect.

As expected of Shen Qingyan, he is indeed amazing, even in the world of monsters.

Bang bang bang, Aunt Qin's voice came from outside the door, "Xixi, are you awake? Breakfast is ready. It's hot and sour soup, spicy pork floss steamed buns, and strawberries. Do you need anything else?"

"No need, that's enough. I'll be right there. Chen Mo will be here today, remember to put a gate access control on him," Gu Xixi replied, stretching, getting out of bed, washing up and getting dressed.

As she came downstairs, Chen Mo came in, carrying a large stack of documents.

Unlike usual, Chen Mo was dressed casually today, making him appear refined and less sharp-tongued. Moreover, the bright colors of his clothes were quite different from his usual style.

Gu Xixi looked at his wrist again, and there was a rubber band clearly visible. Sure enough...

"It seems Mr. Chen will have some good news to tell me soon?" Gu Xixi smiled and pointed to his wrist.

Chen Mo nodded without hesitation, "President Gu is so perceptive. In your words... your ex-girlfriend who ran away pregnant is back. You just finished pursuing her and succeeded. The wedding date hasn't been set yet. I'll personally deliver the invitation to you once it's set."

Wow wow wow!!

Gu Xixi immediately gave a thumbs up, her tone regretful, "Does Chen Yu know? Does Grandpa Chen know? Why didn't anyone tell me? I love watching people chase after their wives."

Chen Mo clearly saw that Gu Xixi was joking, and then shook his head, "They don't know, I plan to tell them in the next few days, please keep it a secret for now."

Gu Xixi immediately made a zipping motion with her hand over her mouth, "It's absolutely a secret. Have you had breakfast? If not, come and eat with me, we can talk while we eat."

"Okay." Chen Mo followed Gu Xixi to the dining room and sat down.

After they finished eating, when Aunt Qin started clearing the table, Chen Mo and Gu Xixi moved several seats to the side and only started looking at the documents when they sat on the empty part of the table.

"What you see now are products that have been re-researched and manufactured from the previous (garbage) sorting: fully intelligent humanoid trash cans, garbage disposers, and a basic version of a fully automatic intelligent skateboard that lets you fly... These products are relatively scattered, so they are packaged as a whole-house smart home and sold as a package."

Chen Mo didn't need to look at it himself; he could tell exactly what something was just by seeing which page Gu Xixi turned to.

"We have products at different price points and in different price ranges, and they are mostly sold in packages. We recruited volunteers online and conducted free trials of whole-house smart home systems at 10 locations. After testing and sharing case studies, the results were quite good."

As Gu Xixi opened her phone, she did a quick search and saw relevant case videos and feedback from netizens.

[President Chen, you truly understand my needs! I've been wanting a reasonably priced smart home system like this. Nowhere else sells it in such tiered packages; you have to buy them individually, which is so expensive.]

Yes, yes, I suspect that Mr. Chen must have a mastermind behind him. In the past two years, Mr. Chen's thinking has become much more flexible and human compared to before.

[It's true, this product is really good. One of the companies selected for the review is my aunt's family. They just got married and installed a whole-house smart system in their new house. I went to see it, and for the first time, I wanted to do something unethical—take over their new house.]

……

Almost all of them were positive reviews.

"Next, let's talk about the charity project you mentioned yesterday. I also have some thoughts I'd like to add."

Chen Mo took out a new document. "Look, this is a revised plan I made, based on your previous plan, but with a female perspective..."

“Through research, we found that women have a much higher level of empathy and compassion than men. Therefore, in this charity project, I plan to focus on Chinese women as the main force… In addition to Fu Yuan’s rough plan, I have also added some details, such as donating sanitary napkins to remote mountainous areas, with a message printed in a small package inside that can only be seen when the user squats down to open the package…”

Gu Xixi's eyes lit up. This way, it would indeed be very difficult for anyone to discover her.

“Not every character will be there… We’ll use them in batches, by shipping address… Of course, these are only a small part, and relatively weak methods. Besides that, there are also tracking smart chip dogs, scent recognition, navigation… ultra-precise data analysis and prediction…”

Chen Mo handed out the documents one by one, looking particularly focused and attentive.

"There is also a legal self-defense weapon for single people, which does not harm anyone's life and is mainly used to restrict the other party's mobility. The weapon has automatic video and voice recording and intelligent recognition functions to prevent it from being misused by malicious individuals. Related experiments will be conducted 100,000 times, and it will only be put on the market after it is thoroughly calibrated."

"If you're interested, you can visit our R&D department in the next couple of days. You don't get to show your face very often, so I'll introduce you to everyone."

……

The two were having a lively discussion, and Aunt Qin smiled from the doorway. How nice.

On the other side, a world of silence.

As darkness approached, Shen Qingyan returned to the restaurant carrying several pieces of wood and a toolbox. When he reached the fourth floor, Xiao Mei, Xiao Shuai, Xiao Qiang, and Xiao Yuan gathered and blocked Shen Qingyan at the door of room 4012.

"Hey kid, we're being nice to you, why don't you appreciate it? How could you possibly get out of the dungeon by yourself?"

"Do you understand cooperation? Hand over the newspaper, and we'll cooperate."

"What are you doing to these things? Have you found a way out?"

……

Cooperation? Shen Qingyan felt as if he had been hit in the head. He instinctively felt that he hadn't heard this word in a long time, which was why he was so surprised when he heard it.

"I have read the taboo rules, and I heard what you said yesterday. I also wanted to cooperate, but you did not pass my test. I'm sorry."

Shen Qingyan's expression remained unchanged as he gestured for the others to step aside.

The men's expressions changed repeatedly, their eyes filled with murderous intent.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like