What is this… Did I really take a dream so seriously?

After sending the message, Su Xuan chuckled at his own naivety.

Since he didn't feel sleepy anyway, he began to ponder the events of his dream, where one thing struck him as particularly odd.

Those people all wanted to enter that door. They said that by entering, they could return home. They also mentioned enduring a lot of suffering outside. For now, I'll call the world behind that door the Underworld. After all, the couplet there read, "The Heavenly Courts are roadless, but the Underworld has a door." So, the outside must be… the mortal realm! Suffering in the mortal realm? Entering the door to the Underworld is returning home, where one can enjoy bliss? Is that Court Lord from the Underworld, then? And how did he get to the mortal realm?

"It's fake, all fake!"

The more Su Xuan thought, the less he could understand. The events in the dream completely contradicted his perception of reality. Unless the world behind the door was paradise, none of it made sense!

Suddenly, Su Xuan pricked up his ears. A sound was coming from the courtyard.

"Tall is the tree in the south, but one cannot rest beneath it. A maiden roams by the Han, but one cannot court her…"

Su Xuan tiptoed to the window, parting the curtains with a finger to peek outside. He saw the young, scholar-like phantom holding a scroll and reciting by the edge of the pond.

Su Xuan rubbed his ears.

Incredible! I can actually hear his voice now!

He wondered if it was because he had been slashed by a vicious ghost, or because he had killed so many of them.

Should I go out and say hello? Ask if his kidneys are better?

But just as the thought occurred to him, the young apparition vanished. Disappointed, Su Xuan had no choice but to return to his bed. He was too agitated from the night's many events to fall asleep.

「The next morning.」

While having breakfast with his family, he suddenly asked them a question.

"Do you believe that after people die, they can go to another world? And that world might not be as bad as we think? Maybe we've misunderstood that world all along?"

Before he even finished speaking, Old Butler Liu, Wang Xuehan, and the young siblings were all completely befuddled. They all stared at Su Xuan as if he had lost his mind.

"Ahem!" Old Butler Liu put down his chopsticks, cleared his throat, and said, "Master, you're still so young, you shouldn't dwell on such things. Look at me, I've got one foot in the grave and I've never once considered such matters. You should be thinking more about how to manage your company and make more money. Oh, and aren't you planning to go find Alice? When are you leaving?"

After speaking, Old Butler Liu glanced at Wang Xuehan, as if realizing he'd said too much about another girl in front of her.

Wang Xuehan, however, didn't seem to mind. Her relationship with Su Xuan was more like that of a sister. She asked with concern, "Su Xuan, have you been under too much stress lately?"

"Brother Su," Xiao Yun added, "is someone causing trouble for you again?"

Shi Yazi declared, "I'll go get my knife! I'll stab anyone who dares to scare you!"

"Uh..." Su Xuan opened his mouth, clearly not expecting such a reaction from everyone, then waved his hands. "Let's eat. Keep eating!"

After finishing breakfast, he left home to start his Didi shift under the strange gazes of his family.

"Maybe we aren't paying enough attention to him," Wang Xuehan said softly.

"Indeed," Old Butler Liu sighed. "He's always helping us so much, but we hardly ever look after him."

"Let's make barbecue for Brother Su tonight!" Xiao Yun chimed in.

After Su Xuan left, Old Butler Liu and the others whispered among themselves. How could they possibly know about the bizarre things he had been encountering lately?

Around noon, Su Xuan happened to pass by the Grand Emperor Hotel. He was planning to pop in for a free meal when he received a call from Chu Hongfang.

"Boss, you hit the nail on the head!" Chu Hongfang said excitedly. "Something really did happen at that company! They uncovered a lot of corpses and bribed a funeral home to cremate them. Last night, the police moved in and arrested their entire leadership!"

"And then?" Su Xuan asked.

"Then I pulled some strings, called in a few favors, and managed to secure the project," Chu Hongfang said. "It's not a done deal yet, though. We still have to have our qualifications reviewed, provide a clean criminal record, pay a security deposit... all that stuff. The process might take a few days, but overall, there shouldn't be any major issues."

"Good. You've worked hard."

"Just wait for the good news, Boss!"

After hanging up, Su Xuan entered the Grand Emperor Hotel and found Dongfang Hao.

"Ah, Brother Su, I was just thinking of you!" Upon seeing Su Xuan, Dongfang Hao grabbed both of his arms with great enthusiasm. "Come on, let's go have a couple of drinks!"

Dongfang Hao got a VIP room and dragged Su Xuan inside. Not caring whether Su Xuan had to work that afternoon, he insisted that they drink heavily.

"Brother Dongfang, it looks like you have some good news to share!" Su Xuan said, wiping the wine from the corner of his mouth.

"I do, I do! Take a look!" Dongfang Hao took out a bright red certificate.

Su Xuan saw it was a marriage certificate.

"Yu Fei has forgiven me, haha!" Dongfang Hao carefully put the certificate away. "So we have to drink until we drop tonight! Seriously, you're my family's lifesaver. If it weren't for you, Yu Fei and little Xie Xuan would have..."

As he spoke, Dongfang Hao's eyes began to glisten with tears. Little Xie Xuan was Dongfang Hao's daughter, her full name being Dongfang Xiexuan. The meaning was self-evident.

"You should put that marriage certificate away. It would be bad if you lost it," Su Xuan said as he refilled Dongfang Hao's glass.

"No way! I can't sleep without it, haha!" Dongfang Hao laughed heartily and clinked glasses with Su Xuan. Then he asked, "Has my sister-in-law been looking for you recently?"

"No, she hasn't," Su Xuan shook his head.

Dongfang Hao's sister-in-law was Du Yufei, Du Yuchen's sister.

"Good that she hasn't," Dongfang Hao said, putting on a serious face. "Ever since you made her your office secretary, she's been completely devoted to her work. Isn't it because she's afraid of embarrassing you?"

"She works hard," Su Xuan pursed his lips.

After becoming the boss of Fei Lian Airlines, he had promoted Du Yufei to be his secretary.

"Brother Su, you should ask her out when you have time!" Dongfang Hao urged earnestly. "After all, you two went on a blind date. You can't always make a girl take the initiative. Besides, you're the boss of Fei Lian Airlines. If she actively seeks you out, people are bound to gossip."

"They won't," Su Xuan said, raising his hand. "I'll fire anyone who gossips."

He had already fired a vice president named Qin Wenbin right after taking the position.

"Hahaha! Then I'll tell her to ask you out sometime. You better not say you're too busy!" Dongfang Hao roared with laughter.

The two of them drank and chatted until three or four in the afternoon. Afterward, Dongfang Hao took Su Xuan to a foot therapy spa to sober up.

In his drunken haze, Su Xuan faintly heard a voice shouting, "Hurry, get through that door! Go home!"

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