Chapter 34: Record of Moving to the City in the 90s 34

On the day of the wedding, both Yu Zexiu’s side and Su Huandan’s side put on a grand, lively celebration.

On Su Huandan’s side, all her maternal relatives had come to escort the bride, so Grandpa Xiao, the police station chief from Xiao Jianguo’s station, and a few close colleagues were entrusted with helping manage the banquet.

Pretty much everyone in Yuanyi Village who ought to come had come. As for the tenants renting rooms from the family, most of them were there because of Ms. Meng’s Dingsheng Media Company. They couldn’t possibly get close to a wedding on the Yu family’s side, but for the Su family’s wedding, they had to come join the fun no matter what.

Who knew? Maybe Dingsheng Media would take a liking to them and sign them, and then they wouldn’t have to keep working as extras.

As for Yu Zexiu’s side, both his parents were in business and ran companies, so there were simply too many people who needed to come.

As for people connected to Old Master Yu, not a single one had been invited.

And as for Ms. Meng’s maternal relatives, everyone who could make it had come.

The entire wedding was enormous and bustling, with more than a hundred banquet tables.

They were holding a traditional Chinese wedding. Yu Zexiu wasn’t wearing a suit, and Su Huandan liked Xiuhefu¹, so the two of them looked like a bride and groom straight out of old times. Quite a few people muttered in private that this wedding wasn’t stylish enough. For a wedding, wouldn’t a wedding dress look much prettier?

Very quickly, people who knew quality pushed back.

“Just look at the ornaments on the bride’s head, every one of them is made of real gold. The five-clawed golden dragon and the nine-tailed phoenix on the couple’s wedding clothes are embroidered with actual gold thread. Every accessory they’re wearing is real gold. And look at the bride’s gold belt, even the skirt weights hanging from it are real gold and fine jade.”

“Exactly. What do young people nowadays know? The bride and groom’s wedding clothes were all custom-made, and the workmanship is superb. You couldn’t finish that embroidery in less than half a year. Those two outfits alone, if you don’t have five or six hundred thousand, don’t even think about buying them.”

“That’s exactly it. The clothes are valuable, and they’re wearing real gold and precious jade, but most importantly, the whole thing is red, bright red and festive, and it looks auspicious too. I really can’t understand what people are thinking when they insist on getting married in a white wedding dress. On such a joyous day, dressing in white, what, are they afraid the elders at home have lived too long and become an eyesore? Why would you start wearing mourning clothes² in advance? My son got married last year, and my daughter-in-law insisted on wearing a wedding dress. I said right then, if that’s how it is, then forget the wedding. If not her, was my son never going to marry? In the end, didn’t she still get married dressed in bright red?”

The moment those words were spoken, everyone around burst out laughing.

“The young girls say a white wedding dress represents purity. But you’ve twisted that into mourning clothes. That’s not appropriate, not appropriate at all. Even if you’re an elder, you should convince people with reason. How can you use your status to pressure them?”

That person immediately let out a cold snort. “Oh, give me a break. If she hadn’t gotten pregnant, with a brain like hers and nothing but a pretty face, you think she’d ever have made it through my family’s door? She’s already carrying a little brat in her belly, and we’re still talking about purity? Let’s not disgrace that pure white wedding dress.”

What you said isn’t wrong, bringing home a dim-witted wife isn’t ideal, but as the father-in-law, talking about your daughter-in-law like that, you’re hardly some refined gentleman yourself.

Not someone worth befriending, definitely not.

After Yu Zexiu and Su Huandan finished the wedding ceremony, they changed clothes and left.

They were catching a flight to Hawaii for their honeymoon.

Yachting, surfing, seafood barbecues, after seven days of fun, the two of them came back.

It wasn’t that it wasn’t fun, but Yu Zexiu was about to start a business, and the framework of the company had already been set up. It really wouldn’t do without him there to keep an eye on things.

As for having fun, when couldn’t they do that?

They had already agreed that every year, the two of them would set aside one week to travel, whether abroad or somewhere in the country. Wouldn’t an annual honeymoon be wonderful?

Of course it would!

Less than two months after getting married, Su Huandan became pregnant.

In any family, a new addition was a joyous event.

But for Su Huandan, even amid her happiness, her heart was full of worry.

She had gotten up early and was just about to make breakfast when she fainted in the kitchen.

After fainting, in her sea of consciousness³, she saw her superior…

After all these years since her rebirth, Su Huandan had almost forgotten that she was still an employee of the Reincarnation Department in the Underworld.

The sudden sight of her superior’s Horse-Face⁴ left Su Huandan stunned at first. It felt deeply unreal. Then horror set in. Had her time after rebirth run out? Had her superior come to take her back to the Underworld?

Horse-Face looked at Su Huandan’s startled, twitchy expression. Inwardly, he was disdainful, but on the surface, he smiled gently.

“Reincarnator number 399, Su Huandan? That’s you, right? Don’t be nervous. I’ve come to see you this time to inform you that the plane where you were reborn has now been taken over by the Underworld. The Six Paths of Reincarnation⁵ are already complete. From now on, after the living beings of this plane die and enter the cycle of rebirth, they will have a proper path to follow. I’ve come now to ask you one question. Do you want to hand over your Pioneering Mission now and return to the Underworld with me, or do you want to live out this lifetime first?” Horse-Face truly felt he was a good superior, absurdly good to his subordinates, giving her two choices.

Naturally, Su Huandan wanted to live until old age and die naturally.

“Very well, I understand. Your choice won’t affect your mission evaluation. It’s just that the rewards for completing the Pioneering Mission can only be issued after you return to the Underworld. Also, do you want to take on a Sub-quest?” Horse-Face thought to himself that in the primordial world, so many innate beings⁶ who had died in ancient times were waiting to be reincarnated and reborn. Wouldn’t they all need suitable mothers to gather their spiritual consciousness again?

A reincarnator like Su Huandan made an exceptionally good mother, but this sort of thing had to be completely voluntary. It couldn’t be forced, or it would only ruin things instead.

Horse-Face had only asked in passing. If Su Huandan was willing, both he and Su Huandan would benefit. If she wasn’t willing, that was fine too. The Remnant Souls of those innate beings were all sleeping peacefully in the Underworld’s Soul-Nourishing Hall anyway, and they could slowly wait for their chance at reincarnation.

Su Huandan wasn’t very interested in taking on a Sub-quest. She really wasn’t the sort of reincarnator who liked taking risks. She just wanted a peaceful, steady life.

The moment Horse-Face saw Su Huandan’s expression, he knew she wanted to refuse, so he quickly added, “A Pioneering Mission doesn’t earn many rewards. What will you do if you run into a high-risk plane in the future? A Sub-quest is entirely up to you, you can take it or leave it, but if you do choose one, you’ll definitely receive considerable rewards. Pills, spirit fruits, spirit spring water, cultivation techniques, all kinds of skills, even a growth-type Portable Space. Aren’t you going to think it over?”

Su Huandan: …

When you put it like that, even a fool would be tempted.

The moment Horse-Face saw there was an opening, he hurriedly explained the Sub-quest: “The Sub-quest is especially simple. You know there are quite a few big shots’ Remnant Souls in the Underworld waiting to be reincarnated and rebuild their consciousness. So all you need to do is use your womb to let these big shots’ Remnant Souls be reborn and gather consciousness. You don’t have to worry about anything else. On the contrary, these big shots can protect you for half your life, and you’ll also form a good karmic bond with them because of it. That’ll be even more beneficial to your Immortal Path⁷. Think it over?”

Her heart pounded wildly. Before, she hadn’t even been able to see the Immortal Path ahead of her, but now Su Huandan truly felt as if becoming an immortal might actually be possible.

“Then I’ll do the Sub-quest.” The moment she finished speaking, she watched Horse-Face wave his hand and send a ball of spiritual light into her belly.

When she opened her eyes again, Su Huandan heard an unfamiliar woman say, “President Meng, congratulations. Your daughter-in-law is pregnant with twins.”

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