Bi Jiuyou

Chapter 876 - 876 865 Taking Marriage Leave


876: Chapter 865: Taking Marriage Leave?


876: Chapter 865: Taking Marriage Leave?


Standing in the CEO’s office, Ning Fan stood rigidly in place, cold sweat dripping down his forehead.


His face was pale, and he felt as though the entire world was spinning around him.


Xu Xiaoqing’s strangeness, coupled with Huo Qiuran appearing in a place she absolutely shouldn’t have been, left Ning Fan completely bewildered.


For a moment, countless questions flashed through Ning Fan’s mind, but ultimately, they all froze on Huo Qiuran’s cold, emotionless face.


“Assistant Ning, you’re acting very odd today.


I think you need to take a proper break…”


Huo Qiuran’s words sent Ning Fan wandering out of the office in a daze.


At the same time, the strange stares from those around him made Ning Fan feel entirely out of place, as if the whole world was rejecting him.


Was it the world that had gone wrong, or was he the one who’d changed?


“Assistant Ning, are you feeling unwell?


Let me help you to the break room to rest…”


A man in a security guard’s uniform walked over, but Ning Fan didn’t manage to see his face clearly; his mind was still a chaotic mess.


“…How strange.


Isn’t Assistant Ning still on his honeymoon leave?


Why is he suddenly back?”


The security guard’s whispered comment before leaving jolted Ning Fan back to some semblance of clarity.


Honeymoon leave.


Again, it was about his supposed marriage.


Ning Fan recalled Xu Xiaoqing mentioning that he had married Xu Ruolan…


Now he was hearing others in the company discussing the same thing.


Ning Fan instinctively swallowed hard, his tongue nervously licking his dry lips.


Here was the issue: when had he gotten married?


And why was Huo Qiuran here in the first place?


Ning Fan stood up, wiped the sweat from his brow, and bit down hard on the tip of his tongue.


The sudden pain cleared his mind considerably.


The sharp sensation left him unable to determine whether this was reality or some kind of hallucination.


All he knew was that he was still standing in the break room, and nothing around him seemed to have changed.


Leaving the break room, the staring eyes of others hadn’t wavered either.


Perhaps, to them, Ning Fan himself was the inexplicable anomaly…


Taking a deep breath, Ning Fan headed toward the security department.


He needed to confirm something—had everything truly changed?


“Is Minister Zhu here?”


“Oh, Assistant Ning, you’re looking for Minister Zhu?


He’s in his office.


Do you want me to call him for you?”


“No need.


I’ll go by myself…”


Ning Fan shook his head and made his way directly to Zhu Xuetao’s office.


This time, he didn’t barge in.


Instead, he knocked on the door, only stepping inside after hearing Zhu Xuetao’s voice from within.


“Ah, it’s Assistant Ning!


I was wondering who it might be.


What a rare guest, what a rare guest—please, come in!”


Zhu Xuetao warmly invited Ning Fan in, but his enthusiasm felt overly polite to Ning Fan.


Their relationship wasn’t supposed to be this distant.


Now, Zhu Xuetao’s warmth came across more as the flattery of a subordinate toward a superior, rather than the camaraderie of colleagues who’d worked together for years.


“Assistant Ning, if I remember correctly, you’re supposed to still be on your honeymoon leave, right?


What brings you to the office today?”


Zhu Xuetao asked curiously, a perplexed expression on his face.


His use of the title “Assistant” made Ning Fan even more alert.


What was this assistant position about?


Even Huo Qiuran had called him “Assistant” and had treated him so coldly.


Yet their relationship was originally supposed to be that of lovers…


So far, everything Ning Fan had encountered reeked of strangeness.


He scrutinized Zhu Xuetao but couldn’t feel a shred of authenticity from the man before him.


Was it he who had the problem, or was it the world?


The answer remained elusive, but Ning Fan knew that if he couldn’t figure out what was going on soon, he was bound to lose his mind.


“Oh, nothing.


Just came to take a look…”


“Assistant Ning, you’re really dedicated to the company, aren’t you?


I thought you’d be off enjoying your honeymoon with your lovely wife.


Haven’t gone anywhere these days?


Still in Zhonghai?


Oh, almost forgot,


your wife’s a bit of a workaholic too, isn’t she?


Even though she’s not with the same company, I’ve heard about her…”


Zhu Xuetao looked at Ning Fan with a hint of envy, which made Ning Fan feel like he’d somehow become the epitome of success.


Everything around him had changed.


Everyone he knew had undergone transformations.


However, one thing hadn’t changed: his “wife,” Xu Ruolan, was still as much of a workaholic as ever.


But what surprised him the most was that Xu Ruolan wasn’t even part of this company.


Perhaps even the company’s name wasn’t the same Xu Corporation as before…


“By the way, Assistant Ning, what brings you here today?


Anything you need to assign to me?”


At this moment, Zhu Xuetao posed the question most pressing on his mind.


As the CEO’s assistant, Ning Fan was considered Huo Qiuran’s closest confidant, a high-ranking figure with tremendous authority.


To Zhu Xuetao, Ning Fan’s visit was both thrilling and nerve-wracking.


But Ning Fan had no idea that his current identity was so significant.


After all, just moments ago, he’d been sent out of the office by Huo Qiuran.


“Oh, it’s nothing.


Just checking in.


Minister Zhu, as always, you’re diligent.


Keep up the good work.


I’ll head back now…”


It was confirmed—everything around him had changed.


Whether it was Xu Xiaoqing, Huo Qiuran, or Zhu Xuetao, all of them were different, completely at odds with his memories.


If not for the clarity of his memories, Ning Fan might have thought that it was he who had lost his sanity, not the world.


“How strange…”


Zhu Xuetao watched Ning Fan’s departure in confusion, muttering to himself.


He had assumed Ning Fan had come for some important reason, yet he’d just wandered around and left.


He couldn’t begin to guess at the thoughts of someone so high up.


In the CEO’s office, Huo Qiuran stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing down at Ning Fan’s figure.


Her eyes were filled with complicated emotions, her thoughts indecipherable.


At that moment, as if sensing her gaze, Ning Fan instinctively turned around.


But all he saw was a glass wall—nothing else.


“Damn it!


Is everyone playing a joke on me, or have I gone insane?


What the hell is happening to this world?!”


Ning Fan raged inwardly, unable to stay calm as the surreal events continued to unfold.


How could he be expected to?


He was on the verge of losing his mind.


Breaking through to the True Origin Realm should have been something to celebrate, but the bizarre upheaval had robbed him of any joy.


Now, all Ning Fan wanted was to figure out the reason behind all the changes happening around him.


Instead of returning home or seeking out Xu Ruolan, Ning Fan chose to follow the path etched in his memory, which led him to a particular place: the Shadow Base.


“No way… There’s nothing here!”