What did it mean to be related on the same household registry?
The ability users were shocked. They looked at Lin Juan, then at the man in the wheelchair, and their expressions suddenly cleared with understanding.
They had all gotten to know Lin Juan one after another later on and did not know his private affairs. Lin Juan would not go around telling people that he was married, and if they had not happened to ask, and if he could not think of any other answer, he would not have given such a response.
He could hardly say outright that Lu Yanzhou was his husband.
Uh…
Lin Juan shrugged his shoulders. No, he could not say it.
Getting married to a man was strange enough already. Calling him husband would only make it stranger.
“So, are you brothers?” After a long while, someone finally found their voice.
They had never heard that the Lu Family had any children younger than Lu Yanzhou. It could not be a marriage relationship, right? Haha.
No, seeing Lin Juan shake his head, the man became even more dazed. Not brothers? It really was a marriage relationship…
Mr. Lin was already married?
So envious, so jealous. How did the Lu Family manage to bring him home?!
That was Mr. Lin, after all.
No, he could not adjust his mindset. How could someone be so lucky? They could not even work together with Mr. Lin, yet this guy was already living under the same roof as him.
The group of ability users gnashed their teeth in silence.
Lin Juan had no idea what kind of waves his casual remark had stirred up in these ability users’ hearts, nor did he know that after they left, this group would beat their chests and stamp their feet, loudly cursing the Lu Family for stealing a march without any martial virtue.
After Radiant Star Technology was transferred under Lin Juan’s name, Lin Juan met with Director Liu and the other higher-ups from the Anomalous Affairs Bureau to preliminarily settle the cooperation matters.
Lu Yanzhou went along too, and he mainly handled the negotiations with the other side. The Anomalous Affairs Bureau would send over a few ability users and research personnel. For the new projects, they would select new laboratories with sufficient confidentiality. The Anomalous Affairs Bureau had stockpiled a batch of anomalous raw materials, which they would transport over once the site was confirmed.
Lin Juan and Lu Yanzhou discussed together which people inside Radiant Star Technology would participate in the project. R&D head Cheng Xiaoyu definitely had to be involved, and for the rest, Lu Yanzhou called Cheng Xiaoyu over to select them together.
“This project is different from the previous ones. It’s highly dangerous and requires high confidentiality. The people selected must have clean backgrounds and solid skills,” Lu Yanzhou said.
“What project is worth you, President Lu, personally following up on?” Cheng Xiaoyu was extremely curious.
“If you’re sure about participating, sign a confidentiality agreement first.” Lu Yanzhou took out the confidentiality agreement. This agreement had been enhanced with supernatural ability by ability users from the Anomalous Affairs Bureau. Anyone who signed it would never leak things they were not supposed to say.
“So strict?” Though he said that, Cheng Xiaoyu was in research and knew how important confidentiality was in this field. He did not think too long before picking up the pen to sign. “As you know, I’ve always liked challenging projects. I hope this one won’t disappoint me.”
“It definitely won’t.” Lin Juan brought over the project document and handed it to Cheng Xiaoyu. “Take a look first.”
He had been going to Radiant Star frequently lately and had gotten familiar with Cheng Xiaoyu, so he spoke casually.
Cheng Xiaoyu took the project document and flipped open the first page. Written there in huge letters were: Preliminary Plan for Combining Anomalies and Technology.
He was familiar with the words separately, but together they were utterly baffling.
Cheng Xiaoyu continued flipping through. He read intently, his posture growing straighter and straighter, his expression more and more serious. After a long while, he closed the project document and let out a heavy breath.
“If it weren’t for the fact that the person sitting across from me is you, Lu Yanzhou, I’d think someone was messing with me.”
It was too outrageous.
Whether it was the word “anomalies” in the project name, or the various unscientific existences in the project document, what was even more unbelievable was that this project document was an official red-header file.
What did that mean?
It meant this project was directly issued by the authorities, and their direct cooperation partner was also the authorities.
He gave a wry smile. “Now I finally know why you’re so invested in this project.”
This was no longer just commercial anymore. On a larger scale, this project directly concerned humanity’s future.
“I’ll carefully select the employees to participate in the project,” Cheng Xiaoyu guaranteed.
“President Lu and I have selected some. See if they’re suitable.” Lin Juan showed Cheng Xiaoyu the list they had picked.
Cheng Xiaoyu looked it over carefully. “I’ll do a detailed background check. Wait for my message on the final list.”
“Alright.” Lu Yanzhou trusted Cheng Xiaoyu’s abilities.
As Lu Yanzhou had said, Radiant Star did not require much of Lin Juan’s attention. Whether it was the current acting president, Director Ke, or R&D head Cheng Xiaoyu, they were all very capable and sufficient to support Radiant Star’s development.
The cooperation with the Anomalous Affairs Bureau was personally led by Lu Yanzhou. Lin Juan just needed to attend a few more meetings with him and meet a few more people, and that was it.
Regarding whether to announce the change of ownership at Radiant Star, Lin Juan said to Lu Yanzhou, “Let’s not say anything about this for now. I feel like announcing it will bring a lot of trouble.”
Most importantly, Lin Juan truly knew nothing about business matters!
Nor was he interested.
Lu Yanzhou tried to teach him some basics, but Lin Juan started dozing off after listening for just a couple of sentences.
After forcing himself to listen to the end, he sincerely suggested, “President Lu, why don’t you give me lessons at night from now on?”
Lu Yanzhou looked over in confusion.
Lin Juan lay on the sofa, pulling the blanket over himself comfortably. “That way, I can fall asleep faster.”
Lu Yanzhou chuckled helplessly.
“President Lu, really, not everyone has the talent for this,” Lin Juan sat up. “Don’t make things hard for me. Otherwise, I’ll just give Radiant Star back to you. The cooperation is already settled anyway.”
“I won’t make you learn this stuff anymore. Radiant Star is a gift from me to you. How could I take back a gift?” Radiant Star, the most dazzling star in the sky—it suited Lin Juan perfectly.
“Alright then, but don’t tell outsiders that Radiant Star is mine already. I see you company managers are all so busy. I don’t want to be bothered every day.”
Lu Yanzhou agreed.
Lin Juan was satisfied.
In truth, Radiant Star already had its own complete system, and there were not many places that required attention. It was just that the new project, due to its special circumstances, needed close follow-up.
Once it got on track, there would be no need to watch it so closely all the time.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, Lu Mingxuan came back from school on break and brought five-colored ropes for everyone in the family.
“These five-colored ropes were woven by me personally. Grandpa, Little Uncle, Dad, Mom, Second Uncle, Third Uncle, Little Uncle—you all have to wear them!”
Lu Mingxuan brought over a wooden box. The moment he opened it, the things inside refracted the light, creating a dazzling display of colors.
“These ropes are ones I specially bought. They’re super popular lately—really pretty, and they glow.”
Lu Mingxuan carefully took out one. Fine threads of five colors were woven together, emanating a faint colorful glow, extraordinarily beautiful.
“Yo, this rope is special.” Even Old Master Lu, who had seen plenty of fine things, was momentarily entranced upon seeing the five-colored rope.
“Right? Grandpa, if it weren’t good, I wouldn’t have gone to the trouble of buying it. These ropes weren’t easy to get. I went to a lot of effort to buy enough.” If he had a tail, Lu Mingxuan’s would surely be wagging high.
“Grandpa, I’ll put it on for you.” Lu Mingxuan set the wooden box on the table, picked up one of the five-colored ropes, and walked over to Old Master Lu.
“Good, good.” Old Master Lu looked at his sensible grandson and grinned from ear to ear.
After putting it on Old Master Lu, Lu Mingxuan proceeded to put them on Lin Juan, Lu Yanzhou, and the other Lu Family members one by one.
The rope felt faintly cool on the wrist. Lin Juan rubbed it but noticed nothing unusual.
But that night, he dreamed of his master after a long time.
His master was the same as always, robes fluttering, with an immortal air that was very imposing.
He stood distantly on the clouds, looking down at Lin Juan with an indescribably complex gaze.
“Master?” Lin Juan took two steps forward.
“Really, how did you get tangled up with that thing?”
The Daoist’s voice was not loud, and across the clouds, it was indistinct.
“Master, what did you say?” Lin Juan instinctively felt that his master was talking about something related to him, so he chased forward a bit, wanting to hear clearly.
“Never mind, it’s all fate. It’s not time yet. Go back for now.”
With a wave of the whisk, a gentle breeze brushed past. Lin Juan felt a bout of weightlessness and woke up from the dream with a start.
The room was dim. Lin Juan raised his hand to rub his eyes. On his wrist, the five-colored rope glowed softly.
Thinking of that inexplicable dream, Lin Juan stared at the five-colored rope on his wrist. Was the dream related to it?
Lin Juan could not get an answer.
Lu Yanzhou was still sleeping, and it was early. Lin Juan closed his eyes, and this time he did not dream again.
The group was on holiday, so there was no need to go to the company early. Everyone ate breakfast together, except Second Brother Lu was not there.
“How did everyone sleep last night?” Lu Mingxuan sat down in his seat and asked.
“Slept very well, had a good dream.” Old Master Lu was full of vigor.
“What a coincidence, I had a sweet dream too,” Third Brother Lu spoke up.
“Not a coincidence,” Lu Mingxuan chuckled. “It’s the credit of the five-colored ropes. The person who sold me the ropes said wearing them to sleep lets you have good dreams.”
Old Master Lu shook his head, clearly not taking it seriously.
Lin Juan had not sensed any anomalous aura from the five-colored rope, so he said nothing, only deciding to take it to Radiant Star for testing.
After cooperating with the Anomalous Affairs Bureau, the higher-ups had brought over the projects that were already underway, including improvements to the pollution detector.
The current pollution detectors were too large to carry conveniently, and production numbers were limited. They wanted to make them smaller for easier portability. If they could increase production, that would be even better.
Zhuang Yufeng would also come to the experimental base when he had time.
But his main focus was still on the research institute, primarily to prevent those people there from doing anything irreparable.
“I want to move the 【Water Tower】 over here.” Compared to the research institute, Zhuang Yufeng trusted this experimental base more.
“Will they agree?” Lin Juan thought it impossible.
The people at the research institute had long regarded the 【Water Tower】 as their own possession. If not for Zhuang Yufeng mediating, they probably would have already dissected it.
Of course, more likely, before they could even start experimenting, the 【Water Tower】 would go berserk first, causing irreversible losses.
After all, it was a D-rank anomaly. Not everyone could beat anomalies like they were toys the way Lin Juan did.
Most people had no power to fight back in front of anomalies.
Zhuang Yufeng said, “They’re researching the 【Water Tower】 eggs brought back from Old Zhang right now.”
Those eggs had originally been meant for on-site destruction, but one of the people who went there was from Professor Zhou’s side and leaked the news to him in advance. Under pressure from research institute higher-ups, they had no choice but to bring the eggs back.
Lin Juan asked, “Do they know the eggs came from Old Zhang’s mouth?”
Zhuang Yufeng replied, “Of course they know, and they don’t care at all. If possible, they’d even personally cut those eggs out of Old Zhang’s stomach.”
