After Rebirth, Married to a Deadly Enemy - Chapter 61(END)

After coming out of the detention center, Bai Xiangxing didn’t bother with the Bai family’s affairs anymore. He had already informed Shi Zhen to spare Grandfather Bai’s life. As for Bai Cang and his son, he had initially planned to find a way to send them off to a garbage planet, but now he couldn’t be bothered to deal with them anymore.

 

However, Bai Xiangxing had been worried for a few days about what happened to Bai Cang and his son because of the incident with their bank accounts. He secretly had Shi Zhen investigate, and Shi Zhen informed him that it wasn’t Xiang Rong who hacked their accounts personally but leaked Bai Cang and his son’s information on the dark web, and someone else hacked them. After Bai Xiangxing found out, he didn’t pay any more attention. That sneaky kid, Xiang Rong.

 

A week after the end of the semester exams, Xinshi started distributing year-end bonuses and dividends to major shareholders. Because of the boss’s whims, Xinshi’s year-end bonus kept increasing, and in the end, it was almost equivalent to five months’ salary. When the old employees of Xinshi received their bonuses, they were so excited that their eyes turned red. They vowed on the spot never to leave Xinshi in their lifetime.

 

But what they didn’t know was that compared to their bonuses, the dividends for shareholders were astronomical. Among the shareholders, Ji Yuanwu, who had the smallest share, was so scared when he received his dividend that he rushed to the finance department, quietly asking the finance director if they had mistakenly transferred the bank interest payment to his account. The finance director, Zhang Hongming, could only laugh bitterly and explain that it was indeed the dividends from Xinshi. Ji Yuanwu finally accepted the fact that Xinshi had made so much money.

 

“My nephew-in-law is amazing,” Ji Yuanwu had always known that Bai Xiangxing could make money, but this was beyond expectation. He hadn’t done anything this year, hadn’t even come to the company for many days, and yet he earned much more than his total salary for the past ten years.

 

“Lao Zhang, will I be able to earn this much money every year from now on?” Ji Yuanwu asked.

 

“No,” Zhang Hongming shook his head.

 

Ji Yuanwu breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought so, otherwise it would be too terrifying.

 

“According to President Bai’s plan, Xinshi’s performance will only get better in the future. Next year’s dividends will be at least double this year’s. Every year after that, it will continue to increase,” Zhang Hongming said.

 

Ji Yuanwu was stunned for a moment, then after a while, he asked, “Lao Zhang, am I rich now?”

 

“Yes,” Zhang Hongming affirmed.

 

“Then… then help me transfer the money to the medical fund,” Ji Yuanwu suddenly said, “Xiangxing stopped medical reimbursements at the company, but there are still many family members of Xinshi employees who need medical expenses.”

 

On his first day in the company, Bai Xiangxing abolished the original medical reimbursement policy of Xinshi. At that time, the company was almost bankrupt, and there wasn’t much money in the accounts, so he abolished it. Ji Yuanwu didn’t say anything back then. But now that he had money, his bonus alone was more than the medical expenses reimbursed by the company for the whole year last year.

 

After hearing this, Zhang Hongming smiled and said, “I actually wanted to bring up this matter again. After all, with the company’s improved performance, we can afford to bear the medical expenses again. But now, it’s unnecessary.”

 

“Why?” Ji Yuanwu asked.

 

“You haven’t been back to the company much this year, so you probably don’t know about the current salaries of Xinshi employees,” Zhang Hongming explained. “After President Bai took over the company, the basic salaries of employees increased by about 50%, and they also receive performance bonuses every month. At the end of the year, they also received almost half a year’s worth of year-end bonuses. With the money they earn, they can basically cover their own medical expenses. Even in the security department, many severely disabled individuals now have the means to seek treatment. Captain Du’s partner has already booked eye surgery and will probably regain his sight after the Chinese New Year.”

 

Ji Yuanwu widened his eyes. He knew Captain Du Pengjing’s partner, who was blind in both eyes and needed a pair of customized holographic mechanical eyes connected to the brain nerves, which was very expensive. Also, for this reason, even when the medical reimbursement policy was still in place, Captain Du Pengjing had never applied for any related expenses from Xinshi because it was too expensive, and he knew Xinshi couldn’t afford it. But now, how long had it been, just four or five months since the establishment of the transportation team? Less than half a year, and Du Pengjing earned so much?

 

Does transportation make so much money? By comparison, the Alliance is too stingy. Even when they were serving in the military, how much did they earn in a month?

 

“Although President Bai abolished medical reimbursements, he gave them the opportunity to earn money to pay for their own medical treatment. With one less expense for the company, they don’t feel indebted to Xinshi, which is a win-win situation. President Bai is truly amazing,” Zhang Hongming was excited. He received quite a substantial performance bonus this year. Although Bai Xiangxing personally went to negotiate the bank loans, as the finance director, according to the regulations, it counted as his achievement. Moreover, following the current development trend of Xinshi, there would be no difficulty in getting loans in the future. It’s just a matter of saying a few words.

 

After Ji Yuanwu was astonished several times, he finally accepted the fact that he had become rich. It was indeed a wise decision to take over Xinshi after retiring from the military. However, Xinshi almost went bankrupt under his management.

 

After receiving the year-end bonus, the annual leave officially began, even Xiang Yan and Dong Ziyu, who were immersed in the research of the treatment device, were forced to go home for vacation. The two of them were quite depressed. They were on the verge of a breakthrough in their research, but the boss actually asked them to go home for the Chinese New Year. Was this the normal behavior of a capitalist?

 

“Xiao Rong, are you not feeling well?” Xiang Yan looked at his younger brother with concern.

 

Xiang Rong shook his head.

 

“Why did you stop eating after just a few bites?” There was still a lot of rice left in Xiang Rong’s bowl.

 

“I’m not used to it,” Xiang Rong said.

 

Not used to it? Is he being picky? Xiang Yan could hardly believe it. People like them, who came from the lower levels of District 64, were lucky to have enough food to eat when they were young. Xiang Rong, on the other hand, was being picky?

 

Dong Ziyu seemed to understand something and smiled, “You’ve been eating at President Bai’s house all the time. Are you used to their food?”

 

When Xiang Yan and Dong Ziyu got busy with their research, they often forgot about time, leaving Xiang Rong alone at home. Xiang Rong would frequently go to President Bai’s house to eat. At first, Xiang Yan was a bit worried and thought it wasn’t right, but when he got busy again, he forgot about it, and by the time he remembered, Xiang Rong had been eating there for half a year.

 

“Their food isn’t made by robots. Shi Ning helps with the seasoning,” Xiang Rong said.

 

Xiang Yan was taken aback and looked at Dong Ziyu, who flashed a knowing smile and suggested, “Why don’t you continue going there tomorrow? Just say that both I and your brother are busy researching in the basement and forgot about you.”

 

“No way, they’re leaving tomorrow,” Xiang Rong said.

 

“Where are they going?” Xiang Yan asked subconsciously.

 

“They’re going to Border Star to see General Shi,” Xiang Rong said. Shi Ning had been preparing for this for half a month, nagging about it every day.

 

“It’s okay, they’ll be back in at most ten days or two weeks,” Dong Ziyu said with a smile.

 

Facing Dong Ziyu’s teasing gaze, Xiang Rong felt a bit embarrassed. “I just think their food tastes better.”

 

“Yeah, Shi Ning’s cooking should be good,” Dong Ziyu continued to smile.

 

“I’m done eating,” Xiang Rong pushed his bowl away and got up to leave.

 

Behind him, Dong Ziyu’s inexplicable smile and Xiang Yan’s bewildered look followed.

 

“Your little brother is quite something, but who knows if he’ll have the ability in the future,” that brat, he already has goals at the beginning of his differentiation, “By the way, Xiang Rong seems to be starting his differentiation. Pay more attention to him lately.”

 

Xiang Yan was a Beta, although he was very knowledgeable about pheromone research, he couldn’t sense it in daily life. “Xiang Rong is starting his differentiation?”

 

“Yeah, just these few days.” He could vaguely smell pheromones, but he wasn’t sure what kind of scent it was. It should be Alpha.

 

At the Shi family’s house, Shi Ning was busy packing like a diligent little bee. He only had time during winter and summer vacations to visit his parents on Border Star. This year, his older brother got married, and to solidify his brother’s marriage and watch over his sister-in-law, he didn’t go during the summer vacation. It had been almost a year since he last saw his parents. Moreover, he was quite rich now, especially rich. He even saved the pocket money that Xing Xing gave him and could buy a lot of things.

 

Shi Zhen was also packing, walking up and down the stairs, but he was packing Bai Xiangxing’s clothes. The only idle person in the family was Bai Xiangxing. He was downstairs watching TV with a plate of fruit. “What’s there to pack? We’ll buy whatever we need when we get there.”

 

As a wealthy tycoon, why would he be willing to carry a bunch of luggage when he could just buy whatever he needed wherever he went?

 

“Border Star is resource-poor, and not everything can be bought there.” And even if you can buy it, your delicate personality probably won’t be used to it.

 

The latter half of Shi Zhen’s sentence was muttered in his heart, and he didn’t dare to say it out loud.

 

“Is that so? I’ll go take a look later. If it’s really too barren, I’ll go and open a mall,” Bai Xiangxing said casually.

 

Although the salaries of Alliance soldiers were not high, they were not low either, and there weren’t many places to spend money on Border Star. Opening a mall would meet their needs.

 

Shi Zhen helplessly glanced at Bai Xiangxing. This guy could think of making money at any time.

 

“Xingxing Ge, then you should open more clothing stores. Mom has been complaining that there aren’t any nice clothes,” Shi Ning suggested.

 

“Okay.” Bai Xiangxing readily agreed, then turned to look at Shi Zhen. “It’s not even New Year’s yet, why are you on vacation already?”

 

Xinshi had started their vacation early, and Shizhen had already bought the tickets as soon as he took time off. 

 

“I’m not taking annual leave,” Shizhen said.

 

“Then what is it?” Bai Xiangxing asked.

 

“It’s honeymoon leave,” Shizhen smiled.

 

“…” Bai Xiangxing was speechless.

 

“Big brother, do you want to have a wedding ceremony?” Hearing about honeymoon leave, Shi Ning became excited again. He had wanted to say this for a long time. His big brother and Bai Xiangxing had just registered for marriage, which was too simple.

 

Shizhen turned to look at Bai Xiangxing.

 

“No,” Bai Xiangxing rejected loudly.

 

What a joke, he couldn’t afford that.

 

“It’s okay, we can just have a family dinner then.” Shizhen readily agreed.

 

Bai Xiangxing didn’t refuse after hearing that.

 

“Okay then.” Although Shi Ning was a bit disappointed, he didn’t insist.

 

“When you get married in the future, I’ll organize a grand wedding for you,” Bai Xiangxing suggested with a smile, seeing Shi Ning’s disappointment.

 

Shi Ning’s face turned red instantly. “I’m not getting married.”

 

“Not getting married is fine too. Big brother will take care of you for life,” Bai Xiangxing said.

 

“Be careful not to spoil him,” Shi Zhen said, but he was actually happy. Shi Ning had become much livelier this year. He always had a smile on his face, and he seemed more energetic.

 

The next morning, Shi Zhen drove with his wife and younger brother to the port and boarded the spaceship bound for Border Star. Border Star was too far away, and there were usually no direct flights there. Only during the New Year would the military open this route, and the passengers were all military dependents visiting Border Star.

 

As they approached, Bai Xiangxing suddenly remembered something. “Why does your father have to be stationed on Border Star? I don’t think other generals are stationed there all the time.”

 

He asked because he vaguely remembered that in his previous life, Shi Zhen seemed to have been stationed on Border Star as well.

 

“It’s a tradition of our Storm Legion. Generals must be stationed at the front line,” Shi Zhen explained.

 

“Will you be stationed at the front line in the future too?” Bai Xiangxing asked.

 

Shi Zhen glanced at him and nodded.

 

“Hmph!” Bai Xiangxing clicked his tongue. “I won’t accompany you there. I still have to manage Xinshi.”

 

Shi Zhen smiled and hugged him. “Then let my dad stay there forever, and I’ll take my time getting promoted.”

 

Bai Xiangxing subconsciously felt uneasy. Was the youngest general in the entire Alliance going to be delayed because of this reason? But then he thought, it doesn’t matter if it’s delayed. Anyway, he supports him, whether he becomes a general or not.

 

“As long as your dad isn’t angry,” Bai Xiangxing said.

 

“He won’t be angry,” Shi Zhen said with a smile. “You’ve given him so much bonus this time, he can even sell me to you directly.”

 

Bai Xiangxing looked at him for a while, evaluating him with his eyes. “Your quality is average, but I like it. I’ll reluctantly buy it.”

 

Shi Zhen chuckled, “I’ll make sure to behave well in the future and not make Master Xing angry.”

 

“As long as you know.” Bai Xiangxing smirked.

 

“Master Xing, it’s getting dark outside,” Shi zhen suddenly pointed outside the window.

 

Bai Xiangxing turned his head and saw endless void outside the window. He said helplessly, “The sky is always black in space.”

 

“It’s okay, it’ll be bright when you wake up from a nap.”

 

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Xiangxing felt a sudden force wrapping around him and heard rapid heartbeat and a scorching sensation behind him.

 

Damn it, this definitely isn’t just sleeping.

 

His body was spun around, and the two of them fell onto the soft double bed, with endless void on the other side of the bed, twinkling with stars.

 

“Close the curtains,” Bai Xiangxing breathed heavily.

 

“This is space, there’s no one here,” Shizhen gasped.

 

“What if there’s a patrol team?”

 

“If there’s no danger, the patrol team won’t approach, and just now a team passed by. There won’t be anyone on this section of the route.”

 

“Are you sure?”

 

“Positive,” Shi Zhen said firmly.

 

Bai Xiangxing didn’t ask anymore. “Come on then, show me what you’ve got.”

 

Shi Zhen’s eyes darkened, and he pressed down on him.

 

When he woke up from his nap, it was indeed bright outside.

 

Author’s note:

 

I originally wanted to say something, but I don’t know how to say it. There are too many things happening in reality recently. Someone in my family is sick and hospitalized, and this foolish author doesn’t know what to do besides worrying every day. I probably won’t be able to write for a while. It’s a struggle to write even now, and my state isn’t good. So I’ll just end it here, and we’ll see you in the next book. I’ll definitely try to write better in the next book. Thank you to everyone who has followed along until now.