Here, what place is this?
Zhou Hong blinked, feeling a bit fuzzy-headed. Before him lay a world brimming with the 'unfamiliar.' He saw people riding on two-wheeled contraptions, making 'vroom vroom' sounds as they sped forward, the machines emitting white gas. (Motorcycles)
Then, he saw someone holding a thin, flat brick to their ear, saying, "Hello, hello, hello!" speaking words he couldn't understand.
And just now, a girl ran out in broad daylight wearing very short shorts. Zhou Hong quickly took off his jacket and rushed to cover her fair, long legs to prevent any indecent exposure. To his surprise, she cursed him as a pervert. (Su Dan Novel Network)
In short, Zhou Hong was utterly bewildered.
Where on earth was this?
He only remembered being the foremost young master of the Zi Xiao Continent, unrivaled across the land. Yesterday, the Saintess of the Yaochi Sect, Fairy Bi Yao, had sent someone to tell him she had designed a new style of undergarment and invited him to admire it.
After that, he had no memory. He couldn't recall anything. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in this strange world.
No matter how much he pinched himself, he couldn't wake up.
This wasn't even the most terrifying part.
The most terrifying thing was that his cultivation, which had allowed him to roam the continent, was gone. Even his great saber, weighing eighteen thousand jin, had vanished.
"Beep beep!"
"Beep beep beep!"
"Beep beep beep beep!"
"Security guard, what are you spacing out for? Open the gate!" Just then, a shout came from behind him. A middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses was seated inside the belly of a 'ferocious beast.' Zhou Hong had seen these beasts all over the street, of all colors, shaped like boxes, and people could sit inside them. Zhou Hong had never seen such mounts before. At this moment, the beast let out a 'beep beep beep' roar, seemingly quite aggressive. The owner sitting inside its belly even poked his head out and called him "Security guard." Did that mean his name was Security Guard? With the surname Bao and given name An?
Zhou Hong looked at this bizarre, fantastical world, feeling increasingly perplexed. What kind of place was this?
"What kind of stupid security guard are you, looking like an idiot? I'm a business partner of your company. If you don't open the gate, believe it or not, I'll have your boss fire you, you idiot."
"Bang." Although he didn't know who this beast's owner was, Zhou Hong immediately understood he was being insulted. So, he threw a punch.
"You?" The man with gold-rimmed glasses, his face bruised and swollen, looked up, appearing somewhat stunned. He had come to sign a contract today, only to be punched by the security guard at the entrance.
"I've seen plenty of thugs and hooligans like you. Get lost, or I'll kill your beast too," Zhou Hong roared. Although he had lost all his cultivation and was in unfamiliar territory, dealing with this kind of ruffian was effortless.
"You lunatic, you just wait." The man with gold-rimmed glasses angrily drove away in his 'beast.'
Just then, a shout came from a distance: "Zhou Hong, are you crazy? That's Mr. Zhu!"
Zhou Hong turned his head and saw a young man dressed exactly like him running towards him.
"Who are you? Why are you dressed exactly like me?" Zhou Hong asked urgently.
"Zhou Hong, are you crazy? That was Mr. Zhu just now, and you hit him."
"What Mr. Zhu? I don't know him. Tell me, who are you?"
"Zhou Hong, what's wrong with you?" The young man stood frozen. He had just seen Zhou Hong hit Mr. Zhu, who had come to sign a contract. So, he rushed over, only to be met with such strange questions from Zhou Hong. They were both security guards, of course they wore identical uniforms. Was Zhou Hong really insane?
"Quick, tell me, what is this place? Did you conspire with the Saintess of Yaochi to harm me?" Zhou Hong pressed.
"Zhou Hong, don't scare me! What's wrong with you?"
"Where is this place? Tell me honestly, right now? Or I'll destroy you."
"This is the company."
"Company?" Zhou Hong was puzzled. He had never heard of such a place name on the Zi Xiao Continent.
"Yes, we are security guards for Qin Hai Group." The eyes of the other security guard flickered with confusion and concern.
"Can you be more specific, like, what world?"
"Uh, Earth world, China, Jinshi City."
"Earth world?" Zhou Hong fell into thought. He had never heard of this place.
At that moment, a word suddenly appeared in his mind: soul reincarnation.
"Ah, impossible, this isn't a dream. I'm dead, and my soul has reincarnated into the Earth world? To become a company security guard?" Zhou Hong was stunned. He, the foremost young master of the Zi Xiao Continent, was so easily killed?
"Zhou Hong, Zhou Hong, Zhou Hong?" The security guard called out several times before Zhou Hong snapped back to attention.
"What's wrong with you?" the security guard asked.
"Nothing, I just fell. I feel like I have amnesia, can't remember anything. Can you help me recall?" Zhou Hong regained his composure. It seemed he had misunderstood this fellow, having thought he had conspired with the Saintess of Yaochi to harm him.
Although the security guard was puzzled, he nodded and said, "My name is Liu Hua, yours is Zhou Hong. We're high school classmates. Last year, you scored 250 on the college entrance exam, and I scored 260. Neither of us could get into a junior college, so we came out to work together. At first, we went to an electronics factory, but you complained about the overtime and quit, so I quit with you. Then, we went to a construction site to tie rebar. After a month, you felt it had no future and quit again. After that, we became apprentices at a hair salon. You said doing women's hair every day made you too weak, so you dragged me to quit again. Later, you dragged me to a wellness center, saying there were a lot of rich women there who spoke nicely, and you loved it. I couldn't dissuade you, so I followed you to the wellness center."
"And then?" Zhou Hong frowned.
"Then, while giving massages, you always told dirty jokes to the rich women and hinted at being kept. The rich women complained about you, so you were fired. Last month, you were idle at home and suddenly found a marriage contract. It turned out your grandfather had betrothed you to the granddaughter of a wealthy family in Tianhai City when you were three years old. You were very excited and asked me to accompany you to find this wealthy family, as you wanted to be a live-in son-in-law. I advised you then that such things were best for a social media post, and not to take it seriously. What if that little girl grew up to be a fatty? You said you didn't care, as long as it meant you could eat and drink well for the rest of your life, you could handle a 300-jin fatty."
"I couldn't talk you out of it, so I had to accompany you to their door. Unfortunately, the little girl's grandfather had already passed away. However, your father-in-law knew about it, so he didn't deny the engagement. He was willing to honor the contract, so your father-in-law arranged for you to work in his company as a security guard, saying you should start from the bottom. I came with you too. I'm responsible for guarding Gate 1, and you're responsible for Gate 2. Is that clear now?"
"Clear, thank you." Zhou Hong gave a bitter smile. He, the foremost young master of the Zi Xiao Continent, was actually working as a gatekeeper on Earth. If this were to spread back to the Zi Xiao Continent, he wouldn't know where to put his face.
After a period of dejection, Zhou Hong decided to accept his fate.
"Right, my wife, what does she look like? She's not really three hundred jin, is she?" Zhou Hong asked urgently.
"You still have the nerve to call her wife?" Liu Hua rolled his eyes.
"Stop the nonsense and tell me quickly."
"Don't worry, not only is she not a fatty, but she's an unparalleled beauty. She's studying at a top 985, 211 university locally. I heard she's a famous campus beauty."
"Heh heh, that's good. Otherwise, I'd really be depressed to death." Zhou Hong chuckled.
Liu Hua looked exasperated. "You're not actually planning to stay here, are you? If you ask me, that's enough. Let's just collect this month's salary and leave."
"Leave? Why leave? My father-in-law is so rich, and my wife goes to a top university and is so beautiful. Am I crazy to abandon her?" Zhou Hong looked at Liu Hua speechlessly, unable to understand why he would think that.
"Zhou Hong, even though your father-in-law acknowledges the engagement, how could they possibly look up to you, a mere security guard? I say, have some self-awareness. Don't wait until they kick you out; that would be embarrassing."
"What kind of twisted logic is that? An engagement is arranged by parents and matchmakers. The father agreed, and there's a marriage contract. Would a woman dare to resist?" Zhou Hong looked confused. On their Zi Xiao Continent, marriages were decided by parents. Women had to marry whether they wanted to or not, unless they were rebelling against heaven.
Liu Hua was speechless at this point.
"Don't worry, a woman can't trouble me. To tell you the truth, I have considerable experience in managing them." Zhou Hong rubbed his hands and chuckled. As the foremost young master of the Zi Xiao Continent, he had met all sorts of women, and in the end, they had all been obedient to him. When it came to managing women, Zhou Hong would say he was second to none on the Zi Xiao Continent.
Liu Hua suddenly felt that Zhou Hong seemed even more shameless than before.
At this very moment, in the chairman's office of Qin Hai Group, Chairman Qin Changhui was on the phone.
"Dad, did you fire him?"
"Meng Xue, don't make a fuss. Dad is working right now."
"Dad, you're not actually planning to acknowledge this marriage, are you?"
"Sigh, this was arranged by your grandfather himself back then. Your grandfather said that this Zhou Hong had the bearing of an emperor, the makings of an emperor in ancient times. If you married him, not only you, but our entire family would prosper. Although I know your grandfather was very superstitious, this marriage contract, in black and white, was all written by your grandfather's own hand. Your grandfather said he could come to our house when he turned eighteen. He's here now, how could I have the heart to turn him away!"
"I don't care! Fire him immediately. Don't even let him be a security guard. I never want to see him again. And you even agreed to let him live at our house! I can't stand it anymore!" a girl's hysterical wail came from the other end of the phone.
"Alright, alright, we'll talk about it when we get home tonight. Dad has to go out." Qin Changhui hung up the phone with a helpless expression. He seemed extremely resigned to the engagement his father had made for his daughter in childhood.