Chapter 190: Rewards.
Hao Ren heard the notification while Dancing with Han Lingshi, however, unlike the other times where he would get excited, he did not feel anything.
Han Lingshi asked in a low voice, "What are you looking at?"
The two had been looking into each others eyes this whole time, and while Han Lingshi asked him the question a subtle blush crept up her cheeks. The young man replied while maintaining the eye contact, "I am at peace. In this moment, all that is left is your eyes that are so deep that I feel my soul drowning in them and achieving Zen, I have no idea how else to express what I am feeling."
Han Lingshi was surprised, she did not expect him to say such a thing. The blush on her face intensified and her moments slowed down. The music also came to an end after a few moments, and the two stood gazing into each others eyes while holding the dancing pose.
The cameramen and the people began to click pictures and record the scenes from the best angle they could find. Just when they were done, everyone felt a gust brush around the people and the petals of the cherry petals rose up from the ground and surrounded the young couple.
The pictures were clicked very quickly and then they were posted on the internet as well. The people clapped and then the couple woke up from the daze. Then began the fabled photoshoot. Hao Ren and Han Lingshi were clicked from multiple poses and in multiple scenes.
There were many people in attendance and they all asked Hao Ren if they could change the settings and Hao Ren told them they would just need to tell the key words to the AI Knowell and things will change.
Many people tried it and the venue turned into a place where fantasies came true. The internet was exploding and the evaluation of the company was soaring high. Hao Ren and his management had already placed ten percent of the shares in the market. They had gone public.
However to make sure that the greedy capitalist did not get any advantage from him Xiao Mei made sure to monitor the trade of stocks and stuff like that.
Soon the young couple began to visit the tables and take a sip if wedding wine. This was arranged by Lynn Carter, so the wine was of high quality and the people were having a good time.
The sun set and Tang Zen stood up at the stage next to Emily Parkins. Hao Xinyuan and Han Lingshi's father and grandfather were sitting in the distance. Tang Zen asked Emily Parkins to make an announcement.
Emily said, "Everyone, may I have you attention please. After the cake cutting and toasting to the couple, it is now time for the close ones to offer a congratulatory speech. To kick of this part of the wedding, we have the mother of the groom, Madam Hao, Tang Zen."
The people cheered and applauded. Tang Zen smiled humbly and bowed to everyone slightly, as she took the mic in her hands. She looked over at Hao Ren and Han Lingshi who were standing in the distance and said, "Congratulations Ren, you finally found someone who truly loves you."
The people nodded, thinking that Tang Zen was really congratulating her son. However, the few who were aware of what the relationship between the two was like at the moment understood the hidden meaning.
Hao Ren nodded and Tang Zen continued, "There are times when I think about how I did not do the best I could as a mother. However, you have always done the best as a son. I am proud of everything that you have achieved and done so far in your life. I hope that you become as good as a husband as you were as a son."
She wished his son and owned her flaws at the same time, the people clapped one more time before she continued to wish Han Lingshi, "Lingshi, my dear, thank you for accepting this brat and easing my stress. I hope that you stay the way you are and guide our family towards a better future where we are united and happy. I wish you both a happy married life."
The wishes continued and the young couple came to sit down on the seats arranged for them. The family members from Hao Ren's side were just two people, and Jin. Other then that, Han Lingshi's family, and the Yue Family handled the speeches.
In the end, only the most close employees stepped up and extended the congratulations to them on the behalf of the entire company. As soon as the speeches were wrapped up, someone ran up to Emily Parkins and whispered something in her ears.
The lady was shocked and then she chuckled slightly as she said, "I apologize to you all but just now I received a news that stirred my heart. I wonder if you all also want to know?"
The people nodded and Emily Parkins cleared her throat as she said, "Today is the day when Thunder Bio-technologies has also registered the patent for the neuro-link. This technology will allow the people who lost their sense of sight, to see the world again.
Not only that, but the Thunder group has performed seven hundred prosthetic applications, ten thousand free appliance give-away, and seventy thousand students have been given full scholarship to pursue education all over the country.
At the same time, Empress International has launched the initiative called, "Beauty me" where they have enrolled people suffering from disfiguration into rehabilitation. Not only do they supervise these people to find there old beauty back, but also provide them with counseling to understand that life is not about what you are on the outside.
They have also donated one hundred million yuan to the families of the cops and civil service officers who fell in the line of duty in terms of medical, educational, and infrastructural aid."
The people were surprised by their act of generosity and could not help but clap loudly.
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Outside the cloud pavilion, a lady dressed in white clothes was watching the scenes unfold on her mobile screen. After a few minutes, she said, "Seems like there are indeed good people in this world. They are not cultivators but the mark they are leaving on the souls of those in need, their merit will be enough to shame the prophets of Buddhism in the Spirit Shimmer Continent."
Beside him a young man was crouching with a solemn expression as he nodded. He said, "Captain, do you think they are really ordinary? The elders wanted to make sure there is nothing wrong. If these people are really cultivators then we will be in trouble."
The lady shook her head and replied, "That bunch of old men always wish to control how the mortal world works while they are just the bottom feeders in the spirit shimmer continent. Tyson, these people are doing good for the people, even if they are cultivators, they are not strong enough. Let them be, more than living for a longer time, they will not do anything.
Do not tell the elders, they would wash the world with blood of the innocent to maintain their monopoly."
Tyson nodded and after a few minutes of monitoring they vanished from the terrace of the under construction building.
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Hao Ren and Han Lingshi finished dealing with the people and they got into the car and drove to the apartment. Tang Zen and Hao Xinyuan would be staying in the Han Mansion for night because the couple needed privacy they thought. Tang Zen had also taken a liking to Agni and pampered her a lot.
She was trying to compensate herself by caring for the child, and she loved how Agni called all the old ladies Grandma.
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Hao Ren and Han Lingshi sat in the back of the luxury sedan and the young man raised the partition between him and the driver seat, surprising the bride. Han Lingshi looked at him and asked, "Can you not wait at all?"
The young man sighed and said, "You naughty girl. I did this for some other reason."
Han Lingshi blushed hard, and the young man asked, "Xiao Mei, show it to me."
Xiao Mei replied, "Okay, boss."
The next moment the footage of the young man and the girl on top of the building across the Cloud Pavilion appeared on a hologram. Hao Ren was wearing the ring from his company. After some basic scrutiny, he asked, "Did you manage to identity them?"
Xiao Mei replied, "They are from the DEHB, I tracked them back to the Shangri-la mountain range up north. From their speech, it can be confirmed that they have some elders supervising them and also they intended to have you both disposed. This lady and young man took a mutual decision not to in return for the good things you both did by donating."
Han Lingshi was surprised and asked, "Xiao Mei, why could you not see inside the Shangri-la range?"
Xiao Mei replied, "I can, but they just vanished from the sight of the satellite."
The two humans exchanged glances and nodded as the young man said, "Forget it. We will deal with it after our honeymoon."
Han Lingshi blushed and said, "I thought we had no layers left between us, but not that we held the ceremony, I fill very excited as if this is the first time I am going home with you."
Hao Ren smiled and hugged her as he said, "This is my love speaking."
Han Lingshi rolled her eyes and Xiao Mei remarked, "Cringe!"
The two humans erupted in laughter.
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When they reached home, Han Lingshi had gone to take a shower, and the young man was sitting in the living room as he asked, 'System, what is the reward?'
*Ding: Host, congratulations for achieving S rank in your task. You are rewarded with Peerless Foundation Pills and a heart soul pendant set, along with skill of sensory data modulation.*