"Really?!" Xiao He's eyes lit up.

"Really? Let's go, we'll talk as we walk!" Juliet's cheeks were flushed, it was hard to tell if it was from rouge.

Xiao He walked beside her, pondering the question, but couldn't help asking it.

"How come you two got married so suddenly after only a few days?"

Juliet smiled shyly: "It was his parents who made the decision."

"Didn't they already agree?" Xiao He asked, puzzled.

"Cough cough..."

Juliet's eyes darted around, and she turned to Wang Xuefeng, saying, "Xuefeng, I've arranged to meet Jia Bo at the place we just met. Could you go there and wait for him? I'll take Xiaohe up first, and then you can come up with him to find us."

Wang Xuefeng paused for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Okay."

Juliet chuckled, watched him turn and leave, and then led Xiao He towards the stairwell.

"Actually, when he told me, I couldn't quite believe it was true. It wasn't until he entrusted all these things to me that I decided to marry him..."

"These things?" Xiao He asked in surprise.

"Yes, we spent an afternoon discussing it and finally decided that the two companies would get married. I will be mainly in charge of the shopping mall, while Jia Bo will be in charge of the factory and manufacturing. We will work together to further expand the businesses of both companies."

"I see," Xiao He said, suddenly realizing.

"But the academy is closing down like this, won't that affect you?"

"No, a certificate of completion is enough."

Juliet shrugged: "You think getting a diploma from the Cloud Realm is so easy? If it weren't for the need to conquer other continents, a diploma wouldn't be much different from a certificate of completion."

Xiao He nodded silently.

If Juliet's focus is on the family business, then her training as an elementalist is indeed secondary.

At her current level, she can usually protect herself on this peaceful continent of Nuojin.

"and……"

Juliet's cheeks suddenly flushed, and her gaze toward Xiao He was filled with a peculiar meaning.

The latter was taken aback, and guessed the answer pretty accurately.

"I knew it." Xiao He asked irritably, "Did Jia Bo learn that from Wang Xuefeng?"

"This...I don't know..."

Seeing her rubbing her fingers together, Xiao He shook his head and sighed helplessly.

Juliet hesitated for a while before finally raising her head: "Huh? What do you mean by learning from Xuefeng? Does that mean Xuefeng also..."

“No, no.” Xiao He interrupted her directly.

“How can you say you learned it from Xuefeng?” Juliet’s eyes widened.

Xiao He was speechless.

Juliet tilted her head and thought for a moment, then looked at him with some surprise, as if she had suddenly remembered something.

"So, does that mean your goal is to get a diploma? And then go on the expedition?"

"Yes." Xiao He nodded.

"Then you...? Then you still..."

Juliet's gaze was inexplicably filled with pity.

"Then why do you usually...? Why do you... bully him like this..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao He silently met her gaze and realized that she had indeed understood many things.

“This is called,” Xiao He said in an unwavering tone, “training endurance.”

“Exercise…” Juliet’s pity had turned into sympathy: “There’s a knife above the word ‘patience’…”

"As long as the knife didn't fall, it's fine."

...

The two went up the stairs to the top floor, to the crystal materials area.

It's not spacious here, and it seems there aren't many of these types of materials, so such a large space isn't needed.

Xiao He leaned against the side and waited silently, while taking a look at the materials around him.

"Sold out?" Juliet checked the inventory and exclaimed in surprise, "Impossible!"

The two employees exchanged a tense glance, seemingly surprised by the surprise inspection.

"Who did this?" Juliet frowned, her gaze instantly turning sharp.

"I...I...we...we don't know either..."

The two men, looking guilty, lowered their heads at the same time, not daring to look her in the eye.

Juliet snorted coldly, pushed the two aside, and walked straight to the vertical lift platform at the back.

"Xiaohe, wait for me here. I'm going down to the warehouse to take a look."

"OK."

Xiao He turned around and responded, just in time to see the panicked expressions on the two people's faces, and he couldn't help but frown.

"These two are hiding something; they seem like lookouts..."

"Could there be a thief breaking into the warehouse? Wouldn't it be very dangerous for her to go down there by herself?"

Xiao He immediately passed through the two people and quickly clicked the ascend button, but there was no response.

Seeing his expression and actions, the two became even more uneasy. Before they could even slip away, they found a knife blocking their way.

"Pull up the people who just went down."

"It's...it's too late..." The two of them trembled.

"Then open the door and let me down."

The two couldn't help but exchange a sorrowful glance.

Faced with the pressure of death, they had no choice but to nod reluctantly.

Soon, the elevator finally rose back up, and sure enough, there was no one on it anymore.

Xiao He pressed against their backs, forcing them to lead the way to the so-called warehouse.

-

As soon as Juliet entered the underground warehouse, she noticed something was amiss.

There is a lamp on top, enough to illuminate the entire warehouse.

However, due to the shelving and boxes being too numerous and densely packed, the view of people standing on the ground was almost completely blocked.

Is anyone there?

Her voice echoed through the vast warehouse, but no one answered.

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