105: Chapter 105 Promotion to Deputy Director

Since discovering Director Sun's secret, Su Fan felt that he had been acting perfectly normal in front of Director Sun without any slip-ups. However, being suddenly called to the director's office left him truly unable to guess what the director was up to...

However, to avoid suspicion, he quickened his pace and arrived at the director's office.

As soon as he entered, he saw that Sun Yaowu's square face was full of smiles. Sun Yaowu clapped his hands and smiled mysteriously, "Deputy Section Chief Su, I have a piece of good news and a piece of bad news to tell you. Which one would you like to hear first?"

"Good news... bad news..." Su Fan was a bit confused.

Sun Yaowu smiled slightly and suddenly patted him on the shoulder, "Alright, I won't joke with you anymore. Let me tell you the bad news first: you will be working separately from Qin Xiaoxiao..."

Su Fan was slightly taken aback. Could it be a transfer?

His current position was Deputy Section Chief of the 13th Security Section. Was he being transferred to another section? Would that be a promotion or a demotion?

He just said there was good news, so it must be a promotion, right?

Going to be a Section Chief?

That wouldn't be bad; at least his rank would be raised by one level.

Just as he thought of this, he saw Sun Yaowu light a cigar, take a puff, and then take an appointment letter from his drawer, handing it over with a chuckle, "Take a look..."

Su Fan took it and looked, and was instantly dumbfounded!

"Deputy Director?"

He didn't expect that he was actually being promoted to Deputy Director!

Being promoted directly from Deputy Section Chief to Deputy Director? With such a promotion speed, others would probably be envious to the point of tears, right?

"Deputy Director Su, congratulations. You have officially become the Deputy Director of our Ninth Safe Zone Justice Bureau, in parentheses, enjoying the treatment of a full bureau-level official..." Sun Yaowu said while smoking his cigar.

Su Fan was overjoyed and immediately snapped a military salute.

Sun Yaowu waved his hand, took a deep puff of his cigar, exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, and looked at Su Fan with a smile, "From now on, we are on the same level. You must supervise me more. If I have any issues with my lifestyle, you must point them out to my face."

"Director, thank you for your cultivation and promotion!"

Even if Su Fan wasn't eloquent, he knew he had to say a few words of gratitude at this moment.

After the two exchanged some flattery for a while, Su Fan took the appointment letter, left the director's office, and went to the 13th Security Section to share the good news with Qin Xiaoxiao.

Qin Xiaoxiao was overjoyed. Ignoring the surveillance cameras, she hugged him and planted two hard kisses on his face, "Su-su... you're amazing! You're amazing!!"

For the whole day, Qin Xiaoxiao had a smile on her face; she was even happier than if she had won the lottery jackpot!

She kept muttering things like "My Su-su is the best," "As expected of my husband," and "My husband is just so capable." The cold and dashing appearance she usually showed in front of others completely vanished, and she transformed into a sweet, love-struck girl.

However, when she encountered subordinates asking for instructions or reporting work, she immediately changed her expression, putting on a cold, serious face.

After Su Fan moved to his new exclusive office to work, she always felt something was wrong. It was as if she felt empty inside if she didn't see Su Fan for even a moment...

"Sigh, Su-su, if you keep being this outstanding, will I not be good enough for you one day..."

A wave of inexplicable anxiety rose in Qin Xiaoxiao's heart.

After Su Fan moved to the new office, he didn't receive any cases all day. He sat there blankly for the whole day. Having been used to having Qin Xiaoxiao by his side, her sudden absence made him feel empty inside as well.

But compared to this, he was more worried about his future path in life.

Just yesterday, he read a paper published by an academician, titled "After the Resurrection of Spiritual Qi, How Long Can Human Lifespan Be Extended?"

This academician had also undergone Awakening and possessed extraordinary powers, and had already cultivated to the Early Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm. He proposed a viewpoint that the Lifespan of Cultivators on Earth could not reach several thousand years at all...

Because he discovered that the Spiritual Qi on Earth contained a large amount of Impurities that damaged one's Lifespan.

The conclusion he gave was that even if one cultivated to the Spirit Transformation Realm, the maximum Lifespan would not exceed 300 years.

Once this paper was published, it occupied the hot lists of major online platforms and became a topic of heated discussion.

Because only three years had passed since the Resurrection of Spiritual Qi, people could not verify whether his viewpoint was right or wrong; it would take three hundred years to verify it.

But what if what he said was actually true...

Wouldn't that be a huge discrepancy from what the public expected: that the Foundation Establishment Realm could live for over two hundred years, the Golden Core Realm for five or six hundred years, the Nascent Soul Realm for over a thousand years, and the Spirit Transformation Realm for two thousand to two thousand five hundred years?

If the Spirit Transformation Realm could only live for 300 years at most, then if the Nascent Soul, Golden Core, and Foundation Establishment Realms decreased gradually, wouldn't the Foundation Establishment Realm only be able to live for a little over a hundred years? And would the Qi Refining Realm struggle to reach even a hundred years?

Then what were Cultivators working so hard to Cultivate for?

If they couldn't achieve longevity, what was the ultimate meaning of cultivating?

Countless netizens on the internet questioned and criticized this academician. However, what Su Fan was more worried about was that if this was true, and if Ji Yao couldn't find the space rift to Earth and really needed a thousand years to reach Earth, wouldn't he never see her again in this lifetime?

Thinking of this, the joy of Su Fan's recent promotion was diluted quite a bit.

There was one more thing that made his mood very heavy.

That was during the operation two days ago, when he followed the simulation and used himself as bait, and at the very moment he was about to be crushed to death by the Black Flame Ribbon from the Black Flame Demon King's full-force attack...

It was Xiao Tianyong who appeared wielding a heavy hammer and saved him.

And Xiao Tianheng seemed to have no intention of intervening at all; he was called out by Xiao Tianyong to capture the Black Flame Demon King's Primordial Spirit...

In other words, Xiao Tianheng actually wanted to watch him get crushed to death, and Xiao Tianyong was his true savior...

Thinking of this, his heart was filled with gratitude for Xiao Tianyong.

And after experiencing this incident, he also deeply understood one truth—

That was: never put himself in danger again!

Protecting his own life was the most important thing.

Another point was that he must strive to improve his own strength.

Relying on no one for everything was the way to survive in this era.

Once he needed to beg others to save his life, it was equivalent to handing his life over to others. Whether he could live or not depended entirely on a single thought of kindness or evil from others...

After work, Qin Xiaoxiao drove her Ferrari to pick him up again.

After he got in the car, Qin Xiaoxiao said with a troubled pretty face, "The villa was taken back by my dad. I don't want to go live with my sister, and I have nowhere else to go."

Su Fan rubbed his nose and said, "Could it be because I didn't bring gifts when I met your parents last time, so that's why they don't agree with us being together?"

After some inner struggle, Su Fan had fully accepted Qin Xiaoxiao in his heart. He thought about it over and over; Xiaoxiao was the person who had truly saved his life in the real world, while Ji Yao might never be seen again in this lifetime.

Compared to the unforgettable but unreachable love with Ji Yao, he felt that his love with Xiaoxiao was within reach and also more realistic.

At this moment, his love for Xiaoxiao was true love from the bottom of his heart.

Qin Xiaoxiao was amused by his words, "Then you'll come to my house tomorrow? We'll buy some nutritional supplements in advance to be prepared..."

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly let out a "pfft" laugh. She was amused by her own words...

"Buy some nutritional supplements..."

Her mom and dad were billionaires with assets over a hundred billion; buying some nutritional supplements...

This was too funny. Why did it feel funnier the more she thought about it?