A birthday is the day a person is born, and that's what it takes literally. A birthday party is a celebration of the arrival of man into the world on this day. People look forward to celebrating birthdays when they are young and young, because every birthday means that they are one year older, which means that they are one step closer to the adult world that they envy, and the days of being equal to their parents are approaching for another year. However, as I became an adult, my birthday heart gradually calmed down. Study, work, socialize, life, people often forget this important day in their lives in the care of one or the other, of course, there are some deliberate people who are sensitive to age, but it is more of a numbness to the real world. The kind of expectation that has grown up from childhood to adulthood is shattered, like pushing open Alibaba's treasure trove only to find that there is only a bubble of inside. However, I believe many people have this feeling.

Xiaoxiao is a few years old, twenty-four or twenty-six, I don't seem to remember, I haven't had a birthday for a long time, I'm a little unfamiliar with age. Seeing her smiling beside her in front of all kinds of well-dressed so-called upper-class people, I couldn't help but feel a little emotionally that I had left this circle for too long, or that I had no intersection with this circle at all, everything was so unfamiliar.

Xiaoxiao should have been the absolute protagonist today, but those who were present seemed to know what news in advance, and frequently paid attention to me. Maybe they haven't found the mystery of why a person who has been away from home for five years suddenly has to take charge of such a huge financial empire, and to be honest, I don't understand it. However, the olive branch was handed over anyway. I can only respond with silence, or the occasional smile that goes against my will. Everything made Xiaoxiao's shield come down.

"Oh. It's really exhausting. "Finally found a vacancy, Xiaoxiao and I can find a corner with fewer people to catch our breath.

"It's so hard for you." I smiled apologetically at Xiaoxiao, "You know, I've always ...... Not quite used to these. ”

"Where, where." Xiaoxiao shook her hand, "This little thing is nothing. On the contrary, I want to thank you. ”

"I have something to thank you." I'm a little confused.

"I want to thank you for so many things." Xiaoxiao snapped her fingers, "Thank you for joining me for your birthday." Thank you for putting me at the mercy of a rare formal outfit. The most important thing is that I want to thank you for coming back to see my father, and for talking calmly so that I can not look at that stinky face. ”

"Huh." I felt a sense of relief in her words, and I nodded at her and sighed, "It's been really hard for you to be away from home for the past few years." I'm actually very selfish when I say it, and I throw all the burdens on you with a shake of my hand. ”

"Who called you my brother?" Xiaoxiao shook her head disappreciatively.

I didn't continue to say sorry, but I felt like the familiar scene of a brother-sister connection had returned. There are some things that a silent eye can often be more effective than a thousand words.

Because Xiaoxiao was born at nine o'clock in the evening, the time to cut the cake was relatively late. It was about eight o'clock before the staff pushed a cake as high as a pagoda with more than ten layers into the venue.

My father went to the podium in a wheelchair before cutting the cake and gave a celebratory speech. The speech was very long, about half an hour, and as for the content, I think everyone in the room paid attention to two points. First, the new online game "God Realm", a subsidiary of GNZ Group, will officially end the test at 12 o'clock this evening, and after debugging again, it will officially enter operation in the near future. Because it involves the docking of human resources databases in various countries and the cooperation of several large consortia around the world, when "Divine Realm" officially starts operation, it will definitely have a huge butterfly effect and cause a sensation around the world. At the same time, it is also a hint that the person who wants to share the cake must be fast. Second, it's about me. My father will hand over the GENZ Group to me in the next six months, not only in terms of administrative power, but also in terms of ownership, which means that in no more than half a year, I will replace my father at the helm of this giant aircraft carrier.

Subsequently, Xiaoxiao's words of thanks also euphemistically expressed his complete agreement with his father.

Then everything seemed to take place for granted. Cutting the cake became a formality, and I replaced Xiaoxiao as the protagonist of the party. People from all walks of life are looking for all kinds of excuses to flatter me, and even Gao Yanyan next to me has become the target of their sycophancy. I just kept numbly agreeing, smiling, hypocritical. Until my father's butler pulled us out of this ugly vanity fair.

"You don't seem to have a good face." My father looked at me sickly in a wheelchair.

"I'm not used to that, you know." I replied truthfully.

"Those people, let Xiaoxiao entertain first. In the future, you can learn more from Xiaoxiao. My father seemed to have anticipated my answer, and he chuckled, "From now on you will be the president of GENZ, and I think you need to know everything about it." Today, I'm going to take you to learn the secrets of the genz group's biggest project, the Divinity game. ”

"It's okay to wait until tomorrow or later." I'm not in a good mood today and kind of want to go home and rest.

"Tonight, the beta of "Divine Realm" is over." Father shook his head, "You can come with me to witness this historic moment." Trust me, there are you who will be interested. ”

It seems that my father's will seems to be unshakable, I thought about it, Gao Li had taken care of it in advance, and today is Xiaoxiao's birthday, and I promised her. So, I nodded, and then turned to Gao Yanyan, who had been with me, and said, "Yanyan, you go back first......"

"She can come along." My father habitually interrupted me. However, I was not unhappy about the lack of it. Does it mean to let Yanyan go with you, by agreeing with Gao Yanyan euphemistically and starting to identify with me? Since my father said so, I naturally took Gao Yanyan with me. Gao Yanyan was very obedient and didn't say much.

Sitting in the exclusive elevator, looking at the number of floors all the way down, I realized that I was a little naïve, I thought that the underground garage on the tenth floor of the GENZ Group Building was too exaggerated, but I didn't expect the elevator to pass through without a pause. It was estimated that the time was about five or six hundred meters underground before stopping. Is there a hole under the GENZ Group Building? It's amazing. I've been here many times, but I didn't notice it at all, and I have to admire that this secret work is done very well.

I peeked at my father, the housekeeper who helped my father push the wheelchair, and even Gao Yanyan next to me all had a very natural expression. Forget about the father and the housekeeper, why is Gao Yanyan so calm?

As if sensing my gaze, Gao Yanyan turned her head and smiled: "This level of secret facilities, government departments are everywhere. ”

After listening to Gao Yanyan's explanation, thinking about it, she must have seen many similar facilities as a senior special police officer, and it is natural for her to be indifferent. However, I don't know why my heart is beating a little fast.

The elevator door finally opened, and what appeared in front of us was a long corridor, which seemed to be made of transparent glass material up and down, left and right, but from the inside it was impossible to see the outside, and the whole corridor was illuminated by the lights in the glass interlayer.

"The necessary security scans and dusting are still required." The butler explained, and then pushed his father to the front.

The more indifferent my father's expression was, the more nervous I felt. It's not like I've never seen this kind of indifferent confident expression, and in my somewhat vague memory, there is only one situation where my father's face can have such an expression.

That's when everything is under control.

A lot of questions came to my mind. Is there a hidden meaning to the task that Gao Li said, why did my father suddenly hand over all the rights of GENZ to me, is it a coincidence that the end of the test operation of "God's Realm" and Xiaoxiao's birthday coincide......

Thinking wildly, my steps became hesitant, and my palms began to sweat. At this time, I suddenly felt Gao Yanyan, who was holding my hand, exert a slight force, and I turned my head sideways to find that she was smiling faintly at me, as if encouraging me to keep me calm.

You must not let your own women look down on you. I took a few deep breaths and tried to calm myself down.

The narrow corridor came to an end in my entanglement, and my vision suddenly became clearer.

It was a very large circular space, filled with countless instruments, the most eye-catching of which was the huge cultivation tank in the center of the entire circle. A naked girl with countless tubes stuck in her body soaked in the pale blue culture liquid as if she had fallen into an eternal slumber.

This body, this hair, this face, this person!

I was just stuck where I was.

"Han Xue?"

My father turned his head slightly, glanced at me out of the corner of his eye, and then said in a tone that was too flat to be any more gentle: "The core of the Divine Realm you see now, the mastermind. ”