Chapter 782: Chapter 781 IEG’s Emergency Plan

The two staff members at the counter across from them were flabbergasted.

This… this plot twist…

Complete! Utter! Reversal!

Xiao Qimo pushed the card back across the counter, then casually pulled out a black, high-end wallet with a leather texture from his own pocket, and effortlessly slid out a card from it.

After which, he handed over the wallet–along with all the cash, bank cards, and credit cards inside–to Lu Mian.

“From now on, use mine, and be obedient.”

Staff: …

Were these two tycoons competing to take care of each other?

Xiao Qimo had reserved only one credit card for himself, the rest he had given to Mrs. Xiao.

Lu*Mrs. Xiao*Mian felt this wasn’t right, and started rummaging through her backpack for other cards, pulling out several of them all at once, and stuffing them into Xiao Qimo’s hands.

“I’ll look for more. Everything is shoved in my bag, so it’s not easy to find.”

Staff: Do rich people always act so carelessly?

Xiao Qimo felt a bit of a rush to his brain, and took hold of Lu Mian’s busy little hands, “Mianmian, no need to look anymore, let’s go home and talk about it.”

“Oh, that works.”

Lu Mian nodded, deciding to go home and sort out their assets together; she might even have to ask for some time off from school or something.

The staff members were on the verge of tears: If we have sinned, please judge us by the law, but do you have to make us watch this kind of drama?

Such high attractiveness, such youth, such wealth, such a great relationship…

How are we supposed to live after this?!

While the couple-to-be shamelessly flaunted their love and wealth, the staff member across from them suddenly let out a puzzled “Huh.”

The other staff member leaned in, “What’s wrong?”

Lu Mian and Xiao Qimo also looked their way.

“Mr. Xiao, Miss Lu…” the staff member, perplexed beyond comprehension, said: “You two are currently unable to complete your marriage registration.”

Xiao Qimo felt a pang in his heart.

“What’s the reason?”

“It’s… Miss Lu’s ID card… there’s an issue.”

“Mine?” Lu Mian stood up, glanced at their computer screen, and immediately furrowed her brows deeply.

“Has it been restricted?” She looked up at Xiao Qimo, her clear eyes filled with an apologetic innocence, “I’m sorry… I had no idea.”

Xiao Qimo took a deep breath, “Can you see what caused it?”

“Sorry Mr. Xiao, we can’t see the reason. This… you’ll both need to go back and figure it out…”

“You mean, the certificate can’t be issued today?” Xiao Qimo pressed, gravely.

The higher his hopes had been at the start, the more his heart sank now.

“Sorry Mr. Xiao, we really can’t help. Even if I stamped your marriage certificate, it would still be invalid.”

With the other party making it clear, Xiao Qimo naturally understood that the situation was no simple matter.

Lu Mian was somewhat dazed and began walking out with her bag.

Her ID had been restricted; who had done it?

The first person she thought of, given the ability to do this, was…

Lu Mian entered the car with Xiao Qimo in a sullen mood, obviously depressed about not being able to get their marriage certificate.

“Mianmian.” Xiao Qimo sat in the car without starting the engine or fastening his seatbelt, “Is there anything I can help with?”

Lu Mian shook her head, “I’ll ask around first, and let you know later.”

Xiao Qimo managed a weak smile, “Okay.”

—-

Lu Mian turned her head and gave Yun Zhijuan a call.

The only person with both the capability to restrict her ID and the motivation to do so was the old trickster; there was no one else.

Hadn’t she just mentioned to him that she wanted to get married, and he went so far as to restrict even her own ID card?

How tiresome!

The phone rang for quite a while.

Lu Mian was not very patient to begin with; after half a minute of ringing, she hung up and redialed.

But still, no one answered.

This was definitely the first time something like this had happened, and she felt a growing unease.

Before she could even make a third call, several messages popped up in the IEG software group.

Team Three: “Does anyone have news from the leader?”

Team Four: “Team Three can’t get in touch with the leader either? I have a mission I need to report to the leader!”

Team Five: “You guys too?”

Reading these messages, Lu Mian looked down and calculated–it had been nearly a week since the last time Yun had contacted her.

Team Three: “Brothers, if there’s still no news from the leader by tomorrow, that would make it a whole week. According to our organization’s rules, if the leader has not been heard from for a week, we need to initiate an emergency contingency plan.”

Team Nine: “Team Three, I joined late, what’s this emergency contingency plan?”

Team Three: “Among the organization’s top three commanders, we must swiftly elect a proxy leader to respond to any sudden situations and handle internal affairs.”

After saying this, Team Three tagged two of the commanders, God of Death from Team One and Demon from Team Two.

“Brothers, can you give us a word on what to do?”

Team One replied quickly, “Follow the rules.”

Team Two followed closely behind, “Follow the rules.”

Lu Mian send out the message, not realizing her words were exactly the same as those from Team One. She curled her lip disdainfully and decisively hit the delete button.

She sent a new message, “Do as we should.”

All team members noticed the atmosphere between these two commanders. Ever since the last time Team One failed to speak up for Team Two, resulting in Team Two being punished, Team Two’s hostility towards Team One was on full display.

If in the past, the two competed for the position of the leader covertly, now it was out in the open, with knives drawn.

Especially under these circumstances, with the leader absent and no one to take charge, whoever could become the proxy leader would almost certainly secure the position as the next leader.

Team Three humbly stated, “I don’t think I am capable enough, and I’m opting out.”

The subtext of his words was crystal clear to everyone.

Team Three: I’m the underdog; I can’t compete with the two lords. You immortals fight; don’t splatter me with blood.

Everyone silently gave Team Three a thumbs up: a person who knows the times.

However, given that there was still a day left to complete a week, no one dared to linger on this topic anymore.

—-

On the other side, Xiao Jianli received a call from his daughter-in-law, Qi Zhen.

He was chuckling, seeming quite happy, even happier than if his paintings had won a big award.

“Right, Qimo just took away the household registration book today. That grandson has accumulated eight lifetimes’ worth of virtue. It was Mianmian herself who brought up getting the certificate!” The old man couldn’t stop smiling.

Qi Zhen’s joyful voice also came through the phone.

“I was wondering why he was so anxious to get the household registration book these past couple of days, haha…” Qi Zhen switched gears, “Dad, has Qimo proposed to Mianmian? He wouldn’t just try to marry her without any gesture, would he, expecting to bring her home pure and clean?”

“That… Well, it seems he really hasn’t.”

“Tsk,” Qi Zhen sighed out of frustration, “What is this kid doing, not following the process! There’s no such way to deceive someone into marriage!”

“Yes, indeed. Our families haven’t even met yet!” Xiao Jianli paused, “I happen to be in Wucheng right now; It would be a good opportunity for me to meet Mianmian’s family.”