Chapter 30

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Thinking especially of how Qin Chuan had made him lose face in front of Lin Wanyu, Fu Tingxiu, burdened by both old and new grudges, decided to redeem himself by winning the right to enter the reception.

There was no chance Manny would let go. At that moment, her mind was filled with the blood-red sight she had just seen on her hand. She had forgotten everything else and remembered only that this little brat before her had struck her just now and made her fall ill again.

Yu Wanzhen did not reply. She merely gazed silently at the scenery flashing past outside the window, no one knowing what she was thinking.

He rubbed Gu Ruojiao’s tender, soft cheek with his fingers, deliberately provoking the half-asleep girl until she irritably slapped his hand away.

He knew his own limitations. If asked to hunt snow giants, he would draw his sword without a second thought and go hack away at them on the snowy plains. But governing a country was beyond his abilities, and he had no desire to waste his time on it.

Although her father was pleased with her now and would even return home to show her off, one thing had to be admitted: over the past few years, Wen Minghua had not received a single gift worth more than ten thousand from him.

Suddenly, Shangguan Xinrui came to her senses. She glared viciously at Gu Chen’an, flung her hand away, and left.

At this hour, the old madam would normally not yet have risen. Thus, when Huai Ze entered the room and saw her already seated at the head of the hall, he was rather surprised.

He was still eager to continue making the clay toys Zhou Jianping had shown him the previous week, so today he had come especially well prepared.

No one knew that the young man who was soon to plunge the continent into turmoil would be someone like this. Some things were destined to vanish into the boundless darkness with the night wind.

“Whether you’re congratulating me or mocking me, I’ll thank you all the same. Even if I marry Chu Piaopiao, I still won’t let go of Lan’er,” Fang Zhongyan said coldly.

“Miss Qin, are you going to look for Young Master Fang and the others? I’ll go with you. There’s strength in numbers,” Zhou Zifeng said.

Lan Ling’er raised her brows slightly. “Why do you care so much about whether I leave? Does my staying or going affect you?”

Lan Ling’er had not heard the conversation between Dongfang Qi and Consort Rou earlier. After leaving Haitang Hall, she had happened to encounter Dongfang Qi coming out of this palace and had decided to enter and investigate.

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“What’s so strange about that? It’s only human nature.” Qin Lan did not think there was anything wrong with saying it. They were all grown-ups now; was it not perfectly normal to talk about such things? Why was her elder brother, a grown man, even shyer than she was?

Ye Feng and Gu Niannu’s expressions changed slightly. They looked ahead at the same time. Within the flames, two golden figures pounced toward them like bolts of lightning.

Unexpectedly, in less than a week after its broadcast began, the television series’ viewership had soared. Online comments surged in like raging waves, one after another. Later, even the television stations could no longer sit still and came knocking on Hongyu Corporation’s door to negotiate exclusive broadcast rights.

Upon hearing this, Ming Mo cupped his hands and sat down in a seat to one side, while the four of them—Jia Lei, Ling Xie, and the others—stood behind him.

Tong Ran knew that he was being narrow-minded, yet he still could not stop such thoughts from taking root.

Zhou Xiaoyu was astonished to hear Han Bing say this. When she saw the tenderness in his gaze, she turned toward Lin Feng with a venomous look, eager to see how he would respond.

Although Liu Jing had been trained in Western medicine, she held medicine in awe. She had heard all that Li Xiaoyao had mentioned. She did not know exactly what illnesses those things could treat, but she knew the medicines were all extremely precious. Seeing Lily’s puzzled expression, she followed up with a question.

Zhou Ya glanced at Ye Fan and nodded, then walked toward the discount section. Even there, any random outfit cost two or three thousand, far beyond what a teacher could afford. Clearly, Zhou Ya was doing this to save Ye Fan’s face.

“What do you mean, I’m always drinking? Fine, let’s set that aside for now. Is it not a fact that I’m underage? You knew perfectly well that I was under eighteen, yet you neither stopped me nor even indulged me. What exactly were you trying to do?” Li Ruonan gently set her glass on the table and questioned him again.

Zhou Xiaoyu kicked off her cumbersome shoes and remained in first place. Ten-odd meters behind her, Zhao Xiong struggled on with grim determination. About fifty meters farther back, Lin Feng continued at an unhurried pace, while Zhao Xin had already fallen nearly half a lap behind.

“What are you all hesitating for? If they are brothers at your side, then you should remember their names even more clearly. You regard them as brothers, yet they are enemy agents who deceived you. Between brothers, such deception is no different from betrayal.” Su Chen’s voice rose into a furious growl.

This time, Wang Ba did not attack directly. Instead, he glanced at the three remaining burly men, signaling for them to charge together.

That was unquestionably the might of an eighth-level Imperial Soul. Before he even made a move, the sheer pressure had already left him unable to breathe.

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“Demon! A hysterical, diseased creature like you has no right to know what beauty is. The soul is life, not your work of art. The one who deserves to die is you!” Mu Fan shouted. Dao patterns cloaked his body as he attacked in fury, the laws carrying the power of his cultivation technique as they thundered toward Ghost Princess.

Although what I was doing might seem somewhat unfair to the villagers, I could simply offer slightly higher rent, sign a longer lease, and pay the entire sum upfront.

After watching the entire process recorded by the surveillance cameras, the family head recalled the sight from three years earlier of Xu Ruyue, heavily pregnant, clutching a dog’s corpse and laughing hysterically. A cold sweat instantly broke out across his body.

Leng Qingge had come lightly equipped. She wore a beige shirt with pale-blue jeans, her phone tucked into her pocket, and carried only two bottles of water in her hands.

He opened his eyes and brought everything into focus. Before him lay the checkered floor tiles of the Cloudfront Central Hospital’s main building.

Because of the incident involving the newly bred demon beast last time, he had kept a close eye on Chen Fei ever since and therefore had some understanding of Chen Fei’s strength.

He casually pulled a steel bar from the rubble nearby, leaped down from his D-Wheel, and charged toward Crow’s Black Bird.

After leaving the last ward on the left, I saw Li Jian, looking dejected, emerge from the ward opposite.

At that moment, the cat stumbled and toppled toward the outside of the balcony, frightening the brother and sister into cries of alarm. Fortunately, its right forepaw caught in a gap between the glass railings, leaving it dangling outside the railing instead of falling to the ground below.

Of course, the three of us and one ghost exchanged ghostly words in the blink of an eye, so none of it interfered with Luo Chao, who stood to the side inviting us to rest and drink tea in human speech.

“Quite an imposing display. I wonder whether it’s all spectacle and no substance.” Looking at the dramatically transformed surroundings, Lou Bai was not surprised. Only such overwhelming momentum could be worthy of a battle that would determine the fate of the Satellite District.