Chapter Forty-Six: Sleeping Beauty 3

As Qi Yan walked down, the female hotel owner stared straight at him with a greedy expression, drool almost dripping from her mouth.

Yet, she forced herself to endure it and took a deep breath. "Xiao Hui, what are you doing! Why aren't you showing the guests upstairs?"

Putting on an act of reluctant sacrifice, she hurried the group along.

Above the female hotel owner's head floated a red health bar: [Stepmother].

Dragon Aotian and Xu Yiming exchanged vigilant glances.

Zhao Jinchu's gaze flickered.

Many people had moist eyes, recalling their own impulsive struggles from years past. It felt as if a voice was telling them that this was what youth was all about.

The Fu family resided in a villa district in Haicheng, which served as a symbol of status and prestige. When Nan Shu returned, she stated her name to the security team at the gate, then walked into the villa amidst their strange, sidelong glances.

Meng Yuchen, however, roughly tore off her clothes, as if doing so could drive away the inner unease plaguing his heart.

Just at that moment, his legs grew weak, and a surge of vital energy churned within his elixir field, causing a suffocating tightness in his chest. He suddenly remembered that this Gathering-Origin Talisman required a continuous outward release of vital energy; otherwise, it would burst his elixir field.

"You have known Li Zhiyao for ten years now. In these ten years, whose heart do you think Li Zhiyao actually holds?" Posed like this, it seemed to completely subvert the worldview of Princess Wen Yinrao. She calmed herself down over and over again, and only after a very, very long time did she seem to understand in a daze.

Before long, a search party came looking in this direction, directly pulled back the curtains, and began inspecting the occupants of the private booth.

"Ji Niang, is that you? Is it really you?" Chen Che appeared, dressed in attire resembling that of Shui Wuxiang, looking at Mu Ying with a mixture of confusion and joyful surprise.

"Peak Master, in this assessment, how many disciples do you think can directly become inner disciples of the Mountain-Backing Sect?" a middle-aged man asked.

Big Pillar held the Holy Attendant in extreme contempt for forgetting his own camp, shooting him one disdainful look after another. However, the Holy Attendant was so obsessed with medical principles that he had no mind left to care about such things.

"Here is what we will do: I will take Ruoran to search that side, and Han Lie, you take Zhang Jia and Li Xiao. Once you find them, notify us on WeChat, okay?" Xin Yibin glanced at Han Lie’s frayed nerves and issued instructions calmly.

Andrew rubbed his nose in sheepish chagrin, glared fiercely with deep resentment at Angus, and couldn't help muttering under his breath.

Dong Dabao stood frozen in place, watching them leave, completely unable to say a word. No matter what he said, he couldn't make them stay.

Watching Ye Tianhen distracted over her day after day, and always bringing up her name eight times out of ten when speaking to Ling Wuji... Wu Yage sometimes couldn't bear it.

This time, she had tied her hair into a half-bun and wore a white cotton-linen mid-sleeve top paired with a blue cotton-linen half-skirt.

Liu Yao couldn't help laughing either. He hadn't seen her smile like this in a very long time; all those bygone days rushed past like a roaring wind, a hundred flavors mingling into one, leaving only a faint bitterness behind.

Only in this way could it explain why Ryukyu had yet to make a statement—because they had a guilty conscience. Although they had not explicitly claimed the Mandate of Heaven, they believed the Emperor was well aware that they had secretly hoarded the Heshi Bi jade. Who would believe them if they played the victim and cried grievance?

Should the child she gave birth to encounter such a situation, to say nothing of the Tenth Prince going mad, she herself would surely die of grief.

Lin Qian had originally wanted to make a quiet fortune in secret, but after careful consideration, he decided it would be better to speak up. After all, if he used it later, the others would undoubtedly find out, and keeping it from them now would inevitably create a crack in their relationship.

Originally, Si Ruoran didn't think much of it, but after being asked by too many people, she grew annoyed and simply chose to ride her own bicycle to school just like them.

Wang Zhishang had said so much primarily for Chu Tian’s benefit, hoping he would not take risks that might ruin his own future. Whether in terms of medical ethics or medical skill, Wang Zhishang admired Chu Tian immensely.