Volume One, Chapter One Hundred: Pressure to Marry

Two days later, Su Tingxue brought Fu Zhilin home for dinner. Fu Zhilin was obviously preoccupied, responding listlessly even when Su’s father tried to make conversation.

As for the things they had brought, they were only rice, cooking oil, and the like, worth little. They were not even as valuable as the wine they had carried at the beginning.

Cloisonne is also known as Jingtai Blue. Because this craft flourished to an unprecedented degree during the Jingtai reign of the Ming dynasty, and because the enamel used for decoration was often blue, later generations came to call it Jingtai Blue.

But Qin Kexia did not push He Zhiqian away. She thought that if his recent work pressure was great, and this could ease it, then cooperating a little would be no great matter.

Zhao Xiaoan walked to the door, then stopped, turned back, and plopped down on the sofa.

This was the first time since her birth that she had been separated from her mommy for so long. To say she did not miss Lin Yuxi would have been a lie.

In particular, Lu Haiyun was worried that those who had always been dissatisfied with him would seize the opportunity to make trouble.

After hearing so much from Huo Zhan, Huo Dongcheng became certain of one thing: after Huo Dingyang lost more than ten million in his venture, he had become arrogant and short-sighted, unwilling to work for an ordinary company. Salary was one thing; another was that probably no one wanted to hire him. So Huo Zhan had set his sights on this place.

For example, the Shura, the Voodoo cult, the Styx, the Blood Sea Reincarnation Array... all of these were recorded in the Heart of Huaxia, though only in outline.

What Director Qin had not expected was that, a few years later, these state-run factories would suffer from poor management, be bought up by private owners, and become private enterprises.

The next moment, Jia Tao suddenly punched out, sending the short young man flying more than ten meters.

"Captain, Elder Lei Bei has come. He says to call you over to see him." Space turned inside out, and a man appeared soundlessly behind Luo Di, clasping his hands and bowing as he spoke.

Su Shu gave only loose change of a few dimes, but Liang Zhichao, Liang Zhiqiang, and Zhang Fen all gave bills of several yuan.

After the third consecrated elder left, Bibidong looked at Huli Na. She was to be sent away for five years and forbidden to return to Spirit Hall City. She truly could not bear it. Especially when she saw that pitiful, delicate figure sitting on the battle platform with her knees drawn to her chest, the reluctance in her heart grew even stronger.

Bibidong covered her red lips and gave a soft laugh, glancing at Qian Daoliu, whose face was dark as the bottom of a pot. She cared not at all.

So this system's advice is to study well and learn everything. After all, the teacher has taught you, and taught you a great deal. How much you learn is the student's own business.

Zhao Ling had never been to such a place before. Though she had Zhao Ningning's memories in her mind, actually witnessing these things with her own eyes was still a completely different feeling.

Luolin woke with his eyes half-lidded, looking at the chains on his body and trying to force himself free, but after several attempts he failed. His gaze, somewhat dazed, drifted outward.

Only at such times could he find peace of mind. Perhaps the place he lay now was where Zhaoyang and he had once clung to each other after she returned from the Nine Netherworlds.

Liu Yelan did not know what reaction Yuan Heng would have if he heard what she wanted to say, so she stared at him for a while and still did not speak her thoughts aloud. Instead, she picked up her bowl and chopsticks and continued eating.

The county education bureau director was now very anxious. Everyone else had come out, so why had Jiang Qiuwan and her parent still not emerged?

Before the others could continue investigating the purpose of those bottles, Xiaotian Dog began sneezing furiously, as if something had irritated its nose.

On the other side, just after Yunxi left, Huo Ziming, who was lying in bed being examined by Beichen Yi, suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his chest so severe that he rolled on the bed.

Old Master Long was so angry that his face turned blue and then white, but he still forced down his rage.

Of course, this "person" could only refer to ordinary people and martial artists of the same kind as ordinary inner- and outer-sect disciples.

Though these two attacks did not cause any real damage to the human-faced spider, they did make its charging form hesitate slightly, buying the man time to evade.

It was no joke. If she did not make her position clear now, Yunlan County Princess seriously suspected she might never make it out of this cabin.

So no matter what, they still had to set aside one day to be together. Even if, when together, the two of them might only spend the time studying those materials about Yan Qi and discussing what to do in the future.

I watched everything unfolding on the field, but said nothing. I only frowned and looked on coldly.

The old man looked feeble and frail, leaning on a worn jade-green cane. His old face was like dried orange peel.

"I have nothing to discuss with you. You’d better release Jiang Hanxiang immediately, or I don’t care whether your father is a gang boss. I will beat you until you’re crippled and then throw you out to the dogs," Chen Tianxiu said coldly.

Wu Jizu was deeply frustrated. He seemed to have forgotten that his legs could not bear his weight, and with a turn of his body he actually came down on his own.

There, the so-called observation room was, strictly speaking, not limited to a single room. It could spread into the emergency hall, the hospital corridors, and even the doorway to the restroom.

As he spoke, his body could no longer restrain itself and charged toward Jiang Song, while simultaneously unleashing his ability to attack him.

In this world, the only ones who dared refuse Song Yan’s face over a game of chess were he and the old man now fishing beside the Heart-Testing Lake.

By the next day, the Jiang family was lit with lanterns and festoons. Those of status and standing arrived in luxury cars, dressed in splendid finery, to offer their congratulations.

Every standardized procedure in a hospital is the summation of the blood and tears of those who came before. It must never be understood by guessing at it; one must cooperate unconditionally.

Before there was even time to speak and warn him, Yi Shengli, having sutured the renal pedicle fascia, opened the forceps with the patterned jaws, and the cardiac monitor once again emitted a piercing alarm.

"Boss..." Zuo Yi was somewhat moved. To give his all for such an honest man truly made his overtime and tireless effort these past days worth it.

Jiang Feng’s words were already quite polite. In truth, the unidentified bleeding point was a ticking bomb; no one knew when it would suddenly flare up again and bring the patient to the brink of death.

Jiang Song pushed open the door and entered another room. It was an office, already wrecked. The furnishings inside were toppled and askew, and the dust made her cough repeatedly, yet she did not dare make a sound.

Sure enough, after hearing Jin Meng’s words, Grandfather let out another heavy sigh, just as he had at the beginning.

Tian Xuanzi saw that Xiao Feng was still moving at high speed, searching for an opening to strike. The moment Sha Luoli showed even the slightest carelessness, he would immediately draw down thunder to attack, while his body was wrapped in a cyan wind that propelled him lightly through the air. Between offense and defense, he moved with effortless fluency.

Li Lingyi watched the two leave, his face darkening slightly, and thought to himself that this Zhenhu Wu Xu’s intuition was truly terrifyingly accurate.