Volume One, Chapter 137: Like

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Su Tingxue chattered away, her eyes filled with admiration as she gazed at Chen Junjie, her voice carrying a hint of excitement.

Chen Junjie had carefully cultivated an image before Su Tingxue. He claimed to be the eldest son of a certain wealthy family, traveling for pleasure, and said that his family possessed considerable wealth. He had happened to save Su Tingxue along the way.

It was a classic tale of a hero rescuing a beauty. Young girls of Su Tingxue’s age were the easiest to deceive. After meeting Chen Junjie, her heart was entirely captivated by him.

Meanwhile, Su Ningxia got off the train. She and Qin Zhaochuan had booked an inn, but this particular place was difficult to reserve and expensive as well. Finding somewhere cheap and practical to stay was truly no easy matter.

Returning to a familiar place, Su Ningxia felt somewhat melancholy...

As she felt the searing heat continually rising from beneath her and the piercing pain in her left hand, the haze that had been gathering in her mind gradually dispersed. Familiar scenes began to emerge once more, one after another.

Zhou Buyi, relying on the message from the envoy at Hulao Pass, had formulated a strategy to besiege Luoyang and swore that this battle would end in victory.

“I do not know what that other Li Taibai was thinking. This poem and lyric by Dugu, the Third Laureate, were both transformed from his verses, yet they surpass them by far, whether in artistic conception or poetic resonance,” Cui Xingzong sighed as well.

Nearly all of China had been plunged into the flames of war. Countless people died every day, while settlements whose names were never recorded were destroyed outright.

Xue Juzheng was rendered speechless. He did not know what to say. Several officials of the Great Song exchanged glances, yet none could refute Naje and Boris.

Fulin glanced at the subordinates seated before him, nodded, and said, “Yuan Jian, how is the development of Longxi Commandery progressing?”

Li Mingyou was pressed for time. Although it was already after ten o’clock, she still had to go to the company and take a look.

There was no need to consider fighting in weather like this. Once the soldiers in the city had eaten their fill and warmed themselves, they went to sleep as ordered. They had been sleeping soundly when, unexpectedly, the water rose above their beds and startled them awake.

Before long, a soldier was helped inside. Upon seeing Ling Tian, a trace of astonishment appeared in his eyes.

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The formation spirit burst forth. Its long spear swept across and collided with the Battlebreaker. After the demonic energy coiled around it, it instantly dispersed and then condensed again, crashing against it once more.

There was gratitude and excitement in his gaze, along with a burning intensity as he stared directly at the man who had saved him and provoked him several times.

“She was planning to come. Yesterday morning, she sent someone to say that she had fallen ill with a cold. She was afraid of passing it on to me, so she did not come,” Song Jinling explained.

Although one hundred thousand was not a great deal, it was enough to keep her from going hungry for a short while.

By then, Li Tiezhu’s skin had turned dark red, and his eyes were filled with frightening blood vessels. The sight of that particular crown atop his head was especially terrifying.

His Highness the Crown Prince had brought his people and assigned them to the various counties for investigation. As for the prefectural capital, he left the overall administration to Your Excellency.

“Your Majesty the Empress, Fifth Princess, the Dowager Empress cannot be delayed any longer. If we cannot find a way to awaken her soon, her life may be in danger.” Imperial Physician Hong was helpless as well.

The situation had undergone an almost complete reversal. The Mischievous Panda first knocked Golem down with a lethal kick. Although Golem’s body was enormous, it possessed one fatal weakness.

“I am not going anywhere, Sister-in-law. Don’t worry. With me here today, no one will dare do anything to you!” Li Tiezhu declared with great authority.

The ox cart then turned onto another street. After a stretch of quiet, the view opened up once more, revealing another riverside.

The corner of Emperor Chu’s mouth twitched. So he had deliberately provoked him just now. The anger he had barely suppressed nearly flared up again.

Quite a few venture capitalists remained cautiously optimistic because he had joined the Lin Corporation.

When he saw the red and purple kiss marks covering the skin that Yao Qingmu’s torn and disheveled clothes had failed to conceal, he wanted nothing more than to wrap his hands around Rong Yan’s throat and squeeze until it broke. But he held himself back. Especially when he saw Rong Yan lying in a pool of blood, barely clinging to life, reason ultimately overcame emotion.

Murong Che was left speechless. No matter what, he could not bring himself to say what illness she had actually contracted.

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“I am asking you, just now Lin Xia said that you could plead with the Emperor on her behalf. She even said that the Emperor favors you and listens to everything you say. How do you explain that?” Murong Linglong had long wanted to eliminate Helian Heya. How could she let such an opportunity pass today?

“The princess is of exalted status, but this is not a place you should come. Leave,” Yun Tian said, waving his hand.

Not long after she was discharged from the hospital, before she had even had time to take revenge, she inexplicably became pregnant. It was called an inexplicable pregnancy because she had never slept with any man, yet there was a child in her womb.

She was Mo Tiexin—hard-hearted as iron. She would not be moved easily; anyone who devoted effort to her was merely wasting it. She did not know why she had developed such a self-destructive way of thinking. Was it really only because of a single emotional wound?

Her fingertips moved like a snake, inching into the front of Hua Yuru’s chest and slowly sliding across it.

The laughter around her seemed to have nothing to do with her. She could hear her own heart pounding wildly, like a drum.

Suddenly, the tobacco pouch in Ge Yueying’s hand fell to the ground. Before Ye Qiang could react, Ge Yueying forcibly ordered him to place Zhang Shaozhu in the most concealed inner room, while she herself cleaned away the waxy candle drippings left on the floor.

Strands of golden radiance flowed from the cracks. They were the divine weapon’s essence, equivalent to the blood within a human body.

“Without permission, we do not accept interviews. Please leave.” His words were exceedingly polite, and his expression was utterly serious. He had already made the gesture ushering the visitor out.

“All right.” Old Master Ma did not know what Wang Fan wanted to tell him, but he felt certain it must be good news, so he followed him outside.

Thinking that after tonight’s great battle there would no longer be a single Cao Wei army left in the Guanzhong and Longxi region, and that the territory would officially come under Liu Bei’s rule, everyone felt they had rendered outstanding service. Unable to sleep, they whispered among themselves.

At Incheon Airport, Li Zhengzhe, Huang Ying’er, and Baek Majun met up with Li Xiulu. After giving a few brief instructions, Li Xiulu patted Baek Majun heavily on the shoulder, his expression filled with regret.

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