Chapter Ninety-Five: Our Relationship
But Fu Chen had no intention of asking Song Hui to help him. The moment he stepped out of the office, countless eyes fell upon him. The men looked at him with naked envy, while the women need not be mentioned at all; their eyes were practically brimming with pink hearts. Some of them even found themselves beginning to understand Lin Yiqing.
After all, what woman would not be drawn toward a man of Fu Chen’s caliber?
Only, some people held fast to their boundaries, while others had none at all and eagerly rushed to become the other woman.
Yu Yunxi happened to see Fu Chen leave from the reception room and hurried back to the office, even scolding the employees who had craned their necks in foolish admiration.
She pushed open the door and saw Song Hui sitting there in perfect composure...
And through all those years, they had faced the same things each day, doing similar things, while the food they ate, the drink they had, and the games they played had remained unchanged for thousands of years.
"Zhang Yi, spare me. I’ll be your dog, all right? As long as you let me go, I’ll definitely obey you." Zhu An pleaded miserably, his eyes filled with deep despair.
Tang Yi said this in a voice as light as the wind, with utter confidence, as though Si Tu Dongfeng were truly nothing more than an ant, and Tang Yi himself a god.
At that very moment, a thunderous boom suddenly rang out from where the group stood. With that blast, the ground at the center of their position seemed to have been blown apart, and a dark, bottomless fissure appeared in an instant. Cold air kept seeping from the crack, making one’s blood run cold.
As Sect Master Shen Dang had said, the Spirit Sect was actually within the Sword Sect; therefore, reaching the Spirit Sect was the same as reaching the Sword Sect.
After all he had endured, the sharp edges of Xiang Yu’s character had been worn down somewhat. Though the fire in his heart still remained, he could at least endure when endurance was called for.
"Enough. Hurry up and keep going. I’m sick of waiting." Xiang Yu urged impatiently.
"Your analysis makes a lot of sense. Let’s put this aside for now. Since you’ve made it back, that’s the best possible outcome. We’ll head to the southern city first," said Po Jun.
Even guards had to keep a certain distance. That distance might be a meter, or it might be several meters.
Besides, let alone taking out several billion, even these jewelry pieces worth billions could not easily be converted into cash at the auction house.
I counted the floors as the elevator rose. The moment I reached this place, everything was no longer under my control. I felt like nothing more than an extra, at the mercy of the plot... The buttons were useless.
"You, who are you? You look so monstrous—are you one of those from the demon race? What do you mean by launching an unprovoked attack on my Azure Peak Paradise?"
Wei Jing had never expected aid from the rest of the forces in Fangtou, but that did not mean the others would simply stand by and watch. Western Fang City was the nearest stronghold, only fifty or sixty miles away at most. That same afternoon, the defending general Liu Gui received a military dispatch from Ji County.
Chen Xi had been preparing to perform a magic trick when he suddenly froze, because he had just remembered that if he did not intend to expose the existence of his spatial ring, then there was only one place from which he could seemingly take things out: inside his underwear.
These dealings were not my strength; they should have been Wang Meng’s domain. Alas... if I were to ask him for guidance, I feared he would not sincerely help me untangle matters or offer a proper plan.
Seeing that he could not force his way through, and noticing the soldiers from the Sin Army camp shoving over a comrade dressed like one of their own, the man’s unease grew. Too afraid to resort to violence, he could only shout from a distance.
When she saw her biological mother’s corpse being violated, Adriana could no longer bear it and burst out from the hidden wall.
Unlike the quiet emptiness of days without a mission, today a group of powerful figures had gathered outside the door to this room. The reason one could say with certainty that they were powerful figures naturally came down to the fact that the Pantheon’s standards for recruitment were exceptionally high.
Let those bastards do as they please. The Blue Feather Army’s navy would continue bombarding the shores of Martha Kingdom, and they could say or do whatever they liked. In any case, it would not be long before the Blue Feather Army’s bayonets were at their throats.
"Many thanks, Your Majesty!" Upon hearing the Prince of Anhua’s words, Zhou Ang could not summon any enthusiasm. Though he had spoken with fervor moments ago, rebellion was not something worthy of celebration, especially before success had been achieved. Right now, he was deeply uneasy as well.