Chapter 21

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But Zhang Hao was not the sort of person who simply lived off his savings. Now that he had money in hand, he naturally wanted to find a way to expand and improve his business.

Although Chelsea Adelson still could not let go of the matter, even if Link played slot machines, no amount of luck would allow him to win very much money.

Over these past two months, the lies Princess Yongning had told for the sake of this child must have seemed utterly ridiculous in Li Xian’s eyes. He clearly knew everything, yet pretended to know nothing and even played along with Princess Yongning. Looking back, Princess Yongning herself found it laughable, as though she had been toyed with, stripped of all dignity.

That statement was far too domineering—so domineering that Su Luan could hardly believe it had come from her father.

Even so, Yang Zhengjie could not stop himself from stealing several more glances at Meng Li’s chest. He stared fixedly, hoping that the jade rabbit might burst free at any moment and let him feast his eyes.

“Why are you still standing there? Hurry and inform the princess that Young Master Zhong of the Godless Alliance has come to visit!” Luo Qianqiu shouted, giving the old man a way out.

They always said that connections were meant to be used. Although Jiang Chengji’s health had recovered, his age remained a fact. If Zhang Hao opened this so-called wellness resort, then once he mentioned it to Jiang Yuhan, he was eighty percent certain he could lure Jiang Chengji over.

After Han Qiuxue saw this scene, she said nothing. She seemed to let out a sigh of relief, then lay down on the bed and began to sleep.

Tong’er hurriedly mouthed something to Bai Xue, but Bai Xue was focused solely on wiping the table until it gleamed brightly, as though she had no intention of paying attention to anything else. She completely overlooked Tong’er’s gaze.

Luo Nan remained in the consultation room, reviewing the session and organizing his thoughts. Only after quite some time did he leave. When he asked around, he learned that Du Zhenzhen had paid the full three hundred yuan.

Luo Nan now felt that keeping that thorn in a bank safe-deposit box was no longer secure enough. He should immediately move it into the safe at the villa and keep it under his personal supervision.

I was mortified. Since it had been my beloved Zhan Zhao who had put it on me himself, I decided to endure it. I leaped into Zhan Zhao’s arms and rubbed affectionately against his chest, making him chuckle under his breath.

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Therefore, when the people at the City Management Center encountered situations like this, they no longer sold them off directly as they had in the past.

When Mi Shu awoke, she felt as though her head were splitting apart. After looking around, she finally realized that someone had rescued her.

Xiao Kuang burst into laughter. His reaction was beyond Yun Moyu’s expectations; he seemed to think he had asked the most foolish question imaginable. Yet his smile was rare and precious. Yun Moyu watched him finish laughing without becoming angry, finding the whole thing simply unbelievable.

After roughly three months of renovations, the restaurant was finally completed according to Yue Yi’s requirements. On its first day of official business, it was packed from morning to night.

After driving the children home, they naturally went to see the big cat first.

There had been cultivators from the Divine Firmament lineage who ascended and became immortals since ancient times. Lin Xuance was the most outstanding among them, and his portrait was enshrined in the ancestral shrine of the sect in the mortal world.

Although the program had not finished filming, the warmth of this moment still moved everyone deeply.

His hand had just reached the door when it opened at precisely that moment, and a hand closed directly around Wang Lu’s wrist.

Ye Luo realized that he had misspoken, but the words had already left his mouth and it seemed too late to take them back. His face was filled with embarrassment.

Their Jiangbei Alliance was a veteran team in the country’s esports scene, but the investors were dissatisfied that they had failed to win a championship for so long.

Ji Zi’s eyes narrowed. She increased her speed once more, passing through the gaps between the monsters like a phantom and dodging the claws they swung at her.

Come to think of it, Xu Nuo was truly warm when explaining problems… There was also that irresistible charm in his seriousness.

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She had not yet finished speaking when Xu Nuo reached out and rubbed her head. Her voice stopped abruptly.

After saying this, he placed the coin in his palm, closed his eyes, and clasped his hands together, making his wish with an air of deep devotion. Then he flicked his slender fingers upward, sending the coin into the wishing pool beneath the fountain.

That was strange. Xia Xingyu tried to sense the spiritual energy he had previously infused into Bai Mengli’s body, but received not the slightest response. He could think of only one possibility: his spiritual energy had been refined away. Xia Xingyu’s brows drew together slightly. It had been only two or three days of neglect—could all his previous efforts really be lost?

Bai Muchen, who was standing beside Xu Nuo, noticed that his gaze had remained fixed on a certain spot and followed it.

Whenever Xia Xingyu thought of fragments from the original host’s memories, he felt as though his own soul had been defiled.

Anyone whose head was seized would surely resist. Yet no one had expected that he would ultimately be beaten senseless by the person who emerged from the giant egg and be forced into submission.

“Actually, apart from the big man who left, Chaoyang still has… Zhang Nan. Big Circle has made a respectable start in North America—there is certainly much to commend.” The bar in Fourth District, which had reopened after being bombed, had already been completely taken over by Big Circle. Anbang had summoned everyone to the main hall for a meeting.

Clearly, the reason Qiu Jihan had not come during these nine days was that he was already confident Tong’er would see her father on the tenth day.

The referee sighed. If Zhao Yu had been the target of his abuse, then it would have constituted foul play: insults, humiliation, malicious provocation, and vicious slander. But he had been speaking about a third party, someone else, so it did not qualify as a violation. That was precisely where the man’s cunning lay. The referee could do nothing but glare at him.

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