The Scumbag Chicken Peddler of the Two-Thousands (23)

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Even after hearing Yu’s words, Li Mao remained deeply anxious. Yu reached out and channeled a sliver of internal energy into Li Mao’s body, which finally eased her frantic heart.
The two men exchanged a glance and lunged at Qiu Yun together. Qiu Yun led his soldiers in a counterattack, and in an instant, the entire Shamen Island was filled with the sounds of battle.
Bai Sen eventually had to laugh and scold them before letting everyone leave. As for the series of bared teeth and threatening expressions Elusa made at the end, he simply ignored them, though in his eyes, she was mostly just acting cute.
As they chatted, You Jingyan brought up the existence of Wei Muqiaoer. If he didn't mention it now, it would be hard to explain if someone else let it slip later; it was better to be straightforward.
From that day on, although Zhou Jing mostly slept during the day and only left the house at night, He Xingye no longer interfered with her.
Wang Yi took in every detail of this, but she dared not ask, for she feared Han Wei from the bottom of her heart and was terrified of being cast out by him.
At the meteorite site, only the Marquis remained. He looked around and spotted a surveillance camera; he knew that with the camera present, he had to be careful not to reveal any flaws in his actions.
Zhong Huai’s expression shifted repeatedly. If he raised the bid again, it would cost him another thousand spirit stones, and there was something else later he was determined to win, leaving him in a state of deep indecision.
Before Zhang Yuanhao could react, the scene around him shifted, transforming into a vast floating island. Clouds billowed beneath it, while rare birds soared, exotic flowers bloomed everywhere, strange beasts roamed, and countless extraordinary cultivators walked among them.
The ancient city, once prosperous, had fallen into ruins, yet it had become a place where these cultivators sought opportunities.
"Big brother, you should just hand them over, otherwise our Ye family will truly be finished today," Ye Minghan pleaded earnestly.
The former office director of Chongyi City was, in plain terms, Zhang Zhishun’s die-hard loyalist. Therefore, rather than saying the suggestion came from Jiang Hongbing, it would be more accurate to say that Zhang Zhishun had prompted Jiang Hongbing to make it.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jie’s heart skipped a beat. In an apocalypse where security was severely lacking, he despised unknown variables above all else.
His brows furrowed slightly, and his lips pressed into a thin line; it was clear that this problem was not as simple as he had anticipated.

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Hearing this, the soldiers on the city walls grew pale, a flicker of hesitation flashing in their eyes.
Ye Lanwei was very confident; in terms of appearance, she was no worse than Ye Qingyu, and in terms of family background, she crushed Ye Qingyu so thoroughly that nothing remained.
Ling Bai was planning to pay a visit to Long Bihai. In truth, he had wanted to spend spirit stones to hire an outer sect elder, but the risk was too high.
She had walked this path herself and understood Ling Bai’s persistence; even knowing it might be futile, she would still support him.
Qin Chengshan never liked to give people the cold shoulder, so even when Dong Yili was being this excessive, he maintained his composure.
The contents were a lethal poison he had concocted, refined from those who had died in battle for the Imperial Kingdom.
Time turned back five days. Ever since he learned the full plan of the Fatui and the Lawrence family, Lin Chen had immediately found Jean to discuss countermeasures.
"Immediately dispatch Bai Xin of the First Battle Group and Shen Gang of the Second Battle Group to lead the warships to Deer Island, reclaim the island, and recover our losses," Bai Xingchen ordered immediately, then signed the mobilization order, which the guards sent out.
But these things were of no use to Wang Quan; all he needed was the Tianshan Snow Lotus.
"It’s mainly that they actually made a joke out of you—that’s what I can’t stand the most!" Bai Yuean added.
It wouldn't have mattered in later times, but in a few years, these things would become the noose around Zhang Yunshang's neck; one gentle tug from someone else could take his life.
Xiang Meiren reacted a beat too late, and seeing that her two sisters had already taken the lead, she felt a surge of anxiety in her heart. She saw Consort An draped in the dragon quilt, while Consort Yu was left with only a bright red bodice.
Jianmen Pass was situated in a narrow gap between two mountains; the wall, barely fifty meters long, was crowded with thousands of people.
The psychological control technique was indeed effective, but having lost his arms, Niu Gaoyi eventually broke free in his terror.

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The Captain of the Longwu Army only said that the old Prince would personally summon them later before taking his leave.
Amber was unfazed; when she first saw the scale of the Dawn Winery, her reaction had been even worse than Lin Chen’s.
Li Shenfei, however, looked up and laughed wildly. His gun-fu had reached perfection, and today was the moment for his performance.
"So you took it upon yourselves to execute only half the mission?" Jing Mo’s gaze was sinister.
"Uh, the people who were watching too closely before were all fired by Sister Xueqi," Aya shrugged, saying with a helpless expression.
"Mother dreamed that Yuan'er married the Third Prince and became Empress, and also dreamed that Yuan'er was pregnant with a boy." A broad smile spread across Madam Qin’s face as she spoke, and while her wrinkled, smiling face looked particularly eerie, it filled Shang Liyuan with heartache.
Moreover, when the "All-Out Vocational School" recruited students, they tried to select the top-scoring students who had failed their entrance exams, ensuring the quality remained relatively high.
Whenever it came to future actions, Nana-min’s brain would automatically compute a set of future-specific logic to find a reasonable justification and accept it calmly. However, there was one issue this logic didn't cover: when it involved the safety of her own person in the future.
Xia Zhi walked out of the Shiraishi residence, and unlike when he went in, he let out a long sigh of relief as he stepped out.
Such a work was produced by their hands, and regardless, the animation staff involved in the production of *Lelouch* were all extremely excited; perhaps this moment was the peak of their careers as animation professionals.
"Li Li is your person, isn't she?" Jing Yu suddenly remembered this and looked at Shang Liyuan earnestly.