Chapter 30: Partiality
Ning Lu never expected Lu Hongyu to stay by her side and care for her through the night. He could be so gentle that she wondered whether her fever had made her delirious.
Lu Hongyu had the kitchen send up a patient’s meal: a few light dishes accompanied by lean-meat congee.
Ning Lu had little appetite and forced down only a small amount of food, though she drank plenty of water.
“You even took the trouble to look after me. I hope I didn’t interfere with your work?”
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Lan Yingchen simply could not understand Cheng Yue. During the day, when the roads were crowded with cars and people, she was perfectly fine. Yet whenever night came, that peculiar problem of hers would flare up, as though she were possessed. He truly had no idea what she intended to do this time after returning. Could it be that, like last time, she was rushing off to tend the grave of a dead person?
The sales assistant brought over the clothes, and Ji Tingyu told me to change into them and try them on. Lin Xiao insisted on coming along to change as well. In the end, Lin Xiao and I each bought an outfit, all paid for by Ji Tingyu. The top was a white blouse, the bottom a black skirt, and the ensemble came with a pair of black high heels.
But who, exactly, was this mysterious person who could sit across from that girl and still gain the upper hand over Old Ning?
She was not completely without support. Mo Jingyuan still loved her. From now on, she would obediently remain by Mo Jingyuan’s side as the president’s wife of Qingyuan Corporation and would never again listen to Mo Tian and harm him.
The late-night meal was warm and pleasant. Once every dish had been cleared away, Xu Yuan did not hurry to tidy up the tableware. Instead, she first cleaned the corners of Li Junxiu’s mouth, then, like an agile fish, nestled beside him and wrapped her arms tightly around him through the thin quilt.
They had actually gone to that world filled with reincarnation, the world where the Celestial Team, the Demon Team, and the Central Continent Team existed!?
The woods and scattered rocks behind Mount Wudang were far less developed and maintained by human hands than the area around Taihe Palace. Thus, apart from members of the Wudang sect, few outsiders ever ventured into the rear mountain.
As the shop assistant passed by the two of them, he vaguely felt that the old man looked familiar, but for a moment he could not remember where he had seen him before.
The seventh level was the tower chamber where Nethernight Palace stored its pills. As for the eighth level, it was of paramount importance: it contained the martial cultivation methods passed down through a thousand years of Nethernight Palace, along with the secrets of its various martial arts techniques. None of this could attract Mao Mei. She went straight to the entrance of the final level—the entrance to the ninth floor.
Ye Hansheng had not contacted me for several days in a row, and I did not want to reach out to him first. I was afraid—afraid that he would answer my warmth with indifference.
“How could that be?” Even the Heaven-Rending Bird had not expected it. Yet it merely gave a cold snort, and a gigantic barrier appeared before Fan Yu. The Heaven-Rending Bird’s enormous wings shielded him from the front.
Liu Fei could naturally understand the villagers’ concerns. It was simply that growing cherries cost a great deal, and the distribution channels were not yet mature. If everyone rushed to plant them at once and something went wrong, they could lose all the hard-earned money they had recently accumulated through fishing for seafood.
By the time the two of them left the café, it was already evening. Xi Zhan pressed his lips together without saying a word. Watching the figure walking ahead, he suddenly had the illusion that they had always been together.
Fan Yu smiled faintly. The Devouring Halberd in his hand trembled ever so slightly, revealing just how formidable his opponent was.
When Wu Yu handed the animal hide to Luo Li, she was indeed delighted, and Rui and Yingming were delighted as well.
“Why don’t you take a guess?” Fan Yu said. Having finished speaking, he charged straight toward the phantom.
In any other setting, facing anyone else, Li Hexian would never have reacted as he did now.
Like a magic trick, Qing Kou watched with his own eyes as the golden wall before him slowly transformed into a blue-green stone gate. Two long dragons were carved upon it, so lifelike they seemed almost ready to leap free.
“The imperial court’s campaigns in every direction are perfectly justified. Otherwise, the four regions would devour our Zhao Kingdom,” said Emperor Zhaoqi.