Volume One, Chapter 88: Suddenly Grown Up

Li Ying followed Zhang Yongtai out of the mining guesthouse, and the two of them walked toward Longsheng Coal Mine.

Although they said it wasn’t far, walking on foot made it feel quite distant.

“Girl, why put yourself through this?” he said.

She woke up once, groggy and confused, sensing that where she lay was much softer than before. Her mind was muddled, so she didn’t think much about it and soon drifted back to sleep.

He had wanted to say, ‘I’m worried about you, afraid you’ll cause trouble.’ But seeing the others present, he swallowed those words.

In both shape and color, these two pieces of jade were nearly identical.

“Shaohua, I need to leave the mansion for a while. You stay here,” Chiba said, turning to pick up the clothes beside him and began to dress.

Zhong Xingyue wasn’t angry anymore, but her expression was strange. Why did this behavior feel so familiar?

She was alone, feeling empty and desolate. Thinking of her senior brother’s coldness toward her, tears began to well up in her eyes.

“Don’t mention her again,” Zhang Jiajia instantly lost any affectionate mood, turned around, and was about to leave.

He was truly torn up inside, while this girl acted as if nothing could faze her, always able to silence him with a single retort. Why was she suddenly so obedient now?

Across from the giant skeleton, a figure, though not forced back, suddenly bent over and coughed violently—coughs that echoed through the world, as if his very blood were being expelled from his chest.

The system rolled its eyes, thinking that this unscrupulous master must have guessed Lin Susu would act in that way.

The commotion caused by the man and the tiger chasing each other was loud, immediately alerting the rat people. When they saw a “mountain of flesh” charging fiercely, they all panicked. Their leader let out a roar, instantly steadying their formation, then quickly had them spread out into their hunting pattern.

We waited at the entrance of the mortuary until nightfall, but the soldiers never returned. Wu Fei suggested we look for them or head back; waiting here like fools wasn’t helping. I agreed, so we decided to search first, and if we couldn’t find them, we’d go back—at worst, we could come again tomorrow.

Lin Xi was about to head to the front courtyard, but there was no need now; both uncles would surely come along.

Mrs. Zuo was completely stunned, hot tears streaming down her cheeks. Yet at this moment, the emperor, high above, showed nothing but disgust on his face, as if even another glance would be unbearably filthy.

“How do I know you won’t use this against me after the deal is done?” Fang Yan asked in a deep voice after hesitating for a moment.

After learning the truth, I felt even more miserable. I was lucky, with so many people helping me, but Su Qing was not so fortunate—she carried burdens that weren’t hers, never confiding in anyone. I owed her too much, more than I could repay in several lifetimes.

On the day of April 19th, year 12 of the New Era, Lin Yue arrived at the Military Committee as usual. But unlike before, the moment he entered the office, the other members looked at him strangely. Soon after, personnel from the Commissioner's Arrest Bureau suddenly announced they were to apprehend Lin Yue.

After finishing everything, Zhao Yun glanced respectfully at the scattered corpses of the soldiers from the expeditionary army.

After a fleeting look of surprise, Sun Ling rose and launched another attack; planting his left foot, he kicked toward Lin Yue three times with his right leg. Lin Yue didn’t rush to counter but dodged left and right, avoiding all three kicks.