Chapter 39: The Old General’s Stratagem

“How many men did you send after me this time?”
Ye Cheng silently placed his hand on the tall man’s shoulder.
“Tell me the truth, and I’ll spare your life. Otherwise...”
A sudden surge of spiritual energy swept forth, the might of a cultivator at the Golden Core stage bursting skyward!
Thud!
...
Xia Xi nodded, then returned to her room for another nap. She slept soundly until dusk. Upon waking, she went to the kitchen to prepare some food, and immediately after, she made her way to visit Hao, who was now awake and able to speak when she arrived.
Moonfall glanced at Yuebai, then at Yueqing, and finally her gaze settled on Su Mianmian. In that instant, her striking beast-like eyes suddenly flared with murderous intent.
At eleven in the morning, Shao Tingfeng arrived at the gates of the police bureau, riding in a military vehicle with Jiang Yuncong and four guards in tow.
Li Chenyi was known for his composure, his face unreadable even in the gravest of circumstances. Even when Li Zhenhua fell into a coma, he managed to remain calm. But now, just one phone call had left him visibly agitated, leaving everyone confused.
Just as he was on the verge of losing patience with everything happening before him, Lei Liezhi suddenly opened his eyes.
She placed the dishes before him, and as she drew near, a strong scent of blood wafted into his nose.
Listening to these words, Su Mianmian felt a wave of melancholy. Growing up, life always seemed to bring troubles of one kind or another. How much simpler things had been in the past.
Li Chenyi, as if sensing something was wrong, hurried up the stairs, taking them two and three at a time, with Cheng Huayu right behind him.
Though she possessed a natural, unadorned grace, as if a lotus emerging from clear water, there was still a certain plainness about her.
“There’s nothing wrong with Madam. She may go home,” the doctor said calmly to Xia Xi after the examination.
Both Leng Lingyun and, unexpectedly, ‘Huangfu Zhuo’ standing not far away, were taken aback by her actions. Yet neither made a move, simply watching her in silence.
Meanwhile, the construction crews summoned by Zhuang An had already begun securing the site that Zhuang Yi had planned, erecting tall, thick protective walls.
Before them stretched a range of rolling mountains, each peak towering into the clouds, their full grandeur hidden by layers of mist, which only added to their mysterious allure.
In the end, he was disappointed. In his mother’s eyes, he saw only coldness and unfamiliarity. If there was anything else, it was deep confusion.
“Let’s go together!” Levi, wild with desperation, dragged him towards the speedboat. He knew well enough that, in his condition, it was impossible to save two wounded people, but he simply couldn’t bring himself to accept the reality.
“There’s no other way. Don’t you think savoring this slow sense of conquest is a pleasure all its own?” Long Aotian smiled.
Gu Xiaoxiao had no idea how she ended the call. She only knew that the one method she’d been most confident in for raising money had utterly failed.
Besides, if the second young master had something on his mind and needed to vent, and they as servants dared knock him out and drag him away, once he awoke, he’d surely have their hides.
In that moment I understood—perhaps... that’s how it is. Heh, Luo Xu, how much of a failure are you, when the brother closest to you turned out to be a pawn for the enemy?
Because of news that Xuanxuan had fallen ill, Quan Shaochen had to leave the company in the middle of signing a contract, apologizing profusely as he rushed to the hospital.
Zhou Yi shook his head again. “After entering the temple, the princess was wholly absorbed in chanting scriptures, showing not the slightest hint of anything amiss. That’s why I never suspected her.” Having worked with Li Ye for so long, he was an excellent judge of character. Had Madam Liu shown even the slightest irregularity, he would have noticed it at once.