Chapter 23: Sister, I'm Scared
“Leave the money.”
“Leave the person as well.”
With those words, several masked men stepped out from the shadows, surrounding Qiao Weiwei.
“Boss, this girl looks really tempting,” said the man on the right, his gaze lecherous as he openly appraised the woman before him, as if eager to have her then and there.
The leader slapped him on the head. “The client hasn’t given the order yet. Keep your mouth shut.”
It seemed these men were not here for the money.
For now, this was fortunate for Lilith, who quietly absorbed the innate amniotic fluid bestowed by the divine cultivations below. This fluid’s greatest purpose was to aid the child growing within her to be born.
Sword Yikan looked at the sword spirit before him, unwilling to answer her questions but forced to nod grimly. He tried to crouch down to hold her, but the sword spirit shook her head tearfully and asked again.
First, there was the structure of the personnel’s salaries. With the sudden emergence of the red power and the continuous recruitment of soldiers, changes were underway.
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Nangong Zheng, walking into the courtyard where Mu Xuexian was resting, saw her sitting calmly drinking tea and smiled as he greeted her.
As for the other three factions within the government, the plan was simply to find opportunities to delay. When the two grandfathers and the anti-government allied forces had both worn each other down, they would seize the momentum, mobilize all troops, quell internal chaos, and inevitably win over all who responded.
Ordering at the state-run restaurant was done at the service counter, not at one’s own table. It was already 2 p.m., and a few waiters lounged lazily, casting resentful glances at Li Jin as he entered.
Jian Ming regarded the other warily—a handsome young man with a faint smile curling at his lips.
Shen Yun Yuan watched Xie Xunzhu’s departing figure, quietly smiling at his beauty. His girl was still just as adorable.
Zhou Qi, however, did not sit down. He had restrained himself somewhat, uttering a few formal words of sympathy before excusing himself under the pretense of having matters to attend to. As he left, he signaled with his eyes for Song Jianyi to follow him out.
Yue Si had the symbiotic computer project another item: the Iron Man armor.
Could it be that he feared my screams? I was instantly elated, even ready to scream a few more times to scare him off, but then I thought, who wouldn’t scream upon seeing a ghost? If ghosts were afraid of that, how could they ever roam free?
I was about to lose control completely when Allen hurried over and grabbed me, warning that they were outnumbered and I shouldn’t act rashly.
Cheng Ke had also hung a Zhongyuan Festival knife by the bedside for us to use in cutting pumpkins. The sharp blade gleamed faintly under the lamp’s light.
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Su Wanrong’s expression turned uneasy. She hadn’t expected that right after leaving Zhongcui Palace, the Empress Dowager would already move so aggressively against the Empress. In such a situation, all she could do was devote herself wholeheartedly to the Empress Dowager, as winning the Empress’s forgiveness seemed impossible. What was she to do now?
Time passed by the second, and the office was so quiet the ticking of the clock was audible.
The three-meter-tall man felt immense satisfaction and pleasure seeing the tortured, pained look on Wang Jin’s face.
Li Mu had no interest in looking at Chen Tao, nor in speaking to him. He was sweating profusely, cold sweat breaking out along his back. Upon closer inspection, Li Mu felt a chill of fear. The simple explosive device didn’t detonate so easily; besides a wired switch, the assailants had also set a tamper-proof fuse.
I quickly shook off Wei Qian and leaned closer to Cheng Ke. Just as his long hand was about to slip inside my clothes, I suddenly felt a strange sensation in my neck.
“Where do you think you’re going? Hahaha, you’re courting death!” The four grotesque men led the guards in pursuit. Seeing that Wang Jin and his group had chosen to head toward the underground prison, they burst into arrogant laughter.
“Stay down there, don’t let anyone else in.” Upon seeing the youth awake, the black-robed elder’s expression shifted slightly as he said coldly.
According to Jin Hang, several Lingzun-level figures had died in the valley alongside Yu Huang’s subordinates.