Volume 1, Chapter 34: In This Round, She Won

Xia Zi'er felt a sense of panic deep within. Although her grandmother held the highest status in the Xiahou estate, second only to her father, she could never escape the fact that she was a peasant woman who had never received an education. She simply could not handle accounts.

Yi, Er, and San devoured the food greedily without tasting a thing, finishing it off in no time. It felt as if they were like Zhu Bajie eating the ginseng fruit—completely incapable of savoring the experience.

This infuriated Zhang San to no end. Not only had he collected a mountain of worthless currency, but the labor and resources wasted in smelting it were immense. Most frustratingly, the loss was utterly humiliating. Zhang San had even considered rounding up those involved and forcing them to cough up the money.

However, by this time, Bian Yuanhang’s attention had already shifted to the classroom ranking list for the midterm exams posted beside the blackboard.

Qi Dieyi was not like that. She already had several consorts in her palace, and, relying on her status as a princess, she frequently abducted handsome men into the palace by force.

Looking at the strong, fair hand steadying him, Lin Aqi suddenly understood the true purpose of his journey to the capital.

Hao Yu was in the midst of his agony when his vision blurred. In a flash, he was transported from a dimly lit space into the middle of a forest. It was night, and the surroundings were pitch black.

On the way back, Chu Yinyin and Dong Qiaoqiao were not dampened by the previous episode. After all, the possibility of Chu Yinyin’s leg recovering was wonderful news, and after a brief discussion, the two decided to celebrate properly.

Thus, if Zhang San wanted to achieve his goals, he had to figure out how to persuade Zhao Ji. Zhang San spent two days on the boat pondering this dilemma before he finally managed to organize his thoughts and began drafting his proposal. It took many revisions before he was satisfied.

With the addition of Qin Han—the original author who held significant sway over the adaptation—the three judges for the audition were set.

Consequently, when Qi Gong burst breathlessly into the inn room, all he found was Lin Aqi fast asleep.

Yang Shan looked at Zhou Yu in astonishment, thinking, "Pick it? Right here, under their gaze?" There was no help for it; since Zhou Yu had ordered it, she had no choice but to go and pick it.

"I ask for your guidance, Brother Hongji!" Li Xu replied with a solemn expression. He felt a deep sense of regret that his relationship with Liu Hongji had suddenly shifted from friendship to a cold partnership of mutual interests. He wanted to do something to make amends, but for the moment, he could find no way to do so.

"Arrest the person who was shouting," Long Yufan said, looking up with a serious expression. But the moment he looked up, the shouting stopped; it seemed the opponent was quite cunning.

Fortunately, his timely reaction had prevented the schemes of these ragtag forces from succeeding. Not only could he protect himself and shift the blame onto the deceased Yamamoto, but he might even establish himself as the new leader. At the thought of this, a smile bloomed on Nakagawa’s face once again.

"I’m not fully recovered yet, but staying at the Lan family villa feels inconvenient. It’s much more comfortable to be back in my own home," Long Yufan said with a smile.

The moment he saw the girl lying in a pool of blood, Song Chao found it impossible to describe his feelings in words. Heartache? Certainly. Panic? Absolutely. But what he felt most was annoyance and deep regret. He shouldn't have let his guard down so soon; he should have left the girl in Bai Xijing’s care before departing.

Those green spheres of light were shattered instantly by the power of the domain, while the radiance of Cang Tian’s sword grew many times stronger, slamming fiercely into the Hydra.

Long Yu was convinced that the assassin had been sent by Cheng Shijie, and so he unleashed his most lethal move. Once the God-Extinguishing Finger was cast, there was no escaping death. Poor Cheng Shijie, full of ambition and having just conceived a brilliant strategy to thwart the Northeast Army, never imagined that he would meet such an untimely end.