Chapter 66: Mother Gu Tests the Waters Again

"No," Gu Fangyu silently put her phone away.
Mother Gu glanced at her lightly without exposing the lie.
A hypocritical smile hung on her face: "In the blink of an eye, our Fangyu has already grown into a young woman."
Gu Fangyu’s pretty face was full of wariness. Until she knew what her mother was truly up to, silence was golden.

After a long while, the two separated, identical bizarre smiles blooming on their faces—bared teeth and clawing hands, looking utterly ferocious.
Li Guocheng had already been acting somewhat apprehensive, and seeing Duan Ke look this way made him even more uneasy. Yet, he dared not interrupt Duan Ke, so he could only anxiously wipe his hands back and forth on his trousers.

"Oh my, look at my memory, actually leaving you standing outside the door!" Mother Zhang hurriedly stepped aside. Fangheng and I stepped into the courtyard. The cluster of wintersweet in the corner was blooming just right, its subtle fragrance drifting and exceptionally intoxicating.

However, the current Lord Mayor's Mansion was much inferior to the Duke's Mansion of the past. But after all, this would become Bai Qi's true home in the future, so seeing such a thriving and prosperous scene still made him feel quite gratified. A smile naturally appeared on his face as he strolled casually around the Lord Mayor's Mansion.

"Elder sister! Look who this is!" Ziyao looked at Qiqing, who was hiding behind Zihan, for a moment unable to understand what Zihan meant.

Jie'er was dressed in a purple gauze skirt, her waist tied with a long white ribbon. Her hair was styled in a very ordinary fashion, her waist-length hair drifting with the wind, making her quite charming. Her slender fingers plucked the strings, and the music of the zither was melodious and tactful, lifting one's spirits.

"Sister, you should just wear this one!" Moli held up a purple strapless gown trimmed with silver thread, featuring floor-length lotus-petal trailing sleeves.

However, it was obvious that the clumsy Louis II could never replicate Bai Qi's movements. In the end, he only managed a poor imitation that bore no resemblance, and even wrenched his face in pain.

This morning she suddenly appeared in the garden, discovering that I wanted to enter the abandoned building, and helped cover for me to evade Ji Manrou's suspicion. Then she volunteered to bring me in, claiming she would tell me the secrets of the General's Mansion. Having helped me so much, why would she still lie?

Zihan did not apply the grotesque "Ru Hua makeup," choosing instead to show her true face. She circled the Hanxian Residence and quietly dispersed the slumber-inducing powder around the perimeter. If Long Yuling sent people to monitor her, anyone approaching the Hanxian Residence would simply fall asleep, though they would wake up again within the time it takes to brew a cup of tea.

Zhou Yi organized the offense, and seeing that Bynum had a good opportunity, he did not hesitate to pass the ball to him. "Clang," another missed shot echoed into the people's ears, and David Lee grabbed the defensive rebound.

She could clearly feel a certain deeply hidden yearning within the other person's heart, feeling the same bone-deep fear of a lonely and helpless life that she herself possessed, along with a profound longing for warmth and care. Her heart grew softer and softer.

"We have just come from Chang'an; how could we possibly fabricate an imperial decree in front of all the generals?" Du Xian sneered coldly.

After dinner, the Tujue princess Ashina Zhuo entered the tent for a meeting. She came to apologize for the brutal atrocities committed by the Tujue people, and judging from her expression, she was very sincere and truly felt a sense of guilt.

The Soul-Catching Cave was much larger and deeper than the previous caves. The group flew more than a hundred meters inside the cave before catching sight of the Soul-Catching Platform.

Yet some others secretly thought that the new chairman was simply trying to establish authority and surely did not understand the actual situation, so it was no big deal.

More than a dozen players lying in ambush in the distance stared intently at the battlefield, their expressions varying. Seeing Zhang Quan's invincible image, they were greatly startled. Their fear slowly turned into appreciation, and several mages even benefited immensely. It was practically a performance, utterly breathtaking, until finally one of them could not help but cry out.