Chapter 55: Resentment
Wen Li was a little girl who loved to observe. She would watch the fluttering wings of a small bird flying past the window, and carefully study the paths of crawling ants.
Until that day, when her young eyes caught the glazed, unseeing gaze of her mother, the spreading red bloodshot veins staining the only color in those pupils.
She realized that people would eventually leave one day.
Familial affection, friendship, romantic love...
To forge bonds required the courage to bear the agony of parting.
Wen
Suddenly, after executing the concealment secret art once more, Selsia felt her body grow weak. Her four paws gave out, and she plopped onto the ground. Then, tilting heavily to one side with a dull thud, her entire tiger body toppled over sideways, kicking up a flurry of dust and sending withered leaves drifting through the air.
Sure enough, at noon on December 13th, just as the Nationalist party held a meeting and decided on a policy combining military suppression with conciliation, with General Ho, a first-class general of the Military and Northern Affairs Department, leading a massive army as the Punitive Expedition Commander to press upon Xi'an, the Red headquarters unexpectedly issued a circular telegram advocating for a peaceful resolution of the conflict and the prevention of a Chinese civil war.
The situation at that time was indeed such. Back during the war between William and the lords of the North, had Harald not hurriedly departed for England with the Viking army in pursuit of the crown, William could not have so easily defeated the formidable lords of the North.
William’s grand army marched triumphantly all the way south, and not a single soul dared to obstruct his path, for that would simply be like a praying mantis trying to stop a chariot. The examples of King Henry I of France and King Harald IV of Norway were more than enough to awaken those who overestimated their own strength and dispel their ambitions.
"Boom!" The wave of energy swept across nearly half the battlefield. Every participant locked in combat felt a tremor run through their heart; many of their movements slowed down, while some found it excruciatingly difficult even to move a muscle, pinned firmly in place by the sheer, crushing intimidation.
"Of course, firepower must also be taken into account. After all, our enemies will soon possess sturdy full plate armor. When developing the new matchlocks, you must ensure that these weapons can pierce the defense of half-plate armor, whether it belongs to the Italians or my fellow Normans," William reminded him, not forgetting to instruct.
"Uncle Sun, stop messing around." The eccentric young man, currently trying to work himself into the right emotional state, turned his head and shot a dissatisfied glance at Sun Hongzhen, who was practically the second-in-command of Green Dragon Mountain.
The Spring Festival Gala production team originally intended to invite Harlem Yu and the South Korean actor Lee Min-ho to collaborate on this song, but since Director Gan had taken a fancy to it, naturally, the star with the higher status took priority.
Even a formidable inner-sect powerhouse like Jin Tianyu was still no match for this person. Just who on earth was he?
He was bound to win this final assessment. Niu Er slowly adjusted his breathing, staring fixedly at the changing silhouette targets more than four hundred feet away.
"Even Mu Qishan can no longer be relied upon. Who else is left to trust?" Uemura Iwakura sighed as he looked at Zhu Muzhou.
Princess Zhenzhen fished out a porcelain bottle, poured out a pale red medicinal pill, and stared unblinkingly at the pill in her palm.
This would take time. While waiting, she turned her head just in time to catch Green Flame's movement, and asked out of curiosity.
The Shentan Railway was merely a test section, serving as an experiment conducted under the name of the Chutan Railway Bureau. To truly promote the new concrete sleepers, resilient rail fasteners, and 60-kilogram rails to railways nationwide, it had to undergo research and discussion by design experts.
It was not that she hadn't considered this, but war inevitably meant bloodshed. She did not want to cause the Cao family to harbor resentment over this matter. Although she did not hold deep affection for the Cao family members and did not live with them, she had no wish to needlessly make enemies for herself.
"That is certain. Go and investigate immediately; Du Ji must have gone out last night, and furthermore, he exposed his whereabouts," Deng Xiangtao said coldly. This was the consequence of lacking organizational discipline.
If a professional basketball player wanted to secure a contract that satisfied them, they certainly needed impressive statistics to prove their worth. Sun Dahai had taken all the shooting opportunities into his own hands, leaving the other players with very little in the way of statistical contribution.