Chapter 105: You Were Not Like This Before

But why was You You suddenly acting timid and taking Gu Mo-si’s side?

While sipping her porridge, Lian Youyou said unhurriedly, “One should be lenient with others and leave them a way out. That is also leaving oneself a way out. Besides, the producer of the drama I’m filming right now is Gu Mo-si’s father. I can’t go against the current, can I? Unless I no longer want to make this show. Whatever I want to do can wait until filming is finished.”

“And besides...” Lian Youyou said with a sigh, “she works for Lu Ming’s company. In terms of education and ability, she seems outstanding in every way. That much is beyond dispute. I can’t let personal grudges cost Lu Ming a capable right hand.”

If it were for...

By now it was already May, and the season of peach blossoms had long passed. Yet inside the gate of the wisteria fence, the peach trees were in full bloom, a sea of pink. Wisps of thin mist coiled among the branches, as though draping them in a gauzy veil.

The clash between the American and Soviet financial camps was still discovered by the keen-nosed press. French media even launched a sweeping exposé, causing tremendous shock across the world. People in every country were curious: when faced with a financial war, what would the two camps do, and who would win in the end?

Yet Zhang Tiejian, head of the provincial police department seated across from Lin Zhengdao, wore a grave expression, fatigue faintly etched between his brows.

Kangxi smiled lightly and said, “The longer someone has stayed by your side, the more useful he is. I really cannot do without you, Li Defu.” Taking the towel, Kangxi wiped himself with ease. Then he accepted the freshly changed hot tea and took a satisfying sip.

Pure Fragrance White Lotus sat on a rock jutting out amid the rushing stream, her trouser legs rolled up and her jade-white bare feet immersed in the water. A pair of plain white cloth shoes lay beside her. The pale moonlight fell upon her white robes, making her appear serene and graceful, exceedingly lovely.

If Yi Han understood this point, he would certainly have scoffed inwardly. Such a distinctive method of displaying status and rank, however, was precisely the sort of thing that drew the powerful and influential like moths to flame. Others could not enter, but you could—did that not prove you were above them?

In truth, this golden flamethrower had no ammunition left. It was a damaged item that could not be repaired. But in order to deceive his opponent, Fang Jie had deliberately taken it out and waved it before the face of the weary, blood-starved player, simply to frighten him and make him hesitate when launching an attack.

“Heh. Same to you.” Fang Jie smiled indifferently. Then a flash of gold vanished in his hand. The weary, blood-starved player on the opposite side could not help but start in shock, instantly recognizing the item Fang Jie had just produced: the very golden flamethrower that had killed him in a single shot during the first round of the match.

The 174th height to the north of the Second and Third positions, along with Temple Terrace Mountain, had already fallen. The Japanese departure line had pressed close to the final barrier before the Second and Third heights, Akasaka Mountain. For these two hills alone, the Marine Corps had already lost a full 2,200 men, and another 1,400 men from the Fourteenth Division had died before Akasaka Mountain and the Second and Third heights.

Other key points that required attention were also given special focus by Zhou Tiance, Suslov, and the others. Through various orders and preparations, the Soviet Union had, at least for the moment, entered a preliminary state of stability. If events continued along the present course, the sudden loss of the nation’s supreme leader would not cause any major disruption.

The dragon seal slowly took shape, and Lei Zhan could finally see what his own dragon seal truly looked like. Although the seals of the dragon clan were broadly similar—nine dragon heads gathered around the edges in the shape of a perfect nonagon, encircling a large character for dragon at the center, with the rest filled by densely packed scales—

The fans on both sides first compared the loudness of their cheers, then began attacking one another, and in the end simply started throwing punches. Before Bei Bei and Murakami Shinki had even appeared, the stadium had already turned into a martial arena, and a fierce battle between the fans was heating up in full force.

“Bei Bei isn’t grown yet, so she can’t go to the market. As for crowded places, the shore is far from the water, and Bei Bei is a waterfolk. If she stays too far from water, her spiritual power will drop by two-thirds. Besides, Mother said crowded places are dangerous. She won’t let me go,” Bei Bei answered haltingly.