Volume One, Chapter 94: Secretary Li, Would You Like a Back Scrub?

Feng Yizhou’s gaze was locked tightly on the woman struggling beneath him. As his Adam’s apple bobbed faintly, a flush gradually rose to his cheeks.

An awkward look crossed Gu Mingyi’s face, but he did not withdraw his empty hand. Instead, he turned his eyes to Gu Yiqing.

“Is it really all right for me to go over looking like this? Should I buy some gifts or something?” Xue Jinxue asked nervously. After all, Old Master Qin was a figure of great renown. Would she be being rude by appearing like this?

She thought of Yuanbao’s mother, crying as if her heart and lungs were being torn apart, kneeling at the courtyard gate until her forehead was split open—yet those men still decided to sell her off.

Mao Xin’er, Mao Xinyu, and the others all looked worriedly at Chen, wondering if he would be hoodwinked by this man. Li Jiaxing was the sort who spoke one way to people and another to ghosts; not a single word out of his mouth could be trusted.

“No, Xue Jinxue told me,” Lin Xingmo said softly, clearly uneasy at having misunderstood Qin Yue.

Song Ke’er swallowed nervously, her face somewhat unsightly, her expression stiff with discomfort.

Most of the villagers were just there for the spectacle. When Mu Dade had passed the imperial examination, everyone had admired him at first, but as time went on they gained nothing from it, while the things from their own homes kept ending up in the hands of the old Mu family. How could they not be angry?

“The man has already been brought here, and he’s been dealt with. Now just listen to him tell you the truth about how you were harmed back then,” Wei Lianheng said.

But if Lin Xingran truly did not like his life now and wanted to take another path, Qin Yue had no objections. He felt exactly the same as Lin Xingmo did: all he wanted was for Lin Xingran to be happy from now on.

It was more than ten kilometers from here to town, and I had only walked a few kilometers. With my injured leg, I would probably be walking until dawn.

Having one’s divine sense refined was like being relentlessly battered in the spirit; the pain could neither be defended against nor avoided, and it pierced straight to the marrow, agony beyond words.

His expression darkened. Suddenly he shook off my hand, folded his arms, and looked down at me from above without saying a word.

Song Lingyan looked at Chenxi lying lifeless on the ground and choked up. Lu Qingyu also felt a chill in his heart, his face shrouded in dark clouds.

A muffled thud rang out. Before Xuanlong could react, he was struck by a burst of spiritual force. His long black robe split open at once, revealing a patch of gleaming golden dragon scales.

The stronger his spiritual power grew, the more rampant that laughter became, and the black shadow grew ever more frenzied. Lightning flashed in Ye Yu’s eyes as an incomparable killing intent erupted from him. He hurled himself toward the shadow, desperate to wipe it out.

Xue Yi had taken care of him for so long that Xia Tian was rather surprised. She had never really had anything to do with him, yet she had looked after him so diligently that if he gave her nothing in return, it would be hard to justify.

“He is you!” Xiang Lai said softly, staring at Leng Yan. After saying it, Xiang Lai was surprised to find herself a little tense. She did not know what she was tense about; she was simply very nervous, because she could feel her heartbeat quickening.

Eric set Luo Yixuan down on the ground. The moment her feet touched the floor, pain broke her out in sweat and her face turned pale.

I have always been good at exploiting loopholes. Of course, he had not heard my catlike cry, and was just about to slip away when I suddenly remembered the door slamming earlier. I admit I am good at everything else, but I am always undone by a curiosity that overrides all else.

I thought so too, so I agreed at once. Seeing that it was not too late, I had Third Miss take me straight to find Sun Boqing. After all, Sun Boqing lived right in Dongluo Town, and the town was just ahead, not far away.