Volume One, Chapter 42: Factory Director Song, Is Something the Matter?

As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Weili pressed the button on the pager. Within seconds, several able-bodied men arrived.

After learning what had happened, they took away Madam Jiang and Zhang Pei.

Zhou’s parents had been waiting outside the women’s organization all along. When they heard that Madam Jiang and Zhang Pei were coming to persuade Jiang Weili that day, they had stationed themselves there to keep watch.

“Your Majesty, there are so many people living around Luoyang!” Yuxiu wiped the window glass and gazed curiously outside.

Ye Chenyi raised his head, an innocent smile on his face. The defiance and resistance he had shown earlier seemed almost like an illusion, as though they had never existed.

Su Qingge also played the role of a good wife to perfection, bringing him tea and water and occasionally kneading his shoulders.

He had been worrying that the restriction sealing the Southern Heavenly Gate was simply too powerful, and that he had no idea when he would ever finish breaking through it. But after the Creation Ancestor struck it twice, the restriction on the Southern Heavenly Gate had weakened considerably. The clearest sign was that Xingling’s estimated time for deciphering it had been cut in half.

One side of the man in black’s face was swollen and red, with clear finger marks showing just how much force Liu Tingting had put into that slap.

After such a tumultuous night, Shen Yang should have been happy. Yet no matter what, he could not feel cheerful; all he felt was embarrassment.

The man who descended from the heavens like a dark avenger, shrouded in endless mystery, had come to her side and rescued her from the darkness. Yet he had been as free and graceful as a cool evening breeze in summer, drifting away to who knew where.

Amid violent coughing, Xizhicai coughed up a mouthful of blood. His face was as pale as paper.

“Princess, we heard that something has happened at the three major sacred sites. We have come here on behalf of the Sect Master to investigate. We would be grateful if you could grant us passage.” Of the three elders, the one who seemed to be their leader spoke to Yuan Biyao with considerable courtesy, but there was not the slightest hint of retreat in his words.

After all, this was Fan Chou’s camp. Had Fan Chou been stationed there, no matter how eloquent Li Meng was, his efforts would have counted for little. Although Zhang Ji possessed some prestige in Fan Chou’s army, he was not Fan Chou himself, nor would everyone be willing to obey his commands at such a time.

They did not need to raise their strength to a certain level before transforming into human form like other demon beasts did. For them, assuming human form was an instinct they possessed from birth.

“What is this…?” Han Suxin felt a chill in the concealed position. She understood better than anyone what kind of weapon could produce such a lethal result. The sniper rifle in her hands was the same model as the one used by her opponent: a Barrett M82A1.

Lu Yu knew none of this at present. Had he known, he would not have continued playing along with them, because they were unworthy.

For countless years, it had always stood above all others, hidden deep behind the scenes while controlling the life and death of innumerable living beings. This time, Earth’s consciousness fell directly into Ye Ya’s trap and attached itself to her, stepping from behind the scenes into the open in an attempt to resolve the problem once and for all—only to find itself plunged into danger.

But their employer had also told them that they absolutely had to take good care of these people, which naturally left them in an extremely difficult position.

At this moment, Heaven and Earth was packed to capacity. The restaurant already served exquisite delicacies, while its unmatched dishes gave people something to savor; on top of that, its novel buffet drew even more customers. These days, from the moment it opened until closing time, Heaven and Earth never had an empty seat.

Qin Bingyue glanced at the astonished Xue Bing, then rose and walked over to the short boy Wu Dang and Wu Xing, who was sobbing with her head lowered.

In the seventy-third minute, Berbatov replaced Berbatov. One minute later, Rooney’s direct free-kick from the left side of the penalty area was caught by Szczesny.