Chapter 40: The Recognition Banquet, Concluded

Gu Lingyi realized she could no longer remain there. Clenching her fists, she turned and began to walk away, step by faltering step.

"Stop right there!" Gu Huaimin’s stern, intimidating voice boomed behind her. "Did I tell you that you could leave?"

Gu Lingyi turned a deaf ear, her footsteps never faltering.

"Gu Lingyi!"

"Uncle Gu!"

Gu Huaimin’s harsh reprimand was interrupted by a clear, resonant voice as Qin Xiao stepped forward. "This matter has nothing to do with Gu Lingyi today, so please—"

The Matriarch had been brooding ever since hearing the rumors that Yan Qianqing had eloped with a man. Furthermore, Yan Qianqing had traveled to Yancheng to visit her biological mother’s grave and had passed by without paying her a visit, so naturally, the Matriarch had shown her no kindness.

The Bada Metal Warrior let out a low growl, but there was no movement. At the second growl, all eight men began to exert their full strength, yet Li Qingchen was suddenly slumped over the table, fast asleep, snoring away—it was quite a sound.

Upon receiving Chen Rong’s text message, she immediately sprang from her bed, dressed herself up, summoned her bodyguards, and stood guard by her phone.

Ying Jiarou persuaded her sister-in-law to have her brother take them to the wildlife park to see the tigers and lions.

"Let’s go eat first, Boss Zhou. I’ve already booked the best hotel in Yuanhe County," Gao Li said enthusiastically.

"Father," Li Shengye saw his father, but because his loose Hanfu was covered in powder, he had to change into a new set before rushing out.

"We are of the same sect; saving you is merely my duty, Brother You Hu. Please, there is no need for such formalities!" Chu Feng had just slain a Nine-Star Sword God, yet he appeared incredibly humble. His expression was calm, as if he did not consider it a feat of any great significance.

"Give you an inch, and you really want to set up a dye shop? Someone of your stature daring to pose questions to stump the Supreme Elder—you truly have no sense of the vastness of heaven and earth." An icy voice cut through the air. Han Sheng approached with Qin Shan and the others. This time, he did not bother to maintain the demeanor of a refined gentleman.

To a cultivator like him, money was no different from the stones on the street. How could the value of a spiritual herb ever be measured in currency?

Thinking of this, I really wanted to call Old Daoist Sanhuo on the spot to ask what was going on, but remembering his complaints the last time he was woken up by a phone call, I shook my head dejectedly and didn't touch the phone again.

Hearing their chairman put it this way, what else could they do? They could only return obediently to see if there were any better solutions. If there were, they would proceed; if not, they had no idea what they should do next.

Liang Qiu walked toward Liu Zhiguo, who had just been released from the police station, only to be taken away again before he could even step through his own front door.

"Wasn't it said that it had been handled?" Sheng Lingxi spoke instinctively, assuming Lu Chengjin would be upstairs keeping her company.

The venomous snake remained in the same state as it had been when placed into the space yesterday, leading her to conclude that the space possessed a preservation function.

As the liquid in the pot slowly heated up, he waited patiently for it to boil, then quickly removed it from the heat, allowing the mixture to cool gradually in the residual warmth.

"But every time I go home for dinner, Mom says she learned how to cook these dishes from Qingqing’s daddy, yet they still taste just as bad as before. I don’t know why," Xixi scratched her head, looking slightly puzzled.

Lin Yuze kept tapping his fingers against the tabletop; he was truly conflicted now, staring at the documents before him and lost in deep thought.

No matter how the beggar kicked and struck him, even as the boy spat blood, he guarded the food in his hands with his life, refusing to surrender it.

In truth, she hadn't realized that she was no longer considering Lin Yuze’s feelings. Every time she left, she simply informed him rather than seeking his opinion.