Chapter Fifty-Three: The Chi Family

The fire still raged on, even beginning to spread to the neighboring houses. Drawn by the blaze, the neighbors arrived one after another, buckets in hand, joining the efforts to extinguish the flames.

Amidst the chaos, Jiang Mochen turned his head and happened to see Chi Zhou sitting in a car just outside the wide-open door. With a provocative wave, Chi Zhou moved his lips as if to say, “Goodbye.”

Jiang Mochen dashed out the door in a few strides, but the car had already pulled away, vanishing from his sight.

It was not until a certain dinner party, where he confessed his feelings to the girl he liked in front of everyone and was promptly rejected, that he immediately stood up and took his leave.

A newly completed freight highway, with excellent road conditions and little traffic, made for a perfect place to speed along.

“Mu Han, take me home now. I’m too tired today,” Xu Yuyao’s voice grew hoarser, perhaps because of the chill of the night.

The silver-caped figure with green eyes, though at a slight disadvantage, had not suffered a fatal blow and remained in good fighting shape. Upon seeing the opponent appear, they immediately brandished a rapier and charged, aiming to strike while the adversary was still unsteady.

At this moment, Xi Yue’s mind was filled with thoughts of Xiao Feng. In her previous life, it was he who had accompanied her through her darkest, most painful hours. Now, discovering that Mo Xiuran might be him, how could she not be excited? But why was he afraid to admit it?

So, Xi Yue recounted to her everything that had happened recently, embellishing the story with many of her own heroic exploits.

Song Song thought to himself with a sneer, otherwise, apart from the head and what’s below, he wouldn’t know where else to strike.

Chen Shi’s expression was a dazzling mixture of colors; he had never expected to get involved in this at all.

After drinking, Zhao Can rode back to the hotel with Yamaguchi Takeno in his Lexus. As they got out, Yamaguchi handed him an invitation card.

“Tanuki?” The silver ape seemed to be saying, “Is that it?” as it turned its unchanging, expressionless gaze to Lian. The sword strapped to its back had been completely corroded by the wyvern’s venom, leaving only the hilt.

“That’s… your friend?” Hou Yixi, still maintaining her composure in such a situation, managed to keep her wits about her.

Thinking back, his former self was laughable indeed. If he had never met Qing Lian, would he still be lost in the dream he had spun for himself?

Perhaps it was also to fulfill that one ambition in his heart—he longed to see his country grow strong.

Because the moment you betray, your integrity is already gone. No matter who your new master is, they will never value someone who could so easily turn against their former lord, family, or even their nation.

After waiting for Luo Xue to survey several locations, he then approached and picked one of them himself.

Hong Fang, having done so much for Zhao Zilong, naturally sought credit for her efforts. On any other day, Zhao Zilong would have eagerly and unhesitatingly shown her his gratitude.

Say what you will, but just in terms of reloading, this kind of revolver was agonizingly slow. Others only needed to swap out a magazine, while with this ancient revolver, once the bullets were spent, you could only reload them one by one, taking several times as long as a magazine change.

After wandering all over Chang’an and visiting nearby coal mines, kilns, and other industries, nearly a whole day had passed.

Wait, wait—Shen Nianyi’s eyes lit up. What he saw now was the Grand Empress Dowager lying within the curtains, but not as before, close enough to clearly see her features.

In the next moment, he gripped his whisk in one hand and formed a seal with the other, a giant yin-yang fish materializing before him.

Lost in his daydreams, Hadi was still basking in his fantasies, while Baoyan sensed something was amiss.

In midair, at the center of the Bagua diagram, another Taiji symbol emerged, two yin-yang fish intertwined at the core.