Chapter 49 Desperately Wanting to Be Close to Her

Zhang Jingyan was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Jiang Mengnan smirked and pointed behind Zhang Jingyan. "I think the dog Lu has a lot to say to you."

Zhang Jingyan turned around.

Lu Tianyu was standing right behind her. "Why didn't you wait for me to go out together?"

However, this was clearly not enough to appease Zuo Jie's fury. Just as he was about to be given a severe lesson, someone suddenly spoke up to bail him out.

"No, none of us have ever made any promises to animals." Zhang Qing retorted with a tongue as venomous as a sharp blade.

The crucial point was that Zhang Fan did not achieve a pyrrhic victory where he lost a thousand while destroying eight hundred of the enemy. Although, on the whole, Zhang Fan's side also suffered over ten thousand casualties, upon closer analysis, Zhang Fan's losses could almost be described as negligible.

Seeing the two of them depart, Lin Miao could not help feeling somewhat surprised. Clearly, he had not expected the Guild Master to send Feng Yuan and Beishan on a mission.

Gao Xun drank quite a bit that night—not to celebrate with Nam Sang-mi over successfully pranking Kim Rae-won, but rather out of sympathy for Kim Rae-won while simultaneously feeling that he himself would sooner or later get taken down a peg or two.

Leaping slightly backward to evade the Kyrieloid's pounce, Lin Miao took a half-step and delivered a direct side kick straight at the prismatic head of the newly landed Kyrieloid. However, the creature reacted instantly, raising its blade-grafted arm to parry and block the attack.

Mentioning the need for tempering, everyone instantly understood Shi Bo's implication. Even without further explanation, they knew what he meant. This was indeed an unavoidable issue; the cultivation world was never truly peaceful, and strength was the fundamental capital for survival.

After entering her bedroom, Ulan grew increasingly angry. After a bout of throwing and smashing things around, she finally dragged her exhausted body to rest.

However, they were destined to return empty-handed. Just as they made their move, Zhang Qing and the others had already quietly slipped out of the encirclement.

"Fine, you just wait." He Guoqing lowered his head to sniff his military undershirt, walked through the bedroom, and headed toward the vegetable plot. There was water there that had been warmed by the sun. Stripping down to just a pair of boxer shorts, he began to rinse off with the water while washing his dirty clothes along the way. Alan would not help him wash them; she said she was not going to spoil him with such habits.

Qian Guilan tidied up the empty room, setting up a wooden plank bed, a shelf, and a bamboo screen for privacy, before heading up the mountain to search for herbs. She could not possibly have nothing and do nothing; otherwise, even if she truly managed to cure the villagers later on, no other people would believe her.

Receiving Su Jingnian's order, the two armored imperial guards ignored the gatekeeper's desperate crying and pleading as they dragged him away.

"Is it true that no matter what I do now, I can't move you or make you let go of the past, even just a tiny bit?" Lu Chiheng asked.

The staff at the nurses' station also said they hadn't seen Cao Yimo. He pulled out his phone to call her, but the call remained unreachable.

Moreover, the head of the Shangguan family—Shangguan Ji, the Great Yin's Grand General—saw things with crystal clarity. He knew full well that this was most likely the Emperor making a move against the aristocratic clans. What he hadn't expected, however, was that the Emperor's very first blow would target the most formidable Sima family, and that he would successfully bring the Sima family under his command.

Su Hao leaned forward and gently scooped up a little water with his hand. Yet when he touched the water, he was immensely startled; it was exceptionally lukewarm, feeling rather like water on a summer afternoon warmed through by the sun.

"The Princess is different now; she is not the same as she used to be!" A refugee from the neighboring county had been listening nearby all along, and after a long while, he stammered out those words.

Qi Chisu didn't care what others were thinking. Muteng had explicitly told her to go to his room, and Qi Chisu had agreed. Fully satisfied, Muteng led Qi Chisu to his quarters, prompting his subordinates to suddenly burst into loud cheers together, appearing exceptionally abrupt in the quiet dining room.