Volume 1, Chapter 54: The Chen Family Makes Its Move

"Rest assured, in three months I will return your sister to you looking as fresh as a peach," said Zhang Donghai. After hanging up the phone, Chen Jingyang had somehow managed to break free.

His originally pale and somewhat sickly skin was now flushed with a healthy, tender pink, looking so soft and supple that anyone who saw it would want to take a bite. His large eyes were as clear and pure as an infant's, untainted by even a trace of worldly dust. His once gaunt, thin melon-shaped face had been unpleasantly skeletal, but now his cheeks had filled out with flesh, looking full and radiant.

Cao Liangse instructed Qiluo to keep watch over Ye Luhuan and make sure she did not do anything out of line. Qiluo acknowledged the order and left, after which Cao Liangse turned back to take care of Cao Liangjin.

"Now that it's their own company, I imagine they'll strive even harder to develop it," Zhang Donghai thought of his massage parlor in America.

Mo Fan opened his mouth slightly. It seemed that Munan back then had not yet broken through to the Celestial Immortal realm; that must have happened during his previous awakening, which was ten thousand years ago.

"Clang, clang, clang—" The sound of machetes colliding with steel pipes rang out as both sides fought with all their might, knowing there would be no tomorrow otherwise.

"If you can endure this hardship, we can talk about what comes next," said Feng Xiaowei, giving these students time to consider. Mountain villages were nothing like cities; they lacked such comfortable living environments. If they truly chose to stay, they might not even leave the mountains for several months.

The ringing of the mobile phone and Li Xi's words dragged Xiao Yunfei back to rational reality. He sighed softly in his heart. He had already committed a wrong against the innocent Liu Tingting; before he left, how could he possibly commit that same wrong against Li Xi as well?

"Father is busy with official duties. You and Rong'er go into the inner room and sit for a while first; I'll call you out when Father arrives," said Li Sheng, before sending someone to invite Elder Li over.

With that, Xingxing stuck her rear end up in the air, truly dropping down on all fours to start grazing, scaring Lin Yumen into a series of shrill screams.

Zejin smiled. In truth, he had known all along that Tianzi Peak could not be relied upon, so he had simply toyed with him for a moment.

Fede knew that Ligu had done his best. He asked the other person to leave the potion, and he would personally decide in the end whether or not to let Mefu drink it.

For Tang Yu, whether the environment was good or bad was secondary; what mattered far more here were the plump and delicious fish in the river.

Tang Zihan felt a fresh wave of guilt wash over her when Lin Yu removed his clothes and she caught sight of that wound. She knew full well that she had inflicted it, and her expression grew dim.

Once this stone was cut off from contact with the external spiritual energy, it ceased to emit the radiant glow it had just displayed, yet Ye Feng could still perceive the powerful fluctuations of energy contained within it.

Who would have known that Bai Yi would simply toss the bag down by his feet without a moment's pause, and then turn around and walk away as if nothing had happened toward Lin Moyan, who was still lying on the ground?

After all, Aya was a grand duchy under the Caesar Empire. Whatever Weil used might very well have originated from Caesar. After all, in Aya, where knights and warriors held an absolute numerical advantage, it was hard to find a mage capable of manufacturing high-level magic items.

Su Yi breathed steadily amidst the swirling white mist, his expression calm, while the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth continuously flowed toward him.

"You!" the few people around him roared in fury. Usually, out of respect for the sect master, they tolerated him, but for him to strike his fellow disciples now was simply bullying them too intolerably.

Xu Qianqian looked at him and the hand he extended, hesitating for a moment before taking it. Toward someone she had once loved so deeply, he found it impossible to be completely ruthless.

Even Meng Lichen, whose nerves were typically thick and who let nothing bother her, wore an expression at that moment that was utterly grim.

Thus, the most venomous of plots was hatched: kidnapping for a swap, extortion for wealth, first violating then murdering, and destroying the corpses without a trace.

However, Tu Tuqiao noticed that those e-sports players from the Coffee Country and his own subordinates were growing fiercer by the day.

The stench was so dense that Li Heng himself could hardly bear it. He quickly flew straight into the waterfall, letting the cascading water scour his body.

President Liu walked to the end of the corridor and gently placed his finger on the fingerprint scanner. With a "beep," the first door unlocked.

Ma Wu held the jade cicada, switching on a bright lamp, while simultaneously pulling a pair of glasses out of his handbag to put them on, keeping a wary eye on Yingying to prevent her from escaping.

Just imagine, no matter how powerful that fellow Charlize's influence in the Misis Empire might be, when all was said and done, he was merely a subject. Though throughout history there had been many powerful officials who hollowed out the power of the imperial family while monopolizing authority for themselves...

Dai Li could only offer an apologetic smile: "Forget it, let's not argue over these issues. Regardless of whether this matter is good or bad, it is not something we can control right now; these events have already transpired anyway."

Naturally, Su Hao very straightforwardly liked and reposted Old Nie's Weibo post after the fact. It was considered an acknowledgment of Old Nie's remarks regarding the necessity of this plotline.

Even though it was a special period and they could not afford to keep strangers around, he could not simply drive someone away and leave them to their fate either; at the very least, he needed to make sure the person was safe.

"Alfred Bernhard Nobel—he interned at my friend Allison's workshop. I conversed with him a few times; he is a very promising young man," said Walter.

The examinees suddenly came to their senses. Many of them failed to glean any profound insight from Jiang Lin's two lines, though of course, that did not mean none existed.

Yet as he said this, Zhao Xuande felt a twinge of regret in his heart. Had he known Jiang Ruochen was a rank-four grand master, he would not have let Grand Academician Wei snatch Jiang Ruochen away no matter what.

Jiang Haoyang walked into the children's amusement park with a stern expression. Naturally, he wasn't here to play, but specifically to pay a visit to the owner of this park—President Qian.

In Zhang Dayong's impression, Lu Jiuting truly lacked this particular skill. When he saw Lu Jiuting's rather poor complexion yesterday, Zhang Dayong had even suspected that Lu Jiuting was engaging in illicit activities in the red-light districts—after all, flesh trade could involve men too.

Among them, the Delaware and Hudson Railway Company was already a fairly strong railway company in the East. Perhaps when Wu Bingjian purchased shares in the company, it was still in its fledgling startup phase, which was why the Wu family held such a massive stake in the Delaware and Hudson Railway Company.