Chapter 130: Please Don’t Go Looking for Him

After she finished speaking, everyone was stunned.

In the end, it was Yuan Ruoxia who could not help but ask, “Ruan Qing, what kind of joke are you playing?”

“I am not joking. Every word I said was carefully thought through.”

“We broke up.” She was smiling as she spoke, and tears were streaming down her face, yet she was still smiling.

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Four years ago, when Lin Xuan had just founded the Brave Alliance and was expanding its territory into Lanzhou in southern Yun Province, a middle-aged man came looking for him one day, saying that he wanted to speak with him alone.

Chen Pengwei, recalling the previous night, remembered that their casual conversation had mostly been about Shu Lanqing’s work as a teacher. He had originally wanted to guide her slowly into speaking about the past ten years, but who would have thought that, not even ten minutes in, the girl would fall asleep.

And because Yuan Fei had made a bet with his family that if he could not manage the company well within the allotted time he would have to go back and obediently help his elder brother, he was desperately eager to pull in an ally with a powerful background. Unfortunately, neither Chen Pengwei nor the others would buy into his schemes, and so he had never succeeded.

Since the opportunity came by chance, Lin Feng immediately sought guidance from Qingyunzi, and Qingyunzi was very sincere as he explained everything to him in detail.

As the inspector of the western circuit, Shangguan Hao knew the moment those men appeared, and rushed over without stopping. But what he had not expected was that someone would attack him the moment they arrived, and with their strongest move at that, as though determined to put him to death.

“The sovereign knows you are dragging out the time. He is not so petty as to deny you even this little while,” Lin Yuan said, his brows carrying a teasing glint.

The one who had come was none other than the cavalry general who should have died in the academy at Qixia, yet now he had somehow returned to life.

Wang Yun headed toward the coffin shop, and along the way he saw many intruders, among them several people he knew.

On the Agate River, the nobles of the Six Kingdoms had barely managed to seize the advantage, but across the entire southern grasslands, they were still the weakest side. The Great Qin Empire and the Huns were the two strongest powers on the steppe.

Suddenly, a miserable scream shattered the brief silence. Everyone turned to look and saw that the man who had been reaching out to seize Mo Guanxi was covered head to toe in cracks, blood spraying from him in all directions. At the same time, a white shadow appeared from within his body, struggling wildly as it shot toward a black stone stele that had suddenly appeared.

All along, people had only thought that he had been defeated by his second uncle, and that he could not compare with the others among the Five Elite Generals. They had overlooked the fact that in Cao's camp, aside from the Xiahou clan and the Cao imperial relatives, Yu Jin had always been one of the most valued men. Among the non-Cao commanders in that camp, only one man could command seven armies at once.

Suddenly, a troop of Hu cavalry, under the lead of their commander, wheeled around and fled. Ma Mengqi gave chase alone, and I saw that if that enemy force had merely turned back suddenly, they could have surrounded Ma Chao at the center and captured him. Yet they did not dare to turn.

After Ma Chao chased them for several steps, he suddenly hurled the spear in his hand straight out.

So long as I completed the lessons taught by my masters on time, in proper quality and quantity, and made sure not to leave anyone with leverage over me so that the crown prince would not be dragged into trouble because of me, then I could do whatever I pleased.

Cheng Lin gave a wry smile. Liu Shi reached out and fiercely pinched Cheng Lin’s back. Cheng Lin had not handled this matter well.

“What does this have to do with anything? Training. It’s not easy for us all to gather together, so hurry up and make use of the time,” the second brother said with feigned seriousness.

By the time noon had passed and lunch was over, the experts still had not reached any clear conclusion, and merely announced that the technical defense would begin in the afternoon.

When the other three heard the short man’s voice, they immediately gathered around and stood behind him.

The fish and chicken legs were already done. Only one vegetable dish and one soup remained. Liu Shi turned on the gas stove and the range hood. Blue smoke rose from the pan, then she poured in clear oil. Once the oil was hot, she added the greens and quickly stir-fried them.