Chapter 149 You are making malicious accusations!

Shen Wanru said coldly, "I don't care what he does; he isn't my son. Since none of you care whether I live or die, how could I possibly care about either of you or him?"

She was hardly some kind-hearted saint.

Besides, the old man's antiques had long since been sold off by her own biological father, so where was she supposed to find them?

Nor did she have the money to pay for them, as all her money had already been stripped away by them.

Qi Yan stood nearby, his brow tightly furrowed. "Stop standing here pointing fingers and shifting the blame onto each other."

Inside, there were not only heavy main battle tanks and motorized infantry, but also several makeshift civilian workshops, resembling a hastily assembled army.

There was none of the deafening gunfire characteristic of gunpowder-propelled firearms, only the roaring sonic booms created at dozens of times the speed of sound and the crackle of current pulses as the bullets left the barrels.

Almost before the Great Emperor Ziwei could finish speaking, Xu Xian answered without the slightest hesitation, his gaze filled with unwavering firmness.

Realizing that all hope was lost, the Golden Cymbal Dharma King felt the urge to retreat rise within him, and he prepared to fight a retreating battle.

Though this voice sounded casual to Qin Yu's ears, it struck him like the roar of a hundred thousand thundering bolts, causing him to freeze instantly in his tracks as cold sweat oozed from his back and trickled down in streams.

The Prospecting Tower was built right by the sea near the harbor. Standing dozens of stories high with eight pillars and nine tiers, it featured flying eaves, helmet-shaped roofs, and towering pillars inside, while its eaves resembled bird beaks, gleaming with gold and jade.

Weilai wanted to reach out and place a hand on Ling Yifei's shoulder to offer some comfort, but her hand met only empty air as he was already walking out of the command room.

A sound like a dying campfire rang out. The flames shooting three or four meters out from the lower legs of the Iron Monger armor suddenly vanished entirely.

"King of Gods, Ares was in the wrong first; otherwise, how could they have fought their way to the sanctuary? If we were to proceed with the trial and punishment of these intruders from Earth, it would be glaringly obvious that we were committing yet another grave mistake," Diana said coldly.

Beside him, however, Xu Xian lowered his head. Although his second brother had not held him accountable, as Xu Xian reflected on it later, he recalled the events from that hazy period of his life. If he truly had no other intentions, how could he have been so easily bewitched by Wang Daoling?

A piece of fine delicacy dropped from Pan Baojin's chopsticks into the bone dish before him. Had Sun Yousheng not revealed the inside story at the banquet today, he never would have known the truth of the matter could be such as this.

As expected, Qi Yunfeng's judgment had been correct. The reinforcements appearing in the Crystal Valley had indeed come from the Jade District, and they were all martial artists—three hundred of them in total. These were the very first batch of martial artists hired by the Command Hall, and Tang Zeqi was among them.

"Get away with you! Sister Yunan, how could someone like him ever think well of a rural cadre like me? It's plain as day he's just making fun of me." Zhang Beibei's words carried a double meaning. As she glanced back, Lin Zixian could still catch a trace of hard-to-conceal resentment in her eyes.

Then another National Security agent accompanied Ma Youcai into the courtyard. Yue Jiating looked anxiously at his superior with a probing gaze, seemingly wanting to ask what on earth had happened.

After bilateral discussions, the wedding was scheduled for the coming autumn, meaning the day autumn began would be the day of their grand wedding. As for the three conditions proposed by Zhao Yu, Li Li agreed to all of them in his capacity as the elder brother; the first condition had already been fulfilled, and the remaining two would be fulfilled shortly thereafter.

Of course, part of the reason was that the orbits of the satellites had begun to shift, but at the very least, for the short term, the United States would no longer focus its attention on Gourd Lake.

A flash of strange light crossed Cao Cao's eyes, and his brow twitched slightly. The clear joy that had just been visible on his face vanished in an instant, and his gaze grew deep and murky once more, making it impossible to guess his thoughts or fathom what was on his mind at that moment.

Hearing this, Lei Xiong was momentarily startled, but given who he was, a quick turn of his mind allowed him to guess what Lin Zixian meant by those words.