Chapter 84: The Gu Family Banquet

Su Zi certainly remembered how she and Yuan Xian’er had pressed Xu Chi for answers at that time, yet Xu Chi stubbornly refused to say anything. Luo Ye lowered her head to look at the problems; after reading them, she was a little surprised—the difficulty yesterday wasn’t high, and the six IMO questions assigned to Class One were generally similar in level, but she hadn’t expected today’s three to be a notch harder. By now, the sun had already set. Chen Qian found the place rather lonely, uncertain where she was. Early in the morning, Lu Xinyan awoke and, as she sat up, her hand inadvertently brushed against the two pieces of jade placed on the bed.

Dong Tianbao, as Gu Yan said, was utterly dejected. Upon careful reflection, Gu Yan’s words made perfect sense—he was indeed in an awkward position: those with the surname Luo did not accept him, and the Dong family believed he should be under royal jurisdiction; he belonged nowhere, and once his mother closed her eyes forever, truly no one would care for him. In the footage, a man had been recording video at the entrance from the moment candidates began to enter; his spot wasn’t far from the school gate, so when the dispute occurred, he must have captured the entire sequence of events. Mu Manqing and the mother of Qing Fanghao, left behind, only stared blankly as the two walked away, unable to recover their senses for a long time.

They were stationed here by imperial order from Emperor Longde, to wait for Wu Wan to step out the door, at which point she would be immediately knocked unconscious. Lu Xinyan tasted the sweetness on her tongue, hooked her arms around Xiao Yichen’s neck and pulled him down for a kiss, pressing her lips to his and returning the candy to him. Qin Yuan couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise—Teacher Shao was becoming increasingly enigmatic, able to accomplish even such things. With such mastery, even the palace master was somewhat inferior; how could a mere newcomer compare? After all, his future wife was sitting right beside him, so Chu Hao couldn’t openly ask for her phone number.

“Damn, getting cocky now,” Xu Yihang, annoyed by the earlier provocation, saw the polar bear sprawled across the car hood, growling at him in the driver’s seat. White mist sprayed from its mouth, and at that moment, the savage face of the arctic beast was clearly visible.

In the end, Yu Jiechou, by his own strength, stirred the earth fire and destroyed the Tu Mountain Heavenly Prison. Before dying, he passed the Qingfu lineage to Lu Xuan. Tianyi dressed her in pajamas, covered her with a quilt, tidied himself, and let her rest against his chest as they slept peacefully together.

It was a double blessing—pregnancy and a wedding, promising the most coveted, beloved ceremony in this world. Wang Yuanyuan held her teacup, staring intently at the floating tea leaves, murmuring softly.

Of course, the apricot-yellow flag forged from high-grade materials was equally lethal, but those materials were expensive and not for ordinary use. Qin Yuan had scavenged a small amount from the Ye family, but time had been tight and he hadn’t yet managed to make them. “I just want to be with the one I love, even if there’s no money—it doesn’t matter,” Wang Qian said with a cheeky smile.

Many viewers in the livestream supported Chen Qiu’s approach, believing that with his ability, he could absolutely achieve great results in professional competition. “If this ‘apple’ is powerful enough—if it can, through force or conviction, alter the world’s perception so that everyone must verbally acknowledge it as a pear—what then?” the Godfather asked.

I had no opportunity to tell anyone else; I could only ponder it myself. Perhaps what I saw earlier was the border between dream and reality. If we cross that threshold, we could return to our own bodies in reality, no longer haunted by this terrifying nightmare. Su Xincheng shook her head in reply, pushing Su Ning into the living room, where fruit Su Ning liked was arranged on the coffee table.

This was the gods’ room—for those six years when a deity usurped Akto’s body, the god lived here. Su Ming’an hadn’t expected the room to so closely match Akto’s own tastes.

But what shocked her was not that the data remained, but that, in her eyes, the helmet had truly disappeared. “No matter how the world changes, wisdom remains interconnected. Even if you didn’t participate, you still developed many treasures.” Su Ming’an sighed. Human ingenuity, in a state of emptiness, could create so many miraculous things in merely half a year.

It was a strange transformation, but if Wen Ren had been of that temperament back at the training camp, his ashes would probably be cold by now. “Will we… really never get out?” Sun Meimei recalled the legend, her voice trembling with tears.

Pan Zhaorong couldn’t sit still either, glaring at Li Yan as if his eyes were about to burst into flames. After all preliminary work was completed, the special supply base began operations. Over the past month, the chain of production, inspection, and transportation had run smoothly. Every morning, several trucks loaded with Black Dragon No. 1 products, spring water, and other foodstuffs would set out from Black Dragon Farm, heading to the province.

“All right, Liu Kunjian.” Du Yufei giggled, opening the door as the waiter pushed in a dining cart. The cart had two tiers, more than a dozen dishes, a soup, a bottle of red wine and one of white.

The Administrative Division of Northern Desert consisted of only three prefectures, of which Helin was the largest. It governed two regions and five counties; each region had two counties, so Helin Prefecture had a total of nine counties, yet each of these counties was far larger than an entire prefecture within the Pass.

However, this gesture had been remembered by the old man. Now, he would surely be remembered for a long time. In fact, it wasn’t only them—even the others present wanted to see how Jack’s money would disappear.

Kang Li spun on his foot and dodged, Lin Haoyu’s shoulder missed its mark, and Kang Li headbutted Lin Haoyu squarely in the face.