Chapter 34: That’s Just How It Is—When the Tiger Is Away, the Monkey Plays King

For this entire month, Lian Fei had her father, mother, and younger sister hide in the mountains. She hunted or secretly went down the mountain to find food and water for them.

Just as Lian Fei had expected, after they went into the mountains, the members of the guard unit searched for them everywhere.

They had even suspected that Lian Fei’s family had gone into the mountains and dispatched drones to search the area. Unfortunately, Lian Fei’s hiding place was simply too well concealed. The drones searched for three days without finding a trace of them.

Lian Fei felt somewhat fortunate that Gessero Star was so poor, with no—

Although Li Xing was keeping Jin Yali’s card, there had only been a few thousand dollars in it—at most, just over ten thousand. Now it had suddenly become nearly one hundred thousand! Wasn’t she afraid that Li Xing would take the money and run?

Liu Yushi felt uneasy as she spoke. In truth, she had wanted to call that number several times to see whether it belonged to that man. But, being as cautious and meticulous as she was, she had ultimately abandoned the idea. Her elder sister was an emotional person, and in some respects even more sensitive than she was. Since she herself had nothing to do with that man, why meddle unnecessarily?

She hurried all the way back to the Shu residence. Instead of first going to pay her respects to Shu Qingci, she went straight to her own room. Once the door closed, she remained inside for a full hour.

Xia Ye smiled and declined. “We had to turn down a great deal of work to make time for this trip. It really is time for us to return.”

Liu Mo was at a loss. He truly did not know why Wenren Hen had suddenly tried to kill Li Yuhui without saying a word. Although there had certainly been something wrong with those members of the Li family who had been struck dead by Junior Sister Li’s thunderbolt, Wenren Hen had always acted with the utmost caution. He would never act rashly without evidence.

“This old servant cannot say.” Duke Zhou’s loyalty to the late emperor helped him stubbornly resist the effects of the drug. “This was the late emperor’s humiliation. This old servant cannot say.”

His body suddenly began to tremble violently, as though he were being shaken like a sieve. His eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

The two of them came often, and their appearances routinely involved all sorts of absurd scenes. Xiaosha had long since grown used to them. Today’s entrance was somewhat unusual, but he did not pay much attention to it and simply let it pass with a laugh.

But the result was unexpected. Fang Nan merely stared blankly at Wang Song, then stretched out one hand and stroked him from a distance.

“Your Majesty… thank Your Majesty, thank Her Majesty the Empress!”

The man’s face had not turned green but purple. Only the heavens knew what kind of inner struggle he had just endured.

As soon as Ying Lan stepped into her room, she let out a long breath. Feeling as though every ounce of strength had left her body, she collapsed limply onto the floor. She was afraid—at the very moment White had approached her, she had seen Gu Wangchuan standing before her eyes.

As for marksmanship, her senior brother Ma Chao had painstakingly practiced the Demacian Commander’s spear techniques on the training grounds and had also honed them day and night at Thunder Martial Academy. His skill was truly formidable.

Xia Xuelinglong naturally had no idea that this was what Wang Kai was thinking. He himself had struggled greatly throughout the alchemical process. His second soul constantly wanted to kill Tianyuan, and this black-and-purple herb had inspired him to refine a specially enhanced pill for Tianyuan to consume.

“All right. I’ll tell you what this old man thinks, but you must not take it as a definitive judgment. Treat it only as a reference.” Lin Zonghao took a sip of tea.

Gu Wangchuan remained expressionless, a carefree, cynical smile hanging on his face, as though he looked ready to trample the entire world beneath his feet.

It wasn’t that he was afraid of Niuniu; he was afraid of Niuniu’s parents. Yuxi dared say that Diyiner was no match for White Deer. Before Yuxi could even think it through, he heard the sound of footsteps pounding against the ground.

Red Witch was pulled along by the hand toward a nearby house. She had never been led by the hand in such a manner before. Ordinarily, she would have reacted with alarm, yet she had fallen into deep thought instead. That meditation arose from a single sentence: Yuxi had fallen into a deep sleep.

Gu Wangchuan watched the fierce battle between the two. Through his silver eyes, every movement appeared exceptionally clear, so clear that he was almost spellbound.

Jiang Yimin smacked his lips, inwardly muttering nonstop. Clearly designating the Finance Bureau as the principal body responsible for auditing the accounts was, in effect, a rejection of having the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection take the lead—or at the very least, a weakening of its supervisory role.