Chapter 45

I quickly turned around, zipped up my jacket to hide it, and smoothed down my hair, feeling my face burning intensely.

Her expression stiffened slightly. She blinked, her innocent eyes slowly shifting upward to lock directly onto Feng Yu's deep, ripplenseess gaze.

"No, I only scraped a bit of skin when I was running away; Mali didn't hurt me." At the mention of Mali's name, Lu Yao's eyes turned red again. This was hardly surprising; after all, they had been living together as a couple, seeing each other day in and day out—anyone would find it hard to accept such a reality overnight.

While combat-oriented holy rune students had practical combat drills, medical-track students were required to perform duties of this nature.

This feeling was truly agonizing. Shao Ya appeared calm and composed, while I inexplicably felt guilty and short of breath.

The entire Lotus Pond was plunged into silence. Faint sounds of laughter and fireworks drifted from afar, the dark sky flickering between bright and dim with each explosion of fireworks. In the chilly winter wind, the willows and clusters of orchids by the pond rustled softly.

After waiting in place for a few minutes, a team finally emerged from another direction.

"Xie Rong, do you really want to go back with him?" Shao Ya stared at me, his tone probing, his eyes holding a flash of fleeting disappointment.

The citizens of Ocean Star watching the live stream snapped back to reality. Although the story they had just heard sounded fascinating, it was not a genuine tale, but rather "reality."

Even if they were to share a bed, it would amount to no more than talking by candlelight through the night; there would certainly be no unexpected delights, and whether one went or not was entirely beyond their own control.

Over the next two weeks, Liu Peng used his spare time to organize his thoughts and plan how to expand and remodel the family's peach orchard.

Wei Shi was also slightly surprised by this, but instead, he smiled even more brightly. Without summoning any magical treasures, he simply formed hand seals with both hands, and a massive illusory Bagua appeared before him. He then struck the illusory Bagua with several incantations in the void.

Things went just as expected. The events that followed made me completely understand where this foundation lay, and further confirmed the identity of this grandfather, while my father's identity began to hover on the verge of revelation. As I discovered who I was, I also became inextricably entangled in complicated romantic ties with several remarkable women in this world.

Liu Peng glanced sideways at Liao Lin, who had remained silent all along, signaling him to assess the situation. Seeing that Liao Lin understood, Liu Peng also bent down alongside him and carefully inspected the clusters of half-a-man-tall tea bushes.

In the 88th minute, Deco took a short corner on the right, and Simao passed the ball with his right foot. Petit trapped it and unleashed a powerful right-footed shot from 23 meters outside the penalty area, the ball bouncing off the turf and directly into the lower left corner of the net.

Time always slips away quietly through our fingers, making people unconsciously realize that time has somehow slipped behind them. Twenty days passed silently amidst everyone's studies and training, bringing them straight to August 20th—a time period that filled the vast majority of students with both excitement and anxiety.

"Are you sure?" the referee asked with a smile, finding it hard to believe. Given Lin Tian's frail appearance, being able to clear a height of 2.6 meters was already a miracle; how could he possibly clear 3 meters?

After all, wasn't there another country whose losses were far more severe than theirs? Ah, human nature always required a point of comparison to feel better.

The match had entirely lost its suspense, and the Portuguese fans in the stands were once again plunged into a frenzy reminiscent of the aftermath of the European Championships.

Mu Jinhua had a house in Baizhang, but neither her husband nor her children were there, so she couldn't be bothered to stay at home and instead lodged in a hotel. When Zhang Jinlong went to see her, he went directly to her hotel room.

This Hun prince looked rather simple-minded, and a few provocative words from Qilin were enough to infuriate him. It seemed today's conflict was unavoidable.

Zhu Di took a deep breath and remained silent for a long time. Against the dim moonlight, the veins on his temples could be seen throbbing, revealing his anger and frustration.

Perhaps because the weather was so fine today and her mood so joyous, Lemofeng's tender glance sent a slight, gentle tremor through her heart.

Today was his seventieth birthday, so he certainly didn't care about wasting lamp oil or firewood. The entire estate was as bright as day, and the guests seated in seats of honor were either wealthy or noble.

The sarcastic remarks kept coming, but Ye Fan completely ignored them and walked straight toward Ling Xiao and the others. Meanwhile, Gu Haojian, standing nearby, could no longer restrain himself and stepped forward to mock Ye Fan even more fiercely.

At that time, I stayed behind with Peng Mengdan and Zhao Bo to search for Yifei, who was trapped in crisis, while Tian Cun ignored my advice and rushed off alone to chase the fleeing Li Wei.

"Cheng'er, do you really want to break this magical Bagua array?" Lan Ziyue squatted down and smiled as she looked at Lan Cheng'er. Perhaps she really should let Cheng'er give it a try—who knows, maybe Cheng'er could actually break it?

"Exactly, exactly! Look at how Ah Qiao spoils you to no end. Now the two of you have finally weathered the storm and found happiness. From now on, you must be of one heart as husband and wife, and never talk about breaking up or getting a divorce again, understand?" the second aunt said with a somewhat serious expression.

A middle-aged shopkeeper wearing a gray long gown and sporting a thin mustache, around forty years old, caught sight of Lan Zitian and immediately greeted him with a beaming smile.

"Hehe, is that so? Then go ahead and tear away. I can have as many old fellows like this as I want, and if we really fight, it's still anyone's guess who tears whom apart. Come on..." Jiao Pingsheng crookened a finger at Zhang Nu, offering a blatant, naked provocation.

Once all military deployments were properly arranged, Wu Jun called over Situ Wang Yun and Colonel Lu Zhi just as he was dismissing Deputy General Min Gong and the other seven colonels of the Xiyuan Imperial Guard, asking the two of them to accompany him to his father-in-law Cai Yong's residence for a chat.