Chapter 140: Senior Brother’s Teachings

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"Very well, junior brother calls the shots!" Lin Hui looked at Fang Wenxuan with a pampering expression.

Lin Hui parked the car in front of a Sichuan restaurant, then took Fang Wenxuan by the hand and walked into the dining establishment.

"Senior brother..." Fang Wenxuan murmured.

"Wenxuan, this is City K, not our hometown. Are you still afraid of acquaintances seeing us?" Lin Hui looked at Fang Wenxuan with a hint of displeasure.

"Senior brother, I'm sorry, I didn't mean..."

"Alright, I'm not blaming you for anything. How could I ever bear to blame you? Let's go eat." Lin Hui interrupted Fang Wenxuan.

After the two of them found a relatively quiet table and sat down, a waiter handed them the menu.

As if that were not enough, past events were dug up as well. The comedic mishap between her and Ling Zheng at her wedding, the video that had introduced Xiao Wei into the entertainment industry years ago, and the recent secret photographs of her throwing punches in a supermarket all became favorite topics of gossip for people over tea and snacks.

Looking at the obvious possessiveness on Qi Mingsye's face, Fu Chen could already foresee his own grim fate.

Yet what Bai Xiang saw was that Qiao Mu was constantly changing, trying her utmost to accommodate Ma Wei, while Ma Wei remained insatiable time and time again.

Now, being pointed out so bluntly by Wang Lingling felt like a knife piercing straight into her heart.

The last sentence was overheard by Yi Lin, who had just rushed over. Like a madwoman, Yi Lin grabbed the child by the foot. Mingxi wailed loudly during the tug-of-war, and fearing that the child might be hurt, Yirui froze for a split second, allowing Yi Lin to snatch Mingxi away and flee toward the entrance.

Just as Qi Mingye stood still, before he even had a chance to greet his elders, Elder Mo made the first move by tossing the newspapers and magazines he was carrying right in front of Qi Mingye, angrily poking the fallen reports with his walking cane.

At the mere thought of the hardships over there, Scarface felt like dying. Originally, they had assumed that whatever Chen Han described as hardship couldn't be all that bad. After all, most of them were former mercenaries who had endured all kinds of suffering; even if they hadn't been mercenaries, having spent years lingering in underground boxing rings, living on the edge of life and death was a regular occurrence for them.

Upon receiving the middle-aged man's command, the dozen or so people surrounding them immediately scattered, vanishing into the boundless ice field in the blink of an eye.

Due to the recent incident—where a law-enforcement elder of the sect at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm had his eyes gouged out—the entire Profound Sun Sect was in an uproar. Even patrol disciples were much more numerous than usual, various restrictive barrier arrays were fully activated, and high-ranking disciples flying through the air could be seen everywhere.

"Don't even mention the local townsfolk now; even the people from the Holy Shrine have gone mad. I constantly have this feeling of being spied on every single moment. We'd better leave first. Once things settle down and this place returns to normal, it won't be too late to come back later." She slumped gloomily over the table, propping her cheeks with both hands.

Having said that, she didn't even bother to look at Madam Ling's ashen face, curtsied, and turned back to her own manor.

Hua Shiyi, who had retracted her hand, had no idea how many thoughts had flashed through Shen Canglan's mind in that split second; she only felt that Shen's gaze had suddenly grown very gentle.

Although Hua Shiyi claimed that she and Shen Canglan were not close, could someone she wasn't close with be directly exempted from examinations and specially recruited?

"Dragon Nine, once you've taken the first step, there is no turning back!" Teng Jiang's voice rang out instantly, halting my thoughts.

Yang Zhiying flew into a rage and slapped him on the spot. Zhang Xiuyue claimed that he didn't know she would actually strike him, as he had thought she fancied him.

However, Huangfu Li had no idea that back then, the only reason Leng Youyue and Huangfu Rui managed to get together was because of Huangfu Rui's proactive pursuit; otherwise, how could they have ever truly ended up together?

"It's very simple. Tell me some information about your boss, the Rouge Tiger." I cut straight to the point.

In the end, the guardian vaguely steered the conversation onto other topics, leaving it unclear whether the mission assigned to Zhan Ying was of paramount importance, or simply a tactic to stop Zhan Ying from probing further.

"Could it really be that we've entered another dimension?" Fatty Hong, clearly intimidated, asked.

A piercing shriek echoed from the depths of the peach blossom grove. Exchanging a glance with Xiji Chen, I dashed simultaneously toward the direction of the sound.