Chapter 52: I Know, the Gap Is Too Vast, and It Will Be Exhausting

Gu Yao naturally sensed the gaze of the man beside her.

However, she lowered her eyes to avoid it and replied to the person on the other end of the phone:

"Aunt, he is not... I don't have a boyfriend."

As soon as these words fell, Xu Linze, sitting in the front, instinctively glanced at his boss in the rearview mirror.

With just a single glance, he quickly looked away.

That face was half-hidden in the shadows, veiled in ferocity like a gathering storm.

Until Gu Yao once again rejected her aunt's matchmaking attempt, holding her phone...

Gu Yao naturally sensed the gaze of the man beside her.

However, she lowered her eyes to avoid it and replied to the person on the other end of the phone:

"Aunt, he is not... I don't have a boyfriend."

As soon as these words fell, Xu Linze, sitting in the front, instinctively glanced at his boss in the rearview mirror.

With just a single glance, he quickly looked away.

That face was half-hidden in the shadows, veiled in ferocity like a gathering storm.

Until Gu Yao once again rejected her aunt's matchmaking attempt, holding her phone...

Noticing a terrifying aura surging from the Lord Demon Sovereign, who not only carried the ancient Juexian Sword on his back but also grasped a suffocating, broken skull-spear in his hand, the Great Sun Behemoth hurriedly finished relaying the Immortal Dao Sovereign's message. Then, dropping the dog leash, it spun around, spread its wings, and soared away without a moment's hesitation.

Yang Huaiping executed a mid-air flip to dodge the spear thrust by Han Xuerou, and then instantly launched a flying kick toward Han Xue's back.

Arriving in Huainan Eastern Circuit for the very first time, everything was still unfamiliar to him. If he were to hastily memorialize the Emperor and the imperial court, and any misunderstanding happened to be lurking within the matter, it would be equivalent to making enemies for himself right here in Huainan Eastern Circuit.

The elderly man dressed in a Tang suit was naturally the first to speak. He used a gold-inlaid jade lighter to ignite the cigar clamped between his lips and reached over the gambling table to flip through those three playing cards.

Li Dashan's voice trembled, and upon hearing this, Zuisheng couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Thicker than mine? What kind of nonsense is that?

What was even more fatal was that when Number Twelve emerged from the wind formation once again, his hair had already turned gold.

Returning to the matter at hand, after ruling out those four individuals, Hashimoto Toyama had been waiting at home for them to bring back good news. Little did he know that instead of good news, he would receive a dirge. Not only did their mission end in utter failure, but they also died in a foreign land. To this day, Hashimoto Toyama still had no idea where their remains were.

Lord Shaoying said, "Lord Xiefeng, the hour is growing late; you should also hurry on your way. Why don't we travel together as companions?"

Lord Laozi raised his hand and gave a gentle tap, whereupon a transparent barrier materialized above Wuzhi Lake.

The next instant, the Golden Snake King soared into the sky, its serpentine body coiling to trap the purple-haired Niu Teng in the center before opening its cavernous maw to swallow him whole.

Su Mo could not be certain whether Chuchu was still alive. Unable to be sure, he felt utterly lost as well, leaving him no choice but to appease Chuchu over and over again, promising her that she would definitely get to see Chuchu. Beyond that, he dared not offer too many guarantees.

Only Wang Jin's expression was rather grim, because over the past three days, let alone encountering any heroic figures by chance, even asking the common folk about extraordinary people and recluses had yielded meager results. A few he did find were merely street performers and third-rate tricksters who only led people astray.

Overkill? I smiled coldly. Exactly who was the one in the wrong here? It was clearly he who was at fault from the very beginning; how on earth did I end up becoming the unforgivable villain?

Two-thirds of the hundred-odd large vessels plundered from the Shipping Administration had actually been successively swapped out and sold off, replaced by substandard craft—river boats lacking watertight compartments and incapable of navigation. This left Wang Jin feeling a mixture of joy and anxiety, and filled with extraordinary fury.

A similar scene played out at vegetable markets and various crossroads. It seemed as though overnight, yamen notices were posted anywhere people gathered in large numbers.

Thinking of this, Luo Zhixu felt an inexplicable wave of regret, wondering if he should humble himself before Liu Fan and the others to retrieve that secret-color porcelain vase.

Yet, in truth, Anthony himself did not know what was on his mind. Did he still yearn for Su Xia? It seemed not; she was living a very happy life with Gu Dongjue now, and his heart was entirely filled with blessings for them. Did he no longer know how to love? That also did not seem to be the case; he did not feel empty at present, and even felt that this kind of life was precisely what he desired.

"You just said you owed me a favor? If you don't drink this, consider it paid off." Dr. Qiao placed the wine glass on the other side.

In order to maintain her figure, Lin Tiantian wouldn't even think about ordering takeout, let alone drink an extra sip of water at night, terrified that any change in weight would ruin her silhouette.