Chapter 58 You Really Do Have a Lot of Strength, Lass

Watching her carry the huge wild boar away—such a massive beast—they realized that if they hadn't blindly followed Old Woman Wei earlier, those women, including their own family members, might have had a chance to enjoy a meal of meat.

Instantly, they glared fiercely with malicious intent at Old Woman Wei, who was still sitting on the ground. It was all this damned old hag's fault for taking the lead and causing them to lose a whole meal of pork.

"What are you looking at? Bah!" Old Woman Wei scrambled up in a hurry, slapped the dust off her backside, and scurried away looking rather sheepish.

Gu Xiyu raised her eyes to look at her and suddenly froze: "Cousin Lan, what is wrong with your mouth?" It was an unnatural crimson, and upon closer inspection, it even seemed a bit swollen.

However, that paper tiger's courage ended right there. She drew her feet back, curled her legs up against her chest, and huddled into a tight ball, as if this would make her defense more secure, give her a bit more confidence, and make her imposing manner seem somewhat stronger.

Ling Qian nodded slightly and glanced toward Ning Cheng, who was chatting with Linghu Jiexing. Finding nothing unusual after a long moment, he beckoned to Yi Liuyue.

Though it was a two-on-one fight, Hua Li was the first to finish the battle. He beat the two covert guards until their faces were bruised and swollen, then dumped them heavily at Xing Ran's feet with a dull thud.

"Brother Ci Hu said that if Wei Yuan doesn't show up this time, he will think of another way next time and won't let you lower yourself to act, Eldest Brother!" Kang Zheng said in a deep voice.

Yet by this time, the bank had already closed for business, and this era lacked the ATM machines of the future where one could make deposits at any hour.

Unwittingly, she finished a large bowl of chicken soup, ate half a bowl of bird's nest, and drank a few more sips of ginseng soup. Ye Qinglan did not stop until her stomach was so full that it could not hold another morsel.

Here, Xue Tian once again felt the beauty of human nature, and the knot in his heart slowly unraveled. The problem did not lie with him, nor did it lie with the perpetrators; it was their living environment and their personalities that caused all of this.

Liu Zhaoxin thought to himself that indeed, what if that Third Young Master Ye had used disguise and no one could recognize him? After all, back then, the disguise he wore as Li Song was so good that even he himself couldn't tell.

What was going on today? Could it be that today was not an auspicious day and he had been duped? Why were these incidents happening one after another?

In a side room close to the mansion's perimeter wall, the guards and servants of the estate labored day and night, digging a tunnel.

When dealing with such people, the past approach was to persuade them whenever possible. If they proved completely unreasonable, one would break a leg and throw them out. Since taking over, I had encountered this twice, but I didn't do that. Instead, I personally escorted the individual out of the establishment. People who had lost their money were already pitiful enough, and it might destroy their families; there was no need to break their legs on top of that.

Before long, the two of them were playfully wrestling and tumbling together in the room. When they grew tired, they lay side by side on the bed, panting as they stared up at the ceiling.

"You're courting death!" Seeing this, the alpha wolf, which had remained motionless until now, instantly turned its lupine eyes icy cold. With a fierce bark, the entire wolf transformed into a streak of red light and darted toward the newcomer.

"What explanations could you possibly need? Even if Gu Chenxi cannot hold the throne, you, a princess consort who colluded with Tuoba and endangered the sovereign of Juechen, can never return to your former status," Hu Qiu said angrily.

Though she did not deliberately listen in, no matter where she went, she could hear people gossiping about her, calling her nothing more than a pretty vase. They claimed that while she acted, she actually used body doubles for everything—so why bother acting at all?

The affair involving Lin Shenghuan and their own business was by no means a coincidence; it was a collusion long in the planning.

I bought nine roses, and a note attached to it read: "Mengqing, I love you." I also bought a cup of Xiangpiaopiao milk tea, because I remembered this was Mengqing's favorite milk tea to drink.

Yet another dog was flipped over by me. Seeing this, Da Hei swiftly seized the opportunity and sank his teeth into the throat of the large dog he was fiercely battling. In the blink of an eye, four large dogs were dead.