Volume 1, Chapter 30: I Am the Darkness

The man was still somewhat uneasy and spoke again. “Rong’er, from what you mean, this young girl is quite capable. Why did we never notice it before?”

Madam Bo’s hatred for An Ning came from the very depths of her being, so she did not doubt Han Yanlie’s words in the slightest.

“Uh, what should we do with it? Throw it away too? How much money does our Han family have for you to waste like this?” Han Fei’s mother asked with a smile.

Moreover, he knew both men. There was naturally no need to mention Cheng Ye—they were all part of the same circle—and Feng Yixing was that girl’s elder brother.

“Mei Ziyan—” he suddenly shouted toward the lower reaches of the river. Several lights swayed across the dark river, carrying countless beautiful hopes, but the distance remained silent. In the tranquil night, not even the faintest echo came back.

Across from him, Jiang Wuhan calmly returned the salute. After Duan Huayuan coughed several times, he timidly saluted in return. “Junior Sister Jiang truly lives up to her reputation as a Heaven-ranked disciple of the Shu Mountain Sect. Though I, Duan Huayuan, have lost, I have no shame in the defeat!” With that, he returned dejectedly to the ranks of his sect.

“Just eat it all. I can’t.” Xie Feifan pushed the plate of food toward Ning Ke and found the taste slightly unbearable.

“J-just now, I saw the two of you eat something, and your faces changed. Was it the legendary Face-Changing Elixir?” Zhong Xiaomin asked.

After that incident, he even asked his grandfather that he would never attend another banquet again.

As Lin Shu walked, she suddenly could no longer hear Su Huo’s footsteps. When she turned around, she saw him crouching behind her, looking as though he could barely breathe.

William Se watched An Ning and Gu Jiawen leave from the corner of his eye, and excitement instantly surged through his heart.

Everyone else in this section of the guesthouse had gone to eat. Only the two of them remained. Yet Bai Suye felt as though countless pairs of eyes were staring at her.

Suddenly, Shu Ye came to an abrupt halt. His peach-blossom eyes widened as he stared at the person seated on the jade steps, second only to Meng Ge.

To be fair, this English teacher was a fairly capable instructor. Unfortunately, he had been the first to give a trial lecture. Given Huang Guangquan’s temperament, today’s trial lessons were clearly intended for finding fault—especially for whoever went first.

“Minister, let’s go have dinner together. The deputy director was invited out by a friend, so it’s just the two of us.” White Wolf called her in her room to extend the invitation.

It would have saved him from being helpless whenever he encountered difficulties. Yet he discovered that aside from his formidable strength, he had absolutely no other means of solving problems.

“Wait. Since Li Yuanfu has already been driven out of the Liu residence, he has no connection with the Liu family anymore. Therefore, this cannot be considered a servant bringing charges against his master.” Zhu Houwei grasped the point at once.

His emotions surging, Jing Rong responded to him with fervent passion. He cupped Wen Yanzhi’s face in his hands and deepened the kiss in that wilderness.

“Godfather, Godmother.” Sima Youyue was having people distribute hangover-relieving pills to everyone. When she saw them come out, she walked over and greeted them.

“Mr. Wu...” Shu Nian cleared her throat, while every possible refusal raced through her mind.

It seemed that those students had already shown her an extraordinary amount of consideration before. The moment a new teacher replaced her, however, the order in the classroom underwent a drastic transformation. Fortunately, no one had driven the teacher out on the spot; otherwise, as the newly appointed homeroom teacher, she would certainly have had to take the blame for them.

Ye Chu and Ye Jiarou both attached great importance to this birthday banquet. In her previous life, however, something had happened there.

Shen Huai had deliberately waited for Linlang’s assistant, Zhang Hong. At present, Zhang Hong was taking a promising newcomer around to various engagements. “I want to see Linlang,” he said bluntly.