Chapter Ninety: You Are Only Paving the Way for Me

When the rumored President Gu finally appeared, Song Hui had just taken a sip of water.

"Miss Shen, hello. I am Executive President Gu Mobei."

The man before her looked refined and scholarly, wearing black-rimmed glasses. His features were clean and delicate, and he seemed to be around thirty. He extended his hand with respectful composure.

Song Hui studied him from head to toe, then offered a brief handshake before withdrawing her hand at once.

"I spent these past years abroad, and when I returned home I got married, so I never really had the chance to properly tour my family’s company. I’ll have to trouble President Gu to show me around."

Gu Mobei quickly waved his hands and gave an awkward smile. "It’s no trouble at all. Please, this way." He led Song Hui forward with impeccable courtesy.

After a long stretch of unhinged behavior—the frenzy of publicity before the film’s release, the madness during the livestream—Cheng Cheng had once again accumulated more than three hundred thousand points, and during the National Day holiday, he had spent two hundred thousand of them. He now had a little over one hundred thousand points left.

Song Sili gripped the gun barrel and pressed it to his temple, walking slowly yet resolutely toward Xiao Yunze, though his gaze never left Yu Wen.

For example, the reason Pei Yu had suddenly left back then—had he done something to betray Grandma?

Ning Yun waved to An Nian, his heart warm. When he got home, he opened the gift from Old Master An and found it was a set of winter clothes.

She often had nightmares, dreaming of An Nian, whose health was poor, being bullied by Zhou Yi. That guilt kept her awake night after night. She even secretly swore that if she could bring An Nian back, she would be willing to be An Nian’s dog.

The residents of the courtyard who witnessed this scene all came to see Zhao Xiangyang in a whole new light.

For this reason, he had even commissioned a custom outfit in advance, one that carried the strong style of traditional Celestial Empire clothing.

But he refused to accept it, and even pretended to be ill in front of Pearl. Especially now that he had lost so much weight, he did not even need to pretend; just seeing him was enough to make Pearl feel miserable.

When An Qiang heard this, she looked at Li Mu in disbelief. In her eyes, the child was obedient and sensible—how could he possibly do something like that?

He looked at him coldly and said, "Go to the front of the line and wait your turn!" His tone was full of contempt and indifference, as if to tell Yun Cheng: you are not worthy of standing beside me.

So everyone followed Lin Xifan back along the road they had just come from. Although they encountered no one along the way, they remained extremely cautious, afraid that with one careless moment, Wenxin and the others would suddenly emerge and fire wildly at the crowd.

Everyone was stunned. So monstrous—truly monstrous. His rate of growth was actually able to reach such a speed. It was unbelievable. In just these few minutes, the energy Zhao Hongde had absorbed already surpassed the lifetime accumulation of most people present. How could they not be shaken?

Li Haonan stood alone on the balcony with a glass of wine in hand, drinking by himself as he watched lanterns hanging high throughout the city and listened to the continuous crackle of firecrackers, his heart filled with a bewildering mix of emotions.

"Have you stared long enough? If you have, then move aside!"

By now Tong Yu had been pinned against the wall by Lin Xifan, looking at him nervously.

Beside them, Xu Wen felt somewhat embarrassed. She had not even broken through that final step with Lin Feng yet; hearing the others speak so openly about such matters, she instantly blushed.

In an instant, the primordial heavens torn in two by the Heaven-Shaking Divine Thunder could not even withstand a single finger of Hongjun’s.

"Swallowing Sea Whale!" Xu Zhe’s expression changed in alarm. This primal beast could be called the overlord of the sea. From that alone, Xu Zhe knew this scene must be in the ocean, entirely within the Swallowing Sea Whale’s domain.

In the distance, atop a rockery, Lan Ke leaned against the stone and gazed into the pavilion by the lake, where the two sat like a pair of immortals. What remained in his heart was only hurt.

Old Lin’s whereabouts were always uncertain, and Lin Xifan knew he could not rely on him too heavily. Thus, he once again threw himself into cultivation with renewed diligence. Even so, he remained stuck at the fourth layer; the fifth layer was still as distant and unattainable as ever.

"Go find some ants," Jiang Yunwan said casually. "Remember, I want the kind that eat meat."