Chapter 40: High-Level Maneuvering, Expelled!

The atmosphere in the isolation chamber was heavy, with only the sound of Zhang Yunqi’s restless pacing echoing through the cramped space.

“Captain Qin!” Zhang Yunqi slammed his fist against the sheet-metal wall with a dull thud. “The data samples we risked our lives to bring back from the Mist Forest have been snatched away by that bastard You Bowen! And now, to top it off, he gets all the credit, while we’re locked up here as if we were the dangerous ones!”

Qin Yu’ke remained with his eyes closed, resting, but Su Bai noticed the rhythmic tapping of his fingers against his knee.

Xia Yuan did not reply; she simply nodded obediently. After enduring ordeal after ordeal, she had matured significantly, learning what should and should not be done.

Xu Youning searched for news, attempting to find a rebuttal from Su Jian’an, but there was nothing to be found.

The entire sequence of movements ended in a classic television pose—one on top, one below—though the most miserable part was that he was on top while she was underneath.

Shuli entered the room and placed the meal on the table. As he walked toward the bedside, he noticed that the fair skin on Xue Lengyu’s face was faintly tinged with a streak of blood. At a glance, it might have been mistaken for a healthy flush, but upon closer inspection, it looked as if the very blood vessels beneath her skin were on the verge of rupturing.

Watching her in his arms as she finally drifted into a calm and peaceful sleep, no longer muttering in her dreams, he finally felt a sense of relief. He held her just like this, as if he possessed the entire world.

Li Ningyu showered both men with continuous praise, making Lu Haodong and Zhu Guiquan feel embarrassed. Yet, looking into Li Ningyu’s clear, sincere eyes, they all knew his words were genuine, not mere formalities.

“Hehe! Captain Han, who would have thought you were so well-versed in these things?” Gao Yanlan said, half-complimenting and half-teasing.

“That’s exactly the point! The probability of that is lower than being struck by a meteorite; do you really think you can just sit back and relax?” I couldn’t help but roll my eyes at the sky.

However, the bipedal behemoth suddenly charged forward, colliding with a loud *bang* against Lei Li’s boundary.

“Don’t worry. In the future, we will go to a place where no one knows us, and then I will marry you. We will have a healthy baby, too—as long as you do as I say,” Lian Shuo said.

Originally, Cheese did not believe the Gray Tower possessed a similar energy core, as the spells within the Gray Tower were more advanced and restrained in nature than those in the City of Ten Thousand Arts. This meant the tower could operate its various wonders with significantly less magical power, implying it required almost no external energy supply.

After Ye Ke finished speaking, a strange sensation washed over him. He heard no sound, yet he felt a sudden, intuitive connection in his heart.

He then carried her, flying toward Dugu Buhe and the other, and knocked Dugu Wuqing unconscious with a single blow.

Early in the morning, he had accompanied the legal clerks to the Shen residence to receive guests, and upon returning to the Prince’s manor, he had been busy arranging accommodations for them. Only now had he finally found a moment of leisure to sit in the courtyard and talk with Du Jia, Yang Qian, and Brother-in-law Liu.

Therefore, from a certain perspective, although Li Jing had gone from being the "Pagoda-Holding Li Heavenly King" to the "Pagoda-Holding General Li," his status had, in fact, become even more secure.

She didn’t care whether it would be a hit or not; she simply loved this project, and food-themed subjects were naturally her top priority.

Xu Anmo shook his head as he watched her back. Still, he needed to clean up the surroundings; after all, this was a forest, and starting a fire was no small matter.

Gu Zhengde’s eyes flickered slightly. Wei An, a man who usually wouldn't even give the Chief Grand Secretary much face, was being so attentive to A-Jiu today.

Usually, when mountain bandits were captured, they would at least shout a few times or say something "righteous" before either surrendering or begging for death, wouldn't they?

“By the way, Auntie Mei, I expect I’ll only be able to come by once or twice a week from now on. I won’t have much time, so please help look after things here—treat this place as your own company. Please also provide some guidance to Zhao Bang and Brother Xie, and make sure they don't get up to any nonsense.” It was easy to become arrogant once you had money; it was always better to nip potential problems in the bud.

As for Qian Chen, he was like a DJ sitting at the console in a nightclub, with the rhythm of the entire wild banquet completely under his control.