Chapter 26
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After exchanging a few words with his driver, Han Taijun began a call with Li Mingxun, the subject being the local television station director he was set to meet shortly.
A knock at the door startled Meng Xiao, pulling her out of her chaotic thoughts. She glanced out the window; it was already deep into the night. Who could it be at such an hour?
"Qiuqiu, look how pathetic I am. Aside from what you bought me last time, this is the only decent outfit I have, and wearing it makes me feel so inferior," Ye Feng pleaded.
Faced with such an extremely perilous situation, the internal team at Summit Entertainment sensed the looming crisis. However, their opponents were a coalition of almost every other film and television company in South Korea, and they would need a brilliant strategy to break the deadlock.
"Mr. Ye, are you ready? I am about to strike," Saburo Sakai said, holding his long sword horizontally in front of him, his tone somber.
"Calling you a migrant worker is truly an insult to migrant workers; I apologize to them!" Qiu Bai didn't even look back. With a graceful, lithe figure, she swayed like a willow branch as she walked into the villa.
However, when she actually tried, she realized that at this angle, her arm length was simply insufficient to push her body entirely away from Chen Xueqian.
Gan Ze’s hand paused, and his expression turned complicated. He desperately wanted to blurt out, "Then just be with me," but the thought of Gan Aofei’s views and attitude toward homosexuality held him back. He feared that once that layer of paper was pierced and the so-called "father-son relationship" was gone, they would be nothing at all.
Every step of the process was supervised on-site by impartial government-appointed personnel and officials from relevant departments to ensure the entire procedure was fair and just.
Shi Niang knew Qiao Niang’s situation well. Although Tong Shi treated her kindly, Liang Song, her foster father, did not treat her as his own. Qiao Niang had no one else to rely on; this craft was the foundation of her livelihood. Since Shi Niang had no real intention of engaging in business for profit, she naturally would not deprive someone of their means of survival.
Heath and the others did not stay with Han Qiu, choosing instead to return to the United States. After all, that was their homeland, where their families resided. Only Hugo remained, as he was, in fact, Australian.
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In *The Matrix*, the "bullet time" effect was utilized in more than just that one scene; it could be applied to the battle between Heath and Hugo, Annie’s fight, and many others.
Watching Su Mo’s speechless expression, Li Yaotian felt even more speechless. It was the first time he realized someone could be so thorough in forgetting things after getting drunk. Didn’t she know that even if memories were hazy and some things were forgotten, it didn’t mean she knew absolutely nothing?
But ever since Ying Jiahui arrived, Fu Yichen’s brow had not relaxed once. Even after they finished eating and left, Fu Yichen remained in a foul mood. As for Ying Jiahui, after her failed attempt to invite Fu Yichen for a walk, she didn't linger and simply left.
"Besides, they made such a huge commotion that they kept us awake all night," one of the older women complained.
As for Yao Lu and Yang Chong, both were now Level 8 martial artists, but they had only received "excellent" ratings.
When Wang Nianjiao learned that Ye Chen intended to film a movie about military dogs, she was extremely surprised. The approach seemed a bit too exaggerated; while having animals act in movies was generally fine, making one the lead character felt like pure fantasy.
"Let go of me! Let me go!" Jin Shanya tried to break free from his bulky embrace, but he held her so tightly she had nowhere to turn.
The power of the Millennium Centipede Spirit was far beyond theirs; it was not something they could contend with. With a single strike, their combined immortal-martial force was completely shattered.
Seeing Min Rou so full of confidence, they naturally assumed she had ties to those "birds" at Long Teng.
Min Rou only said "Okay" repeatedly with a mix of joy and nervousness, before the dial tone signaled the end of the call.
Although no one spoke, the silent scrutiny and observation made the air in the conference room feel significantly heavier.
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The items mentioned earlier were only the relatively valuable ones. Along the journey, there were naturally other medicinal herbs and minerals of moderate value, some of which were not even fully mature. However, the Spirit Monkey wasted nothing, pulling them up by the roots and handing them to Li Yichen, who tossed them directly into the Xiaoyao Saint Ring.
Furthermore, there were concerns about Shangdao Yinghua, far away in the East, and Sui Yueyue in the Golden Triangle—whether their subordinates, unwilling to submit to female leadership, might have overthrown them from their thrones and dragged them home to be their trophy wives.
"What do you want me to do?" Zhou Rui was sharp; capable people rarely asked for help, and when they did, it was bound to be something significant.
After all, the phenomenon of the "Heavenly Dao Condensing Pills" was something a pill refiner could only dream of encountering. Even Chai Heze probably never expected to achieve such a result during the refining process.
Elder Gray had not anticipated this turn of events. Struck by the punch and sent flying again, he spat out another mouthful of blood. His complexion grew even more withered, and having suffered grave injuries, he had lost his ability to fight.
"We’re in this state now; there’s no need to hide this from you, right?" the Qiao family elder said, raising his hands to display his handcuffs.
"Patriarch Suoluo, I won't interfere if you want to beat or kill Yun Fei, but Simba Zhong is Prince Simba. As an elder of the Simba family, entrusted by the Simba King to look after him, we must ensure the safety of Prince Zhong!" Simba He waved his hand, and the nearly thirty late-stage Demon King experts of the Suoluo family gathered behind him.