Chapter 53: Of Course I Mind—I’m a Perfectionist

“Nonsense, that was just something the elders of the two families said in passing, you can’t take it seriously! Weiwei, there is no one but you in my heart and in my eyes. If you don’t believe me, feel free to touch my heart.” Feng Su pulled her hand and placed it on his pounding chest. His pinky finger brushed lightly across her palm, making Li Jiuwei’s eyelids twitch.

He really knew how to be charming!

Zhou Hui couldn’t bear to look directly and turned away, standing guard at the door for them. The demon envoy who had lost control for a moment was drenched in sweat, the whip in his hand burning so hot it was nearly impossible to hold. In his heart, he lamented his fate.

Hu Fangyan’s gray eyes, like stone beads, now shone with a deeper luster than before, as if containing immense power. Even those higher-ups who were more selfless, with a greater sense of collective pride and honor, couldn’t help but imagine: if all their citizens possessed such power, their average quality would far surpass that of other nations.

The spiky-haired youth was at a loss for what complicated feelings he held toward that lone wolf of a predecessor—perhaps all of them and more.

If an AI was designed to create weapons and equipment, it couldn’t possibly excel at ensuring the quality of synthetic meat production. You always say that the risks here can only be understood through experience, but sometimes, meeting those risks means death.

Just as Yi Zhonghai realized this, Director Yang arrived with Director Li and the workshop supervisor. Ivan was also in high spirits, but when he saw Bai Ning and the others’ solemn faces, his own smile gradually faded.

Director Zhang, remaining impassive, signaled with his eyes, and two police officers immediately took Xu Damao’s keys and entered his house from the west side.

Because this was already a special training session, the workday ended earlier than usual. When Ren Zixian returned home, Lin Qingsong was in the kitchen, apron on, simmering soup.

In truth, Su Yan was not to blame, for he could hardly care about anything else at this moment. If he didn’t channel those forces to a single point, his body would surely burst from within.

Kuang Sheng was utterly unaffected, mind and blade as one, pushing the blade forward with a single arm, sending the black moon toward the descending blood-red crescent.

Having been dragged around by her in all directions, she had worked so hard not to spill the hot water, but now, although the water remained intact, it had been snatched away.

The cavalry in the rear suffered bitterly. The foremost rider, upon meeting the blinding light, screamed and fell backward from his horse, blood streaming from his eyes. Another nearby was little better off—he too tumbled from his mount, though, fortunately, his eyes were spared the same bloody fate.

Staring at the product on Zhao Yan’s desk, Bacuo and Oracopus were left dumbfounded. Zhao Yan said nothing, simply leading the three of them to the square.

“Mother, why are you suddenly curious about this?” A Li tilted her head to look up at Hua Shangxue, puzzled. “They’re already dead. What’s the point in knowing now?”

“At first, your grandfather didn’t know,” Hua Xiatan replied, her guilty gaze flickering toward her, “but in the end, he thought this might be a way out, so he tacitly agreed.”

“Swish!” “Swish!” Cold arrows flew in the darkness. Jiang Wei was no supernatural being; though he narrowly dodged the first, could he be so lucky again? Sure enough, an arrow grazed his abdomen, splitting his armor. At this rate, he might lose his life or be captured.

This time, Lin Feng no longer wanted to curse the heavens or his fate—he simply wished he were dead.

And is it true that, as long as I can’t hear it, everything can remain as it was? That my sister is still in Youzhou, quietly holding the child she loves more than life itself, watching her grow up?

Upon hearing this, Feng Shaoming finally understood, gratitude surging toward Liu Fei. Had it not been for Qin Yu today, even if he could have dispatched Huang You in an instant, his true strength would have been exposed.

Before the meeting began, Lian He and the other eight elders had conferred and agreed to appoint Xia Yu as the tenth core elder of the Alliance. Due to his unique situation and his cultivation still rising, it was unsuitable to station him at headquarters, so he was made Continental Inspector, tasked with overseeing and, when necessary, handling abnormal events in the Primordial World.