Chapter 63: Full of Drive

It was not that Lin Wei was stingy; the meatballs she made were as large as a child's fist, and giving each person a whole one to try would ruin her financially. However, cutting a single meatball into four pieces allowed customers to savor the taste while whetting their appetites, without causing her excessive losses.

Although Zhang Min's own business was not doing particularly well, she understood the psychology and routines of human nature.

"Hey, coming right up! Let me just get the toothpicks out."

Pot after pot was served, and the queue grew longer and longer.

As the afternoon approached—

He would never tell her that long, long ago, he had already begun preparing for their wedding.

Many years later, whenever they recalled this scene, their hearts still rippled with emotion, and happiness overflowed their minds.

They were thinking far too simply. Did they really believe that merely fabricating stories and speaking favorably of Qin Shen and Yiyi would be enough to meet his demands?

The Baiming household was exceptionally lively at the moment. Early in the morning, Baiming Ye's mother began eagerly anticipating the return of Tong Yiyi and the children.

"I have no idea what's going on either. Maybe the heavens just happened to look upon me favorably and take special care of me, which is why this happened," Mou Huiyang spouted nonsense while looking at the white clouds drifting across the sky.

This man, Tyrone Dogge, was practically the strongest among the younger generation of the Dogge family. He was exceptionally talented and formidable, having already attained the strength of a Profound-tier martial artist at a very young age. He was one of the most promising young men in the family striving to reach the Earth-tier.

"What time is it, and you're still thinking about eating? If you don't stop the bleeding right now, you're going to kick the bucket!" Chen Mo roared.

"Knowing that you wives worked hard last night, your husband specially prepared some delicious food using ingredients from the spatial realm to nourish your bodies," Mou Huiyang said, raising the meals in his hands as if offering a precious treasure.

Wanqiu looked at him with a helpless expression and bit her lip, but she had no intention of continuing to argue with him. After returning to the apartment, once Xu Hui left for the company, she quietly hailed a ride to the Ningtai Center.

In truth, she knew she should not be interacting with Lu Jingyang, but perhaps the gentle demeanor of the young man before her was simply too irresistible, which was why she had compromised.

Thus, within the span of a mere five months, three major national events—the state mourning, the appointment of an heir, and border crises—crowded in all at once. For a time, the imperial court in the capital was gripped by panic, and all factions walked on thin ice as if treading over abyss, none daring to make a rash move. On one hand, they feared giving their adversaries a handle against them; on the other, they feared provoking the wrath of the Kangxi Emperor and stepping directly into the line of fire.

"Brother, I'm alright." Huo Tong walked forward and threw herself into Huo Xi's embrace, letting him truly feel her existence.

Shangguan Ming hurriedly instructed everyone to search the surroundings. After a long while, the dispatched men all returned and reported that they found nothing. Hearing this, Shangguan Ming confirmed that they had already departed, though at the same time, he realized in his heart that he had overestimated Lu Xiang's strength. If the man's cultivation had truly been higher than his own, he would not have fled with everyone in tow.

Ye Mingjing checked the time and directly dispensed with idle talk, instructing Feng Li, "Go summon Du Min over." She wanted her pulse checked in person.

Without hesitation, she directly reached out to draw her self-defense treasured sword, walking step by step toward the bedchamber.

The "Big-Faced Monster" blinked its eyes, failing to notice that even its own muttered soliloquy was loud enough to produce a rumbling echo within the compact cave.

Hearing this, Huizhu hurriedly stepped forward to pick him up, curtsying as she said, "Master, Yuan'er must be hungry. Perhaps I should first let wet nurse Dong feed him some food." With that, as if eager to escape the burning gaze cast by Yin, she carried Hongli straight out of the inner room.

Upon receiving his praise, the imperial guards beamed with joy, straightened their chests and backs, and responded with a resounding "Yes."

"Hmph, a dying person shouldn't talk so much nonsense!" Seeming somewhat disdainful of entangling herself any further with the thousand-legged octopus, Lin Ruyan said coldly.

There were quite a few tourists in Yellowstone Park, so to avoid causing a sensation, Zhang Quoyi lowered his flight altitude, weaving and flying among the trees to bypass the regular routes used by sightseers.