Chapter 25: Lady, Please Behave Yourself

Cao Mang grabbed Qiu Yumeng by the nape of her neck and lifted her up, while Qiu Yumeng continued to flail and struggle with her limbs.
“Let me go! I’ll dig out her heart, rip out her lungs…”
The two remaining close friends were so terrified they nearly lost control, fleeing to the distance where they kept retching, fear etched in their eyes.
Ye Xingmei’s expression also darkened; she hadn’t anticipated that adult’s intervention…
All the oil lamps in the corridor were lit, illuminating the space brightly. With light, the heart felt a measure of safety.
The person in charge ignored her words, only casting a cold gaze at the door now pinned beneath Lu Fan’s foot.
At the thought of soon facing Situ Nan, perhaps even Situ Qing, she couldn’t help but grow tense.
After buying clothes, special local products, food, and supplies in the county town, and spending a night at the Junyue Inn, they took good care of Lin Jiande before finally setting off for Leitang Village.
Her behavior now was under Zhen Jingjing’s control, yet her emotions remained too volatile to stabilize at once.
He had assumed that without Lu Shanhe as his backer, Lu Fan, left with nothing, was merely a pushover to be bullied at will.
Thus, when Liang Sicheng caught that familiar fragrance, he could not suppress his doubts any longer and finally spoke up.
The commotion came from the front of the house, but they had entered through the back door, opened for them by Yan Shuman and Tang Tiezhu. Earlier, Lin Chaoxi’s grandmother, Madam Deng, had clearly forbidden them from entering through the main entrance, leaving them no choice but to resort to this tactic.
He had always been the first to wish her a happy birthday, but now, even his well wishes were gone.
I took a deep breath, carrying the injured Xia Lin on my back, forcing myself to ignore the pain in my legs as I raced along the route she indicated, heading toward a secluded highway. As long as we reached that road, we’d have a chance to flag down a taxi—then we could get to the place Xia Lin mentioned.
Mu Yichen nodded slightly, changed into casual clothes, and headed out. His mind was in turmoil; it seemed as if fragments of memory surfaced, only to vanish again in the next instant.
Atop the walls of Huan’an Palace, the eunuch Cun Tao, seeing the scene, shouted, “Chu Niao, I am coming!” With a powerful leap, he flipped headfirst off the palace wall, blood splattering across Huan’an Palace.
After leaving the company, Ye Zhen went to check on the hotel. He headed straight for Zhuo Xin’s room, which was close to the rooms of Xu Ke and his teammates. Xu Ke and his four teammates were resting, so Ye Zhen did not disturb them and instead lay down to rest in Zhuo Xin’s room.
Shi Xiaofeng hadn’t expected him to keep his word, and was overjoyed, reluctant to get off the Harley once he mounted it.
Night fell, and the NG Group’s banquet began as scheduled. Mu Yichen did not attend the event that evening; instead, he sat alone in his office, quietly smoking.
Yuan Momo instinctively hugged Ye Zifeng tighter, blinking with eyes that glistened with heat.
When the two drew closer, they discovered dozens of firethorn bushes, each taller than a man, laden with bright red berries.
Meanwhile, as Ye Zifeng worked, he suddenly remembered something Yuan Momo had said and frowned slightly.
Then he dashed toward the edge of the forest. In his backpack was a ghillie suit; as he ran, Shen Tong pulled it out, slipped it on, and hid beneath a tree.
“Because your life can save me from the control of Empress Yuan.” Ji Yue was far calmer than she appeared, as if discussing something that had nothing to do with him at all.
Only Uncle Si felt uneasy, but since the officer had spoken, he could only comply. He had wanted to say more, but when he glanced at Jin Xien’s coldly beautiful face, he swallowed his words.
Li Zhong glanced up and, seeing that Cang Luocheng did not seem angry, carefully recounted everything that had happened at Prince Rui’s residence, leaving nothing out.