After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book

After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book CH 103 Abnormal Signals

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He Qianjian followed behind He Qianyu, a still sleepy look on his face, and just when he was rubbing his eyes, Jiang Chen’s face came into his sight. After a pause, his sleepy expression tensed instantly, and the hatred in his eyes flashed and then faded again, turning into confusion when everyone looked over.

“Mom.” He Qianjian looked puzzled: “Did you ask me to come down?”

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“It was him!” Xu Xi pointed at He Qianjian, raised his head and tugged at the corner of Xu Chang’s shirt, looking confident that he would get revenge after finding a backer: “Elder Brother, he was the one who hit me!”

He Qianjian looked down and saw the small, short boy standing among He Qianmin and the others. The little boy still looked the same as when he had seen him before. Not only did he not change his clothes, but he didn’t even wash his dirty hands. He Qianjian’s expression changed slightly, recognizing him at a glance.

“Qian Jian, do you know this child?” Yang Yun asked.

He Qianjian’s eyes flickered slightly, “I…..”

“He was the one who hit me!” Xu Xi rushed over like a small cannonball, stepped on He Qianjian a few times, leaving a few dirty marks on his slippers, put his fists on his hips after stepping, and looked up at him: “Bad guy! Bad guy!”

“You…..” He Qianjian gritted his teeth. The kid looked small and short, but he was actually quite stocky. He only stepped on his toe through a thin layer of slippers, but after having it stepped on the same spot several times in a row, he could feel the swelling on his toe.

“I’m sorry.” Xu Chang apologized expressionlessly: “My little brother is young and not very sensible. If He Qianjian is injured, our family will pay for the medical expenses.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay.” Yang Yun blushed with shame. Looking at the situation, she already knew that He Qianjian might have indeed done something to the child. How could she have the nerve to accept the child’s older brother’s apology, moreover, it sounded more like sarcasm than actually apologizing, “How heavy can a child’s stomps be.”

“Qian Jian.” Yang Yun took a deep breath, and turned to look at He Qianjian: “You went out for a walk before, did something happen on the way, this child said you hit him.”

He Qianjian glanced over at Xu Chang, and cursed inwardly. During this period of time, his mood had been getting worse day by day, and Yang Yun’s attitude this morning made him even more angry but with nowhere to let it out. When he saw this child, it happened to be when he was most irritated, and he was wearing a rustic cotton jacket, his whole body was dirty and his nose was running, and without even thinking about it, he didn’t even think that the child could have been from one of the important families who moved here. So he vented his bad mood on him, but who knew that he was actually a child of some status.

If it was before, he would not spare a thought to the two illegitimate children of the Xu family at all, and would not even let them appear in front of him at all. But now it was different from the past, and his situation in the He family was already very difficult. There must be no accidental mistakes that would make his already difficult situation feel like walking on eggshells.

He Qianjian opened his mouth, but the kid had already brought someone to his door, and he was clearly identified. The situation in front of him simply did not allow him any chance to quibble. But if he admitted to it, what would the He family think of him in the future? He could already feel the recent change in the attitude of old Mr. He, He Yanfeng and He Yanjun towards him. Currently, the soft hearts of old Mrs. He and Yang Yun was the easiest and most important premise for him to continue staying in the He family in the future.

In any case, he would never let this premise be affected by such a trivial incident.

“It should be a misunderstanding.” He Qianjian pretended to be distressed and said, “I got a few sticky bean buns from a nearby auntie’s house in the morning. I haven’t eaten them before, and they were too cold. I knocked my teeth when I bit it. I even scratched the skin of my mouth, it was so painful at the time and I didn’t care about the frozen sticky bean bun, I just threw it out, maybe it hit the child at that time.”

Seeing the scratch on He Qianjian’s upper lip, Yang Yun’s face softened a lot. She didn’t really believe that He Qianjian could do such a thing, no matter what happened between him and He Qianmin before, she didn’t believe that He Qianjian would do such a thing as bullying young children.

“Could there be some misunderstanding here?” Yang Yun looked at Xu Chang.

Xu Chang said: “Mrs. He, my little brother never lies. Things are what they are. At his age, he doesn’t know how to add embellishments. I trust him.”

He Qianjian took half a step forward, met Xu Chang’s gaze, and a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes which then turned into helplessness in an instant: “Young Master Xu, your brother probably thought that my frozen sticky bean bun deliberately hit him. I really didn’t mean it, but no matter what, it is my fault that I hit him and hurt him, and I apologize to you.”

Xu Chang grew up being ridiculed and abused since he was a child, and he was most sensitive to other people’s emotions. So he naturally did not miss the disdain that flashed in He Qianjian’s eyes just now, not to mention that his apology did not at all hold any sincerity.

“You said you didn’t know that you hit my brother?” The pale and thin young man pursed his thin lips slightly, with a serious expression on his face: “Then how can you recognize him at a glance? If you can recognize him, how can you not know you hit him?”

“Well said!” He Qianmin clapped vigorously, shrugged his shoulders when the eyes of everyone moved to him, and did not forget to express his opinion while putting down his hands: “Maybe He Qianjian also has eyes on his back, how about you take off his clothes to see?”

Jiang Chen was so amused by his words that he couldn’t help but curve his lips upwards. Out of the corner of his eye, he unintentionally caught a glimpse of He Qianjian’s hidden cold gaze, and the smile on his mouth faded away. He moved slightly and blocked He Qianmin from sight before saying mildly: “Xu Chang’s words make sense, since you didn’t know you hit Xu Xi, how did you recognize him just now?”

Jiang Chen again. He Qianjian clenched his fists tightly, and from a distance of less than three meters, the gaze that fell on Jiang Chen’s face was very dark and sinister.

“Such a big kid standing there, of course I could see it.” He Qianjian’s voice was not as calm as before, and the accumulated emotions rolled with his heaving chest. He told himself to calm down over and over again, that there would be ways to deal with Jiang Chen in the future. After imagining Jiang Chen kneeling down and begging for mercy repeatedly in his mind several times, only then did he open his mouth to defend himself: “My mouth hurt so much at the time that I didn’t pay attention to my surroundings. Now that he showed up, I remember that I seemed to have indeed heard the voice of a child. Since he said it was me, and I have indeed seen him before, I can only admit to it.”

“Mom.” He Qianjian turned to look at Yang Yun, the corners of his mouth twitched, as if he wanted to show a smile, but in the end he couldn’t hold back the helplessness and grievance of being wronged: “I hope you believe me, I am your son, you should know that it is impossible for me to intentionally bully a child. I have no reason to do so, and it is impossible for me to do so.”

If it was more than a month ago, Yang Yun would never have believed that He Qianjian might bully children, but thinking of the video He Yanfeng showed her, and thinking of He Qianjian’s increasingly unstable emotions and seemingly increasingly unfamiliar character, she couldn’t help becoming a little dubious. However, she was still partial to the belief that He Qianjian didn’t do it on purpose.

Yang Yun put aside the repeated doubts in her mind, suppressed the emotions in her heart, and sighed softly: “No matter what, Xu Xi was injured because of you, please apologize to him first.”

He Qianjian nodded, lowered his head to look at Xu Xi and said, “Little friend, I’m sorry, this big brother accidentally hit you.”

Xu Xi frowned, looked at He Qianjian suspiciously, then turned to look at Xu Chang.

Xu Chang nodded slightly.

Xu Xi pouted, and looked up at He Qianjian with his hands behind his back, putting on the look of a grown-up: “Alright, I forgive you. I hope you will not bully children in the future.”

He turned around and went back to hold Xu Chang’s hand. Before Xu Chang came over, he really thought about retaliation, but the He family, except for He Qianjian, had a very good attitude in apologizing, so good that he couldn’t find a reason to keep holding on to a grudge. And thinking of what he had just heard, he glanced at Jiang Chen and felt that it was best to leave first.

Xu Chang said to Yang Yun: “Since the matter has been settled, Xiao Xi and I will leave first. Goodbye Granny He, Auntie Yang, sorry for the trouble.”

Xu Xi’s words of forgiveness were childish, and quite adorable. Normally, it would definitely make the adults laugh, but at this moment Yang Yun only felt very guilty, and she called out to Xu Chang: “Little Xu, there are many medicines for treating bruises upstairs, which can also be used by children, wait a moment, and Auntie Yang will get them for you.”

Xu Chang turned around and said, “No need.”

Old Mrs. He didn’t speak the whole time, but at this moment she held onto Xu Chang: “Go on, Xiao Xi’s face is tender at this age, and if you don’t apply the medicine, it will turn into a purple patch of bruises. It will be the spring festival soon, and it would not be a pretty sight to have such a big bruise on his face.”

“Then thank you Granny He and Auntie Yang.”

“Thank us for what.” Old Mrs. He bent down, took out a lot of candies and biscuits, put them in Xu Xi’s pocket, and said kindly: “Xiao Xi, come often to granny’s house to play.”

“Okay!” Xu Xi agreed in a high sweet voice: “This biscuit is my favorite!”

“Aren’t you afraid that big brother will hit you again?” He Qianmin squatted down, put a piece of candy into his already stuffed pocket, and made faces to scare him as he said that.

“I’m not afraid.” Xu Xi clutched his pocket: “I have my elder brother to protect me.”

“Your elder brother can’t beat He Qianjian.” He Qianmin lowered his voice, creating a terrifying atmosphere: “Look at your elder brother, he is much shorter than He Qianjian, and he will beat up your elder brother along with you.”

“I’m not afraid!” Xu Xi walked to Jiang Chen’s side, took him by the hand and said, “This big brother is a good person, and he will also protect me.”

Jiang Chen was amused and surprised, he knelt down and asked Xu Xi, “How do you know that I will protect you?”

“Because your mom is a good person, she applied medicine on me, and asked you to send me home, and you know my elder brother, so you are a good person. Good people will protect young children, bad people will bully young children, our kindergarten teacher taught us this.”

When Jiang Chen first spoke, Yang Yun happened to come down with the medicine. After listening to Jiang Chen and Xu Xi’s conversation, she paused slightly, hiding the sadness in her eyes, and said with a smile: “These medicines are all good for children. You can take them all back.”

Xu Chang took the bag from Yang Yun, thanked her, and left with Xu Xi.

When Xu Chang left, Jiang Chen was also about to leave, but Yang Yun held him back and said, “It’s time for lunch, stay and eat with us.”

Jiang Chen considered his words, and refused, “I just moved here today, and they are not very familiar with the kitchen utensils at home. I’m worried, so next time.”

Yang Yun knew this would be the answer, but she still couldn’t help but feel a little bit disappointed. She smiled and said, “Then I’ll see you off.”

“You should keep Grandma company, it’s just a few steps away, and Qian Min can see me off.” Jiang Chen said to old Mrs. He, “Grandma, I’ll be leaving first.”

“Wrap your collar tightly, so you don’t catch a cold.” Old Mrs. He said with a smile, “You’ve moved here, so come over to see grandma often.”

After Jiang Chen agreed, He Qianmin went out with him.

Walking to an open space, Jiang Chen took out a metal cube in the shape of a miniature audio system, and handed it to He Qianmin: “This is a signal tracking and location catcher. Put it in your room later.”

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He Qianmin looked at it curiously for a while, but didn’t see anything, and asked curiously: “Brother, what’s the use of this.”

“Catching abnormal signals.” Jiang Chen didn’t explain too much: “It’s part of my current experiment.”

He Qianmin didn’t ask any more questions, put away the small cube, and nodded: “Okay.”

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Source Of Calamity

Source of Calamity CH 088 Unchanging Part 1

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“I’m going to stop by the restroom.” Shen Zhen stood up from his seat. He liked to drink water when he eats. This was a habit he developed when he was a child. He didn’t like to eat rice at the time but as he was living under someone else’s roof he was embarrassed to leave leftovers so he drank water to help get the rice down. Later, when he grew up, this habit did not change. Fortunately, even after so many years, he did not develop stomach problems.

Qin Xing nodded, he also knew Shen Zhen’s habit, but when the two were at home, as long as they ate the food cooked by Qin Xing, Shen Zhen always resisted taking up the water glass.

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Shen Zhen liked to drink hot water, the kind that was almost scalding. Since Qin Xing found out, Qin Xing would watch him and he could only drink lukewarm water.

Qin Xing always worried that Shen Zhen would get esophageal cancer if he drank too much hot water.

Shen Zhen also knew that Qin Xing was doing it for his own good, so he could only force himself to get rid of these habits.

He still wanted to live longer, and he couldn’t pass away before Qin Xing.

On the way to the restroom, Shen Zhen of course had to greet many people. In this circle, connections mattered a lot.

This society was a society of favors. If you give others a good face today, you may have to cooperate with them tomorrow.

In addition, the second generation were all adults, and they would gradually take over their family business, so they were no longer as unrestrained and immature as they used to be.

The bride and groom were toasting at the tables, with smiles on their faces. They matched very well standing together, like a pair of lovers blessed by heaven.

Sometimes beauty was also a scarce resource. Their fathers might not be good-looking, but their mothers must be beautiful. In order to integrate genes, most of the wives married by the older generation may not be from a strong family background, but they must be good-looking.

Therefore, the second generation generally looked better than the previous generation.

There were also those who took after their fathers, and those were the relatively unlucky ones.

Shen Zhen thought of his own mother, who was also a beautiful woman when she was young, with an average family background. Although her family was also engaged in business, their status was quite different from the Shen family. Being able to marry Shen Fu, for her, could be regarded as a change in social class.

So when Shen Zhen was taken away, she was not tough in her refusal.

Between status and wealth or her son, she chose the former.

Shen Zhen didn’t blame her, he was just not that important in her eyes.

Just when Shen Zhen reached the door of the restroom, he suddenly heard arguing from around the corner. Originally, he didn’t have much desire to gossip. After all, it was not good to know too much about things that had nothing to do with him. But the voices were too familiar, and the owner of the voice could be heard after taking a few steps.

Su Shiqing’s voice was still very recognizable, anyone who had heard him speak could recognize it.

“Mr. Zheng, you don’t need to meddle in the matter between me and Ah Yue.” Su Shiqing’s tone seemed a little angry, “When I was with Ah Yue, who even knew what corner you were in!”

Zheng Xiao didn’t retreat, he said with a smile: “I am not trying to get involved, I just hope you don’t bully and take advantage of Brother Qin just because he likes you.”

Su Shiqing: “I bully him?”

Zheng Xiao: “I know why Brother Qin found me to be his lover, and I don’t care, I just hope that Brother Qin is happy. If you treat Brother Qin well, I can leave now, but Mr. Su, with all due respect, you could leave Brother Qin because of his bad condition, so why wouldn’t you do the same in the future?”

Shen Zhen understood that it was the ex and the present boyfriend in a catfight.

Qin Yue didn’t say a word.

In front of Su Shiqing, Qin Yue had no brains. It was estimated that this scene would end with Su Shiqing’s victory in the end.

Shen Zhen thought of Zheng Xiao’s face that was more pleasing to the eye than Su Shiqing, and felt a little pity.

It was a waste for him to be with the current Qin Yue.

Shen Zhen felt a little bit sorry for Zheng Xiao.

The matter between Qin Yue and Su Shiqing was a hot mess, and Zheng Xiao rushing over to take over would not bring any good results.

Shen Zhen was about to lift his feet and go back when he saw Su Shiqing appearing in front of him.

“Xiao Zhen?” Su Shiqing stood there with tears on his face, thinking that he was mistaken. He quickly said vigilantly, “You were eavesdropping on us?”

Shen Zhen sometimes felt that Su Shiqing might have been dropped on the head when he was born, so that at this age he still thought like a child. He pointed to the restroom behind: “I just came out to use the restroom. You should have found a more hidden place if you wanted to talk.”

There were quite a few people going to the restroom, but they were all clever people. Even if they heard someone arguing, they wouldn’t point it out.

To avoid embarrassment and any awkwardness later.

Su Shiqing also found this out now, and stood there speechless.

Just then Qin Yue chased over, with Zheng Xiao also following him.

The four of them stood there, and none of them spoke.

Shen Zhen had no expression on his face. He didn’t know what kind of bad luck he had today. Such a big venue and yet he could come across them. If this was fate, then whoever wanted it can have it.

He looked at Qin Yue and said, “I was in the restroom just now, you guys continue.”

Then he made to leave.

Zheng Xiao suddenly said, “Brother Shen! You are here too, long time no see.”

After all, he had no enmity with Shen Zhen, and Shen Zhen was still willing to give this young man a good face. He said to Zheng Xiao: “It’s been busy these days, let’s hang out when there’s time.”

Zheng Xiao was very happy, and the smile on his face became a bit more sincere.

As long as he could hug Shen Zhen’s thigh and have Shen Zhen stand by his side, Su Shiqing was not a threat at all.

And he felt that Shen Zhen should also hate Su Shiqing.

Maybe it would not be difficult to convince Shen Zhen.

Su Shiqing didn’t know why, but suddenly became angry, and said to Zheng Xiao, “Don’t act like you have a good relationship with Xiao Zhen, do you know how many years I have known Xiao Zhen?”

It was as if he seemed to have forgotten about Shen Zhen’s rejection of him when they met last time.

In his eyes, the whole world should revolve around him, and everyone should love him.

Zheng Xiao ignored Su Shiqing, and said, “I have been wearing the watch you gave me last time. To tell you the truth, I have never worn such an expensive watch, and I cherish it very much.”

Shen Zhen smiled and said, “I’m glad you like it, I’m going to go first.”

After Shen Zhen left, Zheng Xiao said to Qin Yue: “Brother Qin, Brother Shen has a really good temper.”

Qin Yue was in a daze: “He has always had a good temper.”

It seemed that before Su Shiqing appeared, Shen Zhen had never lost his temper, always stood by his side, and would never leave him no matter what happened.

Su Shiqing looked at Zheng Xiao: “He gave you a watch?”

Zheng Xiao smiled and said: “Yes, the last time I met Brother Shen, he gave me a new watch. Mr. Su is so rich, you probably look down on a watch worth only 200,000 yuan, but for me, this is already one of the most expensive gifts I have received.”

Su Shiqing bit his lower lip, and he retorted, “It’s just a two-hundred thousand yuan watch. I don’t know what you’re happy about. If you add up the things that Xiao Zhen gave me before, it won’t be less than several million.”

Zheng Xiao was not angry either: “Really? But I think Brother Shen doesn’t seem to want to talk to you much now.”

Su Shiqing glared at him: “What do you know?”

Qin Yue had a headache: “Stop arguing, let’s go back to the banquet, Shi Qing, I’ll contact you after the banquet.”

Zheng Xiao’s expression was instantly stunned, with unconcealable fear in his eyes.

Su Shiqing’s expression became gleeful. He glanced at Zheng Xiao with a smile on his lips.

At any time, Su Shiqing was confident that Qin Yue would never give up on him.

When passing by Zheng Xiao, Su Shiqing whispered: “A stand-in must have the consciousness of a stand-in, and when the original one appears, the fake should leave volunatrily, or you will be the one looking pathetic in the end.”

Zheng Xiao gritted his teeth and said, “No need for Mr. Su to bother with this.”

Shen Zhen came back to his table again. He was already full and didn’t pick up his chopsticks at the moment. He just drank a few sips of tea, and waited for the banquet to end.

Although there was an afterparty tonight, Shen Zhen was already tired, so he whispered to Qin Xing, “Let’s not go tonight.”

Naturally, Qin Xing would not contradict Shen Zhen, and held Shen Zhen’s hand under the tablecloth. Shen Zhen’s fingers were slightly cold, while Qin Xing’s palm was dry and warm. Shen Zhen pulled at his hand but couldn’t pull it away so he let Qin Xing be.

Qin Xing’s thumb rubbed against the back of Shen Zhen’s hand. Shen Zhen’s hand was not too big, but his fingers were long and slender, and Qin Xing could fully enfold it in his own hand.

The group of people chatted at the table for a while, and when they were leaving, Qin Xing said to Zhao Anrun’s grandfather, “We won’t be attending later.”

Zhao Anrun’s grandfather naturally wouldn’t contradict Qin Xing, and saw Qin Xing and Shen Zhen with a smile on his face. He watched them leave, and then said to the people around him, “This Shen Zhen is really lucky.”

The person next to him whispered: “I think there might be something going on between them. For so many years, Mr. Qin has never cared so much about another, not even Qin Yue.”

Zhao Anrun’s grandfather smiled and said, “Does it matter?”

The other: “Huh?”

Grandpa Zhao said: “Being able to be kept by Qin Xing’s side is a benefit that many people can’t even hope for. He is lucky, but even if there is really something between him and Qin Xing, do you think it will have any influence?”

The man sighed: “True.”

“But with Shen Zhen in luck, Qin Yue is in contrast down on his luck.” The man suddenly said, “From heaven falling down to hell, perfectly describes Qin Yue, right?”

Everyone could see how miserable Qin Yue was now. Of course, this misery couldn’t be compared with ordinary people. After all, Qin Yue still had his own company and money, and he bore the surname Qin. Put him outside among the common masses, and a bunch of people would only be envious of him.

Only people at their level would sigh pitifully when they looked at Qin Yue.

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Grandpa Zhao took two steps with a cane: “Let him be a warning.”

The man stopped talking, and a bit of fear really sprouted in his heart. He used to envy Qin Yue so much, but now he pitied him just as equally so.

Abandoned at the periphery of power, today’s status was not as special as it used to be.

He could just imagine that he was not feeling well at all.

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After Becoming The Tyrant

After Becoming The Tyrant CH 108 The Friendly Skeletons

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The Devil’s guess was not wrong.

The King indeed wanted to promote Legrand’s industrialization in a special way from the very beginning.

After the “Rose Crisis”, in order to consolidate the power of the throne and weaken the power of local nobles, the King once ordered his financial officials to compile the tax file of the entire Legrand. The compiled tax file was later nicknamed “Doomsday File”. At the King’s behest, it became a law that the national tax reports were regularly assembled. At that time, the King began to gradually understand the economic situation of his country step by step.

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It could be said that the current Legrand had begun to possess some germinations of a new era.

From the 11th century until the 13th century, Legrand’s political situation tended to be stable. The Rose royal family had gradually recovered from the previous losses. With the efforts of the successive monarchs, Legrand had gradually moved from being divided up by a large number of vassal states to reunification. Under the rule of a stable regime, the economy had gradually recovered.

From the mid-to-late 13th century to the 14th century, cities began to be built rapidly. Chroniclers call this period the “urban rise” period. Basic traffic arteries in Legrand appeared, and rural residents began to flow to the city center. Against the background of the rise of cities, in the southeast of Legrand, businesses that had been suppressed due to the teachings of the Holy Court gradually developed, and guilds prospered, among which the wool textile industry was the most prominent.

If there was no outbreak of the Black Death and the series of subsequent events, as well as with Legrand’s economic development proceeding on smoothly, it was not impossible for Legrand to be able to grow and prosper step by step, and finally enter a new era smoothly.

But history had no ifs.

The outbreak of the Black Death and the Holy Court’s plan to establish the Kingdom of God interrupted this gradual development.

Since history had deflected due to the existence of otherworldly power, the same method could be used to make it take another path that was more dangerous and had greater possibilities.

At first, the King wanted to start with the alchemists.

The Duke of Buckingham told him in his letter that in the Rose Palace, there were actually a batch of notes left by the alchemists of the legendary era. They left the knowledge they had learned to the later generations, but the former Legrand royal family had no spare power on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were wary of the Holy Court and were unwilling to expose their cards too early, thus they had not employed its uses on a large scale.

The King had the scientists from the Royal Academy of Sciences and the Lunatic Academy of Sciences study the notes left by the alchemists, which were indeed of great help to them.

But just like what the Devil said, if Legrand wanted to rely on Legrand’s own power to further combine alchemy and science to promote industrialization, the time required was too long for the current situation they were in.

They needed additional, preternatural powers to accomplish this miracle.

The only partner-in-crime was only hell.

The alchemists of the legendary era were right in their evaluation of the Rose family.

These dragon slayers had always been unscrupulous schemers. So long as the goal could be achieved, who cared if they joined forces with hell? However, if the opportunity came up, they would also not hesitate to turn against hell. To some extent, what the Devil once said was true.

The King, the Duke of Buckingham, William III…..All members of the Rose family were more suited to hell which was full of chaos and conspiracy than the kingdom of God which people commonly saw as full of justice and light.

In the Rose Palace, the King opened his eyes.

The black mist in the bedroom had receded, and the room was silent. The King got up and walked to the glass window, the pale moonlight showering on him. He raised his hand a little tiredly to massage the center of his brow.

——For the final victory, there was nothing that could not be used as a pawn.

After pondering for a while, the King returned to the desk and began to write a new order.

He needed some engineers with enough experience. Thanks to the Northland rebellion some time ago, the military engineers of the army have not had time to return to their homes yet, and now he only needed to select some good enough talents from among them. Besides that, he needed more blacksmiths, carpenters, chemists, gunpowderers, etc…..

Legrand’s best two chemists were in the King’s Lunatic Academy of Science, but two chemists couldn’t be expected to complete such a huge project on their own, could they?

Following the “Legrand First Pathological Research Department”, the second branch of the Lunatic Academy of Sciences was finally tp be established.

The King paused, and filled in the letter of appointment:

Legrand First Military Heavy Industry Department.

——Yes, industrialization promoted in this special way was undoubtedly a deformed sector produced by special means in a special period. It was born in the flames of war, and its ultimate purpose was to serve the war effort.

After signing his name, the King paused suddenly when he finished writing.

The moonlight poured into the room like frost, and a bright red rose was quietly placed on the King’s table under the combined illumination of the candlelight and the moonlight. Worn on the dark green rose branch, a bone ring——almost exactly the same as the one one the King’s finger.

Just almost.

The King picked up the bone ring, turned it slightly, and saw the words engraved on the inside of the bone ring clearly:

“Pride and Uncertain Judgment”.

This was what the Devil brought to the King, a true gift from hell.

……………………

Perhaps, chroniclers should remember these two names:

Bran Rogers and Malley Rogers.

They were a pair of brothers.

In fact, the Rogers brothers were from an alright family background, and they had also received a good education.

Originally, they were supposed to become knights and possess a smooth future, becoming two respected…..lower nobles. But poor old Sir Rogers, one day when his castle tower was almost burned down, discovered that his good sons had gone astray someway along the way.

——They didn’t like exquisite armor, nor did they like sharp long swords, but indulged in a pile of bottles and jars, and hung out with pyrotechnic craftsmen all day long.

This really broke the heart of old Sir Rogers. Unfortunately, even though he tried his best, he couldn’t pull his sons back onto the right path. In the end, he could only send them to the seminary, hoping that the almighty Holy Lord would be able to influence them for the better with His mercy.

But the facts have proved that the Holy Lord failed to save this pair of lost lambs.

The dean of the seminary drove them out of the gate of the seminary in an almost heartbroken manner: Oh, Holy Lord! Why did the peaceful Trinity Seminary produce such lunatics?!

If this trajectory continued, the two Rogers brothers were destined to become what people called “scum”——they wasted away the family property left by the old Sir Roger for nonsensical things like black powder, did not engage in proper business, did not believe in the Holy Lord, and were even arrested for causing a fire hazard and thrown into prison.

The turning point in the fate of the two brothers came on the day the King entered the gloomy prison.

So, the next moment they had changed from the despised “scum” to the deans of the Lunatic Academy of Sciences with a high status. Since then, they have received the King’s full support and were able to continue the various experiments that they were once unable to complete due to limited conditions. Originally, they thought that this was the biggest turning point of their destiny.

However, their honorable Majesty told them with his actual actions:

No, that’s not quite it.

“Caw, caw.”

A crow flew over the Rogers brothers’ heads, screeching harshly.

The wind full of sulfurous and choking scent blew on their faces while Bran and Malley with a group of excellent gunpowder workers gathered from all over Legrand who were now the Rogers brothers’ assistants stood on the black ground for the first time. In front of them was a huge, half-built base.

Oh, Holy Lord! What did they see!

Under the dark red sky, on the black rocks, the skeletons waved their iron tools to knock down the stones, and then another group of skeletons moved around transporting the rocks with enthusiasm. At a speed impossible for humans, they quickly built neat and tidy buildings one after another.

Having arrived one step ahead of them was the architect Mr. OCD Germophobe from the Lunatic Academy of Science. He was standing on a big rock, directing these moving skeletons at the top of his lungs.

All those who had received the letter of commission from the King finally accepted a chilling fact:

What the Master of the Households said when he picked them up was not a mistake on their part——the “Legrand No. 1 Military Heavy Industry Department” on the letter of appointment was really located in hell.

Literally hell, and not figuratively.

“Oh my god…..”

The Rogers brothers were quite calm, but the other people behind them couldn’t help but let out moans of exclamation——now they understood why they were personally escorted by the royal knights after receiving the letter of appointment to the meeting place.

That was not “escorting”, that was preventing them from escaping halfway.

Now, their person was already in hell, and they had nowhere to escape even if they wanted to.

The King’s handwritten commission gave them no option for retreat.

Bran bowed his head and opened the letter that the Master of the Households gave him. The Master of the Households told him to open it only when he arrived at the place. After reading it, Bran gave the letter to his brother.

He turned his head and looked at the others.

“See that pile of rocks over there?”

Bran pointed to an area of black rocks, and said to the assistants who were still shocked at where they were.

The assistants nodded.

“Very good.” Bran nodded slightly, “Gentlemen, if we can’t develop a gunpowder that meets His Majesty’s requirements with such abundant resources and excellent conditions, then…..the neat pile of black stones you see now will be our guillotine.”

After reading the letter, Malley further added: “Mr. Skeleton has already kindly helped us write our names on each stone. If you are interested, you can also find out which stone belongs to you. “

The captain of the skeleton team, whose shoulder blades were nailed with iron nails, came over at this time. It was in charge of greeting the gunpowder research team.

In order to prove what Malley said, Captain Skeleton nodded again and again, and he showed a friendly smile to his “brothers-in-arms”——but, for the sake of hell, don’t tell the skeleton that when it moved its jaw into a smile just how creepy it actually was.

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Clack, clack, clack.

The bones of the skeleton army moved and collided, playing a rhythmic tune.

In this “friendly” and “joyful” first meeting, the King’s Legrand No. 1 Military Heavy Industry Department officially began construction.

What joy!

AN: Tyrant: The first friendly meeting between the human world and hell went smoothly.

Skeletons: ? ? ?

Gunpowder workers: ? ? ?

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After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book

After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book CH 102 Explanation

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“Xu Chang?”

Jiang Chen recognized the young man in front of him at a glance, and his voice revealed his surprise.

Xu Chang didn’t expect to see Jiang Chen here either. He paused, hesitating a bit before nodding: “Senior Jiang.” His sight lowered and landed on the little boy’s red and slightly swollen face. His expression changed, and he immediately crouched down to check the little boy’s injuries, “What’s this?”

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Hearing Xu Chang’s anxiety, Jiang Chen explained: “When your younger brother was playing outside, he was hit by an older boy with something. My mother took him to my house to apply some medicine.”

“Who hit him?” Xu Chang raised his head with coldness in his eyes.

Jiang Chen was slightly surprised. He remembered that the first time he saw Xu Chang, he was being surrounded and beaten by Sun Zhi and the others. He didn’t see him so angry when the punches and kicks landed on him. Instead, he very calmly planned his counterattack. And afterwards, most of the time he saw him he was very indifferent and precocious, who would’ve expected that he would be so impulsive when it regarded his younger brother.

“My mother only saw a side profile, saying it was a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old.” Jiang Chen reminded: “Your brother is still young, so try not to let him go out alone in the future to avoid accidents.”

“I’m not afraid!” The little boy held Xu Chang by the hand, raised his head and said, “Brother, I remember what he looks like, let’s go find him!”

Xu Chang nodded, and was about to walk out while leading the little boy.

Jiang Chen didn’t expect the two brothers to charge out just like that. He paused for a moment before raising his legs to follow as well.

The little boy knew the way very well. He led them around and walked past several houses without any hesitation, heading straight in one direction.

“This is it?” Xu Chang looked at the iron gate in front of him.

“He came out from here.” The little boy pointed at the door, sniffed and said, “He also had a bowl of sticky bean buns. I ate them yesterday, and they were very delicious.”

Jiang Chen vaguely heard the sound of swallowing saliva from the little boy, and Xu Chang heard it as well. He lowered his head: “Did you ask someone for food?”

“No.” The little boy shook his head immediately. He was not very big, but his speech was very logical: “He wasted food and threw the sticky bean bun on the ground. I picked it up and returned it to him. He asked me if I wanted to have it, and only then did I say yes.”

“Then why were you hurt?”

“Because he told me to stand a little farther away, and if I catch it, it’s mine!” The little boy pursed his mouth: “But the sticky bean buns were too hard, so I only caught one.” He took out a softened sticky bun from his pocket.

Xu Chang’s face darkened, and he knocked on the door in front of him.

“Coming, coming!” The village woman pushed open the door, and when she saw the three outside the door, she was stunned. Rubbing her hands together she said with a smile, “Xiao Jiang, are you here to see auntie?”

Jiang Chen didn’t expect that Aunt Zhang who had given him a lot of food before lived here, but he remembered that Aunt Zhang said that there was only one daughter in her family who was already working, “Aunt Zhang, we want to ask if your family has a boy about my age.”

“A boy?” Aunt Zhang shook her head: “I just have a daughter. And she can’t come back for this year’s spring festival because she didn’t buy a ticket. What’s wrong?”

Jiang Chen and Xu Chang exchanged looks, “It’s nothing.”

“But that big brother came out from here!” The little boy craned his head and looked inside, his eyes lighting up: “And that! That big brother was holding that sticky bean bun!”

Aunt Zhang turned her head and looked at where the little boy’s finger was pointing. She saw the sticky bean buns she had frozen outside, and smiled: “That’s what auntie made for the spring festival. Do you want to eat it? Auntie will prepare you a bowl each to bring back.”

“Yeah!” The little boy raised his hand.

Xu Chang pressed down his younger brother’s hand, and his expression improved a bit. He asked, “Auntie, did you give sticky bean buns to others today, a boy about our age.”

“Oh, yes!” Aunt Zhang said with a smile: “Not long ago, the boy from the He family took a bowl back from me, and the bowl hasn’t been sent back yet. Did you eat his buns and came looking for more?”

“The He family?” Jiang Chen asked, “Do you know his name?”

“I don’t know.” Aunt Zhang shook her head: “Of the boys in their family, I think he should be the second child.”

“Second child?” Xu Chang narrowed his eyes: “He Qianmin?”

“He seem to be called He Qian or something.” Aunt Zhang said, “It seems that their children all have this name, what’s the matter? Are you looking for something with him?”

“It’s nothing.” Jiang Chen said, “Aunt Zhang, I’m sorry to bother you, we’ll be going first.”

“Leaving already? Why not take a bowl of sticky bean buns with you? Auntie has other food at home, do you want some?” Aunt Zhang said: “There are still sweet potatoes in the pot? Do you want to eat?”

But Xu Chang had already turned around and was leading the little boy away.

“We’ll eat it next time, thank you.”

Jiang Chen took several big steps, and caught up with Xu Chang: “Are you going to the He family?”

Xu Chang: “He Qianmin hit my younger brother, of course I’m going to seek an explanation.”

“I know Qian Min, he can’t have hit your brother.”

“Aunt Zhang said he is the second child.” Xu Chang knew that Jiang Chen and He Qianmin had a good relationship, and when he heard him defending He Qianmin, his tone became dark: “Isn’t the second child of the He family He Qianmin? If not him, who else could it be?”

Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows lightly, and suddenly remembered something. Normally speaking, He Qianyang should be the eldest grandson of the He family. But why was it that when it came to the lineup, everyone started counting from He Qianjian.

“He Qianyang should be here too.” Jiang Chen said mildly, “Aunt Zhang probably judged by their ages.”

Xu Chang frowned, and was about to say something when he saw several people walking towards them.

“Brother!”

As soon as He Qianmin saw him his eyes lit up, and he raised his legs and walked towards Jiang Chen quickly. But He Qianyu was one step ahead of him, like a small cannonball. She opened her arms and threw herself into Jiang Chen’s arms, holding him tightly without letting go.

Jiang Chen patted He Qianyu’s head, looked at He Qianmin and He Qianyang who were approaching: “Where did you guys go just now?”

“Digging sweet potatoes.” He Qianyang raised the basket in his hand: “When did you come here?”

“This morning.” Jiang Chen glanced at Xu Chang, lowered his head and asked the boy he was leading, “Is there anyone here who just bullied you?”

The little boy shook his head: “No.”

Xu Chang frowned: “It’s not them?”

“What are you talking about?” He Qianyang asked.

Jiang Chen explained the matter, and He Qianmin crossed his arms over his chest and said, “We went up the mountain early in the morning, and the only one staying at home was He Qianjian.”

He Qianyang frowned: “No matter how insensible He Qianjian is, he wouldn’t bully children.”

He Qianmin felt that there was nothing He Qianjian couldn’t do behind everyone’s backs, especially now that he was in a very bad mood. It was possible he would find someone to take his anger out on, and this kid might have just showed up at the wrong time.

However, in the final analysis, it was unknown whether who was more unlucky. When He Qianjian bullied this kid, he definitely never thought that this kid could call his brother over to avenge him.

Thinking about it this way, He Qianmin couldn’t help but look forward to He Qianjian’s expression: “Since this kid knows who hit him, he’ll recognize him when he goes back with us.”

Jiang Chen saw He Qianmin’s glee, rubbed his head, and said, “Speak less later.”

“What can I say.” He Qianmin curled his lips, a little aggrieved: “It’s his own fault, and I’m just gonna watch the show.”

“You——” Jiang Chen’s voice paused, and he turned his head to look at He Qianyang. He Qianyang withdrew his hand very naturally, and affirmed with a smile: “Chen Chen did a good job. Helping the poor injured child is worthy of praise.”

Jiang Chen’s forehead twitched. He dodged He Qianyang’s hand that was still covered in mud or dirt, and felt for the first time the desire to curse someone out but could only suppress it down.

“You dare be disdainful of your big brother?” He Qianyang raised his muddy hands and looked up to the sky and sighed: “These hardworking hands were digging sweet potatoes grown by the working people in order to feed my hungry little siblings, but they don’t know how to be grateful, don’t know how to appreciate their big brother’s hard work, and even feel disdain for their big brother who dug sweet potatoes for them and dirtied his hands in the process, it’s so hard to be a big brother~ah~ah~”

Hearing He Qianyang elongated “ah’s”, Jiang Chen couldn’t bear it anymore, turned his head and said, “Brother, I’ll carry it for you.”

He Qianyang handed the sweet potato basket to Jiang Chen, and patted a handprint on his shoulder: “Good boy.”

Jiang Chen lifted the basket and said to Xu Chang, “Let’s go.”

“Your name is Xu Chang?” He Qianyang paused, “From the Xu family?”

Xu Chang paused, his face turning cold: “Yes.”

He Qianyang nodded slightly, and changed the subject: “I heard that Grandpa Xu will also celebrate the New Year here this year. Are you and your brother here to accompany him?”

Xu Chang’s expression softened slightly, and his tone was much gentler than before: “I…..Father doesn’t have time, so we came to accompany him.”

“Is that so.” He Qianyang thought of something and asked, “I remember you are also in Chenghua, are you a second year in high school?”

Xu Chang nodded: “My first year of high school was in Yan City No. 1 High School, and in my second year I transferred there.”

Jiang Chen raised his eyes, hearing the conversation between He Qianyang and Xu Chang. Only then did he know that Xu Chang had transferred to Chenghua in his second year of high school. No wonder he didn’t seem to have seen him this semester.

“Then you and Chen Chen met when you were in your first year in high school?” He Qianyang always had a smile on his face, and when he spoke to people in a relaxed tone, it was easy for people to let down their guard: “How did you know each other?”

“Senior Jiang and his friends helped me,” Xu Chang said.

He Qianyang nodded, raised his finger and pointed to the door: “Here we are, let’s go in.”

Xu Chang pursed his lips, led the little boy, and followed Jiang Chen into the He family’s house.

Yang Yun was making dumplings with old Mrs. He when she saw He Qianyang and the others coming in. She put down the things in her hands, and said with delight, “Chen Chen is here.”

Seeing the bamboo basket in Jiang Chen’s hand, Yang Yun immediately wanted to take it over: “Why are you carrying such a heavy thing? Your hand was cut last time and it hasn’t healed yet. Didn’t the doctor say that you should try not to lift heavy things?”

Jiang Chen avoided Yang Yun’s hand, curved his eyes inna smile and said, “It’s been more than a month, it’s already healed.”

“Your mother is right. Injuries take a hundred days to fully recover, even if it is already three months, you should still pay attention.” Old Mrs. He also came over and said to He Qianyang: “Help your little brother carry it.”

He Qianyang did not expect that Jiang Chen was injured, so he immediately took the basket and said, “If you are injured, you should have told me earlier, quick, let me see if the wound has reopened.”

Jiang Chen withdrew his hand: “It’s already fine.” He turned his head to look at Xu Chang who had a surprised look on his face, sighed inwardly, and said, “Mom, Grandma, this is Xu Chang, he and his little brother have something to do here. “

“What’s the matter?” Old Mrs. He, at this age, felt fondness for any child she saw. When she saw the little boy Xu Chang was leading by hand, she immediately asked with a smile: “Little friend, what’s your name? How old are you this year? Come, what did you come to granny’s place for?”

“My name is Xu Xi. I’m five and a half years old. I’m here to find someone.”

The little boy’s voice was clear and sweet, and old Mrs. He smiled even deeper. She took out a piece of candy from her pocket and handed it to him, “Who are you looking for?”

“A big brother.” Xu Xi took the candy, pointed to his bruised face, and said with a pout, “That big brother hit me.”

Yang Yun took a closer look at Xu Xi’s bruised face, looked up at Jiang Chen and the others, and asked in confusion, “What’s going on?”

He Qianyang first recounted what he had just heard, and then said: “They went to Aunt Zhang’s house, and Aunt Zhang said the kid belongs to our family, so they came here.”

“Impossible.” Old Mrs. He shook her head: “You guys went up the mountain early in the morning, and Qian Jian stayed home and didn’t go out. Aunt Zhang must have made a mistake.”

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Yang Yun knew that He Qianjian went out today, but she didn’t quite believe that he would bully a child. She knelt down and asked Xu Xi, “Little friend, do you remember what color shirt the big brother who hurt you was wearing today?”

“Blue.”

Yang Yun’s face changed slightly, and she was silent for a few seconds. Then she got up and said to He Qianyu, “Go and call your Brother Qian Jian down, say that I have something to ask him.”

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Source Of Calamity

Source of Calamity CH 087 Meeting Again Part 2

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More often in marriage alliances, don’t mention a lack of love between the man and the woman, they might even have little contact before marriage.

At most, the two had spent some time with each other, had a few proper dates, and attended some dinners or parties together. If the parents of both parties were satisfied, marriage was the natural next step.

And in this kind of marriage alliance, divorce was a minority, almost no one would file for divorce. Even if they quarreled every day, hated each other’s guts, they still had to pretend to be affectionate on the outside.

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So most of them had their own lovers on the side.

The most famous couple that Shen Zhen had heard of was that both husband and wife were playing outside, the woman even gave birth to her lover’s child, while the man had so many illegitimate children that they could form a soccer team. When this scandal was exposed, their company’s stock price fell like having fallen off a cliff.

Sometimes private life could also affect the company, so long as there were scandals, there was no escape.

Anyway, Zhao Anrun and his wife at least had a relationship base, although they hadn’t dated for long, it was better than other people who didn’t even have a relationship foundation to speak of.

Zhao Anrun sighed and understood what Shen Zhen wanted to say, but he still said: “Don’t blame me for not reminding you, Qin Yue brought someone with him today, if you feel uncomfortable seeing him, then just sit with Uncle Qin later.”

Shen Zhen: “I originally planned to sit with him.”

Zhao Anrun was taken aback: “The relationship between you and Uncle Qin is that good? Brother Shen, you are really amazing, much better than me. Don’t even mention having my grandpa bring me to meet his old friends. If I even chatted with them a little too long, the look in my grandpa’s eyes will seem as if he would eat me up.”

Shen Zhen didn’t speak.

He could understand Zhao Anrun’s grandfather quite well.

If he had such an unreliable grandson, he would probably die of anger.

“An Run.” Someone came over to say hello, and when Shen Zhen turned around, he saw Qin Yue.

Qin Yue brought Zheng Xiao by his side.

Zheng Xiao was the first to say hello to Shen Zhen. He walked over with a smile, giving off a pure and out-going aura, and politeness in his gestures. After shaking hands with Shen Zhen, he said, “Brother Shen, I knew you would definitely come today too.”

Shen Zhen also smiled at Zheng Xiao: “It’s been a while since I saw you, you look good.”

Zheng Xiao smiled shyly: “How are you recently?”

Shen Zhen: “Not bad, I’m going in first, you guys continue chatting.”

Zheng Xiao didn’t try to keep him either, and watched Shen Zhen walk in.

Zheng Xiao looked at Shen Zhen with complicated eyes. He learned about the history between Shen Zhen and Qin Yue and Su Shiqing during this period of time, and his feelings were also a bit complicated. Logically speaking, Shen Zhen and Qin Yue grew up together.

They grew up together, received a similar education, and had the same three views, but their relationship was cut off by a Su Shiqing.

Even Shen Zhen couldn’t beat Su Shiqing, let alone him?

Zheng Xiao clenched his fists. He was different from Shen Zhen. Even without Qin Yue, Shen Zhen still had a career and a life of his own.

But he didn’t.

He was an orphan and grew up in an orphanage. He was already quite old when he arrived at the orphanage at eight years old. He was taken care of by his grandparents for the first eight years. When he was eight years old, his grandparents passed away and he had no close relatives so he could only go to a welfare home.

Those who wanted to adopt a child were unwilling to adopt a child of his age, because he already remembered things and were afraid that they would not be able to build a strong parent-child bond.

But his grades were very good, so there were welfare organizations to sponsor his studies.

The reason why he was willing to follow Qin Yue, at the beginning, was because his best friend owed a sum of money. That was his only friend. Since childhood, they have had a very good relationship. So for the sake of his friend, he sold his body.

Originally, it was just a monetary transaction, but now he really fell in love with Qin Yue.

Qin Yue was considerate, rich, and gentle with him. Even though he never asked for anything, Qin Yue would still buy things for him.

Zheng Xiao, who had never been loved before, thought this was love.

Although he also knew that it was nothing to Qin Yue, after all, he was rich, and the money spent on him might not even be as much as the car he bought for Su Shiqing.

But so what? The person who was with Qin Yue now was Zheng Xiao, not Su Shiqing.

Su Shiqing gave up on the relationship himself and left.

So he shouldn’t even think about going back to the way things were.

Zheng Xiao looked at Qin Yue who was talking to Zhao Anrun, and clenched his fists secretly.

When Shen Zhen walked into the room, Qin Xing was already seated. He first greeted the uncles in the room with a fake smile on his face that looked very sincere. This group of people knew how much Qin Xing valued Shen Zhen now and was even more doting towards him than he was to Qin Yue back then. They were all clever people, and they naturally spoke pleasant words, and wouldn’t talk down to Shen Zhen as if he was one of their own juniors.

“Xiao Shen’s complexion looks better than when we met before.”

“That’s right, when we met last time, Xiao Shen wasn’t as full of vitality as he is now.”

“Sure enough, staying by Mr. Qin’s side is a good way to improve one’s health.”

“Xiao Shen, come here and sit down, just in time to supervise your Uncle Qin and have him eat more later.”

“Every time he is outside, he always has a bird’s appetite.”

Qin Xing was amused: “I have a bird’s appetite?”

The people beside him also laughed: “CEO Qin is just preserving good health.”

The smile on the corner of Qin Xing’s mouth dropped when he heard the words health preservation, but the person next to him had no eyes, and said, “CEO Qin is very well-maintained, looking no different from someone in his twenties.”

Everyone: “…..”

Don’t open your mouth if you don’t know how to speak, no one would really treat you as a mute.

Qin Xing smiled and said, “Xiao Zhen, come and sit.”

Shen Zhen sat next to Qin Xing. He knew that Qin Xing must not be happy when he heard what was said just now, but he couldn’t reprimand the offender in this kind of situation as it would make him appear petty and small-minded.

In Qin Xing’s position, in fact, he actually couldn’t do whatever he wanted.

And on the other side, Qin Yue had already led Zheng Xiao to their seats. It was the first time Zheng Xiao came to such a formal occasion, and he was very nervous. He was afraid of embarrassing Qin Yue, so he kept smiling and didn’t talk much, but when he should say hello he still greeted others very seriously.

After drinking three rounds, Zheng Xiao’s face flushed slightly red.

Zheng Xiao looked at Qin Yue, and was about to say a few words to Qin Yue, when he saw Qin Yue’s eyes suddenly become fixated on one place, without moving away.

Zheng Xiao followed Qin Yue’s line of sight, and he saw a person who was very similar to himself, both in aura and facial features.

At this moment, Zheng Xiao knew who Qin Yue was looking at.

——Su Shiqing.

Zheng Xiao’s face twisted instantly.

He always knew that Su Shiqing would definitely show up, but he didn’t expect him to show up so early.

Could it be that he could only stop here?

Hand over Qin Yue to another?

To Su Shiqing, his predecessor?

Zheng Xiao took a deep breath and told himself that he must not give up now, once he gave up, he would really have nothing.

“Brother Qin, eat something.” Zheng Xiao said to Qin Yue with a smile, this smile was one he guessed Qin Yue liked the most. When smiling he must show his adorable eyeteeth, looking as innocent as a youth.

Qin Yue indeed came back to his senses, and said to him: “You eat first, I’m going to go to the restroom.”

Zheng Xiao watched Qin Yue leave his seat, his eyes filled with unspeakable haze and storm.

He also stood up and followed Qin Yue out.

Sure enough, when he walked through the corridor, he saw Qin Yue and Su Shiqing. He didn’t go over, and only dared to eavesdrop at a slight distance away.

“What are you doing here?” Qin Yue frowned, his expression a little impatient.

Su Shiqing said in a low voice, “I heard that you are coming today, so I came here.”

Qin Yue: “You received an invitation?”

Su Shiqing was taken aback.

He came with Li Zhao.

But he didn’t dare to say this, he could only say vaguely: “I asked a friend to bring me here.”

Qin Yue sneered and said, “What friend? A sex friend?”

Su Shiqing’s eyes widened, and he looked at Qin Yue in disbelief: “Ah Yue! How can you say that about me, don’t you know what kind of person I am?”

Qin Yue looked at him: “I thought I knew before.”

“I know about you and Li Zhao, I didn’t mention it to save you some face, but you just can’t help insisting I say it out loud, can you?”

Su Shiqing: “You don’t know anything! You don’t know what kind of life I am living now! If I hadn’t been desperate, would I have made such a choice?”

Qin Yue’s tone was cold: “You have already done it, so don’t say you are innocent.”

Su Shiqing took Qin Yue’s hand and put Qin Yue’s hand on his chest: “I still love you now, and I only have you in my heart. I have never betrayed you.”

“No matter what has happened, my feelings  towards you have never changed.”

“You think I’m wrong, but does that mean you are also right? What’s your relationship with the person sitting next to you?”

“Ah Yue, you can’t be like this.”

Qin Yue didn’t speak. When he saw Su Shiqing, his heart was still full of pity.

But he was a little tired, and he really didn’t want to continue being entangled with the other.

Su Shiqing picked up on Qin Yue’s softened attitude, and slowly leaned over, attempting to hug Qin Yue’s waist.

Qin Yue didn’t refuse either, and Su Shiqing was overjoyed, a smile finally appearing on the corner of his mouth.

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“Brother Qin!”

Su Shiqing heard the call and looked up.

A young man in a suit, with slightly curly hair, and a sunny aura stood not far away.

He seemed to be looking for someone.

And he also seemed to be making a demonstration.

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After Becoming The Tyrant

After Becoming The Tyrant CH 107 A Hellish Military Factory

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“Would you like to inspect your territory?”

After the Devil straightened up, there was a scarlet cloak on his arm. While he spoke, the nightmare carriage had come out of the black mist.

Just as the Devil was about to stretch out his hand to make an invitation, the nightmares let out pleased low cries, and ran to the King with brisk steps, making a “clack, clack, clack” sound.

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In the last trip to hell, they played no small role in the hunting plan of the King and the Devil. If the nightmares hadn’t led the King through the rain of brimstone and fire so brilliantly and cleverly, and sent the King to the Devil, the final victory would have been difficult to determine.

The nightmares bowed their heads in front of the King, offered their horn to the King, and stole the chance of extending an invitation to the King from the Devil.

Their horns were a little cool to the touch.

The King’s expression softened slightly, and he stood up, acquiescing to the Devil’s proposal. The skulls on the carriage made a cheerful “chattering” sound, and the Devil secretly cursed these top-notch bootlickers in his heart, shook off the scarlet cloak, and put it on the King.

“I am glad of your allowance. My dear Majesty.”

The Devil helped the King into the carriage, and said with a smile.

The black mist surged, and the carriage drove into the dark world.

While the nightmare carriage disappeared into the darkness, Eleanor stood in front of the tower window, looking in the direction of the King’s bedroom.

“You know His Majesty has made contact with hell? You actually don’t object?”

Charles asked in a low voice.

“Why should I object?” Queen Eleanor’s voice was a little cold, “there is no difference between the mortal world and hell, if there is any place that can bring some help to my child and make him happy, so what if it’s hell?”

She paused.

“Sometimes, dark creatures that are rejected by people are much simpler than humans themselves.”

Charles was silent.

He knew that William III and the Duke of Buckingham had made a lot of sacrifices for the sake of the country and the future. In Eleanor’s heart, she still couldn’t accept that her child had such a painful past, right? For the sake of victory, sacrificing so much happiness from the child, for a mother, it was still a difficult thing to accept.

In the night, a black crow flapped its wings and flew over.

The crow landed in front of Queen Eleanor, bringing the letter from the astrologers.

After the first imperial conference of glory, the King’s Black Wings did not disband, but became the Local Civil Response Committee——in fact, they were the King’s intelligence service. During the time when the King left the Rose Palace and went north to suppress the rebellion, this organization was temporarily handed over to General Johan.

After officially becoming “The Defender” and inheriting his father’s title, General Johan had more responsibilities to deal with.

So the King selected a highly talented commissioner from among the Black Wings to serve as Chairman of the Local Civil Response Committee——privately known as Crowhead. And in the Rose Palace, after General Johan, the person who took over the Black Wings became the Queen Mother Eleanor. She had more outstanding talents than General Johan in this regard.

“They have landed.”

Queen Eleanor whispered.

“Hopefully they will know what is the smart thing to do.”

A cold light flashed in Eleanor’s eyes.

Charles knew her character all too well…..he hoped those astrologers didn’t have any other motives, or they might face the sword of the warrior queen.

From the moment the astrologers set foot on the land of Legrand, their every move would be under the watchful eyes of the Legrand royal family.

The King’s “Black Wings” had begun to show its ability to monitor Legrand.

Here, nothing could be hidden from the King.

……………………

Hell.

As soon as he walked out of the gates of hell, the King heard a strange melody, which was completely different from all the music he had heard before. From the notes to the rhythm, there was an absurdity and evilness that did not exist in the world, like countless bones colliding with each other——indeed, countless bones were in fact playing music together.

The carriage stopped on a lake of sulfurous fire, and in front of the King, countless skeletons stood neatly lined, like a huge army waiting for inspection.

But the army of undead that seemed to be able to sweep the entire world was holding no swords or spears.

The skeletons at the front held some antique musical instruments, and their dexterous bony fingers pressed and pulled the organ and strings. Behind them, some complete skeletons beat their shoulder blades with their metacarpal bones to make strange sounds, and the less complete ones used their skulls as drums for their comrades to strike…..

The King didn’t know what to say for a while.

Compared with the hell he had seen a few times before, the dead silence of this piece of hell was gone, and it could be said to be full of vitality now.

——And a little too much vitality.

The Devil stretched out his hand and led the King down from the carriage.

At the moment of the King’s arrival, the skeleton symphony performed more and more passionately like soldiers who finally waited for the arrival of their inspector. Beside them, lakes of sulfurous fire turned into gorgeous fountains. Golden sulfur erupted from within, like dazzling trees of fire, and even changed their height along with the melody.

They worked together to play a grand hymn.

The melody was magnificent, as if the soldiers who had been sleeping for many centuries were able to serve their lord again.

“What is this? Hell’s symphony orchestra?”

The King looked at the skeletons who were working hard, and asked with a smile. Everything in front of him was absurd and weird, but it could also be called strange and beautiful.

“Your very own hellish symphony orchestra.”

The Devil corrected.

His Majesty was born a king, and the people would always want him to be brave enough, wise enough, strong enough, invincible enough. But who wanted His Majesty to be happy enough? But a king, who possessed power and glory, should he not be surrounded by joy as well?

“Then why didn’t I know before that hell is so good at welcoming?”

The King asked back.

“Well, you know.” The Devil said briskly with a smile, “Seducing people to fall is our specialty in hell, so how about it? My dear Majesty, do you now feel that hell is more of a blissful existence than the mortal world?”

He flourished his hand like a conductor.

The skeletons played the last high note, and they bowed neatly before the King——if this was a human army, the scene should be very grand and spectacular. But they were only skeletons, so it appeared a bit ridiculous.

There was a sound of flapping wings, and a crow landed on a stone beside the King.

“Hi, Mela.”

The King still remembered the crow’s name.

Mela was jumping on the boulder, flapping inky wings in an imitation of human beings saluting their king. Before the King could be amused by it, the Devil bent down and grabbed its wings, lifted it up and threw it behind him: “Please don’t pay attention to this fool’s faux pas.”

“Alright, enough.” The King put away his smile, “St. Val’s blood brought this place back to life?”

“You are so cold and heartless. I originally thought the current atmosphere could be called romantic? My dear Majesty.” The Devil protested.

“Hellish romance?”

“Of course. Well…..” The Devil bowed to the King, raised his hand and tapped his left chest like a knight saluting, “Actually, we are here to swear allegiance to you.”

When the Devil bowed, the skeletons all knelt down on one knee in unison.

“You have executed a lackey of the Holy Court, and the war between you and the Holy Court has just begun.” The Devil chuckled softly, “However, if you think about it, you also know that it is difficult for Legrand to stop Bressi from becoming the Kingdom of God on Earth. The time you have is so short, what do you plan to use to give Legrand the power to fight against the Holy Court in the shortest possible time?”

“The alchemists? They left too little.”

“The astrologers? You see, Your Majesty, you can’t even trust me, let alone those guys who used to work for the Holy Court?”

“Your mad scientists? If you and them are given enough time, I believe that you can indeed accomplish an unprecedented great revolution…..But the Holy Court will not give you so much time.”

……

The Devil knelt down on one knee, and he looked up at the King: “So, now is the time for hell to serve you.”

Behind him, the skeleton army was silent, and even Mela stopped flapping its wings.

“What do you want?” The King looked into the Devil’s eyes, and he asked slowly.

“Enough blood, from angels, from gods, from the Holy Court…..anything is fine.” The Devil laughed and stretched out his hand. “You see, we have a common enemy. We are on the same front, aren’t we?”

“That’s not necessarily the case.”

The King answered, but also reached out his hand.

The Devil kissed the back of the King’s hand.

Mela flapped its wings, and the skeletons played the cheerful melody again.

More than a thousand years have passed, and the Devil once again led his army to fight for his King.

………………

As the Devil said, hell had a knack for how to seduce people to fall. After the majestic symphony, the skeletons set up a huge stage and performed a wonderful play for the King. The actors included but were not limited to skeletons, demons, ghosts, and the remains of strange creatures.

These plays that the creatures of hell have arranged for the King were enough to become classics in the world in terms of artistic level alone.

The departed soul of an opera singer sang loudly on the stage. It wore a complicated classical costume from hundreds of years ago and uttered elegant lyrics. Behind it, the skeleton warriors rode war horses, fighting fiercely together as sung in the lyrics. The defeated skeleton was quickly broken into a pile of bones and thrown high from the stage.

The bones were quickly put back together under the stage, though.

“Can the current hell allow ordinary people to enter?”

The King asked suddenly.

The Devil stood behind the King, who was also enjoying the opera on the stage. Hearing the King’s question, he gave an affirmative answer: “If there are not too many people.”

“I see.”

The King’s eyes swept across the lake of fire and brimstone.

“Why do I suddenly feel that you have long planned to have hell work for you? Is that the case, my dear Majesty?” The Devil asked perceptively.

“It shouldn’t take too long for skeletons who don’t need to rest to build a factory, am I correct?”

The King confirmed the Devil’s guess with a question.

“…..Are you planning to build a hellish military factory?”

The Devil looked at the King speechlessly.

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For a moment, the Devil, who was famous for his eloquent tongue, couldn’t find any words to describe his feelings right then…..

What the hell, shouldn’t a normal monarch be more interested in the power and immortality of the skeleton army?! How was it that when it came to His Majesty, they were only relegated to construction workers who didn’t need wages or rest?

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