The next day, at Su City International.
Su Qianmo stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the view of the East Sea. Her curvaceous figure was accentuated by the tight-fitting deep red dress she wore.
Black knee-high stockings clung to her shapely legs, and her petite and adorable feet rested quietly in black high heels.
While her proportions were not as exaggerated as Liu Mingrui's, her figure was equally stunning. Coupled with her aloof temperament, any man would feel a tremor in their heart upon seeing her.
At this moment, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and there was a hint of impatience in her expression.
Earlier that day, she had called Ghost Centipede to inquire about the situation.
Ghost Centipede said he needed to ask around and would call Su Qianmo back.
Su Qianmo had expected Ghost Centipede to return her call quickly, but it had been over two hours, and there was no news from him.
This puzzled Su Qianmo.
Just as she was considering whether to call Ghost Centipede again, his call suddenly came through.
"Hello, Miss Su," Ghost Centipede's tone sounded somewhat panicked. "I'm sorry to say that this matter might have been exposed."
"What?!" Su Qianmo's forehead creased as she asked, "What exactly happened?"
Ghost Centipede pursed his lips and said, "Last night, the three people I sent to Su Hang suddenly lost contact with me."
"However, their car had a tracker, so I sent people to look for them overnight, but we only found the car and no sign of the people."
Su Qianmo's brows tightened, and she said coldly, "I don't care about that. I just want you to get rid of Lin Yu."
"I understand, I understand," Ghost Centipede hesitated for a moment and said, "I just wanted to say that this mission might need to be postponed, and..."
"And what? Just say it," Su Qianmo already had a rough idea of what Ghost Centipede wanted to say.
Ghost Centipede swallowed and said, "And it seems that the target this time might not be so easy to deal with. Fifty thousand won't be enough, I'm afraid..."
Ghost Centipede also felt awkward about the sudden change in price, but the problem was that the three people who had gone to kill Lin Yu had disappeared without a trace.
If they were to continue with the mission, new people would need to be sent, and they would have to be elite.
The price for elite operatives was clearly different from that of rookies.
"No problem, I'll give you two million once the job is done. Is that enough?" Su Qianmo didn't care about the money at all. She was willing to give any amount as long as Lin Yu was eliminated.
"Enough, it's enough," Ghost Centipede's tone suddenly relaxed, and he assured her, "Miss Su, I underestimated the situation this time, but rest assured, I will make Lin Yu disappear within three days!"
"Alright, I appreciate it."
After hanging up the phone, Su Qianmo took a deep breath through her red lips.
She looked determinedly towards the distant mountains.
Lin Yu, I didn't expect you to have some skills, but no matter what, I will solve you for Chen'an.
Only by getting rid of you, Chen'an and I can be together in peace!
...
The Gu family.
Tang Yunjin, who had just finished today's acupuncture practice, walked out of Chen'an's room in disarray, accompanied by Bai Yutian.
After several days of non-stop practice, Chen'an's medical skills had not made a great leap, but he had become quite proficient.
At the very least, he now had a systematic study of the acupoints on the human body and knew which symptoms each acupoint corresponded to.
However, these past few days had been tough on Bai Yutian.
Every day, that child was held down by Chen'an Gu and subjected to needle treatment, with silver needles inserted and withdrawn from each acupoint.
In addition, Chen'an Gu had thoroughly examined Bai Yutian's petite and fragrant body during the acupuncture sessions and had even taken note of the number of moles on her body.
Of course, Chen'an Gu was currently wholeheartedly focused on practicing medicine and had no time to think about anything inappropriate.
But the servants of the Gu family were oblivious to this fact.
For the past few days, Chen'an Gu would bring Tang Yunjin and Bai Yutian into his room, and sounds that were beyond description would emanate from the room.
It was hard not to misunderstand.
The entire Gu family not only thought that Chen'an Gu's appetite had changed, but they also believed that Chen'an Gu was involved in a love triangle with Tang Yunjin and Bai Yutian.
Even their attitude towards Bai Yutian had changed, and nearly everyone treated her with utmost respect whenever they encountered her.
In their eyes, Bai Yutian was already Chen'an Gu's woman and could potentially become one of the mistresses of the Gu family in the future.
Bai Yutian naturally understood that they had all misunderstood, but she didn't offer any explanations.
Instead, she intentionally said things that were misleading.
In any case, she enjoyed this feeling, being treated as Chen'an Gu's woman.
As the two women left, Chen'an Gu stretched lazily and comfortably.
But at that moment, a sound of a window opening suddenly came, and Chen'an Gu immediately looked towards the window.
The windowsill was wide open, and the curtains swayed with the breeze, making a rustling sound.
However, there was no one to be seen.
"How strange."
Chen'an Gu furrowed his brows and prepared to get up and close the window.
"Are you looking for me?"
Just then, a clear and crisp female voice came from behind Chen'an Gu!
Chen'an Gu was startled, and before he could turn around, he felt the woman behind him embrace him.
Only one person had the ability to stealthily infiltrate his room under the heavy security of the Gu family!
Hoshino Kannon!
Even though Chen'an Gu knew that Hoshino Kannon was highly skilled in assassination techniques, he was still taken aback.
If Hoshino Kannon wanted to make a move, she could easily kill him without saying a word!
"What... What do you want?" Chen'an Gu didn't turn around and asked with a suppressed sense of panic.
"Hehe."
Hoshino Kannon chuckled softly and leaned closer to Chen'an Gu's ear, speaking in a soft voice, "I missed you, so I came to see you."
Feeling the breath in his ear, Chen'an Gu couldn't help but feel a shiver.
Chen'an Gu sat on the edge of the bed, and Hoshino Kannon sat behind him, sitting like a duck, with her back against his back.
The open window continued to let in a gentle breeze, and there was also a faint fragrance intentionally exhaled by Hoshino Kannon near his ear.
The curtains lightly brushed against the desk, and Hoshino Kannon's hand encircled Chen'an Gu's neck, gently resting on his chest.
"Gulp~"
Chen'an Gu swallowed his saliva.
He was uneasy.
Hoshino Kannon was a complete lunatic. She could smile and talk to you one second and snap your neck the next.
So even though Hoshino Kannon didn't make any other moves at this moment, Chen'an Gu was deeply unsettled inside.
"Look at me, is it necessary to look at me like this?" Chen'an Gu said.
"Well, how about this then?"
Hoshino Kannon spoke softly, and then her two beautiful legs, adorned with white lace-trimmed knee-high socks, wrapped around Chen'an Gu's waist from behind.
Chen'an Gu lowered his head and looked at Hoshino Kannon's delicate white silk-clad feet, instantly feeling dry-mouthed and tongue-tied.
"Damn it, referee, she's committing a foul!"
"She's actually wearing my favorite knee-high white socks!"
"Damn it, she's using a love lock on me like the strongest bond in the world. Are you a sloth? Don't I need to breathe?"
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
