Volume One, Chapter 49: Xia Zhiyuan, Unable to Repay Her Debts, Resorts to Deceit and Stages a Suicide Attempt

"What do you mean by that?" Da Li's mother was so furious she grabbed Xia Zhi Yuan by the collar.
"And you—how did you promise us last night?" Ade's mother, enraged, seized Xia Zhi Qing's hair, making Xia Zhi Qing cry out in pain as tears streamed down her face.
Seeing this, people from Teams 2 and 3 pointed at Xia Zhi Yuan and cursed him.
Inside the Palace of Harmony and Strings, chaos reigned. For days, the Heavenly Lord had stayed in the palace caring for the Lady, and everyone there had a discerning mind—without the Lord's summons, no one dared show themselves. That evening, when a celestial anomaly appeared and the Lord flew into a rage, all hid in the shadows, terrified to even peek.
Yet I grew increasingly certain of one thing: my feelings for the girl with the scarf were fading. Even though I saw her nearly every day, or our eyes met, my mind was filled more and more with Mu Mei Qing.
Although these flames lacked the power of the mysterious fire, it was clear that since the spark emerged from the core lotus seed, it must be the Lotus Fire from the earth’s heart. This fire, though, had not yet formed, and had not attained the power to burn the world to ash.
"What should we do now?" On the other end of the phone, Yang Zi also heard Luo Tian Ya’s words and grew anxious.
Mei Er hadn't yet reacted when she suddenly felt the air swirling swiftly beside her, sweeping her into a vortex of flashing white light. The brilliance hurt her eyes, forcing her to bow her head and shut her eyes.
Ye Li cast a cold, elegant glance at the cheering beastmen around her, then looked at the land beastmen aboard the ship, including Lan Ruo Xin, all of whom wore unfriendly expressions. She turned toward the distant battlefield where Lan Yu was fighting the nine-headed serpent, from which came the beast’s heart-rending screams.
Though the old cripple was unmatched in bravery, he was also shrewd—never a foolhardy hothead.
They hurriedly suggested practicing together again, but with the competition the day after tomorrow, more practice seemed unlikely to help much.
Behind the kneeling beastman, a dozen tribesmen assumed Lan Ruo Xin would become angry and shout. Instead, she smiled warmly, gazing at them kindly and gently asking questions.
But why hadn’t Sunflower Seed’s mother been caught by the school? I saw her asleep on the ground at the time, but when the school leaders arrived to arrest people, she slipped away. Sunflower Seed and Fat Pig openly challenged us, and suddenly I felt uneasy inside.
Lin Li stepped forward, transcending armor, the cold darkness of metal gleaming with silver arcs, and left the interstellar laboratory.
The audience watched the wounded special forces soldier, his mouth open, blood filling it, clearly wanting to speak but unable to, and couldn’t help but feel pity.
In the Diagon Alley of the tenth century, though most areas were still empty, signs of future prosperity had begun to appear.
A blue figure pierced the Flying Fox fighter, entering the cockpit through a breach made by a demon.
Imagine—a city with over forty thousand inhabitants, placed in present-day Europe. It would be an international metropolis, comparable to those famous cities of the twenty-first century.
I could only turn my head slightly to survey my surroundings—a wooden house entirely made of bamboo.
"Jing Qiu, I'm back!" Li Ze Tian eagerly returned home, shouting before he even entered the house. As the ancients said, "One day apart feels like three autumns"; at this moment, Li Ze Tian missed his wife terribly.
Upon arrival, he saw his mother leaning intimately with a young man, talking together.
There's an old saying: when you see a mountain and feel it's near, only by walking toward it will you realize how far away it truly is.
Moreover, at Mo Bai’s strong suggestion, among the ten newly appointed judges, two came from Asia, two from Africa, and two from Oceania. They were basically replaced so that each continent had two judges, following a five-continent system.