49 "The Stone Brothers" (Bonus Chapter)

Gu Chan felt very nervous facing Lin Zhao and subconsciously gripped her hem. "Zhao Zhao, you're back."
After exchanging a greeting, she prepared to leave. "I've finished tidying up the house. I'll be heading..."
Lin Zhao suddenly spoke up. "Eldest sister, stay for dinner before leaving."
Gu Chan froze.
Ever since Lin Zhao gave birth to the twins, Gu Chan had been coming over every half month or a month to help tidy up the house.
In the blink of an eye, over four years had passed, and she had never been asked to stay for a meal. Today was the first time.
"Are they not afraid that sooner or later they will face legal sanctions for being so lawless?" Zhang Jialiang found it incredible that there could still be a place in China where crime was so rampant.
Mi Xiang'er took it and only opened a corner of the lunchbox. An appetizing aroma wafted out instantly. Looking inside, she saw the box was completely filled with braised and stewed duck meat, the savory sauce rich and thick, the dish glistening and bright. Just a single look was enough to make one's mouth water.
These heads of families, who used to hold their noses in the air and look upon the Jing family as a joke, were now as flattering as could be upon arriving at the Jing estate. Even though they didn't get to see a single direct descendant of the Jing family and were only received by Steward Jing An, they didn't dare show the slightest displeasure on their faces.
Yet, in the end, when faced with that face resembling Xia Jinxuan's, they still slowly averted their eyes, feeling utterly ashamed of themselves.
Liu Mao strode away. Although Li Jiaying was furious, she still had her wits about her, so she told Jiang En to go and find out what was going on. Upon learning the truth, she almost went to Liu Mao's office to flip the tables. If not for Duan Weiqi's gift arriving in time, Li Jiaying feared she really would have gotten into a fight with Liu Mao today.
With such an incident happening, morale was undoubtedly unsettled, and it was quite necessary to make some formal reports at the Standing Committee meeting.
Cloud Tiger and Gu Dalong were hiding behind a large boulder, engaging the enemy. Although it was just two against ten, they did not fall behind at all.
From the forests on both sides of the port, two cavalry units galloped out, surrounding Tazheng completely. "Drop your weapons!" the knights shouted in unison, their voices shaking the heavens.
Perhaps believing that the academy elders would not help Gu Jinxi, or perhaps thinking that Gu Jinxi would never dare to come down, the clamoring voices of those present grew louder and louder.
The cold wind of the first lunar month howled. Cao Hong, who hadn't been able to spend a proper Spring Festival because he was busy rescuing the Han Emperor, gripped his sword hilt, frost still caked on his armor. "Everyone's been busy all winter just to build this magnificent estate, and now you're saying we can't stay here?" Cao Hong's voice was like a bronze bell, seemingly capable of numbing the soles of people's feet.
A better environment, a greater ability to rely on their own hands to make an honest living, and most importantly, they received good treatment.
Like other churches of that era, apart from serving all the functions of a church, Chartres Cathedral was also a sturdy fortress built of brick and stone.
After the battle, my Independent Regiment organized personnel to collect the remains of the soldiers, but we were unable to find all of the parts for those seven men. Their flesh and blood had long since fused with the battlefields where they fought and with the great land of China, making it impossible to separate them ever again.
Zhang Yu's hearing was extremely acute, and he was exceptionally adept at fighting amidst ruins. He had already grown familiar with this kind of melee combat in the Middle East for several years.
Spade glanced at Xinxin without saying a word, walked straight over to his woolen mat, and flopped down flat.
Their bravery and fearlessness momentarily stunned the church knights, allowing the guard cavalry company of barely a hundred men to fight the church knights to a standstill, evenly matched.
However, how on earth could someone at the very bottom of their grade rise twenty places overnight?
Gao Ming didn't make a move. If he did, even though his combat experience was practically zero, he could easily crush Toriko and Luffy, simply because Gao Ming's cultivation realm was there.
He couldn't believe that just a few days ago, he had been as poor as a church mouse, unable to scrape together even a single cent.
Spade, who had come out together with this member of the Third Training Team, immediately hurried over upon seeing the instructor captain being supported by Spade. Xinxin draped the instructor captain's other arm over his shoulder, and together with Spade, they supported him up.