Chapter 104: The Junior’s First Stirrings of Love

Soon the Lamborghini pulled up at Renhe Spring Department Store. After getting out, Xia Qingmo leaned against the car door, panting hard.

"You’re fierce. Too fierce—wild and fast. You almost made me puke."

Receiving praise from the girl made his heart glow with quiet delight.

"Let’s go."

The two of them walked into Renhe Spring Department Store, one of the earliest upscale luxury malls in Shudu.

"Senior Lin Ran, I looked it up online. Dior has thermos cups. Let’s go take a look."

All around them rose towering green mountains, their hues shifting in endless variety: deep and blue-green at the foot, lush and vibrant at the waist, while the peaks that stabbed into the clouds were veiled in mist, like pale ink wash brushwork.

Once the spirit herb had turned into silver-white liquid, a faint flame instantly enveloped the mercury bead, and Old Wang’s voice continued.

In Tian Zhengning’s eyes, for a business prodigy like Xiang Linfeng to have amassed a fortune worth hundreds of billions in his twenties meant that his future achievements might not be any less impressive than those of the Li family.

If the smile on their faces had been seen by those pursuing them, who knew whether they might have regretted coming here. Unfortunately, they had no such chance anymore.

Although the players of the Friendship Horn were hiding behind their fortifications, their mouths were anything but idle. They hurled out one filthy insult after another without repeating themselves, until the several hundred players from the island nation in the distance were flushed with embarrassment and shouted back in return.

Had Barbara’s mother and Ali’s mother not been biological sisters, Barbara likely would not have cared so much. For Prince Ali’s sake, she had no choice but to disrupt her original arrangement.

Xiao Xiao Mu Yu was suddenly at a loss for words. At that moment, Qin Tianqi laughed heartily, put his arm around Xia Yu, and walked outside.

That was certain: once cells from the First Hokage had been implanted and the nature transformations of earth and water were understood, combining them would allow the use of Wood Style.

After hurrying a few more steps, he finally saw the silhouettes of the others and returned to his normal pace. Then the clutter of the street scene could no longer confuse his eyes, and his heart also settled down.

There is a saying: I treat you as a friend, and you want to get into my bed? No, that is not quite right. I open my heart to you, and you keep yours hidden from me. John had finally managed to fit into the team, and in particular his relationship with Nami and Robin was developing well. With enough emotional intelligence, why would John deliberately do things that might hurt everyone’s feelings?

Zhao Zhigang finally put on the insignia of a captain, and he was transferred to the army’s direct reconnaissance battalion, where he took command of the Spearhead Company.

Zhao Hui and the others from Class Six selected five of the tallest classmates who were usually the best at basketball. They first went through the preliminaries, where they lost to the team led by Li Zhenguo from Class Five. The teams that ultimately advanced to the finals were the elite players from Class Five and Class Four.

"Teacher, you know I don’t mean that..." Hearing Annalia’s tone grow cooler, Li Ran hurriedly offered an explanation.

"First, if this distress call is fake, then it must be a trap. And if it is a trap, then the moment Luffy answers the call, the other side may be able to locate us through the radio signal," John said.

When they reached Zhao Hui’s home, Zhao Hui’s father and mother were watching television. Seeing Zhao Hui and Li Zhenguo return, they were both overjoyed.

All day long, Zhao Hui was afraid of running into Li Zhenguo. When school ended at noon, Li Zhenguo left first. As Zhao Hui and Na Yanhua were leaving the school, she spotted Li Zhenguo from far away and smiled to herself: Had he received the letter? But when they passed each other, neither of them acknowledged the other.

Yet from beginning to end, neither of them said a word. They did not even call out once, only gritting their teeth as they panted and ran, chasing, evading, pursuing.

Wang Peng asked with a smile, "How about it? Later, I’ll come share it with you?" Li Zhenguo replied, "I can manage!" Looking at the broad, solid line of Li Zhenguo’s back, Zhao Hui wished more than anything for a back like that—one she could lean on and rest against for a lifetime.