Volume 1, Chapter 47: Medicine Is Sometimes Useless

"Lawyer Zhou?" Her voice carried the hoarseness of someone who had just finished a busy day. "So late?"
She glanced at the clock on the wall; it was already nearly eleven.
Zhou Jincheng's gaze calmly fell upon her face, like someone reviewing a case file.
There was not a single superfluous expression on his face, and he did not even twitch an eyebrow.
The demonic and holy elements suddenly intertwined, seemingly launching a fierce battle. Like water and fire, demons and holy spirits could not coexist. They repelled and crowded each other out, plunging Bai Po into an agony so intense she was almost on the verge of fainting.
And the constitution of Li Momo's mother was, in truth, entirely identical to the ecosystem of this very grassland.
Two days before the shoot, they, together with the other two continuity supervisors, finally finalized a near-perfect filming schedule.
Her words were crafted with exquisite subtlety; they sounded like sincere praise, yet carried the barbed edge of a hidden sarcasm.
The internet in this world was far less developed than that of Earth, and adult information was especially scarce. Leaving aside Chu Yun and Lin Mo, Li Mu guessed that even the oldest among them, Hong Tianbao, knew very little about such matters.
Chaozi thought to himself, I was just joking with you, yet you actually took it seriously, treating a few pieces of rotten wood as roof beams. You wild ghost really are a stubborn simpleton; you believed me the moment I said it was your family's roof beam. Well then, I might as well just toy with you a little.
Luo Ning was not certain she could deal with or prevent the incidents orchestrated by Zhou Zhi, Taichu, and the others at a moment's notice. However, if she remained hidden in the shadows, there might be a chance to resolve the troublemakers before things actually transpired.
The guests present were also quite experienced. How could they fail to read between the lines of Niu Qing's vague remarks? Not a single person was willing to spend twenty thousand on something of questionable utility.
In truth, yesterday afternoon when they returned from the maintenance hall, Li Xinru had pondered along the way whether she should ask Luo Ning what exactly she had discussed with Lei Yu.
She knew all too well why she had returned, and in this lifetime, she no longer harbored any expectations for future romantic bonds.
I nodded in agreement to each of her questions. She happily gave me a hug, and then looked around anxiously, searching for the figure of her dream lover.
Gu Chuyan smiled, and Xiao Mohan lowered his head, pressing his lips against her ear to murmur something, to which Gu Chuyan replied.
Later on, I worked as a restaurant odd-job worker, handed out flyers, and took on cleaning jobs... In short, I increasingly realized that after my rebirth, I had been living in the shadow of history, with everything moving slowly toward an established direction, without the slightest deviation.
"I've already discussed it with your second brother. Think it over and make your own choice." Having said that, Yunwei hung up the phone.
"Go ahead, Elder. But no matter what you say, the feelings between Zhanting and me will never change. In the past, you felt I wasn't good enough for Zhanting, but what about now? I really want to know what else you have to say." Yunwei looked at him with a smile, neither servile nor overbearing.
It was another bitter winter; the north wind howled, and the bare branches on both sides of the street trembled violently under the freezing gusts. Piles of fallen leaves gathered at the base of the trees were swept up by the cold wind, only to drift heavily back down to the ground.
Ever since listening to Chen Yuanyuan's words, Dong Dabao's face had turned pale, and he had not uttered a single word. Now, seeing Chen Yuanyuan address him, he blankly raised his head to stare at her for a long while before finally finding his voice.
I was so angry my nose was nearly crooked, but I wasn't a fool—this was just an excuse he had conjured up on the spot. I racked my brains in bafflement: why wasn't he lustful toward me? Though I had no wish to be the object of anyone's lust, there was something rather peculiar about this.
"Why don't we steal a car and head over to City C to see what's going on?" Feng Tianjing's hands were itching, and she could no longer sit still.