Chapter 129: Sister-in-law Gu Makes Trouble

After Mother Gu left, the baby grew sleepy. Li Qingyun fed him and tucked him into the warm kang.

She began organizing the kang cabinet, pulling out two old cotton quilts. One was a thick quilt prepared by Mother Gu when she married Gu Tingzhou, which the original owner had used during the winter. The other was a thinner one, also from the original owner’s dowry; it had been used by Gu Tingzhou before they married, serving as a mattress in winter and a light coverlet in spring and autumn. Before Li Qingyun arrived, these were the only two quilts in the house, and the original owner had made do with them for several years.

Barkley’s expression shifted abruptly upon seeing Yuan Su’s pass, and he began to watch Yuan Su on the court with heightened focus.

Once they realized Lin Ling had food, everyone knelt before her, begging for a share. No matter how she called out to them, they refused to budge until they were fed.

"But the NBA strictly prohibits participating in any other competitions during the regular season," Yuan Su said, feeling confused.

Then, just before the thin ice on the sea could freeze over here half a month ago, they carried out the necessary camouflage by splashing water.

Just as Jamison mentioned Scarlett’s "married status," Yuan Su suddenly recalled something that made his heart race with excitement.

Although the old matriarch was indeed angry, Wang Xiushan was right about one thing: the young ladies of the manor had all returned unscathed, so even if something had happened, it could not have been anything major.

As for that heart-wrenching thought, Wang Jin did not even consider it, for it was painfully obvious.

"Abdicate to the Crown Prince?" Qin Changning’s eyes lowered. If that were the case, it explained why Sima Xuan had been driven to launch a coup in their previous life.

Appearance was one of Wang Xiuying’s advantages, yet over the past six months, it seemed only to have an effect when the old matriarch thought of Consort Min; at other times, she did not value it highly.

In Yuan Ying’s mind, if Liu Zong only needed 150 years to reach Level 4, he would live for over five thousand years. If she could not keep pace and lived only a millennium, how could she stop him from remarrying?

Fortunately, Wu Chuanfang’s residence was in a secluded spot, and there were no cultivators boating on the lake nearby. Even so, both Blue Bird and Spirit Bird received a slap, their cheeks flushing crimson as they glared at Yinqin with a mix of coquetry and indignation, too embarrassed to speak.

The burly man seemed to have no intention of stopping this behavior; instead, he watched the two approaching figures with a look of mockery.

Whispering to each other, they walked down the red carpet under the gaze of the crowd. Looking at the old man before them, Lu Yuchen smiled and handed over the gift box he was holding.

Qin Hu and Qin An hunched their shoulders against the wind, running out of the camp and trudging through the heavy snow.

Of course, the person knocking only intended to offer a polite reminder to those inside, but for Yang Ran, those three knocks pulled him back to reality.

The tree demon remained motionless, indifferent to the poisonous gas. It continued to hurl its spears, though they did not inflict heavy casualties on the Lich Masters in the distance. Since the battle began, only two or three hundred had died—less than a tenth of the nearly four or five thousand total.

Ye Zui frowned. Ye Ji’s movements suggested he was discussing a breakout time with Ye Feng, but when exactly would that be?

Jia Lian was truly a man of base character. When Wang Xifeng had eagerly sought his affection, he had put on airs and treated her kindness with disdain—yet now that she had grown weary and indifferent, he was the one fawning over her like a model of filial devotion.

Yuanyang hurriedly called Xiuju over, instructing her to keep a close watch on the girls and forbidding them from causing trouble in the snow—if they really wanted to play, they would have to wait until they returned to the Rongguo Mansion.

A flash of ruthlessness crossed the eyes of the Nine Nether Patriarch. He pulled several top-tier underworld artifacts from his storage ring, flung them toward the Yellow Springs Heavenly River, and roared, "Explode!"