Another two months passed. On an ordinary afternoon, Aoko Aozaki received an urgent report from Deep Thought, who was on duty monitoring the drone footage.
The Seven-Tails jinchūriki—the lively girl who wanted to make a hundred friends, Pheobe—had still been captured by Akatsuki.
Aoko held no ill will toward the girl. When she had previously taken part of the Six-Tails' chakra, she had also replenished Pheobe's vitality.
She had originally planned to wait until everything was over. Completely opposite directions—you could rack your brains and still not necessarily understand.
Qin Yue had long since thrown down his chopsticks in frustration and stared fixedly at the wall. Either say nothing at all, or don't reveal thirty percent and hide seventy percent, stirring up people's curiosity without offering an explanation. What kind of nonsense was that?
Because Chen Langyao was only seven, he was allowed to make a cold dish—smashed cucumbers. The other children had to make a hot dish.
Feng Manlou stood by the window, his eyes moist, unable to see the world outside. His heart hurt as if it were being torn apart. Only after she left did he realize just how unbearable the pain in his heart was. He truly liked her and willingly wanted to protect her, so why did she have to leave?
"I know Su Yun. She'll definitely understand. Even if she truly doesn't, I'll still make my own choice," Xiao Ziyang said, while silently telling himself that he had to treat Lin Yundan well.
"What's so interesting to look at?" The princess had grown up without ever having intimate contact with her imperial-bestowed fiancé. Seeing Water Pheobe being held and kissed by her own husband now immediately filled her with indignation.
The untrained soldiers in the camp all gathered around the wild boar, delighted by