Today's fourth update: Chapter 3624! 4/4!
Zhu Ganglie naturally harbored not the slightest resentment toward his two old friends, Bu Wan and Xu Caiyi.
Even if Zhu Wushi and the other ten subordinates had been captured alive, and dozens of other elites slain, even if the entire first landing party—including Zhu Wushi—had been wiped out by the two women, at most he would have beaten his chest in regret that his subordinates had been blind enough to offend such distinguished people. He would never blame Bu Wan or Xu Caiyi in the slightest, much less react so inappropriately as to "clap and praise Little Sister Bu Wan for being formidable and his grandniece for being outstanding."
If Zhu Wushi knew, he would likely weep in grief and indignation: Marshal! Are our lives truly so cheap as grass in your eyes?
The answer was cruel and certain.
Though the bond between Zhu Ganglie, Bu Wan, and Xu Caiyi had begun with his close friend Xu Kun, who had supposedly "fallen," over the passing years it had long since developed into a complex yet genuine emotional connection unique to them.
As for Bu Wan, Zhu Ganglie made no attempt to conceal his feelings, which perfectly embodied his nature: "All pigs appreciate beauty."
Back when Bu Wan had first entered the world, one fleeting glimpse of her cool, peerlessly beautiful face and her valiant, aloof bearing had struck this remnant of the old era straight in the heart like a razor-sharp arrow. From then on, she had become his Soul's Longing, leaving him tossing and turning at night.
Afterward, he launched a fervent pursuit that others found rather like "a toad lusting after swan meat." His honest yet clumsy attempts to please her, and his brute-strength-masked, cautious approaches, came one after another