Above the Galaxy
Chapter 379 - 244: Fighting with Life on the Line!

Chapter 379: Chapter 244: Fighting with Life on the Line!

Zhong Tianyi had left.

Zhong Daolong picked up the whiskey decanter and poured himself a large glass, tilted his head back, and drained the contents in one gulp.

Chen Fenglei hastily brought over a plate of thin sun-dried venison ham, cautioning him, "Drink slower, drinking too quickly is bad for your health."

Zhong Daolong grabbed two slices of the ham and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing loudly as golden grease oozed from the corners of his mouth, he said, "What father wouldn’t want to get thoroughly drunk in a situation like this?"

"Poor are the hearts of all parents in the world," Chen Fenglei looked equally worried, after all, the master’s problems were his problems too, he said, "The King needs to be more open-minded, children have disputes all the time, they resolve them and that’s the end of it... Didn’t the Second Prince just say so? Who could seriously hold it in their hearts?"

Zhong Daolong looked at Chen Fenglei with a knowing ey, asking, "Do you believe that?"

"This... Surely the Second Prince wouldn’t dare deceive the King."

"Not dare to deceive?" Zhong Daolong scoffed again and again and cursed, "Even you, this old dog, dare to deceive me, what wouldn’t he dare do?"

Chen Fenglei gave a foolish giggle and stooping down, topped up Zhong Daolong’s glass with whiskey.

"Zhong Tianyi doesn’t even believe his own words. He knows I won’t believe him, yet he still said them," Zhong Daolong looked at Chen Fenglei and said, "You don’t believe it either, but you don’t dare say you don’t."

"The King forgives."

"I don’t blame you, you have your own difficulties," Zhong Daolong waved his hand and said, "Who wants to be the one who offends? Especially if the offended is a Prince..."

Chen Fenglei bowed respectfully and praised, "The King is wise."

"It seems the second child is set on challenging the eldest." Zhong Daolong said with a sinister look in his eyes, "Keep a close watch, I’d like to see who wants to place their bets on him. A bunch of fools, do they really think I can no longer chop off heads?"

"Yes," Chen Fenglei answered solemnly.

"And that Tang Fei, the second one said he’s the one who started the trouble... You have dealt with him several times, what kind of person do you think he is?"

"A..." Chen Fenglei hesitated slightly, then said, "A cunning villain."

Zhong Daolong shook his head, saying, "You’re not seeing him clearly."

"Yes, yes, I’m a servant, how would I know how to judge people."

"No, you only saw Tang Fei, while I see the people around him," Zhong Daolong said, "Think about it, if he is just a cunning villain, would Xiu Xue hold him in such high esteem?"

...

Chen Fenglei dared not answer again.

Thinking, what if your daughter is blindly in love?

Everyone knows they are together...

"My daughter, I still know her well. If it were just for the gratitude of saving her life, the things she has done for Tang Fei before would have repaid that debt."

"To still maintain a good relationship with him and even invite him to her Phoenix Pavilion... that proves this young man indeed possesses something she values."

"And Sheng Jing, that old stubborn, sometimes he doesn’t even give me face, having been my Minister of Finance for so many years, when has he ever invited me to his home for a meal? Yet, this young man has been to his house... and not just once or twice..."

"If he were truly a cunning villain, would Sheng Jing let him through his door? He’d be beaten out with sticks..."

"Yes, yes, the King is wise, I’m too superficial, judging only by appearances."

"You..." Zhong Daolong looked at Chen Fenglei, reminding him, "the more crafty you are, the shallower your insight becomes."

"I acknowledge my fault," Chen Fenglei bowed in apology.

Eating from their hand softens the mouth, and taking from their hand shortens the reach.

He owed Tang Fei a favor, so he had to repay that favor.

This also made him seem rather reserved in his handling of matters involving Tang Fei, whether in speech or action.

Zhong Daolong saw through this, so that’s why he cautioned him.

It seems I need to be more careful in the future, the matter with Tang Fei is trivial, losing the master’s trust is the real issue.

"Ling Yunxiao still hasn’t been found?"

"Not yet," Chen Fenglei said with genuine fear, "We’ve spread all our resources, used every method, but Ling Yunxiao seems to have evaporated from the earth. We have to suspect, is he already dead..."

"Death would be a good thing," Zhong Daolong gently swirled the whiskey glass in his hand and asked, "But what if he’s still alive? What if he’s fallen into someone else’s hands? Then he becomes a hidden danger."

"We will continue searching, alive we must see him, dead we must see his body."

Zhong Daolong waved his hand, saying, "Go."

"Yes."

Chen Fenglei hobbled away, and as he turned to help close the door, he saw Zhong Daolong slump on the sofa, his face shadowed with profound weariness.

From ancient times, emperors have always been lonely!

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Small Dragon Press.

This is a hot pot restaurant.

Tang Fei and Little Fatty invited Teacher Ran Ran for a meal, which was arranged over the phone during the New Year’s greetings. Tang Fei asked Teacher Ran Ran what she liked, and she said she liked hot pot.

So, they decided to have their meal here.

It had been a while since they last met, Teacher Ran Ran’s complexion was rosy, her spirits high, and her figure fuller and more voluptuous, increasingly elegant and alluring.