Chapter 71.2
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At 7:30 in the evening, Qiao Zhiya appeared in the players’ room on time and started to stay still.
The Emperor hasn’t woken up yet, so Chu Rong’s main account cannot go online. Today, he should use his side account to watch him. That account has no special privileges, so it couldn’t enter this room before the game started, and he also couldn’t add him as a friend to his main account. If there were still as many viewers today as last time, then he would definitely not be able to find him in the crowd.
That last time, when he could hug him… was already a faraway history, fleeting like a dream…
His mood was uncontrollably depressed again. He quickly came back to his senses, patted his face to cheer himself up, and recalled today’s strategy. He should have started to learn about intermediate parts-making soon – his blueprint was about to take shape, and he had roughly screened out the production for this time. He was currently working hard to become familiar with the intermediate parts used in mechas.
Mrs. Chu’s notes were of great help in this process. This time he studied out of the outline, and the process was very jumpy and messy. It was not easy to bother Master Shang and Master Ren all the time, and self-study would be too inefficient. With such a concise note, He took a lot of shortcuts.
When he was recalling this, time seemed to fly very fast. Before he could figure out an intermediate part, the countdown card for the start of the game appeared above.
He raised his head and looked over there, and was surprised to find that there was a line of text followed by “?:?”. The words “promotion” and “elimination” were marked above the question marks. Then, the question marks changed into a number. So far, the number of the “elimination” is smaller, and vice versa. The two sides were constantly changing, and the gap was getting wider and wider.
‘What’s this?’
Having never been exposed to gambling, he was very confused about this and silently guessed, ‘Could these be the audience’s support for me? There are more people who support my promotion, but there are a couple of people who support my elimination?’
Thinking of this, his ears twitched as he recalled the audience who cheered and supported him last time. He thought he had found the correct answer. He felt warm in his heart and quickly cheered up. He decided to take the competition more seriously this time and not to waste everyone’s encouragement and expectations for him.
Outside the player’s court, Chu Yan looked at the crazy odds behind the Qiao Zhiya room number and sighed, “Sure enough, everyone thinks that Qiao will be eliminated. Look at the odds. It’s really unreasonable. Not many believed that he could be promoted.” 1clarity: say that the current odds payment is promotion : elimination 2.6 : 1.4. QZY thought that there’s 2.6x more people that support his promotion compared to people who support his elimination. But in truth, more people thought that he’ll be eliminated; and if he’s promoted instead, people who bet for this happening will get their bet 2.6x
Yuan Xiu looked at him speechlessly and said, “Stop thinking much about it, buy it quickly. This will be closed when the game starts.”
“I’ll buy it now, why are you in a hurry?” Chu Yan rubbed his hands without hesitation. He brought all the money in his account to advance, so the odds gap instantly narrowed, and then began to slowly widen again.
Yuan Xiu’s eyes widened and he turned to look at him, “How much did you buy? You can actually bring the odds so much closer. Where did you get so much money?”
“Well… you know, it’s not convenient for my Erge to show up for the time being, so he expressed his support for Qiao through me with this slight amount.” Chu Yan rubbed his hands and made a gesture of counting money, smiling like the fox who successfully stole the chicken.
Yuan Xiu: “…”
‘…this is a “slight” amount???’
To be able to bring the odds so much closer, he must have bought a lot of money in order to support his Qiao Zhiya. Unexpectedly, Chu Rong looked serious and not easy to mess with, but he could be so irrational when it came to his fiancé.
While he was speechless, he saw that the odds that had been extended had shrunk a lot again. It was obvious that someone had bought a large amount of money to advance.
“Damn it, where did this lunatic come from again?” Yuan Xiu was shocked again, and at this moment he suddenly felt so poor.
Chu Yan narrowed his eyes and thought thoughtfully, “There is actually someone with a sharp eye for pearls. Who could it be? The Xiang and Wei families definitely won’t be confident in Qiao Zhiya, and the Ning family definitely didn’t participate. There are so many families watching the fun… could it be? President? Then this is going to become a scandal. The President personally participates in gambling…”
“Stop, let’s not worry about whether or not the President is bored enough to watch the fun here. Let’s just talk about the fact that your Erge is also participating in gambling personally. Wouldn’t this be a huge scandal if this went out?” Yuan Xiu couldn’t help but roll his eyes at him.
Although the military department did not explicitly prohibit it, the officers tacitly suggested that it was best not to participate in activities such as gambling. Chu Yan really had no position to criticize others on this matter.
“Hey, this is a special situation! What’s wrong with supporting his fiance’s career financially? Besides, my Erge did not place the bet personally, and this is obviously a legal entertainment activity of Star Network. It is not a problem.” Chu Yan waved his hand, clearly not caring about the legalities of this at all. Seeing that the game was about to start, he urged, “Let’s go, it’s time to teleport.”
On the other side of the mecha manufacturing square, Qiu Guangji muttered to his friend that he bought this bet, saying that Qiao Zhiya would definitely win. He tried to sway his friend. However, his friend didn’t believe it. He thought that it was too courageous to invest such a large sum of money in a first-year mecha maker without hesitation.
However, there are still many brave people like this. Master Ren, Master Shang, Luo Li, Yun Xiachu, Sang Bu, Jian , and even Princess An Leen and Xiang Kun all invested money to bet on Qiao Zhiya’s promotion.
Some of them do it to support and encourage, some because they trust Qiao Zhiya, and some to buy peace of mind. Others, such as Xiang Kun and Princess An Leenn, don’t know why they bet on this. The odds were obviously so against in their favor.
The countdown ended, the game began, the betting was closed on time. The wildly changing odds information stopped instantly, the audience was teleported into the player’s room, and at the same time, the content of the game appeared on the contestant’s console.
The overwhelming cheers suddenly appeared just like last time, and the originally empty auditorium was filled in an instant.
Qiao Zhiya, who was mentally prepared, was not frightened again this time. He turned his head to look at the audience, took the initiative to stand up and greeted them and thanked them. His eyes swept across the front row, and sure enough, he couldn’t find Chu Rong’s side account’s avatar. After pursing his lips and bowing to the audience, he sat back in front of his crafting table, muted the audience’s voice, and started today’s game.
Outside, the same conversation occurred in countless corners:
“Is Chu Rong online to watch the game?”
“No way.”
The melon-eaters thought that Chu Rong was still in the empire, so they didn’t speculate too much about him not being online.
Those members of the Four Great Families who knew the inside information were certain that Chu Rong was indeed missing. With the level of concern he had shown for Qiao Zhiya before, it would have been impossible for him not to watch the game online if something had not happened.
After receiving the news, Xiang Hui immediately found his father Xiang Lingyun2I checked the previous chapters and my notes, and sure enough, Xiang Hui’s father’s name should be Xiang Lingyun. But in this chapter, his name is Xiang Lingzhi. Maybe the author forgot? Uh… I’ll use the original one instead, and try my best to refer him without his name lol and said, “Chu Rong is missing, and he is still with the Emperor. This matter can lead to a huge conflict. The Chu family is obviously at a disadvantage, should we use this occasion to strike?”
“No.”
Xiang Lingyun directly rejected his proposal and said, “The reaction of the Chu family is wrong, and the situation in the Empire is unclear. Remember, muddy water cannot flow. In the future, don’t pay attention to these anymore. It’s important to develop yourself well. It’s not worth the loss for us to deviate from the center and entangle with the Chu family.”
Xiang Hui was unwilling to give in. The Chu family had dared to be so unbridled all these years because of Chu Rong’s strength and the military power he held. Now that something happened to Chu Rong in the Empire, it was like a golden opportunity to bring down the Chu family. It would be a pity to waste it away.
“Father, the Chu family is the best at making up these falsehoods. The calmer Chu Huai and Chu Yan act now and the more nonchalant they are, the higher the possibility that something has happened to Chu Rong. I still feel that this opportunity cannot be missed-”
“Xiao Hui!”
His father raised his voice to interrupt him. His energy was gone, he looked at his son seriously, and said solemnly, “You are over the top. As the heir of the current generation of the Xiang family, you can’t even be calm and consider the overall situation. If you do that, how can I continue to trust you!”
These words were too serious, and he also used spiritual power to intimidate him. Xiang Hui was shocked, clenched his fists, and lowered his head.
“Xiao Hui, you must understand that fighting must be moderate. This is only a struggle for power between the Xiang family and the Chu family. This is not a blood feud. Besides, the time is not right. Our struggle against each other must be carried out on the premise of not destabilizing the Federation, as we both have a bottom line we must not touch.”
Seeing Xiang Hui looking scared, Xiang Lingyun softened his tone. He patted his son’s shoulder, and said seriously, “The disappearance of Chu Rong this time involves too many parties. As a Federal citizen, we can fight amongst ourselves, but we must never do it in front of the Empire. Entertain this possibility: Chu Rong’s disappearance is just an illusion, and he and the Emperor are safe. Then once the Xiang family makes some small moves, after Chu Rong returns… wouldn’t we be in trouble?”
Xiang Hui was stunned when he heard this rhetoric. He subconsciously started to think along his train of thought.
If Chu Rong’s disappearance was false and he was still staying with the Emperor, then when they return, the Imperial princes who are currently fighting madly in the Empire would probably be in trouble. Anyone who tries to make a fuss now is likely to be killed by the Chu family. People who expressed his downfall would be pushed as a scapegoat and used to guide the public opinion in the Chu family’s favor.
Let alone the competition for the presidential election next year, those who intervene may not even be able to preserve the existing public support.
He was shocked when he thought of this, and realized that what his father said was indeed right.
Chu Rong’s status was too special, and he must be cautious when facing things related to him.
“Sorry, I lost my composure.” He lowered his head and sincerely admitted his mistake.
The Xiang family’s patriarch nodded happily and said, “It doesn’t matter. It’s normal for young people to make mistakes occasionally. Just correct them if you know they are wrong. In short, we can just watch Chu Rong’s incident this time. Whoever can’t help but have a wrong idea first, will be used as an example. Remember, don’t act rashly before the situation is clear.”
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At 7:30 in the evening, Qiao Zhiya appeared in the players’ room on time and started to stay still.
The Emperor hasn’t woken up yet, so Chu Rong’s main account cannot go online. Today, he should use his side account to watch him. That account has no special privileges, so it couldn’t enter this room before the game started, and he also couldn’t add him as a friend to his main account. If there were still as many viewers today as last time, then he would definitely not be able to find him in the crowd.
That last time, when he could hug him… was already a faraway history, fleeting like a dream…
His mood was uncontrollably depressed again. He quickly came back to his senses, patted his face to cheer himself up, and recalled today’s strategy. He should have started to learn about intermediate parts-making soon – his blueprint was about to take shape, and he had roughly screened out the production for this time. He was currently working hard to become familiar with the intermediate parts used in mechas.
Mrs. Chu’s notes were of great help in this process. This time he studied out of the outline, and the process was very jumpy and messy. It was not easy to bother Master Shang and Master Ren all the time, and self-study would be too inefficient. With such a concise note, He took a lot of shortcuts.
When he was recalling this, time seemed to fly very fast. Before he could figure out an intermediate part, the countdown card for the start of the game appeared above.
He raised his head and looked over there, and was surprised to find that there was a line of text followed by “?:?”. The words “promotion” and “elimination” were marked above the question marks. Then, the question marks changed into a number. So far, the number of the “elimination” is smaller, and vice versa. The two sides were constantly changing, and the gap was getting wider and wider.
‘What’s this?’
Having never been exposed to gambling, he was very confused about this and silently guessed, ‘Could these be the audience’s support for me? There are more people who support my promotion, but there are a couple of people who support my elimination?’
Thinking of this, his ears twitched as he recalled the audience who cheered and supported him last time. He thought he had found the correct answer. He felt warm in his heart and quickly cheered up. He decided to take the competition more seriously this time and not to waste everyone’s encouragement and expectations for him.
Outside the player’s court, Chu Yan looked at the crazy odds behind the Qiao Zhiya room number and sighed, “Sure enough, everyone thinks that Qiao will be eliminated. Look at the odds. It’s really unreasonable. Not many believed that he could be promoted.” 1clarity: say that the current odds payment is promotion : elimination 2.6 : 1.4. QZY thought that there’s 2.6x more people that support his promotion compared to people who support his elimination. But in truth, more people thought that he’ll be eliminated; and if he’s promoted instead, people who bet for this happening will get their bet 2.6x
Yuan Xiu looked at him speechlessly and said, “Stop thinking much about it, buy it quickly. This will be closed when the game starts.”
“I’ll buy it now, why are you in a hurry?” Chu Yan rubbed his hands without hesitation. He brought all the money in his account to advance, so the odds gap instantly narrowed, and then began to slowly widen again.
Yuan Xiu’s eyes widened and he turned to look at him, “How much did you buy? You can actually bring the odds so much closer. Where did you get so much money?”
“Well… you know, it’s not convenient for my Erge to show up for the time being, so he expressed his support for Qiao through me with this slight amount.” Chu Yan rubbed his hands and made a gesture of counting money, smiling like the fox who successfully stole the chicken.
Yuan Xiu: “…”
‘…this is a “slight” amount???’
To be able to bring the odds so much closer, he must have bought a lot of money in order to support his Qiao Zhiya. Unexpectedly, Chu Rong looked serious and not easy to mess with, but he could be so irrational when it came to his fiancé.
While he was speechless, he saw that the odds that had been extended had shrunk a lot again. It was obvious that someone had bought a large amount of money to advance.
“Damn it, where did this lunatic come from again?” Yuan Xiu was shocked again, and at this moment he suddenly felt so poor.
Chu Yan narrowed his eyes and thought thoughtfully, “There is actually someone with a sharp eye for pearls. Who could it be? The Xiang and Wei families definitely won’t be confident in Qiao Zhiya, and the Ning family definitely didn’t participate. There are so many families watching the fun… could it be? President? Then this is going to become a scandal. The President personally participates in gambling…”
“Stop, let’s not worry about whether or not the President is bored enough to watch the fun here. Let’s just talk about the fact that your Erge is also participating in gambling personally. Wouldn’t this be a huge scandal if this went out?” Yuan Xiu couldn’t help but roll his eyes at him.
Although the military department did not explicitly prohibit it, the officers tacitly suggested that it was best not to participate in activities such as gambling. Chu Yan really had no position to criticize others on this matter.
“Hey, this is a special situation! What’s wrong with supporting his fiance’s career financially? Besides, my Erge did not place the bet personally, and this is obviously a legal entertainment activity of Star Network. It is not a problem.” Chu Yan waved his hand, clearly not caring about the legalities of this at all. Seeing that the game was about to start, he urged, “Let’s go, it’s time to teleport.”
On the other side of the mecha manufacturing square, Qiu Guangji muttered to his friend that he bought this bet, saying that Qiao Zhiya would definitely win. He tried to sway his friend. However, his friend didn’t believe it. He thought that it was too courageous to invest such a large sum of money in a first-year mecha maker without hesitation.
However, there are still many brave people like this. Master Ren, Master Shang, Luo Li, Yun Xiachu, Sang Bu, Jian , and even Princess An Leen and Xiang Kun all invested money to bet on Qiao Zhiya’s promotion.
Some of them do it to support and encourage, some because they trust Qiao Zhiya, and some to buy peace of mind. Others, such as Xiang Kun and Princess An Leenn, don’t know why they bet on this. The odds were obviously so against in their favor.
The countdown ended, the game began, the betting was closed on time. The wildly changing odds information stopped instantly, the audience was teleported into the player’s room, and at the same time, the content of the game appeared on the contestant’s console.
The overwhelming cheers suddenly appeared just like last time, and the originally empty auditorium was filled in an instant.
Qiao Zhiya, who was mentally prepared, was not frightened again this time. He turned his head to look at the audience, took the initiative to stand up and greeted them and thanked them. His eyes swept across the front row, and sure enough, he couldn’t find Chu Rong’s side account’s avatar. After pursing his lips and bowing to the audience, he sat back in front of his crafting table, muted the audience’s voice, and started today’s game.
Outside, the same conversation occurred in countless corners:
“Is Chu Rong online to watch the game?”
“No way.”
The melon-eaters thought that Chu Rong was still in the empire, so they didn’t speculate too much about him not being online.
Those members of the Four Great Families who knew the inside information were certain that Chu Rong was indeed missing. With the level of concern he had shown for Qiao Zhiya before, it would have been impossible for him not to watch the game online if something had not happened.
After receiving the news, Xiang Hui immediately found his father Xiang Lingyun2I checked the previous chapters and my notes, and sure enough, Xiang Hui’s father’s name should be Xiang Lingyun. But in this chapter, his name is Xiang Lingzhi. Maybe the author forgot? Uh… I’ll use the original one instead, and try my best to refer him without his name lol and said, “Chu Rong is missing, and he is still with the Emperor. This matter can lead to a huge conflict. The Chu family is obviously at a disadvantage, should we use this occasion to strike?”
“No.”
Xiang Lingyun directly rejected his proposal and said, “The reaction of the Chu family is wrong, and the situation in the Empire is unclear. Remember, muddy water cannot flow. In the future, don’t pay attention to these anymore. It’s important to develop yourself well. It’s not worth the loss for us to deviate from the center and entangle with the Chu family.”
Xiang Hui was unwilling to give in. The Chu family had dared to be so unbridled all these years because of Chu Rong’s strength and the military power he held. Now that something happened to Chu Rong in the Empire, it was like a golden opportunity to bring down the Chu family. It would be a pity to waste it away.
“Father, the Chu family is the best at making up these falsehoods. The calmer Chu Huai and Chu Yan act now and the more nonchalant they are, the higher the possibility that something has happened to Chu Rong. I still feel that this opportunity cannot be missed-”
“Xiao Hui!”
His father raised his voice to interrupt him. His energy was gone, he looked at his son seriously, and said solemnly, “You are over the top. As the heir of the current generation of the Xiang family, you can’t even be calm and consider the overall situation. If you do that, how can I continue to trust you!”
These words were too serious, and he also used spiritual power to intimidate him. Xiang Hui was shocked, clenched his fists, and lowered his head.
“Xiao Hui, you must understand that fighting must be moderate. This is only a struggle for power between the Xiang family and the Chu family. This is not a blood feud. Besides, the time is not right. Our struggle against each other must be carried out on the premise of not destabilizing the Federation, as we both have a bottom line we must not touch.”
Seeing Xiang Hui looking scared, Xiang Lingyun softened his tone. He patted his son’s shoulder, and said seriously, “The disappearance of Chu Rong this time involves too many parties. As a Federal citizen, we can fight amongst ourselves, but we must never do it in front of the Empire. Entertain this possibility: Chu Rong’s disappearance is just an illusion, and he and the Emperor are safe. Then once the Xiang family makes some small moves, after Chu Rong returns… wouldn’t we be in trouble?”
Xiang Hui was stunned when he heard this rhetoric. He subconsciously started to think along his train of thought.
If Chu Rong’s disappearance was false and he was still staying with the Emperor, then when they return, the Imperial princes who are currently fighting madly in the Empire would probably be in trouble. Anyone who tries to make a fuss now is likely to be killed by the Chu family. People who expressed his downfall would be pushed as a scapegoat and used to guide the public opinion in the Chu family’s favor.
Let alone the competition for the presidential election next year, those who intervene may not even be able to preserve the existing public support.
He was shocked when he thought of this, and realized that what his father said was indeed right.
Chu Rong’s status was too special, and he must be cautious when facing things related to him.
“Sorry, I lost my composure.” He lowered his head and sincerely admitted his mistake.
The Xiang family’s patriarch nodded happily and said, “It doesn’t matter. It’s normal for young people to make mistakes occasionally. Just correct them if you know they are wrong. In short, we can just watch Chu Rong’s incident this time. Whoever can’t help but have a wrong idea first, will be used as an example. Remember, don’t act rashly before the situation is clear.”
If you can, please support me by donating on my ko-fi~ For every 2 ko-fis, I’ll release an additional chapter ^^
At 7:30 in the evening, Qiao Zhiya appeared in the players' room on time and started to stay still.The Emperor hasn't woken up yet, so Chu Rong's main account cannot go online. Today, he should use his side account to watch him. That account has no special privileges, so it couldn't enter this room before the game started, and he also couldn't add him as a friend to his main account. If there were still as many viewers today as last time, then he would definitely not be able to find him in the crowd.That last time, when he could hug him was already a faraway history, fleeting like a dreamHis mood was uncontrollably depressed again. He quickly came back to his senses, patted his face to cheer himself up, and recalled today's strategy. He should have started to learn about intermediate parts-making soon his blueprint was about to take shape, and he had roughly screened out the production for this time. He was currently working hard to become familiar with the intermediate parts used in mechas.Mrs. Chu's notes were of great help in this process. This time he studied out of the outline, and the process was very jumpy and messy. It was not easy to bother Master Shang and Master Ren all the time, and self-study would be too inefficient. With such a concise note, He took a lot of shortcuts.When he was recalling this, time seemed to fly very fast. Before he could figure out an intermediate part, the countdown card for the start of the game appeared above.He raised his head and looked over there, and was surprised to find that there was a line of text followed by ?:?. The words promotion and elimination were marked above the question marks. Then, the question marks changed into a number. So far, the number of the elimination is smaller, and vice versa. The two sides were constantly changing, and the gap was getting wider and wider.What's this?'Having never been exposed to gambling, he was very confused about this and silently guessed, Could these be the audience's support for me? There are more people who support my promotion, but there are a couple of people who support my elimination?'Thinking of this, his ears twitched as he recalled the audience who cheered and supported him last time. He thought he had found the correct answer. He felt warm in his heart and quickly cheered up. He decided to take the competition more seriously this time and not to waste everyone's encouragement and expectations for him.Outside the player's court, Chu Yan looked at the crazy odds behind the Qiao Zhiya room number and sighed, Sure enough, everyone thinks that Qiao will be eliminated. Look at the odds. It's really unreasonable. Not many believed that he could be promoted. 1clarity: say that the current odds payment is promotion : elimination 2.6 : 1.4. QZY thought that there's 2.6x more people that support his promotion compared to people who support his elimination. But in truth, more people thought that he'll be eliminated; and if he's promoted instead, people who bet for this happening will get their bet 2.6xYuan Xiu looked at him speechlessly and said, Stop thinking much about it, buy it quickly. This will be closed when the game starts.I'll buy it now, why are you in a hurry? Chu Yan rubbed his hands without hesitation. He brought all the money in his account to advance, so the odds gap instantly narrowed, and then began to slowly widen again.Yuan Xiu's eyes widened and he turned to look at him, How much did you buy? You can actually bring the odds so much closer. Where did you get so much money?Well you know, it's not convenient for my Erge to show up for the time being, so he expressed his support for Qiao through me with this slight amount. Chu Yan rubbed his hands and made a gesture of counting money, smiling like the fox who successfully stole the chicken.Yuan Xiu: this is a slight amount???'To be able to bring the odds so much closer, he must have bought a lot of money in order to support his Qiao Zhiya. Unexpectedly, Chu Rong looked serious and not easy to mess with, but he could be so irrational when it came to his fianc.While he was speechless, he saw that the odds that had been extended had shrunk a lot again. It was obvious that someone had bought a large amount of money to advance.Damn it, where did this lunatic come from again? Yuan Xiu was shocked again, and at this moment he suddenly felt so poor.Chu Yan narrowed his eyes and thought thoughtfully, There is actually someone with a sharp eye for pearls. Who could it be? The Xiang and Wei families definitely won't be confident in Qiao Zhiya, and the Ning family definitely didn't participate. There are so many families watching the fun could it be? President? Then this is going to become a scandal. The President personally participates in gamblingStop, let's not worry about whether or not the President is bored enough to watch the fun here. Let's just talk about the fact that your Erge is also participating in gambling personally. Wouldn't this be a huge scandal if this went out? Yuan Xiu couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.Although the military department did not explicitly prohibit it, the officers tacitly suggested that it was best not to participate in activities such as gambling. Chu Yan really had no position to criticize others on this matter.Hey, this is a special situation! What's wrong with supporting his fiance's career financially? Besides, my Erge did not place the bet personally, and this is obviously a legal entertainment activity of Star Network. It is not a problem. Chu Yan waved his hand, clearly not caring about the legalities of this at all. Seeing that the game was about to start, he urged, Let's go, it's time to teleport.On the other side of the mecha manufacturing square, Qiu Guangji muttered to his friend that he bought this bet, saying that Qiao Zhiya would definitely win. He tried to sway his friend. However, his friend didn't believe it. He thought that it was too courageous to invest such a large sum of money in a first-year mecha maker without hesitation.However, there are still many brave people like this. Master Ren, Master Shang, Luo Li, Yun Xiachu, Sang Bu, Jian , and even Princess An Leen and Xiang Kun all invested money to bet on Qiao Zhiya's promotion.Some of them do it to support and encourage, some because they trust Qiao Zhiya, and some to buy peace of mind. Others, such as Xiang Kun and Princess An Leenn, don't know why they bet on this. The odds were obviously so against in their favor.The countdown ended, the game began, the betting was closed on time. The wildly changing odds information stopped instantly, the audience was teleported into the player's room, and at the same time, the content of the game appeared on the contestant's console.The overwhelming cheers suddenly appeared just like last time, and the originally empty auditorium was filled in an instant.Qiao Zhiya, who was mentally prepared, was not frightened again this time. He turned his head to look at the audience, took the initiative to stand up and greeted them and thanked them. His eyes swept across the front row, and sure enough, he couldn't find Chu Rong's side account's avatar. After pursing his lips and bowing to the audience, he sat back in front of his crafting table, muted the audience's voice, and started today's game.Outside, the same conversation occurred in countless corners:Is Chu Rong online to watch the game?No way.The melon-eaters thought that Chu Rong was still in the empire, so they didn't speculate too much about him not being online.Those members of the Four Great Families who knew the inside information were certain that Chu Rong was indeed missing. With the level of concern he had shown for Qiao Zhiya before, it would have been impossible for him not to watch the game online if something had not happened.After receiving the news, Xiang Hui immediately found his father Xiang Lingyun2I checked the previous chapters and my notes, and sure enough, Xiang Hui's father's name should be Xiang Lingyun. But in this chapter, his name is Xiang Lingzhi. Maybe the author forgot? Uh I'll use the original one instead, and try my best to refer him without his name lol and said, Chu Rong is missing, and he is still with the Emperor. This matter can lead to a huge conflict. The Chu family is obviously at a disadvantage, should we use this occasion to strike?No.Xiang Lingyun directly rejected his proposal and said, The reaction of the Chu family is wrong, and the situation in the Empire is unclear. Remember, muddy water cannot flow. In the future, don't pay attention to these anymore. It's important to develop yourself well. It's not worth the loss for us to deviate from the center and entangle with the Chu family.Xiang Hui was unwilling to give in. The Chu family had dared to be so unbridled all these years because of Chu Rong's strength and the military power he held. Now that something happened to Chu Rong in the Empire, it was like a golden opportunity to bring down the Chu family. It would be a pity to waste it away.Father, the Chu family is the best at making up these falsehoods. The calmer Chu Huai and Chu Yan act now and the more nonchalant they are, the higher the possibility that something has happened to Chu Rong. I still feel that this opportunity cannot be missed-Xiao Hui!His father raised his voice to interrupt him. His energy was gone, he looked at his son seriously, and said solemnly, You are over the top. As the heir of the current generation of the Xiang family, you can't even be calm and consider the overall situation. If you do that, how can I continue to trust you!These words were too serious, and he also used spiritual power to intimidate him. Xiang Hui was shocked, clenched his fists, and lowered his head.Xiao Hui, you must understand that fighting must be moderate. This is only a struggle for power between the Xiang family and the Chu family. This is not a blood feud. Besides, the time is not right. Our struggle against each other must be carried out on the premise of not destabilizing the Federation, as we both have a bottom line we must not touch.Seeing Xiang Hui looking scared, Xiang Lingyun softened his tone. He patted his son's shoulder, and said seriously, The disappearance of Chu Rong this time involves too many parties. As a Federal citizen, we can fight amongst ourselves, but we must never do it in front of the Empire. Entertain this possibility: Chu Rong's disappearance is just an illusion, and he and the Emperor are safe. Then once the Xiang family makes some small moves, after Chu Rong returns wouldn't we be in trouble?Xiang Hui was stunned when he heard this rhetoric. He subconsciously started to think along his train of thought.If Chu Rong's disappearance was false and he was still staying with the Emperor, then when they return, the Imperial princes who are currently fighting madly in the Empire would probably be in trouble. Anyone who tries to make a fuss now is likely to be killed by the Chu family. People who expressed his downfall would be pushed as a scapegoat and used to guide the public opinion in the Chu family's favor.Let alone the competition for the presidential election next year, those who intervene may not even be able to preserve the existing public support.He was shocked when he thought of this, and realized that what his father said was indeed right.Chu Rong's status was too special, and he must be cautious when facing things related to him.Sorry, I lost my composure. He lowered his head and sincerely admitted his mistake.The Xiang family's patriarch nodded happily and said, It doesn't matter. It's normal for young people to make mistakes occasionally. Just correct them if you know they are wrong. In short, we can just watch Chu Rong's incident this time. Whoever can't help but have a wrong idea first, will be used as an example. Remember, don't act rashly before the situation is clear.If you can, please support me by donating on my ko-fi~ For every 2 ko-fis, I'll release an additional chapter ^^
