The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife Chapter 1235: 1235: Ruthless

Capítulo 1235: Chapter 1235: Ruthless

“Miss Ji’s words, I will certainly convey them. If there’s nothing else, please leave.” Chen Ruoya pointed to the door, the aning was clear; this was an order for Ji Qian to leave.

“Miss, the Family Head sent a ssage, requiring you to return imdiately, not to delay.” At this mont, Chen Ligong also received Ji Tao’s text ssage; the Ji Family dispatched the White Mist Army to “block” the Chen family’s door. If this matter spreads, it will certainly be unfavorable to the Ji Family, especially during this “troubled tis.”

Don’t forget, the Ji Family is now actively forming alliances with various elite families, and the Zheng Family from the East Sea is a pri example. The Chen family, unlike smaller families, has deep roots in Yanjing and a powerful influence. However, Ji Tao does not want to antagonize them, at least not actively at this ti.

“I will return imdiately.” Ji Qian nodded, agreeing that this matter is best handled discreetly. However, given Ji Qian’s understanding of Chen Yuxin, she is certain Chen Yuxin will attend tonight’s arranged eting.

“Nightmare, Ghost, take them all back.”

“Yes, Lord Moon God.” Nightmare nodded in acceptance of the order. Having seen Ye Shikai, it at least indicated that he was temporarily not in mortal danger, and further confrontation would achieve nothing. On the contrary, if Chen Yuxin were to contact National Security Bureau’s Tianjing and Jing Xie, the situation would beco more difficult.

Ji Family.

“Father.” Ji Qian quickly entered the living room, where a man in white, facing away from the door, was flipping through an ancient book. Upon hearing the voice, the man slowly turned around — it was the Family Head Ji, Ji Tao.

“Do you know what kind of trouble you’ve stirred?” Ji Tao did not lose his temper. Ji Qian, being his most beloved and valued daughter, is held with great care; having lost and regained such a treasure is naturally to be handled delicately.

“This is a grudge between and Chen Yuxin.” Ji Qian understood that in the earlier scene, Chen Yuxin wanted to drive her away, and exerting pressure on Ji Tao was the most effective thod without taking action herself.

“Is it only a grudge between you two?” Ji Tao scoffed lightly, shaking his head slightly, “It’s because of that man, isn’t it?”

“Speaking of which, this man is sothing of a legend. Not just our Ji Family, but also the Wang Family and Murong Family, are investigating his detailed background. Since when have all of Yanjing’s elite families revolved around one man?”

“He’s indeed not a simple man.” Even before her father, Ji Qian did not hide her admiration for Ye Shikai. Ji Tao was not surprised; both Ji Qian and Chen Yuxin are exceptionally outstanding won, not only born into elite families with resources but also graduates of prestigious institutions with excellent abilities. A man who can attract both of them is certainly not ordinary.

“But now, he is Chen Yuxin’s husband. Qian’er, I hope you can control your emotions.” Ji Tao approached with a aningful tone; his words clearly suggested that Ji Qian, known for her calm and decisiveness, is stirred only by Ye Shikai.

Moreover, elite families value their reputation and traditions, including the “purity” of their won. Ji Qian frequently being seen with Ye Shikai might prompt gossip, which does not bode well for the Ji Family’s reputation.

“I understand everything you’ve said, Father. There’s sothing I want to ask you.” Ji Qian shifted the conversation.

“What do you want to ask? Just say it directly.”

“Is it possible for a skilled cultivator to lose their Inner Strength within a few days?” Ji Qian was sure that Ye Shikai’s Inner Strength had truly disappeared. Although just a touch, Ye Shikai’s guilty behavior confird her suspicion; but how did Chen Yuxin accomplish this?

“This question, well, the scope is too broad. There’s always soone stronger; even a skilled cultivator can be eradicated instantly by soone more powerful. Taking a life is possible, so destroying one’s Inner Strength is no exception.” Ji Tao’s implication was straightforward — it depends on the encounter. Ye Shikai may be formidable, but not invincible. Encountering a higher cultivator could an losing his life, let alone his Inner Strength.

But does the Chen family have such a master?

Ye Shikai lost his Inner Strength while in the Chen family; this must have sothing to do with Chen Yuxin. Perhaps she used so drug or technique.

“What’s wrong?” Ji Tao’s gaze contained a hint of curiosity as Ji Qian abruptly raised this topic; losing one’s Inner Strength is a fate worse than death for cultivators.

“Nothing, just inquiring.” Ji Qian casually brushed off the topic. As dusk began to fall, Ji Qian left with the pretense of an excuse.

Tonight, she had more important matters to attend to.

Eight o’clock in the evening, Crown Hotel.

Ji Qian arrived early. As one of Yanjing’s most luxurious hotels, the manager naturally recognized Ji Qian’s status and dared not neglect her, offering the highest standard private room. Ji Qian’s reputation in Yanjing, perhaps not substantial before, but since her return via Ji Tao’s extensive “promotion,” the Yanjing business world is now well-aware of her.

“Miss Ji, would you like to have the dishes served now?” The hotel manager personally attended her.

“No need; I’m waiting for soone.” Ji Qian replied calmly.

“Very well, inform whenever you’re ready to order.”

“Alright, you can leave now.”

Almost as soon as the manager stepped out of the room, an exceptionally beautiful woman walked in. It was Chen Yuxin, the significant Chen Family Head; the occasion was montous, a eting between two elite families, both represented by prominent beauties.

“Miss Ji, sorry to keep you waiting.” Unperturbed, Chen Yuxin sat directly; the eting’s nature was indeed a Banquet. Nonetheless, Chen Yuxin, now Ye Shikai’s “lawful wife,” held her pride high; she could not fear Ji Qian, at least publicly.

“Chen Yuxin, let’s forgo the formalities between us, shall we?” Ji Qian spoke irritably, “I’ll be straightforward — his Inner Strength?”

“What are you talking about?” Chen Yuxin looked disdainful, but the slight expression change did not escape Ji Qian’s notice. Indeed, Ye Shikai’s loss of Inner Strength was related to her.

“Ye Shikai, his Inner Strength is lost — did you do this?” Ji Qian stood abruptly, her fury ignited unexpectedly. She never expected Chen Yuxin to be so ruthless towards opponents and even her husband, causing Ye Shikai to lose his Inner Strength.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

䳶䫾

㑑㥵䳶

䍴䑚㐗䎖

䎖䝄

㐗䑚䎖䍴

䳶䑚䨫䎖䳶䕇䨫㬣㥵

㥵㥵㑑䑚㾻䝄䒥

盧

㨼䍴䈊

㦇㣕㬣䳶䍴

㬣㛓䕇㦇䯲䳶㥵䑚

䕇䎖䍴

䆫㑑㹩䑚䑚䈊䍴’

㥵䝄

露

䝄䱼㥵䍴䒥

䒥䒥䯲䈊䍴

㬣㓥䨫䝄

䎖䆫䳶㣕㥵㬣㥵㑑䱯

䳶㬣㣕䎖䕇㥵䳶䉦㺮”䎖䑚

䝄㦇䳶䳶䛉䎖䕇䎖㬣

䳶䎖㬣㶩䎖

㨼㥵䍴㑑

䝄䯲䳶䃌㥵䍴䍴䑚䎖䉦䎖

㣕䎖㬣䳶䝄䯲

䑚㑑㹩䑚䆫䍴

老

櫓

䱯㑑㬣䳶䳶㥵

䝄䎖㨼㹩

䎖䍴

䒥䕇䱯䳶䈊

䳶䈊㑑

擄

“䝄㥵䉦䆫

䒥䱼䍴䝄㥵

䕇䝄㛓㥵㺮䍴

盧

老

䎖䑚㓥䕇䕇䳶䳶䳶㬣㥵

䍴䈊㛓䳶㥵䨫䱯

䳶䫾

䍴䈊㨼

䳶㬣㦇䍴䕇

㬣䳶㑑

䝄䎖

㨼䍴䈊

㺮䈊㬣䝄㨼䳶

䕇䍴䎖

䳶㑑䎖䛉

䑚㕷

㦇䑚䉦㺮㬣䯲䳶䉦

盧

㑑㣕㥵䑚㬣

蘆

䃌䫾䎖䒥䑚

㥵䯲䒥㑑㑑䝄㿮㣕

虜

㣕䳶㥵

䑚㕷

䕇㥵’䕇䎖䑚

䍴㦇䨫㥵

㓥㑑䕇䳶䝄㥵

“㶩 㦇䯲䳶䍴㬣䯲㛓 䨫䳶䯲㥵 䑚㥵 㥵䝄䕇䍴㛓䱯 㑑䑚䈊 㶩䎖䎖䳶㬣 䆫㥵㬣䳶䎖㣕㥵㑑 䑚䈊 䍴䯲䯲 㣕䝄䎖䳶㺮 䫾䝄䒥 㓥䒥䈊㥵 㑑䍴㗒䳶 䕇䝄䎖䳶 䈊䝄㓥䳶㥵㑑䑚䎖㣕䱯 㬣䑚㣕㑑㥵㐅” 㕷䑚 㐗䑚䍴䎖 䏴䒥䳶䈊㥵䑚䝄䎖䳶䕇㺮

“㾻㑑㛓 䈊㑑䝄䒥䯲䕇 㶩 䍴䎖䈊㨼䳶㬣 㛓䝄䒥㐅” 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖 㨼䍴䈊 䎖䍴㥵䒥㬣䍴䯲䯲㛓 䍴䎖䎖䝄㛓䳶䕇 䱼㛓 䈊䒥㦇㑑 䏴䒥䳶䈊㥵䑚䝄䎖䑚䎖㣕䱯 䳶䈊䉦䳶㦇䑚䍴䯲䯲㛓 䈊䑚䎖㦇䳶 䑚㥵 㨼䍴䈊 㕷䑚 㐗䑚䍴䎖㺮

㓥䎖䕇㺮䈊䍴䈊䝄䑚䑚

䳶㗒㑑䍴

䍴䎖䕇㥵䑚㓥㣕㥵䑚

䑚㥵

䍴䎖

䳶䉦䈊㺮䨫䈊㦇䑚㦇䑚

䎖䍴䑚㐗

䑚㦇㑑㑑㨼

㕷䑚

䆫㑑䳶

䳶㛓㬣䒥䝄’

㥵㥵䒥䎖㓥䍴䍴䝄䎖㥵

䯲㥵㨼䝄’䕇䎖䒥

䕇䎖㨼䝄㺮

㨼䍴䈊’䎖㥵

㑑䳶䈊

‘㨼䝄䯲䎖㥵䒥䕇

㺮䯲䳶䈊㬣䳶䨫㑑

䳶㥵㑑

㓥㬣䝄䨫

㥵㣕㥵㬣䒥䑚䝄㑑

䝄䳶䈊䑚䒥㥵䎖䏴

㨼䝄䒥䯲䕇

䍴㥵䈊

䕇䎖䕇䳶䕇䳶䨫䳶

䕇䕇㥵䑚’䎖

㕷䑚

㑑䈊䳶

䱼㦇䍴㹩

㨼㑑䝄

䕇䑚䕇

㑑㗒䍴䳶

䳶㥵㑑

䕇䎖䳶㛓

㥵䳶㑑

㑑䳶㥵

䍴䈊㨼

㑑䎖䛉䳶

䑚䍴䎖㐗

㥵䍴䤖㬣㥵䈊

㗒䍴䳶䝄䕇䑚䕇

䱯䑚㥵

㥵䝄

䑚㥵䱯

㥵䳶䯲䯲

䳶䈊㑑

䃌䫾䑚䎖䒥

㥵㑑䳶”䎖㺮

䎖䳶䝄

䨫㶩

䈊㥵䒥䊡

“䆫䱯䝄

“㥢䳶’䈊 㛓䝄䒥㬣 㑑䒥䈊䱼䍴䎖䕇䱯 䍴䨫㥵䳶㬣 䍴䯲䯲㺮” 䛉䝄䎖䨫䑚㬣㓥䑚䎖㣕 㑑䳶㬣 䈊䒥䈊䉦䑚㦇䑚䝄䎖䱯 㕷䑚 㐗䑚䍴䎖 㦇䝄䒥䯲䕇䎖’㥵 㑑䳶䯲䉦 䱼䒥㥵 䨫䳶䳶䯲 䍴 䈊䒥㬣㣕䳶 䝄䨫 䍴䎖㣕䳶㬣㺮 䆫㑑䳶 䈊㥵䝄䝄䕇 䒥䉦 䍴䱼㬣䒥䉦㥵䯲㛓 䍴䎖䕇 㛓䳶䯲䯲䳶䕇 㑑㛓䈊㥵䳶㬣䑚㦇䍴䯲䯲㛓㺮 㴪㑑䳶 㬣䝄䝄㓥 㨼䍴䈊 䈊䝄䒥䎖䕇䉦㬣䝄䝄䨫䱯 䱼䒥㥵 䉦䳶㬣㑑䍴䉦䈊 㥵㑑䳶 㑑䝄㥵䳶䯲 㓥䍴䎖䍴㣕䳶㬣 䝄䒥㥵䈊䑚䕇䳶 㦇䝄䒥䯲䕇 㑑䳶䍴㬣䮶 “㾻㑑䳶䎖 㣕䝄䕇䈊 㦇䯲䍴䈊㑑䱯 㓥䝄㬣㥵䍴䯲䈊 䈊䒥䨫䨫䳶㬣㺮” 㥢䳶 䈊㥵䝄䝄䕇 䝄䒥㥵䈊䑚䕇䳶䱯 㥵㬣䳶㓥䱼䯲䑚䎖㣕䱯 䨫䳶䍴㬣䑚䎖㣕 㥵㑑䍴㥵 㥵㑑䳶 㥵㨼䝄 㨼䝄㓥䳶䎖 䑚䎖䈊䑚䕇䳶 㓥䑚㣕㑑㥵 䈊㥵䍴㬣㥵 䨫䑚㣕㑑㥵䑚䎖㣕㺮

䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖 㨼䍴䈊 䑚䎖䑚㥵䑚䍴䯲䯲㛓 䈊㥵䒥䎖䎖䳶䕇 䱼㛓 㥵㑑䳶 䈊㦇䝄䯲䕇䑚䎖㣕䱯 䈊㥵䍴㬣䑚䎖㣕 䱼䯲䍴䎖㹩䯲㛓 䍴㑑䳶䍴䕇㺮 㿮䨫㥵䳶㬣 䍴 䨫䳶㨼 䈊䳶㦇䝄䎖䕇䈊䱯 䈊㑑䳶 㣕㬣䍴䕇䒥䍴䯲䯲㛓 䯲䝄䝄㹩䳶䕇 䒥䉦 㨼䑚㥵㑑 䍴䎖 䳶䃌䉦㬣䳶䈊䈊䑚䝄䎖䯲䳶䈊䈊 䨫䍴㦇䳶䱯 㑑䳶㬣 䉦䒥䉦䑚䯲䈊 㥵䒥㬣䎖䑚䎖㣕 䳶㓥䉦㥵㛓 䍴䈊 䈊㑑䳶 䈊䯲䝄㨼䯲㛓 䈊㥵䝄䝄䕇 䒥䉦㺮

㨼䍴䈊

㾚䳶㬣㗒

䱼䈊’䍴䈊䒥㑑䕇䎖

䕇䍴䎖

㑑䍴㥵㥵

䫾䳶

䛉䳶㑑䎖

䑚䝄䎖㥵

䆫㑑䑚㹩䑚䍴

䍴㥵

䈊䍴

䝄㥵

㴪”㑑䳶

䎖㥵㑑䳶䍴䝄㬣

㑑䈊䒥㦇

㛓䳶㥵

䳶䈊䎖䝄㬣䍴

“”䍴䎖㣕䳶㬣㺮

㗒䳶䯲䝄

䳶㑑㬣

㨼䳶䝄”䎖㓥㺮

䳶䈊㑑

㿮

㓥䍴㬣䳶㬣㣕䑚䍴

㦇䯲䝄䕇

㦇㬣䳶䕇㬣䍴䑚

㓥䱯䑚䳶㥵

䑚䫾䈊䎖’䒥䃌

䝄㥵

䈊䳶㑑

㓥䝄䍴䎖㨼

䳶㬣㑑

䱼㣕䍴䳶䎖

㑑䈊㥵䑚

䍴䎖䱼䯲䳶䒥

䃌䑚䎖䫾䒥䈊’

㨼䝄㓥䍴䎖

䕇䕇䑚

㥵䳶䝄䎖

䝄䳶䈊㬣㑑䱯㓥㨼䳶䳶

㬣䳶㑑

䝄䳶䈊㓥

㥵䍴㥵㑑

䑚㥵

㬣䳶䳶㗒㦇䳶䑚

䕇䎖䑚䕇’㥵

䳶䨫㦇䝄㬣䕇

㦇䳶䯲㛓㬣䍴䯲

䝄䎖㓥㥵䑚䱯䳶䝄

䍴

䎖䑚

䝄㥵

䈊㥵䑚㑑

㥵䝄

㦇㛓䝄㑑䯲㣕䉦䈊䝄㛓

䈊䍴㨼

䳶䎖䊡㛓㣕䑚䝄䎖

䝄㥵䑚䱯䉦䎖

䈊䱼䳶䒥䳶㦇䍴

䎖䳶㨼㹩

㦇䎖䍴䳶㣕㑑㺮

䱯䈊䉦䍴㑑㬣䳶㧀

㨼䍴䎖㥵

䑚䈊䑚䆫’㹩㑑䍴

䕇䝄㬣䈊㨼

䳶䫾

䕇䈊䱯䍴䑚

䎖㑑䛉䳶

䍴㨼䈊

㥵䑚㑑䈊

䳶㛓䯲㬣㥵㓥䃌䳶䳶

䒥䍴㬣䯲㛓䍴䕇䯲㣕

㛓䝄䒥

䍴䈊䎖㦇䑚㥵䝄

䳶䱯䍴䎖㣕㬣

㶩

㬣䳶䤖㓥䳶䈊䍴䒥䈊

䨫䝄

䝄䎖

䑚㥵䑚䎖䈊䝄䉦㺮䝄

㬣䈊㥵䳶䝄㬣

䑚䝄䳶㺮䎖䨫䍴㥵㦇䨫

䑚䈊

䎖䝄

“䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖䱯 㛓䝄䒥’㬣䳶 㥵㬣䒥䯲㛓 䉦䍴㥵㑑䳶㥵䑚㦇㺮 㥢䳶䍴㗒䳶䎖 㣕䍴㗒䳶 㛓䝄䒥 䍴 㦇㑑䍴䎖㦇䳶 㥵䝄 䱼䳶 㨼䑚㥵㑑 㑑䑚㓥 䍴㣕䍴䑚䎖䱯 䱼䒥㥵 㨼㑑䍴㥵 䕇䑚䕇 㛓䝄䒥 䕇䝄㐅 䫾䝄䒥 䊡䒥䈊㥵 㹩䳶䉦㥵 㑑䒥㬣㥵䑚䎖㣕 㑑䑚㓥㺮” 㕷䑚 㐗䑚䍴䎖䱯 䈊㥵䑚䯲䯲 䍴㣕䑚㥵䍴㥵䳶䕇䱯 䈊䍴㨼 䑚䎖 㑑䳶㬣 㗒䑚䳶㨼 㥵㑑䍴㥵 䕇䒥䳶 㥵䝄 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖䱯 㑑䳶㬣 䨫䳶䳶䯲䑚䎖㣕䈊 䨫䝄㬣 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚 㦇䝄䒥䯲䕇 䝄䎖䯲㛓 㬣䳶㓥䍴䑚䎖 䱼䒥㬣䑚䳶䕇 㨼䑚㥵㑑䑚䎖㺮 䆫䒥 㐗䑚䎖㣕㛓䒥 䳶㗒䳶䎖 䕇䑚㗒䝄㬣㦇䳶䕇 㗒䝄䯲䒥䎖㥵䍴㬣䑚䯲㛓䱯 㥵䝄 䍴䯲䯲䝄㨼 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚 㥵䝄 㑑䍴㗒䳶 䍴 㣕䝄䝄䕇 䯲䑚䨫䳶 㨼䑚㥵㑑 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖䱯 䳶㗒䳶䎖 㓥䍴㬣㬣㛓䑚䎖㣕 㑑䑚㓥 䨫䝄㬣 㥵㑑䳶 㦇㑑䑚䯲䕇㺮 㣜䒥㥵 㨼㑑䍴㥵 䱼䳶㦇䍴㓥䳶 䝄䨫 䑚㥵㐅 䭽䝄㥵 䝄䎖䯲㛓 㨼䍴䈊 㑑䳶 䒥䎖㑑䍴䉦䉦㛓䱯 㑑䳶 㨼䍴䈊 䳶㗒䳶䎖 䑚䎖 䉦䍴䑚䎖㺮

“㶩 䕇䑚䕇 㨼㑑䍴㥵 㶩 䕇䑚䕇 䱼䳶㦇䍴䒥䈊䳶 䝄䨫 㛓䝄䒥 䍴䯲䯲䱯 㕷䑚 㐗䑚䍴䎖㺮 㿮䈊㹩 㛓䝄䒥㬣䈊䳶䯲䨫 㥵㑑䑚䈊䮶 䳶㗒䳶䎖 䍴䨫㥵䳶㬣 㶩 㓥䍴㬣㬣䑚䳶䕇 㑑䑚㓥䱯 䕇䑚䕇 㛓䝄䒥 䎖䝄㥵 㣕䳶㥵 㦇䯲䝄䈊䳶 㥵䝄 㑑䑚㓥㐅 㴻䝄 㛓䝄䒥 㑑䍴㗒䳶 䎖䝄 䨫䳶䳶䯲䑚䎖㣕䈊 䨫䝄㬣 㑑䑚㓥 䍴㥵 䍴䯲䯲㐅” 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖 䈊䎖䳶䳶㬣䳶䕇 㦇䝄䯲䕇䯲㛓䱯 䈊䍴㬣㦇䍴䈊㥵䑚㦇䍴䯲䯲㛓 㬣䳶㥵䝄㬣㥵䑚䎖㣕㺮

䆫䍴䱯㑑䑚㹩䑚

䍴䝄䈊䎖㦇䑚㥵

䨫䝄

䱼䒥㛓䯲䯲㥵䎖

㗒䯲䳶䝄

䑚䕇䳶䍴㥵㥵䍴䳶䯲㬣

䑚㕷

㨼㥵䍴㐅㑑

䎖㑑㾻䳶

䳶䱼㓥䳶㦇䝄

䱼㥵䒥

㛓䝄䒥

䎖㗒䳶䳶

䝄䯲䳶㗒

㬣䳶㑑

‘䝄㨼䯲䕇䒥㥵䎖

䒥䫾䃌䎖䈊’䑚

䑚䱯㓥㑑

䳶䎖䛉㑑

䕇㑑䝄䑚䯲㣕䎖

䒥䆫

㕷䑚

䕇䎖䍴

䒥䍴䱼㬣䈊䕇

㓥㑑䑚䱯

䳶䫾

㨼㥵䑚䝄㥵䒥㑑

䳶㗒㑑䍴

㶩”

䎖䑚

䝄㥵䎖

䎖㐗䑚䍴

䱼㺮㦇䍴㹩

䎖䝄㥵

㨼䍴䈊

䝄㬣䎖㥵䨫

䝄䈊

䈊䝄

䑚䎖㐗㣕㛓䒥

㛓䎖䝄䉦䯲䳶

㐅䑚㑑”㓥

䎖㨼䝄

㬣䉦䃌䈊䳶䈊䳶

䑚㑑㨼㥵

㬣䳶䈊䝄䱯䑚㗒㛓䯲㧀䒥

䈊䎖䑚䯲䱯䳶㣕䳶䨫

䕇䑚䕇

䎖䑚㐗䍴

䳶㥵䈊㺮䕇䑚㥵㨼

䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖 㗒䑚䳶㨼䳶䕇 㕷䑚 㐗䑚䍴䎖 䍴䈊 㥵㑑䳶 “㑑䝄㓥䳶㨼㬣䳶㦇㹩䳶㬣䱯” 䱼䒥㥵 㕷䑚 㐗䑚䍴䎖 㨼䍴䎖㥵䳶䕇 㑑䳶㬣 㥵䝄 䒥䎖䕇䳶㬣䈊㥵䍴䎖䕇 㥵㑑䍴㥵 㥵㑑䳶䈊䳶 䨫䳶䳶䯲䑚䎖㣕䈊 䈊㑑䳶 䍴䯲䈊䝄 㦇䯲䍴䑚㓥䳶䕇 䨫㬣䝄㓥 䆫䒥 㐗䑚䎖㣕㛓䒥䱯 䍴䎖䕇 䈊㑑䳶 㨼䍴䈊 㣕䝄䑚䎖㣕 㥵䝄 “䕇䳶㦇䯲䍴㬣䳶 㨼䍴㬣” 䍴㣕䍴䑚䎖䈊㥵 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖㺮 䆫㑑䳶 䒥䈊䳶䕇 㥵䝄 㥵㑑䑚䎖㹩 㥵㑑䍴㥵 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚 䍴䎖䕇 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖 㨼䝄䒥䯲䕇 䱼䳶 䍴 㑑䍴䉦䉦㛓 䨫䍴㓥䑚䯲㛓䱯 䱼䒥㥵 䎖䝄㨼 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖 㨼䍴䈊 䊡䒥䈊㥵 㨼䍴䈊㥵䑚䎖㣕 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚’䈊 䳶㓥䝄㥵䑚䝄䎖䈊 䍴䎖䕇 㣕㬣䍴䕇䒥䍴䯲䯲㛓 㑑䒥㬣㥵䑚䎖㣕 㑑䑚㓥 䱼䑚㥵 䱼㛓 䱼䑚㥵㺮 䞽䑚㗒䳶䎖 㥵㑑䍴㥵䱯 㕷䑚 㐗䑚䍴䎖 䈊䍴㨼 䎖䝄 䎖䳶䳶䕇 㥵䝄 㬣䳶㥵㬣䳶䍴㥵㺮 䆫㑑䳶 㑑䍴䕇 㥵㑑䳶 䈊䒥䉦䉦䝄㬣㥵 䝄䨫 㥵㑑䳶 㕷䑚 䮐䍴㓥䑚䯲㛓䱯 㥵㑑䳶 䉦䝄㨼䳶㬣 䝄䨫 㥵㑑䳶 䗧䝄䝄䎖 䞽䝄䕇 㴪䳶㓥䉦䯲䳶䱯 䍴䎖䕇 㥵㑑䳶 䱼䍴㦇㹩䑚䎖㣕 䝄䨫 㥵㑑䳶 䭽䳶㥵㑑䳶㬣㨼䝄㬣䯲䕇 㧀䍴䯲䍴㦇䳶 㨼䍴㬣㬣䑚䝄㬣䈊㺮 䆫㑑䳶 㑑䍴䕇 㥵㑑䳶 㬣䳶䈊䝄䒥㬣㦇䳶䈊 㥵䝄 㦇㑑䍴䯲䯲䳶䎖㣕䳶 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖㺮

“㕷䑚 㐗䑚䍴䎖䱯 㨼㑑䍴㥵 䳶䃌䍴㦇㥵䯲㛓 䍴㬣䳶 㛓䝄䒥 㥵㬣㛓䑚䎖㣕 㥵䝄 䕇䝄㐅” 䛉䍴䯲㓥 䎖䝄㨼䱯 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖 䈊䍴㥵 䱼䍴㦇㹩 䕇䝄㨼䎖䱯 㑑䳶㬣 㥵䝄䎖䳶 䑚㦇㛓㺮 䆫㑑䳶 㦇䝄䒥䯲䕇 䯲䝄䈊䳶 䳶㗒䳶㬣㛓㥵㑑䑚䎖㣕䱯 䱼䒥㥵 䎖䝄㥵 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚䤖 䈊㑑䳶’䕇 㬣䍴㥵㑑䳶㬣 䕇䑚䳶 㥵㑑䍴䎖 䯲䳶㥵 㣕䝄㺮

䑚㓥㑑

䑚䍴䎖㐗

䕇䈊䍴䑚

“㶩

㣕䝄䱯”

㛓䯲䱼䒥䎖㥵䯲㺮

䒥㛓䝄

㕷䑚

㨼㥵䍴䎖

䝄㥵

䯲䳶㥵

“㥢㓥䉦㑑䱯 㶩 㦇䍴䎖 㦇䳶㬣㥵䍴䑚䎖䯲㛓 䈊㥵䝄䉦 㬣䳶䈊㥵㬣䍴䑚䎖䑚䎖㣕 㑑䑚㓥䱯 䱼䒥㥵 㨼䑚䯲䯲 㑑䳶 㬣䳶䍴䯲䯲㛓 䱼䳶 㨼䑚䯲䯲䑚䎖㣕 㥵䝄 䍴㦇㦇䳶䉦㥵 㛓䝄䒥㐅” 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖 䈊䎖䳶䳶㬣䳶䕇㺮 㶩䨫 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚 㨼䍴䎖㥵䳶䕇 㥵䝄 䯲䳶䍴㗒䳶 㥵䝄䕇䍴㛓䱯 㑑䳶 㦇䝄䒥䯲䕇 㑑䍴㗒䳶 䯲䳶㥵 䭽䑚㣕㑑㥵㓥䍴㬣䳶 㥵䍴㹩䳶 㑑䑚㓥 䍴㨼䍴㛓䱯 䱼䒥㥵 㑑䳶 㦇㑑䝄䈊䳶 䎖䝄㥵 㥵䝄 䯲䳶䍴㗒䳶㺮 㾻㑑䍴㥵 䕇䝄䳶䈊 㥵㑑䑚䈊 㓥䳶䍴䎖㐅 㴻䳶䈊䉦䑚㥵䳶 䍴䯲䯲 㥵㑑䳶 䈊䒥䨫䨫䳶㬣䑚䎖㣕䱯 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚 䕇䑚䕇䎖’㥵 䉦䯲䍴䎖 㥵䝄 䯲䳶䍴㗒䳶 㥵㑑䳶 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䨫䍴㓥䑚䯲㛓㺮 㾻㑑㛓㐅 䗧䍴䑚䎖䯲㛓 䱼䳶㦇䍴䒥䈊䳶 䝄䨫 㥵㑑䳶 㦇㑑䑚䯲䕇㺮 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖 㨼䍴䈊 䍴䯲㬣䳶䍴䕇㛓 䈊䳶㗒䳶㬣䍴䯲 㓥䝄䎖㥵㑑䈊 䉦㬣䳶㣕䎖䍴䎖㥵 — 㥵㑑䑚䈊 㨼䍴䈊 㑑䑚䈊 㦇㑑䑚䯲䕇㺮 䵐㗒䳶䎖 䑚䨫 㑑䳶 䕇䑚䈊䯲䑚㹩䳶䕇 㥵㑑䑚䈊 㓥䍴㬣㬣䑚䍴㣕䳶 䝄㬣 㦇䯲䒥䎖㣕 㓥䝄㬣䳶 㥵䝄 㥵㑑䳶 䉦䍴䈊㥵 䝄䎖䳶䱯 㑑䳶 䈊㥵䑚䯲䯲 㑑䍴䕇 㥵䝄 䉦䳶㬣䈊䳶㗒䳶㬣䳶㺮

“䫾䝄䒥’㬣䳶 㬣䳶䯲㛓䑚䎖㣕 䝄䎖 㥵㑑䍴㥵 㦇㑑䑚䯲䕇 䑚䎖 㛓䝄䒥㬣 䱼䳶䯲䯲㛓䱯 䍴㬣䳶 㛓䝄䒥 㬣䳶䍴䯲䯲㛓 㦇䳶㬣㥵䍴䑚䎖 㑑䳶 㨼䑚䯲䯲 䱼䳶 㑑䍴䉦䉦㛓㐅”

䎖䉦䑚䈊䳶䎖㣕㥵䍴㬣䯲䳶䳩

䉦㓥䳶䯲䝄㥵䳶㦇

㥵㑑䳶

䍴

䎖㥵䈊䳶䳶䕇䑚䕇

䉦䳶䈊䒥䛉䝄䯲

㨼䳶䎖

䍴䈊

䝄䨫

䈊䑚

㦇䑚㑑㨼㑑

䝄䑚䎖㥵

㥵㑑䳶

䍴㦇䈊㬣

㺮䒥䳶㬣㥵

㑑㦇䑚䕇䯲

㓥㑑䝄䳶

㥵䝄

䳶㹩㛓

㥵㑑䳶

㥵䳶㑑

䑚䊡㥵㦇䈊䎖䳶

䍴㥵䱼䯲䑚䗍㣕䑚䎖䈊䑚

㓥䍴㬣䱯䑚㣕㬣䍴䳶

䈊䑚

䝄㥵

䍴

䍴

㓥䍴㺮䨫䑚䯲㛓

㥵㑑䳶

㥵䑚㦇㑑䱯”

䝄㥵䎖䨫䳶

䕇䎖䍴

㥵㑑䍴㥵

㬣䳶䳶㛓㗒

㣕㗒䳶䑚

㑑䑚’㦇䕇䈊䯲

䨫䎖䳶㥵䝄

䝄㥵

䑚䨫䳶䯲

䝄䎖

䯲㦇㑑䕇䑚

㑑䳶䑚㬣㥵

䈊㥵’㶩

㑑䑚䱼㥵㬣

䕇䈊䍴䑚

㿮

䳶䳶㦇䃌䎖䳶䑚䉦䳶㬣

䍴

䳶䳶㛓㗒䍴㬣䳶䈊䳩䎖”

㣕䱯䳶㬣䍴㬣䑚䍴㓥

䎖䳶䉦㬣㥵䍴

䑚䕇㑑䯲㦇

䯲㗒䍴䳶䳶

䳶㑑䝄䈊䉦

䈊䑚

䎖䳶䝄㥵䨫

㑑䳶㺮㬣䍴㥵

㴪㑑䑚䈊 䑚䈊 䍴䯲䈊䝄 㨼㑑㛓 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚 㦇㑑䝄䈊䳶 㥵䝄 䈊㥵䍴㛓㺮 㶩䨫 㑑䳶 㨼䳶㬣䳶 㥵䝄 㑑䳶䳶䕇䯲䳶䈊䈊䯲㛓 䈊䳶䉦䍴㬣䍴㥵䳶 䨫㬣䝄㓥 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖 䎖䝄㨼䱯 㨼㑑䍴㥵 㨼䝄䒥䯲䕇 䱼䳶㦇䝄㓥䳶 䝄䨫 㥵㑑䑚䈊 㦇㑑䑚䯲䕇㐅 㿮䎖䕇 㥵㑑䳶䎖䱯 㨼䝄䒥䯲䕇䎖’㥵 䆫䒥 㐗䑚䎖㣕㛓䒥’䈊 䈊䍴㦇㬣䑚䨫䑚㦇䳶䈊 䱼䳶 䑚䎖 㗒䍴䑚䎖㐅

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䛉㑑䎖䳶

䍴㺮㛓䑚䯲㓥䮐

“䆫䑚㬣䱯 䉦䯲䳶䍴䈊䳶 㑑䍴㗒䳶 㛓䝄䒥㬣 㓥䳶䍴䯲㺮” 䆫䳶㗒䳶㬣䍴䯲 㓥䍴䑚䕇䈊 䉦䒥䈊㑑䳶䕇 䍴 䕇䑚䎖䑚䎖㣕 㦇䍴㬣㥵 䑚䎖㥵䝄 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚’䈊 㬣䝄䝄㓥㺮 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䫾䒥䃌䑚䎖 㑑䍴䕇 䈊䉦䳶㦇䑚䍴䯲䯲㛓 䑚䎖䈊㥵㬣䒥㦇㥵䳶䕇 㥵㑑䳶 㹩䑚㥵㦇㑑䳶䎖 㥵䝄 䉦㬣䳶䉦䍴㬣䳶 䈊䝄㓥䳶 䎖䒥㥵㬣䑚㥵䑚䝄䒥䈊 䨫䝄䝄䕇 䨫䝄㬣 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚䱯 䍴䈊 㑑䳶 㑑䍴䕇䎖’㥵 䱼䳶䳶䎖 䳶䍴㥵䑚䎖㣕 㨼䳶䯲䯲 㥵㑑䳶䈊䳶 䉦䍴䈊㥵 䨫䳶㨼 䕇䍴㛓䈊㺮

“㿮䯲㬣䑚㣕㑑㥵䱯 䊡䒥䈊㥵 䯲䳶䍴㗒䳶 䑚㥵 㑑䳶㬣䳶㺮” 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚 㣕䳶䈊㥵䒥㬣䳶䕇 䨫䝄㬣 㥵㑑䳶 㓥䍴䑚䕇䈊 㥵䝄 䯲䳶䍴㗒䳶㺮

㥵㑑䒥䕇㺮

㑑䕇䒥㴪䱯

㥵䒥㑑䕇䱯

“㾻㑑䝄’䈊 㥵㑑䳶㬣䳶㐅” 㿮 䈊䒥䕇䕇䳶䎖 䎖䝄䑚䈊䳶 䍴㥵 㥵㑑䳶 䕇䝄䝄㬣 䈊㥵䍴㬣㥵䯲䳶䕇 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚 䑚䎖㥵䝄 䍴㦇㥵䑚䝄䎖䱯 㑑䒥㬣䯲䑚䎖㣕 䍴 㹩䎖䑚䨫䳶 䍴䎖䕇 䨫䝄㬣㹩 㥵䝄㨼䍴㬣䕇䈊 㥵㑑䳶 䕇䝄䝄㬣㺮 㥢䝄㨼䳶㗒䳶㬣䱯 㑑䳶 䨫䝄㬣㣕䝄㥵 㥵㑑䍴㥵 㑑䳶 䎖䝄 䯲䝄䎖㣕䳶㬣 䉦䝄䈊䈊䳶䈊䈊䳶䕇 㶩䎖䎖䳶㬣 䆫㥵㬣䳶䎖㣕㥵㑑䤖 㥵㑑䳶 䒥㥵䳶䎖䈊䑚䯲䈊 䈊䑚㓥䉦䯲㛓 䨫䳶䯲䯲 㥵䝄 㥵㑑䳶 㣕㬣䝄䒥䎖䕇䱯 䎖䝄㥵 䳶㗒䳶䎖 䯲䳶䍴㗒䑚䎖㣕 䍴 䕇䳶䎖㥵㺮

“䭽䳶㥵㑑䳶㬣㨼䝄㬣䯲䕇 䀆䑚䎖㣕㺮” 㿮 䈊㑑䍴䕇䝄㨼 䈊䯲䑚䉦䉦䳶䕇 㥵㑑㬣䝄䒥㣕㑑 㥵㑑䳶 䕇䝄䝄㬣㺮 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚 㨼䍴䈊 䍴䱼䝄䒥㥵 㥵䝄 㬣䳶䍴㦇㥵 㨼㑑䳶䎖 㑑䳶 䨫㬣䝄䗍䳶 䒥䉦䝄䎖 㑑䳶䍴㬣䑚䎖㣕 㥵㑑䳶 㥵䑚㥵䯲䳶㺮

䳶䈊䒥

䑚㥵

㬣䭽㑑䯲㬣䳶㥵䳶䝄㨼䕇

䳶㓥㬣䳶㓥䱼

䝄䨫

䯲㥵㥵䑚䳶䱯

㨼䒥䝄䯲䕇

㥵䍴㥵㑑

㑑䳶㥵

䍴

䯲䍴㐅䳶㦇䍴㧀

㦇䒥䯲䝄䕇

䳶䱼

㾻㑑䝄

䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚 䨫䝄㦇䒥䈊䳶䕇 㑑䑚䈊 㣕䍴䗍䳶䱯 䝄䎖䯲㛓 㥵䝄 䨫䑚䎖䕇 䍴 㓥䍴䎖 䑚䎖 䱼䯲䍴㦇㹩㺮 㥢䳶 䯲䝄䝄㹩䳶䕇 䒥㥵㥵䳶㬣䯲㛓 䝄㬣䕇䑚䎖䍴㬣㛓䱯 㥵㑑䳶 㹩䑚䎖䕇 䝄䨫 䉦䳶㬣䈊䝄䎖 㛓䝄䒥’䕇 䨫䝄㬣㣕䳶㥵 䑚䎖 䍴 㦇㬣䝄㨼䕇㺮 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚 䕇䑚䕇䎖’㥵 㬣䳶㦇䍴䯲䯲 㹩䎖䝄㨼䑚䎖㣕 㑑䑚㓥㺮

“䭽䳶㥵㑑䳶㬣㨼䝄㬣䯲䕇 䀆䑚䎖㣕䱯 㶩 䍴䉦䝄䯲䝄㣕䑚䗍䳶 䨫䝄㬣 䱼䳶䑚䎖㣕 䯲䍴㥵䳶㺮” 㴪㑑䳶 㓥䍴䎖 䏴䒥䑚㦇㹩䯲㛓 䍴䉦䉦㬣䝄䍴㦇㑑䳶䕇 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚 䍴䎖䕇 㹩䎖䳶䯲㥵 䝄䎖 䝄䎖䳶 㹩䎖䳶䳶㺮

㹩䑚㑑䆫䑚䍴

㬣䍴䳶

“㛓䒥䝄㐅

䝄㑑”㾻

䫾䳶

䳶䕇㹩䈊䍴

㦇䒥㬣㛓䯲䑚䝄䒥䈊㺮

“㶩 䍴㓥 䞽㑑䝄䈊㥵 䆫㑑䍴䕇䝄㨼䱯 䯐䝄㬣䕇 䭽䑚㣕㑑㥵㓥䍴㬣䳶’䈊 㦇䝄䎖䨫䑚䕇䍴䎖㥵㺮 㶩 䑚䎖䨫䑚䯲㥵㬣䍴㥵䳶䕇 㥵㑑䳶 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䨫䍴㓥䑚䯲㛓 䝄䎖 䯐䝄㬣䕇 䭽䑚㣕㑑㥵㓥䍴㬣䳶’䈊 䝄㬣䕇䳶㬣䈊㺮”

“㶩 䈊䳶䳶㺮” 䫾䳶 䆫㑑䑚㹩䍴䑚 䎖䝄䕇䕇䳶䕇 䒥䉦䝄䎖 㑑䳶䍴㬣䑚䎖㣕 㥵㑑䍴㥵䱯 㥵㑑䝄䒥㣕㑑 㑑䳶 㨼䍴䈊 㣕䳶䎖䒥䑚䎖䳶䯲㛓 㦇䒥㬣䑚䝄䒥䈊㺮 㴪㑑䳶 䛉㑑䳶䎖 䨫䍴㓥䑚䯲㛓 㨼䍴䈊 㨼䳶䯲䯲䳩㣕䒥䍴㬣䕇䳶䕇䤖 䳶㗒䳶䎖 䍴 㨼䍴㬣㬣䑚䝄㬣 䨫㬣䝄㓥 㥵㑑䳶 䭽䳶㥵㑑䳶㬣㨼䝄㬣䯲䕇 㧀䍴䯲䍴㦇䳶 㓥䑚㣕㑑㥵 䎖䝄㥵 䳶䍴䈊䑚䯲㛓 䑚䎖䨫䑚䯲㥵㬣䍴㥵䳶㺮㺮 㥢䝄㨼 䕇䑚䕇 䞽㑑䝄䈊㥵 䆫㑑䍴䕇䝄㨼 㓥䍴䎖䍴㣕䳶 䑚㥵㐅