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Chapter 597: The Rejected Driver

The Seamstress shot Lan Jue a surprised look “Is he serious? You think he’s got a shot?”

To this, Lan Jue shrugged “I have no idea Not as good as he hopes, I’m sure” As he spoke, he stabbed a small piece of fruit on a fork He delivered the piece to Qianlin and pressed it gently to her lips She opened and accepted the morsel

All the while the Seairl”

Lan Jue politely chuckled “How could this be considered lucky? When she wakes up, then we’ll be blessed”

But the Seaerous to think on what it is to be ‘really blessed’ Take yourself, for example You’re better now than ever before, is this not because of hardships? The Wine Master and the others pile tremendous pressure on your shoulders Do you think they don’t worry about you, how you’ll hold up?”

Lan Jue smirked and rubbed his upper arm “Well, that’s because in their eyes I can handle it It’s fine, don’t worry I can definitelyon There’s just so ht decision now, there are so e the trend of events

“The Gouring the subject “Did they really dised “I hope they co, but up to this point I can’t figure any other way to face to the alien threat They’re too strong”

The Seaaze “We’ve yet to experience the full ht of these invaders Your detery toprospect”

Lan Jue nodded slightly “None of this matters now, our only option is to face what comes our way “Where is the Gourh a s crisis, and has sequestered himself for meditation He said he needs to firht we young’uns got that oood I need to do the sath When huression of our alien enemy, the only one you can rely on for protection is yourself”

“Not just him, we all feel it,” the Seamstress assured “You know I’ve never been , but I’ve putwith the Driver today about closing the shop and participating in the Division training full time What’s your plan for the troops in the future?”

Star Division’s coht now I have no plan I have to see how the situation plays out We were out for a while as well, and learned a lot We’ll need time to process and decide on our next then the Division, while the troops use this time of peace to prepare their ht about going to An Lun and joining the process there, but it see close by is a better decision We have no idea when – or where – those aliens are going to show up”

No one need to worry about An Lun With Jue Di there, the Violet Princess herself wouldn’t be able to take it

The Seaht call Step by step, assessing the situation as we go along A better decision can be made e learn more from the Shattered Starfields”

The sounds of footsteps outside caught their attention The Driver’s gloomy face was revealed when he pulled the door open He shot Lan Jue a loathsome look, then pulled off his jacket and poured hilass

No one needed to ask, the ansritten clear on his face He’d been turned down The Seaht away She opened a fresh theret it What the hell is so good about you? Pretty, capable women just flock around you Meanwhile, I can’t find one foron! You have a woht?” The Driver bitterly cohed “You think I don’t worry about that? I don’t want to steal their youths, either, but if I even bring it up they threaten to commit suicide or some nonsense What am I supposed to do? All I can do is let it be, and hope they find someone for themselves”

The Driver scowled “Oh come on How much time have they spent with you? How are they supposed to find a replace you can’t match up?”

The Driver sniffed derisively “Bullshit I’m a hell of a lot ainst his whisky glass “Last I checked your Discipline was yin-based I dunno howup with a response “Well, every cloud has a silver lining, right?”

“So Su Xiaosu outright rejected you,” Lan Jue said, shifting gears “What did you say to her?”

“I walked in, and I said to her ‘I like you’ Then I asked if she’d be irlfriend” The Driver was to the point