Chapter 1974: Resolving the Heart's Knot

Seeing Earl Ryan's attitude, Qiaozhi sighed; although the responsibility for this matter did not lie with him, it was also because of him.

In his heart, he still felt a little guilty, more or less.

Masha, however, held Qiaozhi tightly at this moment and said, "Let Qin be like this; it's fine. She will come to understand. What do you think?"

Qiaozhi smiled bitterly: "I only want her to understand the reality; the only woman I love is you."

……

Inside the banquet, Qin found Natasha and began drinking to drown her sorrows.

The wine Qiaozhi provided this time was Yinzhou Drunk, which was extremely strong; a woman like Qin actually downed two liang of it in one go!

Ordinary men wouldn't even dare to drink like that.

But the most immediate change after those two liang of wine hit her stomach was that she was completely drunk.

Her fair face was flushed red, and looking at Natasha, she said directly: "Natasha, tell me, in what way am I inferior to Masha? Why would Qiaozhi choose to marry a widow!"

"Tell me, why is that?"

Watching her good friend in this state, Natasha sighed in her heart.

Qin was a proud person and also an extremely earnest woman.

Natasha had never seen her good friend make so many sacrifices for a man.

But this matter could not be blamed on Qiaozhi; one could even say it had nothing to do with him.

After all, he had made it clear from the beginning that his heart only needed Masha.

"Qin, why exactly do you like Qiaozhi so much?"

Qin slumped on the table, looking at Natasha, completely devoid of her usual cold and aloof temperament, but said extremely earnestly: "Natasha, have you ever experienced love at first sight?"

"How did you come to like Gelin?"

Natasha froze for a second, recalling the first time she met Gelin; she just felt that Gelin was very special.

He was a very humorous and witty person.

She was moved by the other party's jokes, and as for why something beyond friendship happened that night, she could no longer remember it clearly at all.

In short, it was very sudden, but everything was as natural as water flowing into a channel.

"I don't understand what you mean by love at first sight."

"But when I was with Gelin, the first night was very pleasant; we spent the whole night deciding that the other person was the one we needed for the rest of our lives."

"In short, everything was as simple as water flowing into a channel."

Qin stared at her good friend's face, took another sip of wine, and said with annoyance: "Why is it that a blockhead like you in matters of love can encounter this kind of love at first sight?"

"Why is it that after someone as excellent as me encounters it, I can only watch others love each other, while I have no Method at all?"

Qin looked heartbroken.

Natasha comforted her: "How can you be sure that Qiaozhi is your love at first sight? At that time, his thoughts should have been entirely on Masha."

Qin said: "When I saw Qiaozhi, I felt that he was the man I was looking for; the feeling was right."

Natasha did not understand what her best friend was talking about; she felt she was playing with something very novel.

Just at this moment, Qiaozhi and Masha appeared in front of the two of them. Looking at Miss Qin, who was already dead drunk, Masha quite kindly brought a glass of sour grape juice.

"Miss Qin, drink this, you will feel better."

Qin glanced at Masha—her romantic rival—and waved her hand fiercely to drive her away: "I don't want to see you, you woman who snatched Qiaozhi away from my side!"

"Miss Qin, no one snatched me away; Masha is my lover."

Masha stopped Qiaozhi from continuing, and looking at Qin, she said: "Miss Qin, the love between Qiaozhi and me is not what you call love at first sight."

"At least for me, it isn't. The reason I love Qiaozhi is because of his character; he has a radiance that attracts me and makes me want to keep loving him."

Qiaozhi stepped forward and said apologetically: "I am very sorry, Miss Qin. Although I don't know what exactly about me attracted you, you can rest assured that from now on, I will appear in front of you as little as possible to reduce the possibility of meeting you."

"For me, having Masha is already enough."

Hearing such heartless words from Qiaozhi, Qin's expression froze slightly, and she looked at Qiaozhi in astonishment: "You cannot treat me like this."

Qiaozhi said again: "Sorry, I cannot let Masha worry, although I know she trusts me."

After saying this, Qiaozhi and Masha bowed slightly and turned to leave.

Leaving Qin staring blankly at the sweet couple.

Natasha held Qin's hand and comforted her: "Qin, Qiaozhi is just a passerby in your life; everything will pass."

……

And at this time, on the smallest continent located in the world's largest ocean.

Australia.

The troops led by Li He were marching through this long Grassland.

For them, located in the Southern Hemisphere, it was now winter.

On the Grassland, which was already lacking in food, there were not even many grass roots left to eat.

And the supplies brought by the troops had been exhausted on the third day after entering the Grassland.

The troops were able to survive now by relying on their strong willpower.

But for them, although this period was difficult to endure, it was not unbearable, and they were still guarding against another troop on this Grassland!

After starving for a period of time, Li He's Resistance Army finally encountered the troop they had been waiting for.

But for Li He, this was good news.

Relying on their own supplies, they could definitely persist until they reached the cities of Australia, but there was a troop on the Grassland that wanted to launch a fatal blow against them at any time.

This troop was, to them, both a danger and their hope for survival.

Wiping them out and obtaining their supplies was exactly what Li He hoped to do!

At this moment, the French troops sent by Delu launched a surprise attack on the Resistance Army, who were so hungry they didn't even have the strength to lift their guns.

Although both were on the desolate Grassland.

Their troops' situation was much better than that of Li He's Resistance Army.

Li He's Resistance Army first of all lacked supplies.

Secondly, they lacked manpower; in short, they were lacking in everything.

Whereas they not only had troops behind them providing continuous support, but also various powerful weapons they could use.

Over here, they had nothing at all.

Under such circumstances, fighting against the Resistance Army, it was impossible for them not to win.

They underestimated the enemy too much.

The French commander launched an attack.

At this time, Li He's Resistance Army was located below a highland; it was winter, and there was no Method to dig trenches.

So they could only hide behind the highland.

But for the French commander, such hiding by the Resistance Army was of no use at all.

On the boundless and magnificent Grassland, it was difficult to achieve any hiding of substantial value.

They had long since exposed their position, and now as long as their troops launched an offensive, Li He's Resistance Army would undoubtedly be defeated!

The French troops were even equipped with Cavalry in this surprise attack.

They sent out Cavalry to raid.

And at this moment, they seemed to have not noticed the impending danger in the slightest.

Li He had been waiting for their raid for a long time.