Gilmore rubbed his eyes and let out a deep, long sigh. Oh… I don’t want your apology, kid. All I’ve ever wanted is your understanding.Mia nodded softly and sighed. I won’t meddle in your affairs from now on. I only hope you can handle all these relationships properly.For Mia now that she knew the whole story, she could no longer stop her father from seeing Ariana. Nevertheless, as Ava’s biological daughter, out of respect for her mother and their family of three, she could not openly support her father in pursuing Ariana.Thus, she believed the only thing she could do was stay out of her parents’ matters entirely.She would no longer involve herself in their past grievances or their present entanglements.Gilmore had never expected his daughter to stand firmly on his side. Her choosing not to interfere was already the best outcome he could have hoped for. Overjoyed, he said, Mia, thank you so much for this. You have no idea how much this means to me.Mia let out a quiet breath and s

When Alan heard her speak of the previous match, the images of her being repeatedly struck and injured by her opponent on the ring flashed through his mind, and a faint twinge of compassion stirred in his heart.He said earnestly, I think you performed excellently in your last match. There is one thing I don’t quite understand: why did you let your opponent land so many attacks on you? Your strength is actually superior to theirs. If you had launched firm counterattacks from the very beginning, you most likely would not have gotten hurt at all. Yet you kept giving them chances on purpose. Why is that?Ito Keiko said shyly, I mainly hoped to win with a single decisive strike back then. That is why I let my opponent attack me continuously in the early stage, waiting to find their flaw.Alan looked surprised. In a competition, winning is all that matters. Why must you insist on defeating your foe with one move?In Alan’s eyes, Keiko’s pursuit of a one-hit victory was vastly different fro

He had planned to ride on the success of Kobayashi Stomach Powder to skyrocket his company and turn Kobayashi Pharmaceutical into one of the world’s top pharmaceutical enterprises. Yet before his rise even began, he was about to be completely crushed by this accursed Zhenyuan Stomach Powder.Anyone in his position would be utterly unwilling to accept this.He immediately summoned his assistant and demanded, What is the market price of this damn Zhenyuan Stomach Powder?The assistant replied, Its retail price is identical to our Kobayashi Stomach Powder.A sharp pang of agony struck Kobayashi Jiro’s heart.He flew into a rage and snarled, This is obviously a direct attack targeting our Kobayashi Stomach Powder! Zhenyuan Pharmaceuticals is absolutely damned!Kobayashi Jiro could not contain his fury.Zhenyuan Stomach Powder targeted the exact same medical condition as his own product, making it a direct, head-on competitor.Yet its medicinal effects were vastly superior.To make matters

This final match had attracted immense attention nationwide. Every major television channel was broadcasting live, and countless video platforms streamed the event simultaneously online. For this reason, Alan did not accompany Kara onto the stage. Instead, he left the backstage area early and took a seat in the arena with his back facing the cameras.He believed Kara no longer needed his guidance. All he had to do was watch her match quietly from the sidelines.Before long,Kara and Ito Keiko entered the ring from opposite entrances on either side.Both young women were breathtakingly beautiful, and their arrival instantly sparked thunderous cheers from the crowd. The moment they stepped onto the ring, they captured everyone’s attention. Yet their own gazes both drifted down into the audience, searching for the very same person.That person was Alan.To Kara, Alan was her pillar of strength. She knew full well that without his help, she would never have made it this far.As for Ito Ke

A look of undisguised horror flickered across Ito Keiko’s usually calm and unruffled face.She retreated rapidly, her eyes locked firmly on Kara’s movements, striving to spot any opening in her attacks.At that moment, she suddenly noticed that all of Kara’s strikes were targeted at her upper body, leaving her lower defenses noticeably lax.She resolved to stick to her defensive counterattack strategy, this time aiming squarely for Kara’s lower body.Kara threw two consecutive punches, both deftly dodged by Ito Keiko. Spotting a perfect opening, Ito Keiko dropped low, darted forward and sideways past Kara’s frame. With her uninjured left hand leading and her wounded right hand trailing behind, she drove both palms together, striking hard toward Kara’s waist.The Chinese spectators in the stands gasped in unison, certain that Ito Keiko had seized another chance to land a decisive counterblow.Yet at the critical, hairsbreadth moment, Kara shaped her left hand into an open palm and clen