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Actual time

Melissa stepped out into the hallway and looked out the large window... A beautiful, serene sea told her she was on a yacht.

Several employees passed by and waved to her from a distance.

-- Ma'am, good morning, ma'am, do you need anything, ma'am?

-- Nothing is perfect," she said, stepping into a panoramic elevator and out onto one of the many balconies and corridors overlooking the sea.

-- Did you buy it at AliBaba.com? he asked; referring to the yacht.

-- I had it built at a shipyard in Shanghai," he said.

-- I guess we'll go there someday.

-- I'm just saying. It's a wedding and business trip.

-- Which includes finding Ye Ye and the husband, torturing them and killing them.

-- Impossible for me to kill Ye Ye.

Melissa was silent and opened her mouth in astonishment....

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Count Qianling's time.

The viceroy's emissary arrived at the main hall of Qinliang Castle.