Chapter 502 — My Dad Wants to See You!

Wei Zhao stretched lazily and gave Tang Zhi a call. The voice on the other end was still the recorded message telling him the phone was off. Wei Zhao shook his head helplessly. He had no idea whether Tang Zhi had seen the text message he had sent her.

He went to wash his face, and the phone on the bed began to ring. Wei Zhao thought it was Tang Zhi calling back, but when he picked it up and looked, it was Feng Xiaoxiao.

Wei Zhao frowned. He had not intended to answer, but Feng Xiaoxiao's persistence was remarkable — she called once, then called again. Wei Zhao had no choice but to pick up impatiently. "What is it?"

"Why are you so fierce with me?" Hearing the impatience in Wei Zhao's voice, Feng Xiaoxiao felt a little wronged. What did he mean by that? He spoke softly and gently to everyone else, but with her he took this sort of tone!

"Is there something or isn't there?" Wei Zhao ignored her. "If there's nothing, I'm hanging up!"

"There is... don't hang up, there is something! Really, there is!" Feng Xiaoxiao was startled and hurried to steady Wei Zhao first, while her mind raced desperately for a reason to be calling him...

"If there's something, then say it." Wei Zhao suppressed the urge to hang up.

"Where are you?" Feng Xiaoxiao asked.

"At a hotel." Wei Zhao said. "Anything else?"

"Yes, there's more..." Feng Xiaoxiao was so anxious that sweat beaded on her forehead. "Which hotel are you staying at?"

"Does that have anything to do with your business?" Wei Zhao countered. "Do you actually have something to say or not?"

"I do! That... my dad wants to see you! You met him before, at the auction, remember..." Feng Xiaoxiao truly could not think of any other reason, so on a sudden inspiration she blurted out the first excuse that came to mind.

"Your dad? Looking for me?" Wei Zhao was taken aback. But he did not doubt Feng Xiaoxiao's words, because he and Feng Tianlong already knew each other — they had even carried out a mission together — so it really was possible that Feng Tianlong was looking for him. Only, if Feng Tianlong wanted to find him, why have Feng Xiaoxiao make the call? Couldn't he have called himself?

And besides, he had already given Feng Tianlong a look and a gesture. As an agent of solid caliber, could Feng Tianlong really have failed to see that he did not want his identity exposed? Why would he still come looking for him?

Even if he wanted to meet privately, that would be one thing — but to send Feng Xiaoxiao to find him? Feng Tianlong was not the sort to do something so reckless of the consequences, surely?

"Yes..." Feng Xiaoxiao had only blurted out that excuse a moment ago, and now she found it hard to cover up the lie! That was right — what would her father want with Wei Zhao? Feng Xiaoxiao's brain whirred at top speed, and at last she had it!

"I told my dad that you're my boyfriend, so he wants to meet you..." Feng Xiaoxiao said, a little bashfully.

"Ga?" Wei Zhao nearly threw the phone away. You can eat whatever you like, but you cannot say whatever you like! She had told Feng Tianlong that he was Feng Xiaoxiao's boyfriend? Wei Zhao understood all at once — no wonder Feng Tianlong wanted to meet him. Any father who heard his daughter had a boyfriend would want to size the man up, especially in his case, since he and Feng Tianlong already knew each other. Feng Tianlong was probably wondering how on earth he had ended up with his daughter!

"Wei Zhao... which hotel are you at? I'll come find you?" Feng Xiaoxiao said to Wei Zhao in a soft, gentle voice.

"Uh... forget it. Where are you? I'll come find you?" Wei Zhao was a little speechless. This really was something he had to go and explain clearly to Feng Tianlong, or things could get seriously messy!

"Hehe, I'm at the Songjiang International Hotel. I'll wait for you at the entrance!" Feng Xiaoxiao had not expected Wei Zhao to agree so readily. It seemed borrowing her father as an excuse had not been a bad move after all! Little did she know that Wei Zhao had completely misunderstood — there was more to this than met the eye.

"All right!" Wei Zhao smiled bitterly and hung up. This was something he really did have to meet Feng Tianlong and explain clearly.

He said a word to Guan Xuewen and Fatty Lai. The three of them had agreed to go to the hotel's tea restaurant for a late-night snack that evening, but clearly Wei Zhao would not be able to make it.

At the hotel entrance, Wei Zhao flagged down a taxi and gave the driver the name of Feng Xiaoxiao's hotel. The Songjiang International Hotel was not far from the hotel where Wei Zhao was staying, but it was on the other side of the auction venue.

The car stopped at the hotel entrance. Wei Zhao paid the fare and saw Feng Xiaoxiao standing prettily at the hotel door, waving to him. Wei Zhao frowned slightly. At a time like this, Feng Xiaoxiao was still acting so warmly — was she just waiting for Feng Tianlong to misunderstand?

"Wei Zhao, over here!" Feng Xiaoxiao called out excitedly the moment she spotted him, her little hand waving back and forth.

"Where's your father?" Wei Zhao walked up to Feng Xiaoxiao, ignoring her enthusiasm.

"Oh... my dad..." Feng Xiaoxiao had long since prepared her story. "Dad got a phone call out of the blue — he had to go to a meeting. He told me to keep you company for a bit. He'll be back soon!"

Anyone else would never have believed a word of it. What kind of coincidence was that — calling Wei Zhao over one minute and finding an excuse to slip away the next?

But Wei Zhao actually bought it! To his mind, Feng Tianlong might have a bit more freedom than he did, but not much more; when a mission came, it could come at any hour — morning or the middle of the night. So Wei Zhao nodded without the slightest suspicion. "Where should we wait?"

"I haven't eaten yet. Dad told me to treat you to something first!" Feng Xiaoxiao was a little astonished — she hadn't expected Wei Zhao to be so easy to fool! By rights, Wei Zhao wasn't the type to be taken in so easily. Back at school, no matter what she said, Wei Zhao never believed a word of it. What was going on today? Puzzled as she was, Feng Xiaoxiao wasn't foolish enough to ask outright. She kept it to herself and decided to watch and see.

"Oh, then let's get something to eat." Wei Zhao had eaten dinner early; he'd originally planned to grab a late-night snack with Fatty Lai and Guan Xuewen, but Feng Xiaoxiao's phone call had summoned him here instead.

"Ah? All right, then let's — let's look around nearby and see if there's anything good to eat!" Feng Xiaoxiao hadn't expected Wei Zhao to agree so readily either, which only deepened her puzzlement.

"Can't we eat here?" Wei Zhao pointed, puzzled, at the Songjiang International Hotel behind Feng Xiaoxiao. An international hotel — how could it possibly not serve food?

"Well..." Feng Xiaoxiao hesitated, then said, "It's really expensive here... I don't have enough money..."

Feng Xiaoxiao was staying in an economy room, and Feng Tianlong had paid for it. The hotel's dishes were none too cheap, and she had brought only a few thousand yuan with her on this trip — naturally she didn't want to blow it all at once.

"Ha, my treat." Wei Zhao was briefly taken aback, then smiled. He hadn't expected Feng Xiaoxiao to have such an endearing side.