Chapter 502 — My Dad Wants to See You!
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"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.