Chapter 1232 — Let Me Go!
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Trust me, Uncle Feng. I won't do anything that foolish," Wei Zhao said with a confident smile. "All right, then, that's decided. I'm going up!"
"Wait ... I can't make this call on my own. I have to report it to my superiors!" Naturally Feng Tianlong did not want to watch Wei Zhao go to his death as well. If Bureau Chief Xia agreed to release Red Conch's second-in-command, there was a chance Feng Xiaoxiao could come out of this alive — but only a chance. Who could say whether Red Conch's deathsworn would actually keep his word, or whether, once the second-in-command was safely out, he might suddenly change his mind, detonate the bomb, and drag them all down with him?
Such a possibility was not merely a possibility — it was a very real one. For the other man was a deathsworn, and nothing about him could be judged by ordinary reason.
"No need. If Xia asks, just say I went up on my own initiative," Wei Zhao said flatly, as if it hardly mattered.
"This ..." Feng Tianlong wanted to stop him, but he saw the deep concern in Wei Zhao's eyes, and in the end he did not. That Wei Zhao should show such devotion and loyalty toward his daughter moved Feng Tianlong, and gladdened him.
And besides, from what Feng Tianlong knew of Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao was a man of both courage and resource, a man of wits and valor alike; he did not do things on a rush of hot blood without thinking. So the fact that Wei Zhao was now proposing to go up meant that he must have some measure of confidence in the matter — at the very least, he would not do anything impulsive or irrational.
So since Wei Zhao had said as much, Feng Tianlong of course would not stop him any further. Wei Zhao's relationship with the organization he himself belonged to was a delicate one; he trusted that even if Bureau Chief Xia learned that Wei Zhao had gone up on his own initiative, there would be nothing for him to do but accept it helplessly.
Only Qiu Lingshan frowned, watching Wei Zhao's swiftly departing back with a touch of reluctance, an unhappy feeling churning in her heart. Wei Zhao was really going to do something so dangerous? Did he not know the man was a deathsworn? Did he not know there were explosives in the building?
Could it be that Feng Xiaoxiao was so important to him that he would risk his very life? If the person upstairs were herself, would Wei Zhao come to rescue her?
Hmm? It seemed that last time Wei Zhao had also gone deep into the tiger's den and rescued her from the dungeon of the kidney-harvesting ring! So that meant Wei Zhao did have a place for her in his heart! At that thought, Qiu Lingshan cheered up a little.
Naturally Wei Zhao had no idea that Qiu Lingshan was nursing all these tangled notions. Had he known, he would probably not have known whether to laugh or cry.
At this moment Wei Zhao in fact had no certainty of success; all he could do was take one step and see about the next. He knew well enough that the mysterious Bureau of Investigation was no monolithic block, and that Bureau Chief Xia's word was not absolute either — some things, even if he wished them, were beyond his power to decide.
So as to whether Red Conch's second-in-command could be released, Wei Zhao held no great hope; he could only rely on himself to find a way.