Chapter 1254 — Finding the Mastermind
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"What?" Wei Zhao's frank admission left Yang Huaijun at a loss. Even knowing that Wei Zhao would never hide anything from him, raising a person's strength was not something that could simply be done - it must have cost untold hardship. And in raising Qiu Lingshan, perhaps there had been some fondness of his for her at work. But he, Yang Huaijun... even as Wei Zhao's brother, what need was there for Wei Zhao to give so much?
Yet Wei Zhao had spoken those words as though without a moment's thought, moving Yang Huaijun deeply and filling him with feeling: if he told him that matter, Wei Zhao would surely avenge him and the Pangolin.
So Yang Huaijun resolved to caution Wei Zhao not to be impulsive. Tell him he must, but before telling him, he had to prepare him first.
"The peak of the late Yellow rank... sounds rather tempting..." Yang Huaijun laughed. "Then I'll thank you in advance!"
"No need for thanks, Brother Jun. You sought me out just for this?" Wei Zhao felt that Yang Huaijun was not the sort to be so easily unsettled.
"No - that was only something I wanted to ask first. I came to you mainly because there is one very important matter I must tell you. But you must promise me: once you hear it, do not act rashly. Think before you move. Act only when you are certain; leave what you are not certain of alone for the time being." Yang Huaijun paused, then spoke gravely.
"Oh? What is it, exactly?" Hearing Yang Huaijun so solemn, Wei Zhao grew puzzled as well. "Brother Jun, what matter are you speaking of?"
"It is about the time I was wounded, and the Pangolin's death..." Yang Huaijun said, somewhat grief-stricken. "The mastermind behind it all - I think I can guess who it is now..."
"The mastermind? Was it not said to be an international drug lord?" Wei Zhao's heart gave a violent lurch as he asked.
"Yes, but there is evidence now to infer that this international trafficking organization is bound to the Yu family by a thousand threads..." Yang Huaijun said.
"Which Yu family?" Wei Zhao's heart beat harder still.
"Rest easy - not the hidden Yu family. It has nothing to do with Xiaoning. It is the Yu family of the mundane world," Yang Huaijun said with a smile.
"Brother Jun, you're joking again." Wei Zhao was reluctant to bring up old matters; he shifted the subject. "You're certain it was the Yu family's doing?"
"They should be the hand pushing from behind. These past years, the younger generation of the great families have met with accidents again and again. My guess is that if the Yu family means to grow great, they must strike down the other great families. I was the hope of this generation of the Yang family - a Yellow-rank expert at sixteen, with boundless potential to rise. So the Yu family wanted to kill me. Only, it dragged in the Pangolin and my other teammates..." Yang Huaijun speculated.
"The Yu family? Very good." Wei Zhao repeated the name, his tone flat.
"Eagle, don't do anything rash!" A chill seized Yang Huaijun's heart. He knew Wei Zhao's character. Though Wei Zhao's words were calm, he could hear that in that moment, when Wei Zhao spoke the words "the Yu family," there was not a trace of feeling in him. Back on the battlefield, that was how Wei Zhao looked before he killed.
So Yang Huaijun grew tense; he feared Wei Zhao would do something reckless.