Chapter 1425 — Wei Zhao Returns — Looking at General Weiwu and Tianlei Zhu Beside Him, Wei Zhao Was Ready to Weep but Had No Tears; These Features Were Far Too Obvious, Weren't They? Wei Zhao Made Up His Mind: Once He Got Back, He Absolutely Had to Hide Tianlei Zhu Well and Never Take It Out with Him — Yes, That Was Settled!
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Seeing that Wei Zhao had not answered her words, Yu Xiaoke could not help feeling hurt, and disappointed as well... She shook her head, turned around, and ran quickly toward the station, pressing her feelings deep into the bottom of her heart. Back at the orphanage she would become the old Yu Xiaoke again, striving every day for the children's sake!
Mm-hm, go for it, Yu Xiaoke! she cheered herself on. And so she smiled again.
Wei Zhao seemed to have left, but in truth he waited until Yu Xiaoke had boarded the bus before hurrying away with General Weiwu and Tianlei Zhu.
The car they had come in earlier had been Chen Yuxuan's, and it had probably been driven back long ago, so Wei Zhao did not return to the camping spot at all. Instead, after taking off his mask, he flagged a taxi and rode back to Songshan City.
Back at the gate of the familiar villa, Wei Zhao reached out and rang the bell; he had not brought his keys when he left.
Before long, footsteps sounded from inside the villa. Wei Zhao could tell it was Shen Yushu.
"Brother Arrow!" Shen Yushu opened the villa door and, catching sight of Wei Zhao beyond the iron gate, cried out in delight, "Sister Yaoyao, Brother Arrow is back!"
The moment she finished shouting, Shen Yushu came running toward Wei Zhao, her chest bouncing and flashing as she ran, which stirred Wei Zhao more than a little. He had not seen that in a long while; to come home and be greeted with such a treat, wonderful!
Hurried footsteps came from the villa again — Gu Mengyao had come out too. Seeing Wei Zhao back, a delighted smile lit her face: "Wei Zhao, you're back!"
"Yes, I'm back." Wei Zhao nodded to the young miss; over this stretch of time she had grown much warmer again. "How have you all been? Nothing has gone wrong at home, I hope?"
At his words, Gu Mengyao's expression dimmed. "Something has happened. Zhou Qiming seems to be injured — I don't know the details, but go and see him, quickly. And Wu Chengtian is badly wounded too; he and Zhou Qiming are both resting in your room..."
"Wu Chengtian?" Wei Zhao was startled. "What is he doing here?"
No wonder Wei Zhao was astonished. He and Wu Chengtian had never had much of a relationship; there was no deep hatred between them, but it was true enough that Wu Chengtian regarded him as a rival in love. So why, wounded as he was, would he come here to recover?
"That... it's a long story..." Gu Mengyao did not know how to explain the matter of Wu Chengtian either. "You had better ask Zhou Qiming."
"All right!" Wei Zhao did not much care whether Wu Chengtian was wounded or not; what mattered was that Zhou Qiming was hurt as well. So he nodded and walked briskly into the room. As for Tianlei Zhu, he did not need to bother about it — General Weiwu would naturally take it wherever it belonged.
"Oh, what's that? It's so cute!" Shen Yushu suddenly noticed Tianlei Zhu behind Wei Zhao and exclaimed in surprise.
"A little pig," Wei Zhao said. "It's called Tianlei Zhu, and it's used to track down the Fire Spirit Holy Fruit."
"What an adorable little pig!" Shen Yushu said, and reached out to stroke Tianlei Zhu.
"Right — we've been talking only about Zhou Qiming. How do things stand with the Fire Spirit Holy Fruit?" Gu Mengyao, concerned for Feng Xiaoxiao's safety, asked at once.
"It wasn't in the ancient tomb, but we do have a lead. I'll go see Ergoudan first; the matter of the Fire Spirit Holy Fruit can wait." Wei Zhao shot Tianlei Zhu a glare. "Know your friends from your enemies. These are all our own people. If you prick them again, you can look forward to a beating!"
"Squeak squeak —" Tianlei Zhu nodded vigorously to show that it understood.
Shen Yushu and Gu Mengyao went off to examine Tianlei Zhu, while Wei Zhao strode quickly into his own room.