Chapter 1552 — Worrying for Nothing
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"I see -- Young Master An, you think of everything!" Big Mule said admiringly after hearing him out. "That was a given!" An Liwen nodded in smug satisfaction. Truth be told, he had originally wanted Wei Zhao thrown straight into prison, but after turning it over and over, he reasoned that even though every scrap of evidence had been fabricated, some flaw might still remain in it in the end. Since that was the case, he would simply stop agonizing over it -- his main purpose, after all, was to redirect the police's attention. "Where is Dr. Yin? Fetch him for me. I want to ask how his research is coming along!"
"Dr. Yin is in the lab. But he told me earlier that if Young Master Wen asked, I was to pass on his message: his research has reached a critical stage, and if it succeeds, he will be able to raise a person's strength to the Profound Rank for a short time. That will play a vital role in our raids on the great families!" Big Mule said.
"Not bad -- this Dr. Yin is quite the talent!" An Liwen nodded, well pleased. "We've basically bled Songshan City of its ready cash. Next, we move on to Donghai City -- there's no shortage of rich folk there! Big Mule, you need to be careful this time. Don't expose yourself. At the crucial moment, get that thing out to take the blame. When the time comes, we'll head to Donghai and keep on working!"
"Don't you worry, Young Master Wen! I'll be careful!" Big Mule nodded hastily.
After returning to the villa, Gu Mengyao was heavy with worry. One look at her face and Tang Zhi and Shen Yushu knew at once that things were bad, while Wu Chengtian promptly shut the villa door and took up a solemn post at the side of the living room.
Gu Mengyao took out her phone. Stored in it were the close-up photographs of the car she had just taken in Feng Xiaoxiao's garage, together with the detail shots of the vehicles that the photographer had captured.
Sliding the phone across to Tang Zhi and Shen Yushu, Gu Mengyao recounted what had happened in the garage, then said, "That's the situation. What do you all think we should do? Still, I don't believe Wei Zhao is likely to be the one who did it. Someone must be trying to frame him!"
"You're right, Yaoyao. It certainly wasn't Wei Zhao -- someone is definitely trying to frame him!" Tang Zhi, too, chose to believe in Wei Zhao without condition.
"Yeah, yeah! Brother Arrow gets to stay home flirting and playing robbery role-plays with Shu, and I can go along with absolutely anything -- why would he go and commit crimes?" Shen Yushu was an even more staunch supporter of Wei Zhao; she had never once wavered.
Shen Yushu's words coaxed a smile onto the tense faces of Gu Mengyao and Tang Zhi. Little Shu really was a ray of sunshine -- no matter how anxious the moment, she could always get everyone to relax.
"Yaoyao... you know, I've never run into anything like this before either... I really don't have any ideas..." At this Tang Zhi couldn't help but smile bitterly. "I feel so useless -- there's nothing I can do to help Wei Zhao..."
"Don't talk like that, Yunyun. Honestly, I can't do much either." Gu Mengyao sighed. "Putting it all out on the table for everyone to talk over together is, well, the only way when there is no other way..."
"Could I... butt in and say a couple of things?" Wu Chengtian suddenly raised his hand and asked.
"Of course -- go ahead." Gu Mengyao nodded, signaling for Wu Chengtian to speak his mind.
"Ladies, I think you're all worrying for nothing..." Wu Chengtian had listened for a long while before he finally couldn't hold back.
"Worrying for nothing?" Gu Mengyao blinked, momentarily taken aback. As for Wu Chengtian's private habit of addressing them all as his "ladies," she had grown so used to it that she couldn't be bothered to correct him -- Xiao Shu and Tang Zhi both seemed rather pleased by it, so she would simply "suffer" the title herself.