Chapter 1610 — Preparing for the Ice Palace
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"May we really? Yes!" Third Concubine agreed without a moment's hesitation. She longed to lay eyes on her daughter sooner rather than later; never mind some Ice and Snow Spirit Mountain — she would go to the ends of the earth if need be!
"Then it is settled." Old Master Tang pondered for a moment before going on. "Say nothing of this to any of the servants. I will make the arrangements, and we set out within a few days."
"Understood!" Third Concubine nodded again and again.
Third Concubine might have been born poor and harbored no schemes, but neither was she stupid. With one swift leap of thought she saw that if her daughter Tangtang truly was that Palace Mistress of the Ice Palace, the future of the Tang family might be profoundly affected...
Yet — would her daughter be willing to acknowledge this mother of hers? At that thought, the light in Third Concubine's face dimmed a little...
Old Master Tang and Tang Yuyu took their leave swiftly. They had to arrange the family's affairs before departing for the Ice and Snow Spirit Mountain, and without arousing the suspicion of anyone else in the clan — which left a great many things yet to be settled...
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Back at the resort, Wei Zhao finished his shower and then sprawled on the sofa chatting with Kang **.
"It honestly feels like a dream," Kang ** said, a note of wistfulness in his voice. "Thinking back to before, when you had just transferred here and clashed with Zhong Yongliang — it's all still vivid. And in the blink of an eye I've become the vice president of a company. What a change..."
Listening to Kang **'s reflections, Wei Zhao's own heart was no less full of them. Back then he had been nothing more than an ordinary little killer — or perhaps a little bodyguard; either way, he took on jobs not unlike those of a bounty hunter, living a rootless, drifting life.
And now — not only did he have a company of his own, but he possessed the strength to stand toe to toe with the great clans. That would have been unthinkable before! Back then he had merely been one of the humble escorts assigned to protect Yu Ning, the little princess of the Hidden Yu Family — he and Yu Ning had had something of the mythic Weaver and Cowherd about their station. But now, in the turn of a hand, he dared snatch a Qi-Gathering Pill from the very jaws of the Hidden Yu Family, dare grind their secular mouthpiece, the Secular Yu Family, beneath his heel, and even have the gall to demand they send him two concubines!
Life is like that — full of unexpected encounters and sudden turns. No one can foresee his own future.
"Kang **, have you thought about how you'll handle university?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Not yet, though roughly speaking I'll find some college with an economics program, just register a name and coast my way to a diploma. Right now I want to concentrate on running the company; when the time comes and I find my abilities really aren't enough, I'll go do a dedicated MBA in business management." Kang ** said. "In the meantime, though, I've had Xiaofen enroll in a night school so she can go study in the evenings and brush up her knowledge. She's different from me — she's strong in quality inspection. I'm planning to have her pick up some relevant certifications; we're going to need people like that in our company someday."