Chapter 1718 — Thanks for Your Hard Work
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
After turning the matter over in his mind, Wei Zhao thought of the old man. He had carried out missions for years in the past, so he should have earned quite a bit. Even if it was not several hundred million, he ought to have at least tens of millions. Wei Zhao decided he should ask the old man for some money.
He dialed the old man's number, and Wei Laozhang's lazy voice came from the other end. "Xiaoyi, what is it? Is everything over there taken care of?"
"Yes, it's all taken care of. I called because I wanted to borrow some money from you." Wei Zhao said.
"Borrow money? I don't have any." Wei Laozhang answered bluntly.
"You don't have any? Where did all the money I earned from those missions go? Don't tell me you really only got a few dozen coins for each one!" Wei Zhao was both exasperated and amused by Wei Laozhang's answer. "I didn't want to argue with you about it before, but I really do need the money now..."
"Wait a moment. I'll send you something." Wei Laozhang did not answer him. Instead, he said this and nothing more.
"What?" Wei Zhao had just begun to ask when Wei Laozhang hung up.
Before long, a message arrived on Wei Zhao's phone. When he opened it, he found photographs of a stack of receipts. He enlarged them and examined them carefully. They were donation receipts and records of bank transfers. Seeing them, Wei Zhao fell silent.
It seemed that over the years, Wei Laozhang had donated all the money to charity. Thinking of the old man's miserly ways at home, Wei Zhao felt a faint ache in his heart. He had once misunderstood the old bastard, thinking him a hopeless cheapskate who refused to spend a penny, even making Wei Zhao earn money on the side by weaving straw sandals.
But now it seemed that Wei Laozhang himself had enjoyed none of it. The money he had used to raise Wei Zhao had probably come from practicing medicine in the village. And he treated nearly everyone for free, earning only a little when they needed medicine. To raise Wei Zhao to adulthood on such an income had truly been no easy feat.
Wei Zhao sighed, then quietly called him back.
"You got it?" Wei Laozhang asked without preamble.
"Yes. You have worked hard all these years." Wei Zhao said.
"Ha-ha, it was nothing." Wei Laozhang laughed. "What do you need the money for?"
"More or less the same reason you had. An orphanage here burned down, and I want to rebuild it. I want to make it a first-rate orphanage." Wei Zhao said. "So I urgently need a sum of money."
"So that's what this is about." Wei Laozhang said. "Do you want to take on missions again? That's the quickest way to make money. If you do, I can keep an eye out for something."
"All right!" Wei Zhao gritted his teeth and agreed. "Keep an eye out for me. If a mission comes up, you can put me forward for it. Preferably, it shouldn't take me too far away."
"I'll see what I can find. There may not be anything suitable. If something does come up, I'll contact you." Wei Laozhang said.
Wei Zhao hung up and shook his head. He had thought he had already retired from that world. He had never expected to take on missions again just to earn money.