Chapter 1811 — Sincerity
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"So cold..." Even with Wei Zhao on her back, Xiaoshu could hardly endure the weather. Though she had felt light and relaxed the moment she stepped out of the guest room, after a while it became unbearable.
Xiaoshu had a constitution that tolerated heat but not cold. Carrying Wei Zhao, an occasional release of heat would have been wonderfully refreshing, but to remain in such an environment would surely freeze her to death.
"Yaoyao, Xiaoshu, go back into the car. I will be fine out here by myself!" As she spoke, Tang Zhi knelt before Snow Valley's great gate. Though this was Snow Valley's territory, she reasoned that Snow Valley would not stoop to strike a mere ordinary person like her, nor forcibly drive her away.
Watching the scene outside the gate, Elder Zhang shook his head helplessly. He had not expected Tang Zhi to actually do it. What puzzled him, though, was this: since Tang Zhi was Bingtang's sister, why did she not contact Bingtang and simply transfer the money for the Ice Spirit Sacred Fruit?
Of course, Elder Zhang did not know that Tang Zhi was not unwilling, but unable. Ancient sects had their own means of communication among themselves, but between ancient sects and the secular world, contact was maintained by letter.
Gu Mengyao did not know how to persuade Tang Zhi, nor whether she should. She wondered: if she were in Tang Zhi's place, would she do the same? Indeed, when Gu Mengyao heard Tang Zhi say, "I have known him so long... and I have never done anything for him...," a faint thought stirred in her heart: What have I ever done for him?
Every time she encountered trouble and danger, it was Wei Zhao who resolved it for her. No matter how difficult or perilous, each time he turned danger into safety. But what had she ever done for him? Thinking carefully, it seemed she had done nothing at all...
"Perhaps... we could take turns kneeling here..." Gu Mengyao said after a moment's hesitation.
"No need. That would not be sincere..." Tang Zhi said. "Yaoyao, it is all right. My constitution endures the cold better than yours or Xiaoshu's. Leave it to me! Just take good care of Wei Zhao in the car..."
In truth, Tang Zhi was thinking: now that Snow Valley knew she was Bingtang's sister, would they really let her freeze to death here? How would they explain that to Bingtang afterward?
Of course, Tang Zhi did not know that the Grand Elder and Xueli cultivated the Heartless Formula. Had she known, she would not have thought so. To be heartless meant, naturally, that one could not be moved by Tang Zhi's act. As for her identity as Bingtang's sister, the Grand Elder and Xueli were only half convinced; after all, Bingtang had not sent word beforehand, nor ever mentioned such a matter.
Since Tang Zhi had said so much, what more could Gu Mengyao say? She could only return to the car with Xiaoshu first. It was simply too cold outside; Gu Mengyao was shivering all over, and she could scarcely imagine how Tang Zhi's somewhat frail frame could withstand the freezing wind and driving snow.
In the blink of an eye, a day and a night had passed, and the biting cold wind left Tang Zhi not the slightest trace of drowsiness!