Chapter 1850 — Three Families Join Forces
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"Very well, I'll contact them at once!" Old Man Wei said.
After ending the call with Mo Kongwu, Old Man Wei dialed Gu Mengyao's number directly, only to be met with the recorded message that the phone was switched off.
He tried Shen Yushu's number—also off. Wei Zhao's number—still off!
This set Old Man Wei's heart lurching with alarm, yet anxious as he was, a thousand li away there was nothing he could do.
After several failed attempts, Old Man Wei had no choice but to call Mo Kongwu once more.
"Old friend, what news?" Mo Kongwu was in truth just as anxious.
"Can't reach them..." Old Man Wei sighed. "Perhaps they've already run into trouble and gone into hiding..."
"Let us hope so!" Old Man Wei nodded.
Songshan City.
Though the scavenging trio of Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, and Granny Sun had kept a low profile, they had still drawn the attention of the other scavengers.
After all, picking up over ten thousand yuan's worth of old goods and junk in a single day was simply outrageous. Even if they concealed it deliberately, there is no wall in this world that lets no wind through—especially when everyone sold their salvaged appliances and electronics to the same place, so sooner or later they were bound to cross paths!
So once the trio's income became known, many scavengers eyed them with envy and resentment. Had Granny Sun not been an old hand in the trade, scavenging for over ten years and commanding absolute prestige, there was no telling what sort of ostracism they might have suffered!
But Granny Sun was a veteran, and though many envied and resented them, there was nothing anyone could do.
The affairs of Granny Sun and the others could only become idle gossip for after-dinner chatter...
This turn of events filled Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu with deep worry. Fame is dangerous—pigs grow fat and people grow famous. Under ordinary circumstances Gu Mengyao would not have cared; she would not have minded even having her photograph taken as the "loveliest scavenger girl." But now, for Wei Zhao's sake, her identity must not be exposed!
So Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu could only pray in their hearts that Wei Zhao would wake soon and put an end to this scavenging chapter of their lives. Fortunately, scavenging was a fairly independent trade with little contact with the outside world; word of their trio spread only among the scavengers and had not drawn the attention of anyone else...
The people of the Hidden You Family, the Hidden Yu Family, and the Hidden Zhao Family had all come to Songshan City.
Unlike the Hidden Yu and Hidden Zhao, the Hidden You Family had come merely to watch the excitement—or rather, to "probe." The Hidden You Family's Earth-rank experts had appeared in Songshan City alongside those of the Hidden Yu and Hidden Zhao, yet the Hidden You Family had little interest in whether Wei Zhao lived or died.
Though Wei Zhao had offended You Panhu of the Hidden You Family, the grudge between the You Family and Wei Zhao was not deep. It was the Kang Family, rather, that bore Wei Zhao a bitter hatred, and so You Shisan's visit this time was in truth a matter of acting according to circumstance.
Before departing, You Zhentian had made it clear: if Wei Zhao could be found and both the Hidden Yu and Hidden Zhao Families took action, then there was no harm in You Shisan joining the fun—after all, it would count as repaying a favor to the Kang Family. With Wei Zhao dead, the Kang Family would be deeply grateful to the Hidden You Family and would work all the harder to earn money for them.
But if the other two families would not act, the Hidden You Family would certainly not be the one to stick its neck out.