Chapter 1962 — A Late-Night Visit, Part Two
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"It's no use — I can't catch him. A Grand Cherokee can run that fast? Has he lost his mind?" The young man frowned, baffled. Just what sort of person was this? It was no sports car, only an SUV, and yet he had pushed it to three hundred — truly beyond belief.
"Brother... if we let that man race on our family's behalf... at the Hidden-House Summit coming up soon, might our family not stand to gain far more?" What occupied the youth's mind was not how a Grand Cherokee could run so fast; he was thinking further ahead.
"Right! If we put this man in the race, perhaps we'd win..." The young man's eyes lit up.
"But we don't know who he is. In a little while, have someone pull the surveillance footage from the toll gates and trace the car's owner!" The youth mused a moment, then said, "Let's establish his identity first. If he can be brought into partnership, all the better. If he's tied to our rivals, then our family will have an opponent at this summit..."
"Agreed!" The young man nodded.
Wei Zhao had no notion that his driving had already drawn covetous eyes. He only kept tearing down the road toward Songjiang City.
Watching the blurred scenery beyond the window, Sun Jingyan found it almost unbelievable. This was far too fast, wasn't it? Yet she felt no fear at all. Was it because the one driving was Wei Zhao?
"How can you drive this fast?" Sun Jingyan asked, curious.
"This isn't a proper sports car — otherwise I could go faster still," Wei Zhao said. "There's nothing strange about it. I can fly a plane too, you know. Have you ever seen a plane race?"
"Planes can race?" Sun Jingyan realized that the Wei Zhao she knew was only the tip of the iceberg. Beyond being a cultivator, he seemed to know any number of things she had no grasp of — medicine, for one...
"Heh. I'll take you up for a race someday, and then you'll understand," Wei Zhao said mildly.
A drive that should have taken two hours took Wei Zhao less than one. It was past seven in the evening when the car rolled through the gates of Songjiang Engineering University, and it was stopped at the entrance to the faculty residences. Wei Zhao was neither a student there nor a teacher, so rather than waste words with the guard, he simply parked in a space outside the residential compound and walked with Sun Jingyan to the home of Elder Liu Weishan.
He pressed the doorbell, and after a moment an old man's voice came through: "Who is it?"
"Good evening, Elder Liu. I'm Wei Zhao. Elder Guan Xuewen sent me..." Wei Zhao said respectfully.
"Oh? Little Yi, is it? Please, come in!" The electronic gate buzzed open, and Wei Zhao led Sun Jingyan inside and up the stairs without trouble. Liu Weishan had already opened his door and stood waiting for him.
"Elder Liu, I'm truly sorry to trouble you so late," Wei Zhao said, a little apologetic.
"Haha, don't say that. This old man has nothing to do from morning to night. My son and his wife have settled abroad, my godson and goddaughter aren't close by, and every day I'm bored to death — I just want something to occupy me!" Liu Weishan, retired and at home, really was as he said: once supper was over each evening, there was nothing left to do.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony." Wei Zhao came in and said to Liu Weishan, "My name is Wei Zhao, and this is my friend Sun Jingyan. I've come because I have a favor to ask of you, Elder Liu."
"Old Guan told me. You're looking for pure yellow jade, is that right? I've already asked friends of mine in the jade trade to make inquiries for you, but there's no word yet. Rest assured, the moment I hear anything I'll tell old Guan at once — you needn't have come in person."
"Elder Liu, I've come this time... because there's another matter as well." So saying, Wei Zhao handed Sun Jingyan's jade pendant to Liu Weishan and said, "Elder Liu, take a look at this pendant..."