Chapter 1965 — A Trip for Nothing
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Wei Zhao got out of the car and went into the villa. Sure enough, the young mistress and Xiao Shu were both asleep, but Uncle Qing and Granny Sun had not yet retired — the two of them were sitting on the sofa chatting at that very moment, and Uncle Qing seemed to be telling Granny Sun stories from his younger days...
"Xiao Yi, you're back!" Uncle Qing was delighted the moment he saw Wei Zhao come in. Wei Zhao had gone to look into the Sun family's cultivation method for Granny Sun's sake, so Uncle Qing was naturally overjoyed to see him return. True, Uncle Qing had not really expected Wei Zhao to be back the same day he set out, but all the same he and Granny Sun had waited for him, almost unconsciously, until very late.
Besides, they had been talking about old times, and the more they talked the more they lost track of the hour, so that in the blink of an eye it was past one in the morning.
"Yes, Uncle Qing — you two still aren't asleep?" Wei Zhao was a little surprised.
"Not yet. So how did it go, Xiao Yi, the matter with Luo Yue..." Uncle Qing knew it was hardly proper to pelt Wei Zhao with questions the moment he walked in the door, but because Granny Sun's affairs weighed on his mind, he asked anyway.
"Ha, it's all taken care of. But there's something I have to do just now — wait for me a little while, and we'll talk when I get back." Wei Zhao smiled.
"Good, good!" Hearing that there was news, Uncle Qing was instantly thrilled and nodded again and again. A flicker of hope crossed Granny Sun's eyes as well. Uncle Qing had told her so many things about those bygone years, yet she could not recall a single one of them, and that was a bitter feeling. If Wei Zhao could help her recover her memories, nothing could be better.
Wei Zhao went back to his room, dug the half map out of the cabinet there, then hurried out of the villa and back to the car. "This is it," he said to Sun Jingyan. "Take a look — is it one and the same?"
Somewhat excitedly, Sun Jingyan took the half map Wei Zhao handed her and fitted it against the half in her own hand. There was no surprise at all — they matched perfectly!
"It really is one map..." Sun Jingyan's breathing quickened as she looked at the map in her hands. Perhaps, through this map, she could find a clue to her parents...
"Let me drive you to the hotel. You can study it slowly once you're there." Wei Zhao smiled at Sun Jingyan, who was staring at the map in rapt absorption.
"Ah — sorry, I got a little carried away for a moment..." Sun Jingyan said hastily.
"It's nothing. If it were me, I'd be the same." Wei Zhao shook his head and started the car. Nearby there was a three-star hotel called the Xueshang Hotel, developed by the same developer as the Xueshang residential compound — pleasant surroundings, and the price was not steep. Naturally, the place catered to young couples; if the rates had been too high, ordinary people could not have afforded it.
When they reached the hotel and Sun Jingyan was getting out of the car, she hesitated, as though she had something to say and could not bring herself to say it.
"What is it?" Wei Zhao asked, puzzled.
"Wei Zhao... if I work out the location on this map, would you come with me..." Sun Jingyan knew the request was rather unreasonable, but after turning it over and over in her mind, there was no one but Wei Zhao who could accompany her.
"Hmm..." Looking at the faint hope in Sun Jingyan's eyes, Wei Zhao pondered a moment and said, "All right. If nothing comes up on my end, I'll go with you. Actually, I'd like to know myself just what that treasure the strange fellow spoke of really is."
"Yes — wonderful!" Sun Jingyan was thrilled to hear Wei Zhao agree. "If the treasure is no use to me, I'll give it to you when the time comes!"
"Ha, there's no need for that. I'm not going along because I want some reward — I'm going because I count you as my friend," Wei Zhao said.
"Only a friend?" Sun Jingyan blinked.