Chapter 2401 — Secretly Reaching an Agreement
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"I know." Chief Zhu nodded, helplessness in his heart.
Wei Zhao got out of the car with Chief Zhu and returned to the villa. He found Chen Xi sitting alone on the sofa, not watching television or reading a magazine—just sitting there foolishly.
It was not that Chen Xi did not want to; it was that being suddenly in such a large and luxurious villa made her uncomfortable and constrained, and she did not dare touch anything in it at will.
"Chen Xi, since your Grandpa Zhu has come to fetch you, go back with him. I won't see you off," Wei Zhao said.
"Ah... all right..." Chen Xi was faintly disappointed. In truth, she had hoped Wei Zhao would take her home, so that she might spend a little more time with him. But she did not dare say so, and could only nod.
"Once you're back, study hard. Don't keep picking through garbage—if you're short of money, go ask Ying Ziyu for some." Wei Zhao did not want Chen Xi distracted by such trivialities.
"Mm..." Ying Ziyu agreed, but plainly would not do any such thing.
There was nothing Wei Zhao could do about it. Though Chen Xi and Ying Ziyu were on good terms, Chen Xi would never use Ying Ziyu's money.
After seeing Chen Xi and Chief Zhu off, Wei Zhao saw that it was still early. He had meant to ask Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu whether anything was the matter, but unexpectedly, he received a call from Qiu Lingshan!
"Little dummy, your timing is really something." Wei Zhao had just finished dealing with everything at hand when Qiu Lingshan's call came in.
"Why are you calling me little dummy again?" Hearing the nickname, Qiu Lingshan felt a certain warmth. As she recalled, Wei Zhao had not called her that for quite some time, and hearing it now gave her an indescribable fondness.
"Ha... it just came to mind, so I said it." Recalling the days when he had first met Qiu Lingshan, Wei Zhao felt a touch of emotion. In the blink of an eye, everyone had come from Songshan City to Donghai City.
"Did you miss me?" Qiu Lingshan's voice turned sweet and coquettish.
"A little." Wei Zhao did not deny it. It had indeed been a long time since he had seen Qiu Lingshan, and seeing her today gave him a sudden sense of closeness. But Qiu Lingshan had a case on her hands, so Wei Zhao had not spoken with her much.
"Ha, real or not, I'm happy to hear it." Qiu Lingshan was a little surprised.
"Just the missing of simple friends," Wei Zhao added.
"Couldn't you have left off that last sentence?" Qiu Lingshan was suddenly deflated.
"There are several kinds of friends too." Wei Zhao broke into a sweat, not expecting such a reaction from Qiu Lingshan, and so hedged.
"Fine, then since that's the case, how about you help me look into the kidnapping case?" Qiu Lingshan's mood had improved somewhat.
"The kidnapping case..." Wei Zhao had just gotten home and was completely in the dark. RQ