Chapter 2430 — A Chance Encounter with Leader Bai
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Wei Zhao thought to himself: with An Liwen's kidnapping racket no longer viable, he would naturally look for other ways to make money. Judging by what An Liwen had done in the past, the man always played for huge returns on a pittance — or simply for businesses that cost him nothing at all.
The casino's profits were enormous. Slower than kidnapping and extortion, true, but it was a long-term livelihood; if An Liwen bought the casino, the income would flow in endlessly. Especially with Qiu Lingshan being the one to tell him about it — that would plant a false impression in An Liwen's mind: that the police did not care about this casino. After all, Qiu Lingshan had mentioned the casino and yet had not moved to raid it. How could he not read something into that?
That way, if An Liwen bought the Gambler's casino, he would be jumping into a deep pit. First he would have to face the fury of the Hidden Zhao family; and even if he smoothed that over, Qiu Lingshan would then raid the casino — this time he would be cleaned out but good.
"All right. But isn't this a bit underhanded? You get him to buy the casino, then I raid it — won't he lose a fortune?" Qiu Lingshan felt Wei Zhao was setting a trap for the man.
"He's done so much evil, and you can't lay a finger on him. Don't you want to vent a little?" Wei Zhao countered.
"That's true enough." Qiu Lingshan nodded. "Then I'll hint at it obliquely when I see him."
"Heh, just play it by ear. If it really won't work, forget it." Wei Zhao did not want to put Qiu Lingshan in a difficult spot.
"That's no trouble. The Gambler is a victim too, so mentioning it does no harm," Qiu Lingshan said.
After hanging up, Wei Zhao smiled. Tripping up An Liwen had been a spur-of-the-moment idea; he had found the fellow distasteful for a long time now, and naturally would not let things go too smoothly for him.
He cultivated on his bed for a while, and soon it was time for school to let out. Wei Zhao left the villa and drove to the school to pick up Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, and Han Xiaochao. When he pulled into the parking lot, he saw Leader Bai walking toward it, car keys in hand — it looked as though he was about to head out.
"Teacher Bai," Wei Zhao greeted him with a smile.
"Mm, Wei Zhao." Leader Bai broke into a smile the moment he saw him. Wei Zhao was a student he thought highly of; though the boy could not yet refine pills, Leader Bai had great hopes for him — after all, Wei Zhao had saved his life, and naturally he wished for him to learn more. "So? How is your control of the pill fire? Any progress?"
"I..." Wei Zhao gave a wry smile. He had not expected Leader Bai to care so much about him. Lately he had been busy with the Hidden Families Assembly and matters in the Wulonghaote Mountains; he had barely attended a few days of class — when would he have had time to study pill refining?
He had, however, worked out a joint pill-refining technique together with Han Jingyi — but the thing could not be referenced or replicated, and to speak of it would be rather shocking to the world. Wei Zhao could not very well tell Leader Bai the plain truth; after all, the two of them were not yet close enough to share everything.
Though Leader Bai had given him some notes and materials on a pill refiner's insights, all of it rested on the fact that Wei Zhao had once saved his life. Beyond teacher and student, the two were also savior and saved.