Chapter 2452 — Reaping What He Sowed
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Watching Kang Jinglong scurry about like a stray dog, Wang Xinyan found it faintly amusing. At this moment she felt not the slightest pity for him—this was all his own doing. The cable car had been running perfectly well, yet he had insisted on having Right Panhu's men sabotage it, and in the end he had reaped what he sowed.
Wei Zhao held Wang Xinyan in his arms, and because his true qi shielded her, she could not even feel the cold wind around her. Kang Jinglong, by contrast, was in a sorry state—not only did he have to face the cold wind and watch the ground below, but he had to work the jet booster while drenched in cold sweat, terrified that one slip would send him plummeting half to death.
After a while, Wei Zhao descended slowly to the ground with Wang Xinyan in his arms. She did not even feel the great jolt and jarring stop of the landing—it had been entirely canceled out by Wei Zhao's protective true qi.
Kang Jinglong, however, landed square on the ice of the lake and punched a hole clean through it, plunging into the water below. It was a long while before he crawled out of the hole in the ice, sneezing, a picture of utter misery.
"Achoo!" Kang Jinglong shakily climbed out of the lake. Luckily he could swim, and the spot where he had fallen in was shallow—even standing upright, the water did not go over his head. Otherwise, in cold like this, he would have frozen to death even if the fall had not killed him.
Wei Zhao was now surveying the surroundings, in no hurry to head back. This had been a chance for Kang Jinglong to get close to Wang Xinyan—but was it not also a chance for Wei Zhao?
To be alone with Wang Xinyan was something that, in ordinary times, could not be wished for. So Wei Zhao was naturally in no rush to leave.
"Xinyan, let's find somewhere to shelter first." Wei Zhao spotted a cave nearby and said to Wang Xinyan.
"...All right." Wang Xinyan glanced at Kang Jinglong, hesitated, then nodded. Miserable as Kang Jinglong looked now, the memory of all he had done before—above all bringing down the cable car—made her grind her teeth in fury. How could anyone treat other people's lives so lightly? Did he mean to commit murder?
Wei Zhao and Wang Xinyan entered the cave, and Kang Jinglong shamelessly tagged along. He had no choice but to follow—this cave was one he had discovered that day while riding in the helicopter with Right Panhu. It was the nearest shelter around, and he had even stashed some ready-cut branches inside it for building a fire!