Chapter 2461 — Back at the Resort
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"I'm fine, Teacher Bai. Sorry to trouble you," Wei Zhao said with a smile.
"I'm fine too..." Wang Xinyan nodded.
"Good. I've sorted out the rooms. Wei Zhao, you're sharing with Bai Weituo, and Wang Xinyan, you're with Han Jingyi. Here are your key cards." Bai Lingtou handed the cards to Wei Zhao and Wang Xinyan.
Kang Jinglong knew his behavior today had angered Bai Lingtou badly. Though the man had not called him out openly, he slunk upstairs with You Panhu all the same. He was rooming with You Panhu anyway, so he did not need a key card from Bai Lingtou.
"Head back for now. Dinner soon, and there are activities arranged for tonight. Take this time to rest up," Bai Lingtou instructed Wei Zhao and Wang Xinyan.
"Yes, will do." Wei Zhao nodded, and he and Wang Xinyan took the elevator upstairs together.
"Wei Zhao... could you not make things so tense with Kang Jinglong..." Inside the elevator, Wang Xinyan was silent for a long while before she finally spoke.
"Oh?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback, not quite understanding why Wang Xinyan would suddenly say such a thing. But since she had said it, she must have her concerns. What puzzled him, though, was that Wang Xinyan clearly disliked Kang Jinglong—after today's affair, she even looked at him with disgust. So why plead on his behalf now?
Wei Zhao was no fool, though. On second thought, if Wang Xinyan was not speaking up for Kang Jinglong, then she must be considering things from his side. In other words, her request that he not make things too tense with Kang Jinglong was probably out of concern for him. But why?
Kang Jinglong was no cultivator, and the backing behind him was nothing more than the Hidden You family. Today Wei Zhao had struck down two of the Hidden You family's fine fighters without fear—so why would he fear offending them?
At that thought, Wei Zhao ventured, "On the road today, those two robbers who showed up later were probably sent by You Panhu. One was an early-stage Heaven-rank expert, the other at the peak of late-stage Earth-rank. One's dead, one's wounded—my grudge with the You family is already set. Barring the unexpected, there's no chance of burying it."
"What! Those two were from the Hidden You family?" Wang Xinyan was startled. "And a Heaven-rank expert, too?"
"But my guess is those two were meant to help Kang Jinglong play the hero and save the beauty. It's just that Kang Jinglong had rotten luck and ran into real robbers..." Wei Zhao said with a chuckle.
Wang Xinyan was sharp as ice and snow. From Wei Zhao's words she immediately pieced together the whole sequence of events, and understood just why Kang Jinglong had suddenly stepped forward to defend her! It made sense—when the man laid eyes on that giant soft-shelled turtle, he had turned pale as dirt and even said he would stay out of her and Wei Zhao's affairs. Nothing about that looked like the sort who had the guts to play hero. So there had been something else going on all along.
She gave a faint sigh. Glad as she was for Wei Zhao, she could not help worrying. He might be able to defeat an early-stage Heaven-rank expert at the peak of mid-stage Earth-rank, but that was only enough to overawe the level of the hidden families. Against the ancient level, it truly would not measure up.
You Panhu was fawning over Kang Jinglong like this now, and Wang Xinyan had seen it all with her own eyes. Wei Zhao simply had not thought about it deeply, but Wang Xinyan, who understood the workings behind it, knew full well that You Panhu's flattery of Kang Jinglong must be because of Kang Jingming.
"Kang Jinglong and I are classmates, after all, and he... is my nominal fiancé. Before we graduate, I don't want to make things difficult for my family..." Wang Xinyan said quietly. But she had already laid out the situation clearly enough, and she trusted Wei Zhao would understand.