Chapter 2493 — Zhong Yongliang Comes Down the Mountain
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"So that's how it was... but I took back what she stole," Yu Xiaoke said, a little helplessly, as she drew out the blue crystal and handed it to Wei Zhao.
"What?" Wei Zhao stared at the blue crystal in Yu Xiaoke's hand and froze. He hadn't expected Yu Xiaoke to have filched it right back. Of course, for Yu Xiaoke this was no more than lifting a finger—simple as could be.
After Yang Qiqi returned to her room, it took her quite a while to settle her nervous, excited feelings. She patted her chest, then cautiously slipped her hand into her pocket, intending to take out the blue crystal and have a look—but the moment her hand entered the pocket, her expression changed drastically!
Where was the blue crystal? The blue crystal was gone!
Yang Qiqi searched her pocket again, carefully, but it was utterly empty—nothing at all!
Now Yang Qiqi was completely dumbfounded. Where had the blue crystal gone? She had clearly stolen it back and put it in her pocket, and along the way, over such a short distance, it couldn't possibly have been lost...
That's right! A certain person suddenly came to Yang Qiqi's mind—Yu Xiaoke! During this stretch of time, the only person she had run into was Yu Xiaoke. Coming out of Wei Zhao's room, she had brushed past Yu Xiaoke, and Yu Xiaoke had even bumped into her. Could that have been the moment the blue crystal was stolen?
At this thought, a flash of anger crossed Yang Qiqi's eyes! She was furious—why was it always Yu Xiaoke who ruined her good plans! Indignant, she rushed out of her room and headed straight for Wei Zhao's, because she remembered that Yu Xiaoke had gone into Wei Zhao's room earlier.
Wei Zhao had heard the footsteps in the corridor too, and he took the opportunity to put the Male Thief's mask on his face.
Arriving at the door of Wei Zhao's room, Yang Qiqi saw that it wasn't locked, so she flung the door open and strode in—and there was Yu Xiaoke, holding her blue crystal up in front of Wei Zhao as if showing off a prize. Yang Qiqi's fury erupted on the spot!
Actually, she had wronged Yu Xiaoke. Yu Xiaoke wasn't showing off at all—she was simply caught between laughter and tears. The blue crystal she had so kindly recovered for Wei Zhao was one that Wei Zhao himself had let Yang Qiqi steal!
"You... you you you you... you little wretch, you're truly wicked and shameless, stealing my blue crystal to curry favor with this great tyrant?" Yang Qiqi pointed at Yu Xiaoke and shrieked, beside herself with rage.
Yu Xiaoke had actually felt rather sorry for Yang Qiqi and had been planning to return the blue crystal to her in a little while. But who could have guessed that the moment Yang Qiqi came through the door she would start cursing her—and worse, that she would call the most perfect Male Thief in Yu Xiaoke's heart a "great tyrant"? How could Yu Xiaoke not be furious?
"What a joke. This blue crystal was obviously snatched by the Male—by him, from that skinny beanpole's hands. How did it become yours?" Yu Xiaoke shot back, refusing to yield an inch. "Have you no shame, coming here to make such a racket with that brazen mouth of yours?"
"You... you you you you you..." Yang Qiqi's mind worked quickly. "That's right—even if he did snatch it from the skinny beanpole's hands, I took it from him, so it's mine!"
"Oh, right, you said it yourself—once you took it, it was yours, and then I stole it back from you, so now it's mine," Yu Xiaoke said matter-of-factly. "So what are you still making a racket about? Selling your charms—aren't you ashamed?"
"I I I I I... you you you you you..." Yang Qiqi was instantly struck speechless. When it came to arguing and cunning, how could she ever be a match for Yu Xiaoke? Yu Xiaoke had clawed her way up from the very bottom of society, dealing with petty thugs and scoundrels every day—Yang Qiqi was no match for her.