Chapter 2699 — Yu Xiaoke Treats
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"Old Bai, Xiaoyi, Xinxin—you are back!" Guan Xuewen said.
"Grandpa." Guan Xin had not seen her grandfather in a long while, and now that they met again, she missed him greatly.
"Xinxin, how have you been? Were you well-behaved at your Grandpa Bai's house?" Guan Xuewen asked with a smile.
Grandfather and granddaughter reunited, old friends reunited—a scene of warmth and harmony. Wei Zhao did not stay for dinner, for he had an appointment with Yu Xiaoke.
Slinging his backpack over his shoulder, Wei Zhao left the villa. He did not drive but walked toward the orphanage. On the way, he called Yu Xiaoke.
All day long, Yu Xiaoke had been in a state of restless agitation. She was a little afraid that Wei Zhao's call would come—and yet, in the end, it came.
"Hello?" Seeing Wei Zhao's caller ID, Yu Xiaoke sighed inwardly and picked up.
"Xiaoke, it is me," Wei Zhao said. "I am at the orphanage gate now. Where are you?"
"Ah... I... then I will come out." Yu Xiaoke answered somewhat helplessly, silently reciting in her heart: if it is a blessing, it is no misfortune; if it is a misfortune, it cannot be avoided!
"All right." Wei Zhao nodded with a smile.
After a short wait, Yu Xiaoke came out through the orphanage's main gate. Seeing Wei Zhao standing at the gate with his backpack, she found it a little strange—he had not come by car?
"Xiaoke, you look lovely," Wei Zhao said, glancing at her. Today Yu Xiaoke had clearly dressed up with care, but Wei Zhao knew very well that the effort was for his other identity, not for the Wei Zhao standing before her.
"Oh..." Yu Xiaoke answered faintly. Wei Zhao's guess had indeed been right—she had dressed up for the Phantom Thief. After dinner with Wei Zhao she would have no time to change, so she had had to dress early: "It is not for you!"
"Heh." Wei Zhao was not the least bit offended. Knowing the truth, he could hardly hold such things against Yu Xiaoke.
Only Yu Xiaoke did not know that. Seeing Wei Zhao smile even at her sarcasm, she thought: how thick must this man's skin be!
"The money!" Too impatient to bandy words with Wei Zhao, Yu Xiaoke simply held out her hand.
Wei Zhao smiled, took two stacks of banknotes from his pocket, and was about to count out twenty bills from one stack and give her the rest—when Yu Xiaoke snatched them away outright!
"What are you doing?" Wei Zhao asked.
"No need to count. Keep the change." Without waiting for Wei Zhao to speak, Yu Xiaoke went on, "Didn't you want to treat me to a meal? Come on, I will take you."
"Oh, all right..." Wei Zhao nodded and followed behind Yu Xiaoke.
The two of them wound this way and that until they came to a small alley—it turned out to be the snack street of Donghai City, where vendors sold every kind of tidbit, a lively bustle indeed!
Yu Xiaoke led Wei Zhao straight to a knife-shaved noodle stall, found a table, and sat down. "Here we are!"