Chapter 2916 — Xiao Jiu's Silence, and a Friend Who Seemed Quite Important Indeed, or Else Tu Qingsong Would Not Believe Wei Zhao and Yang Qiqi Would Go to Such Trouble Over This Matter
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"Earth Tyrant, you've done well! I never expected that you would sit out this trial, yet come back so much more mature!" Tu Qingsong said approvingly.
"Uncle..." The Earth Tyrant gave a bitter smile. How could a man grow without ever suffering a setback? He too had been beaten into a cripple by Zhang Naipao, and only after that blow to his pride had he learned that there is always another mountain higher than the one you stand on.
"Send the photo to me by email. Actually, whether I look at it or not hardly matters now—it is completely certain that Xiao Jiu is Ranran. All you need to do is find a way to get Mr. Wei Zhao to send her back to our Yellow Earth High Sect." As he said this, Tu Qingsong felt a stir of emotion. Could it be that what the fortune-teller his father met all those years ago had said was true?
Tu Ranran's fate had been changed because of her man? And who could that man be but Wei Zhao? From the Earth Tyrant's words, Tu Qingsong had also sensed the uncommon bond between Wei Zhao and Xiao Jiu, and so he reached this conclusion.
It seemed his father's decision back then had been a wise one—that two million had been worth every cent. Not only was Tu Ranran unharmed, but the Yellow Earth High Sect had gained a powerful ally.
Others might not know the background behind Wei Zhao, but Tu Qingsong knew it through and through. At present, Wei Zhao's standing in the martial world still looked precarious; if the Yellow Earth High Sect became a subordinate sect of Wei Zhao's, it would without question be a case of offering coal in the snow.
This bond of loyalty was nothing like the kind that adds flowers to brocade later on. Whoever followed Wei Zhao first and earned his recognition would seize the initiative; when Wei Zhao rose, the Yellow Earth High Sect would surely rise with the tide.
"Yes, Uncle. I'll send it to you in a moment!" the Earth Tyrant answered.
"Good. You take charge of following up on this matter. Arrange a meeting with Mr. Wei Zhao and see when he can come to our Yellow Earth High Sect," Tu Qingsong said.
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After learning of her origins, Xiao Jiu suddenly fell silent. For so many years she had come to regard Yang Zhao's home as her own. Yang Zhao was her adoptive father, yet he was much like a real father to her, treating her and Yang Qiqi exactly the same, never playing favorites.
And so, toward a strange home and a strange Yellow Earth High Sect, Xiao Jiu found it hard to feel any sense of belonging. True, her long-lost family was there—her brother, her father—but in Xiao Jiu's heart, Wei Zhao and Yang Qiqi, and Yang Qiqi's parents, were the ones she felt closest to.
She had lived here since she was small. As for the Yellow Earth High Sect in the Western Regions, this was the first she had ever heard of it. Faced with all these unknowns, she still felt a certain resistance in her heart...
"Xiao Jiu... what's wrong?" Yang Qiqi heard the silence on the other end of the line, and when Xiao Jiu said nothing for a long while, she could not help asking.
"Sister Qiqi, I feel like none of this is real... I have a family now?" Xiao Jiu's voice sounded somewhat low, entirely without the excitement of one who had found her family—only a sorrow she did not know how to face.
"Xiao Jiu, aren't you happy? At the Yellow Earth High Sect your health problem can be solved, and you'll be able to meet your family..." Yang Qiqi did not quite understand Xiao Jiu's mood at that moment, nor why she should be so downcast.