Chapter 2978 — Zhao Qilei the Betrayer
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Shen Yushu casually picked up a stone and hurled it, striking the glass of Zhao Qilei's car squarely and denting the newly bought vehicle.
"Xiaoshu... what are you hitting me for..." Zhao Qilei had been sitting there lost in thought when a stone suddenly came flying at him, giving him a great fright. He sprang out of the car on reflex and cried out in alarm.
"I'll beat you to death, you turncoat, you treacherous little wretch!" Shen Yushu threw another stone, and this time her aim was even truer—it struck Zhao Qilei square in the forehead.
Zhao Qilei was a cultivator with true qi shielding his body, but even so, the blow left him in a sorry state. "Xiaoshu, let me explain..."
"Explain my foot! I'll stone you to death!" Shen Yushu said, and picked up yet another stone to throw! Now that Elder Pi and a whole company of experts were staying in the villa, she naturally had nothing to fear from Zhao Qilei.
"Xiaoshu, what's going on out there?" Gu Mengyao, hearing the crash and clatter outside the villa, pushed the door open and came out to ask. But when she saw Shen Yushu flinging a stone straight at Zhao Qilei, she was momentarily taken aback, and her expression shifted slightly. "Zhao Qilei? What are you doing here?"
"Will you just let me explain..." Zhao Qilei clutched his head, not daring to fight back, and called out with a bitter smile. Still, he felt it was only right that he be pelted—after all, Wei Zhao's injuries really had been because of him!
"Xiaoshu, Yaoyao, stop throwing! Let Qitan come inside!" Wei Zhao had also heard Gu Mengyao's cry of alarm and knew that Zhao Qilei had come, so he hurried out of the villa to put a stop to it.
"Eh? Leader, are your injuries all healed?" Zhao Qilei was utterly astonished to see that Wei Zhao could actually walk out of the villa. Wei Zhao's injuries had been severe; having lost the ability to heal himself, there was no way such wounds could heal without a year or half a year—and that was only the external injuries!
"Come inside and talk," Wei Zhao said. Though his meridians and dantian had now recovered, his strength had not, and so he did not wish to show himself and be seen by the ill-intentioned. Even when speaking earlier, Wei Zhao had stood inside the villa doorway, so that unless one were directly facing him, he could not be seen.
Wei Zhao was also afraid that the Yu family or the Dark Night Palace might still be lurking nearby and had not yet left.
Although Wei Zhao had spoken, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu did not stop Zhao Qilei, yet neither did they give him any pleasant looks; their brows remained furrowed and their eyes glaring.
Only after Zhao Qilei had entered the villa did Wei Zhao explain, half in amusement and half in exasperation: "Xiaoshu, Yaoyao, you've misjudged Qitan—he has not been treacherous at all!"
"Not treacherous? Aren't those injuries of yours from his hand?" Gu Mengyao did not quite follow Wei Zhao's meaning. (To be continued.