Chapter 3049 — Little Shu's Secret, Part One
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"Little Shu, stop making a scene!" Gu Mengyao shot her a glare too. "Don't you want to hear Wei Zhao tell us what happened at the Sun family?"
"I do, I do!" Shen Yushu loved hearing Wei Zhao's stories best; every time he came back from an outing she listened with relish. So for now she had no choice but to abandon her assault on Fire Burn Cloud and obediently shut her mouth.
Wei Zhao smiled. Little Shu did leave him rather helpless, but with Fire Burn Cloud standing right there he could not ask too much. He simply said to Wu Chengtian, "Chengtian, why don't you tell Little Shu and the others what happened?"
"Right!" Wu Chengtian nodded, then recounted in full detail everything that had happened to Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu.
Neither Gu Mengyao nor Shen Yushu had imagined that Patriarch Xuanchen would strike again—and this time his target was the Sun family! Sun Jingyan was Uncle Qing's daughter, and Gu Mengyao cared deeply for her safety. When she heard how Little Eleven had tortured Sun Jingyan with silver needles, her face flushed crimson with fury. "Wei Zhao, did you teach that Little Eleven a lesson afterward?"
"Heh, just keep listening to Wu Chengtian's account!" Wei Zhao said with a smile.
So Gu Mengyao had no choice but to listen patiently. She knew, of course, that Sun Jingyan must be safe now—otherwise Wei Zhao could not have returned so relaxed.
But when Wu Chengtian went on to describe how Wei Zhao had paid Little Eleven back in her own coin, tormenting her with silver needles, an excited smile crept across Gu Mengyao's face. The young miss was not a cruel person; on the contrary, she was kindhearted. But clearly this time she was truly enraged.
This Little Eleven had tortured Han Jingyi last time and nearly killed her; now she had moved on to Sun Jingyan. Kind as Gu Mengyao was, she could not tolerate the woman any longer.
Shen Yushu, though, seemed to think it hadn't been vicious enough and cut in: "Oh, if Little Shu had been there, I'd have tied her to Little Feng's tail and dragged her around the ground for ten laps!"
Wei Zhao could only smile wryly. "I'd have liked to. The problem was time. If Fire Burn Cloud hadn't held off Little One's attack for me, I'd have had no choice but to kill Little Eleven on the spot—no chance to torture her at all!"
Wu Chengtian went on with the rest of the story, and Gu Mengyao and Little Shu clicked their tongues in dismay. Thank goodness Wei Zhao had kept Tagan Long in reserve as a bargaining chip to make Little One hesitate—otherwise, if Wei Zhao had slain Tagan Long first, Wei Zhao and the others likely would never have made it back!
It had been a desperate measure on Wei Zhao's part. Facing an enemy stronger than himself, he had no choice but to leave himself some way out; otherwise it would have been far too dangerous. Of course, if there was no way out, then he could only fight to the death.
By the time Wu Chengtian finished his account, it was getting late, so Fire Burn Cloud rose to take his leave. He was not a man without tact; he knew Shen Yushu disliked him, and that staying would only deepen the friction.
As for the matter of Yang Shuizhen, he was in no hurry to raise it with Wei Zhao. After all, Wei Zhao had more or less accepted him as a subordinate, and had promised to go to the Hakunamata Desert. Why bring it up again?