Chapter 979 — My Dad Wants to See You Again

"He isn't going to come looking for me again, is he?" Wei Zhao had not forgotten that Feng Tianlong wanted to see him. He had never doubted that Feng Xiaoxiao was telling the truth about it; after all, he knew Feng Tianlong. As Wei Zhao saw it, now that the man knew about the relationship between him and his daughter, he would surely want to sit down and have a talk with him — especially since he already knew him.

But last time, when Feng Xiaoxiao told him that Feng Tianlong had business to attend to at work, Wei Zhao had not waited around. He understood the nature of the man's work all too well: one departure could mean a day, or ten days, or half a month, or even a year or so. How could Wei Zhao possibly find the time to keep waiting? Besides, the young lady here had gotten herself into trouble.

"Yes, he wants to see you again!" Feng Xiaoxiao nodded. But when she saw that Wei Zhao wore no particular expression, she found it strange. "Hey, why aren't you scared at all? My dad knows about us!"

"Oh." Wei Zhao responded flatly. "And what exactly is there between us?"

"Anyway, I showed him the photos. What do you suppose he thinks we are to each other?" Feng Xiaoxiao shot back.

"Heh..." Wei Zhao merely smiled and said nothing more. Feng Tianlong surely knew his own daughter's temperament, so certain matters could be cleared up the moment Wei Zhao explained them. After all, he and Feng Tianlong had worked together, and the man knew what sort of person he was. If there truly had been something between him and Feng Xiaoxiao, he would not have denied it.

"Can't you at least be a little nervous?" Feng Xiaoxiao felt a sudden sense of defeat. Other people's boyfriends, on the way to meet their girlfriend's parents for the first time, were always anxious; but Wei Zhao did not take it seriously at all — which clearly meant he did not take her seriously either! Feng Xiaoxiao felt thoroughly glum.

She waved her fist. The romance was not yet won; she still had to strive! She refused to believe that with her looks she could not hook Wei Zhao. Hmph, hmph — however cunning the fox, it cannot escape a hunter who dogs it twenty-four hours a day!

"When are you going to meet him?" Wei Zhao asked.

"I don't know. If you agree, I'll call my dad, and he'll get in touch with you," Feng Xiaoxiao said.

"Fine. Have him set a time, and I'll call on him at his home," Wei Zhao said with a nod.

Feng Xiaoxiao's return caused no great stir. It was senior year of high school; people came and went in a class all the time. Some boarding students went back to their original schools, some repeaters came here to review, some students with no hope for the college entrance exams had already struck out on their own, and some rich idlers who never had to worry about their futures went on skipping class and drifting through their days as freely as ever. Zou Ruoming was one of them.

After Wei Zhao and Feng Xiaoxiao got back to school, he parted ways with her to go find Tang Yun. Feng Xiaoxiao had wanted to talk with Wei Zhao a while longer, and could not help feeling glum. She sat in the classroom, leafing listlessly through her books. She did not even know whether she could hold out until college. So she had little interest in studying either; even if she failed to get into a university, with her father Feng Tianlong's connections, getting her into one would be no problem at all.

"Sister Xiaoxiao, you're back? Where did you disappear to for a while?" Seeing that Feng Xiaoxiao had returned, Zhong Yongliang came over and sat down beside her, in Wei Zhao's seat.

"Oh, I went out of town for a trip..." Feng Xiaoxiao glanced at Zhong Yongliang. "By the way, while I was gone, did you people do anything to Wei Zhao?"

"Do something to Wei Zhao..." Zhong Yongliang's expression changed at once. Then he said, "Sister Xiaoxiao, actually, the reason I came over is to persuade you to give it up. Let's stop going after Wei Zhao..."

The business of one dead in the Yu family and one turned into an idiot in the Xiao family had thoroughly jolted Zhong Yongliang's nerves. Until he had enough strength of his own, he would absolutely never scheme against Wei Zhao again. And as for Feng Xiaoxiao, who had once stood with him on the same front, he naturally did not want her provoking Wei Zhao anymore either.

If Feng Xiaoxiao provoked Wei Zhao, and Wei Zhao lumped him and Feng Xiaoxiao together as one gang, then he would be the one to suffer. So, to avoid being dragged in, he had decided to talk some sense into Feng Xiaoxiao and make her drop whatever designs she had on Wei Zhao.

In any case, Zhong Yongliang also felt that with Feng Xiaoxiao's abilities, there was no way she could do anything to Wei Zhao.

"Oh?" Feng Xiaoxiao was taken aback. "What's wrong? Weren't you gnashing your teeth over him before?"

"Ah, don't even mention it!" Zhong Yongliang shook his head. "Sister Xiaoxiao, I'm telling you this for the sake of the good relationship we've had. Do you know? The Yu family and the Xiao family of Yanjing both went to make trouble for Wei Zhao... Those two are great houses with long lineages. Have you heard of them?"

"The Yu family? The Xiao family?" How could Feng Xiaoxiao not have heard of them? She had attended the Yu family's auction earlier, and afterward she and Wei Zhao had shared a table with members of the Xiao family. Of course she knew these two great houses. "They went after Wei Zhao?"

"That's right. Those were Mystic-rank masters from the great houses, and they went to make trouble for Wei Zhao. Guess how it turned out?" As he spoke, Zhong Yongliang felt somewhat glum. The gap between his own strength and Wei Zhao's was far too great; it was lucky he had never pushed Wei Zhao too far, or he might not live to see the day Zhang Naipao came down the mountain.

"How did it turn out?" For no reason at all, Feng Xiaoxiao's heart tightened, and she was slightly startled at herself. Why would she be nervous about Wei Zhao? Wasn't revenge on him what she wanted most? Now two great powers had gone and taken revenge on Wei Zhao for her — so why was she not happy?

No. The one Wei Zhao had offended was her. If there was to be revenge, she had to take it herself. No one else would do! Feng Xiaoxiao gave herself a reason.

"One of the Yu family is dead, and one of the Xiao family has become a vegetable..." Zhong Yongliang sighed. "Sister Xiaoxiao, we're no match for him. So it's best not to act rashly!"

"What? Wei Zhao killed one of the Yu family and turned one of the Xiao family into an idiot? And he himself walked away without a scratch?" Feng Xiaoxiao's eyes went wide as she stared at Zhong Yongliang in disbelief.

Feng Tianlong knew all of this but had not told Feng Xiaoxiao. In his view, Wei Zhao was a man of real ability; those great houses had indeed grown rather unbridled in recent years. Though they moved outside the rules of the mundane world, one still could not go too far. Now that someone had given them a knock, some of the higher-ups, he reckoned, would be pleased to see it.

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