Chapter 1425 — Wei Zhao Returns — Looking at General Weiwu and Tianlei Zhu Beside Him, Wei Zhao Was Ready to Weep but Had No Tears; These Features Were Far Too Obvious, Weren't They? Wei Zhao Made Up His Mind: Once He Got Back, He Absolutely Had to Hide Tianlei Zhu Well and Never Take It Out with Him — Yes, That Was Settled!

Seeing that Wei Zhao had not answered her words, Yu Xiaoke could not help feeling hurt, and disappointed as well... She shook her head, turned around, and ran quickly toward the station, pressing her feelings deep into the bottom of her heart. Back at the orphanage she would become the old Yu Xiaoke again, striving every day for the children's sake!

Mm-hm, go for it, Yu Xiaoke! she cheered herself on. And so she smiled again.

Wei Zhao seemed to have left, but in truth he waited until Yu Xiaoke had boarded the bus before hurrying away with General Weiwu and Tianlei Zhu.

The car they had come in earlier had been Chen Yutian's, and it had probably been driven back long ago, so Wei Zhao did not return to the camping spot at all. Instead, after taking off his mask, he flagged a taxi and rode back to Songshan City.

Back at the gate of the familiar villa, Wei Zhao reached out and rang the bell; he had not brought his keys when he left.

Before long, footsteps sounded from inside the villa. Wei Zhao could tell it was Shen Yushu.

"Brother Arrow!" Shen Yushu opened the villa door and, catching sight of Wei Zhao beyond the iron gate, cried out in delight, "Sister Yaoyao, Brother Arrow is back!"

The moment she finished shouting, Shen Yushu came running toward Wei Zhao, her chest bouncing and flashing as she ran, which stirred Wei Zhao more than a little. He had not seen that in a long while; to come home and be greeted with such a treat, wonderful!

Hurried footsteps came from the villa again — Gu Mengyao had come out too. Seeing Wei Zhao back, a delighted smile lit her face: "Wei Zhao, you're back!"

"Yes, I'm back." Wei Zhao nodded to the young miss; over this stretch of time she had grown much warmer again. "How have you all been? Nothing has gone wrong at home, I hope?"

At his words, Gu Mengyao's expression dimmed. "Something has happened. Zhou Jiaming seems to be injured — I don't know the details, but go and see him, quickly. And Wu Chengtian is badly wounded too; he and Zhou Jiaming are both resting in your room..."

"Wu Chengtian?" Wei Zhao was startled. "What is he doing here?"

No wonder Wei Zhao was astonished. He and Wu Chengtian had never had much of a relationship; there was no deep hatred between them, but it was true enough that Wu Chengtian regarded him as a rival in love. So why, wounded as he was, would he come here to recover?

"That... it's a long story..." Gu Mengyao did not know how to explain the matter of Wu Chengtian either. "You had better ask Zhou Jiaming."

"All right!" Wei Zhao did not much care whether Wu Chengtian was wounded or not; what mattered was that Zhou Jiaming was hurt as well. So he nodded and walked briskly into the room. As for Tianlei Zhu, he did not need to bother about it — General Weiwu would naturally take it wherever it belonged.

"Oh, what's that? It's so cute!" Shen Yushu suddenly noticed Tianlei Zhu behind Wei Zhao and exclaimed in surprise.

"A little pig," Wei Zhao said. "It's called Tianlei Zhu, and it's used to track down the Fire Spirit Holy Fruit."

"What an adorable little pig!" Shen Yushu said, and reached out to stroke Tianlei Zhu.

"Right — we've been talking only about Zhou Jiaming. How do things stand with the Fire Spirit Holy Fruit?" Gu Mengyao, concerned for Feng Xiaoxiao's safety, asked at once.

"It wasn't in the ancient tomb, but we do have a lead. I'll go see Ergoudan first; the matter of the Fire Spirit Holy Fruit can wait." Wei Zhao shot Tianlei Zhu a glare. "Know your friends from your enemies. These are all our own people. If you prick them again, you can look forward to a beating!"

"Squeak squeak —" Tianlei Zhu nodded vigorously to show that it understood.

Shen Yushu and Gu Mengyao went off to examine Tianlei Zhu, while Wei Zhao strode quickly into his own room.

Ergoudan had heard the sound of Wei Zhao's return too, but his body had no strength left in it at all; apart from managing to speak, he could only lie in bed. Wu Chengtian beside him was in an even worse state — every meridian in his body was severed, and his internal organs had all been knocked out of place!

"Boss, you're back!" Seeing Wei Zhao walk in, Ergoudan's face finally broke into an easy smile. "I did not fail my mission — I held on until you came home!"

"What on earth has happened to you, kid? You've only been here a short while and you've already learned to talk fancy!" Wei Zhao knew Ergoudan's condition well, so seeing him like this he could guess most of the story. "You pushed yourself too hard?"

"Mm..." Ergoudan nodded. "It's nothing. I can still hold on!"

"Old Boss, greetings!" Wu Chengtian was uneasy. After all, there had been some bad blood between him and Wei Zhao, and he feared Wei Zhao would not accept him; if that happened, he would truly be finished. Gravely wounded as he was, and having offended a whole crowd of great families, the Wu family would be utterly done for.

"Wu Chengtian, since when did I become your Old Boss?" Wei Zhao was taken aback, looking at Wu Chengtian in puzzlement.

"Boss, let me explain! While I was injured, Wu Chengtian did his utmost and carried out his duty — his contribution was indispensable!" Ergoudan had already accepted Wu Chengtian in his heart, and naturally wanted Wei Zhao to accept him too.

So Ergoudan recounted to Wei Zhao in full detail everything that had happened after Wei Zhao left — how Wu Chengtian had first killed two of the Pi family's finest fighters, then killed Jin Wudi, and later how Uncle Zhu had taken Zhao Fafa to make trouble for Tang Yun, and how Wu Chengtian had thrown himself into the fight without a thought for his own life, and so on...

"Oh?" Wei Zhao looked at Wu Chengtian in some surprise. He had not expected such a change in the man — enough that he had acknowledged Ergoudan as his boss!

"Old Boss, rest assured, I will never set my sights on Sun Jingyan again. From now on she is my eldest sister-in-law, and I will protect her just as I protect Tang Yun!" Fearing that Wei Zhao might still be nursing a grudge over the matter of Sun Jingyan, Wu Chengtian hurried to explain.

"Sun Jingyan and I... were never really involved with each other in the first place..." Hearing Wu Chengtian's words, Wei Zhao gave a somewhat helpless, bitter smile.

"Whether you were or not, I have made up my mind: I will follow the Boss and the Old Boss with all my heart and learn the martial arts from you. I only hope the Boss and the Old Boss will not scorn me!" Wu Chengtian hastened to declare his intentions.

"Heh... all right, I'll take you in." Wei Zhao could see Wu Chengtian's sincerity as well. This man had, in fact, no great conflict with him; it was only over the matter of Sun Jingyan, and he had been duped several times by Feng Xiaoxiao besides. Now, if only for the sake of the wounds he had taken to protect Tang Yun, Wei Zhao could not shut the door in his face.

Besides, Wei Zhao was about to set out on his journey to find the Fire Spirit Holy Fruit, and the household could not do without a capable fighter to protect Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, Tang Yun, and the others. Ergoudan could no longer stay here — his strength was completely spent, and he had to return to Xixing Mountain Village to drink the spirit spring water and replenish his energy.

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