Chapter 741 — Are You Two Kissing?

"Right, let's get back to work. Level that plot of land for me!" Zhao Qibing nodded.

"Young Master Bing, according to our plans, there's an orphanage right next to the shantytown. Should we get our hands on the orphanage's land too?" The shantytown plot was not square but L-shaped, and one part of it was occupied by the orphanage.

At first, Li Cihua had not set his sights on the orphanage either, but now that he had lost a hundred million on building the headquarters tower and another three million to Wei Zhao, he was suddenly deep in the red. The shantytown alone would hardly earn back his losses.

"An orphanage?" Young Master Bing thought it over. "What's its background?"

"No background at all. Just a private charitable orphanage. The land was originally donated free of charge." Li Cihua knew the place fairly well.

"Fine. Find someone to negotiate with them as well and secure it along with the rest. We're building a high-end modern residential compound, and we have to recoup our earlier losses, or I won't be able to answer to my father!" Hearing that it was a private orphanage, Zhao Qibing paid it no more mind. What background could a place like that possibly have?

"Young Master Bing, shall we still hold the completion ceremony for the group tower this time?" Li Cihua suddenly remembered the last completion ceremony and asked.

"Hold it my ass! Haven't we been humiliated enough last time?" Young Master Bing glared at Li Cihua. The very mention of it set his blood boiling. "You want me to attend the completion ceremony in a wheelchair? Wei Zhao is like a time bomb planted in our path, ready to go off at any moment. If we don't get rid of him, none of us will ever have a moment's peace!"

"But the man doesn't seem to have been hurt at all. Uncle Zhu was no match for him, and neither was the Medicine King. What can we possibly do?" Li Cihua was truly out of ideas. "Eh? A time bomb?"

At Young Master Bing's words, Li Cihua's eyes suddenly lit up.

"What about the time bomb? Do you have a good idea?" Young Master Bing caught Li Cihua's expression and asked at once.

"There's an old saying: no matter how good your martial arts, you still fear guns and cannons! Why must we clash with him head-on? Why not try a bit of strategy?" Li Cihua suggested.

"You mean we use firearms against him?" Young Master Bing was slightly taken aback.

"That time bomb you mentioned just now gave me an idea. We can plant a time bomb in his car, and the moment he starts driving, boom, he's dead!" Li Cihua had finally thought of a way to deal with Wei Zhao.

"Plant a time bomb in his car? That's a good idea, but the opportunity won't be easy to find," Young Master Bing said. Hearing Li Cihua's suggestion, he had to admit it was a decent plan — at the very least, it spared them a head-on confrontation with Wei Zhao.

Who knew whether Wei Zhao's strength had recovered? Well, so what if it had? One bomb and he would be dead. Then let's see how arrogant he could be.

"I do have an idea." Li Cihua pondered for a moment. "Only, it may cost some money..."

"Money is no concern. As long as we can kill Wei Zhao, what does money matter? Once he's dead, whatever we spend now, we'll earn back later!" Zhao Qibing waved his hand indifferently.

"Then it's simple!" Li Cihua said. "When the time comes, we can do it like this..."

Li Cihua laid out his plan. After hearing it, Young Master Bing pondered briefly, then nodded. "Good, then it's settled! Start looking for people to arrange this right away. The sooner the better. I don't want Wei Zhao alive in this world one moment longer than necessary!"

"Don't worry, Young Master Bing. Leave this to me. I've got connections." Li Cihua nodded.

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After Wei Zhao and the others finished their meal, Fatso Lai was about to settle the bill, but upon asking, he learned that Baldy Boss Wu had already paid it. Fatso Lai did not protest further, knowing this was Wei Zhao's doing, and made arrangements to treat them next time.

He also did not want to keep trailing after Wei Zhao and intruding on him, so he hailed a taxi at the restaurant entrance and left on his own. Wei Zhao drove Mother Tang back to the hospital first. She had just bought a house, so naturally she wanted to take the floor plans and discuss them with Tang Jucheng.

Wei Zhao, meanwhile, returned to the school with Tang Zhi.

"Thank you for today!" Tang Zhi said to Wei Zhao as she got out of the car.

"What's all this thanks between us?" Wei Zhao smiled. "You still owe me a kiss, don't you? When are you going to make good on it?"

Tang Zhi's face went red at once. Thinking back, she had agreed to it before, and it seemed she really had never made good on it. She had meant to put him off, but then she suddenly remembered what Shen Yushu had said — that both she and Gu Mengyao had kissed Wei Zhao — and Tang Zhi felt a flare of indignation! She was Wei Zhao's girlfriend, and she had never even kissed him, yet someone else had beaten her to it?

So Tang-mm glanced nervously around, and seeing that no one seemed to be about, she quickly pecked Wei Zhao on the cheek, then said in a fluster, "There. Paid back."

"That doesn't count as a kiss, does it?" Wei Zhao said, rather amused.

"Why doesn't it? I say it counts, so it counts." It had taken no small effort for Tang Zhi to bring herself to do even that much.

"Ha, all right then, we'll call it even." Wei Zhao touched the cheek Tang Zhi had kissed. It felt... not bad, actually?

Still, why did it feel about the same as when Xiaoshu kissed him?

Of course, Wei Zhao did not dare say that aloud. If he did, Tang Zhi would kick him to death.

The two of them were both at a loss for what to do next when they heard a startled cry!

"Wow, so this is where you two snuck off to instead of going to class — hiding out here kissing?" Liu Xinlan came running up, panting, her voice at full volume.

She had spotted Wei Zhao's car passing her from far off earlier, but she had called out to him and he had not heard. So Liu Xinlan had given chase, running all the way to the snack street behind the school, and then she had seen Tang Zhi give Wei Zhao a kiss on the cheek!

So Liu Xinlan, as if she had stumbled on a scoop, came running over at once.

"Xinwen, what nonsense are you talking? Who was kissing?" Of course Tang Zhi would not admit to what she had just done — not to Liu Xinlan, either. If Liu Xinlan knew, then everyone would know.

"Am I seeing things, then? I distinctly saw you kiss Wei Zhao!" Liu Xinlan was not so easily fooled.

"We were just whispering secrets!" Tang Zhi glared at Liu Xinlan. "You and your fuss over nothing! What are you doing out here instead of in the classroom?"

"It's lunch break right now! You weren't at school either, and it was no fun being there all by myself, so I was just wandering around the school gate, and then I suddenly saw Wei Zhao's car go by. I called out to you both and you didn't hear me, so I ran after you!" Liu Xinlan said.