Chapter 156 — Just What Kind of Man Are You? "Brother, all right, you've got your tricks," Wu Chengtian said, clapping Wei Zhao on the shoulder. "I've learned a thing or two today, my friend. We'll have plenty of time ahead of us."
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"Your wallet and such," Sun Jingyan said. "Wu Chengtian is a rather petty man. When he left, he patted you. I can't be sure whether he did anything to you..."
"Oh? Then why didn't you warn me earlier?" Wei Zhao asked, smiling at Sun Jingyan.
"My family and his are old family friends... I couldn't contradict him in public, and it wouldn't sound good if it reached my parents." Sun Jingyan looked troubled. "But never mind. Whatever you've lost, I'll compensate you for it."
"Heh..." Wei Zhao found himself more and more convinced that Sun Jingyan's heart was not bad, at least she was willing to bear the loss on her own initiative. "Aren't you afraid I'll demand the moon?"
"That..." Sun Jingyan was somewhat discomfited by Wei Zhao's question. She was normally a strong, capable woman, yet today before Wei Zhao she had repeatedly come off worse, and the root cause was that she had discovered Wei Zhao seemed to ignore her charms. "You don't seem like that sort of person."
Sun Jingyan's embarrassment was only momentary; she quickly recovered her composure. Her big eyes flickered as she looked at Wei Zhao, very alluring.
"Congratulations, you guessed wrong." Wei Zhao shrugged.
"Huh?" Sun Jingyan was speechless, truly regretting today's choice. Had she run into someone even more difficult to deal with?
"But this time I haven't lost anything, so you needn't compensate me." Wei Zhao chuckled and produced a wallet that looked quite upscale, opening it. "Someone traded a big wallet for a small one... tsk tsk, there's even US dollars, quite a stack of bills, no? Oh, what's this? An ID card? Wu Chengtian? The photo looks like a memorial portrait—no wonder he's so unlucky..."
Sun Jingyan was slightly taken aback at Wei Zhao's words and was about to say something when she suddenly saw him produce a wallet, which startled her. By the time Wei Zhao mentioned swapping a large wallet for a small one, Sun Jingyan began to feel that something was off... Then Wei Zhao took out an ID card and called out Wu Chengtian's name... Only then did Sun Jingyan gasp and cover her mouth with her hand, staring at Wei Zhao in disbelief.
He had actually taken Wu Chengtian's wallet into his own hands? When? Was it when Wu Chengtian took his wallet? What kind of speed was that? She hadn't even seen it... Even more unbelievable, Wu Chengtian hadn't noticed either?
If Wu Chengtian had lifted Wei Zhao's wallet without Wei Zhao noticing, Sun Jingyan could believe that. But if Wei Zhao had lifted Wu Chengtian's wallet without Wu Chengtian noticing, that was something Sun Jingyan found hard to credit.
The Wu family's Iron Hands trained precisely for speed of hand; that he could lift Wei Zhao's wallet was no great matter... Yet from what Wei Zhao was saying now, it seemed he had known all along that Wu Chengtian had lifted his wallet, and had even taken Wu Chengtian's wallet along the way...
Sun Jingyan was somewhat speechless. Just who was this person sitting before her? Was he an ordinary man?
"Just who are you?" Sun Jingyan could not help but look at Wei Zhao squarely. She somewhat regretted dragging Wei Zhao into this matter. Now it seemed Wei Zhao was plainly no easy mark; this fellow had been playing the pig to eat the tiger all along.
"You're better off not knowing." Wei Zhao said quite seriously, "Give me a thousand yuan, and then you can go. Don't come to me about this business again. That kid is too foolish; there's no sense of accomplishment in playing him."