Chapter 751 — Demolition Compensation
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"Yun'er, the Qibing Real Estate Company just called me—they're compensating our family two million for demolition!" Having just seen a massive three million not long ago, Mother Tang wasn't as excited about this two million as she might once have been.
"Compensating our family two million? Really?" Tang Zhi was a little disbelieving. "Didn't they just pay us three million? Why are they compensating us another two million today?"
"I don't know. Maybe they're scared of Wei Zhao? Trying to spend money to please him, afraid he'll make trouble for them again?" Mother Tang speculated. "Yesterday, that Li Cihua fellow—wasn't he pretty afraid of Wei Zhao?"
"Pleasing him? There's no need for that, is there?" Tang Zhi grew somewhat suspicious at her mother's words. "Even if he's afraid of Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao never said a word—there's no reason for them to just send money on their own, is there? That seems a little illogical?"
"Unreasonable? How is it unreasonable? Isn't it a good thing that they're giving us money?" Mother Tang thought Tang Zhi was being a little too cautious.
"It's not that it's bad—it's that why would they give us money? Mom, I feel like there's something off about this..." Tang Zhi had a persistent sense that something was wrong. How could Li Cihua possibly offer money of his own accord? When Wei Zhao had demanded three million from him earlier, he had been reluctant to hand it over—so why would he volunteer money now?
"You—whether there's a problem or not, won't we find out tomorrow?" Mother Tang was utterly unconcerned. "Tomorrow at eight in the morning, they want us to go to the second floor of the Qibing Building to collect the demolition compensation. Why don't you ask Wei Zhao if he's free, and have him accompany us?"
"Oh..." Tang Zhi had been meaning to ask Wei Zhao anyway. What on earth was Li Cihua up to? First three million, and now another two million.
Wei Zhao received Tang Zhi's call on his way to school. When he heard her account—that Qibing Real Estate wanted them to come to the Qibing Building tomorrow to collect the demolition compensation—he was taken aback. "The Qibing Building is rebuilt already, that fast?"
Tang Zhi had expected Wei Zhao to be puzzled about the compensation money, but not to ask that. She couldn't help but laugh. "What, were you thinking of demolishing it for him again?"
"Oh, if he provokes me again, I'll demolish it just the same." Wei Zhao smiled. "His building already collapsed, and he's still giving your family money? Is he brain-dead?"
"That's what I think too. Tell me, could there be some problem with this?" This was the very thing Tang Zhi had been worrying about all along.
"Heh... refusing money when it's offered—isn't that what fools do?" Wei Zhao didn't see any problem with it. "Since they're giving money, I'll go with you to collect it tomorrow."
"But..." Tang Zhi still felt it was somewhat improper.
"Even if there is a problem, what can they do about it? With me here, what are you afraid of?" Wei Zhao saw it clearly: even if Li Cihua and Zhao Qibing had something in mind, what could they possibly do? His strength had fully recovered—if they thought they could hold him, that was impossible...
"Mm..." Hearing Wei Zhao say this, Tang Zhi nodded in agreement. That was right—with Wei Zhao there, what did she have to worry about?
With that thought, Tang Zhi set aside the unease in her heart.