Chapter 772 — Worse Than Xiaoshu
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This was also why Wei Zhao felt at ease letting Tang Zhi and her mother ride in Uncle Qing's car. At the very least, Uncle Qing would not be rude to her, and the young lady and Xiaoshu were both kindhearted at bottom — they would hardly stoop to flaunting their wealth against Tang Zhi.
That was beneath the young lady. In fact, the war between Gu Mengyao and Tang Zhi had never once involved family background, money, or the like. Their methods of quarreling amounted to nothing more than who was prettier, who could play three... well, you know.
It made Wei Zhao laugh, and at the same time gave him a deeper understanding of the young lady's character.
She did not treat people differently according to whether they had money or not. As for the hostility she had shown toward Wei Zhao when they first met, it must have come entirely from her wariness and rejection of strangers! The young lady had never had any friends growing up — how could she possibly have accepted a man living in the same villa with her all at once?
Thinking back on her earlier sarcasm and mockery — wasn't that, in truth, a portrait of a lonely soul?
Wei Zhao found that the longer he spent around the young lady, the more he felt she was a very, very lovable girl.
Watching Uncle Qing's Bentley drive away, Wei Zhao set off on foot toward the school. As he walked, he mulled it over — should he buy a seven-seat station wagon? Otherwise, in the future, he really might not have room for that many people when they went out.
For an ordinary outing with Tang Zhi, Kang Xiaofeng, Xiaofen, and Liu Xinlan, an ordinary car would have been enough. But if Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu decided to tag along and join the fun, then it definitely wouldn't fit everyone.
As for Wei Zhao saying he needed to ask Qiu Lingshan how to handle things after the car was wrecked, that was just an excuse. Wei Zhao didn't want to put Gu Mengyao and the others in an awkward spot, so he said that and didn't get in the car with them.
Yu Xiaoke had reaped quite a haul these past two days. Yesterday she had fleeced a fat sheep and successfully escaped right from under Qiu Lingshan's nose, which left her quite pleased with herself. Yu Xiaoke felt like a mouse that had toyed with a cat.
Today her luck seemed just as good. Not long after Yu Xiaoke left the house, she spotted a member of another gang of thieves who had just stolen someone's wallet and was gleefully looking for a place to count his loot...
Yu Xiaoke's eyes darted around, and she quietly followed after him. Though she stole, she had very strong principles: she targeted only rich misers, corrupt officials, and other villains—and she also stole from fellow thieves!
Those "fellow thieves" were, naturally, other pickpockets. Yu Xiaoke occasionally pulled off a little double-crossing of her own.
Today, this member of the thieves' gang naturally became Yu Xiaoke's target.
Yu Xiaoke carefully trailed behind the thief, eyeing the big wallet in his pocket with envy. That was a lot of money—easily over ten thousand yuan! She had no idea where the guy had stolen it from; just the quality of the wallet marked it as a fine item, so the owner had to be wealthy!
Maybe there were even some shopping cards and the like inside that wallet—that would make the score even bigger!
From Yu Xiaoke's experience, many rich people carried anonymous shopping cards or vouchers for department stores and supermarkets in their wallets. Once she got her hands on those, she could go straight to the store and spend them!