Chapter 876 — The Target
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"Yes... but they're both young girls..." Gu Pengzhan had thought the same—that since the kidnappers had taken his daughter and Xiaoshu, they must mean to use them for some purpose. But he feared the kidnappers might lust after them...
"Rather than wearing ourselves out here, I say we go back and wait for the kidnappers' call," Wei Zhao suggested. He urgently needed to sleep a while and replenish his strength; otherwise, even if word of the kidnappers came, he would have no way to fight them.
"All right!" Gu Pengzhan was no longer the high-spirited company chairman but an anxious father, with no ideas of his own. Since Wei Zhao proposed going back to wait, that was all they could do for now.
Qiu Lingshan did not stop them either, for she knew that if Wei Zhao could not resolve this, her own worry would be useless. Since Wei Zhao wanted to go back, then let him go back.
As for Uncle Qing, Wei Zhao did not send him to the hospital either, but had the paramedic named Xiao Liu help carry him into the villa. Wei Zhao had already brought Uncle Qing's injuries under control; so long as he was not hurt again, his condition would not worsen.
Now only three remained in the villa—Wei Zhao, Gu Pengzhan, and Uncle Qing—along with that high-ranking yellow-tier dog, General Weiwu.
"Xiaoyi, are we just going to wait for the kidnappers to contact us?" Gu Pengzhan glanced anxiously at his watch. More than an hour had passed, and the kidnappers had not called, which left him restless.
"I can't think of a better way," Wei Zhao said with a sigh. "The most important thing is that I need to rest. To control Uncle Qing's injuries earlier, I used up a great deal of true qi. I fear this may be a trap the enemy set deliberately—leaving Uncle Qing barely alive on purpose, just to drain my strength..."
At Wei Zhao's words, Gu Pengzhan's expression turned grave. He had not thought so far before, but now that Wei Zhao said it, it seemed quite possible. He said hurriedly, "Xiaoyi, then go rest at once. I'll wait here for the kidnappers' call!"
"No need. The sofa will do." With that, Wei Zhao closed his eyes and entered a light doze. He did not fall into deep sleep; after entering the jade pendant's space, he remained aware of everything happening outside.
Though Wei Zhao had entered the jade pendant's space and was frantically absorbing its energy, his mind never rested. He kept speculating about just who the enemy would be this time.
Following the sequence of cause and effect, Wei Zhao narrowed his suspicions down to two people: one was Yu Kun of the Yu family, and the other was Zhen Yingjun.
As the foremost family, the Yu family could not possibly show no reaction at all after their direct line descendant had been beaten and injured; that would hardly befit the name of the Yu family, the foremost family, nor could the Yu family possibly swallow such an insult! But what struck Wei Zhao as strange was that, if the Yu family were to send someone, the first person they would likely move against would be himself, not Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu!