Chapter 950 — Here Comes Another
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It was only that Yu Shuixing had never once stopped to ask himself: when he had sent men to make things difficult for the Gu family, had that not been going too far as well? So many people are forever seeing the faults of others while blind to their own.
Hatred had already clouded Yu Shuixing's reason. He did not believe his own family had done anything wrong—all the fault lay with Wei Zhao! Be that as it may, Yu Shuixing had for the moment chosen to endure. Full of hatred though he was, he would not act rashly again.
"Xiao Yi, you..." Gu Pengzhan, seeing the Yu family flee in disarray, was both astonished and overjoyed! He truly had not expected that at the Gu family's most critical hour, when ruin and death seemed certain, Wei Zhao would turn the whole situation around in an instant!
The men who had been so arrogant, so bent on slaughtering his entire family—Wei Zhao had... or rather, General Mighty had killed them! At the thought, Gu Pengzhan's expression turned somewhat peculiar. Since when had General Mighty become so formidable?
One kick to kill an inner-school expert of the early Mystic Rank? Even if Yu Bide had been gravely wounded by Wei Zhao, it still seemed unlikely he could be kicked to death so easily by a dog. Could it be that Wei Zhao had trained or remade General Mighty?
"Heh... forgive me, I came out a little late." Wei Zhao smiled. "Still, it was in time. Otherwise, if Yaoyao had been taken, I might have had to march all the way to Yanjing to kill."
"Who asked you to? Couldn't I just run back myself?" Gu Mengyao's cheeks flushed, and a very, very sweet feeling welled up inside her, though her face showed utter indifference. "Didn't you say your strength was gone? How did you suddenly become so formidable again?"
"That... it's a long story..." Wei Zhao smiled wryly. "A lucky coincidence, I suppose. General Mighty helped me recover my strength."
"General Mighty? Helped you recover your strength?" Gu Pengzhan looked at Wei Zhao in surprise. "So then, you don't have to go back to your hometown anymore?"
"That..." Only then did Wei Zhao remember the matter of returning home. He had been so immersed in the joy of recovering his strength that he had forgotten he had been preparing to go back! But he had already tendered his resignation to Gu Pengzhan, and it would be awkward to stay on now. "Once these troubles are settled, I'll go back."
Before Gu Pengzhan could speak, the young lady's expression shifted slightly. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, yet not knowing how, and instinctively gave Xiao Shu a kick.
"Oh, Mr. Arrowhead, your word doesn't count!" Shen Yushu, sharing a mind with Gu Mengyao, spoke up at once the moment she caught the hint.
"Oh?" Wei Zhao was taken aback. How had his word stopped counting?
"Before, we hooked pinkies on it! You said that if your strength recovered and became even greater than before, you'd come back to be our bodyguard and stay in the villa forever!" Shen Yushu declared with righteous indignation.
"Huh?" Hearing Shen Yushu's words, Wei Zhao could only smile bitterly. Only now did he realize he had fallen into the trap Shen Yushu had set. What she had said back then had not been a spontaneous outburst—the little minx had likely planned it all along! Otherwise, how could she have said it so smoothly?
At the time, Wei Zhao had not thought much of it and had casually brushed Shen Yushu off with a few words. Who would have guessed that a single sentence would ensnare him! Was he really to stay in the villa for the rest of his life?
"Haha, I was about to speak up and urge you to stay, but since Xiao Shu has already reached an agreement with Xiao Yi, it seems my words would be superfluous, so I needn't say anything!" Gu Pengzhan laughed heartily as well.