Chapter 1056 — Time Is Running Out
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"All right." Sun Jingyan smiled faintly. She had no objection to keeping in touch with Feng Xiaoxiao either — the point was that it would let her learn more about Wei Zhao! Sun Jingyan felt that she had seriously underestimated this man; he was not nearly as simple as he appeared.
"Do think about my suggestion! I don't have much time left!" Feng Xiaoxiao said, a little anxiously.
"Not much time left?" Sun Jingyan was startled.
Wei Zhao, sitting in the back seat, snapped his eyes open.
"Ha, right — I'm a senior in high school now. For all I know I'll be off to another city for college, and then I won't get to see you often!" Feng Xiaoxiao realized she had let slip more than she meant, but she was quick on her feet and had steered the conversation back in a single beat.
"Oh, college, hehe — but I'm afraid I can't accept your suggestion just yet." Sun Jingyan apologized with a shrug. She was a poised and forthright person by nature; even on this subject she did not grow flustered.
If Wei Zhao could move Sun Jingyan deeply enough, then Feng Xiaoxiao's suggestion was not something she could never accept — only now was not the time.
Wei Zhao closed his eyes again. He knew Feng Xiaoxiao had let the truth slip, though she had covered for it in time; anyone ignorant of the real story would truly be taken in by her. Wei Zhao sighed softly. Feng Xiaoxiao's suggestion tempted him greatly, yet he still had no way to help her make it come true.
If Feng Xiaoxiao could go on living, perhaps such a day would come; but by the clock there was no time left at all. And Wei Zhao was a man of fierce principle — he would not push Tang Zhi into anything. The particular nature of his profession destined him never to become one of those creatures who think with their loins.
This time the car did not stop by the snack street behind the school, but pulled up directly at the gate of No. 1 High School.
"Goodbye, Sister Jingyi — remember to text me!" Feng Xiaoxiao and Sun Jingyan had bonded easily, and now they were taking their leave with obvious reluctance.
Wei Zhao saw that making friends would always be easy for Feng Xiaoxiao; her character was irrepressibly vivacious, and she won people's approval without the least effort.
"All right." Sun Jingyan nodded, then turned to Wei Zhao and warned him with some concern: "Wu Chengtian won't let this drop so easily this time. I'm afraid he'll come after you!"
"Heh, let him — I'm not afraid of him." Wei Zhao shrugged, wholly unperturbed.
"Don't underestimate him. Wu Chengtian may look like a fool, but he is a man of a great clan after all, and you know what the power of a great clan means... By the way, didn't Wu Chengtian say before that you met at an auction in Yanjing?" Sun Jingyan had meant to explain to Wei Zhao just how vast and formidable the great clans were, but it suddenly struck her that Wu Chengtian had claimed he, Wei Zhao and Feng Xiaoxiao had met at an auction in Yanjing!
She had found it odd at the time — wasn't that auction the very one the Yu family had held a while back? Sun Jingyan came from the great Sun clan, so naturally she knew about the auction. She had not attended it herself, but she knew that everyone present was either rich or noble: apart from members of the great clans, every seat was held by someone with real ability and real backing!
Yet what were Wei Zhao and Feng Xiaoxiao that they could attend? Sun Jingyan had been curious enough to ask, but with Wu Chengtian on hand she had held her tongue; recalling it now, she naturally felt a measure of doubt.
"I went with a friend." Wei Zhao smiled and answered lightly. He had told Sun Jingyan little about his own company — after all, the two of them were not yet that close!