Chapter 1056 — Time Is Running Out
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To put it bluntly, the impression Sun Jingyan first gave Wei Zhao was of someone only slightly more familiar than a stranger off the street — she did not even come close to Wang Xinyan. Wei Zhao felt his bond with Wang Xinyan was the nearer one: she was the first girl he had come to know after arriving in Songshan City, she was kind-hearted, and, as matters stood, he liked her more than he liked Sun Jingyan.
Wang Xinyan's dealings with Wei Zhao were untainted by any self-interest; it was altogether one-sided giving. Back on the train, when she had warned Wei Zhao about a swindler, she had never once thought of asking anything in return. Sun Jingyan was different.
The first time Sun Jingyan met Wei Zhao her purpose had been sharp and clear: she wanted him to pose as her boyfriend and drive Wu Chengtian off. Things continued in the same vein afterward — she "hired" Wei Zhao to help steal a competitor's surveillance footage, and the reward that came back to her was to become Wei Zhao's paramour, or at least half of one.
For a woman like Sun Jingyan, who loved her little schemes, Wei Zhao had always kept a polite distance. True, she was good-looking, but while he appreciated beauty he was not about to throw himself in along with it!
Today's contact, however, had altered Wei Zhao's impression of her somewhat. Sun Jingyan was not the clingy sort he had imagined. Looking back, everything she had asked his help with was something she could never have managed on her own, no matter what; she had turned to him only in desperation. And in the time since, she had not telephoned to trouble him again.
This made Wei Zhao think that Sun Jingyan was not a bad person — though she had initially seemed to have designs on using him, she had never treated him like a fool to be squeezed without end.
"Aha!" Sun Jingyan glanced at Feng Xiaoxiao, who was already out of the car, then leaned in with a playful laugh and lowered her voice: "I thought you'd taken a fancy to something at the auction and meant to swipe it..."
"Heh..." Wei Zhao shrugged: "As it happens, I'm no master thief — I only moonlight now and then."
"Then what's your real trade? A student?" Sun Jingyan asked.
"Do you really want to know?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Mm." Sun Jingyan nodded.
"Murder and arson," Wei Zhao said evenly.
"Huh?" Sun Jingyan stared, but she frowned at once: "If you won't say, then don't say — lying again. Murder and arson — isn't that just a master thief?"
"Hehe..." Wei Zhao offered no further explanation: "So you needn't worry about what Wu Chengtian might do to me. Push me too far, and I'll go to his house and commit murder and arson."
"..." Sun Jingyan was quite speechless. Seeing Wei Zhao so utterly indifferent, she genuinely did not know what to say, and could only manage: "Then take care of yourself."
Wei Zhao nodded, pushed open the door and got out of the car, hurrying after Feng Xiaoxiao.
Feng Xiaoxiao had been wondering why Wei Zhao took so long to get out; seeing him come down only now, she asked, puzzled: "Why just now?"