Chapter 1239 — Wei Zhao's Proposal: So How Did He Do It? He Overpowered That Death-Sworn Soldier Without Killing Him — But How Could He Be Sure the Man Would Not Kill Himself? And Where Was the Soldier Now?
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"I took it out and crushed it underfoot. The men can go ahead and defuse the explosives in peace." Wei Zhao said, "You don't blame me for acting on my own authority, do you, Uncle Feng?"
"How could I?" Feng Tianlong smiled ruefully. "You've settled this whole nest of trouble once and for all — I ought to be thanking you, not blaming you. Had it been me going up there, I'd have been at my wits' end. If we could have shot that soldier dead, we'd have done it long ago!"
"Of course he is — my husband is amazing!" Feng Xiaoxiao said not without pride.
As a girl, Feng Xiaoxiao had sometimes looked up to her own father, thinking him a remarkable man. Now that admiration had passed to Wei Zhao.
"Heh, you're right. If Wei Zhao stayed on at the Mysterious Investigation Bureau, he'd certainly outshine me." Far from taking offense, Feng Tianlong sighed with feeling instead.
"All right, Uncle Feng — I'll leave the business here in your hands. Xiaoxiao will stay at my place for the time being." Wei Zhao had been thinking along these lines for some while; Feng Xiaoxiao had refused before, but now it was plainly the best solution there was.
Living with Wei Zhao would keep Feng Xiaoxiao as safe as humanly possible. Who knew what other tricks the Red Conch might play after this? Even if that second-in-command was executed, would they not come back for revenge?
None of it could be said for certain. Faced with an unknown danger, the only thing Wei Zhao could do was confine that danger to the smallest possible scope, keeping everything in his own hands — that was the only way to guarantee Feng Xiaoxiao's safety.
"No objection at all — only Miss Gu..." What worried Feng Tianlong was Gu Mengyao.
Tang Zhi might be on excellent terms with Feng Xiaoxiao, but that did not mean Feng Xiaoxiao was equally close to Gu Mengyao and the others, so it was only natural that Feng Tianlong had some misgivings.
"Rest assured, Uncle Feng — Yaoyao and Xiaoshu get along beautifully with Xiaoxiao. A few days ago we all went to the seaside together." Wei Zhao smiled as he spoke.
"Is that so? Then I'm relieved." Feng Tianlong nodded.
Feng Xiaoxiao too was taken aback for a moment at Wei Zhao's proposal, but when she thought of how it was for her own safety, she could only nod as well.
Her relationship with Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu was good, it was true, but nothing like the intimacy she shared with Tang Zhi. Among friends there are degrees of closeness; Feng Xiaoxiao did not spend a great deal of time with them day to day, so living under the same roof would naturally strike her as somewhat awkward.
Wei Zhao drove, and he and Feng Xiaoxiao returned together to the Gu family villa.
On the way, Wei Zhao telephoned Tang Zhi to report that all was well.
"Yunyun, it's me, Wei Zhao." Tang Zhi picked up almost at once. Hearing from Gu Mengyao that Feng Xiaoxiao had been kidnapped, how could she have slept? Though it was already very late, she had stayed by the telephone waiting for word from Wei Zhao — yet not daring to call him herself, for fear of interrupting his rescue of Feng Xiaoxiao.
So, hearing Wei Zhao's voice, Tang Zhi was beside herself with excitement: "Wei Zhao, how are you?
Did you get Xiaoxiao out? Are you both all right?"