護花近衛 - 第1409章 又添煩惱 - 清風書屋

Tang Zhi picked up the phone and was about to dial the number of Gu Mengyao's home. She had gotten only halfway through when Uncle Qing strode in, saying as he walked, "Is Tang Zhi here? Is everything all right? Have the enemies gone?"

"Uncle Qing!" Seeing him arrive, Tang Zhi set down the receiver and hurried over. "Uncle Qing, Wu Chengtian is hurt — Uncle Zhu wounded him. Take a look, should we send him to the hospital?"

"Oh?" At her words, Uncle Qing hurried over, bent down, and examined Wu Chengtian's injuries. He could not help but frown. "If only Xiaoyi were here. But he isn't, so we'll have to send him to the hospital first! I'll drive him over right now. Will you come with me?"

"All right!" Tang Zhi nodded. Wu Chengtian had been injured on her account; naturally she could not simply leave him to his fate. She quickly changed her shoes and said to her mother, "Mom, stay here and get the property management to come fix the security door. I'm going out for a bit!"

Tang Zhi was not worried that Uncle Zhu and his people would come back. Since they had fled the moment they heard Wei Zhao's name, they clearly would not be returning.

Still, the day's events had left Tang Zhi somewhat depressed. Zhao Fafa did not know how formidable Wei Zhao was, but the helper he had brought, this Uncle Zhu, was thoroughly terrified of Wei Zhao — the mere mention of the name had sent him into outright retreat, as though he feared Wei Zhao would come looking for trouble with him.

If that was so, Tang Zhi could simply have given Wei Zhao's name early on and sent Uncle Zhu on his way — then Wu Chengtian would never have been hurt. But how could she have known that Zhao Fafa had never told Uncle Zhu Wei Zhao's name?

On the way to the hospital, Tang Zhi told Uncle Qing the whole story from beginning to end. Uncle Qing nodded and sighed. "So it was Uncle Zhu. He was the close guard of that Zhao Qibing — the one Wei Zhao wounded back then. It was over that business of demolishing your family's house that Wei Zhao stepped in."

"Ah, so it was him! No wonder he's so afraid of Wei Zhao!" The realization dawned on Tang Zhi.

"When I came earlier, I saw two men come out of your building's entrance and drive off in a Ferrari. So it was those two. Had I known, I would have stopped them right there!" said Uncle Qing.

"That won't be necessary. Wei Zhao isn't home now, and better one trouble less than one more. Let's wait until he's back to deal with everything," said Tang Zhi. She did not want to stir up trouble while Wei Zhao was away.

"Very well, then we'll wait until Wei Zhao returns..." Uncle Qing nodded.

Wu Chengtian's injuries were all internal. Though he was an external-school cultivator whose meridians played only a small part, they would still affect his strength to some degree; even once healed, he would find it hard to recover his former power. What was more, all his organs were damaged, and such wounds would not heal in a moment. Under normal treatment, he would have to lie in a sickbed for at least a year.

Still, Wu Chengtian's life was not in danger for the moment, and that let both Uncle Qing and Tang Zhi breathe a sigh of relief. Though he had not yet woken, he was past the critical stage; as for the rest of his injuries, there was no harm in waiting for Wei Zhao to return and treat them.

Only, with both guards at home wounded, the situation was somewhat grim. Uncle Qing would have to guard Gu Mengyao and the others with even greater care, and hold out until Wei Zhao returned...

A mere three days after the massive bank robbery and the jewelry-store robbery in Songshan City, another earth-shaking robbery had taken place!