Chapter 1679 — Yu Xiaoke's Secret Worries, Part Two
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"I..." Old Director had hit the mark, and Yu Xiaoke was instantly flustered.
"Heh heh, was it Wei Zhao?" the old director asked with a smile. "Lately, he hasn't come by at all?"
"It's not him..." Yu Xiaoke shook her head. Wei Zhao had helped her several times, true, but she had never felt that heart-fluttering pull toward him that the male thief stirred in her. Besides, Wei Zhao was thoroughly annoying—he'd even called her a third-rate fighter, the nerve of him!
"Oh? Not him? Then it's..." The old director had not finished speaking when someone hurried into the room...
"Director, Manager Li from Qibing Real Estate Development is here. He says he wants to discuss the relocation of our orphanage with you..." Xiao Ken came in and said to the orphanage's old director.
"Oh? Why are they back again?" The old director frowned. He hadn't expected that after a short quiet spell, Qibing Real Estate would come knocking again. "Xiaoke, you rest for now. Xiao Ken and I will go take a look!"
"Director, do you want me to come along?" Hearing that Qibing Real Estate had sent people, Yu Xiaoke felt a twinge of worry. The last time, that so-called Young Master Bing had made wild threats—if the orphanage refused to relocate, he would make trouble for them!
"It wouldn't do any good even if you came!" The old director waved his hand. "Your strength is too meager. If they mean to use force, going would be useless; and if they mean to negotiate politely, you'd have no say anyway. Better to rest—this stretch has been tiring enough for you."
"All right then..." Yu Xiaoke didn't push it. The old director was telling the truth, after all; she wasn't much of a negotiator, and if she went and said something she shouldn't, souring both sides, that would be worse.
The old director and Xiao Ken left Yu Xiaoke's room. With nothing better to do, she turned on the television at random. Just as she was about to change the channel, a news bulletin cut in: "This is the Songshan City news flash. We interrupt our programming with an important bulletin: under the heavy hand of our city's police, the Husband-and-Wife Tomb-Robbing Gang, the James Tomb-Robbing Group, the Old Black Tomb-Robbing Gang... and several other tomb-robbing gangs have been wiped out in a single sweep. They are currently held at the XX detention center. This case will go to public trial tomorrow at the XX City Court; the offenders will be transferred to the XX City detention center tonight... Due to the large number of suspects, the XX road section will be temporarily closed at ten tonight for half an hour. Drivers are advised to avoid that period or take a detour..."
Yu Xiaoke did not take in a single word after that. One sentence alone had registered clearly: the Husband-and-Wife Tomb-Robbing Gang had been wiped out! Did that mean the male thief had been caught too? She didn't know whether some internal rift had arisen among the tomb robbers—why else would so many gangs be captured all at once...
But whatever the reason, Yu Xiaoke didn't care. What she cared about was the male thief—the male thief had actually been caught? And tomorrow he would be sent to court for trial?
Yu Xiaoke leapt to her feet and paced the room in a frantic circle! If it really came to trial, then given the crimes the male thief had committed and the total sum of what he had stolen, a life sentence—or even death—was entirely possible. How could she stand by and watch the man she loved go to his death?
But what could Yu Xiaoke do? She could only watch the news and fret, and she didn't even know whom to ask! The first person she thought of was Qiu Lingshan, but the two of them had never gotten along. What if she learned nothing and got herself arrested into the bargain? That would be an even worse loss.
What to do, what to do?
Storm the execution ground! The scene that so often appeared in TV dramas leapt suddenly into Yu Xiaoke's mind! The very thought gave her a fright.