Chapter 1717 — So You've Figured It Out?
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"Little Ken, are you saying you suspect the orphanage fire is connected to Zhao Qibing?" Wei Zhao caught the implication in Little Ken's words.
"We all suspect it, but there's no evidence — and their tower burned down too, which has become their excuse!" Little Ken was young in years but shrewd beyond his age, and he saw things very clearly.
"Oh, I never need evidence to do things. This matter calls for squeezing some money out of them!" Wei Zhao was no Qiu Lingshan — suspicion alone was enough for him!
Wei Zhao thought to himself, That little brat Zhao Qibing — are his legs itching again? Hasn't he had enough of them being broken? Looks like I'll have to find a chance to break them for him again when I get back!
At the mention of money, Little Ken seized the opening: "Big Brother Bandit, could you spare some money to support the orphanage? You're the Bandit — you must be rich... Otherwise, Sister Xiaoke will have to take on another mission, and you wouldn't want her to take such risks, would you?"
Little Ken was, in effect, asking Wei Zhao for money outright, yet he showed not the slightest embarrassment — on the contrary, he was utterly self-assured! In his view, if Wei Zhao wanted to marry Yu Xiaoke, he'd have to pay a bride price one way or another, wouldn't he?
"So you've figured it out?" Wei Zhao was somewhat surprised by Little Ken's powers of deduction. It seemed Yu Xiaoke must have told Little Ken about what happened that day.
"I guessed," Little Ken said. "How could there be such a coincidence? I'd just told you that Sister Xiaoke was in trouble, and then the Bandit went to her rescue?"
"Heh..." Wei Zhao smiled helplessly, thinking, What do you mean, the Bandit? The real Bandit died long ago. Where would I get money? Still, he asked, "How much does the orphanage need?"
"I'm not sure either... but rebuilding will probably cost a lot! Sister Xiaoke and the old director are fretting over it right now!" Little Ken said.
"All right, I'll think of something," Wei Zhao said after a moment's hesitation, and agreed. Wei Zhao was not a man who meddled in others' affairs, but given his relationship with Yu Xiaoke, this was one matter he truly couldn't ignore. Besides, Wei Zhao had genuinely seen how hard the orphanage children's lives were — and now that a fire had struck, things would surely be even harder!
"Then I'll wait for your good news. Thank you, Big Brother Bandit!" Little Ken was overjoyed that Wei Zhao had agreed.
"Mm, wait for my word," Wei Zhao said.
"All right, thanks again, Big Brother Bandit!" Little Ken thanked Wei Zhao once more. "Don't worry, I'll help you keep your identity secret!"
"Heh heh, good." Wei Zhao was somewhat helpless before this child Little Ken. Though the boy's last sentence was close to a threat — meaning that if Wei Zhao didn't help, he'd tell Yu Xiaoke his identity — Wei Zhao felt no aversion at all, because Little Ken wasn't doing this for himself. Like Yu Xiaoke, he was doing it all for the orphanage!
"What's wrong, Brother Arrowhead? Have you run into some trouble? Tell Little Shu about it?" Shen Yushu asked when she saw Wei Zhao's brow furrow.
"That idiot Zhao Qibing burned down the orphanage, and then went and burned down his own newly built tower along with it. He's really just asking for trouble — I say he's begging for a beating, making trouble for me!" Wei Zhao shrugged.
"What? No way? Burned down again? That guy really is unlucky." When Shen Yushu heard that Zhao Qibing's tower had been ruined again, she instinctively stuck out her tongue, wondering if the man was some star of misfortune descended to earth — otherwise, no ordinary person would be this unlucky, surely?