Chapter 1733 — I Have Someone in My Heart!
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Wei Zhao, you... come with me a moment..." Yu Xiaoke bit her lip, resolved to have it out with Wei Zhao. She could not simply take advantage of him in such an unexplained fashion. She did not like him, and some things had to be made clear — otherwise, if she let him go on misunderstanding, how would she ever repay him?
If the Man-Thief were not already in her heart, she could at worst do as the saying went, and repay a debt of kindness with her body. But her heart belonged to someone now, and Yu Xiaoke did not want to wrong the Man-Thief. That was why she meant to speak plainly with Wei Zhao.
"Oh?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback. He truly had no ulterior design — he simply wanted to do something for the orphanage.
Yu Xiaoke's conduct in the face of those thieves, and in the ancient tomb, had moved Wei Zhao deeply, and that alone was why he was willing to do her this service. He wanted nothing in return — otherwise, would it not have been simpler to send the money as the Man-Thief?
That way Yu Xiaoke might even have offered herself to him in gratitude, but that had never been his intention.
Still, seeing that Yu Xiaoke had already turned and gone out the door, Wei Zhao had no choice but to follow quickly after her.
Out in the corridor, Yu Xiaoke shut the door behind them and did not stop until she reached the turn of the stairwell.
"What exactly is this about?" Wei Zhao asked, eyeing her strangely.
"You... do you like me? Are you trying to win me over?" Yu Xiaoke glared at him, lowered her voice, and asked between her teeth.
"What?" Wei Zhao started. "Me, like you? Win you over? What on earth are you talking about?"
"Isn't that it? Then why would you send us money for no reason at all?" Yu Xiaoke was puzzled by his reaction, though she did not quite believe he was acting out of pure goodwill. To her mind, no one was so eager to please without some crooked design.
The two of them were hardly close. If it came to that first donation, Wei Zhao and the others had already been more than generous — there was no need at all to send money now. And this time he had given far more than the total of the previous donation, which could not but make Yu Xiaoke suspicious.
To tell the truth, if Wei Zhao had not come to know Yu Xiaoke more deeply in the ancient tomb, he would never have troubled himself to send her money at all.
"It was Xiaoken, saying you were in dire straits..." Wei Zhao said with a wry smile. "What did you think it was? Aren't you reading too much into this?"
"I... I thought you had some ulterior motive... I have someone in my heart, and he's a hundred times, a thousand times better than you — so if you had any other purpose, don't even think about it!" Having said her piece, Yu Xiaoke let out a breath as if a great weight had lifted from her.
"..." Wei Zhao was speechless. Your sweetheart is a hundred times, a thousand times better than me? Is that an insult, or are you telling me I've got a split personality? He was torn between laughing and crying. "I know you have someone in your heart. And with those clumsy, third-rate skills of yours, I wouldn't have you anyway!"