Chapter 1840 — Hard Going, Part Two
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"Yes. It's plain that Yu Liu's target was Wei Zhao; toward the people around Wei Zhao, he didn't even seem to want to injure them. Yesterday he gave Lingshan and me a palm each, and we came off with nothing but light injuries—all but healed overnight," Chen Yuxuan agreed.
"That's a relief, then..." Uncle Qing let out a long breath.
Yet no sooner had the three of them finished speaking than Uncle Qing's phone rang.
Uncle Qing took out his phone and saw that it was a call from an unfamiliar landline. His heart sank; betraying nothing in his face, he answered: "Hello? Yes?"
"Uncle Qing, it's Yao Yao. Give me a bank card number—I have two hundred thousand here. I'll wire it to you first to cover Daddy's medical bills. Whatever you do, don't stop the treatment!" Gu Mengyao spoke in urgent haste. She had not used her own phone, nor Xiaoshu's, because the very problem Qiu Lingshan had thought of, the two of them had thought of as well: if Yu Liu were so minded, he would surely track their phones. So Gu Mengyao had picked out a public telephone at random.
Of that two hundred thousand, one hundred thousand was from An Liwen, and another hundred thousand from the old woman. As for the money An Liwen owed for the stone lions, it had not yet arrived, and Gu Mengyao dared not contact An Liwen again, so for the moment she had to let it lie.
"Two hundred thousand?" Uncle Qing was rather startled as to where Gu Mengyao had come by so much money, but he was more worried still about their safety and Wei Zhao's: "Yao Yao, how are you two and Xiaoyi? I heard you were being chased by the Yu family's Yu Liu?"
"Yes, we got away clean—he never found us!" Gu Mengyao said. "We're safe now. Please give me your card number first, and Xiaoshu and I will earn money however we can..."
"As long as you're all right!" Uncle Qing breathed easier. Since Gu Mengyao would not say where they were, he could hardly press her—after all, he feared that knowing too much might let others find out; better not to know at all. "My card number is..."
And with that, Uncle Qing recited his bank card number.
"All right, I've got it. I'm leaving Daddy in your hands!" Gu Mengyao said once she had written down the number.
"Then you two take care in everything!" Uncle Qing urged.
"I know. Uncle Qing, I won't be in touch with you for a while—whenever I have money, I'll send it to you," Gu Mengyao said. "As long as we hold out until Wei Zhao wakes up, everything will be all right!"
"I understand..." Uncle Qing nodded, and his heart was much eased. "Yao Yao, set your minds at rest—Mr. Gu is in my hands now!" (To be continued)