Chapter 1956 — A Difference in Attitude
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"Take it off... and I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. Sometimes anticipation is far better than the reality," Wei Zhao said mildly.
"If you don't want to take it off, then don't. Even if you're an ugly monster, I'll still like you!" Yu Xiaoke was telling the truth. What she liked was the Male Thief as a person. Though from first to last she had never known what the Male Thief looked like — he always appeared before her wearing this same stiff mask — Yu Xiaoke simply liked him.
"Heh heh, then just take me for an ugly monster," Wei Zhao said with a laugh.
Though Yu Xiaoke said so, she still quickened her pace and led Wei Zhao to her room.
Once inside, Yu Xiaoke cheerfully brewed Wei Zhao a cup of tea, then sat down beside him. "What brings you to see me today?"
"I saw you were having a hard time. This is for you." Wei Zhao handed the small leather case in his hand straight to Yu Xiaoke.
"What is this?" Yu Xiaoke was taken aback. She took the case and opened it — but the instant it opened, her eyes filled with a ravenous green gleam. "US dollars! So much! For me?"
"Mm." Wei Zhao nodded.
"Wow, Male Thief, you're so good to me!" Yu Xiaoke threw her arms around Wei Zhao and, in her excitement, planted a kiss on his mask. "I love you to death!"
Wei Zhao was somewhat speechless. This Yu Xiaoke treated the Male Thief and Wei Zhao as two entirely different people! Last time, when he had delivered money to her as Wei Zhao, not only had she shown no joy, she had looked as though she feared he was plotting something against her. Swap in the Male Thief, and she was throwing herself at him...
"This money comes from no honest source — it was taken from drug dealers. You should have a way to exchange it, I take it?" Wei Zhao offered a reminder.
"No problem at all. We of the Thief Sect handle a bit of black money like this without the slightest difficulty," Yu Xiaoke said carelessly. "One and a half million US dollars? Haha, wonderful — that's enough to eat on for ages!"
"Use it for now. If I come by money like this again in the future, I'll bring you more." Wei Zhao decided that if similar occasions arose later, he would not mind pocketing a little extra along the way. "I'll be going now."
"Ah! You're leaving already..." Yu Xiaoke was immediately rather disappointed. But then she thought of how the Male Thief had come especially to bring her money, and her heart went sweet and soft. He does care about me — otherwise, why would he think of me the moment he robbed the drug dealers?
"Mm... oh, that's right. Does your Thief Sect have a dedicated channel for information? I'm looking for some rare items — do you have a way to help?" Wei Zhao was about to leave when something suddenly occurred to him.
"Of course we do. Whatever you're looking for, I can keep an eye out for it." Yu Xiaoke was overjoyed. Her one fear was that the Male Thief would have no reason to come looking for her. As long as the two of them had established a connection, seeing the Male Thief again in the future would be an easy matter, wouldn't it?
"Color steel — a kind of steel that comes in all sorts of colors," Wei Zhao said. "And blue crystal, and pure yellow jade. Those three things."