Chapter 2517 — We'll Meet Again If Fate Allows
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"Xiao Ken and the orphanage driver brought me..." Yu Xiaoke pointed to a van not far away. From the look of it, it was probably the orphanage's grocery vehicle.
"Then let's say our goodbyes here," Wei Zhao said.
"Then... will we have a chance to meet again in the future?" Yu Xiaoke actually knew that here, in the end, the two of them had to part, but she still could not quite bear to let go.
"Heh, haven't you heard the saying? If fate allows, we'll meet again. After we parted in the ancient tomb, we should have gone our separate ways, yet we ran into each other by accident time and again. So we'll surely meet again in the future too," Wei Zhao said with a smile.
"Mm-hm!" Yu Xiaoke nodded vigorously at his words. That was true—they had said they would never meet again, and yet they had. This planted a small hope in Yu Xiaoke's heart, a hope that she and the gentleman thief truly shared a bond of fate and could meet often.
"All right, hurry back now. This money will be enough for you for a while—the orphanage expansion can slow down for the time being," Wei Zhao said.
"Money... you only really feel how insufficient it is when you need it. The orphanage is expanding, but hospitals from all over have also gotten word and sent me abandoned infants suffering from severe congenital illnesses. The follow-up costs of treating those infants are astronomical..." Yu Xiaoke sighed. "And I can't bear to turn those children away..."
Wei Zhao sighed softly. Such a situation was hard to avoid. The bigger Yu Xiaoke's orphanage grew, the greater its responsibilities, and the more abandoned infants it would take in—especially those with congenital illnesses. An ordinary orphanage truly could not bear their exorbitant medical costs.
"I'll help you think of something," Wei Zhao told Yu Xiaoke. "But don't push yourself too hard. Do fewer of these dangerous things from now on. Stealing invitations—if you'd been caught, how could you have handled it? Besides, even if you did get here, your chances were slim. These people are all experts. Wanting to steal from them is far too difficult!"
Wei Zhao had seen it too: those who held invitations were either from hidden families or sects, or independent cultivators whose strength had reached the Earth Rank. Ordinary families and ordinary independent cultivators did not even know this market existed. For Yu Xiaoke to steal from such people was undoubtedly to pluck chestnuts from the fire.
"Mm-hm, I understand..." Yu Xiaoke felt a warm glow at being cared for by the gentleman thief. Actually, her invitation had been pure coincidence—a cultivator had accidentally left his coat on a seat while eating at a restaurant, and Yu Xiaoke had swiped it in passing. It had not been especially dangerous.
Still, Wei Zhao was right. After arriving here, Yu Xiaoke had discovered just how vigilant the people were—stealing anything from this place was truly harder than scaling the heavens! And they all carried their cash in leather suitcases. No matter how skilled a thief Yu Xiaoke was, she could never make off with an entire suitcase—that would not be theft, but robbery!