Chapter 2554 — Yu Xiaoke's New Trouble
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"True, we have no third-rank cauldrons, but we do still have some of the materials for casting one. See if you can hoodwink Wei Zhao and Han Jingyi—give them a set of materials and trick them into believing they can cast a third-rank cauldron themselves?" Elder You thought for a moment and asked.
"That could work..." You Panhu stroked his chin and nodded. He had hoodwinked Wei Zhao before, trading off a cracked, worthless cauldron as a treasure. Would Wei Zhao fall for it again this time?
"To make it look genuine, you might give him some materials for refining third-rank pills as well. That way he won't suspect that the third-rank cauldron could never be cast at all..." You Zhentian reminded him.
"Right. Then I'll give it a try—I'll get all these things ready first, then present them to Wei Zhao and Han Jingyi one by one, and see whether they're actually tempted!" You Panhu nodded.
Meanwhile, at the school, Wei Zhao received a call from the Songshan City orphanage—but the caller was not Yu Xiaoke, it was Xiao Ken.
"Brother Wei Zhao, Sister Xiaoke has run into some trouble," Xiao Ken said.
"Oh? Trouble? What kind of trouble?" Wei Zhao's heart tightened and he asked at once.
"It's nothing too serious—just that the Swiss francs you gave Sister Xiaoke, she can't exchange them..." Xiao Ken said. "These past few days she's been running around about it, but she hasn't found a suitable channel. The black market wants too high a commission—it made her furious!"
"So that's what it is!" Wei Zhao slapped his forehead in sudden realization. He had given that whole pile of Swiss francs to Yu Xiaoke, but overlooked one problem: if she tried to exchange them through official channels, there would inevitably be complications. The sum was simply too large, and she couldn't explain where it came from. "Hasn't she gone to see Fatty Lai?"
"No. President Lai's company says they're about to negotiate a very big deal—President Lai has gone abroad," Xiao Ken said.
"Fatty Lai's gone abroad?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback. He hadn't involved himself in the company's affairs for a long time now, and had no idea how far things had progressed. But from what Xiao Ken said, the company seemed to be doing well—well enough to be doing business overseas. "All right then, I'll head over there myself in a bit."
Wei Zhao had originally meant for Yu Xiaoke to go to Gu Pengzhan. Exchanging foreign currency might be beyond others, but Gu Pengzhan, the local business titan, would have no trouble at all—his connections in banking ran deep.
But then Wei Zhao reflected that Yu Xiaoke was not familiar with Gu Pengzhan, and in truth he wanted to visit Songshan City to see Ying Ziyu and Chen Xi as well. It had been so long since he had seen them—how had they been lately? From the fact that Ying Ziyu had run into trouble and not come to him, Wei Zhao felt he had perhaps been somewhat neglectful of her and the others. So he decided he would go and see for himself.
"En, all right then." Xiao Ken was instantly delighted to hear Wei Zhao was coming. Ever since learning that Wei Zhao was the Phantom Thief, Xiao Ken had been at ease, knowing Sister Xiaoke's lifelong happiness was secure. But for some reason Wei Zhao did not want to reveal his identity, so Xiao Ken could do nothing about it.