Chapter 2635 — A Hint
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"Nothing..." You Panhu thought it over and had to admit the man had a point. Last time, trading for the materials on his white-collar master, he had already dredged up most of the family's holdings; apart from things Wei Zhao did not want, there truly was nothing left. And dragging out the very same items all over again would be pointless. So You Panhu could only say: "Why don't you think it over again? See if there's anything you lack?"
"Seems I lack nothing—except a bit of money," Wei Zhao said. "I'd like to donate some to the Songshan City orphanage, but I'm a little short on hand."
"..." You Panhu thought to himself: Are you asking me to make a donation? But if I donate and you still won't give me the materials, what then? Still, he asked: "How much are you short?"
"A few million, give or take," Wei Zhao said.
"You mean for me to go donate—donate a few million?" You Panhu frowned. A few million was not much, but he couldn't just throw it away for nothing, could he? For the hidden You family, which ran a pill-and-elixir business, such a sum was truly nothing; and he wouldn't have to pay it out of his own pocket—he could simply go home and ask for it.
"I'll think about it. I didn't say you had to donate," Wei Zhao shook his head. "Go on back for now. I'll let you know once I've decided."
"That works too, but be quick about it!" You Panhu nodded and urged him.
After You Panhu left, Han Jingyi asked Wei Zhao in a low voice: "Wei Zhao, are you really going to trade materials with him?"
"No trade. But here's what we can do—like so, and so..." Wei Zhao lowered his voice and murmured a few instructions to Han Jingyi.
"Mm-hm!" Han Jingyi nodded quickly after hearing him out. "All right, Jingjing understands."
You Panhu had no lip-reading ability, and at that distance he could not make out what Wei Zhao was saying at all. What was more, Wei Zhao was condensing his voice with true qi, so that no one but Han Jingyi could hear a word.
But You Panhu did not think much of it. He assumed Wei Zhao was discussing the trade with Han Jingyi, and seeing that Wei Zhao was taking it seriously, he was rather pleased.
The student council had already begun planning the charity gala. Following past convention, the hosts and staff were all chosen from among the freshmen—the purpose being to give the freshman members of the student council some practice.
What Wei Zhao hadn't expected was that Shen Yushu would turn out to be one of the hosts. There were three in all—one man and two women. The other girl Wei Zhao didn't know, but the young man was an outright cross-dresser—he had no idea how the student council had picked these hosts. When the student council posted the hosts' photos on the campus BBS, at first glance Wei Zhao thought they were three pretty girls...
Rumor had it, though, that this cross-dresser was a person of many talents—a cadre in the student council's arts department—so it was only natural he'd been chosen as a host. It was Shen Yushu taking the stage to host, though, that surprised Wei Zhao somewhat.