Chapter 3278 — Childhood, and the Future
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Hmph." Seeing Wei Zhao, Xiao Jiu's eyes flashed with a trace of delight, but her mouth still gave a cold snort. "A long time? Or is it that you've been avoiding me all along?"
Her words could not help but leave Wei Zhao a little embarrassed. He gave a dry laugh, declined to take up her topic, and turned to Yang Qiqi. "Qiqi, the Overseas Cultivators Association hasn't been giving you any more trouble, have they?"
"No, not anymore. They asked a few questions and then left me alone." Yang Qiqi shook her head.
The Overseas Cultivators Association could hardly be foolish enough to move against Yang Qiqi. She was no rootless wandering cultivator, after all—and even if she had been, to suspect and interrogate her out of nowhere, without any evidence, would chill the hearts of the other members.
People joined the Overseas Cultivators Association, in truth, to seek the shelter of an organization. But once its members could be suspected and interrogated at will, who would join the Association after that?
Fortunately, Xiao Jiu was only venting her grievances to Wei Zhao, letting out the dissatisfaction in her heart. She did not blame him overmuch.
She had once been in charge of intelligence and coordination for the entire assassin organization. From that position, nothing within it had been a secret to her, and watching assassins fall, one after another, she had grown numb to it.
She understood Wei Zhao's former thinking as well. Wei Zhao was an assassin too, unable to see his own future, let alone see it clearly. He could not make her any promise, nor did he dare to! That went for her, and for Yang Qiqi as well.
So Xiao Jiu truly had no grounds to blame Wei Zhao. Now her identity had changed, and Wei Zhao's identity had changed, and only then had a future become possible—though that future was a very dim and distant thing.
Whether that successor plan held danger, whether Wei Zhao could take part in it—all of it was unknown. One might say that although Wei Zhao's thinking had changed, his circumstances were no better than before; they had, if anything, grown more uncertain.
"Brother Wei Zhao, don't think so much about it. The future will work itself out in time. These next few days, can we play about the island just like we did when we were small?" Xiao Jiu had come to terms with things as well, and meant to cherish the good time before her.
"Of course!" Wei Zhao had been worn out in body and mind these past weeks—and beyond that, he still had to face the troubles that would come crowding in one after another once he returned to Donghai City! His true strength had already been exposed. Once he went back, he feared the Black Horse Society, the Mingri Fu Mingri sect, the Dongfang family, and even the ancient Feng family would all come looking to settle accounts with him.
When that time came, with so many people seeking trouble with him, how was he to deal with them?
Since he could not think of a solution for the moment, Wei Zhao might as well stay here and relax. These past weeks had truly been too exhausting!
Of course, for now, so long as Wei Zhao did not go back, the people around him would be free of trouble for the time being.