Chapter 3369 — Yu Xiaoke's Power
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Yet when it came to staying by Wei Zhao's side at all times, Yu Xiaoke hesitated. "I'd like nothing better than to be with you day and night, but the orphanage — I can't just let it go..."
"The orphanage is on solid footing now. There won't be any more funding shortages, so it's time you learned to let go. Hand it over to Little Ken and the others to manage — you can't spend your whole life tied to that place," Wei Zhao said. Since you've mastered your family's secret art, there are greater challenges waiting for you now.
"You're right... the orphanage has found its feet. I could keep the old, small orphanage running smoothly enough, but now that we have more and more welfare enterprises under our wing, my abilities are stretched thin. I never went to school — I'm less educated than Little Ken and the other children. They're studying business management in earnest now. Our orphanage is a welfare institution, but we can't go on accepting corporate donations forever. We need to establish a foundation, run the fund ourselves and generate income — that's the future direction and trend for the orphanage. And my old skulking ways no longer suit the times..." Here Yu Xiaoke smiled at herself. It suddenly struck her that she could no longer contribute much to the orphanage's development — or rather, her old dream had already come true, and now she had no more ties to bind her.
"You can't put it that way. You've made indispensable contributions. At the very least, without you the orphanage would have ceased to exist long ago — and without you, I never would have invested in it. So Fatty Lai and I suggested that the charity fund you set up be called the Yu Xiaoke Fund," Wei Zhao said with a smile.
"Ah? That doesn't seem right..." Yu Xiaoke was startled when she heard this.
"Ha ha, it's settled then. I think it's a fine name." Wei Zhao waved his hand and dropped the subject, turning instead to Yu Dake. "Dake, stop the car. I'm going to raise Yu Xiaoke's strength..."
Though Wei Zhao expected no danger on the road back, caution never hurt. Since Yu Xiaoke could now be elevated to the Heaven rank, he would raise her to it right away — if they ran into any formidable opponent, Wei Zhao would be able to handle things with ease.
The old Yu Xiaoke had dreamed that one day the orphanage could run without the money she stole, dreamed that one day Little Ken and the other children would grow up, dreamed that one day she would find her own kin, dreamed that one day she could be with the Male Thief...
But she had never dreamed that she herself could become a Heaven-rank expert. How impossibly distant that had seemed! Even her master had never reached that rank — how could she?
Yet now she truly was an early-stage Heaven-rank expert, and it had taken her only a few hours to complete this magnificent transformation! True, the breakthrough from peak late-stage Earth rank to early-stage Heaven rank had been agonizing, but the moment she became a Heaven-rank expert, she felt as light and renewed as if reborn!
Yu Xiaoke was overjoyed — joyful that she could help Wei Zhao from now on and be his right hand; joyful that she too was a Heaven-rank expert whose beauty would never fade, with no fear of growing old before Wei Zhao did.
"Xiaoke, let's test it out." Wei Zhao turned to Yu Dake. "Dake, attack me with everything you've got, and Xiaoke, you defend with the Goddess Nüwa Mends the Heavens Art. I want to see how it works."
"Ah? This is my first time using it. I may be an early-stage Heaven-rank expert, but I've never once tried it. If it fails, won't you be injured?" Yu Xiaoke was alarmed.
"It doesn't matter. With Dake's strength, he can't hurt me." Wei Zhao waved his hand. "Dake, attack with all your power now. Xiaoke, get ready!"