Chapter 3405 — No Solution
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"That's the only way, then," Shen Yushu said with a nod.
The matter of the hidden Tang family could be considered temporarily resolved. With Little Pure and the hypnotist captured, An Liwen likely would not stir up any trouble for a while, and Wei Zhao could leave with an easy mind.
Yet Wei Zhao felt not the slightest joy at having solved the problem. Yu Xiaoke had collapsed for no apparent reason, and it weighed heavily on his heart.
His heart was full of regret. If he had not been so careless and underestimated his enemy, how could Yu Xiaoke have been hurt? Had he prepared a true qi bomb in advance, this tragedy would never have happened.
And during the battle, while he was healing himself, he really had thought of compressing a true qi bomb, or of letting the ghostly thing inside the jade pendant send its puppet to help. But he had assumed Yu Xiaoke could hold out a while longer, and so he had not done it.
At the time, Wei Zhao's body was weak, and there certainly would not have been enough time to condense a true qi bomb. As for releasing the puppet, he feared others would learn his hidden card too early.
That card was no ordinary one, after all. If word got out and reached Ancestor Xuanchen, it would bring Wei Zhao even greater trouble. Unless he was a fool, he could not possibly let people see that puppet at will.
But looking back now, he would rather have made a decisive move then and there. He had not known Yu Xiaoke would end up like this; had he known, he would sooner have risked discovery and the wrath of Ancestor Xuanchen than fail to act.
By the time they returned to the hotel, Wang Xinyan had already awakened, but she had not left. She sat quietly on the bed waiting for Wei Zhao. Seeing him carry Yu Xiaoke through the door, she was startled at once. "Wei Zhao, what happened to Xiaoke? Is she hurt?"
"Not hurt—she collapsed. Or rather, she's in hibernation..." With that, Wei Zhao briefly explained Yu Xiaoke's condition.
"Ah! Then tonight, why not let her sleep inside the energy stones and see if it works?" Wang Xinyan was thinking of her own case, so she made the suggestion.
"We can try, but I doubt there's much hope." Wei Zhao's Heavenly Spring Rain martial technique was much like the energy stones. Though it did not supply as much energy as the stones, under Wei Zhao's full exertion Yu Xiaoke's physical energy and true qi had already recovered, so the stones likely had little to do with it now.
Wang Xinyan nodded and said nothing. Qiu Lingshan and Shen Yushu were somewhat silent as well; of them all, Qiu Lingshan felt the most guilt. In the past, she and Yu Xiaoke had been adversaries—Yu Xiaoke had been a female thief, and Qiu Lingshan had tried several times to bring her to justice.
But now Yu Xiaoke had rendered great service, helping her settle the Tang family affair, and had fallen into a coma for it.
After placing Yu Xiaoke among the pile of energy stones, Wei Zhao dialed Yu Dake's number.
"Mr. Lin, is everything going well on your end?" Yu Dake was minding the house and had been worrying about Wei Zhao and his sister all along.
"Everything's been settled, but Xiaoke has run into a bit of trouble." Wei Zhao sighed and recounted the whole affair to Yu Dake in detail.
"Xiaoke, she..." Yu Dake grew agitated upon hearing it, yet he did not blame Wei Zhao. After all, both his own life and his sister's, as well as their family vengeance, had been saved and avenged by Wei Zhao. At such a moment he could not possibly speak ill of him. Still, he was truly worried about his sister's safety—if even a figure as formidable as Wei Zhao was at his wit's end, did that mean there was no hope for her?
"Dake, don't worry. I will certainly find a way. Xinyan's problem was so serious, and in the end we found a solution. I will do everything I can for Xiaoke as well!" Wei Zhao said.