Chapter 4405 — Wei Zhao's Handwriting
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"That they didn't." As a Heaven-Rank Perfection expert, who in the mundane world would dare cheat him of money? And he was hardly short of cash. He could only raise the parcel in his hand and say with a bitter smile, "The sender of this delivery they just brought—it's Wei Zhao..."
Pfft! Qiu Lingshan spat out her mouthful of water on the spot and nearly missed a step and tumbled down the stairs. Paying no heed to the spray of tea, she flew over—how, she herself could not have said. Wu Chengtian only knew that before he had even finished speaking, the parcel had been snatched from his hands, and he had been drenched in tea besides.
"This... this really is Wei Zhao's handwriting..." Staring at the waybill, Qiu Lingshan was too shocked to speak for a long while. Her eyes rimmed faintly red, tears welling and circling but never quite spilling over.
A full year and more had passed—such a long time—and Wei Zhao had left no word at all, while she had worried over his safety every waking moment, each day dragging on like a year.
True, Wei Zhao had already been very strong before setting out, strong enough to crush every top expert in the mundane world. But Cloud Terrace Island was different—it was a place of legend through and through.
How dangerous it might be once they arrived, whether, being strangers in a strange land, they might be bullied or set upon, even whether Cloud Terrace Island truly existed at all—all of it remained unknown.
Sometimes Qiu Lingshan would startle herself awake in the middle of the night, because even in her dreams she could not help worrying: so long had passed and still no return—had something happened to Wei Zhao?
Never in her wildest dreams had she thought she would now receive a parcel sent by Wei Zhao, and from Cloud Terrace Island no less. Qiu Lingshan's reaction was exactly the same as Wu Chengtian's a moment ago: a dizzy spell, her brain starved of oxygen...
"Sister-in-law Lingshan, don't you think this Central Express ought to be thoroughly investigated?" Wu Chengtian urged from beside her.
In his mind, if they could get to the bottom of Central Express, there were only two possible outcomes. One: the parcel was fake, someone having imitated and forged Wei Zhao's handwriting—in which case, following the trail would naturally expose the fraud.
The other possibility: the parcel was genuine, truly sent by Wei Zhao's own hand from Cloud Terrace Island—and what that implied set the heart racing.
If Central Express really could travel freely between Cloud Terrace Island and the mundane world, then so long as they could see through their methods, couldn't the rest of them go to Cloud Terrace Island too, and find Wei Zhao?
This thought of Wu Chengtian's was only natural, and Qiu Lingshan of course arrived at it as well. Yet she did not act rashly, saying only, "Whatever the case, let's gather everyone first."
"Right away!" Wu Chengtian rushed off at once to make the calls, leaving Qiu Lingshan alone, staring blankly at Wei Zhao's handwriting. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to come to)
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