Chapter 236 — I'm Looking for the Great Thief Lin

Once inside the villa, Wei Zhao had meant to slip quickly into his room and change his clothes, but Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were both sitting in the living room watching TV, and when they saw him come in dressed in nothing but strips of cloth, they were struck dumb for a moment.

"Wei Zhao, what are you playing at? Acting the rogue?" Gu Mengyao stared at him, utterly baffled. "Weren't you invited to dinner with Zhong Yongliang? How did you end up like this?"

"Don't even mention it. Let me change first!" Wei Zhao said, walking briskly toward his room. "That little bastard tried to set me up, hired someone to teach me a lesson, and this is what I got for it..."

Wei Zhao's account was half true and half false. He naturally had no wish to say much about Tang Yun, so he only said that Zhong Yongliang had wanted to find someone to deal with him, and pinned the state of his clothes on that as well.

Shen Yushu watched Wei Zhao's retreating back, and a flicker of doubt crossed her eyes; Gu Mengyao, absorbed in the television, did not notice Wei Zhao at all.

Wei Zhao took off Tang Yun's school uniform. He had meant to throw it straight away, but after a moment's hesitation he tossed it into the wardrobe instead. It was Tang Yun's, after all. Wei Zhao did not share the peculiar tastes of certain madmen who liked to collect things a beauty had used, but he felt that if he and Tang Yun really did grow closer one day, this garment might carry a little commemorative value.

Only after a shower in the bathroom did Wei Zhao change into a fresh set of clothes and come out of his room.

"Brother Chewing Gum, come on, tell me, what fun things happened today?" Shen Yushu was a regular little bundle of curiosity, forever digging to the bottom of everything; the moment she laid eyes on Wei Zhao she peppered him with questions.

"Nothing much. Zhong Yongliang has always had it in for me and wanted to teach me a lesson, but he never got the chance. Then Black Panther escaped and got in touch with him, so he wanted to use Black Panther to give me a beating." Wei Zhao said briefly.

"Black Panther?" Gu Mengyao was startled. "Wei Zhao, you're saying Zhong Yongliang went to Black Panther again to deal with you?"

"That's right. Why?" Wei Zhao saw something odd in Gu Mengyao's manner.

"I heard my daddy say that Black Panther's strength suddenly shot up, and he even beat up a ** who had mustered out of the special forces..." Gu Mengyao said. "You... you're all right, aren't you?"

But no sooner had she asked than Gu Mengyao regretted it. From the look of Wei Zhao now, plainly nothing was wrong with him at all; asking him was as good as not asking.

"Ha, it's nothing. Black Panther's strength may have shot up, but the moment he ran into me he suddenly dropped a level again," Wei Zhao laughed. "I gave him another beating and sent him off to the police station."

"Huh?" Gu Mengyao found Wei Zhao's words a little hard to believe. How could anyone be that lucky? Black Panther just happened to drop a level? Did he think this was an online game?

Shen Yushu, however, would not let Wei Zhao off so easily, and began pressing him for details: "Brother Chewing Gum, tell me, how did you *** Black Panther this time?"

***? Wei Zhao glanced at the excited Shen Yushu. So this little girl had a taste for that sort of thing?

Of course Wei Zhao could not tell her the details, but who could not spin a yarn? He made up a fight scene off the top of his head, and Shen Yushu listened, dumbstruck.

"All right, Xiaoshu, time for bed. Don't keep listening to violent stuff; it's bad for your spiritual growth!" Gu Mengyao was not much interested in what Wei Zhao was saying. She was not as curious as Xiaoshu, and whether Black Panther lived or died had nothing to do with her.

"But Sister Yao Yao, I like listening to it. It's like a storyteller's tale." Shen Yushu said.

"All right, no more listening. Time for bed. Lose sleep and you won't be pretty anymore," Gu Mengyao said. "I'm going up. If you insist on listening, then go ahead."

With that, Gu Mengyao turned and went upstairs.

Shen Yushu stuck out her tongue and said to Wei Zhao, "Brother Chewing Gum, then you'll have to tell me another day!"

"Another day? When would I have the time!" Wei Zhao shook his head. He had no leisure to tell stories to a little bundle of curiosity.

"The clothes you're wearing today aren't yours, you know... hee hee..." With that, Shen Yushu hurried after Gu Mengyao. "Sister Yao Yao, wait for me!"

Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback, then smiled wryly. He had thought he had just called it even with this little imp Shen Yushu over the "toilet paper incident" — she had once asked for toilet paper at school and he had seen it, so she would not use the word "toilet paper" to threaten him anymore; the two of them were six of one and half a dozen of the other...

But who would have thought that no sooner was the toilet paper incident settled than along came a school uniform incident! This girl's powers of observation were uncommonly sharp!

Shaking his head, Wei Zhao went back to his room.

In the North District, from a two-story unfinished building came a shrill, miserable scream... Aooo...

This was something Wei Zhao had never anticipated. Originally, Wei Zhao had only meant to dump Zhong Yongliang up there, so that Zou Ruoming in the dark would take Zhong Yongliang for Tang Yun, and after kissing him would be thoroughly disgusted...

But plans cannot keep pace with change, and Zhong Yongliang's fate proved all the more tragic.

Zou Ruoming had not expected that the more nervous he got, the more useless he became. He had taken two pills and still had no reaction at all, and in his fury he laid all the blame on Tang Yun!

He felt it was because Tang Yun was Wei Zhao's girlfriend, which gave him the feeling of using secondhand goods, and that was why he could not muster any desire! This also stirred up the ruthlessness buried deep in Zou Ruoming's heart; he snatched up his belt and was about to go teach that little wench Tang Yun a lesson...

And so, after Zou Ruoming ran in, without distinguishing black from white, he swung his belt and whipped the "Tang Yun" on the ground furiously... Only after he heard Zhong Yongliang's shrill screams did he realize something was wrong...

"Hello?" Wei Zhao picked up the phone.

"..." There was a moment of silence on the other end, then a cautious question: "Excuse me, are you the great robber?"

"Huh!?" Wei Zhao was startled. "What great robber? You've got the wrong number!"

With that, Wei Zhao hung up.

Sun Jingyan stared at the disconnected call, somewhat puzzled. She had not dialed the wrong number, had she?

Could it be that the Great Thief's identity was secret, and he dared not reveal it casually, and that was why he had refused her outright?

It seemed that was the only possibility. But at the moment Sun Jingyan truly had no suitable person to ask for help, so she could only dial Wei Zhao's number once more.

When Wei Zhao saw the same number calling, he did not want to answer, but the phone kept ringing and ringing; there was nothing for it but to pick up. "Hello? Didn't I tell you it was the wrong number? Are you ever going to stop?"

Yes, that should be his voice! Sun Jingyan confirmed that the person on the other end was Wei Zhao, and afraid he would hang up, she hurriedly said, "Is this the Great Thief Lin? I'm looking for the Great Thief Lin..."

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