Chapter 156 — Just Who Exactly Are You? "Brother, All Right, You Have Tricks," Wu Chengtian Patted Wei Zhao's Shoulder, "I Have Learned Something, Brother; There Is Plenty of Time Yet"
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"A wallet, that kind of thing." Sun Jingyan said. "Wu Chengtian is a petty sort. When he left just now, he patted you. I can't be sure whether he did anything to you..."
"Oh? Then why didn't you warn me earlier?" Wei Zhao asked, smiling at Sun Jingyan.
"Our families are old family friends... I could hardly embarrass him in public; and it wouldn't sound good if it got back to my parents." Sun Jingyan looked conflicted. "It doesn't matter, though. Whatever you've lost, I'll make it up to you."
"Heh..." Wei Zhao found himself thinking all the more that Sun Jingyan's heart was in the right place — at least she was willing to bear the loss herself. "Aren't you afraid I'll ask for an outrageous sum?"
"That..." Sun Jingyan was somewhat embarrassed by the question. She was ordinarily a formidable woman, yet today, before Wei Zhao, she had repeatedly come off the worse — and the root of it, she realized, was that Wei Zhao seemed to disregard her charms entirely. "You don't look like that sort of person."
Sun Jingyan's embarrassment lasted only a moment; she recovered herself at once. Her big eyes blinked and blinked at Wei Zhao, very alluring.
"Congratulations. You guessed wrong." Wei Zhao shrugged.
"Ah?" Sun Jingyan was left speechless, genuinely regretting the choice she had made today. Had she run into someone even harder to handle?
"But this time I haven't lost anything, so there's no need for you to compensate me." Wei Zhao chuckled and took out a wallet that looked rather upscale, opening it. "Someone traded a big wallet for a small one... Tsk, tsk, and there's US dollars inside too — quite a few bills. Oh, what's this? An ID card? Wu Chengtian? The photo looks like a memorial portrait. No wonder the man's so down on his luck..."
Sun Jingyan was slightly startled at his words. Just as she was about to say something, she saw him suddenly take out a wallet and was at once astonished. When Wei Zhao mentioned trading a big wallet for a small one, she already sensed something was wrong... Then Wei Zhao produced an ID card and called out the name Wu Chengtian... Only then did Sun Jingyan cover her mouth in shock, staring at Wei Zhao in disbelief.
He had actually taken Wu Chengtian's wallet and held it in his hand? When? When Wu Chengtian took his? What kind of speed was that? She had not even seen it... And more unbelievable still — Wu Chengtian had felt nothing?
If it were said that Wu Chengtian had lifted Wei Zhao's wallet without Wei Zhao noticing, Sun Jingyan could believe it. But if it were said that Wei Zhao had lifted Wu Chengtian's wallet without Wu Chengtian noticing, Sun Jingyan found that hard to believe.
The Wu family's Iron Hands trained hand speed; that he could lift Wei Zhao's wallet was nothing remarkable... Yet from what Wei Zhao was saying now, it seemed he had known all along that Wu Chengtian had lifted his wallet — and the fellow had even, in passing, lifted Wu Chengtian's wallet back.
Sun Jingyan was somewhat speechless. Just who was this sitting across from her? Was he an ordinary person?
"Just who are you?" Sun Jingyan was forced to face Wei Zhao squarely. She rather regretted having dragged Wei Zhao into this. From the look of it now, Wei Zhao was plainly no easy mark — this kid had been playing the pig to eat the tiger all along.
"It's better that you don't know." Wei Zhao said very seriously. "Give me a thousand yuan, and then you can go. Don't come to me about this again. That fellow is too stupid — there isn't even a shred of satisfaction in toying with him."