Chapter 191 — More Proactive
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Wei Zhao meant to call the old man and talk about matters on this end. Closing his door, he dialed the old man's number... As a rule, Wei Zhao did not contact the old man while on a mission; only when the mission was over would he report that he was safe.
The phone rang many times before his own old man's somewhat sleazy voice came through: "Hello?"
"Old man, it's Xiao Yi." Wei Zhao was silent a moment, then spoke.
"Oh? Xiao Yi, is that you? Well, how's it going — how's the mission coming along?" Old Man Wei was plainly drinking; the crunch of peanuts could be heard in his mouth.
If the mission had not been mentioned, fine, but the moment it was, Wei Zhao was left speechless. "I say, old man, just what kind of mission did you set me up with? Here I am every day trailing after a young miss like a lackey. Do you want me to be some top-grade houseboy?"
"What mission it is, you'll know when enough time has passed." Old Man Wei clearly did not care to waste breath on the subject.
"When enough time has passed? Just how long is that?" This was what Wei Zhao cared about — and it also laid the groundwork for what he meant to say next.
"Heh heh, as long as you like, no time limit. Depends on how fast you finish." Old Man Wei spoke with complete indifference.
"As long as I like? Really?" Wei Zhao hesitated, then voiced his thought. "Old man, I'm starting to want to stay here..."
"Oh? You already want to stay there? That's wonderful." Old Man Wei grew excited at once at his words. "So the mission's going well, then. That's a good start!"
"What do you mean?" Wei Zhao was baffled. What did that have to do with the mission's progress?
"Nothing. If you like it there, then don't come back. In a few years I'll come settle down too... You lay the groundwork over there first, have a few kids, and I'll come over and be a grandfather straightaway..." Old Man Wei seemed very much in favor of Wei Zhao staying in Songshan — even more eager than Wei Zhao himself.
"Huh?" Wei Zhao had thought it would take a great deal of effort to persuade Old Man Wei to let him begin a quiet life... Yet before he had said much at all, the old man was telling him to have children? What was that supposed to mean? Did he intend for Wei Zhao to retire?
"I say, old man, then what about future missions..." Wei Zhao was rather suspicious. Was this really his own stingy old man? The one who, to scrape together a bit of money, assigned him dangerous missions... "Missions? There are no more missions. This is the last one."
"Of course, if you feel like stretching your legs, you can take on a few jobs here and there," Old Man Wei said.
"This..." Wei Zhao was trying to guess whether Old Man Wei had had too much to drink. He had been hesitating over how to broach the matter with the old man — after all, he had never belonged to this kind of life before — but... before he could even open his mouth, the old man was urging him to have children...
Wei Zhao broke out in a bit of a sweat, yet a weight was lifted from his mind just like that... Mm, tomorrow he would go court Tang Yun... and he need not worry or hold back about anything anymore...
If not for the fact that these two young misses of his were untouchable, Wei Zhao would not have gone the long way round when the near at hand would do.
"Anything else? Widow Wang from the head of the village is here. I'll have a chat with her. If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up. Bye-bye." Old Man Wei hung up before Wei Zhao could speak.
Looking at the phone in his hand, Wei Zhao smiled bitterly. Why did all of this feel like a dream? Ever since he had taken on this baffling mission, had his life begun to change?
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