Chapter 777 — We Can Call for Backup Too

Wei Zhao found it rather amusing. Little fool, you little fool — how is it your luck is always so absurdly good? Seems your fortune exploded the moment you met me. Whatever you go looking for, you find!

Earlier, Qiu Lingshan had phoned Wei Zhao, asking him to keep an eye out for the thief gang in Songshan City. Wei Zhao had only given a perfunctory reply, with no real intention of helping her track them down. He had more than enough on his plate every day — who had the time to go hunting for some thief gang on Qiu Lingshan's behalf? Only someone with nothing better to do.

What Wei Zhao hadn't expected was that barely a day later, the so-called second-in-command of the Songshan City thief gang would deliver himself right to his door! If the second-in-command had shown up, how could he not reel in the boss as well?

Wei Zhao figured that since he'd run into them anyway, he might as well settle the matter for Qiu Lingshan in one go. It was no trouble at all, and that little Song girl had been quite obedient lately. He decided to throw her a little extra reward.

"What's the matter, scared?" Black Bird Bro saw the look on Wei Zhao's face and took it for fear. His smugness soared. "I'll tell you something — our thief gang may not be as vicious as the underworld types, but we're still not someone a Flying Swallow Sect disciple can afford to offend! Li Cihua — you know Brother Cihua, don't you?"

"I know him." Wei Zhao nodded, thinking to himself: Li Cihua still owes me three hundred thousand for the car he wrecked. How could I not know him?

"Our thief gang operates under Brother Cihua's protection. So you know what to do now, don't you?" Black Bird Bro saw that Wei Zhao knew of Li Cihua, which saved him the trouble of explaining. That made things easier — since you know Li Cihua, let's see if you still dare offend us.

"Know what to do? They're the ones who hit me. I don't think I even lifted a finger." Wei Zhao shrugged, the picture of innocence.

"Damn!" Black Bird Bro was stunned. Thinking it over carefully, that was indeed how it had gone. Wei Zhao had stood there without moving a muscle; it was his own men who'd gone up to hit him. Which meant it wasn't Wei Zhao who'd done the hitting — it was his own men who'd struck carelessly and injured themselves!

"Who told you to train in that Iron Armor Protective Art?" Having played the name of Li Cihua, Black Bird Bro felt much bolder. He didn't believe Wei Zhao would dare do anything to him now that he'd heard Brother Cihua's name. "I'll give you two choices. One: apologize to us, host a reconciliation banquet, and pay my brothers a million or so in medical fees — and we'll call it even!"

"I don't have any money, and it wasn't my fault anyway. My body is just the way it is — who told them to attack me with their fists instead of blades or other weapons?" Wei Zhao listened carefully to Black Bird Bro, then said with a bitter smile, "So, may I ask what the second choice is?"

Hm? Black Bird Bro was momentarily stunned by Wei Zhao's words. This Wei Zhao really was an idiot — exposing his own weakness like that? So he was afraid of weapons and blades! Excellent. He hadn't known what to use as a threat for the second choice, but now he had it!

"The second choice is that with one phone call, I can summon a whole crowd from our thief gang armed with blades, and they'll hack you to death! Whatever Iron Armor Protective Art you've trained in, you're finished!" Black Bird Bro said threateningly.

Yu Xiaoke was somewhat taken aback. Wei Zhao exposing his own weakness? Telling Black Bird Bro his vulnerable spot? Yu Xiaoke didn't quite believe it. In her view, Wei Zhao was a very clever man — even she had been played by him several times. How could Wei Zhao possibly reveal his weakness to Black Bird Bro?

Moreover, as far as Yu Xiaoke was concerned, this so-called Iron Armor Protective Art was complete nonsense. It was just that Black Bird Bro had fallen into the misconception Wei Zhao had set up from the start, mistakenly believing that Wei Zhao had really used his body's rebound to injure those four big men's hands. In truth, Yu Xiaoke felt the real explanation was something else entirely!

Though she didn't know how Wei Zhao had done it, Yu Xiaoke was certain he must have pulled some subtle trick.

"Oh, I'm so scared..." Wei Zhao put on a show of being terrified. "But I really don't have any money. What am I supposed to do?"

With that, Wei Zhao turned to Yu Xiaoke. "Wife, how much money do we have left in the family vault?"

"What money? It's all spent!" Yu Xiaoke hadn't expected Wei Zhao to say that, but after a brief moment of surprise, she played along smoothly. She wanted to see what trick Wei Zhao was up to. Clearly, though, this Black Bird Bro was about to have a very bad day.

From what Yu Xiaoke knew of Wei Zhao, he was not a man who took losses lying down. Last time she'd stolen his wallet, he'd taken hers right back — principal plus interest! And this Black Bird Bro had provoked Wei Zhao so brazenly. How could Wei Zhao possibly let him off easily?

"You see? Even my wife says there's no money!" Wei Zhao looked at Black Bird Bro with a helpless expression.

"Shit! You two down-and-out lovebirds won't shed tears till you see the coffin!" Black Bird Bro naturally didn't believe Yu Xiaoke. Over the years, she'd pocketed over a hundred thousand just from swindling fellow thieves, and adding what she'd stolen herself, the total was probably well over a million by now!

Now that Black Bird Bro had caught these two, how could he let them go so easily? Yu Xiaoke's qinggong was formidable — if he released her this time, who knew when he'd catch her again? And this Wei Zhao was strange too, with his Iron Armor Protective Art. Let him go now, and he'd be just as hard to catch next time.

"No, really, Black Bird Bro, you can see we truly have no money!" Wei Zhao spread his hands. "If we had money, we wouldn't be out stealing, right, wife?"

"Yes, yes! We only steal because we're broke! Who'd be a thief if they had money? Who'd want such a rotten profession?" Yu Xiaoke nodded in agreement.

"Fuck! Are you saying I'm rotten?" Black Bird Bro flew into a rage. "Fine, you've got nerve! If you've got nerve, don't run — stand right there and wait. I'm going to kill you!"

With that, Black Bird Bro pulled out his phone, dialed a number, and said, "Brother Julu, this is Black Bird, the second-in-command. I've run into Yu Xiaoke of the Flying Swallow Sect and her man at Old Tao Alley. Her man's a bit tough — requesting backup, send ten men with blades to hack them up!"

After the call, Black Bird Bro glared viciously at Wei Zhao. "Scared now? I'm not joking! And don't even think about running — Songshan City is Brother Cihua's turf. You can't escape even if you try. If you don't give me a proper account of yourselves today, you'll never make a living on Songshan City's streets again!"

"Oh, you're calling for backup? Wonderful. We of the Flying Swallow Sect have people too!" Watching Black Bird Bro finish his call, Wei Zhao showed not the slightest intention of backing down. On the contrary, he said, "The grudge between our Flying Swallow Sect and you lot isn't a matter of a day or two. Today we settle it all at once! Let's see who can call more people!"

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