Chapter 1424 — A Confession of Love — Wait! The Jade Pendant? Wei Zhao Suddenly Remembered That the Jade Pendant Had Indeed Given a Warning — When Yu Xiaoke Went to Stroke Tianlei Zhu!

Thinking of this, Wei Zhao hastily seized Yu Xiaoke's hand!

Yu Xiaoke had never expected Wei Zhao to grab her hand so suddenly. She thought it was because she was dizzy and he meant to comfort her, and her face flushed at once. After this tomb-robbing expedition, the relationship between the two of them had turned somewhat ambiguous; Yu Xiaoke could never help her heart beating faster, and this time was no exception.

But after Wei Zhao took her hand, he did nothing else — he bent to examine the wound where Tianlei Zhu had pricked her.

"So that's how it is!" Seeing the wound red and swollen, Wei Zhao nodded in sudden understanding. "The bristles on this Tianlei Zhu are poisonous!"

"What? Poisonous?" At his words, Yu Xiaoke felt it too — the wound on her hand did indeed itch a little.

"You dead pig, hand over the antidote!" Wei Zhao said, giving Tianlei Zhu a kick.

"Squeak squeak..." Tianlei Zhu looked aggrieved at once, as though protesting its innocence — it had not meant any harm, only defended itself on instinct when a stranger like Yu Xiaoke came near. Wei Zhao certainly could not understand what the pig said, but General Weiwu could.

"Woof woof!" General Weiwu pointed at Yu Xiaoke, waved a paw, and then struck a sleeping pose.

"Oh... it means the poison is nothing serious. You're just dizzy — sleep it off and you'll be fine," Wei Zhao explained to Yu Xiaoke.

"Is that so!" Yu Xiaoke breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is there some way to neutralize it?" Wei Zhao asked again.

"Squeak squeak —" At his words Tianlei Zhu grew reluctant, but after glancing at Wei Zhao and thinking it over, it still waddled over to Yu Xiaoke, plucked a bristle from its own body with a front paw, and jabbed her hand with the follicle end.

"Ah!" Yu Xiaoke cried out at the sting.

But Wei Zhao did not stop it. He knew the pig was drawing out the poison for her; if it dared to harm Yu Xiaoke again right in front of him, then this Tianlei Zhu really would have no place left among them.

"Squeak squeak —" Tianlei Zhu tossed the bristle away and shook its body, meaning to tell Wei Zhao that the poison was gone.

"Eh? How wonderful — the wound doesn't itch anymore, and my head isn't spinning either!" Yu Xiaoke exclaimed in surprise. "This little creature is really something!"

"From now on, tell friend from foe before you go stabbing people, or I'll kick you out the door," Wei Zhao told Tianlei Zhu.

"Squeak squeak —" Tianlei Zhu nodded to show it understood.

Leaving the ancient tomb through the Gate of Life, Wei Zhao took Yu Xiaoke, Tianlei Zhu, and General Weiwu, and sprang up onto the cliff wall nearby.

Wei Zhao walked as though flying, and Yu Xiaoke's lightness skill was excellent as well; the two people and two beasts soon arrived at a nearby town.

"Heroine Yan, let us part ways here — you can catch a carriage from this place." Wei Zhao pointed toward the station. "Until we meet again!"

"Ah — so we're going to part..." Yu Xiaoke looked at Wei Zhao, reluctant to let him go...

From childhood on, apart from her master, the one who had cared for her most tenderly was Male Robber. This tomb-robbing journey she would remember all her life, and she would never forget how Male Robber had saved her from danger again and again.

"Heh, go home and live well, and don't come out robbing tombs anymore. As for me, I won't rob tombs again either — I won't be able to look after you anymore," Wei Zhao said.

"Oh..." Yu Xiaoke nodded, a little forlorn. Male Robber had said before that he was searching for a spirit medicine for his girlfriend, so it was only natural that he should wash his hands of the trade. "Then... will we meet again?"

Yu Xiaoke knew her question was a little foolish. Male Robber would rob no more, and she would take part in no more such missions; the chance that the two of them would ever cross paths again was essentially zero. Perhaps they would never meet again in this life.

"Barring accidents, no, I don't think we will," Wei Zhao said with a smile. The identity of Male Robber was about to end here; that person had never been Wei Zhao to begin with, but someone Wei Zhao had disguised himself as. Now that the mission was over, he naturally would not go on playing Male Robber — unless he had nothing better to do.

"I see..." Yu Xiaoke had actually known the answer long ago, but only by asking it aloud did she truly let her hope die.

"All right, let's part here!" Wei Zhao said. "You're beautiful, and a kind-hearted girl as well. I wish you find the happiness that belongs to you!"

How could Wei Zhao have failed to notice Yu Xiaoke's feelings along the way? But he truly had no heart now to develop anything with her — one reason was the constraint of his identity, and the other was that his mind was fixed on Feng Xiaoxiao's safety.

"Oh..." Yu Xiaoke lowered her head, as though she already understood what Male Robber's words meant. But suddenly she raised her head again and, summoning all her courage, said, "Then... could you take off your mask and let me see your face?"

"No!" Wei Zhao refused flatly. What a joke — if he took it off, would she not recognize him at once?

"Just one look! Only one, and I won't tell anyone..." Yu Xiaoke pleaded.

"What difference would it make, looking or not looking?" Wei Zhao asked mildly.

"At least... let me have a beautiful memory..." Yu Xiaoke said after a moment's hesitation.

"All right, how about this: perhaps we will meet again, and I will appear as my true self. If you recognize me, I absolutely won't deny it. That should do, shouldn't it?" Wei Zhao said, somewhat helplessly.

"Oh..." Yu Xiaoke did not think deeply about it; she assumed Male Robber was only putting her off with those words.

"Well then, I'm going. Take care of yourself on the road!" With that, Wei Zhao turned away and, with General Weiwu and Tianlei Zhu, headed into the distance.

"Male Robber, I like you!" Watching Male Robber's receding back, Yu Xiaoke finally summoned her courage and shouted out what was in her heart. Yu Xiaoke was not a coy, hesitant girl; on the contrary, she dared to love and dared to hate, and she felt that if she did not speak her heart now, she might never have the chance again.

Wei Zhao's steps paused for a moment, but then he went on as before.

"I will find you!" Having cried out her feelings, Yu Xiaoke grew even bolder. "I don't know what you look like, but people with a dog and a pig at their side must be rare indeed. As long as I remember them, I'll be able to find you!"

Damn it! Hearing Yu Xiaoke's words, Wei Zhao nearly tripped and fell flat on his face!

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