Chapter 149 — The Unwanted Outcome

He was the mastermind behind the Gu Mengyao kidnapping case last time. After being scolded by his partner Jin Gubang, he felt thoroughly depressed. If the boss had not valued Jin Gubang more than himself, he would never have swallowed his anger like this!

Those thugs had clearly been sent by the boss's own men, yet after the operation failed, Jin Gubang actually pinned all the blame on him. This left Zhang Yuzhou deeply resentful!

Although he had an overbearing name, and his company had an overbearing name too, Zhang Yuzhou knew very well that he was nothing but a puppet of the boss... not even a puppet of the big boss, but merely the puppet of his representative, Brother Cihua...

Some matters he could not decide on his own, so he had no choice but to call his leader, Brother Cihua.

"Brother Cihua, this is Little Universe speaking," Zhang Yuzhou said deferentially.

"Mm, what is it?" Li Cihua had not been in a good mood these past few days either. Baldy had been unreachable all along, and he had just received word that the police had found Baldy's corpse... That actually made Li Cihua feel a little easier. Baldy was dead, and no matter how he had died, it had nothing to do with him anymore.

Baldy's underlings knew of his existence, but they had never met him face to face. Even if they fell into the hands of the police, a few words from them would not be enough for the police to do anything to him!

In truth, even if Baldy had named him, Li Cihua was not afraid. With his own power and that of the person behind him, they were simply not something ordinary people could easily shake.

What troubled Li Cihua was that this operation had been botched, and it would be hard to explain to the person behind him. He had been far too careless this time, sending out only a handful of small-time thugs like Baldy...

"Brother Cihua, that bastard Jin Gubang pushed all the responsibility onto me, saying the men I found were no good. Isn't that looking down on you? Saying the men you find are no good," Zhang Yuzhou added fuel to the fire. The matter had not been his fault in the first place, and he felt quite wronged.

"I understand!" Li Cihua frowned. He had not expected Zhang Yuzhou to come to him over such trivial matters. "Jin Gubang is not the boss's man, he is only a partner. Let him complain if he wants to. We are our own people, and I understand your situation. The grievances you suffer, I have noted them all in my heart!"

"Yes, Brother Cihua, hearing you say that makes me feel much better..." Zhang Yuzhou was also just expressing how wronged he had been, to win a bit more regard from those above him.

"By the way, has that side been investigated clearly? Just what is the background of that bodyguard beside Gu Mengyao?" Li Cihua asked.

"Jin Gubang has already looked into it. On the surface, he is a migrant worker that Gu Pengzhan hired from somewhere and arranged into the same school as Gu Mengyao to protect her closely," Zhang Yuzhou said. "As for which security company he belongs to, that is still unclear for now. Jin Gubang could not find out either," Zhang Yuzhou said.

"Then keep..." Li Cihua said. "The boss is very concerned about this matter and has already sent over a top-tier Yellow-rank expert. Last time I underestimated the enemy. But this time, hm." "Top-tier Yellow-rank..." Zhang Yuzhou was startled. He had more or less heard of the strength rankings on the boss's side. A top-tier Yellow-rank expert was in no way inferior to a special forces soldier, and they were actually sending one to deal with a mere bodyguard...

"Keep your mouth shut and do not go blabbing about this," Li Cihua warned.

"Rest assured, Brother Cihua, I will not blab!" Zhang Yuzhou hurriedly promised.

While no one was watching, Wei Zhao quickly got into Uncle Qing's Bentley.

When he got in, he saw that Gu Mengyao had been wearing a stern face the whole time, while Shen Yushu, that girl, was stifling her laughter off to the side. Clearly, Gu Mengyao had heard something about him delivering a love letter to Tang Zhi.

Wei Zhao shook his head. Gu Mengyao was obviously angry, but because Uncle Qing was present, it was not convenient for her to lose her temper, so she had been holding it in all along.

The three of them did not speak a word the whole way. Even Shen Yushu, who was usually so talkative, had shut her mouth at that moment and stopped chattering, so as not to affect Gu Mengyao's mood.

Back at the villa, Wei Zhao had just wanted to return to his own room when Gu Mengyao suddenly called him to a halt.

"Wei Zhao, stop right there!"

Wei Zhao had wanted to dodge the young lady a little. She was in the middle of a fit of anger, and who would want to provoke her? But before he could slip away, she caught him. Wei Zhao turned his head and saw Gu Mengyao standing there with her hands on her hips, looking fierce and formidable.

"Um, Miss Chu, is there something you need?" Wei Zhao gave two dry laughs.

"Wei Zhao, you've got some nerve, haven't you? Barely two days at school and there's already a scandal about you? My daddy pays your salary so you can go around philandering on campus?" Gu Mengyao was truly furious... Was Wei Zhao really this shameless?

"Miss Gu, when your daddy hired me, he made it very clear—he wanted me to look after your studies and your daily life. As for everything else, that's hardly within the scope of my job, is it?" Wei Zhao felt he had been too soft all along. A man had to stand firm in many situations, or the young miss would never learn what he was made of.

"You—" Gu Mengyao was choked with anger, left speechless by Wei Zhao's retort! Indeed, by any measure Wei Zhao was just an employee her father had hired; his private life was none of her business, was it?

If he wanted a girlfriend, what business was it of hers to get so worked up? And yet Gu Mengyao felt terrible inside! What gave him the right—even if he wanted to stir up a scandal, shouldn't it be with her and Xiaoshu? He didn't go after the ones right in his own house, but ran off to flirt with other women—what was that supposed to mean? That she and Xiaoshu weren't attractive enough?

That was it—she was certainly just angry because Wei Zhao had ignored her and Xiaoshu! Gu Mengyao blamed her fury on Wei Zhao overlooking her charms. What woman could tolerate the men around her ignoring them?

Such an insult was harder to bear than death itself!

But Gu Mengyao simply couldn't say it—how could she? Was she supposed to ask Wei Zhao, 'Are you blind? Two pretty girls right under your nose and you can't see them, but you go chasing after other women outside?'

"You... just watch yourself, that's all! Don't drag me and Xiaoshu's reputations through the mud! We don't want people thinking our sidekick is that kind of person!" Gu Mengyao could only say this much in her anger.

"Oh, don't worry, Miss Gu. At school I'll keep my distance from you as much as possible—I won't let anyone find out about our connection," Wei Zhao said with a nod.

"You... I..." Wei Zhao's words left Gu Mengyao frozen on the spot... staring at him blankly, unable to speak. She had never expected that her own words would draw such a response from Wei Zhao... Was this the answer and outcome she had wanted?

Gu Mengyao didn't know. She only felt an unbearable ache inside, an indescribable sense of loss and oppression, as though something had suddenly been emptied out of her, leaving her with nothing to hold on to...