Chapter 209 — The Sly Little Shu

"Ah... yes, I do." The man hadn't expected Wei Zhao to be so cautious, and he reached for his company employee badge.

Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had heard the doorbell from upstairs as well. Gu Mengyao remembered that it wasn't Qing Bo delivering the meal today — Wei Zhao might not recognize the man — so she pulled Shen Yushu along and hurried downstairs.

She was afraid that this little imp Shen Yushu might take the chance to make contact with Wei Zhao, so wherever she went, she kept hold of Shen Yushu.

"Assistant Zhang, you've come!" The moment Gu Mengyao stepped out the villa door, she saw Wei Zhao demanding Assistant Zhang's identification, and felt a faint stir of gratitude — this fellow really was careful.

"Miss Gu, Mr. Li has gone to the neighboring city; I've come to deliver the meal in his place." The instant Assistant Zhang saw Gu Mengyao come out, his face creased into a smile — though he was thoroughly sick at heart over having caught her cheating with her boyfriend, on the surface he still had to pretend he knew nothing at all.

"Mm, I know. Qing Bo gave me a call." Gu Mengyao glanced at Wei Zhao, then said, "Wei Zhao, this is Assistant Zhang. From now on, when he brings the food, just take it from him directly."

"All right." Wei Zhao nodded and took the lunchbox from Assistant Zhang's hands.

Gu Mengyao hadn't thought that much about it. Wei Zhao staying here was her daddy's arrangement, and she had no sordid notions in her head — how could she know what Assistant Zhang was thinking?

Assistant Zhang handed the lunchbox to Wei Zhao and hurried off. In an atmosphere like that, he didn't want to linger a moment longer.

Watching Assistant Zhang's hastily retreating back, Wei Zhao shook his head. What was this fellow in such a rush about?

Wei Zhao was carrying the lunchbox inside when Shen Yushu's eyes began to wheel, wondering how to get a private word with Wei Zhao. All at once her gaze slid across the yard to her own Beetle, and she said, fishing for something to say, "Hey, Arrow Brand Bro, how's my car? Not bad, huh?"

"It's all right." Wei Zhao's heart tightened. Surely this girl hadn't discovered that he had wrecked her car?

"Oh..." Shen Yushu, staring back at Gu Mengyao, who was glaring at her, raced through her options for what to say to Wei Zhao next. "Huh? Where's my photo? The ornament I hung on the front of the car — why is it gone? Arrow Brand Bro, quick, open the door, I want to take a look..."

"Xiaoshu, are you just making conversation for the sake of it?" Gu Mengyao had noticed that something was off about Shen Yushu too.

"That photo of me came out so pretty — I took it when I was fifteen. I'll never look like that again, so I have to see where it's gone!" Shen Yushu explained.

Fifteen? Gu Mengyao was speechless. Who grows younger as time goes on? Who ever grows back into how they looked as a child? Wasn't that just nonsense? And "I'll never look like that again"...

"Hah, I took the photo down and put it in the drawer. If I drove your car and got recognized by Kang**, that wouldn't be good." Wei Zhao had no idea what had gotten into Shen Yushu today; the way she talked had turned downright strange.

"Oh, then show me whether it's still there. I don't believe you — you didn't lose it or break it, did you?" Shen Yushu would not let it go.

"Xiaoshu!" Gu Mengyao naturally knew what she was up to. All this drivel of hers — wasn't it just an attempt to pass a message to Wei Zhao? She frowned. "Wei Zhao, open the door and let her have a look!"

What Gu Mengyao had in mind was that Wei Zhao should hurry up and open the door to show Xiaoshu, and then she would settle down. With herself standing right there watching, there was no way Xiaoshu could pull any tricks.

"...All right." Wei Zhao hadn't wanted to open the door, but since the eldest miss had spoken, he had no choice. He opened the door, hoping Shen Yushu's eyes wouldn't wander to the back seat.

"Oh... so it really is here!" Shen Yushu found her ornament. It wasn't the ornament she was really after, of course — she wanted the chance to hint to Wei Zhao about tonight's plan. Otherwise, springing a confession on him out of nowhere would be far too awkward.

"Satisfied? Xiaoshu, now that you've found it, let's go back inside and eat. After dinner there's an 'important' matter to take care of!" Gu Mengyao deliberately put extra stress on the word "important," hinting to Shen Yushu that she should stop thinking about anything else and just wait quietly for her confession.

"Oh... well, if I can't hang it on the front, I'll hang it on the back. No one will see it from the back, right?" Shen Yushu was hardly about to leave. Her eyes darted back and forth around the car's interior — and then, abruptly, her gaze came to rest on the roof of the Beetle's back seat. "Huh? Arrow Brand Bro, why has the inside of my car turned into this?"

Wei Zhao was just as exasperated. This Shen Yushu — on any other day she never gave her car a thought. It had sat in the garage for so long and she'd never once said she wanted a look at it. What was with her today? Poking around left and right, and in the end she'd still discovered something wrong.

Gu Mengyao thought Shen Yushu was up to her tricks again, deliberately dragging things out, and tugged at her hand: "Xiaoshu, don't make a fuss over nothing. There's nothing wrong. Let's just go eat."

"No, no." Shen Yushu waved her hand. "Yao Yao, you didn't see it. Look here... and here — it's all broken!"

Gu Mengyao frowned, taking Shen Yushu's words for nonsense, and leaned in to glance inside the car with some impatience. One look and she was stunned. "Wei Zhao, what the hell did you do? How did it end up like this?"

"I was attacked..." Wei Zhao broke out in a sweat.

"Attacked? Someone got into the back seat of the car to attack you? How did he get in? Did you let him in?" Gu Mengyao clearly did not believe it. This car was not like an ordinary hatchback where you could climb in through the rear doors; the Beetle could only be entered through the front seats.

"Arrow Brand Bro, you have to take responsibility!" Shen Yushu did not actually care in the least whether the car was damaged or not — it was only an excuse to talk to Wei Zhao a little more. "Yao Yao, you go on back first. I want to have a good talk with Arrow Brand Bro about how he's going to compensate me!"

"No. We can talk after dinner. The food's going to get cold!" Gu Mengyao refused flatly.

"I like my food cold. Less chance of esophageal cancer!" How could Shen Yushu let such a golden opportunity slip by?

"Then you talk to him, and I'll stand right here and watch!" Gu Mengyao was not about to let Shen Yushu be alone with Wei Zhao saying who knew what.

"Oh, sure." Shen Yushu put on an air of having no problem with it, as if to say, Watch all you like, and said to Wei Zhao: "Arrow Brand Bro, you wrecked my car. You owe me some kind of explanation, don't you?"

By now Wei Zhao had begun to sense that something was off. Shen Yushu had grown uncharacteristically long-winded today, nothing at all like her usual self. She had never cared a whit for such worldly possessions — she had handed him her computer to use without a second thought, let him drive her car whenever he liked, and even now the key to her family's villa was still in his hand! All of which showed that Shen Yushu was by nature a generous person. Yet today she was clinging to the trivial matter of a damaged roof panel and refusing to let it go!