Chapter 316 — The Perfect Partners

Beyond the cut on his index finger from yesterday, Zhong Yongliang had deliberately wrapped an extra bandage around his right middle finger, all in an effort to deceive Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. He certainly couldn't let them know that today's blood letter had been written with Gao Xiaofu's blood.

"Huh? Right here?" Zhong Yongliang's expression froze for an instant, and a bitter grimace spread across his face. "The wound on my hand has already dried up... I'd have to go back and get my carving knife to cut myself again..."

"Oh! No problem - I have a carving knife right here. I'll lend it to you!" With that, Shen Yushu produced a carving knife from her schoolbag as if by magic and handed it to Zhong Yongliang.

"This..." Zhong Yongliang broke into a profuse sweat. How could he be this unlucky? He had thought he'd escaped the ordeal, only to discover that in the end he would still have to cut his own finger!

And Shen Yushu was right there watching. If he refused to cut, it would be hard to justify. Cold sweat immediately beaded on Zhong Yongliang's face. "Doing it here isn't really a good idea... What if the blood sprays out and gets everywhere, and scares you both..."

"Little Liangzi, now that's something you don't understand!" Shen Yushu thought to herself, How could I let you go back? I still want to watch you bleed without stopping! But outwardly she wore an expression of earnest instruction. "It's only when you cut your finger right in front of the girl you love - when you sign your name on the blood letter with her watching - that you can show just how deeply you love her!"

"Is that so?" Zhong Yongliang, thoroughly talked around by Shen Yushu, felt his spirits stir. "Then shall I cut right now?"

"What are you waiting for?" Shen Yushu shot back.

"Then... then all right!" A look of grim resolve flickered across Zhong Yongliang's face.

Gu Mengyao found it amusing. She thought, Little Xiaoshu really is a born troublemaker who wouldn't blink at ruining someone. Zhong Yongliang is going to get destroyed by her this time! But since she disliked Zhong Yongliang in her heart, she didn't intervene.

And yet it was precisely Gu Mengyao's indifferent, hands-off attitude that created the illusion in Zhong Yongliang's mind that she had tacitly approved. Under normal circumstances, if Gu Mengyao disapproved, she would certainly have impatiently shooed him away. But this time she had said nothing at all - which could only mean she was giving her silent consent.

This only strengthened Zhong Yongliang's resolve. He took the carving knife Shen Yushu handed him, hesitating over which finger to cut this time.

While Zhong Yongliang was dithering, Shen Yushu quickly sent a text to Wei Zhao: "Calling Arrow Bro - Zhong Yongliang is cutting his finger again. Come assist immediately!"

Zhong Yongliang gripped the carving knife, gritted his teeth, and as if making the hardest decision of his life, slashed down hard on the thumb of his right hand. It had to be this finger - the others would be too inconvenient for writing.

Wei Zhao glanced at the message on his phone, rose slowly to his feet, and walked over to Zhong Yongliang. Seeing him cut his finger, he smiled faintly. It seemed this kid still hadn't learned enough from yesterday's lesson.

"Out of my way!" Wei Zhao casually shoved Zhong Yongliang aside, knocking him off balance.

Zhong Yongliang was just about to sign his name on the blood letter when Wei Zhao's voice suddenly came from behind, giving him a tremendous fright. He thought Wei Zhao was going to kick him again, but after that single shove, Wei Zhao strode right past without so much as stopping.

"Phew..." Zhong Yongliang let out a sigh of relief. It seemed Wei Zhao must have been in a hurry to get to the restroom this time and hadn't bothered to do anything to him.

"Whoa!" Shen Yushu excitedly pointed at Zhong Yongliang's finger. "Little Liangzi, your finger is hemorrhaging - that's so cool! Do you have special powers? Is that the legendary Six Meridians Divine Sword?"

Zhong Yongliang blinked, slightly bewildered by what Shen Yushu was saying. But when he lowered his head to continue writing the blood letter, he discovered that the paper had already been soaked through with blood - and his own hand... just like yesterday, blood was spurting out in fountain-like jets...

"Ahhh!" Zhong Yongliang screamed in agony, letting go of the blood letter in his hand. He tossed it aside and scrambled back to his seat in a panic. "Xiaofu! Bandages! Give me bandages, quick..."

Watching Zhong Yongliang bolt for his seat, Shen Yushu held up two fingers in a V sign and cheered triumphantly. "Yes! Mission accomplished - flawless teamwork with Arrow Bro!"

"..." Gu Mengyao glanced at her best friend, truly at a loss for words. She could now be certain - yesterday's nonstop bleeding from Zhong Yongliang had definitely been Wei Zhao's doing.

Before Wei Zhao walked over today, the blood on Zhong Yongliang's finger had been flowing quite slowly. But after Wei Zhao arrived, Zhong Yongliang had bled as if from a gushing spring - clearly Wei Zhao's handiwork.

Wei Zhao and Shen Yushu... they really were a match made in heaven, the ultimate prank duo. Zhong Yongliang was probably in for a rough ride - it would be a miracle if they didn't utterly destroy him from here on.

Thinking of how Shen Yushu and Wei Zhao were a match made in heaven, Gu Mengyao felt a faint sourness in her heart... Yet she had to admit that in some ways, he and Xiaoshu really were very much alike...

"Hee hee, Yaoyao, how about that? Pretty satisfying, wasn't it? Let's see if that Zhong Yongliang dares to go writing blood letters again!" Shen Yushu glanced back in Zhong Yongliang's direction, only to see him frantically wrapping bandages around his wound, round after round, a single Band-Aid no longer enough to stem the rate at which he was bleeding.

At his wit's end, Zhong Yongliang had no choice but to wind transparent tape around his finger; only this sort of airtight tape could hold the wound shut... Zhong Yongliang found it baffling. How was it that the moment he pricked his finger, things turned out like this? It had never happened before...

Wei Zhao stepped out to the restroom and returned to the classroom, where he saw Shen Yushu wink at him and make a victory sign. Wei Zhao smiled faintly.

"Boss, why did you go out just now? You missed a scene of the highest caliber!" Kang ** looked at Wei Zhao with a face full of regret.

"Oh? What happened?" Wei Zhao sat down in his seat and asked with a smile.

"You have no idea. Just now Zhong Yongliang started spraying blood again... It was simply spectacular. I've never seen anyone bleed like that..." Kang ** said. "You should have seen it. It was even worse than yesterday. The blood was shooting out of his hand, swish, swish..."

"Heh... Is that so?" Wei Zhao thought to himself, Of course it would be worse than yesterday. Yesterday I only sped up his blood circulation, but today I gave his blood pressure a little boost as well...

Just as they were talking, Wei Zhao's phone buzzed again. A text message had arrived.

"Perfect teamwork, best partners, yeah yeah yeah..."

It was a text from Shen Yushu. Wei Zhao glanced at it, then casually snapped his phone shut.