Chapter 409 — I'm Coming to See You

But now Zhong Yongliang was filled with regret. Had he known it would end like this, he would have warned Feng Xiaoxiao even at the cost of his own humiliation! Now he was done for. If Feng Xiaoxiao ever learned the truth, the consequences were only too easy to imagine.

"Leader Wei Zhao, you wouldn't do us in like that, would you..." Zhong Yongliang pleaded with a miserable look on his face. Compared to this, he would rather have let Wei Zhao beat him up!

"Two choices. One: kneel in the restroom for ten minutes yourself, then get lost. Or two: I go tell Feng Xiaoxiao the truth," Wei Zhao said.

"All right, I'll kneel!" Though Zhong Yongliang found the idea of kneeling in a restroom covered in piss rather disgusting, compared with telling Feng Xiaoxiao the truth, he would sooner kneel on the floor — otherwise he would die a far more gruesome death.

"Fine, I'm leaving." Wei Zhao had no patience to deal with these two idiots; he only meant to teach them a lesson. As for whether they actually knelt, that was up to their own conscience. Still, Wei Zhao added, "You can try to pull a fast one, but I might just be everywhere."

"Don't worry, Leader Wei Zhao!" Zhong Yongliang shuddered. He had been planning to slap his own butt and walk off the moment Wei Zhao left, but Wei Zhao's parting words frightened him badly all over again!

Thinking it over carefully, Wei Zhao really did seem to be everywhere. Every time he was feeling smug, there was Wei Zhao's shadow stirring up trouble... Zhong Yongliang was somewhat speechless. Was this Wei Zhao sent by heaven to deliberately cross him? He could only say, "Can Xiaofu and I kneel in turns? We need someone to keep watch..."

"Whatever. Ten minutes each, so long as it adds up." With that, Wei Zhao turned and left. Kang ** seized the lunch break to go find Xiaofen. Now that Xiaofen's heart had been unknotted, she had become much more cheerful, and Kang **'s feelings seemed to have been settled; his contact with Xiaofen grew more and more frequent.

Wei Zhao guessed he had gone to discuss with Xiaofen about college in the future, so he did not disturb him. Instead he called Tang Zhi, only to learn to his surprise that Tang Zhi was not at school either — she had gone to the hospital to feed her father lunch.

During the day, Tang's mother had reopened her business at the snack street behind the school, so the task of delivering lunch to Tang Jucheng fell to Tang Zhi. Tang's mother prepared the meal at home, brought it to school, then set up her stall to do business while Tang Zhi carried the lunchbox to the hospital.

"Why didn't you say something? I would have driven you." Wei Zhao frowned. Taking the bus to the hospital alone would cost Tang Zhi no small amount of time.

"I was afraid you'd be busy, so I didn't bother you..." Tang Zhi sounded delighted at Wei Zhao's words. "I thought you were driving Kang ** back to find Xiaofen..."

"Why would I drive him to see Xiaofen? He's not my wife." Wei Zhao was speechless.

"You're awful..." Tang Zhi caught the implication in Wei Zhao's words — if she were his wife, he would drive her? Then what did it mean that he wanted to drive her to the hospital? Did that mean she was his wife?

"Heh, let me come pick you up. I'll check on Uncle Tang's condition while I'm at it." Wei Zhao had nothing to do sitting around at school anyway, and once Feng Xiaoxiao came back, he expected no end of trouble, so he might as well get out of the way early.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you at the ward." Tang Zhi had meant to refuse. The noon hour was already rushed, and she did not want Wei Zhao wearing himself out running back and forth, but when she heard he wanted to check on her father, she agreed.

"See you in a bit, then." Wei Zhao hung up and went to fetch his car from the snack street behind the school.

Tang Zhi put her phone away, beaming, but when she turned her head she saw her father watching her with a smile, and suddenly felt rather embarrassed.

As for the Tang family, Tang's father and mother had long since stopped opposing Wei Zhao's forceful entry into their lives. Tang Jucheng could undergo this surgery at all only thanks to Wei Zhao; if Wei Zhao had not put up the money, he would still be lying at home.

"Was that Wei Zhao?" Tang Jucheng asked.

"Mm... he says he's coming to see you..." Tang Zhi had known before that Wei Zhao practiced medicine, but she had assumed he only knew a thing or two. After what happened yesterday, though — that fatso Lai kneeling on the ground sobbing until he could barely breathe, Liu Tianyi's fawning over Wei Zhao, and Guan Xuewen's respect for him — Tang Zhi had been utterly stunned!

Even after she reached the hospital, she could not calm her surging emotions for a long time.

It seemed she had still underestimated Wei Zhao. He was not the domineering rich boy she had imagined, throwing his weight around on the strength of his family's money. Wei Zhao's arrogance rested entirely on his own abilities!

If Wei Zhao did not truly have skill, how could he command the respect and recognition of so many people? Fatso Lai might not know the full story — perhaps he had simply lost his head. But Liu Tianyi and Guan Xuewen — surely they had not lost their heads too?

It seemed Wei Zhao's medical skill was no mere smattering of knowledge, but something truly astonishing! Even as Tang Zhi felt proud of Wei Zhao, that fragile young heart of hers also felt a small flutter of uncertainty.

Wei Zhao was so outstanding—was she really good enough for him? Would he cast her aside one day? Her family had no money and could offer him no help; the only thing she had going for her was that she was a little pretty...

But there were plenty of pretty girls out there. Why had Wei Zhao chosen her? Tang Zhi did not want to dwell on such things—they were still young, marriage was a long way off—but seeing how exceptional Wei Zhao was, she could not help turning these matters over in her mind...

Wei Zhao headed for the food street behind the school to pick up his car. These days the vendors there set aside a parking space for him every day—who would dare cross a young master like that?

Mother Tang's business was booming as well. This time no one dared to be jealous anymore; to be jealous now was simply to court death! Everyone, including Zhang Biaogan, who had kicked up the biggest fuss before, was polite as could be to Mother Tang. She had not come to set up her stall for several days, yet no one dared take her spot. The moment she arrived, they all greeted her warmly and asked why she had been absent for so long.

Mother Tang was overwhelmed by the reception, and in her heart she grew all the more grateful to Wei Zhao. Her family had finally come alive again! She was sure things would only get better. Her business had turned around, her man had had his surgery, and she believed it would not be long before he was on his feet again. Even if he could not walk properly, a slight limp did not matter—he could still come and lend her a hand...

Thinking of how full of hope her future was, Mother Tang's face was wreathed in smiles, and she seemed to have grown several years younger, which drew looks of admiration from every one of the male vendors.

Anyone could tell from Tang Zhi's beauty how lovely Mother Tang must have been in her youth. Still, no one dared make lewd remarks to her—everyone knew she had a hoodlum's son-in-law!