Chapter 590 — Love Under Siege

Gu Mengyao was about to speak, but Shen Yushu blinked, stepped in front of her first, and said to Tang Zhi, "Let me introduce you — Sister Yaoyao is Shield Bro's girlfriend!"

"Shield Bro? Who's that?" Tang Zhi did not quite follow Shen Yushu's meaning.

"Shield Bro, of course, is Wei Zhao. Hee hee!" Shen Yushu laughed with a sly grin.

"Wei Zhao? Girlfriend?" Tang Zhi's eyes went wide, and she thought: I'm Wei Zhao's girlfriend, aren't I? Since when did Gu Mengyao become his girlfriend too? What in the world is going on? If it had been Feng Xiaoxiao standing here saying such a thing, Tang Zhi could have understood it — but Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu? It struck her as utterly absurd. How had Wei Zhao gotten tangled up with them?

Gu Mengyao shot Shen Yushu a glare, yet the word "girlfriend," falling on her ears, roused no aversion at all. On the contrary, it brought a strange, unfamiliar stirring, one that made Gu Mengyao unwilling to deny it.

"Hello. My name is Gu Mengyao, Wei Zhao's fiancée." Gracefully, Gu Mengyao extended her hand to Tang Zhi, lifting her proud head and looking down at her from on high. In that moment, the inborn nobility of a young miss was on fullest display.

Tang Zhi stared at Gu Mengyao in astonishment and bewilderment: Wei Zhao's fiancée? It left her off balance — it was so sudden. This woman was Wei Zhao's fiancée? Gu Mengyao was the famously renowned young miss of the school, a chairman's daughter — and she had a connection to Wei Zhao?

Astonished as she was, Tang Zhi still stubbornly put out her hand and clasped Gu Mengyao's. "My name is Tang Zhi, Wei Zhao's girlfriend. Why have I never heard Wei Zhao say he had a fiancée?"

Seeing Gu Mengyao's bearing, Tang Zhi was half convinced — if the woman standing before her had no connection to Wei Zhao, she likely would not have appeared here at this very moment. But as for her being Wei Zhao's fiancée, Tang Zhi was not quite ready to believe it. She had just been fooled by Feng Xiaoxiao not long ago, and her guard was up high; she was not about to be taken in by a few words from anyone. So even though the other party was a proud and haughty young miss, Tang Zhi began to fight back.

For the first time, she was fighting to defend her love. She did not want another misunderstanding with Wei Zhao to arise over things that had never happened.

"I've heard of you," Gu Mengyao said mildly. It had to be said that with one sentence Gu Mengyao seized the advantage — making plain that her relationship with Wei Zhao was closer than Tang Zhi's. Wei Zhao told her everything, whereas there were things Wei Zhao kept from Tang Zhi.

"Is that so? Since you've heard of me, then you must know that my relationship with Wei Zhao is acknowledged by the whole school. Since when did you become Wei Zhao's fiancée?" Tang Zhi's words were sharp. She had not fought before because she had not wanted to fight, nor had she needed to fight over anything.

But these past few days, the taste of losing Wei Zhao had been bitter, tormenting Tang Zhi cruelly. And now, with Gu Mengyao pressing her, Tang Zhi naturally straightened her back — she was Wei Zhao's girlfriend, and everyone knew it.

Tang Zhi's single sentence left Gu Mengyao somewhat at a loss to answer. Her earlier sparring with Tang Zhi had been born of nothing more than a competitive spirit; she had never actually been in love with Wei Zhao, so by instinct she felt a little unsure of herself. Now, seeing Tang Zhi pressing her so aggressively, she found herself at a loss how to respond — yet she did not want to lower her head and admit defeat. She had already made her grand claims; how could she retreat?

"What of it? The matter between Sister Yaoyao and Shield Bro was arranged by the families. There was no need to go telling anyone else, right, Sister Yaoyao?" Shen Yushu usually bickered and roughhoused with Gu Mengyao, but now the two stood on the same battle line — when an outside enemy appeared, they faced it as one. Hands on her hips, she stood in front of Gu Mengyao and spoke on her behalf.

"Arranged by the families?" Tang Zhi was taken aback. True enough, marriage alliances among such wealthy houses were nothing rare; if Shen Yushu said so, it really might be the case. After all, Gu Mengyao's standing was what it was — if she truly had no connection to Wei Zhao, why else would she be arguing about such things with her?

"That's right. Didn't you know? Shield Bro and Sister Yaoyao are progressing fast — they've already kissed!" Shen Yushu looked at Tang Zhi smugly. "What about it? You two haven't kissed yet, have you?"

Shen Yushu's words startled both Gu Mengyao and Tang Zhi at once. Gu Mengyao was startled, yet she betrayed nothing in her expression, as though tacitly conceding Shen Yushu's words, and gazed at Tang Zhi with an air of pride.

"What... what do you mean, we haven't? We've kissed too!" Tang Zhi looked at Shen Yushu and said, word by word, "We kiss all the time!"

Tang Zhi was thinking of that time during the hostage rescue at the hospital, of the private promise the two of them had made — a promise not yet carried out, but Tang Zhi supposed it was near enough. So she said it, refusing to show weakness.

Liu Xinlan had come along with Tang Zhi, but she found herself rather confused by the situation. She knew Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu as well — the two campus belles whose fame was in no way beneath Tang Zhi's — but their words left Liu Xinlan stunned.

What stunned her still more, of course, was what Tang Zhi had said: Yunyun and Wei Zhao had kissed? Liu Xinlan had been probing all along how far things had gone between Tang Zhi and Wei Zhao, but had never made any headway. Today Tang Zhi's self-disclosure left Liu Xinlan marveling — so the two of them, all quiet and unassuming, had already gone that far!

"Oh, kissing's nothing, really. Shield Bro hugs Sister Yaoyao all the time — he's even felt her breasts!" Hearing that Tang Zhi had kissed him too, Shen Yushu trotted out an even more sensational piece of news.

Gu Mengyao wanted to protest: when has Wei Zhao ever felt my breasts? But she knew Shen Yushu was fighting for her pride in this moment, so Gu Mengyao tacitly conceded her words as well.

"Wei Zhao's felt mine too!" Tang Zhi grew flustered and instinctively puffed out her chest. "Look — hers aren't as big as mine, so they can't be any good to feel!"

In ordinary circumstances, Tang Zhi would never have uttered anything so shameful. But a cornered rabbit will bite, and Tang Zhi had been pushed to her limit by Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, so she spoke without weighing her words — the sentence all but burst from her mouth.

Even Tang Zhi herself was stunned the moment the words were out. Did I really say that? How could I be so shameless? To actually compare with another girl over whose chest was nicer to touch — how utterly brazen!

Liu Xinlan's eyes went even wider. Was this the good, obedient girl Tang Zhi she knew? How could this be happening? It was madness! Were the two of them really starting to compete?

Gu Mengyao's figure was, on the whole, quite well proportioned; it was only that her bust was a little small. This was her soft spot, and the flaw she least wanted anyone to bring up.