Chapter 595 — The Young Miss Declares War

"Of course Wei Zhao has to listen to me!" Gu Mengyao had finally gained the upper hand. "Wei Zhao, my daddy is still waiting for you at home. You come back with us right now!"

Wei Zhao was instantly caught in a bind. Gu Pengzhan had come? By any reckoning, Gu Pengzhan was his employer, and if the man summoned him back, he truly had no choice but to go — but surely he owed Tang Zhi a word or two of explanation first?

"I'll go back, but let me explain things to Tang Zhi first." There was a hard edge to Wei Zhao's voice as he said it, one that left Gu Mengyao wanting to argue and yet unable to muster a retort. She could only pout, glaring at him with a look of pure venom, seething inwardly: Damn you, Wei Zhao, who do you think you are, putting on airs with me? I'll dock your pay!

Tang Zhi smiled. Whatever the relationship between Wei Zhao and those two, the one Wei Zhao cared about most was surely her. So this round — she had won.

Wei Zhao walked over to Tang Zhi's side and said in a low voice, "I'm fine now, and I need to go back with them. Yao-yao's daddy and my old man go back a ways. When I came to Songshan for school, it was on the elders' orders that I look after Yao-yao on the sly. Right now she counts as my employer, so I have to follow her orders..."

"Oh..." Tang Zhi felt a little wronged. Then why didn't you ever tell me before? And clearly Wei Zhao was living with them now — facing those two beauties every day, even if he didn't like them at first, wouldn't familiarity breed affection in time?

A sense of crisis unlike anything she had ever known set Tang Zhi's heart pitching and tossing.

"Let Fatso Lai drive you home. I'll come find you tomorrow." Wei Zhao gave Tang Zhi's hand a tug.

"Mm." Tang Zhi nodded, a sweetness welling up in her, though she still threw Gu Mengyao a wary glance.

"Wei Zhao, we should go." Gu Mengyao knew that Wei Zhao must have told Tang Zhi who she really was, and it left her ashamed. A moment ago she had shamelessly declared herself Wei Zhao's fiancée; now it had turned into nothing short of a joke.

"Then go on, don't keep your employer waiting..." Tang Zhi gave Wei Zhao a magnanimous smile. She knew a girl couldn't be too petty — especially not before a formidable rival like Gu Mengyao. Wei Zhao might have explained the nature of his relationship with Gu Mengyao, but Tang Zhi's feminine sixth sense told her that Gu Mengyao was probably fond of Wei Zhao — and so was that Shen Yushu! Otherwise they wouldn't have squared off against her so fiercely, nor said things that would sully their own reputations.

But Tang Zhi was a clever girl, and by pointedly naming Gu Mengyao's position, she was in fact telling her: I know who you are now, and so there's no need for me to contend with you.

Gu Mengyao pressed her lips together, then pulled Shen Yushu toward the door of the living room. But as she passed Tang Zhi, she halted, and whispered at her ear: "I've made up my mind — starting today, I'm officially courting Wei Zhao! I'll be the one close to the water, catching the moon first. When you get dumped, don't come crying!"

"Oh, if you're going to cry, I suppose I could bear to let you be wife number two!" Shen Yushu chimed in with a grin.

Tang Zhi said nothing. She simply stood there brimming with confidence — she didn't believe Wei Zhao would ever cast her aside. With a faint smile, she spoke half in jest: "You're so eager to be the little wife — well, as long as Wei Zhao's willing, I don't mind."

Wei Zhao's ears were extraordinary; whatever the three of them said, he heard every word. At that moment he had only one thought: the Young Miss had gone mad. And Tang Zhi... had gone mad too!

Still, Wei Zhao said nothing. He followed Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu out of Fatso Lai's villa. The two girls climbed into their Audi S5 — into the back seat, no less.

Wei Zhao glanced at his own car. Looks like I'll have to come back for it tomorrow! The Young Miss clearly meant for him to drive, so he had no choice but to slide into the driver's seat.

Only after watching Wei Zhao leave did Tang Zhi breathe a sigh of relief, collapsing into Liu Xinlan's arms as though all the strength had drained from her! Just now she had been gritting her teeth, with only one thought in her mind: she could not show weakness before Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu! She might not have their pedigree, but Wei Zhao liked her!

That was what had kept Tang Zhi fighting, teeth clenched, to the very end! And yet Tang Zhi was, after all, a girl who had never been through anything like this — luckily for her, Gu Mengyao had no more experience, and with Shen Yushu, that blockhead, thrown in, the three of them had been evenly matched.

But now that Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had gone, Tang Zhi could hold out no longer. She was not the sort who enjoyed scheming and jockeying for advantage; that exchange just now had taken every ounce of strength she had.

"Yun-yun, what's wrong?" Liu Xinlan was startled and asked anxiously.

"Nothing..." Tang Zhi smiled bitterly. "I'm just a little tired. Xinwen, the way I acted just now — was it bad? Wei Zhao must think I'm one of those petty, jealous women who love to compete for a man's favor, doesn't he?"

"Not at all! Yun-yun, the way you performed just now was completely beyond anything I expected — you were ferocious! I hardly recognized you!" Liu Xinlan said with admiration.

"You're just saying the opposite of what you mean!" Tang Zhi breathed easier at Liu Xinlan's words. To think she had been so bold just now, going head-to-head with Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu — and even now, thinking back on it, Tang Zhi could scarcely believe that woman had been herself.

"Heh heh — so, Yunyun, you and Wei Zhao — how far have you two actually gotten? Have you really ***ed?" Liu Xinlan had been dying to ask this for ages. She had held it in until now, and only now did the question come out.

"No way! I was just fooling them... they were fooling me too, so..." Tang Zhi's pretty face went scarlet at once, and she spoke with a touch of embarrassment.

"You scared me to death, you rotten Yunyun! I thought you'd already ***ed with him that fast — that would've been way too quick!" Liu Xinlan breathed a sigh of relief too. "So then, how far have you two actually gotten?"

"Not far at all — just holding hands..." Tang Zhi had reverted to her former self. If she were asked now to step forward and boldly declare the things she had said a moment ago, she definitely would not dare.

"Just holding hands!" Liu Xinlan was rather disappointed; she hadn't expected their progress to be so slow. "By the way, Yunyun, you'd better watch out for that Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. The two of them are obviously in it together, and when it comes to pursuing Wei Zhao, they've got the edge over you! Sure, you and Wei Zhao have already made your feelings clear, but they're a buy-one-get-one-free deal — you can have a threesome with them!"

"..." Tang Zhi could not help but shoot Liu Xinlan a dirty look. "Hey, Xinwen, what nonsense are you spouting? Wei Zhao doesn't like doing such disgusting things..."

"How would you know? You don't understand men!" Liu Xinlan said, as though despairing of her ever learning. "That threesome thing is said to be very tempting — you have to guard against it. That Shen Yushu is clearly a reckless firebrand who'll dare to do anything. Don't let Wei Zhao really get snatched away by them, or you'll regret it too late..."