Chapter 712 — Can't Stay With You for a Lifetime

"Oh, so can you accept Arrow-Shield Bro fooling around with other women?" Shen Yushu pressed on. "Or rather, can you accept him having other wives too?"

"Huh?" Tang Zhi was struck dumb by Shen Yushu's question. What kind of question was that? What did she mean, could she accept him having other wives? How could she possibly accept that? She was sure it wasn't just her—no other girl would accept it either... Wait. No!

Tang Zhi was about to say that of course she couldn't accept it, but she clamped her mouth shut just in time. Wasn't this a trap Shen Yushu had set for her? Because apparently there really were girls who could accept Wei Zhao having other wives—Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu themselves!

Hadn't the two of them been declaring all along that they wanted to be Wei Zhao's first and second wives? And they even wanted to play some kind of threesome!

Tang Zhi felt torn. Shen Yushu really wasn't as simple-minded as she looked. Talking to her was like walking on eggshells, step after step—one careless word and you'd fall right into a trap! Every one of Shen Yushu's questions was so tricky, so hard to answer.

Tang Zhi thought: if I say I can't accept it, what if Shen Yushu uses that against me? She might say, "You can't accept it, but we can!" Then wouldn't I look petty, like I'd come off the weaker one?

But if she said she could accept it... Tang Zhi really couldn't bring herself to accept it! What gave anyone the right? Why on earth should she accept other wives? Wasn't that just asking for trouble?

But seeing Shen Yushu looking straight at her, Tang Zhi knew she couldn't just not answer. She thought of how she had already resolved to be the other woman in front of Feng Xiaoxiao—so what was a wife or two? Gritting her teeth, she forced out, "Well, that depends on what kind of wife it is..."

Tang Zhi's answer was deliberately vague, keeping the initiative in her own hands. In other words, whether she accepted or not was for her to decide! She hadn't given any standard by which to judge.

Even so, Tang Zhi's answer took Wei Zhao by surprise. Tang Zhi could actually accept him having other girls?

"Oh, then how about I be Arrow-Shield Bro's little wife? Yao-yao can be the first wife, and you the middle wife? Or you can be the first wife—you two can work it out between you. I'll just be the little wife, that's fine with me," Shen Yushu said.

"Huh?" Tang Zhi hadn't expected Shen Yushu to say something like that right on the heels of her answer. Wasn't this putting her on the spot? Should she say she accepted or not? If she said she accepted, she was still a little reluctant; if she said she didn't, wouldn't that be saying to Shen Yushu's face that she wasn't qualified enough? Wasn't that just making an enemy of her?

"Xiaoshu! What nonsense are you spouting?" Gu Mengyao frowned. Hearing Shen Yushu go further and further off the rails, she hurried to cut her off. "Why hasn't the food come yet? Let's see if that doesn't keep your mouth shut for a bit."

"Oh... I'll stop talking. I was just saying whatever came to mind." Shen Yushu waved her hand, signaling that she was done.

"Tang Zhi, Xiaoshu's always like this—babbling nonsense all day long. I've half a mind to send her off to a mental hospital," Gu Mengyao explained, a little flushed. Shen Yushu had dragged her into it too, which left Gu Mengyao feeling rather uncomfortable all over.

"Oh, Yao-yao, please don't send me to a mental hospital..." Shen Yushu cried out. "There's nothing fun in there."

"..." Gu Mengyao was momentarily speechless, and so was Tang Zhi! Shen Yushu didn't want to go to a mental hospital simply because there was nothing fun there?

"It's nothing. I'm already getting used to it..." Tang Zhi rubbed her forehead and smiled wryly.

Wei Zhao sat to the side and didn't interject. How could he? This topic... seemed rather favorable to him, didn't it?

Soon the food arrived, and the shark meat Shen Yushu had ordered on her own was set on the table as well. In no time all the dishes were ready—and one had to admit, Pengzhan Grand Hotel was quite efficient.

"All right, the dishes are all here. I wanted to say a few words of thanks, but I'm actually not very good with words—Wei Zhao knows, I don't talk much..." Gu Mengyao wanted to say something before the meal, but she rarely spoke up on occasions like this, so she didn't know what to say either. Before she could finish, however, she saw Shen Yushu secretly picking up a piece of shark meat and about to put it in her mouth. Furious, Gu Mengyao smacked Shen Yushu's hand with her chopsticks and knocked the shark meat into her bowl. "Xiaoshu! What are you doing?"

"I just wanted to taste whether it's good..." Shen Yushu said with a mournful face, rubbing her wrist. "Oh, you nearly crippled me..."

"How can you eat before the guests have eaten?" Gu Mengyao scolded.

"How was I supposed to know? At home I'm always the first to eat..." Shen Yushu said weakly.

"It's all right, let her eat..." Seeing how pitiful Shen Yushu looked, Tang Zhi stopped Gu Mengyao from losing her temper. In truth, Tang Zhi had no rules of her own to speak of; who ate first didn't matter to her.

"I'm sorry... this Xiaoshu..." Gu Mengyao rubbed her temples. "Living with her, you need a remarkably strong constitution -- mentally speaking."

Tang Zhi shook her head. Shen Yushu was indeed a bit of a trickster imp, but living with her ought to bring its share of amusement; everything had two sides. However, the thought was promptly cast to the back of Tang Zhi's mind! Living with Shen Yushu? Did that mean actually letting her become Wei Zhao's little wife?

Shen Yushu went back to the shark meat, but after a single bite she shook her head. "Not nearly as good as what Arrow-Shield Bro makes!"

"Wei Zhao can't be at your side for the rest of your life! You need to learn to adapt!" Gu Mengyao shot Shen Yushu a hard glare as she spoke.

Shen Yushu fell silent, head bowed as she continued working through the shark meat, and the atmosphere grew somewhat heavy.

Tang Zhi did not know what to say either. Looking at Shen Yushu's pitiful expression, she had no way of consoling her. Was Wei Zhao supposed to be her personal servant for the rest of her life? And what would become of herself?

Although Gu Mengyao did her utmost to keep the mood at the table light, the harder she tried, the more eerie the atmosphere became. Tang Zhi felt uncomfortable as well; she was coming to see that Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were truly two formidable rivals.

When the meal ended and it came time to settle the bill, Gu Mengyao produced a VIP card, which visibly caught the service attendant in charge of the private room off guard! The attendant had never expected Gu Mengyao to possess a diamond card from here! The diamond card was a VIP card issued in limited numbers by the Gu Group -- fewer than a hundred had ever been handed out!

The diamond card entitled its holder to a dedicated entrance, private VIP suites, dedicated chefs, and a whole suite of membership services, along with a fifty percent discount on the entire bill. The card was valid across all of the Gu Group's establishments, and there was no need to worry about counterfeiting, because each card contained embedded identification data; a quick scan on a computer would immediately display the cardholder's identity and profile.