Chapter 905 — Wei Zhao Resigns!

"Pfft..." Hearing Shen Yushu's words, Wei Zhao nearly burst out laughing. This little girl really was a piece of work! He had grown so used to her personality that he was almost reluctant to leave — but some things still required making a choice.

"Xiaoshu, stop interrupting. Let Wei Zhao say what he plans to do!" Gu Mengyao shot Shen Yushu a glare, yet deep down she could not help but wonder — if it really was as Xiaoshu said, if that method was truly the only way to restore Wei Zhao's strength, would she accept it?

Perhaps... she would? After all, he had lost his strength getting hurt for her sake, had nearly lost his life. What was a small sacrifice on her part? Not out of any romantic feeling between a man and a woman, but because one life should repay another! It would be her compensation to him!

Gu Mengyao consoled herself this way.

But then — he had Tang Zhi. Why would he still be with her? Gu Mengyao shook her head and shoved these messy, unrealistic thoughts to the back of her mind.

"You've been bewitched by those novels..." Wei Zhao said to Shen Yushu with a bitter smile. "Those are just excuses the male leads make for their own lecherous impulses..."

"Uh... so then, Arrow-Brand Bro, are you lecherous?" Shen Yushu asked.

"..." Wei Zhao could not answer. Food and sex are human nature — he did not want to lie.

"Xiaoshu, why do you have so much nonsense to spout? Stop bothering Wei Zhao, let him finish — how exactly can his strength be restored!" Gu Mengyao glared at Shen Yushu and scolded her, a hint of irritation in her voice.

"Oh, okay. Then tell us, Arrow-Brand Bro, how can your strength be restored? Yao-yao-jie and I are your solid backing!" Shen Yushu nodded.

"How to restore it..." Wei Zhao gave a faint sigh. "For now, I haven't found a way. So today, I've actually come to resign..."

"You... you're leaving?" Gu Mengyao was stunned, staring at Wei Zhao in disbelief. His words had struck her too hard — for a moment she could not take it in! How could things have been fine just moments ago, and now he was suddenly leaving?

"Mm." Wei Zhao nodded. "I'm going to find a way to restore my strength!"

"Can't you look for it here?" Gu Mengyao grew anxious.

"I took Uncle Chu's money to come here and stay with you all, but I've already lost the ability to protect you. What business do I have staying here?" Wei Zhao shrugged. "Heh, don't worry. After I leave, Uncle Chu will find you new attendants — maybe ones more obedient than me, ones who won't make you angry..."

"I..." Gu Mengyao wanted to say, "I don't want that — I want you!" But the words caught in her throat, and she could not quite get them out. She stared blankly at Wei Zhao, feeling somehow unreal. He was really leaving? So soon?

"Oh, it's no problem at all. You've got money anyway, so you don't care about that thirty thousand. You can go without a salary — Yao-yao-jie and I will support you!" Shen Yushu, unburdened by Gu Mengyao's misgivings, spoke without a second thought. "Once your strength is restored, you can ask for a raise!"

"Heh..." Wei Zhao smiled. "Don't talk nonsense, Xiaoshu. You're not actually foolish, are you?"

Shen Yushu looked at Wei Zhao, startled, her eyes wide. At last she lowered her head and said nothing.

"You're really going? I know you don't care about that thirty thousand!" Gu Mengyao bit her lip and looked at Wei Zhao. "You said we were friends! You lost your strength for our sake — how could we possibly throw you out over something like this? Do you really think I, Gu Mengyao, could do such a thing?"

"Heh..." Wei Zhao looked at the young mistress, reluctant to part with her too, but he was clear-headed. "It was me who chose to resign — it has nothing to do with you. All right, I'll be going now. Before I leave, I need to talk to Tang Zhi as well..."

"You..." Gu Mengyao looked at Wei Zhao, wanting to say something, but when she saw him rise and head for the villa door without another word, she suddenly felt powerless, and her mouth closed again...

And just like that, Wei Zhao left, vanishing from the sight of Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu.

Gu Mengyao withdrew her gaze, her heart feeling stifled and heavy. She could not say whether it was melancholy or something else — only that her mood was very, very bad!

The good spirits Gu Mengyao had felt over Wei Zhao's full recovery vanished completely in that instant, as though she had lost something precious. She felt the urge to cry, but glancing at Xiaoshu beside her, in the end she did not cry!

Yaoyao, you have to be strong! How can you cry over a man? If he wants to leave, let him go. It is not that you have done him wrong — he is the one set on leaving... Though Gu Mengyao said this to herself, the pain inside her was truly, truly hard to bear...

"Yaoyao, is Arrow Brand really leaving?" Shen Yushu asked.

"It is true," Gu Mengyao said with a nod.

"But I do not want him to go," Shen Yushu said honestly.

"I know, but we cannot stop him," Gu Mengyao said, shaking her head.

"Not even Uncle Chu?" Shen Yushu asked suddenly.

"Daddy..." Gu Mengyao was briefly taken aback. It occurred to her that Wei Zhao had been brought here by her father — so would Wei Zhao listen to what her father said? He should, shouldn't he? Otherwise, why would he have come all this way to her side for thirty thousand yuan and taken on such grueling work?

At that thought, Gu Mengyao's eyes lit up at once. She stumbled over to the telephone, picked it up, and dialed Gu Pengzhan's number.

"Yaoyao? How is Xiaoyi — has he woken up?" Gu Pengzhan had just gotten off work and received his daughter's call on the road. For the past few days, without Qingbo to see him off, he had not hired a driver either, but drove himself, and had grown used to it.

"Mm..." Gu Mengyao nodded. "Daddy, it is Wei Zhao — he wants to leave. He is going to resign..."

"Resign? Why?" Gu Pengzhan was startled. "Is it because it is too dangerous?"

Gu Pengzhan had been very worried while Wei Zhao lay unconscious. What Wei Zhao had been through this time was indeed too dangerous; Gu Mengyao had already told him how it had all happened. Wei Zhao had very nearly lost his life.

"No... his injuries have healed, but his skills are gone..." Gu Mengyao said. "He says he is no different from an ordinary person now and can no longer protect me and Xiaoshu, so he wants to resign..."

"Is that so? Then wait there — I will be right over!" Gu Pengzhan said hastily. If that were the only reason, Gu Pengzhan would not mind; a personal guard could always be hired again. But once Wei Zhao left, he would never come back...