Chapter 2386 — Girlfriend

Even though Wang Xinyan was not in danger of exposing herself now, she could hardly keep walking around wrapped in a bedsheet forever, could she? It was just too bizarre.

"I've got some things for you, Xinyan. Go upstairs and change. We're about the same size, so my clothes should fit you." Gu Mengyao had anticipated this situation and already laid out a new set of clothes in the upstairs bedroom.

"Thank you." Wang Xinyan nodded to Gu Mengyao.

"We're the ones who should be thanking you. This time, with Wei Zhao, we owe you so much!" Gu Mengyao said.

"Wei Zhao is my friend too. It's nothing." Wang Xinyan shook her head and quickly followed Gu Mengyao upstairs.

Meanwhile, in the living room, Wu Chengtian, Pi Zhifeng, Pi Zhitao, and even Old Master Pi and Wu Gonggao were all consumed with curiosity as to why Wei Zhao had summoned Wang Xinyan to help him heal, but they knew better than to ask such a question, and could only pretend they knew nothing at all.

"Phew..." Once inside Gu Mengyao's bedroom, Wang Xinyan collapsed onto the bed, staggering as she sat down. Her whole body felt utterly drained; her face was flushed a frightening shade of red, and her heart was pounding so hard it seemed it might give out at any moment...

"Ooh, Sister Xinyan, did it feel good? Won't you share the experience with us?" Shen Yushu had followed Wang Xinyan into the bedroom and now asked with a sly, mischievous grin.

"What?" Wang Xinyan had not yet recovered from her nerves, and Shen Yushu's question gave her quite a start. "What felt good?"

"The taste of XO, of course! Didn't Chewing Gum Bro just now ask you for some XO?" Shen Yushu looked Wang Xinyan up and down, hoping to find some telltale flaw in her.

"Ah..." Only then did Wang Xinyan understand what Shen Yushu meant. So she had been misunderstood... But then again, anyone would let their imagination run wild. After all, Wei Zhao had said he needed her, so it was only natural for Shen Yushu to get the wrong idea... Only, she had no idea how to explain it. Wang Xinyan did not know whether Wei Zhao being able to cultivate by holding her counted as a secret, or whether she was allowed to tell Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. So she suddenly hesitated...

"Xiaoshu, stop guessing wildly. There should be nothing going on between Wang Xinyan and Wei Zhao." Gu Mengyao studied Wang Xinyan and decided she did not look like someone who had just been pushed down—at the very least, she was walking normally. And if she had been pushed down, she would be in Wei Zhao's room right now, not rushing out in such a fluster.

"Oh..." Shen Yushu had really only been joking around. Hearing Gu Mengyao tell her not to pry any further, she asked more normally, "Sister Xinyan, what did Chewing Gum Bro need you for, anyway?"

"That... I'd better wait until Wei Zhao comes out and let him tell you himself. I don't know whether I'm allowed to say..." Wang Xinyan said with some difficulty.

"Mm, then we'll wait for Wei Zhao to explain." Gu Mengyao could tell that Wang Xinyan seemed to have something she could not bring herself to say. She stopped pressing and said, "I've prepared the clothes for you. But you probably didn't finish your shower earlier, did you? The bathroom in the room can be used directly. You go ahead and shower; Xiaoshu and I will head downstairs first."

"All right, thank you..." Relieved that Gu Mengyao was no longer pressing her for answers, Wang Xinyan let out a breath and nodded.

Gu Mengyao pulled Shen Yushu downstairs, and Wang Xinyan walked toward the bathroom. She did need to wash up, because the bloodstains from Wei Zhao's body had rubbed off onto her earlier, and they were rather alarming to look at.

Wei Zhao had changed into a new set of clothes. When he stepped out of his room, he happened to see Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu coming downstairs, but Wang Xinyan was nowhere in sight, so he asked, "Yaoyao, Xiaoshu, where's Xinyan?"

"She's upstairs showering and changing." Gu Mengyao said, "Are you all right now?"

"Mm, I'm fine now. I owe you all a great deal for just now." Wei Zhao said with a smile.

"By the way, Chewing Gum Bro, what exactly did you need Sister Xinyan for?" Shen Yushu asked curiously.

"We'll talk about that in a bit." This matter involved Wang Xinyan's privacy, and Old Master Pi and the others were still in the house, so Wei Zhao could not say much.

"Oh..." Shen Yushu nodded and did not ask any more questions.

After a while, Wang Xinyan came downstairs, freshly dressed. But when she saw Wei Zhao in the living room, also in a fresh set of clothes, she froze on the spot, her mouth falling open as if she wanted to say something, yet she did not know how. And just like that, the atmosphere in the living room turned somewhat awkward!

"Xinyan... thank you..." Wei Zhao looked at Wang Xinyan, overcome with emotion for a moment. He wanted to thank her, yet did not know what to say. Thinking back on that rather ambiguous scene and mood from before, Wei Zhao found himself terribly hard-pressed over just where to place Wang Xinyan in his heart.

"D-don't mention it..." Wang Xinyan stammered.

She had assumed Wei Zhao was asleep, and that once she had changed and come downstairs, she could leave this place as quickly as possible and go back to cool her head for the night. By tomorrow at school, everyone would probably have calmed down; so long as no one deliberately brought the matter up, it would not be too awkward.

What Wang Xinyan had not expected was that Wei Zhao would come out so quickly, and already changed as well! She had only given herself a quick rinse in the upstairs bathroom before putting on her clothes and coming down, so she had not wasted much time. Which meant the situation now proved that Wei Zhao had not been asleep at all—he had simply been pretending just now...

At that thought, a sudden emptiness and disappointment welled up in Wang Xinyan's heart... He... doesn't like me? Otherwise, why would he pretend to be asleep?

After saying that "don't mention it," Wang Xinyan fell silent.

And Wei Zhao, too, scratched his head with a bitter smile, at a loss for what to do! If it were Feng Xiaoxiao, or even Xiaoshu for that matter, Wei Zhao could have faced her calmly. But with Wang Xinyan—though there was a hint of something ambiguous between them, it had never been brought out into the open, and now...

"Be my girlfriend..." Wei Zhao reached out his hand to Wang Xinyan and said, drawing a deep breath.

He was not an irresponsible person, nor was he without feelings for Wang Xinyan. Things had come to this point, and Wei Zhao had to do something. It might be a little too fast, but Wei Zhao felt that if he gave no sign at all, it would be unfair to Wang Xinyan.

It was just that he felt a little sorry toward Feng Xiaoxiao. Though she had agreed to let him find a first wife, wasn't he going about it a little too quickly?

"Huh?" Wang Xinyan was stunned, frozen where she stood. She had never expected that after all that silence, this was what Wei Zhao would come out with!

He... wanted her to be his girlfriend?RQ