Chapter 19 — How Much Can She Possibly Love to Eat?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
At seven sharp, Uncle Qing's car appeared at the villa gate. Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu came out carrying their cute little schoolbags, with Wei Zhao following behind them.
Wei Zhao again took the passenger seat; Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu sat in the back. Uncle Qing slowly started the car, then asked Wei Zhao beside him, "Well? Getting used to things?"
"Not bad," Wei Zhao said with a nod.
"He's fine — I'm not." Before Uncle Qing could speak, Gu Mengyao had already objected: "I'm calling Daddy right now."
"Mr. Gu went to Xingang City for a meeting this morning; he's on the plane now," Uncle Qing said. "Miss Gu, when Mr. Gu left he gave instructions. He said that while he is away, Wei Zhao is to be responsible for looking after you."
"Him? Looking after me?" Gu Mengyao's eyes went wide. "Uncle Qing, look at him — how could he possibly look after me?"
"I am only relaying what Mr. Gu said. Mr. Gu trusts Mr. Wei Zhao a great deal." Uncle Qing himself could not quite work out what was so special about Wei Zhao, but as one of Gu Pengzhan's trusted men, he would support Gu Pengzhan's decisions unconditionally.
Gu Mengyao pursed her lips. She knew Uncle Qing was merely her father's mouthpiece and would never do anything contrary to her father's decisions. And her father was on a plane now and certainly could not take a call. At that thought, Gu Mengyao could only swallow it for the time being. She would put up with this bastard for a few days, and wait until her father returned to say anything more.
When the time came, she would unleash her own coquettish wiles, and she had no doubt she could drive Wei Zhao away. At this thought, Gu Mengyao's heart felt a little lighter.
As it happened, Wei Zhao had long wanted to experience campus life for himself, but in the small mountain village where he had lived there was no school at all, and scarcely even any literate folk.
Apart from Old Man Wei, there was only Ah Hu in the village, and even Ah Hu's reading and writing had been taught by Wei Zhao himself. Thinking of Ah Hu, Wei Zhao found he genuinely missed him. He wondered how the boy was getting on now.
The car pulled up before the gates of the No. 1 Municipal Middle School. Qing Bo parked, and Wei Zhao was just about to get out when Gu Mengyao stopped him: "Wait."
"Hm?" Wei Zhao blinked, looking at her in puzzlement. It was rare indeed for Gu Mengyao to speak to him of her own accord.
"Don't get out yet. Wait until Xiaoshu and I have gone into the school, then you can get out — otherwise people will get the wrong idea," Gu Mengyao said, with considerable imperiousness.
"Fine." Wei Zhao saw nothing unreasonable in her demand. You are the young miss; whatever you say, I do.
"Heh, the young miss has always had a temper like that — very willful. Please don't take offense, Mr. Lin." Qing Bo was rather helpless about how things stood, and he too could see that Gu Mengyao bore Wei Zhao considerable hostility.
"It's nothing." Wei Zhao shook his head. "Qing Bo, let's not beat around the bush between us. The truth is, I've noticed it too — my presence here is utterly dispensable, and Gu Mengyao has no need of a companion tutor like me. Can you tell me honestly: what exactly did Mr. Gu hire me for, at such great expense? Surely he didn't really bring me here to be Gu Mengyao's shield and clear away the flies buzzing around her?"
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