Chapter 25 — Best Frenemies
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Wei Zhao smiled wryly at this. So the boy was a wolf in sheep's clothing — he looked refined enough, glasses and all, but underneath he was a lecher.
Seeing Wei Zhao stay silent, Kang Xiaofeng assumed he was unconvinced, and went on: "I'm telling you, brother, don't take it hard. The truth is, these days good grades aren't everything. Sure, that counts for something, but what girls like most is a handsome, dashing fellow — and most important, a pocket full of cash. We can forget about it."
"Ha, that theory of yours is rather interesting," Wei Zhao said with a laugh, though inwardly he disagreed. To girls like Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, money had long since lost all meaning — otherwise, with Zhong Yongliang's family background, how could he possibly have failed to win one over?
"Of course. But theory alone is useless. The few top-tier girls at our school have their standards set sky-high." Kang Xiaofeng shook his head.
"Top-tier? Who are they?" Wei Zhao's curiosity was piqued. He had nothing better to do anyway, and since Kang Xiaofeng seemed intent on getting close to him, having one more friend at school couldn't hurt.
"Ha, come on, brother — don't tell me you haven't noticed? Right here in our class, we've got two of them." Kang Xiaofeng grew rather smug as he said this. Sure, the beauties had nothing to do with him, but they were in his class all the same, and boasting about that was enough to make other people jealous. Not for any other reason — just for the feast it was for the eyes.
"You can't mean Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, can you?" Those were the only two girls' names Wei Zhao knew, and back when he'd looked over Gu Mengyao's file, he'd learned she was the school beauty — and her close friend Shen Yushu was naturally one in ten thousand as well.
"What the hell — no way, brother. You've only been here one morning and you've already got both their names?" Kang Xiaofeng's mouth dropped open into an "O," and a look of astonishment spread across his face.
Seeing that expression, Wei Zhao knew he had definitely been misunderstood. But there was no way he could explain the strange, unclassifiable relationship between himself and Gu Mengyao, so he had no choice but to silently accept the title of pervert.
"You don't have to look at me like that. Honestly, I'd bet eighty percent of the boys in this class dream about those two," Kang Xiaofeng said with a chuckle, pushing up his somewhat faded gold-rimmed glasses. "But the only one who dares to actually go after them is Zhong Yongliang."
"Zhong Yongliang's family must be loaded, right?" Wei Zhao knew that the feud between himself and Zhong Yongliang was already set. As long as he kept doing his job of protecting Gu Mengyao, that feud could never be resolved — unless Zhong Yongliang gave up pursuing Gu Mengyao himself.
So Wei Zhao decided to learn a thing or two about Zhong Yongliang from Kang Xiaofeng.
"What, you didn't know?" Kang Xiaofeng was taken aback, then laughed. "Oh, right — you're from the mountains. I forgot. Zhong Yongliang's family is filthy rich. His father, Zhong Sanguo, owns the Kaidi Grand Hotel, and the family has several other businesses in this city too — places like Echo KTV and Kaka Disco all belong to them."