Chapter 106 — Who Said I Was Giving It to You?
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"What did I do to deserve this? Good intentions repaid with ill will?" Wei Zhao flicked the fifty-yuan note in his hand, casually stuffed it into his pocket, and likewise headed toward the snack street.
After a few steps, Tang Zhi's head cooled. Thinking back on Wei Zhao's attitude toward her all along, he did not seem to pester her shamelessly like those other rich young masters. Rather, he seemed to employ a different approach—neither warm nor cold toward her, occasionally stepping forward to help her out, thereby displaying his gentlemanly grace... Hmph, so that was it. At the thought of Wei Zhao's behavior today, Tang Zhi stamped her foot. She had fallen for his trick again. His asking her for money must have been deliberate—to put her off her guard and thus achieve his aim.
Tang Zhi wanted to fling the dress to the ground and trample it a couple of times, yet she could not bear to. With a sigh, she headed, sulking, toward her family's barbecue stall.
"Yun'er, did you get the dress?" Mother Tang asked with a smile, looking at the dress in Tang Zhi's hands. Tang Zhi had been fond of this dress for more than a day or two; she had looked at it before but balked at the price and not bought it. Today Mother Tang had encouraged her, told her to go and buy it, and only then had Tang Zhi made up her mind.
"Mm..." Tang Zhi stuffed the dress into her schoolbag and answered absently.
"How much did it cost? Did you manage to bargain?" Mother Tang was busy with the barbecue stall and naturally did not notice her daughter's expression.
"Forty-five," Tang Zhi said flatly.
"Forty-five? Really? Didn't that vendor want two hundred? How did you get it so cheap?" Mother Tang was surprised.
"Some annoying guy haggled for me." Tang Zhi got angry just thinking about it. "Anyway, Mom, forget it. Let me help you."
Mother Tang shook her head, baffled. She had no idea who this annoying person Tang Zhi meant was. He had helped her bargain—shouldn't she be thanking him? How could she find him annoying?
Wei Zhao turned the corner and came back to where Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were eating fried mushrooms. The two had just finished and were getting up to pay. Gu Mengyao looked up and saw Wei Zhao walking toward her carrying a pair of big baggy shorts, and immediately blurted out, "Huh?"
Hearing Gu Mengyao's puzzled exclamation, Shen Yushu looked up too and saw Wei Zhao.
"Arrow Brand Bro, where did you get those big shorts?" Shen Yushu asked, staring curiously at the baggy shorts in Wei Zhao's hand.
"Bought them over there. Do they look good?" Wei Zhao said, holding them up against himself a couple of times.
"..." Gu Mengyao pursed her lips. "They'd make you look like a bad guy."
"I remember a textbook passage in elementary school, a line that went 'the old French scoundrel,'" Shen Yushu nodded and chimed in.
"..." Wei Zhao was speechless. "Forget it, I'm not talking to you two. There's something wrong with your taste. I paid fifteen yuan for these."
"What?" This time it was Gu Mengyao's turn to be speechless. A fifteen-yuan item, and you're proud enough to show it off?
Shen Yushu covered her mouth and snickered. Only Wei Zhao could pull something like this. "All right, let's go home. Arrow Brand Bro, if you really like those big shorts, put them on at home and show us then—you can't exactly change here on the street, can you?"
"Xiaoshu, what's so good about him wearing baggy shorts? Have you lost your mind?" Gu Mengyao pinched Shen Yushu.
"I thought you wanted to see it," Shen Yushu blinked and looked at Gu Mengyao innocently. "You looked so surprised just now..."
"..." Gu Mengyao didn't want to argue. Shen Yushu was a bit wicked, and arguing with her about things like this would only dig the hole deeper...