Chapter 136 — The Young Couple
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"Yes... yes, sir!" Zou Ruoming fled without delay; Wang Zhifeng was not a man he cared to cross.
Once Zou Ruoming had gone, Tang Zhi remained where she stood, unsure whether she ought to leave as well. But Director Wang had not dismissed her, and she did not dare go on her own; she waited there, treading carefully.
"Heh heh, Tang Zhi, is it..." Wang Zhifeng's face shifted in an instant from its earlier stern gloom to a broad smile. "You weren't given any trouble, were you?"
"No... thank you, Director!" Tang Zhi shook her head.
"No trouble is what matters. If that Zou Ruoming brat bothers you again, come tell me and I'll sort him out!" Wang Zhifeng said. "Come on, I'll walk you to your class. You're already late—going in like this, your teacher might well give you an earful."
"Huh?" Tang Zhi had never imagined Wang Zhifeng could be so kind and amiable to her. Was this really the same Director Wang who had torn into her that day and sent her to the broadcast room to make a self-criticism?
Today he was actually worried she would be scolded by her teacher for being late, and had offered to escort her himself!
Tang Zhi was a top student, so even if she was late her teacher might not scold her much; but with Wang Zhifeng personally escorting her, the whole thing took on a different complexion. No teacher would dare say a word then—they would simply assume the director had summoned the student for some matter, and that was why she was late.
"Let's go, heh heh." Wang Zhifeng smiled and nodded to Tang Zhi. This was Wei Zhao's little girlfriend; he had better be on his best behavior, or if that boy went and aired his dirty laundry, he would be in for a world of trouble.
"Oh..." Tang Zhi was a little overwhelmed by the favor. A single day's difference, and the treatment was utterly different... Could it be because of Wei Zhao? Was that why Director Wang was so genial to her? At the thought, she recalled the scene of Wei Zhao and Wang Zhifeng chatting so amiably the day before... It really might be so...
Tang Zhi felt a twinge of vexation... Why was it that the moment her life brushed against his, everything became so smooth? Was her own hard work worth less than the connections of some rich young master?
Here Tang Zhi had it wrong. If Wei Zhao had not held something over Wang Zhifeng, then even if he had been introduced by Qing Bo, Wang Zhifeng would never have been so careful, much less trouble himself over Tang Zhi's affairs.
But now, he did not dare not to trouble himself! Earlier he had received Wei Zhao's call asking for leave, saying he was going to Captain Yang's office at the police station that morning to give a statement. Yang Huaijun had already given him advance notice the day before, so naturally Wang Zhifeng had not questioned it. But the crux was this: with Wei Zhao absent from school, if his little girlfriend were harassed, and the boy got desperate enough to turn and spill everything he had seen—would he not be finished?
"I'll give you my number. If anyone harasses you again, call me!" The more Wang Zhifeng thought about it, the more uneasy he felt, so he gave Tang Zhi his phone number. What if, the moment he left, Zou Ruoming came back?
"Ah..." Tang Zhi truly did not know what to do with herself... This treatment was simply too good, was it not? She had been at this school three years and had never once heard of Wang Zhifeng giving a student his number and telling them to call him if they had a problem! Again because of Wei Zhao?
Vexed at heart, Tang Zhi let an unreasonable remark slip out: "And what if Wei Zhao harasses me?"
"Uh..." Wang Zhifeng was briefly taken aback, then smiled wryly. "If you two young lovebirds have a quarrel, there's no need to come find me..."
Before Tang Zhi, he had no need to put on the solemn dignity of a dean. Wei Zhao knew everything about his business—what was the point of pretending?