Chapter 142 — Back Again
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"Right? So is there something you need?" Shen Yushu did not much care whether Wei Zhao came or not, nor was she so kindhearted that she simply had to help a classmate. The key was that she too was curious about what Tang Zhi had come to Wei Zhao for, what business she had.
"I... it's nothing... then I'll just wait for him to come back, and come again," Tang Zhi said after a moment's hesitation. The matter of the formula was not something easily passed on to someone else; better to say it in person.
"Oh." Shen Yushu was a little disappointed, but she could hardly press Tang Zhi further. "Then come back and check this afternoon..."
"Mm, thank you..." Tang Zhi turned and headed back to her classroom, disappointed as well. Twice now she had come, and Wei Zhao was nowhere to be found — he hadn't even shown up at school! What on earth was that fellow playing at? She had clearly gotten off the bus together with him, hadn't she?
When Shen Yushu returned to the classroom, she found that Gu Mengyao had already set down the book in her hands and was fixing her with a sharp stare. Shen Yushu quailed a little. "Sister Yao, why are you looking at me like that?"
"Xiao Shu, where did you go?" Gu Mengyao had looked up a moment ago to find Shen Yushu gone, and following the gazes of their classmates, she had searched until she spotted the little minx out at the classroom door, chatting with Tang Zhi. She was furious. Hadn't she been told not to go making overtures? Why wouldn't she listen? If Wei Zhao got wind of it, he would think she cared about him far more than she did...
But think it though she might, Gu Mengyao still badly wanted to know what Shen Yushu had managed to dig up! If she asked nicely, in a reasonable, discussable way, that slippery little Xiao Shu might well not answer properly — so Gu Mengyao put on a show of being angry, and sure enough, Shen Yushu confessed everything.
"I was just asking her what she wanted with Arrowbrand Bro..." Shen Yushu pursed her lips. "But she wouldn't tell me either, so I could only tell her Arrowbrand Bro wasn't here and that she should come back this afternoon."
"Oh..." Gu Mengyao nodded. "Who knows what that Wei Zhao is up to. He left a note this morning and took off — what kind of attitude is that? My daddy is paying good money to hire him, and this is him playing truant!"
"Sister Yao, as I recall, you used to think the farther away he stayed, the better. How did you change your mind so fast?" Shen Yushu asked teasingly.
"Mm, mm, it's not easy for Daddy to earn money, and I have to be worthy of the salary he pays, don't I?" Gu Mengyao hemmed and hawed, dredging up a flimsy excuse that even she scarcely believed. Yet to admit that she no longer found Wei Zhao quite so detestable — that she could not bring herself to say.
"So that's how it is. Then I'll tell Arrowbrand Bro to be a bit more dedicated to his work," Shen Yushu said with a nod, looking thoroughly convinced.
"..." Gu Mengyao was speechless. She would believe even that? Looking at Shen Yushu, who was quietly getting ready for the next class, Gu Mengyao thought she caught a faint trace of melancholy flickering between her brows...