Chapter 150 — In a Foul Mood
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"Wei Zhao, aren't you just something? Keep your distance, is that it? As if anyone wants you!" Gu Mengyao stared at Wei Zhao's retreating back and shouted herself hoarse. "From now on, I don't care what happens to you!"
That said, Gu Mengyao collapsed onto the sofa as though all the strength had drained out of her—wronged, bereft—and at last she could not hold back her tears... yet afraid that Shen Yushu might hear, she could only weep in silence.
"Yao Yao, what's wrong?" Shen Yushu had noticed something off about Gu Mengyao and was no longer teasing. She took Gu Mengyao's hand. "Yao Yao, don't cry..."
"Who's crying? I'm not crying!" Of course Gu Mengyao would never admit that she had shed tears over an inexplicable man. His goodness, his badness—what did any of it have to do with her?
So he had saved her once—so what? When she was little, Uncle Qing had saved her too!
But Wei Zhao and Uncle Qing... Every time she recalled the instant Wei Zhao stepped forward to share her fate as a hostage, Gu Mengyao's heart filled with warmth. In that moment she had felt herself a very lucky girl, to have a man willing to walk with her all the way to the grave. But now...
"Yao Yao, I know you like Arrow-Badge Bro... How about I go and talk to him for you?" By now Shen Yushu could read a little of what was in Gu Mengyao's heart. They had grown up together; no one understood Gu Mengyao's thoughts better than she did.
Nine times out of ten Gu Mengyao had truly fallen for him. The hero-saving-the-beauty routine might be trite, but it was also the most classic and most fondly retold. Shen Yushu could see that ever since Wei Zhao had rescued Gu Mengyao, her attitude toward him had begun to shift...
These little details might have escaped Gu Mengyao's own notice, but Shen Yushu, watching from the outside, could feel the difference.
"Xiao Shu, what nonsense are you talking? Who likes him?" Gu Mengyao sprang up from the sofa in a panic, almost shouting herself hoarse. "I don't like him. I've said it ten thousand times, I don't like him. Don't talk nonsense!"
Shen Yushu had never seen Gu Mengyao react so violently and was startled. She hurried to say, "All right, all right, I won't say it anymore. Yao Yao, we won't like him, so there..."
"..." Gu Mengyao was spent. She threw her arms around Shen Yushu, somewhat aggrieved. "Xiao Shu, you're the one who treats me well, always by my side..."
"Mm, I'll always be with you." Shen Yushu nodded and patted Gu Mengyao's shoulder soothingly.
It was not that Wei Zhao had failed to hear Gu Mengyao's shouts; he simply did not know how to answer them. As he closed the door, his hand trembled, and he gave a faint sigh.
He could not quite fathom what was in the young lady's mind, but from the way she had behaved today, she seemed a little jealous. Could it be that Miss Chu had feelings for him?
Wei Zhao was somewhat bewildered. He and Gu Mengyao had always seemed to stand on opposite sides. Even if he had saved her, surely that would not make her fall in love at first sight?
And even if it were love at first sight, Wei Zhao would not dare to set his sights on the young lady—that was the great taboo of the trade. Getting involved with an employer was simply playing with fire and burning oneself alive!
Wei Zhao shook his head. Today the young lady had gone mad, and he dared not court trouble. That evening, when Uncle Qing came with the meal, Wei Zhao did not come out of his room.
Gu Mengyao had vented some of the grievance in her heart and felt a little better. Seeing Uncle Qing arrive, she forced herself to perk up and went over to help with the dishes. Uncle Qing did not see Wei Zhao and found it rather strange. "Miss Gu, is Mr. Lin not here?"
"Dead, probably." Gu Mengyao was out of sorts and saw no need to mince words. Uncle Qing had watched her grow up, after all, and knew her temperament.