Chapter 169 — The Bashful Shen Yushu
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Shen Yushu felt her face must be bright red by now, like a feverish crab — just like that TV commercial from ages ago: What happened, bro? Somebody boil you?
In fact, under the dim light on the villa's second floor, Shen Yushu's complexion was not so obvious, and Wei Zhao had not paid it much attention either. "All right, then I'll come by tomorrow and move the computer back."
Tang Zhi and Liu Xinsou walked out of the school under the pointing and whispering of others. Tang Zhi felt rather gloomy, sensing countless pairs of eyes on her back.
Wei Zhao, you're driving me insane! Tang Zhi thought.
"Yunyun, I'll head back first then?" Although Liu Xinsou and Tang Zhi lived very close to each other, Tang Zhi had to go help out at her mother's damned barbecue stall every evening, so the two of them did not walk home together.
"Mm, then — then be careful on the road." Then, after a pause: "When you have time, go see Xiaofen. Her moods have been unstable these past few days. I went to her house over the weekend, and she barely said a word." Tang Zhi gave him these instructions.
"Fine, I'll go have a look in a bit." Liu Xinsou nodded.
Tang Zhi walked alone toward the snack street behind the school, where her mother was already lighting the fire and getting ready to grill. Tang Zhi pouted and set the barbecue recipe Wei Zhao had given her in front of her mother. "Here. The recipe."
"Oh? You've already got the recipe?" Mother Tang's face lit up at once, and she took it happily. Truth be told, when Wei Zhao had mentioned it the day before, she had not been sure he would really give her a recipe — after all, it might have been nothing but idle talk, not to be taken seriously.
But she had never expected Tang Zhi to actually bring it home today, which meant that business at her little barbecue stall was about to pick up. Naturally, Mother Tang was delighted. "Did you thank him?"
"I thanked him." Tang Zhi pursed her lips. Thank him? Thank him for giving her a love letter and letting the whole school know about it?
"You child — did you thank him or not?" No one knew a daughter like her mother. One look at Tang Zhi's expression, and Mother Tang knew that most likely she had not thanked Wei Zhao at all. She shook her head helplessly.
Her daughter was good in every way, only a little proud and a little aloof. If she had been born into a wealthy family, such a temperament would have served her well — but in a household like theirs... Mother Tang sighed inwardly. By the time Tang Zhi reached her present age, she would understand the hardships of life.
Had she not once been as proud as her daughter? But the bitterness of life had worn away her sharp edges and made her worldly.
"I told you I thanked him, so I thanked him!" Tang Zhi twisted her body uncomfortably. "Mom, let me help you..."
"No need. We'll close up early today and go home to try out this recipe. If we leave it any later, I'm afraid the spice shop will have closed, and we won't be able to buy the ingredients listed here." As she spoke, Mother Tang began packing up the stall, ready to head home.
Tang Zhi helped her mother rather helplessly. Why did her mother trust Wei Zhao so much? What if the thing was just some recipe he had scribbled down carelessly? Then they would mix it up, it would taste awful, and the ingredients would be wasted.
But seeing how utterly her mother believed in Wei Zhao's recipe, Tang Zhi could only go along with her.