Chapter 262 — Gu Mengyao's Suitor
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Heh heh, little sister Yaoyao, who might this be? Won't you introduce me?" An Liwen's words were polite on the surface, but a shadow flickered through his eyes; he was plainly displeased that Wei Zhao had so bluntly demanded he give up his seat.
As he spoke, An Liwen did not stir in the slightest, showing no intention whatsoever of yielding his seat to Wei Zhao. Clearly, in his eyes, Wei Zhao did not even deserve to be called a rival!
A shirt worth a few dozen yuan, a pair of worn-out black casual trousers—the whole outfit, at most, could not have cost more than two hundred yuan. How could a man like that possibly be a match for one of the former Four Young Masters of Songshan?
"Oh, his name is Wei Zhao. He's Sister Yaoyao's bodyguard and shield!" Shen Yushu spoke up first, quick-tongued as ever.
"Bodyguard and shield?" An Liwen was slightly taken aback, unsure what a "bodyguard and shield" was supposed to mean... A bodyguard alone would have been easy enough to understand—a rich man's daughter would naturally have no shortage of those. But that "shield" at the end could not help but make one's thoughts wander... A shield—what a suggestive profession that was...
"He's her boyfriend, of course!" Shen Yushu explained, grinning.
"Little Shu!" Gu Mengyao shot Shen Yushu a look of exasperation, though for reasons she could not quite name, she neither contradicted her nor offered any explanation.
Yet to An Liwen's eyes, that glare of Gu Mengyao's became a coy, coquettish glance. In his view, the relationship between Gu Mengyao and Wei Zhao was most likely a secret one, for Gu Pengzhan would never let his daughter marry a man whose entire outfit cost less than two hundred yuan and who let a woman pay for his meals. Their relationship, then, must be one they had not made public.
But now that Shen Yushu had let the cat out of the bag, Gu Mengyao could only glare at her in feigned anger, and this left An Liwen deeply disgruntled. Damn it, a poor nobody like that, dreaming of climbing to the high branches? In his dreams!
"Oh, so he's Sister Yaoyao's boyfriend!" Only now did An Liwen rise to his feet. However one looked at it, since the boy was already Gu Mengyao's boyfriend, he could barely be counted as a rival, and though his rank was a little low, if he could win Gu Mengyao's favor, he must have some ability of his own; so An Liwen would not grow careless. He extended his hand to Wei Zhao. "Hello, my name is An Liwen, Sister Yaoyao's elder brother—you might say we grew up together."
An Liwen had expected that Wei Zhao would be somewhat startled and at a loss upon hearing his name, but to his disappointment, Wei Zhao acted as though he had never heard of him at all, extending his hand with a faint air: "I was just holding a fast-food tray, so there's some soup on my hand. Mr. An doesn't mind, I hope?"
"This..." An Liwen's expression froze. Looking at Wei Zhao's right hand, slick with greasy soup, he was speechless for a moment, caught in an awkward bind. If he shook it, he would inevitably soil his own hand; if he did not, it was he who had offered his hand first. To back out now would make him look utterly graceless.
With no way out, An Liwen could only put on a pained expression and shake Wei Zhao's hand.
"Wei Zhao, Gu Mengyao's follower," Wei Zhao introduced himself mildly.
Follower? Damn it, another new term? Was this a provocation? First a bodyguard, then a human shield, and now a follower! Wasn't a follower practically the same as a boyfriend?