護花近衛 - 第474章 誤會了！ - 清風書屋

So Mother Tang sat gazing happily at the bank card in her hand, a smile on her face, her heart filled with an indescribable lightness of spirit — when the sudden ringing of the telephone gave her such a start. She picked it up, and it turned out to be her daughter calling.

When Tang Zhi asked where she was, Mother Tang thought nothing of it and answered on reflex that she was at the bank. The moment the words were out, she regretted them. Wei Zhao had plainly given her the money on the sly, not wanting Tang Zhi to know, and now she had gone and let it slip. She could only hope her daughter would not grow suspicious... "I'm just checking how much is left after your father's hospital stay, so I can work out how big a storefront our family can afford..." Mother Tang hurried to explain. "Mom, how much did Wei Zhao give you this morning?" Tang Zhi's heart tightened. She had suspected before that Wei Zhao had given her mother money, and now, hearing that her mother was at the bank, she was certain of it.

So Tang Zhi did not ask whether Wei Zhao had given her mother money at all — she asked how much, which made it plain that she already knew, and that her mother need not hide it any longer. "Ah?" Mother Tang was taken aback. Her daughter already knew? It never once occurred to her that her daughter might be bluffing. She hesitated, then said, "Five hundred thousand..." "What? Five hundred thousand!" Tang Zhi was stunned. Her whole body seemed to go limp, as though that one sentence from her mother had drained every last ounce of strength out of her. The phone slipped from her hand and clattered to the floor, back cover and battery flying apart. Tang Zhi did not even seem to notice; she swayed on her feet and would have fainted away had she not caught hold of the corridor wall... The tears in her eyes slid down despite herself... So it was true — he had given her mother a great sum of money! Five hundred thousand — five hundred thousand! That was enough to buy her family a storefront. For no reason at all, by what right had Wei Zhao given her family five hundred thousand?

Last time, when her father had his surgery, counting the money he gave Xiaowei, he had come up with only two hundred thousand in all. This time, though, he had produced five hundred thousand. What was that supposed to mean?

The first thought that came to Tang Zhi's mind was the breakup fee Feng Xiaoxiao had spoken of that morning! Only a breakup fee could explain why Wei Zhao would give her family so much, surely?

So that was it. So that was how it was... Tang Zhi leaned her whole body against the wall, weeping silently... Why? Why, when he already had Feng Xiaoxiao, did Wei Zhao still come and toy with her?

Or was it that she herself had been too foolish, too naive, thinking he was different from those spoiled young masters — when in truth he was no different from any of them? When she thought of what had befallen Xiaofen, Wei Zhao's conduct needed no further explanation... Wei Zhao, I hate you! Tang Zhi bit her lip, not knowing what to do, not knowing what to do with herself... "Yunyun, what's wrong? What are you doing? Who bullied you?" Liu Xinlan came out of the restroom and saw Tang Zhi leaning over the wall, weeping silently, her phone lying on the floor in pieces. "Xinwen..." Tang Zhi looked up at her and forced a smile. "It's nothing... I'm just a little dizzy..." "Dizzy? If you're dizzy, why are you crying?" Liu Xinlan clearly did not believe her. "Did someone bully you? Yunyun, tell me, and I'll take a cleaver to him!"