Chapter 537 — Someone Who Looks Just Like You
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Gu Mengyao had seen photographs of her mother as a young woman -- she had looked exactly like Gu Mengyao did now. In truth, she had inherited none of Gu Pengzhan's looks; her mother's fine features had passed to her entire. So the moment Zhong Yongliang mentioned this woman, Gu Mengyao's first thought was that he had seen her mother!
One look at Gu Mengyao's face and Zhong Yongliang knew his plan had worked! He had pursued her for three years -- how could he not know her family history? He had known for a long time that when Gu Mengyao was small, her mother had quarreled with Gu Pengzhan and run away from home, and that in all the years since there had been no word of her.
It was impossible that Gu Mengyao did not miss her mother, and Zhong Yongliang had seized precisely on that weak point in her heart, luring her step by step into his trap. And now it seemed he was halfway to success.
"Since you have no sisters, then I must have been mistaken. Never mind -- pretend I said nothing!" Zhong Yongliang shook his head and turned toward the classroom door. As he walked, he silently counted: one, two, three...
"Wait!" Sure enough, Gu Mengyao's voice came from behind him. A faint smile flickered at the corner of Zhong Yongliang's mouth. I knew you would take the bait!
"Mengyao, is there something else?" Zhong Yongliang turned his head, his face wearing an ingratiating look. "Could it be you're finally ready to give me a chance to court you?"
"Stop fooling around!" Gu Mengyao frowned. "If you keep this up, I won't talk to you anymore!"
"No, no, don't be like that. I'll behave, I promise. So what did you want to see me about, Mengyao?" Zhong Yongliang had said that on purpose, hoping to make Gu Mengyao believe he no longer cared about that woman who looked like her, and that his only concern was how to win her over -- so that she would not grow suspicious.
"I want to ask you -- at Shuangyan Mountain, did you really see a woman who looks a lot like me?" Gu Mengyao asked.
"Yes, I did, though she's older than you, so naturally I wasn't interested!" Zhong Yongliang said with earnest conviction. "Mengyao, rest assured, your place in my heart is irreplaceable. She merely resembles you, that's all. I would never give my heart to another!"
"Who asked you about that!" Gu Mengyao was a little displeased. "Zhong Yongliang, cut the useless talk. I'm asking you -- exactly where did you see her?"
"Where, you say? That's hard to explain. It was up on the mountain ridge. If I went there myself, I might be able to find it, but just describing it like this, I can't make it clear..." Zhong Yongliang scratched his scalp, looking somewhat troubled.
"Take me there!" Gu Mengyao could not hold back any longer. Years of longing for her mother, that desperate yearning, burst out all at once in that moment. She no longer cared whether she went to school or not, nor did she have the presence of mind to consider whether Zhong Yongliang's words were true or false. She had only one thought, a single thought -- to see her mother as soon as possible!
"Huh? Now? It's quite late now, and school isn't even out yet!" Zhong Yongliang said, feigning difficulty. "How about we find somewhere to grab a bite first, and talk about going up the mountain afterward?"
"Zhong Yongliang, are you deliberately making excuses to get close to me? I don't want to eat right now! Are you taking me there or not?" Gu Mengyao was so anxious that her judgment had clouded. She simply assumed Zhong Yongliang was using this as an opportunity to get more intimate with her, never suspecting that all of it was a lie he had fabricated!