Chapter 543 — Two Possibilities
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"Confirmed your relationship? What relationship?" Gu Pengzhan asked.
"Boyfriend and girlfriend, of course!" Zhong Yongliang tried to sound casual. "Think about it, Uncle Chu. What other relationship could there be between a boyfriend and girlfriend?"
"Then why is she at your place? Why didn't she come with you?" Gu Pengzhan clearly did not believe a word of it.
"She... she was tired and fell asleep! You know how girls are -- the first time they do that sort of thing, it's not so easy for them to get around!" Zhong Yongliang said, somewhat embarrassed. "For one thing, she was too shy, and for another, I was worried she wouldn't be able to walk properly, so I let her stay home and get some sleep, rest up a bit..."
"Oh? Is that so?" Gu Pengzhan's frown deepened. He did not believe his daughter would give herself to some boy so casually. She was grown now, true, but this was not a casual matter. Even if someone told him Gu Mengyao had done such a thing with Wei Zhao, he would have his doubts -- let alone with Zhong Yongliang, whom she had never cared for! Unless his daughter had been confused... Wait. Confused? Could Zhong Yongliang have used some trick? At the thought, a surge of fury rushed through him. If the brat dared to do such a thing, Gu Pengzhan would stake his entire fortune to see the boy dead!
Seeing the look on Gu Pengzhan's face, Zhong Yongliang's confidence began to falter, but he did not want to back down. He could only say, "Uncle Chu, don't worry. Yaoyao is fine, just a little tired. She's only sleeping..."
"Then tell me, how did the two of you get together? How did my daughter come to accept you?" The more Gu Pengzhan looked at Zhong Yongliang, the more he felt something was wrong. He had been navigating the business world for years -- how could he not read a man's face?
Never mind a naive high school kid like Zhong Yongliang; even the old foxes of the business world would struggle to hide their flaws under Gu Pengzhan's scrutiny. So Gu Pengzhan was certain that Zhong Yongliang had not been telling the truth.
Of course, there were two possibilities for the lie, and Gu Pengzhan could not be sure which it was. The better one: nothing had happened to his daughter at all, and Zhong Yongliang was merely bluffing. The worse one: half of what Zhong Yongliang said was true -- he really had done something to Gu Mengyao, only perhaps by less than honorable means.
"Uncle Chu, you know I've been pursuing Yaoyao all along! We're about to graduate, aren't we? I figured if I didn't confess now, I'd never get the chance!" Zhong Yongliang had rehearsed his words long ago, so when Gu Pengzhan questioned him, he spoke with practiced ease. "A few days ago, on the campus tree-planting day, I prepared a confession spectacle of fireworks, a night of blazing trees and silver flowers! I used fireworks to spell out the words 'Yaoyao, I love you' -- the whole school, teachers and students, were there that day, they can all bear witness! And so, Yaoyao was moved, she accepted my confession, and became my girlfriend!"
"Is that so?" Hearing Zhong Yongliang speak so fluently, Gu Pengzhan was a little convinced -- convinced, that is, that Zhong Yongliang really had staged such a confession, not that his daughter had accepted it.
"Of course! Yaoyao was moved to tears!" Zhong Yongliang said smugly. "As the saying goes, sincerity moves even stone. I pursued Yaoyao for three years -- even a stone-hearted woman would have been moved!"
"Oh. And then the two of you went to a hotel today?" Gu Pengzhan nodded and asked mildly.
"Heh... not a hotel, my home..." Zhong Yongliang nodded, embarrassed. "Uncle Chu, you've been through this age yourself. Now that Yaoyao and I are together, other things naturally follow... But don't worry, I'll take responsibility!"
"Oh." Gu Pengzhan nodded.
Just when Zhong Yongliang thought he was nearly home free, Gu Pengzhan's voice suddenly thundered: "Yaoyao went with you to a hotel -- and Xiaoshu went too?"