Chapter 556 — The Fierce Shen Yushu
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So without Wei Zhao having to do anything at all, General Weiwu set off on his own, following Gu Mengyao's scent. He tracked it all the way to the mouth of a cave, to a security door — and still he had not found Gu Mengyao, which left him somewhat at a loss.
General Weiwu did not recognize security doors, but Wei Zhao did. The instant he saw it, he understood that this must be where Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were being held! And Wei Zhao had sharp ears besides — the moment he entered the cave, he heard Shen Yushu muttering away to herself, and nearly pitched headfirst onto the ground!
Black lines crawled all over Wei Zhao's forehead. Shen Yushu's imagination really was something else — did he look like he had some madman's fetish, climbing onto her corpse?
Wei Zhao gave a dry cough and knocked on the security door. "Yao Yao, Xiao Shu!"
"Oh, Yao Yao, I really am going to die — I'm hallucinating... I think I just heard Arrow-Brand Bro's voice." Shen Yushu was still murmuring away in her daze.
"Wei Zhao? Is that you?" Though famished and parched, Gu Mengyao's mind was perfectly clear; the moment she heard Wei Zhao's voice, she cried out in shock. Like someone glimpsing dawn in the pitch dark, her whole body flooded at once with lightness and excitement. "Xiao Shu, your Arrow-Brand Bro has come to rescue you..."
"Mm... Yao Yao, you're lying to me — I'm hallucinating..." Shen Yushu trailed off, then suddenly sat bolt upright. "Really? It's not a hallucination?"
Wei Zhao glanced at the security door. There was no one else around now, so he could not afford to keep his strength hidden; he raised a foot and kicked it. The door warped on the spot — and that was with much of his force held back, for fear a full kick would send it flying and hurt the two girls.
At the tremendous crash against the security door, Shen Yushu finally came fully awake. "Arrow-Brand Bro?"
"It's me..." Wei Zhao kicked a few more times and knocked the door clean off, then stepped into the cave. "Are you two all right?"
"Woo..." Gu Mengyao wept for joy. She did not know how she had endured her time here; frightened as she was, she knew that if she too had given way to despair, Shen Yushu would surely have broken down. So she had gritted her teeth and held on. Now that Wei Zhao had come, she could hold back no longer and let her feelings pour out.
"I'm sorry I'm late." Wei Zhao took Gu Mengyao's hand and gently stroked her back. "Don't cry. We're going home right now."
Then Shen Yushu suddenly seized Wei Zhao's arm and bit down hard.
"Ah! What are you doing?" Wei Zhao, stung by the pain, glared at Shen Yushu.
"Oh, so it's not a dream — I thought it was! Arrow-Brand Bro, you really came!" Shen Yushu shed her earlier listlessness at once; her excited face regained some of its color.
"Of course I came — I was afraid of finding corpses!" Wei Zhao, still smarting from the bite, was annoyed. Why hadn't the girl bitten herself? Did she have to use him as a guinea pig? He could not resist needling her about her slip.
Shen Yushu froze, then her eyes went wide. "You heard all that?"
"Only if I were deaf," Wei Zhao said, speechless.
Gu Mengyao burst out laughing. This Xiao Shu had made quite the spectacle of herself — Wei Zhao had heard every word, and her face was utterly lost!
"All right, no harm done. Let's get down from here quickly — Uncle Chu and Uncle Qing are still waiting below." Wei Zhao got to his feet.