Chapter 624 — The Shocked Chen Yuxuan
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Wei Zhao had never spoken of his origins to the young lady or to Shen Yushu, and neither of them had ever given it much thought. Now that he had said it aloud, they realized for the first time that Wei Zhao actually carried such a bleak history. He was an orphan?
Good heavens! How had he gotten through all these years? He seemed to care about nothing at all—could it be that beneath that manner there was a sorrow no one had ever noticed?
A woman's natural maternal instinct made the young lady feel sympathetic toward Wei Zhao as well. Yes, compared with him, what she had was truly nothing worth mentioning! At least she had seen her mother, and she had a father who loved her. But Wei Zhao? He did not even know who his parents were—was that not all the more pitiable?
"I'm sorry..." The young lady was the sort who could admit a mistake and mend her ways; hearing Wei Zhao's words, she apologized at once. "I shouldn't have said that about you. I truly didn't know—you're even more pitiable than I am..."
"Heh... I'm used to it. It's nothing." Wei Zhao shook his head. "Next time, don't let yourself be fooled again. When something like this happens, tell your father first—I'm sure he understands your mother better than you do."
"Mm..." Gu Mengyao nodded, and for once she was remarkably quiet, offering no retort to Wei Zhao's words.
They talked the whole way. Though the mood was somewhat bleak, the young lady's spirits had more or less recovered; she still could not bring herself to be cheerful, but at least she no longer wept.
Wei Zhao parked the car in the lot of the Starlight Grand Hotel. They were nearly half an hour past the appointed time—the two girls had dawdled at home a while, and then a car accident on the road had held them up in traffic for a spell, which was why they were late.
Yet not one of the three wore the least look of embarrassment. All of them got out of the car with perfect justification and headed toward the hotel.
Wei Zhao was nothing more than a hanger-on, so whether they were late or not had nothing to do with him. He followed leisurely behind the two of them into the hotel.
Chen Yuxuan had arrived at the private room long ago and was chatting with An Liwen and Su Taizao. His expression was as usual, but inwardly he was in a foul mood—partly because Qiu Lingshan had turned him down, and chiefly because of that "Brother Shield" who had appeared out of nowhere!
His little sister had actually said she did not need him anymore? She had Brother Shield now?
Chen Yuxuan was about to explode with rage. He had only this one sister, and now she was being taken from him too? Brother Shield, Sister Shield—what nonsense. In a moment he would see for himself just what sort of deity this Brother Shield was!
Was he not Gu Mengyao's hanger-on and bodyguard? Then he would try this man out and see whether he was even qualified to be a bodyguard! If he was not, then to hell with him—let him go play Brother Shield somewhere else, because he was certainly not welcome here!
As they were speaking, a knock came at the door of the private room. An Liwen made to rise and open it in welcome for Gu Mengyao, but Chen Yuxuan was a step ahead of him, rising to his feet first—no doubt he wanted to see just what sort of deity this so-called Brother Shield was!
"Please come in!" Chen Yuxuan said as he opened the door of the private room, and Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu walked in.
"Brother Yutian!" Gu Mengyao was still very courteous to Shen Yushu's brother; the moment she entered the room she greeted him, and only then did she say to An Liwen and Su Taizao, "Brother Jianwen, Brother Taizao!"
"Brother!" Shen Yushu followed Gu Mengyao into the private room right on her heels, but Chen Yuxuan's face had turned rather grim.