Chapter 917 — I Never Liked Him
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"Uncle Gu, why are you so good to me?" Wei Zhao finally could not hold the question back.
"Well... there are naturally reasons for it, but they touch on certain secrets, and for the time being it isn't mine to disclose..." Gu Pengzhan gave a bitter smile. Even his own father had never told him the specific reason.
Gu Pengzhan only remembered how firmly his father had told him: if he wished to see his wife again, if he wished the Gu family to thrive, then he must have Yaoyao keep Wei Zhao close.
Gu Pengzhan did not know why his father was so certain. He had asked, but his father had only said that some things were not yet ripe for telling.
"Heh..." Wei Zhao let out a soft sigh and smiled. "I'm grateful for Uncle Gu's trust and kindness. But even if I agreed, I'm sure Yaoyao would not. This time I'm going back to my hometown to find a way to restore my strength, and Tang Zhi will come with me. Yaoyao is a young lady of means — how could she endure surroundings like that? A thatched hut, a public latrine, warm in summer and freezing in winter — it's a bitter life. Besides, I don't want to hurt Tang Zhi..."
"That..." Gu Pengzhan had not expected Wei Zhao to still be set on leaving. He wanted to keep him here in Songshan City, but to think of letting his daughter follow Wei Zhao into hardship — even Gu Pengzhan felt torn. Would his daughter consent to that?
Hearing Wei Zhao's words, Gu Mengyao wanted nothing more than to burst into the room and tell him, I can bear it! Why shouldn't I? If Tang Zhi can, so can I! But that last sentence of Wei Zhao's stopped the young lady in her tracks and checked the impulse in her heart.
Wei Zhao did not want to hurt Tang Zhi! Yes — even if she herself could accept Tang Zhi's existence and stoop to become Wei Zhao's concubine, would Tang Zhi be willing? On what grounds would Tang Zhi ever accept her?
"Xiaoshu, let's go!" For the first time, Gu Mengyao had made her feelings for Wei Zhao known, obliquely, through her father — and she had been rejected without mercy. The young lady's fragile heart was deeply, deeply wounded...
"Yaoyao, it seems like Arrow-brand Bro actually likes you. Aren't you going to try a little harder?" Shen Yushu had seen through Gu Mengyao's grief.
"Hmph? Who does he think he is? Still dreaming of a wife and concubines? In his dreams!" Gu Mengyao stamped her foot. "Let him go, then — go! Who cares about him? Just a bodyguard. I'll have Daddy find me someone stronger, ten times stronger than him, ten times more handsome! I... I... I don't like him at all! Conceited fool, imagining things!"
"Oh, Yaoyao, self-deception may feel great, but if you want to cry, just cry. Xiaoshu is your solid backing — I'll always be on your side!" Shen Yushu said.
"Cry? Ha? Why would I cry? Wei Zhao is blind, so why should I cry?" Gu Mengyao stumbled up the stairs and flung herself onto the bed in her room — and then she could hold it in no longer, and the tears streamed down again, beyond all restraining...
Shen Yushu stood in the doorway, lost in thought... In her view, Yaoyao's problem was really no problem at all. Why not do as she herself would — settle for being the lesser wife and be done with it?
"Yaoyao, how about I go talk to Tang Zhi?" Shen Yushu asked tentatively.
"Talk about what? Am I to beg for another's charity?" In front of Xiaoshu, Gu Mengyao could no longer hold back her grief. She threw her arms around her and sobbed.
"Don't cry, Yaoyao, Xiaoshu is behind you!" Shen Yushu said quickly.
"Xiaoshu... was I wrong from the very start?" After crying a while, spent and weary, Gu Mengyao asked in a daze.
"I don't know, but I don't think you should give up, Yaoyao!" Shen Yushu said.
"And what good would not giving up do?" Gu Mengyao shook her head. "All right, Xiaoshu, I'm fine now, I'm happy again. Let's not talk about him anymore..."
"Yaoyao, you're lying!" Shen Yushu said.