Chapter 960 — Troubles for Every Family
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"Mm..." Tang Zhi was caught in a small, bright surprise. In that instant she forgot every one of her worries; happiness froze right there, and Tang Zhi would remember it all her life—that scene, that moment, beneath the shade of the campus trees, him slipping the ring onto her finger once again, making his heart known.
"The Gu family's troubles only look settled; in truth, nothing has been settled at all. If I left now, I wouldn't feel easy about it. And as for Yaoyao and Xiaoshu—they don't really bear you any ill will. That's simply how those two are. They were just as hostile toward me at first. Once you've spent more time around them, they'll get along with you perfectly well too..." Wei Zhao consoled her.
"Oh? Oh..." Tang Zhi was slightly taken aback, unsure whether those words of Wei Zhao's were a hint of something—that having chosen the young mistress, he still would not let her go? And that he wanted her to get along well with the two of them besides?
Would she? She did not know... If Wei Zhao truly chose the young mistress, perhaps she would... or perhaps she would not... But what if she did not? Was she to hand Wei Zhao over to the young mistress? No. Would that not be granting the young mistress exactly what she wanted?
Wei Zhao had spoken without thinking, yet his words sent Tang Zhi's thoughts drifting far, far away... What he had actually meant was this: once the young mistress accepted a person, she would treat that person with wholehearted warmth and goodwill.
"Heh. Once the college entrance exams are over, I'll take you home during summer break to meet my old man." Wei Zhao said with a smile.
"Mm!" Tang Zhi brightened again. Whatever else, so long as she held a place in Wei Zhao's heart, that was enough—so what did the young mistress matter? If Wei Zhao did not love her, what use would it be for her to hold on to him? A little shyly, Tang Zhi asked, "Then... what am I supposed to call him?"
"Hmm... call him Grandpa. Given his age, that should be about right—though I call him old man." Wei Zhao laughed. He knew perfectly well that Tang Zhi could never call him old man to his face; that would be rude.
"Mm." Tang Zhi nodded. "Good thing I haven't told my family about this yet. Otherwise who knows what sort of scene my mother would stir up?"
Where her mother was concerned, Tang Zhi truly was a little helpless.
"Heh..." Wei Zhao smiled. He too felt rather helpless about Mother Tang, but back when he was courting Tang Zhi, it had always been Mother Tang standing on his side, and Wei Zhao was grateful for that. So when it came to her damned money-grubbing demands, he never said much.
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The Gu family's troubles were over. Some people's troubles were not! Every last one who harbored hostility toward the Gu family, toward Wei Zhao, began to live in fear.
The Xiao family.
Xiao Ji and Xiao Ben looked at Pi Bo on the sickbed, and for a moment neither of them knew what to say.
Complicated emergency treatment had saved Pi Bo's life, true enough—but the man himself had become a vegetable.
"You good-for-nothing woman!" Xiao Ji stared at Pi Bo, motionless on the bed, tubes running in and out of every part of him, and in a fury brought his palm down across Gou Huli's face again. "You couldn't even watch where you were driving! Now look—Pi Bo's a vegetable, and what is the Xiao family supposed to do? What are we supposed to do? Our standing among the great families was already precarious, and now, without a real expert to hold the fort, the Xiao family is finished for good!"
"Wuu... wuu..." Cowed by the blows, Gou Huli did not dare say much; she only stood there wiping her tears.