Chapter 988 — A Win-Win Situation? Had He Not Said the Very Same Thing to Tang Zhi Before? He Had Said That If Tang Zhi Behaved Herself, He Would Let Her Grudgingly Be the Mistress — and Now Tang Zhi Must Surely Be Throwing Those Words Right Back at Him!
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"Seaweed and dried shrimp are both seafood, so I did not put any in yours," Wei Zhao said. "Last time in Yanjing you fainted after eating seafood. Are you allergic to it?"
"Ah!" Feng Xiaoxiao looked into Wei Zhao's and Tang Zhi's bowls, and only then realized that what her own bowl lacked was the seaweed and the dried shrimp. Wei Zhao had actually remembered that? Even she herself had nearly overlooked it. A warmth surged in Feng Xiaoxiao's heart — it seemed Wei Zhao did care about her, at least a step beyond an ordinary classmate!
"Yes, but a small amount does not matter," Feng Xiaoxiao said happily. "Last time I fainted while taking a bath at the hotel, and it was thanks to you that I was saved!"
Feng Xiaoxiao said this on purpose, and also for Tang Zhi's ears — to show how intimate her relationship with Wei Zhao was!
Yet unexpectedly, Tang Zhi's expression remained perfectly calm, as though this were a trifle of no consequence. She gave a faint "oh," and said nothing more. In truth, Tang Zhi had already learned Wei Zhao's true feelings from the way he had refused Feng Tianlong today!
Wei Zhao might feel a slight fondness for Feng Xiaoxiao, but he had absolutely not reached the point of liking her! Today, when Feng Tianlong asked Wei Zhao to pursue Feng Xiaoxiao, Wei Zhao had even hesitated — so how could he have any other kind of relationship with her? Therefore, all that talk from Feng Xiaoxiao about baths and such, Tang Zhi did not take seriously. However ambiguous Feng Xiaoxiao's words, who knew what the real situation had been?
What was more, Tang Zhi had now made up her mind to have Wei Zhao pretend to be Feng Xiaoxiao's boyfriend. Even if something really had happened between Feng Xiaoxiao and Wei Zhao, Tang Zhi would turn a blind eye. She would remind herself constantly not to contend with a dying woman — there was no meaning in it!
What would winning accomplish? What would losing matter? Feng Xiaoxiao's terminal illness had already decided the outcome of the whole affair! She could never take Wei Zhao from Tang Zhi's side!
Seeing that Tang Zhi did not care, Feng Xiaoxiao suddenly felt as though she were performing a one-woman show, and grew rather sullen. She could only look at Tang Zhi and go on: "Sister Tang Zhi, Wei Zhao seems to treat me very well, doesn't he? He even knows about my seafood allergy!"
"I have noted it too, Sister Xiaoxiao. From now on, when I go out to eat with you, I will not order seafood either." Though Tang Zhi's voice was calm, the expression on her face was one of gnashing teeth, as though she could bear it no longer!
Accepting Feng Xiaoxiao and truly befriending her would take time. However magnanimous Tang Zhi might be, she could not possibly build a friendship with Feng Xiaoxiao in a single day! So Tang Zhi still had to put on an air of being forced into it, of having no choice!
As they spent more time together in the future, she could gradually change. So long as the process was step by step, Feng Xiaoxiao would not grow suspicious.
Seeing Tang Zhi gnash her teeth, Feng Xiaoxiao was delighted. Hmph, hmph, Sister Tang Zhi, you regret it now, don't you? For the sake of a contest of pride, you added a little wife to your own household. Wahahaha, I really am a genius! Xiaoxiao, you are wonderful! So clever!
Feng Xiaoxiao clenched her fist, her heart full of hope and fighting spirit.
And Tang Zhi, for her part, was laughing inwardly, yet on the surface she still had to feign helplessness and anger...