Chapter 1240 — Tang and Feng on the Phone: Tang Zhi Fired Off Several Questions in One Breath, Enough to Prove Just How Anxious She Was
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"Xiaoxiao and I are both safe and sound, so set your mind at ease. We're on the way home. I mean to have Xiaoxiao stay at Yaoyao's for a while — partly for her safety, and partly for her condition. That way, if she has a sudden attack, there'll be someone on hand to look after her!" Wei Zhao said.
"Oh? Have Xiaoxiao live with you? Now that's a fine idea!" Tang Zhi felt no jealousy, no sourness — on the contrary, she was pleased. "You're right. If Xiaoxiao has another attack, with you right there beside her you can give her help at once!"
"Heh, I knew you'd read too much into it." Wei Zhao actually breathed a sigh of relief. Tang Zhi's reasonableness had gone beyond anything he had expected. Could this really be the same stubborn little thing who had once quarreled with Gu Mengyao, hammer and tongs, at Fatso Lai's house?
"Read too much into what? Don't make me out to be so petty." Tang Zhi was caught between laughter and tears. "You're driving, aren't you? Put Xiaoxiao on — I want a few words with her."
"Mm, all right." With that, Wei Zhao handed the phone to Feng Xiaoxiao beside him.
Wei Zhao was a man who had undergone rigorous training; even experts of his own rank fell short of him. He could turn his mind to several things at once with perfect ease. Driving while talking on the phone, for instance, was a dangerous thing for anyone else to attempt, but for Wei Zhao it was nothing at all.
Feng Xiaoxiao had been all ears while Wei Zhao spoke with Tang Zhi. The car was quiet, so she heard every word from the other end, and gratitude toward Tang Zhi rose silently in her heart. Sometimes Feng Xiaoxiao would think that Heaven had truly favored her: on the very verge of death, she had not only found a boyfriend who loved and cherished her so, she had even become a close friend to his girlfriend!
That concern of Tang Zhi's came straight from the heart, wholly unlike any pretense of it — and that much Feng Xiaoxiao could tell apart well enough.
"Sister Yunyun, thank you for caring about me so much. I'm sorry to have worried you. I'm all right..." Feng Xiaoxiao answered the phone and said gratefully.
"Between you and me, sisters, what is there to thank?" Tang Zhi only smiled. "As long as you are safe and sound, my mind is at ease."
"See... I knew Sister Yunyun was the best. Most senior wives would be dying for the junior wife to drop dead!" Feng Xiaoxiao said with a giggle.
"Nonsense again. Drop dead? With Wei Zhao there, you're not going to die." Here Tang Zhi suddenly lowered her voice. "By the way, Xiaoxiao, on this trip to Yaoyao's and Xiaoshu's, I have a task for you..."
"Oh? What..." Feng Xiaoxiao had not finished speaking before Tang Zhi cut her off.
"Don't say a word yet — don't let Wei Zhao hear..." Tang Zhi warned her hurriedly.
"Oh..." Feng Xiaoxiao answered, curiosity stirring in her heart. Just what sort of task did Sister Tang Zhi mean to give her? One that had to be kept from Wei Zhao? Could she want Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu assassinated?
Surely not? Feng Xiaoxiao was badly startled by her own bold thought. She knew that Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu might, to one degree or another, be interested in Wei Zhao; Tang Zhi ought to have seen it too. Could Sister Tang Zhi be jealous, and want her to do away with the two of them?
But that couldn't be it — Sister Tang Zhi was not that sort of person, was she?
"Xiaoxiao, when you get to Yaoyao's house, keep a quiet eye out for me on the way Wei Zhao is with Yaoyao and Xiaoshu... see whether there is really anything between them." Here Tang Zhi grew a little embarrassed herself. "It isn't that I suspect anything, I'm only curious... Xiaoshu told me there is something between Wei Zhao and Yaoyao, and I neither quite believed it nor quite dismissed it. I just want to be certain, that's all... If it puts you in a difficult spot, then forget it..."