Chapter 1548 — The Sudden Visit
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The three of them shared a bed every night anyway, and bathing together was nothing new, so Shen Yushu did not much mind. Besides, roaming the house in the buff was one of her standing habits; it was only because Wei Zhao had come into their lives that she had temporarily broken herself of it. Now that the weather had turned hot, she had picked the habit right back up.
"Xiaoshu, why are you bare again?" Gu Mengyao asked in helpless exasperation. "Wu Chengtian is still downstairs. Can't you be a little more mindful? If someone were to see you, wouldn't you be the one losing out?"
"He wouldn't dare come up!" Shen Yushu said, not the least bit bothered. "I'm hot - so hot, so hot, so hot, so hot! Sister Yaoyao, I'm burning up again. Cool me down!"
With that, Shen Yushu pressed her hands flat against Gu Mengyao's cheeks.
"Get them off me - you're hot as fire. Are you trying to scald me to death?" Gu Mengyao said, shaking Shen Yushu's hands away in resigned irritation.
"Sister Tang Zhi, you wouldn't turn Xiaoshu away too, would you?" Finding Gu Mengyao would have none of her, she went instead to Tang Zhi.
Tang Zhi had no choice but to reach out and lay her hand against Shen Yushu's forehead. "Is this better?"
"Your hands are so cool, Sister Tang Zhi. How come you're never hot?" Shen Yushu asked with a touch of envy.
"A calm heart keeps you cool. You run laps around the room all day - how could you not be hot?" Gu Mengyao said sourly. "Tang Zhi, don't indulge her. She's using you as a cold compress. Last time she gave me heatstroke!"
"Heh, it's nothing - I'm used to it. Back in the summers I used to help my mother run her barbecue stall, and that was far hotter than this." Tang Zhi smiled and shook her head. "Children from poor families like ours are made of tougher stuff... Though my mother did always say that a child with cold hands is one nobody loves..."
"That's not true - Wei Zhao dotes on you more than anyone. I rather envy you, actually. I want to do something of my own as well, but I grew up under my father's wing, and now Wei Zhao is the one shielding me. I feel so useless - I can't manage anything at all..." Gu Mengyao sighed. "At least you've fought for things yourself..."
"I think you've done wonderfully already," Tang Zhi said, shaking her head. "You and Xiaoshu are both so even-tempered, not the least bit spoiled - nothing like those wealthy young ladies who swim in luxury and vice..."
"Luxury and vice?" Shen Yushu blinked. "Whoa, Sister Tang Zhi - are you casting aspersions?"
"..." Tang Zhi was rendered speechless for a moment, and even Gu Mengyao could not help laughing. This Xiaoshu, always derailing the conversation.
But once the laughter subsided, a silence fell over them all. The moment Wei Zhao was mentioned, they all thought the same thing without a word needing to be exchanged: well over half a month had passed with no word from him. None of them knew what he might have run into, and all of them were afraid.
"Sister Yaoyao, do you think Brother Arrow is all right?" Shen Yushu asked anxiously.
"I don't know..." Gu Mengyao sighed. "But Wei Zhao is formidable. He should be fine..."
Tang Zhi pressed her lips together and said nothing. She too believed that Wei Zhao would come home safe and sound.
The three of them were still talking when the doorbell outside the villa suddenly rang.
"Oh? Is Brother Arrow back?" At the sound of the doorbell Shen Yushu lit up with excitement and made straight for the stairs. Wei Zhao had left with Feng Xiaoxiao, and Tang Zhi already lived here, so there was hardly anyone left who might come calling at the villa; and Wei Zhao had gone out without taking his keys. That was why Shen Yushu assumed it must be him.
"Xiaoshu - clothes on!" Gu Mengyao seized her and pulled her back, reminding her sharply.