Chapter 1909 — Word of the Pangolin
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
But class officers from any other major who wanted to get into the university student council or the departmental student council had to run for election—after all, every major's quota was limited.
Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu went off to join the elections, and Wei Zhao, with nothing to do, went back to the dormitory alone.
He had known all along that those three lechers in the dorm would pester him with questions, but he hadn't expected to be surrounded the moment he walked in.
"Hey, Wei Zhao, you're a real piece of work, you know that?" Song Xiaodao started shouting the instant he saw Wei Zhao enter. "That person who came looking for you yesterday—was that your girlfriend? And you're living with her? You even lied to us, saying you were staying at a relative's place!"
"Brother Lin, you're amazing," Bai Weituo said. "I always thought Wang Xinyan was your girlfriend, but now it looks like your girl doesn't lose to Wang Xinyan at all. If you ask me, she's bound to be on this year's The Blossom Guardian list too!"
"The Blossom Guardian list? What's that?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Oh, it's just something some students put together when they've got nothing better to do—a beauty ranking of the freshmen, compiled on the school's BBS and the department's QQ groups, with photos and profiles for us guys to refer to." Bai Weituo explained. "They do it every year; it's become a tradition at our school... Anyway, don't change the subject—of those two yesterday, which one is your girlfriend?"
"Uh... neither of them." Wei Zhao shook his head.
"Neither?" Bai Weituo was stunned, and Song Xiaodao and Zhao Shengji looked equally unconvinced. "How is that possible?"
"It's really not like that, I'm not lying to you," Wei Zhao said with a wry smile. "A relative of mine asked me to look after the two of them. They're from my hometown, so we're fairly close. Put plainly, I'm just their errand boy!"
To himself, Wei Zhao added: their errand boy from back in the day.
"Errand boy? You're kidding, right?" Bai Weituo's eyes went wide. "Brother Lin, you're not lying to us?"
"Why would I lie? It is what it is. Do you really think that if she were my girlfriend, I'd skip setting up a joint dorm social with her and go chasing after Wang Xinyan instead?" Wei Zhao spread his hands with a bitter smile.
"That does make sense—if it were me, I definitely wouldn't have done that!" Bai Weituo nodded.
Hearing Wei Zhao say all this, Zhao Shengji and Song Xiaodao did believe him, though they were still a little suspicious that Wei Zhao might be involved with one of them—Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, or Wang Xinyan.
"So what's the plan today?" Wei Zhao asked, cutting off their speculation.
"Today? Nothing much going on for our major. Xiaodao and Shengji said they want to go shopping—they're both from out of town and have never been here, so I was about to show them around. Brother Lin, want to come along?" Bai Weituo asked.
"Sure, let's go take a look together, then..." Wei Zhao said.
But no sooner had the words left his mouth than he got a call from Yang Huaijun.
"Brother Jun," Wei Zhao said as he picked up.
"Brother Jun? Lingshan and Yutian and the rest all call you Chief now. I'd better switch back too—calling you Chief rolls off the tongue better. You were our captain to begin with, our Chief!" Yang Huaijun said.
"Whatever you like... Is something the matter?" Wei Zhao knew that as his strength grew and he began making a name for himself, the people around him would return to how they had been at the very start...
"Where are you? There's something I'd like to discuss with you—some evidence concerning the Yu family... and the drug trafficking ring," Yang Huaijun said. "Before the Yu family fell, investigating them was a real hassle, but now it's much easier. We've obtained some materials..."