Chapter 2658 — Zhong Yongliang Ran Off
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"You..."
"You..."
Wei Zhao wanted to say something, but then Gu Mengyao spoke up as well, and the two of them ended up exchanging a smile.
"You go first," Wei Zhao said with a laugh. "I'm actually fine."
"I'm fine too—I only wanted to ask, are you going to Zhong Yongliang's challenge later?" Gu Mengyao said with a gentle smile, and the tension between them eased all at once.
"I don't want to go, but I can't very well not go. He said all that over the loudspeaker—if I don't show, wouldn't that make me a coward, a son of a bitch? I don't know who my mother is, but I was raised by Old Man Wei, so wouldn't that be cursing him?" Wei Zhao shook his head with a bitter smile, speaking somewhat helplessly.
"That's true. Zhong Yongliang really is a nuisance—far too persistent. I don't like him, and I simply don't like him, yet he goes on and on, hounding me without end. If Xiaoshu hadn't kept blocking him all these years, I don't know how much more annoyed I'd be." Gu Mengyao sighed; the very thought of Zhong Yongliang gave her a headache.
"That's true, though he's quite single-minded—it's just that this endless pestering is a bit psychologically abnormal," Wei Zhao said. "And the kid's lucky too—he had a kidney cut out by An Liwen and still lives this well..."
"Forget it. Since there's no way around it, then go," Gu Mengyao said. "I just wonder what Zhong Yongliang is relying on this time. Given his temperament, if he didn't have something up his sleeve, he'd never issue a challenge so lightly."
"Then we'll just have to wait for Xiaoshu to wake up," Wei Zhao said. He already knew that Shen Yushu had gone to sound out Zhong Yongliang's hidden cards.
The hour passed quickly. As the two of them were talking, Shen Yushu opened her eyes—though she was rather dazed. "Where am I? Huh? Sister Yaoyao? Arrow Brand Brother? You're all here? Is this the dorm?"
"Xiaoshu, you suddenly fainted just now—did something happen?" Gu Mengyao was overjoyed to see Shen Yushu awake and asked at once.
"Ah... right. Earlier Zhong Yongliang said he'd demonstrate his ultimate move for me, but then I suddenly felt dizzy and knew nothing after that..." Shen Yushu recalled what had happened. "I fainted? How could that be?"
"Could Zhong Yongliang have done it?" Something occurred to Wei Zhao. "Did he use some method to make you lose consciousness?"
"Huh? It seems so—I felt a pain in my leg, like something had bitten me. I was just about to look and see what it was when I passed out!" Shen Yushu suddenly remembered the earlier situation and said quickly.
"Let me see—which leg?" Wei Zhao asked at once.
"Right here!" Shen Yushu pulled up her trouser leg, revealing a calf as fair as lotus root. On it, sure enough, was a row of tiny tooth marks. Shen Yushu was startled. "What is this? It looks like I was bitten by some insect?"
"Let me look..." Wei Zhao examined the tooth marks on Shen Yushu's calf carefully, but could not make anything of them. "Could it be some spirit beast that bit you? Surely Zhong Yongliang didn't bring in some spirit beast?"
"That's possible! If Xiaoshu knows about it, then this spirit beast must be Zhong Yongliang's hidden card—he wants to bite Arrow Brand Brother during this afternoon's challenge and knock him unconscious, and then he'll win!" Shen Yushu immediately grasped the cause and effect. "He used Xiaoshu as a test subject!"
Shen Yushu's deduction was largely correct, except that she had not guessed Zhong Yongliang's true motive; she still assumed he had been using her for an experiment.
"That's certainly possible!" Wei Zhao nodded, secretly raising his guard. If Zhong Yongliang really did use this spirit beast that bit people into unconsciousness, then Wei Zhao would have to act with care—if he fell for it and blacked out, wouldn't he be defeated before the fight even began? "Xiaoshu, I owe you thanks this time. If you hadn't put yourself in danger, I might well have been careless!"