Chapter 207 — Black Panther Escapes

Still, this really did feel good — he had only brushed her wrist, and already it was quite a thrill...

Catching Shen Yushu's murderous glare, Wei Zhao gave a dry laugh and stopped taking liberties. With a heave of both hands he bent the two railings out of shape, pulling them further apart.

"There." Wei Zhao let go and stepped to one side.

"Huh?" Shen Yushu tried it and slipped easily out between the railings. "It's that simple?"

"That simple." Wei Zhao nodded.

"If it was that simple, why did you pull me just now?" Shen Yushu grew agitated. "My chest — it hurts so much!"

"Ahem... Xiaoshu!" Gu Mengyao shot her a glare. "Don't say such things."

Shen Yushu's face flushed slightly, but she didn't care. "Arrow Bro, were you doing that on purpose?"

"Yaoyao told me to do it." Wei Zhao looked rather innocent. "I thought her method was the best."

"Wei Zhao, stop sowing discord!" Gu Mengyao would have none of it. "What do you mean, my method was the best? How was I supposed to know you could pull the iron railings apart?"

"Heh..." Wei Zhao smiled. "If there's nothing else, I'll put the railings back. Don't try squeezing through next time. Though you'd probably be fine, Yaoyao."

With that, Wei Zhao bent the two railings back into their original shape.

"Wei Zhao! What do you mean by that? Are you saying your auntie here is flat-chested?" That one remark was enough to make Gu Mengyao explode.

"I didn't say that." Wei Zhao broke out in a sweat; one careless sentence and Gu Mengyao had blown up like this. "If there's nothing else, I'll be going..."

"Get back here!" Seeing Wei Zhao trying to slip away, Gu Mengyao was furious.

"Yaoyao, there are actually advantages to being small-chested — you don't get stuck..." Shen Yushu offered weakly, watching the raging Gu Mengyao.

"Xiaoshu!!!" Gu Mengyao glared at her, face dark. Is that any way to comfort someone? Get stuck? With all those big-chested girls out there, who ever got stuck? Only a fool like you could get stuck.

"Yaoyao, don't be angry. Anyway, big or small, Zhong Yongliang likes you just the same." Shen Yushu said earnestly.

"Xiaoshu, are you doing this on purpose? Whether he likes me or not, what does that have to do with me?" Gu Mengyao was about to lose her mind.

"True enough — it's Arrow Bro's liking that counts!" Shen Yushu nodded.

"..." Gu Mengyao was utterly speechless. She could no longer even be bothered to get angry with Shen Yushu; with a best friend like this, getting angry would be the death of her sooner or later. But then her eyes shifted as a thought came to her. "Xiaoshu, you lost at hide-and-seek, didn't you?"

"Huh? I..." At the reminder, Shen Yushu suddenly recalled the wager, and her vision went black. Talk about spinning a cocoon around yourself, or lifting a rock only to drop it on your own foot — she cursed her own big mouth. Why had she gone and made a wager for no reason at all?

"Yaoyao, I only lost because I got stuck. Otherwise you'd never have found me." Shen Yushu quibbled.

"Nonsense. Even if you hadn't gotten stuck, I'd have found you," Gu Mengyao said. "Xiaoshu, you can't go back on your word! Otherwise I'll never play with you again!"

"Oh..." At the threat, Shen Yushu wilted a little. "Fine then, I'll go..."

"When?" Gu Mengyao knew Shen Yushu's slyness all too well. If she said she'd go but named no time, she would drag it out forever.

"Dinner... how about at dinner?" Shen Yushu wanted time to prepare. "Yaoyao, you have to give me time to get ready."

"Fine, dinner it is!" Gu Mengyao nodded. "No going back on your word!"

"I know, Yaoyao..." Shen Yushu said with a bitter face. "But what if Arrow Bro takes it seriously?"

"Wouldn't that be good? If he takes it seriously, you marry him! You seem to like him well enough." Gu Mengyao curled her lip — though for some reason, she felt a little uncomfortable inside.

"Wow, if I marry him, then wouldn't you have to marry him too?" Shen Yushu pretended not to understand. "Yaoyao, you're so sly — you like Arrow Bro yourself, but you're using me as your vanguard, oh oh..."

"Xiaoshu! What nonsense are you spouting? Who likes him?" Gu Mengyao clapped a hand over Shen Yushu's mouth. Surely that Wei Zhao creature hadn't heard? How humiliating. And what was Xiaoshu thinking, taking a childhood joke of an oath so seriously all this time... She wasn't stupid, so why did she like the idea of being a concubine?

"Hehe..." Shen Yushu smiled and said nothing. "I won't say it. If I do, you'll just cover my mouth again, Yaoyao!"

"Hmph, let me tell you, you're not allowed to tip him off in advance. I'll be watching you." Gu Mengyao was angry now, leaving Shen Yushu no room at all.

"Huh?" That had indeed been Shen Yushu's plan — to secretly contact Arrow Bro first and tell him to play along with her that evening. She hadn't expected Gu Mengyao to block her path before she could. Had she known, she would never have provoked Gu Mengyao; provoking her only brought trouble down on herself... A real miscalculation! She had thought a bit of nonsense would make Yaoyao forget the whole thing...

Shen Yushu's eyes darted around twice, but no good solution came to mind, so she could only sigh in defeat. "All right... Yaoyao, I'll just confess..."

"That's more like it! A promise kept is what makes a good girl." Gu Mengyao nodded and pulled Shen Yushu back to the villa.

Wei Zhao had long since returned to the villa and called Uncle Qing, hoping he would come fix the car — but he was driving Gu Pengzhan to a neighboring city for a business event and would not be back for a while.

Not long after he hung up, Wei Zhao unexpectedly received a call from Qiu Lingshan. After a moment's hesitation, he answered. "What is it? Don't tell me you want me to go catch someone again?"

"Wei Zhao, Black Panther has escaped!" Qiu Lingshan's urgent voice came through the phone.

"Black Panther? Escaped?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback.

"Yes, just this afternoon, on the way from the police station to the detention center, Black Panther suddenly went berserk and injured three police officers and two auxiliary officers. One of the auxiliary officers is critically wounded and still not out of danger at the hospital..." Qiu Lingshan said.

"What? He injured three police officers and two auxiliary officers? Five people? Are you sure?" Wei Zhao was stunned. Black Panther's strength was hardly anything to speak of — how could he have taken down five people? Was this some kind of joke?

Back when he had dealt with Black Panther himself, it had been practically child's play; he hadn't even used any of his real skill. Black Panther's strength was not even half of the early Yellow Rank — he was merely a little more ruthless... Could the kid have been hiding his true strength?

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