Chapter 211 — Xiaoshu Confesses

But it never hurts to be careful—what if it really was Gu Mengyao's request? What if it just happened to be that one time, and Zhong Yongliang would be left crying with no tears to shed?

So sometimes, knowing full well that Shen Yushu was fooling him, Zhong Yongliang had no choice but to go along with it. He was afraid it truly was Gu Mengyao's wish, and if he failed to carry it out, he would regret it far too late.

So Gu Mengyao was rather looking forward to seeing Shen Yushu get a taste of her own medicine in a moment. She finished her dinner quickly, and seeing Shen Yushu still dawdling over her saury, pulling out the bones one by one, she grew impatient: "Xiaoshu, why are you eating so slowly?"

"Chewing slowly is good for your health! Besides, there's nothing else to do, so what's wrong with eating slowly?" Shen Yushu said indistinctly between bites. "Sister Yaoyao, is something the matter?"

Gu Mengyao was so annoyed her teeth itched. It isn't that I have something to do—it's that you have something to do! Fine, keep up the act. Eat slowly, then, and let's see how long you can stall...

Gu Mengyao just watched Shen Yushu eat at her leisure. After a long while, Shen Yushu patted her little belly in satisfaction: "I'm full... Huh? Sister Yaoyao, you and Arrow Bro are both finished? You two are so in sync!"

"Are we?" Gu Mengyao gave a light snort. "Xiaoshu, didn't you tell me earlier that you had something important to say to Wei Zhao? Didn't you say you were about to take an important step in life? Well, you can say it now, can't you? I'd like to hear it too."

Wei Zhao had finished dinner and was about to head back to his room. Hearing Gu Mengyao say this, and connecting it with what Shen Yushu had told him before, he looked at Shen Yushu in some confusion. What did she want to tell him? Was this the playing along she had spoken of?

"Um... so I'll say it?" Shen Yushu looked at Gu Mengyao, then at Wei Zhao. Now that the moment had come, she felt a little shy.

"Go on, say it." Gu Mengyao urged her on.

"Arrow Bro, I like you... Actually, I've had a secret crush on you for a long time..." Shen Yushu suddenly stood up, pressed her palms together in front of her chest, and gazed at Wei Zhao with tender affection—rather like the scene in a dating sim when the girl confesses under the big tree after you clear the game.

"Uh..." Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback, then recalled Shen Yushu's earlier hint. This must be the acting she meant. At that thought, Wei Zhao stood up excitedly and seized Shen Yushu's hand. "Xiaoshu, I like you too! Actually, I started liking you the moment I came to this villa! I just never dared to confess! Truth is, I really like both you and Yaoyao..."

"Ahem, ahem..." Hearing Wei Zhao go further and further off the rails, dragging her into it as well, Gu Mengyao coughed twice. Yet she felt more and more uncomfortable inside. What was Wei Zhao doing, saying things like that? Accepting Shen Yushu's confession?

This sort of thing wasn't that shallow, was it? How could he accept the moment Shen Yushu confessed? And he even looked excited, as though he had been waiting a long time... For some reason, Gu Mengyao's heart was in a mess. She forced a smile: "Xiaoshu, I never thought you liked him?"

Shen Yushu was a little stunned. She hadn't expected Wei Zhao to react so strongly, or to excitedly grab her hand and confess to her in turn! Her heart instantly tangled into a knot... Her pulse raced. Arrow Bro liked her? No way. She had always thought he liked Sister Yaoyao.

But she had just told him to play along with her act, so he must be acting, right?

At that thought, Shen Yushu breathed a sigh of relief—and yet felt a faint, tiny pang of loss... If she really had confessed, would Arrow Bro have accepted her? Shen Yushu blushed a little.

Suddenly hearing Gu Mengyao cough, Shen Yushu snapped back to her senses and looked at Gu Mengyao sheepishly: "I... Sister Yaoyao! I've finished confessing, so this matter is over. You're not allowed to bring it up again!"

"Wei Zhao, don't you have anything to say?" Gu Mengyao was curious. Wei Zhao had been so worked up a moment ago—how had he gone back to normal in the blink of an eye?

"Say what?" Wei Zhao sat there looking at Gu Mengyao. "I did say something. She confessed, I accepted."

"As simple as that? Then why aren't you excited?" Gu Mengyao was taken aback.

"Excited about what? Who knows if she meant it." Wei Zhao shrugged. "She's always carrying on like a lunatic."

"Uh..." Gu Mengyao opened her mouth, but still said nothing... Wei Zhao knew Shen Yushu's confession was just a farce?

That disappointed Gu Mengyao somewhat, and yet—secretly, faintly—gladdened her... So Wei Zhao hadn't been accepting Xiaoshu's confession after all? Gu Mengyao felt her emotions were in complete disarray now, and that she was unfit to stay here any longer. She had to go back to her room and calm down!

"Xiaoshu, come with me!" Gu Mengyao pulled Shen Yushu up and headed for the second floor, leaving Wei Zhao in the dining room without a second thought...

Shen Yushu turned back and made a face at Wei Zhao, as if the confession had never happened at all.

Wei Zhao smiled. What were these two girls up to?

He put away the leftover saury and the small side dish, planning to make something like saury stewed with potatoes in the morning, and then went back to his room. He had been prepared for Shen Yushu's confession, so he didn't think much of it.

Gu Mengyao, though, once upstairs, found herself fretting over gains and losses... If it hadn't been Xiaoshu who got stuck today, but herself who lost—would she have gone and confessed? And if it had been her, would Wei Zhao have taken it seriously?

She wasn't like Xiaoshu, who never spoke or acted reliably. Wei Zhao might well have believed her... At that thought, Gu Mengyao suddenly felt a secret vexation at her own cleverness today. If only she had hidden in Wei Zhao's room and let Xiaoshu find her...

But why would she confess to Wei Zhao? She didn't even like him. Suddenly Gu Mengyao caught herself on that point, so she shook her head and shook away all those muddled thoughts.

"Sister Yaoyao, what are you doing..." Shen Yushu had followed Gu Mengyao up to the second floor, baffled by her reaction.

"Xiaoshu, why didn't he believe your confession?" Gu Mengyao didn't even know what she was saying; her feelings were simply a mess.

"Oh, maybe because people never quite believe what I say..." Shen Yushu scratched her little head. "I'm always doing silly things?"

"Maybe so..." Gu Mengyao nodded. "All right, Xiaoshu, I'm sorry. I went too far today. I really shouldn't have forced you to confess to Wei Zhao... It's bad for your reputation. Lucky Wei Zhao didn't believe it, or how would you ever find a boyfriend?"

"Uh..."

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