Chapter 172 — Confirming the Rumor: Hearing Li Erlan's Words, Tang Yun's Face Turned Pale in an Instant, She Gritted Her Teeth and Lowered Her Head

A trace of killing intent flashed through Wei Zhao's eyes. Had it not been for the occasion, had he not been bound by this identity, Li Erlan would already be a corpse by now.

He cast a cold glance at Li Erlan. "Do not give me a reason to move against you. Watch yourself."

With that, Wei Zhao seized Tang Yun by the hand. "Get in the car!"

"Ah... oh..." Tang Yun's heart was in turmoil, flustered by Wei Zhao's sudden appearance and helpless and nervous over what Li Erlan had said. With Wei Zhao pulling her hand like that, she was too bewildered even to think of resisting, and before she knew it he had pushed her into the passenger seat.

Once Tang Yun was settled, Wei Zhao got in, started the engine, and sped away in a cloud of dust.

Li Erlan stared hard after Wei Zhao's departing car and muttered with contempt, "Driving a car made for women, who are you trying to impress? Just you wait!"

Alone at the bus stop, Li Erlan did not dare do anything to Wei Zhao. The fact that Wei Zhao had pried open the bus door yesterday and thrown him off still chilled him. At the very least it proved Wei Zhao was no weakling, and with his backside still hurt, he would surely come off worse in a fight.

But Li Erlan would never let it end like this. Those harsh words before were not meant to frighten Wei Zhao, they had solid backing. Could Wei Zhao guard Tang Yun close at hand all day long? Besides, what was a Beetle to boast of? He had his own backer too. Once he told Bing Shao about this, would Wei Zhao not be done for?

Cursing his bad luck under his breath, Li Erlan stood up. Seeing the crowd gathered by the platform laughing at him, he swore, "What the hell are you looking at? Mind your own business and get lost!"

At his scolding the crowd only laughed louder, and someone said in a low voice, "We are just looking at how you busted your butt..."

Though Li Erlan was a thug from the shantytown, he did not dare openly defy so many people. He could only walk off red-faced, patting his backside.

The car had driven for a while before Tang Yun came to herself. How had she gotten into the car in such a daze? And he had even held her hand... What on earth had she done?

Her mind had been in such a mess at the time that she had let Wei Zhao push her into the car, and only now did she realize something was wrong.

"Hey, stop the car!" Tang Yun looked up, gazing at Wei Zhao helplessly with a flushed face. How had she ended up in his car? Now it was done. If anyone saw them, would the rumor not become true?

Indeed, the rumor had already become true. Liu Xinwen had left home to catch the bus when she saw Tang Yun. She was about to call out to her, only to see Wei Zhao take her by the hand and lead her into the car...

Liu Xinwen opened her mouth but in the end she called out nothing, for Tang Yun had already ridden off in Wei Zhao's car and vanished from sight...

"That Yun girl, she actually lied to me! She is already riding in Wei Zhao's car and still says there is nothing..." Liu Xinwen stamped her foot in anger. "What is to be done? Has she forgotten Xiao Fen's lesson?"

Still burning with anger, she looked up and saw Li Erlan limping toward her, which only added fuel to the fire. She knew very well that Li Erlan fancied Tang Yun, and it was only because the formidable Liu Xinwen usually stayed by Tang Yun's side that Li Erlan never dared go too far!

What kind of person was Liu Xinwen? She was the sort who would seize a cleaver and cut a man down, one who feared nothing, not even death! So Li Erlan never provoked such a woman lightly.

"Li Erlan, what are you twisting about for? Is your skin itching? Shall I loosen it for you?" Liu Xinwen vented all her fury on Li Erlan.

"No, no! Sister Wen, I took a fall and cannot walk straight..." Li Erlan shook his head hastily. This woman was more than he could afford to offend. He felt damn unlucky to the core, bullied by Wei Zhao and now scolded by Liu Xinwen.

He would surely tell Bing Shao about this and let that boy learn how powerful he was! As for Liu Xinwen, once he was on good terms with Bing Shao, he would no longer fear her!

"Stop the car? Are you not going to school?" Wei Zhao asked, watching Tang Yun glance anxiously this way and that.

"I am going to school, but let me out. What if someone sees us?" Tang Yun said anxiously, yet she dared not move rashly. With the car racing along, how could she just open the door?

"I have business this morning and will not go to school. I will drop you at the snack street in a bit." Wei Zhao smiled. "That should be all right now, is it not?"

"You... how can you be like this..." Tang Yun wanted to argue back but could find no reason. She could only glare sullenly at Wei Zhao, feeling that ever since she had met him, her ties with him had become hopelessly tangled.

"Believe it or not, I was really just passing by." Wei Zhao shrugged innocently.

Tang Yun would not believe a word of it. How could there be such a coincidence? They met yesterday and they meet again today?

Still, she pouted, knowing she could never win an argument with Wei Zhao. Feeling wronged, she sat there like a bullied child, turning her head to look out the window and trying her best not to look at Wei Zhao.

"About yesterday, was it you who spread the rumor?" Tang Yun gazed out the window for a while, then suddenly remembered she still had to question Wei Zhao.

"Yesterday?" Wei Zhao was taken aback and looked at Tang Yun in surprise, utterly at a loss. "What happened yesterday?"

"You..." Tang Yun could not tell whether Wei Zhao truly did not know or was only pretending. She could only grit her teeth and say, "You wrote me a love letter..."

"I wrote you a love letter?" Wei Zhao was stunned again, then recalled the rumor going around the school yesterday and could not help smiling bitterly. "Am I such a boring man? If I wanted to pursue you, would I need to spread rumors?"

"That..."

Shameless as Wei Zhao's words sounded, Tang Yun did not doubt him this time! Indeed, he was right. If he wanted to pursue her, why would he need to spread rumors? He had already won Mother Tang over so completely that she wished Tang Yun would make friends with him. Was there any need to invent such pointless gossip? It would only make her dislike him more.

"Perhaps someone saw us and misunderstood." Wei Zhao thought to himself, my dear girl, I would have to be sick to spread rumors. I already have two young ladies at home, and they lost their tempers just last night.

"Oh..." Tang Yun answered aggrievedly and pursed her lips. "Then from now on... stop coming to me all the time... or people will be even more convinced it is true..."

"Ha, it really was a chance meeting." Wei Zhao said helplessly. How could he explain it? Every time was a chance meeting.

Tang Yun ignored him, sitting quietly with her chin resting on her hand until the car reached the snack street behind the school. Wei Zhao parked the car and unlocked the central lock.

Tang Yun opened the door and got out, then suddenly remembered Mother Tang had asked her to tell Wei Zhao to come over on the weekend. Though she did not want to speak to Wei Zhao again, if she said nothing now, Mother Tang might press her to go to Wei Zhao's classroom alone to find him, and would that not confirm the school rumor even more?