Chapter 204 — Very Sly
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 2
"Oh... that. I closed it casually as I went by." Gu Mengyao spoke as if it were nothing. "I was afraid there might be valuables in his room, and if we broke something during the hide-and-seek, he'd end up blaming us!"
"Uh..." Shen Yushu had never imagined this was the reason Gu Mengyao shut the door. How could she be such a schemer? This was plainly setting her up to be fooled. "Yaoyao, how can you be so underhanded!"
"Underhanded? I don't see it." Gu Mengyao laughed. "Xiaoshu, I'm on my way down now. This time, it's your turn to hide. You'd better hide well—otherwise, you'll be the one making the confession."
Dejected, Shen Yushu hung up and waited in the living room for Gu Mengyao to come downstairs. Before long, Gu Mengyao indeed made her way down from upstairs, and seeing that she had really been up there all along, Shen Yushu gritted her teeth in frustration.
"Yaoyao, my turn. Go wait in the bathroom," Shen Yushu said.
"Sure. When you've hidden yourself, just give me a call," Gu Mengyao replied casually. She had already won a round already; even if she lost this one, at worst they'd be tied, so she felt not the slightest tension.
Gu Mengyao went into the bathroom and shut the door, and Shen Yushu went to hide.
Originally, Shen Yushu had meant to hide almost anywhere this time, but after losing the last round, she couldn't risk it. She had no choice but to hide in that ultimate, foolproof spot.
Only after seeing Gu Mengyao close the bathroom door did Shen Yushu tiptoe out of the villa's main entrance and into the courtyard. In the back garden sat a small storage shed, enclosed by a metal fence, which was normally kept locked.
Since Gu Mengyao lived alone and had hardly any odds and ends, the shed had gone unused ever since the villa was bought. Long ago, though, when Shen Yushu and Gu Mengyao had once played badminton in the yard, the shuttlecock had fallen inside the fence—and Shen Yushu had squeezed through a gap in the fence to retrieve it.
It was a heaven-sent hiding place! Shen Yushu was certain that once she was inside, Gu Mengyao would never think of it, because the gate in the fence had a lock on it. Gu Mengyao probably didn't even remember where the key was. How would she ever come looking for someone here?
Shen Yushu giggled, then dashed to the fence, swung one leg over, and slipped her body through the narrow opening between the iron rails...
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