Chapter 8 — How Did You Fool My Daddy?
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"Miss, Mr. Gu said you should treat Mr. Lin as if he were your own brother and get along harmoniously... So, from today on, Mr. Lin will be staying in the villa." Qing Bo said carefully. He knew full well the temper of this little missy.
"What?" Gu Mengyao's eyes went wide, and she pointed at Wei Zhao in disbelief: "Him? My brother? What kind of joke is that, Qing Bo? Take him away, let him stay wherever he likes!"
"I'm afraid I don't have the authority to decide that, miss. It was Mr. Gu's instruction, you see..." Qing Bo said with some embarrassment. After all, he was just a driver—even though he was Gu Pengzhan's most trusted man, being caught between him and his daughter was truly a difficult position.
"Fine, I'll settle this with Daddy myself." Gu Mengyao pulled out the latest Nokia E7 from her pocket and dialed. It was a promotional gift from a recent cell phone plan—she and Shen Yushu had each gotten one.
Wei Zhao eyed the phone in Gu Mengyao's hand with some envy. Maybe he should buy himself a phone too? It was terribly inconvenient not having one for calls.
"Daddy, it's Yaoyao~" Gu Mengyao said in a voice so sweet and coaxing that Wei Zhao felt a tingle run through him. So this was how lovely a girl's voice could sound when she was being coquettish?
"Ah, Yaoyao, what is it?" Gu Pengzhan was in the middle of a company meeting, but upon seeing his daughter's call, he picked up anyway.
"It's like this, Daddy. This 'shield' you found for me—did you just hire him off some street corner?" Gu Mengyao was a little angry. In all her life, her father had never been so perfunctory with her.
"You mean Xiao Yi? Haha, your daddy went through great trouble to invite him all the way from Xixing Mountain. He's not only well-educated and skilled in martial arts, but what's even rarer, he has excellent character." Gu Pengzhan said with a chuckle.
"What the heck?" Gu Mengyao simply couldn't understand what sort of spell this man before her had cast on her father. He had said "good" three times in a row!
Gu Pengzhan heard his daughter's remark and mistook it for her being coy, so he said: "Haha, well? Are you satisfied with Xiao Yi?"
"Satisfied? How could I possibly be? For starters, his looks don't pass muster. If he's going to be my shield, at least he should be pleasing to the eye, right?" Gu Mengyao snorted. "Also, Daddy, how could you let him live with me? I'm a girl alone—how unsafe is that?"
"That's exactly why your daddy did it, because I was thinking about your safety. You living in that villa by yourself makes me uneasy, which is why I wanted Xiao Yi to keep you company. Don't worry, Xiao Yi can protect you." Gu Pengzhan deliberately pretended not to understand his daughter's meaning.
"I... he..." Gu Mengyao was so flustered by her father's words that she didn't know what to say.
But before she could get another word out, Gu Pengzhan continued: "Alright, Yaoyao, Daddy is in the middle of a mid-level management meeting right now, let's talk later."
With that, he hung up before Gu Mengyao could respond. Gu Mengyao was so angry she gnashed her teeth, her eyes wide as she stared fixedly at Wei Zhao: "Tell me, how exactly did you fool my daddy?"
(End of Chapter 8)