Chapter 19 — Just How Much Do You Love to Eat?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Wei Zhao again took the passenger seat, with Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu in the back. Uncle Qing started the car slowly, then asked Wei Zhao beside him, "Well? Settling in all right?"
"Not bad," Wei Zhao said with a nod.
"He's fine, but I'm not." Before Uncle Qing could speak, Gu Mengyao objected: "I'm calling Daddy right now."
"Mr. Gu flew to Xingang City for a meeting this morning; he's on the plane now," Uncle Qing said. "Miss Gu, Mr. Gu gave instructions before he left. He said that while he is away, Wei Zhao is to look after you."
"Him? Look after me?" Gu Mengyao's eyes went wide. "Uncle Qing, look at him — how could he possibly look after me?"
"I am only repeating what Mr. Gu said. Mr. Gu trusts Mr. Wei Zhao a great deal." In truth Uncle Qing could not fathom what was so special about Wei Zhao either, but as one of Gu Pengzhan's trusted men, he supported Gu Pengzhan's decisions without question.
Gu Mengyao pursed her lips. She knew Uncle Qing was merely her father's mouthpiece and would never act against his decisions. And her father was on a plane now and certainly could not take a call. At that thought, she could only swallow it for the time being. She would put up with this bastard for a few days, and settle matters once her father returned.
By then she would deploy her full arsenal of coaxing and wheedling — surely she could drive Wei Zhao off. At that thought, Gu Mengyao felt somewhat lighter.
Wei Zhao had in fact long wanted to taste campus life, but in the little mountain village where he lived there was no school at all, and not even many literate people.
Apart from Old Man Wei, there was only Ah Hu in the village — and Ah Hu's literacy had been taught by Wei Zhao himself. Thinking of Ah Hu, Wei Zhao found he rather missed him. He wondered how the boy was doing now.
The car arrived before the gates of No. 1 High School. Uncle Qing parked, and Wei Zhao was just about to get out when Gu Mengyao stopped him: "Wait."
"Hm?" Wei Zhao blinked, looking at her in confusion. It was rare for Gu Mengyao to speak to him of her own accord.
"Don't get out yet. Wait until Xiaoshu and I have gone into the school, then you get out — otherwise people will get the wrong idea." Gu Mengyao spoke with great imperiousness.
"Fine." Wei Zhao saw nothing unreasonable in her request. You're the young lady; whatever you say, I do.
"Heh, the young lady's temper is just like that — very willful. Don't take offense, Mr. Lin." Uncle Qing was rather helpless about how things stood; he too could see that Gu Mengyao was quite hostile toward Wei Zhao.
"It's nothing." Wei Zhao shook his head. "Uncle Qing, let's not talk in riddles. I've seen it plainly enough: my being here is entirely dispensable, and Gu Mengyao has no need of a study companion like me. Can you tell me the truth — what exactly did Mr. Gu hire me for, at such a price? Surely he didn't bring me here to be Gu Mengyao's shield, to swat away the flies around her?"
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