護花近衛 - 第44章 告訴你個秘密 - 墨香閣

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After they finished eating, the two girls went upstairs. It was already very late, about eleven o'clock, and with school the next day, they should have been resting early at this hour.

Wei Zhao stood up and walked over to the dining table, a handsome curve crossing the corner of his mouth. Although he had not heard what Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had said before, he had seen everything clearly that happened after Shen Yushu called him to eat and sat back down at the table.

The two girls had kept their voices very low, but they could never have guessed that Wei Zhao could read lips, so he had caught every word Gu Mengyao said without missing one.

So the young miss was sharp-tongued but soft-hearted after all. Wei Zhao smiled faintly as he cleared away the girls' leftovers, though they could hardly be called leftovers. Neither girl ate much, and hungry or not they could never finish four big boxes of dishes. They had only taken a few bites of the braised chicken, clearly because they were afraid of getting fat.

In truth, to be able to eat what Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu left behind would be heaven-sent luck in the eyes of many boys at No.1 High School. Take Zhong Yongliang for example. He would never get tired of it even if he ate it every day.

Wei Zhao was truly hungry. He swept away all the food on the table like wind rolling up clouds, then let out a very satisfied burp.

Footsteps sounded behind him, and Wei Zhao did not turn around. From the footsteps alone he could tell the person coming was Shen Yushu. The two girls walked a little differently, but Wei Zhao could still tell them apart with perfect accuracy.

"Wow, Arrow Brother, are you a pig? How can you eat so much?" The person was indeed Shen Yushu. She had felt a little thirsty and come down to get a bottle of drink to take upstairs, only to see a table full of completely empty boxes, which gave her quite a fright.

"Hehe." Wei Zhao smiled. "Not bad. But you two are wasteful enough, leaving this much every day."

"Now that we have you, it does not matter, does it?" Shen Yushu said dismissively. Growing up in such wealthy families, it was clearly hard for them to understand the feeling behind 'every grain in the bowl comes from bitter toil'.

Wei Zhao said no more. He understood the difference their backgrounds had created between them, so saying such things would be useless. Shen Yushu and Gu Mengyao would never understand.

"By the way, Arrow Brother, let me tell you a little secret." Shen Yushu took a bottle of black tea from the cooler, then said to Wei Zhao with a mysterious look.

"What secret?" Wei Zhao froze for a moment and looked at Shen Yushu in bewilderment.

"Sister Yaoyao said she never said she disliked you. Next time you can eat with us." Shen Yushu said in a low voice.

"I see. I understand." Wei Zhao nodded. "Thank you. But next time I will still wait until you finish before I eat."

"Why?" Shen Yushu asked, puzzled.

"I am afraid I would eat it all and leave you without enough." Wei Zhao smiled and pointed at the empty boxes on the table.

"Ha!" Shen Yushu burst out laughing at once. "I am going upstairs. You should rest early too." With that, she waved goodbye and ran upstairs.

Wei Zhao watched Shen Yushu's figure disappear into the stairwell and shook his head. This girl gave him a feeling he could not see through. She looked sweet and lovely, but she was actually very shrewd.

Because of the wound on his leg, Wei Zhao did not shower, but wiped himself down with a wet towel before getting into bed. He had not expected to get hurt here. He had not brought any of the herbs from home, so there was no way to make the wound on his leg heal quickly.

Closing his eyes, Wei Zhao began to practice the Xuanyuan Dragon Art. Although every day he hoped for a breakthrough, there was still no progress at all.

Warm sunlight poured freely into the room and shone upon Wei Zhao. He stretched lazily, opened the window, and breathed in the fresh air.