Chapter 96 — Come Shopping with Us
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
To think that everything from last night had not been a dream — Wei Zhao's mood was extraordinarily good, and his smooth breakthrough through the first level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Slaying Art made him happier still.
He got up, washed quickly, and left the room. He found that Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were already awake, leaning on the sofa watching cartoons on television.
Seeing Wei Zhao come out of the room, Gu Mengyao only glanced at him. Thinking of what had happened yesterday, she wanted to say something, yet did not know what to say, and could only shift her gaze back to the cartoon.
Shen Yushu, though, rolled her bright eyes when she saw Wei Zhao come out, waved at him, and said, "Arrow-Brand Bro, how about coming shopping with me and Yao-yao in a bit?"
"Me?" Wei Zhao was startled and pointed at himself.
"Yes. Carry our bags," Shen Yushu said with a nod.
"Can I not go?" Wei Zhao smiled bitterly. Carry bags? That job did not seem like such a good one.
"Ahem — toilet paper—" Shen Yushu coughed twice with great theatricality and said to Wei Zhao with a sly look.
"Uh..." Wei Zhao was furious. Was this girl treating the matter as a livelihood? Bringing it up once a day? Would it never end?
"Xiaoshu, why are you coughing? You have not caught a cold, have you?" Hearing Shen Yushu cough and ask for paper again, Gu Mengyao hurriedly handed her the tissue box from the coffee table.
"Ah?" Shen Yushu was startled, then realized Gu Mengyao had misunderstood. She stuck out her tongue, pulled out a tissue, and coughed twice more with great theatricality.
Wei Zhao watched, thoroughly amused, shook his head, and went back to his room to change clothes.
In any case, until Gu Pengzhan told him his assignment, the only thing he could do was keep following at Gu Mengyao's side. Since she was going out shopping, he would naturally go along.
When Wei Zhao came out in fresh clothes, Qing Bo happened to arrive with breakfast: century egg and lean pork congee cooked by the hotel's head chef, along with several delicate little pickles.
Wei Zhao helped Qing Bo set the breakfast on the dining table, and Qing Bo left with last night's food containers. Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu turned off the television and came over to the dining room to eat.
Watching Wei Zhao turn to leave, Gu Mengyao pressed her lips together. She wanted to call him back to eat with them, but a certain reserve kept the words from coming out.
"Arrow-Brand Bro, eat with us, why do not you? We have to go shopping right after, no time to wait for you to eat on your own." Before Gu Mengyao could speak, Shen Yushu had already called Wei Zhao back.
Ugh — Gu Mengyao was rather annoyed. How had Xiaoshu beaten her to it? She had meant, because of yesterday's business, to make a friendly gesture first, but... in the end, before she could even open her mouth... Never mind, this was fine too. She was Wei Zhao's employer, the one who paid his salary. Why should she make overtures to him? He should be the one making overtures to her.
At that thought, Gu Mengyao felt somewhat reassured.
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