Chapter 142 — Another Wasted Trip
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Still — that villain had real nerve, to dare make a pass at even Gu Mengyao! No one had ever heard of anyone making a pass at Gu Mengyao before!
Half the time had already slipped away, and class was about to begin. Tang Yun had no choice but to go back to her classroom first — she would come again after this period. Just now, with the three school beauties standing together, they had drawn no small number of sideways glances. Tang Yun did not want to stand there and be suspected of something, so she hurried back to her own classroom...
Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had gone to the end of the corridor to look at the scenery for a while. When the bell rang, the two of them turned back — and saw that Tang Yun was gone.
"Sister Yaoyao, Tang Yun left," Shen Yushu said.
"I saw... Xiaoshu, what do you think she wanted with Wei Zhao?" Gu Mengyao had been turning that very question over the whole time she stood looking at the scenery.
"My guess is she wanted to borrow money," Shen Yushu said offhandedly. How could she possibly know?
"Borrow money?" Gu Mengyao's eyes went wide. Tang Yun, borrowing money from Wei Zhao?
"I'm just guessing," Shen Yushu said with a sly little grin.
"You're impossible!" Gu Mengyao rapped her on the head. "Forget it, never mind. Let's go back."
"How about, when she comes again, I ask her for you?" Shen Yushu blinked. "Or I could go find her in her classroom?"
"Don't you dare!" Gu Mengyao glared at Shen Yushu. "Xiaoshu, are you doing this on purpose?"
"Hehe..." Shen Yushu only smiled, and said nothing.
And so Tang Yun stood at the door of Class Five, secretly peering inside. She poked her head in, found that she had drawn a great deal of attention, and bashfully shrank back at once.
Everyone had been speculating about the purpose of Tang Yun's visit. And then, when the second period ended, Tang Yun came again — which was rather strange.
Shen Yushu looked up and happened to catch the sight of Tang Yun drawing her head back, and found it odd. Could she have come looking for Wei Zhao again? Glancing at Gu Mengyao beside her, who was reading with complete absorption, Shen Yushu rose on tiptoe and slipped out of the classroom.
"Hey!" Shen Yushu saw Tang Yun standing off to one side with her head lowered, looking flustered; she walked up and waved a hand before her eyes.
"Ah..." Tang Yun jumped. Lifting her head, she saw that it was Shen Yushu. "W-what is it?"
"You're Tang Yun, right? I'm Shen Yushu." Shen Yushu introduced herself, though Tang Yun surely knew her name already. "You've come looking for Wei Zhao again, haven't you?"
"I..." Tang Yun did not know why Shen Yushu was asking, or whether she bore Wei Zhao any ill will. Still, she nodded. "Mm..."
"Oh. Wei Zhao isn't here — he hasn't been in all morning..." Shen Yushu said. "If there's something you need, shall I pass the message along for you? I'm the study committee member, you know. Helping classmates is my duty and my responsibility."
"He... didn't come?" Tang Yun looked at Shen Yushu in astonishment. Surely she wouldn't lie to her? That very morning she had ridden the same bus to school as Wei Zhao, and he had taken advantage of her the whole way. Could all of that have been her imagination?
"He didn't." Shen Yushu nodded. "If you don't believe me, take a look for yourself — he sits in the last seat of the second row. See? There's no one there."
"Oh." Since Shen Yushu said so, Tang Yun no longer doubted that she was lying, especially when she said she was the study committee member. A class officer wouldn't lie for no reason, surely? Tang Yun was the study committee member of Class Nine herself, and with that, she felt a good deal closer to Shen Yushu.