Chapter 143 — They've Come Knocking at the Door
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At noon, during the lunch break, Tang Yun went again to the doorway of Class Five, Senior Year Three. This time she didn't dare look for Shen Yushu; instead she found a rather frail-looking girl with glasses and asked her about Wei Zhao...
The girl was plainly the sort who heard nothing of the world beyond her window, her mind fixed on nothing but her studies. She didn't even know whether Wei Zhao had come that morning, nor had she paid him any attention at all. Only after peering into the classroom on Tang Yun's behalf did she confirm that Wei Zhao was not inside.
Tang Yun was disappointed, and at the same time rather annoyed. Was Wei Zhao deliberately playing her for a fool? He had clearly agreed with her mother to bring the formula today, and yet the whole morning there had been no sign of him. What was that supposed to mean?
Wei Zhao, for his part, walked into the classroom right on the bell for the one-thirty afternoon class. Shen Yushu poked Gu Mengyao beside her: "Yao-yao jie, Arrow Brand Bro is here."
"Oh..." Gu Mengyao looked up at Wei Zhao and found him looking her way as well; she couldn't help lowering her head, though her mind was turning over just what this thing had to do with Tang Yun.
"Yao-yao jie, you don't seem very happy?" Shen Yushu could tell that Gu Mengyao's spirits were low, a sullen look about her.
"No, it's nothing, just a little tired..." Gu Mengyao pressed a hand to her shoulder, and then... as if offhandedly: "Xiaoshu, what do you suppose Wei Zhao was running around doing all morning?"
"How would I know? Want me to ask for you?" Shen Yushu thought to herself, Gu Mengyao really does seem a little different about Arrow Brand Bro?
"Is that so... then... go ahead and ask..." Gu Mengyao hesitated a moment, then agreed.
"Oh, then should I ask Tang Yun what she wanted with him, too?" Shen Yushu took out her phone, ready to send a text. Before, when Wei Zhao had no phone, Shen Yushu could only pass him notes; but now that Wei Zhao had one, there was no need for such a primitive method.
"Ask that..." Gu Mengyao was about to say what's the point of asking that, but by some strange impulse she swallowed the words: "Suit yourself..."
"Hehe..." Shen Yushu began composing the message on her phone, then selected Wei Zhao's number and pressed send.
"In the village there's a girl named Xiaofang... beautiful and kind..."
A pleasant ringtone sounded, only the song... was really a bit too old...
Class was about to start, and the classroom was dead quiet, so the ringtone seemed rather abrupt... Everyone immediately turned their heads toward the sound.
Wei Zhao was a little embarrassed. When he'd gotten up that morning, afraid he would miss a call from Yang Huaijun, he had set his phone to standard ringtone mode, and after returning to school he'd forgotten to switch it back to vibrate.
He hurriedly took out his phone and pressed a button. Fortunately it was only a text message.
Most people merely glanced over and turned back. Gu Mengyao knew it was Shen Yushu's doing and smiled with pursed lips. Shen Yushu, however, secretly stuck out her tongue: this isn't my fault, who told you not to set your phone to vibrate?
Wei Zhao glanced at his phone and saw it was from Shen Yushu. He opened the message: "Yao-yao jie told me to ask what you were doing all morning?"
Wei Zhao shook his head with a smile. The young miss really was curious. And Shen Yushu, this girl, wasn't she throwing Gu Mengyao under the bus? Wei Zhao could guess what Gu Mengyao was thinking.
In Wei Zhao's view, the young miss was the sullen type, cold on the outside and fiery within... Though she wore an expression like he owed her several million, sometimes she did show him a bit of concern... This employer wasn't bad, all things considered.
It must be that Gu Mengyao wanted to ask what he'd done that morning but was too embarrassed to speak up, so she'd had Shen Yushu ask for her. And in the end, Shen Yushu had exposed her outright.