Chapter 152 — As If I Do Not Know? "Ah?" Shen Yushu Stared at the Grinning Gu Mengyao, Knowing She Had Been Tricked—Ordinarily Gu Mengyao Would Never Joke Like That; The Two of Them Trading Places Would Have Been More Like It
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Today, however, Gu Mengyao turned contrary to all her usual ways and opened with a small joke at Shen Yushu's expense.
Which only meant that today, Gu Mengyao's mood was decidedly out of the ordinary.
Shen Yushu, strangely enough, did not argue back either. On any other day she would have had a hundred excuses waiting for Gu Mengyao, but today she nodded obediently: "All right, then. I'll drink juice!"
"Mm. That's more like it." Gu Mengyao nodded.
"Yao Yao-jie, why don't we both drink, and then take a taxi home, or call Brother Arrow to drive us back?" Shen Yushu felt the chance was too rare to waste. After finally getting out to drink, what was the fun of not drinking at all and just watching Gu Mengyao drink?
"Call him? Then what about your little yellow bug? Park it on the roadside?" Gu Mengyao turned a smile on Shen Yushu, a smile that was not quite a smile.
"Huh?" Shen Yushu's mouth dropped open in astonishment, and she stared at Gu Mengyao. "Yao Yao-jie, you... what little yellow bug are you talking about?"
"As if I really don't know?" Gu Mengyao shot her a glare. "That little scheme of yours, do you think I can't see through it? I've known you since we were little; I've seen straight through you all along. While I was changing clothes, what were you rummaging around in your bag for? You hardly ever touch that handbag of yours, do you? You weren't looking for the car keys, were you? Then you slipped out all sneaky-like and came back a moment later, and by the time we left, Wei Zhao's shoes had vanished. Did you think I really didn't notice?"
"Uh..." Shen Yushu looked a little embarrassed. She had never expected her little trick to have been discovered by Gu Mengyao long ago.
"Then you insisted on driving. When have you ever insisted on driving?" Gu Mengyao watched her with teasing eyes. "Once we were out of the villa, you made a point of honking the horn, and then a yellow bug came trailing along behind us... that wasn't yours, was it?"
"Uh... Yao Yao-jie, so you noticed all of it?" Shen Yushu was mortified. She could not help admiring how quick Gu Mengyao's mind was, working out her whole intent from a string of odd little signs like that.
"With that bastard tailing us, and it this late, would I dare set foot in a bar?" Gu Mengyao said. "But whatever you do, don't call him over later. Right now I can't stand him."
"Oh, good, then I get to drink too." Whether or not Wei Zhao was summoned, Shen Yushu did not care. Now that Wei Zhao had been found out, she had no need to hide anything or tuck anything away; with a knight to guard the flowers, the two of them naturally feared neither heaven nor earth.
"I'm in a bad mood, so I drink. What's your excuse?" Looking at Shen Yushu's smug, preening air, Gu Mengyao felt a flicker of irritation.
"I'm in a good mood. So I drink too." Shen Yushu nodded.
Gu Mengyao was speechless. Being saddled with a best friend like this was a little too much of a character-building exercise.
Shen Yushu picked out a bar called Geili Fuyun. Judging by the decor, it had to be new this year, trendy and luxurious, and lively besides. She parked the car right at the bar's entrance.
Once the car was parked, the doorman came up at once and opened the doors for Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. "Welcome to the Geili Fuyun Bar, ladies. Do you have a reservation?"
"No." Gu Mengyao locked the car and shook her head.
"Then please follow me." The doorman nodded with a smile and led Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu into the bar.
This was a classic Western-style bar, steeped in the flavor of the European and American countryside, and yet not without its luxury. Clearly the owner had sunk no small sum into the place.