Chapter 207 — Black Panther Escapes
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Still, this really did feel good — he had only brushed her wrist, and already it was quite a thrill...
Catching Shen Yushu's murderous glare, Wei Zhao gave a dry laugh and stopped taking liberties. With a heave of both hands he bent the two railings out of shape, pulling them further apart.
"There." Wei Zhao let go and stepped to one side.
"Huh?" Shen Yushu tried it and slipped easily out between the railings. "It's that simple?"
"That simple." Wei Zhao nodded.
"If it was that simple, why did you pull me just now?" Shen Yushu grew agitated. "My chest — it hurts so much!"
"Ahem... Xiaoshu!" Gu Mengyao shot her a glare. "Don't say such things."
Shen Yushu's face flushed slightly, but she didn't care. "Arrow Bro, were you doing that on purpose?"
"Yaoyao told me to do it." Wei Zhao looked rather innocent. "I thought her method was the best."
"Wei Zhao, stop sowing discord!" Gu Mengyao would have none of it. "What do you mean, my method was the best? How was I supposed to know you could pull the iron railings apart?"
"Heh..." Wei Zhao smiled. "If there's nothing else, I'll put the railings back. Don't try squeezing through next time. Though you'd probably be fine, Yaoyao."
With that, Wei Zhao bent the two railings back into their original shape.
"Wei Zhao! What do you mean by that? Are you saying your auntie here is flat-chested?" That one remark was enough to make Gu Mengyao explode.
"I didn't say that." Wei Zhao broke out in a sweat; one careless sentence and Gu Mengyao had blown up like this. "If there's nothing else, I'll be going..."
"Get back here!" Seeing Wei Zhao trying to slip away, Gu Mengyao was furious.
"Yaoyao, there are actually advantages to being small-chested — you don't get stuck..." Shen Yushu offered weakly, watching the raging Gu Mengyao.
"Xiaoshu!!!" Gu Mengyao glared at her, face dark. Is that any way to comfort someone? Get stuck? With all those big-chested girls out there, who ever got stuck? Only a fool like you could get stuck.
"Yaoyao, don't be angry. Anyway, big or small, Zhong Yongliang likes you just the same." Shen Yushu said earnestly.
"Xiaoshu, are you doing this on purpose? Whether he likes me or not, what does that have to do with me?" Gu Mengyao was about to lose her mind.
"True enough — it's Arrow Bro's liking that counts!" Shen Yushu nodded.
"..." Gu Mengyao was utterly speechless. She could no longer even be bothered to get angry with Shen Yushu; with a best friend like this, getting angry would be the death of her sooner or later. But then her eyes shifted as a thought came to her. "Xiaoshu, you lost at hide-and-seek, didn't you?"
"Huh? I..." At the reminder, Shen Yushu suddenly recalled the wager, and her vision went black. Talk about spinning a cocoon around yourself, or lifting a rock only to drop it on your own foot — she cursed her own big mouth. Why had she gone and made a wager for no reason at all?
"Yaoyao, I only lost because I got stuck. Otherwise you'd never have found me." Shen Yushu quibbled.
"Nonsense. Even if you hadn't gotten stuck, I'd have found you," Gu Mengyao said. "Xiaoshu, you can't go back on your word! Otherwise I'll never play with you again!"
"Oh..." At the threat, Shen Yushu wilted a little. "Fine then, I'll go..."
"When?" Gu Mengyao knew Shen Yushu's slyness all too well. If she said she'd go but named no time, she would drag it out forever.
"Dinner... how about at dinner?" Shen Yushu wanted time to prepare. "Yaoyao, you have to give me time to get ready."
"Fine, dinner it is!" Gu Mengyao nodded. "No going back on your word!"
"I know, Yaoyao..." Shen Yushu said with a bitter face. "But what if Arrow Bro takes it seriously?"
"Wouldn't that be good? If he takes it seriously, you marry him! You seem to like him well enough." Gu Mengyao curled her lip — though for some reason, she felt a little uncomfortable inside.