護花近衛 - 第210章 達成協議 - 墨香閣

Although her tone betrayed deep concern, Wei Zhao read a different flavor in her eyes. Shen Yushu was not angry in the least about her car being wrecked.

Could she have some other aim after all? Watching Gu Mengyao prodding him on from the side, Wei Zhao grew ever more certain that these two girls were keeping some secret from him.

"What sort of settlement? You're not going to make me pledge myself to you, are you?" Wei Zhao looked at Shen Yushu with a perfectly innocent air.

"Um..." Shen Yushu's words caught in her throat. She had already been on edge about the coming confession, and hearing Wei Zhao speak of pledging himself to her flushed her cheeks crimson in spite of herself.

Just then, Gu Mengyao's phone started ringing. She took it out and saw that the caller was her daddy, Gu Pengzhan. She did not want to be distracted at a moment like this, but it was a call she could hardly ignore.

"Hello, Daddy?" Gu Mengyao answered.

"Yaoyao, I'm at a meeting in the neighboring city and had Xiao Zhang bring over your dinner. Has he arrived yet?" Gu Pengzhan's voice came over the line.

"He's here. He just left." Gu Mengyao was anxious to end the call as quickly as she could.

Meanwhile, Shen Yushu seized the very instant Gu Mengyao was on the phone to whisper to Wei Zhao, "Arrow Bro, after dinner, you play along and act out a little scene with me, and the matter of the car is settled! Got it?"

"What—" Wei Zhao had just started to ask which scene, but Shen Yushu cut him off at full volume.

"Arrow Bro, you broke my car, so you have to promise me one thing! I haven't thought of what it is yet—I'll tell you once I do!" Shen Yushu said loudly, afraid that Wei Zhao's questions would catch Gu Mengyao's attention.

Seeing her being so secretive, Wei Zhao more or less understood that she was hiding this from Gu Mengyao. By rights he could have refused outright—he had been hired by Gu Pengzhan, so his chief responsibility was to Gu Mengyao. But since Shen Yushu was seizing on the car as a pretext, Wei Zhao could only nod his agreement.

"Xiaoshu, keep your voice down!" Gu Mengyao frowned slightly, finding it increasingly hard to make out her daddy's voice on the phone.

"Yaoyao, you're talking with Xiaoshu, aren't you? All right then, nothing else. I'll be back tomorrow. We'll speak again then." Hearing his daughter's words, Gu Pengzhan hurriedly hung up.

"Oh, all right... Bye, Daddy." Gu Mengyao ended the call, but her eyes stayed fixed on Shen Yushu. "Xiaoshu, what exactly are you up to?"

"Nothing..." Shen Yushu stuck out her tongue. "I just want Arrow Bro to compensate me, but since I haven't decided what compensation I want, I'm having him promise me a condition instead! Arrow Bro, you still haven't said whether you agree!"

"Fine." Knowing full well she was putting on a show, Wei Zhao went along with it.

"Then it's settled!" Shen Yushu nodded with a grin, shot Wei Zhao a look full of hidden meaning, then turned to Gu Mengyao. "Sis Yaoyao, Arrow Bro and I have reached an agreement about the car! Let's have dinner... Wow, braised hairtail—my absolute favorite! La la la..."

With that, Shen Yushu snatched the lunchbox out of Wei Zhao's hands and dashed into the villa.

Gu Mengyao watched her in bafflement. What had gotten into her? All that wild, giddy behavior—could she really have already settled things with Wei Zhao? That didn't seem right. She had been watching the girl the whole time, and there had been no chance for her to say any more than a few words. She looked at Wei Zhao and asked, "What's wrong with Xiaoshu?"

"How would I know?" Wei Zhao shrugged. "If I hadn't seen her chest get squeezed this afternoon, I'd have thought it was her head that got squeezed..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Gu Mengyao shot him a withering glare. "I won't have you speaking nonsense about Xiaoshu."

"..." Wei Zhao smiled faintly. You've been completely fooled by Xiaoshu, and you're still standing up for her?