Chapter 211 — Xiaoshu Confesses
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But it never hurts to be careful—what if it really was Gu Mengyao's request? What if it just happened to be that one time, and Zhong Yongliang would be left crying with no tears to shed?
So sometimes, knowing full well that Shen Yushu was fooling him, Zhong Yongliang had no choice but to go along with it. He was afraid it truly was Gu Mengyao's wish, and if he failed to carry it out, he would regret it far too late.
So Gu Mengyao was rather looking forward to seeing Shen Yushu get a taste of her own medicine in a moment. She finished her dinner quickly, and seeing Shen Yushu still dawdling over her saury, pulling out the bones one by one, she grew impatient: "Xiaoshu, why are you eating so slowly?"
"Chewing slowly is good for your health! Besides, there's nothing else to do, so what's wrong with eating slowly?" Shen Yushu said indistinctly between bites. "Sister Yaoyao, is something the matter?"
Gu Mengyao was so annoyed her teeth itched. It isn't that I have something to do—it's that you have something to do! Fine, keep up the act. Eat slowly, then, and let's see how long you can stall...
Gu Mengyao just watched Shen Yushu eat at her leisure. After a long while, Shen Yushu patted her little belly in satisfaction: "I'm full... Huh? Sister Yaoyao, you and Arrow Bro are both finished? You two are so in sync!"
"Are we?" Gu Mengyao gave a light snort. "Xiaoshu, didn't you tell me earlier that you had something important to say to Wei Zhao? Didn't you say you were about to take an important step in life? Well, you can say it now, can't you? I'd like to hear it too."
Wei Zhao had finished dinner and was about to head back to his room. Hearing Gu Mengyao say this, and connecting it with what Shen Yushu had told him before, he looked at Shen Yushu in some confusion. What did she want to tell him? Was this the playing along she had spoken of?
"Um... so I'll say it?" Shen Yushu looked at Gu Mengyao, then at Wei Zhao. Now that the moment had come, she felt a little shy.
"Go on, say it." Gu Mengyao urged her on.
"Arrow Bro, I like you... Actually, I've had a secret crush on you for a long time..." Shen Yushu suddenly stood up, pressed her palms together in front of her chest, and gazed at Wei Zhao with tender affection—rather like the scene in a dating sim when the girl confesses under the big tree after you clear the game.
"Uh..." Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback, then recalled Shen Yushu's earlier hint. This must be the acting she meant. At that thought, Wei Zhao stood up excitedly and seized Shen Yushu's hand. "Xiaoshu, I like you too! Actually, I started liking you the moment I came to this villa! I just never dared to confess! Truth is, I really like both you and Yaoyao..."
"Ahem, ahem..." Hearing Wei Zhao go further and further off the rails, dragging her into it as well, Gu Mengyao coughed twice. Yet she felt more and more uncomfortable inside. What was Wei Zhao doing, saying things like that? Accepting Shen Yushu's confession?
This sort of thing wasn't that shallow, was it? How could he accept the moment Shen Yushu confessed? And he even looked excited, as though he had been waiting a long time... For some reason, Gu Mengyao's heart was in a mess. She forced a smile: "Xiaoshu, I never thought you liked him?"
Shen Yushu was a little stunned. She hadn't expected Wei Zhao to react so strongly, or to excitedly grab her hand and confess to her in turn! Her heart instantly tangled into a knot... Her pulse raced. Arrow Bro liked her? No way. She had always thought he liked Sister Yaoyao.
But she had just told him to play along with her act, so he must be acting, right?
At that thought, Shen Yushu breathed a sigh of relief—and yet felt a faint, tiny pang of loss... If she really had confessed, would Arrow Bro have accepted her? Shen Yushu blushed a little.