Chapter 268 — Deserting at the Last Moment
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"Arrow Brand, I'm a little scared too — how about the two of us jump together?" Shen Yushu ran over and looked down the cliff. It really was frightening. She was not sure she would not desert at the last moment, just like Gu Mengyao.
"Jump together?" Wei Zhao was slightly startled, and then rather tempted. Not tempted by the chance to be close to Shen Yushu, of course, but because he did not feel safe letting her jump down alone.
When Shen Yushu had wanted to switch with Gu Mengyao earlier, Wei Zhao had been thinking about how to make her stall a while longer, or give up the jump altogether. The jade pendant had already warned him several times; the signal was faint, meaning the danger was not great, but one thing was certain — there was definitely something wrong with this bungee jump.
Not much danger — but that was only true for him. With Shen Yushu, it was another matter. So Wei Zhao was uneasy about letting her jump alone, and just as he was worrying, Shen Yushu proposed that he jump with her.
"Yes, tied to the same rope, jumping down together — then I won't be scared. Okay, Arrow Brand?" Shen Yushu was frightened too, in truth. She might be a bit bolder than Gu Mengyao, but any girl standing on a cliff this high would be afraid. Especially on a first jump — who wouldn't be? Would anyone call that normal?
Probably only that wild girl Qiu Lingshan had not been scared on her first jump, Shen Yushu thought... so she did not feel the least bit ashamed.
"No!" Gu Mengyao frowned at the suggestion. "Xiaoshu, if you're tied to him, aren't you just letting him take advantage of you?"
"Ah, take advantage?" Shen Yushu had never really thought that far. But hearing Gu Mengyao's words, she did not take it seriously. "Back at the house, he's taken advantage before, hasn't he? One more time won't hurt... Yao Yao, I really don't dare jump alone. Then how about you jump with Arrow Brand?"
"No, you go ahead!" Gu Mengyao snorted, thinking her best friend a real idiot. One more time won't hurt? Would she get used to it after enough times?
But having said it, Gu Mengyao felt a pang of regret — and in her heart, a flicker of longing to jump with Wei Zhao. With him beside her, surely she would not be afraid?
Thinking of the bank robbery, with Wei Zhao at her side, Gu Mengyao had truly felt safe and secure...
"Arrow Brand, you're not allowed to take advantage of me!" Shen Yushu did not stand on ceremony either, and said to Wei Zhao with a grin.
Wei Zhao was speechless. The way she said it, it almost sounded like a coy invitation — refusing to let him take advantage, yet seeming to offer it. Wei Zhao thought of a certain joke about being worse than a beast...
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