護花近衛 - 第347章 形象倒塌 - 墨香閣

Gu Mengyao knew perfectly well what An Jianwen wanted to know, but she could not be bothered to answer that sort of question.

An Jianwen, however, plainly had no shred of self-awareness; since Wei Zhao had not replied, he simply pressed on: "Yaoyao, you two don't sleep together at night?"

Gu Mengyao frowned, but Shen Yushu beat her to it: "I sleep with Sister Yaoyao!"

Hearing Shen Yushu's words, An Jianwen nearly dissolved into tears of gratitude. He wanted to say: a good soul, truly a good soul! Xiaoshu, I've known you for years, and at last you've said something that soothes Brother Jianwen's heart! You're a lifesaver, you really are!

An Jianwen was well aware that asking this and that was rather unseemly, but he had to know exactly what the relationship between Wei Zhao and Gu Mengyao was. It bore on his grand design for love, and he could not afford to be vague about it.

"Heh heh, so then Mr. Lin isn't your boyfriend?" From Gu Mengyao's attitude toward Wei Zhao, An Jianwen had caught a hint or two; he felt Wei Zhao did not really seem like Gu Mengyao's boyfriend.

Gu Mengyao frowned: "Brother Jianwen, just what is it you want to know?"

Gu Mengyao was tired of him too — on and on and on, was it not all to pin down her relationship with Wei Zhao? Fine, then she would tell him, and let him finish and be on his way: "Didn't Xiaoshu explain it clearly enough to you last time?"

The more Gu Mengyao said it that way, the more muddled An Jianwen became. Just where had this Wei Zhao cropped up from? Was this fellow Gu Mengyao's boyfriend or not? To be honest, An Jianwen did not quite trust Shen Yushu's words, for that little devil could lie without batting an eye, and last time's talk of "bodyguard and shield" — a phrase like that alone could be read a dozen ways.

Last time at the amusement park restaurant, An Jianwen had had no chance to think it over; but after he went home and carefully recalled Gu Mengyao's and Wei Zhao's movements and looks that day, they truly did not resemble a couple.

So then, did Shen Yushu mean that Wei Zhao was merely Gu Mengyao's bodyguard? Or a shield brought in to drive off her suitors?

Once home, the more An Jianwen thought about it, the likelier it seemed, and that was exactly why he had come to pay a visit — to wring a little information out of Gu Pengzhan by the bye. But Gu Pengzhan was not in, so he had no choice but to work on the parties concerned.

"Heh heh, I was only asking idly, no other meaning — just helping you keep watch!" An Jianwen said with a smile. "You're my little sister; if you've found yourself a boyfriend, of course your big brother has to take a look!"

"Oh... then look, if you must." Gu Mengyao was thoroughly annoyed. An Jianwen had never been so tiresome before — how was it that since coming back from abroad he had grown so impatient?

Gu Mengyao could feel that An Jianwen had once set his heart on her, but he had never been as eager as this.

Of course, Gu Mengyao was misjudging An Jianwen. The reason for his haste was that he had seen a rival appear! Before this, there had been no suitor of Gu Mengyao's he could count as a rival, so An Jianwen had not been in the least bit anxious; he had felt that Gu Mengyao would be his sooner or later, and sooner or later made no difference.

But now things were different. Wei Zhao's appearance had thrown An Jianwen's plans into complete disarray, and he had no choice but to hurry. As things stood, Wei Zhao and Gu Mengyao probably had not grown all that close yet; if he did not hurry now, would that not amount to giving up voluntarily?

"Heh heh, good. In that case, tomorrow evening I'll invite Mr. Wei Zhao out to dinner — partly to thank him for saving my life, and partly to keep watch for you!" An Jianwen said. "Yaoyao, how about it? Give your man the night off?"

"If he wants to go, let him. What's it to me?" Gu Mengyao said indifferently.