Chapter 537 — Someone Who Looks Just Like You
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One look at Gu Mengyao's expression and Zhong Yongliang knew his plan had worked. He had pursued Gu Mengyao for three years — how could he not know her family history? He had long known that Gu Mengyao's mother, when Gu Mengyao was small, had quarreled with Gu Pengzhan and left home, and in all the years since there had been no word of her.
It was impossible that Gu Mengyao did not miss her mother, and Zhong Yongliang had seized precisely on that weak point in her heart, luring her step by step into the trap. And now it seemed he was already halfway to success.
"Since you have no sisters, then I must have been mistaken. Never mind, pretend I never said it." Zhong Yongliang shook his head and turned to walk out of the classroom, silently counting as he went: one, two, three...
"Wait!" Sure enough, Gu Mengyao's voice came from behind him. A faint smile flickered at the corner of Zhong Yongliang's mouth. I knew you would take the bait.
"Mengyao, is there something else?" Zhong Yongliang turned back, his face fawning. "Are you finally going to give me a chance to court you?"
"Stop that!" Gu Mengyao frowned. "If you keep this up, I won't speak to you again."
"No, no, I'll behave. So what did you want with me, Mengyao?" Zhong Yongliang had said that on purpose, so that Gu Mengyao would think he no longer cared about the woman who looked like her and cared only about courting her — and thus would suspect nothing.
"I'm asking you: at Twin Swallow Mountain, did you really see a woman who looks like me?" Gu Mengyao asked.
"Yes, but she's older than you, so of course I wouldn't be interested!" Zhong Yongliang declared with great earnestness. "Mengyao, rest assured, your place in my heart is irreplaceable. She only resembles you; I would never transfer my affections."
"Who asked you about that!" Gu Mengyao was rather displeased. "Zhong Yongliang, spare me the useless talk. I'm asking you: exactly where did you see her?"
"Where? That's hard to say. It was up on the mountain ridge. If I went there I might be able to find the spot, but just describing it, I couldn't make it clear..." Zhong Yongliang scratched his scalp, looking troubled.
"Take me there!" Gu Mengyao could not care about anything else. Years of longing for her mother burst out in that instant. She gave no thought to school or no school, nor had she the reason left to weigh whether Zhong Yongliang's words were true or false. She had only one thought, one single thought: to see her mother as soon as possible!
"Ah? Now? It's quite late now, and school isn't out yet!" Zhong Yongliang said, looking put out. "How about we find somewhere to eat first, and talk about going up the mountain after?"
"Zhong Yongliang, are you deliberately making excuses to get close to me? I don't want to eat now! Are you taking me or not?" Gu Mengyao's worry had clouded her judgment. She only thought Zhong Yongliang was using this chance to get closer to her; it never occurred to her that all of it was a lie he had made up!