Chapter 580 — Clearing Up the Misunderstanding

"Wh-what did he say?" Tang Zhi's heart tightened, and she looked at Liu Xinlan nervously.

"Wei Zhao, ah..." Liu Xinlan deliberately drew the words out. "He was worried to death. Said he'd be right over!"

"Oh..." Warmth flooded Tang Zhi's heart at once, though her face flushed red. She glared at Liu Xinlan with her lovely eyes. "You... you did that on purpose to make me nervous!"

Then she saw that her mother was already beaming, and Tang Zhi grew even more certain that Liu Xinlan had done it deliberately. Earlier, when Liu Xinlan made the call, she had been sitting on the bed, some distance away, so Tang Zhi could not hear what Wei Zhao said on the phone. But Mother Tang was sitting right beside Liu Xinlan, so naturally she could hear every word.

"Yunyun, it seems Wei Zhao still likes you. Tell me, could there be some misunderstanding in all this?" Liu Xinlan had calmed down by now. Wei Zhao's panic just now had been no act; it was genuine worry for Tang Zhi.

Wei Zhao had always been steady, never rattled by anything. Even when trouble came, he would not behave like this. Surely he would only be so agitated when the one involved was Tang Zhi herself.

"I... I don't know." Tang Zhi felt shy, and a faint sweetness stirred in her heart. He really did care about her? Did he love her? Even with her face ruined, would he still come to look after her? But then what was the business with Feng Xiaoxiao?

Tang Zhi's heart began to swing between hope and fear again. As for whether her face was ruined, she no longer gave it any thought...

"That's right, Yun'er. I can see that Wei Zhao likes you. How about this — in a little while I'll have a word with him, and see what he means by this girlfriend of his, and where he really stands!" Mother Tang was delighted too. "I hear that many marriages between great families are unhappy. Those men keep mistresses on the side, and what they truly love is the mistress, not the wife. If that's the case, you still have a chance!"

"Mom, what nonsense are you talking!" Tang Zhi's mood had improved a good deal, so when her mother began to joke, she no longer resisted the way she had before...

Wei Zhao rushed out of the school, got straight into his car, and sped off toward the First People's Hospital. On the way, he called Fat Lai. "Fat Lai, are you back yet?"

"Just got back, heading to the company now to look into the new product launch. Our orders have already passed ten million!" Fat Lai was overjoyed. It was only the first day, and already so many orders had come in! Of course, many of them came from businesses connected to the families at the auction — they had gotten the news at the first opportunity.

"Do you have Chuangshang on hand? Bring a bottle to Room 512 in Ward Two of the First People's Hospital, and hurry." Wei Zhao hesitated, then added, "Bring a bottle of painkiller too."

Chuangshang was already in mass production, so Fat Lai had plenty of samples on hand, and though the painkiller was not yet in mass production, there were still some samples. The deluxe version of Chuangshang, however, was gone; Wei Zhao had just returned and had not mixed up a new batch. But Tang Zhi's injury was fresh, so she did not need the deluxe version — the ordinary one would do the job.

In fact, the doctors at the First Hospital knew about Tang Zhi's wound as well, and that it had been healed with Divine Physician Kang's Golden Wound Salve — only, that salve was not something an ordinary person could buy. It was priceless and unavailable, and even the hospital had none, so they simply had not brought it up.

"I've got them. I'll be right there!" Fat Lai said no more. Having received Wei Zhao's order, he set about carrying it out at once — such was Fat Lai's character. Whatever Wei Zhao said, he obeyed without question.

Wei Zhao paid no heed to traffic lights, driving straight for the hospital. Even if the cameras caught him, Fat Lai could pay the fines. Wei Zhao did not care about fines at this moment; Tang Zhi mattered far more.

He hurried into the ward, his emotions unsettled for the first time. Without even pausing to greet Mother Tang and Liu Xinlan, he took Tang Zhi's hand. "Tang Zhi, what happened to you? How could you be so careless?"

Seeing the deep concern in Wei Zhao's eyes, Tang Zhi's cheeks flushed slightly and her heart brimmed with sweetness. But out of shyness she tried to pull her little hand free of his big one. "You... let go of me! Why did you even come here? What if Feng Xiaoxiao finds out?"

"Feng Xiaoxiao?" Wei Zhao was taken aback.

"She... she's your girlfriend now. What am I?" Tang Zhi found his expression a little strange, but she still reproached him with a bitter ache in her heart.

"She? My girlfriend? Since when was she my girlfriend?" Hearing Tang Zhi's words, Wei Zhao was caught between laughter and tears. "You're my girlfriend. How did it become her?"

Wei Zhao's words left both Mother Tang and Liu Xinlan dumbstruck!

Tang Zhi was so astonished she did not know what to say, and inside, she was overjoyed! She had already steeled herself for the worst. Her mother had told her to become Wei Zhao's mistress, and honestly, though she had resisted the idea emotionally, it was not a resistance from the bottom of her heart. If she had to, she could have accepted it.

But Wei Zhao's words now filled her with both shock and delight! Whether he was merely humoring her or truly meant it, Tang Zhi was already overjoyed! At the very least, it showed that Wei Zhao still cared about her!

"Earlier she told me she was your girlfriend, and that the damned money you gave my mother was a breakup fee for me..." Tang Zhi recounted in a low voice what had happened before, including how she had smashed her own phone...

Wei Zhao was at a loss for words, his face darkened with exasperation. So his money had been delivered to the wrong purpose after all! Feng Xiaoxiao had picked her moment well, arriving just in time to pass it off as a breakup fee. He could not help but smile bitterly. "You still do not know what Feng Xiaoxiao is like? She runs wild all day long and dares to do anything. How could you believe a word she says?"

"I..." Hearing Wei Zhao's explanation, Tang Zhi realized she had misunderstood, and truly felt at a loss for words. Yet she also secretly felt a little ashamed. Yes, she had not trusted Wei Zhao. If she had trusted him, would things have come to this?

But a girl's heart is always sensitive, especially a girl newly swept up in love, who fears losing her beloved all the more. So Tang Zhi could hardly be blamed for being suspicious. Who could help it, when things had fallen out so conveniently?

Mother Tang, meanwhile, was beaming with joy. From the look of it, all of this had been a misunderstanding! She could not help but blame her daughter in her heart. How could she be so petty and suspicious? Even if Feng Xiaoxiao truly had something going on with Wei Zhao, you still should not have given up on yourself like that. You had to hold on, had to seize your happiness! How could you just assume the worst and let it go?

Thank goodness Wei Zhao had come and cleared up the misunderstanding.