Chapter 825 — The Little Troublemaker

When Manager Wang saw that Gu Mengyao had changed her mind and no longer wanted the dress, and then watched Gou Huli stalk off in a fury, he could guess well enough what had happened: Gou Huli must have offended the young lady, and the young lady had gotten angry with her, which had led to this scene.

Naturally, Manager Wang was not about to ask. If the young lady did not want it, then she did not want it. He kept up his pretense of knowing nothing and said to Gu Mengyao, "Miss Gu, why don't you look around a bit more? If you need anything at all, feel free to contact me anytime. Here is my card..."

"Very well, Manager Wang. Go about your business, then." The young lady took the card he offered and handed it to Wei Zhao.

Manager Wang looked at Wei Zhao, and a flicker of something strange passed through his eyes. Rumor had it that Gu Pengzhan had found himself a son-in-law, the company's second-largest shareholder—yet one who had never once attended a board meeting. Could this man beside the young lady be that second-largest shareholder?

But judging by his clothes and bearing, he certainly looked shabby enough. Even so, Manager Wang did not dare underestimate him. Rich men had all sorts of peculiar tastes. And look at the young lady herself—she wore nothing but the ordinary tracksuit issued by her school. From appearances alone, no one could possibly guess who she was.

Gu Mengyao had no desire to keep shopping either. There was nothing she wanted to buy, so she said to Shen Yushu, "Xiaoshu, what shall we do now?"

"I don't know. I was actually pretty excited—I thought I'd get to watch a fun head-pulling, but that old hag turned out to be a fraud." Shen Yushu complained, somewhat peeved. "I'm so bored. Let's go see if there's anything fun to do?"

"What fun could there possibly be around here?" Gu Mengyao did not think there was anything entertaining on this commercial street.

"There is! Not far from here there's a Tandy Wonderful Years arcade. I want to check it out..." Shen Yushu said.

"What's so interesting about an arcade? There are lots of thugs and lowlifes from the streets there—it's dangerous!" Gu Mengyao said instinctively. Shen Yushu had wanted to go to an arcade before, but Gu Mengyao had refused her using that very excuse.

"Now we have Arrow Brand Bro, so there's nothing to be afraid of!" Shen Yushu said. "If any thugs bother us, we'll just have Arrow Brand Bro beat them up!"

Gu Mengyao was momentarily taken aback at Shen Yushu's words. Indeed, now that there was a top fighter like Lin Da beside them, there really was no danger. Ordinary small-time thugs would not be able to do anything to Wei Zhao.

"Wei Zhao, Xiaoshu wants to go to the arcade?" Gu Mengyao looked toward Wei Zhao.

Wei Zhao was somewhat surprised—the young lady had actually begun asking for his opinion? She never used to do that. It seemed that after the incident at the hospital, the young lady really had changed a little.

"Then let's go. It's the weekend, after all." Wei Zhao did not mind. "Since we're out already, there's no harm in taking a look."

Wei Zhao figured that if he let these two girls go back and paint the house, he would probably end up suffering for it. Better to let them go raise hell at the arcade instead.

In truth, Gu Mengyao also wanted to see what an arcade was like. She was a grown woman now—if she told people she had never been to an arcade, would they laugh at her? Yet that truly was the life the young lady and Xiaoshu had led before they met Wei Zhao: seemingly glamorous, but flat and flavorless.

The three of them left Pengzhan Commercial Building. Wei Zhao drove, following the directions Shen Yushu gave, and arrived at a large entertainment center that combined electronic games, billiards, and an internet cafe all in one. There were plenty of young people coming here to play, and from the frequency of people going in and out, one could tell the business was booming.

Half of the entertainment center's first floor was an electronic arcade, and the other half a billiards hall. Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had never been here before; they had only ever seen such places on television.

"Wei Zhao, go buy some game tokens?" Gu Mengyao knew that this place used game tokens, so she said to Wei Zhao.

Wei Zhao nodded and headed toward the counter.

Meanwhile, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu wandered casually around the arcade, intending first to see whether there were any fun games.

"Hey there, beauties, want to play together?" Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had barely stepped into the arcade when they were spotted by a few delinquent youths near the entrance. Seeing the two of them on their own, someone came over to chat them up—a young man with red-dyed hair.

Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were the kind of presence that drew attention wherever they went. Although today they wore only ordinary tracksuits, it gave them all the more of a student air, which made those delinquents think they had no important backing.

Gu Mengyao gave the red-haired youth who had spoken a cold glance and ignored him. Shen Yushu, however, was rather curious. "Hey, how come your hair is red? Was it like that when you were little too?"

"Hey, you want to know? I wouldn't mind taking you somewhere with no one around and letting you study it up close." The red-haired youth, seeing that a big-breasted girl like Shen Yushu was actually paying attention to him, grew excited at once and spoke up.

"Not really." Shen Yushu shook her head. "I just think it looks hideous. Like a turkey."

Hearing the less than flattering remark, the red-haired youth's mood soured immediately. "Little girl, what's that supposed to mean? If you don't want to play, fine, but there's no call for insults."

Gu Mengyao was rather annoyed. Shen Yushu really was a magnet for trouble—no sooner had she arrived than she stirred something up. If I'd known, I'd never have come! If Wei Zhao weren't here, the two of us would be in real trouble! Truth be told, Shen Yushu was not stupid either. Were Wei Zhao not here, she would never have gone looking for trouble.

The red-haired youth's words promptly drew over several delinquent youths, who surrounded Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu in their midst.

"What do you want?" Gu Mengyao frowned. She had not expected these people to be so utterly brazen. Was there no security here?

Gu Mengyao had never been to a place like this before, so naturally she did not know that there was basically no security here at all—only a handful of local thugs who kept an eye on the floor, and unless something really big blew up, they would not come out.

"She insulted our Brother Red Hair—what do you think we want?" A bald delinquent with a cigarette dangling from his lips pointed at Shen Yushu and egged the others on.

"All right, then let's say she was in the wrong. I apologize on her behalf. That should settle it, shouldn't it?" Gu Mengyao did not want any trouble.

"Settle it? You think you can just say it's settled? Tell you what—let this girl keep our Brother Red Hair company for a while, and we'll call it even!" the bald one said.

"Don't push your luck." How could Gu Mengyao possibly agree to such a demand? Let Xiaoshu keep them company?

"Push our luck? First time here, are you? You don't know the rules—then don't come back! But this time, you'll still have to do things by the rules!" Red Hair said coolly. "Play a race with me, and I won't do anything to her—at most cop a feel. Otherwise, if word gets around that someone crossed Red Hair and just walked away scot-free, I'd have a hard time holding my ground in this joint from now on!"