Chapter 910 — An Important Matter to Tell You

"Nothing much. I'll just take this one. Call the manager and have him bring it out — I don't need to look at it. Just take me to pay." Wei Zhao was rather put off, but he could not be bothered to bicker with her. He was operating on the principle of keeping a low profile these days.

"What? Buying it just like that?" The salesgirl was startled. She had not expected Wei Zhao to buy it without even looking, and she could not help but blink in surprise. Spending so much money on something and not examining it carefully? But when she saw the department store's diamond card in his hand, she understood at once that Wei Zhao had the means.

She secretly counted herself lucky — virtue truly had its reward, and her insistence on warm, attentive service had not been wrong after all. The salesgirl from Yunguangdu Jewelry opposite, however, was somewhat dumbstruck. Anyone who could produce that kind of diamond VIP card was a major client of the group's upper management!

Such people could speak directly to the higher-ups. Thinking back on the biting, caustic things she had said a moment ago, she realized that if Wei Zhao mentioned it to the mall's management, forget losing her job — even her boss's brand might be expelled from the mall!

At that thought, the salesgirl's expression changed at once. She wanted to offer Wei Zhao a few soft words, but he had already turned to go pay. In truth, Wei Zhao had never intended to hold anything against this salesgirl.

Ring worth over three hundred thousand in hand, Wei Zhao drove toward the hospital. Tang Zhi's family home had not yet finished renovations, so she was still staying at the hospital.

Wei Zhao called Tang Zhi and told her to wait for him at the hospital entrance.

By the time Wei Zhao arrived, Tang Zhi had already come out and was standing at the hospital gate. The breeze stirred her hair and the hem of her dress, and in the setting sun she looked like the silhouette of a beautiful girl — exactly the stunning loveliness that had struck him the first time he saw her.

"Phew..." Wei Zhao drew a deep breath. He had made his decision, but Tang Zhi's decision was still unknown to him.

Still, whatever Tang Zhi chose, Wei Zhao would support her.

"Yunyun!" Wei Zhao rolled down the window and called out to her.

Tang Zhi looked to be in good spirits. She turned, saw Wei Zhao, and broke into a sweet smile. She ran over quickly, opened the passenger door, and got in. "This feels so good. I even thought the past three days were nothing but a dream — it's as if you were never hurt at all..."

"Ha..." At her words, Wei Zhao could only smile bitterly. He did not know how to answer her, did not know what to say.

"What's wrong?" Tang Zhi noticed that his smile seemed a little odd and asked, puzzled.

"Nothing. Shall we find somewhere to eat first? What do you feel like having?" Wei Zhao steered the conversation elsewhere.

"All right." Tang Zhi nodded. "You've only just recovered from a serious illness, so naturally it's whatever you want to eat! My mom originally said she'd make you a barbecue, but you can't grill anything at the hospital. How about after the new house is renovated?"

After the new house is renovated? Where would he be by then? Probably back in his hometown already.

"Let's go to Starlight Splendor, then," Wei Zhao said. He had never taken Tang Zhi to such a high-class hotel — not that he could not afford it, but because he was not one for pomp and had little interest in such places.

But today was his and Tang Zhi's last supper, a farewell dinner, and Wei Zhao wanted to do it with a little ceremony. Even if Tang Zhi did not agree with his decision, it would still be a beautiful memory for him.

When Tang Zhi saw Wei Zhao drive into the parking lot of the Starlight Splendor Hotel, she was taken aback. "This place is really expensive, isn't it? Why come here all of a sudden? It's just the two of us — something simple would have been fine!"

"Didn't you say I've only just recovered from a serious illness? Then let's celebrate here," Wei Zhao said.

"Oh. Well, all right then." Tang Zhi felt a pang of reluctance. She was not the sort of girl who was greedy for money or vain — her character could not have been more different from her mother's. In Tang Zhi's view, one had to keep one's dignity even in poverty.

Wei Zhao asked for a small private room. Since it was an ordinary room, no advance reservation was needed.

The finest hotels Tang Zhi had ever been to were the Pengzhan Business Hotel, where the eldest young lady had treated them before, and now the Starlight Splendor Hotel here.

Wei Zhao handed the menu to Tang Zhi. She flipped through it casually and was immediately shocked — the dishes were frighteningly expensive. The price of one perfectly ordinary dish would have bought a whole meal outside. Tang Zhi truly did not dare to order.

She hesitated, then handed the menu back to Wei Zhao. "You'd better do it..."

"Heh..." Wei Zhao understood Tang Zhi's thinking. He casually ordered a few dishes and sent the waiter out. He had come here mainly to lay his cards on the table with Tang Zhi, not to eat.

"What a waste of money!" Tang Zhi glanced at Wei Zhao and pouted. She knew he could earn, but she disliked extravagance. Money could be spent where it was truly needed, yet spending so much on a single meal that might not even be all that delicious made her heart ache.

"Heh, we're not even married yet, and you're already managing me?" Wei Zhao said with a laugh.

"So what if I am? Do you want to be managed or not?" Tang Zhi fixed her bright eyes wide on Wei Zhao.

"Heh, sure, as long as you're willing to keep managing me forever..." Though Wei Zhao said this with a smile, there was a faint note of sorrow in it...

"Unless you don't want me!" Tang Zhi, hearing his answer, looked rather pleased with herself.

"I'm afraid you won't want me." Wei Zhao's expression turned solemn, and he spoke with great seriousness.

"?" Tang Zhi was startled and glanced at Wei Zhao in surprise. His words had been half in jest, but his expression left her thoroughly puzzled. "Why are you so serious?"

Wei Zhao was about to answer when a knock came at the door of the private room. The waiter had begun bringing in the dishes.

The dishes Wei Zhao had ordered were all quick stir-fries, nothing complicated, so they were served in no time. This too was deliberate on his part, to keep the waiter from coming in and out and interrupting his conversation with Tang Zhi.

"Yunyun, the reason I asked you out this time is that there's actually something very important I need to tell you." After the waiter had gone, Wei Zhao paused to collect himself before speaking.

"Huh?" Tang Zhi had already half forgotten his earlier seriousness. Now that the food had arrived, she was just about to pick up her chopsticks when Wei Zhao spoke. She quickly set them down and looked at him questioningly. "What is it? What's so important that you're this serious? Your expression is frightening..."