Chapter 33 — You Want to Molest Us?
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Qing Bo started the car only after Wei Zhao had gotten in. In the back seat, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had fallen rather quiet. Whether it was because they had seen what happened to Wei Zhao in the restroom today, or because the scene on the rooftop had shaken them, neither had much to say. Gu Mengyao, astonishingly, did not complain to Qing Bo about him, nor did she snipe at him with her usual sarcasm.
"Qing Bo, pull over at the bank up ahead. Xiaoshu and I need to get a card made," Gu Mengyao instructed him.
Her reminder made Wei Zhao remember: the school required every student to open a bank card, saying that tuition and miscellaneous fees would be deducted from it in the future.
Qing Bo asked no questions. He nodded and parked the car near a bank not far ahead. It happened to be rush hour, and the streets were crowded with traffic; this bank, moreover, was one of those open twenty-four hours, the only one in the vicinity, so everyone coming to do business had left their cars parked at the entrance, making the traffic rather chaotic.
Wei Zhao got out of the car with Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. Gu Mengyao immediately knitted her brows. "What are you following us for?"
"Don't forget, I'm a student at the school too," Wei Zhao said with a smile.
Only then did Gu Mengyao remember that Wei Zhao had become part of the school today as well, and naturally he needed a bank card too. She said nothing more, took Shen Yushu by the hand, and walked into the bank.
The instant Wei Zhao stepped inside, the jade pendant at his neck suddenly reacted, giving him a start. This pendant was the very one he had brought out from the cave at the foot of West Star Mountain; only, to this day, Wei Zhao had never figured out what the pendant was actually for, or how it was meant to be used.
Yet every time before something major happened, the pendant would always give off a very subtle reaction, as though it were conveying some message to Wei Zhao. He did not know what it was trying to say, but whenever this happened, something was certain to follow.
It had been like that time in North Africa, when he and the person he was protecting had been trapped inside the enemy's encirclement. But thanks to the pendant's repeated warnings in advance, he had dodged the enemy's attacks again and again, and in the end they had both been rescued.
Or, before something good happened, the pendant would give a similar warning as well—once, for instance, when he had helped Old Man Wei buy a scratch-off lottery ticket, and won twenty yuan.
So, whatever the case, the pendant's reaction put every nerve in Wei Zhao's body on alert.
Inside the bank, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu took a number and sat down on the waiting seats to one side. Wei Zhao took a number as well and sat down beside them.
Wei Zhao, knowing his place well enough, sat on Shen Yushu's side, since Gu Mengyao still seemed quite hostile toward him. Shen Yushu gave him a meaningful glance, the corners of her mouth curving up slightly.
As he waited for his number to be called, Wei Zhao remained in a state of extreme tension. Every time the pendant reacted, something happened—and he trusted this time would be no exception.
Suddenly, Wei Zhao's gaze came to rest on a black Hyundai business van parked outside the bank...
"Get moving!" Wei Zhao sprang to his feet, seized Shen Yushu's hand, and spoke to her and Gu Mengyao.
"You... what are you doing?" Shen Yushu stared at him, stunned, her little face flushing bright red on the spot. From childhood until now, apart from her brother's hand, she had never held another young man's hand. Caught suddenly in Wei Zhao's grip, she had no idea what to do and stood there frozen like a fool.
"Get out of here, quickly—there's no time to explain!" Wei Zhao was frantic inside and tried to pull Shen Yushu to her feet.
"Smack!"