Chapter 65 — Do You Like Him
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Zou Ruoming was shaken just as deeply. The sight of Brother Black Panther — less than human, more than ghost, barely clinging to life — settled it for him: from now on he would keep his distance from that creature Wei Zhao. The thing was a madman, and Zou Ruoming had no wish to die.
True, the whole business was galling. He, the number two figure in the school, afraid of a transfer student — if word of it got out, he would lose every shred of face. But Zou Ruoming's reasoning was simple: as long as he and Wei Zhao kept to their own sides of the river, and he did not go provoking the fellow, surely none of it would splash onto him.
At that thought, Zou Ruoming felt a quiet glow of satisfaction. That Zhong Yongliang — what had possessed him to go picking a fight with a transfer student for no reason at all? The boy's background had not even been looked into, and there he was, asking for trouble. The man might as well have been tired of living.
"Hey, Yao Yao, do you think anything will happen to Wei Zhao? The way Qiu Lingshan was strutting about, it looked like she was deliberately trying to make trouble for him," Shen Yushu said in a low voice to Gu Mengyao, who was leafing through her English textbook.
"Who cares? Better if he gets arrested and sentenced — then he won't be around to pester me." Gu Mengyao gave a little huff. "And Daddy will save on the wages, too."
"You really don't care about him?" Shen Yushu watched Gu Mengyao with a half-smile.
"Xiao Shu, what kind of look is that?" Gu Mengyao frowned. "Why would I care about him? All right, enough about him — I have revision to do."
"Oh, fine then..." Shen Yushu pointed, smiling, at the English textbook in Gu Mengyao's hands. "Yao Yao, your English book is upside down. You've been staring at it all this time — that really is impressive."
"Ah!" Gu Mengyao flushed scarlet. She glanced at the book in her hands, then hurriedly, flustered, snapped it shut, shot a look at Shen Yushu beside her, and opened it again. Her little mouth puckered. "All right — I just don't want anything to happen to him because of me. When all's said and done, this whole thing started because of me; I was the one who told him to deal with Zhong Yongliang. I've already called Uncle Qing — he'll take care of it."
"Heh heh..." Shen Yushu laughed, though her expression was plainly full of doubt.
Gu Mengyao felt a little uncomfortable all over under that smile. She hunched her shoulders, and still it did not help; she could feel Shen Yushu's gaze burning into her. Then something occurred to her. "By the way — what about you, classmate Xiao Shu? You seem to care about Wei Zhao more than I do. Do you like him?"
"Me? Sure, I like him — so what?" Shen Yushu looked at Gu Mengyao with a grin, not in the least bit embarrassed. Hearing that Gu Mengyao had already contacted Uncle Qing, Shen Yushu breathed a sigh of relief; she knew well enough what Uncle Qing was capable of in Songshan City. She had even been thinking of calling her own grandfather...
"Huh?" Gu Mengyao's mouth fell open, and she stared at Shen Yushu in disbelief. "You... you like him?"
"Ha, I like him — what are you getting so flustered for? You can't even get your words out straight. Are you jealous?" Shen Yushu looked at her and burst out giggling.
"Jealous of what? If you like him, go chase him, then. I expect the kid will be so pleased his nose bubbles over," Gu Mengyao said, her expression turning dismissive.
"All right, then I'll go chase him — and don't you regret it later," Shen Yushu said, entirely straight-faced.
"Who'd regret it? Haha..." Gu Mengyao shook her head carelessly. But the moment the words left her mouth, her heart suddenly felt uncomfortable — she did not know why. It was an unsettling feeling.