Chapter 96 — Shopping with Us
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
In the past, after Wei Zhao had obtained the jade pendant, though he had not made a show of it, and the pendant did not look like much, he had still feared it might be stolen by someone. This time, at last, Wei Zhao could set aside that worry.
To think that everything from last night had not been a dream, Wei Zhao was in exceptionally good spirits. Above all, having smoothly broken through the first layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Slaying Art filled Wei Zhao with even greater delight.
When he got up, Wei Zhao washed up quickly and then left the room. To his surprise, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were already awake, leaning back on the sofa watching cartoons on television.
Seeing Wei Zhao come out of the room, Gu Mengyao merely glanced at him. Thinking of what had happened the day before, she wanted to say something, yet did not know what to say, and could only shift her gaze back to the cartoons.
Shen Yushu, however, rolled her eyes at the sight of him and waved a hand. "Hey, Chewing Gum, come shopping with me and Yao Yao in a bit, how about it?"
"Me?" Wei Zhao blinked and pointed at himself.
"That's right. You can carry our bags." Shen Yushu nodded.
"Can I say no?" Wei Zhao smiled bitterly. Carry bags? That did not sound like such a great job.
"Ahem—toilet paper—" Shen Yushu coughed twice with great theatricality and spoke to Wei Zhao in a sly, wheedling tone.
"Uh..." Wei Zhao was incandescent with rage. This little minx was treating it like a livelihood now? Bringing it up once a day? Would it never end?
"Xiao Shu, why are you coughing? You haven't caught a cold, have you?" Hearing Shen Yushu cough and ask for toilet paper again, Gu Mengyao hurriedly handed her the tissue box from the coffee table.
"Huh?" Shen Yushu was briefly startled, then realized Gu Mengyao had misunderstood. She stuck out her tongue, pulled out a tissue, and gave a couple more feigned coughs.
Wei Zhao found it so funny that he shook his head with a grin and went back to his room to change.
In any case, until Gu Pengzhan assigned him his task, the only thing he could do was continue at Gu Mengyao's side. Since she was going out shopping, naturally he would go along.
By the time Wei Zhao had changed and come out, Qing Bo had just arrived with breakfast: century egg and lean pork congee made by the hotel's master chef, along with several exquisitely prepared little pickles.
Wei Zhao helped Qing Bo set breakfast on the dining table, and Qing Bo took the meal boxes from the night before and left. Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu turned off the television and came over to the dining room to eat.
Seeing Wei Zhao turn to leave, Gu Mengyao pressed her lips together. She wanted to call him back to eat with them, but a certain reserve kept her from opening her mouth.
"Chewing Gum, why don't you eat with us? We have to go shopping after this, no time to wait for you to eat on your own." Before Gu Mengyao could speak, Shen Yushu had already called Wei Zhao back.
Gu Mengyao was rather annoyed. How had Xiao Shu beaten her to it? She had wanted to make a friendly gesture herself, on account of what had happened yesterday, but... in the end she had not even opened her mouth... Forget it, this was fine too. She was Wei Zhao's employer. She paid his salary. Why should she make up to him? He should be the one making up to her.
Thinking this, Gu Mengyao felt somewhat more at ease.