Chapter 128 — Barbecue Advice
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Once he learned there was nothing else going on, Wang Zhifeng felt reassured. As for making Tang Zhi write a self-criticism, that was out of the question now too. He could tell that Wei Zhao was protecting Tang Zhi, so there was no need for him to play the villain. After all, his own little indiscretion was still in Wei Zhao's hands. Although the private school did not monitor relations between male and female staff as strictly as public schools did, if the board of directors ever found out, he would not come off well either.
They had hired him at a high salary to manage the school's affairs, not to chase women here.
So, when he was about to leave, Wang Zhifeng patted Wei Zhao on the shoulder and told him not to let things with Tang Zhi go too far, or at least not to make things too difficult for him while they were still at school.
To this, Wei Zhao could only smile bitterly and spare himself the explanation, since even if he explained, Wang Zhifeng might not believe him.
When he returned to the classroom, almost everyone else was back too. Zhong Yongliang was pestering Gu Mengyao from behind, saying something or other, though she clearly had little interest in humoring him. Zhong Yongliang was not discouraged; in his view, within this school he had no rival for the time being, and only he was worthy of Gu Mengyao, so he was in no particular hurry.
Wei Zhao paid him no mind either. Harassment of that sort would not cause Gu Mengyao any real trouble, so Wei Zhao could not be bothered to deal with him.
"Boss, what did Director Wang want with you? Was it about that fight the other day?" Kang Xiaofeng was a little worried, since he had been involved that day too.
"No, it was about my transfer," Wei Zhao said, making no mention of Yang Huaijun. With Kang Xiaofeng, Wei Zhao could not possibly tell him everything.
"Oh, that's good then." Kang Xiaofeng nodded. "By the way, boss, when I came back just now, I passed by the door of Class Nine, Senior Three, and I saw the curtain by Tang Zhi's seat was pulled open and the window was open too. Her eyes were all red, like she'd just been crying. Tell me, do you think Gao Ruoming went and harassed her again?"
"How would I know..." Wei Zhao was sweating. Kang Xiaofeng's powers of observation were really something.
At lunchtime, Wei Zhao had planned to go to the cafeteria, but Kang Xiaofeng dragged him out to eat barbecue. "Didn't get enough last Friday, been craving it for two days."
Tang's mother's barbecue was honestly just average—tasty, perhaps, but hardly exceptional, and there was no secret recipe to speak of. But what more could you ask of a street stall?
Tang Zhi had not come to help today. In fact, the lunch break was very tight; many students took the chance to nap a little, otherwise it was hard to stay full of energy and keep fighting through the sea of test papers all afternoon.
Today Wei Zhao had left Tang Zhi's mind in a daze, and she planned to rest a little at noon and calm herself down, otherwise it would be hard to settle her mind enough to study.
Business at the barbecue stall was not exactly booming at noon. Without any signature specialty, and with the school having its own cafeteria, the number of students who came to eat was still quite limited. Tang's mother had just finished grilling two skewers of tofu rolls for a female student and handed them over when she looked up and saw Wei Zhao and Kang Xiaofeng. A smile immediately spread across her face. "Wei Zhao, brought a classmate to eat?"
"Yeah..." Wei Zhao felt a little embarrassed. It was clearly Kang Xiaofeng who had wanted to come, yet it had turned into him bringing a classmate along. And besides, Tang Zhi had just accused him of using it as an excuse to curry favor with her mother. "Auntie, business going all right?"