Chapter 141 — A Little Fondness?
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Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had gone out during the break for a breath of air, and the first thing they saw head-on was Tang Zhi. Gu Mengyao knew her — she was one of the school beauties of No. 1 High, ranked alongside herself and little Shu, though she enjoyed somewhat more popularity than the two of them, and was hailed as the beauty of the common folk.
Gu Mengyao, however, did not mind such things in the least. Whether she was popular or not was no concern of hers; she had no interest in those boys anyway, and it was all the better if they left her alone.
Tang Zhi was surprised too — she had not expected to run into the school's two other great beauties, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. She knew no one in Senior Three, Class Five; apart from Wei Zhao, all she had heard of was Zhong Yongliang's ill repute. So now, seeing Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, she decided to ask them for a favor...
"Hello, might I trouble you with something?" Though Tang Zhi was named alongside Gu Mengyao, that was only the judgment of the outside world. In truth, before a daughter of heaven like Gu Mengyao, Tang Zhi still felt considerable pressure. Gu Mengyao was a princess among mortals, while she... was merely a poor girl — a rather pretty poor girl.
"Oh? What is it?" Toward Tang Zhi, Gu Mengyao actually felt a certain goodwill. They were both beauties, after all, and pleasing to look at. Gu Mengyao herself was already exceptional in looks, so she would hardly go about doing the sort of neurotic things that jealous women do over another's beauty.
Seeing that Gu Mengyao had answered her so amiably, Tang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. So Gu Mengyao was not as lofty and unapproachable as the rumors made her out to be...
"Could you help me find... Wei Zhao, from your class?" Tang Zhi gritted her teeth and spoke Wei Zhao's name, a little shy. Here she was, a girl, going of her own accord to another class to look for a boy — it was more than a little awkward.
"Wei Zhao?" Gu Mengyao looked at the somewhat "bashful" Tang Zhi, and for some reason a sudden discomfort rose in her heart. What was her relationship with Wei Zhao? How was it that the moment that creature Wei Zhao set foot in school, he had already entangled himself with Tang Zhi, the beauty of the common folk?
Was Qiu Lingshan not enough? Or that tall girl from the commercial street? Now Tang Zhi as well?
In fact, Gu Mengyao had misunderstood. Tang Zhi's shyness was not the sort of shyness she imagined, but something closer to shy indignation.
Hearing Gu Mengyao's question, Tang Zhi hurriedly nodded.
"I don't know him." Gu Mengyao herself did not know what had come over her; the moment those three words left her mouth, she paid Tang Zhi no further heed and turned to walk away...
"Ah?" Tang Zhi stared after Gu Mengyao in bewilderment. What was going on? She had been perfectly fine a moment ago — how had she suddenly gotten angry?
Shen Yushu shrugged at Tang Zhi and gave her a look that said there was nothing she could do, then hurried after Gu Mengyao. "Yao Yao, what's wrong? Are you jealous?"
"Jealous? I'm not jealous." Gu Mengyao pursed her lips. Jealous? How could she possibly be jealous? Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous. Ha. And yet... it really did hurt inside. It was like something that was plainly hers being coveted by someone else.
"Hehe, Sister Yao Yao, have you started to like Brother Arrow Brand?" Shen Yushu asked in a small voice.
"I have not," Gu Mengyao said firmly.
"Even a tiny little bit? Yes or no?" Shen Yushu pressed on.
"No, I haven't. Xiaoshu, why are you so nosy?" Gu Mengyao said anxiously. "Say another word and I won't talk to you anymore."
"Hehe, then I won't say anything. Talk to me instead..." Shen Yushu shut her mouth, stole a glance at Gu Mengyao, and sighed inwardly. Sister Yao Yao really did seem a little smitten?