Chapter 143 — They All Came Knocking
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A mischievous urge came over Wei Zhao, and he composed a text: "Went to the police station this morning. About Xiaohei."
But this message was not sent to Shen Yushu—it was sent to Gu Mengyao.
After Shen Yushu sent her message and Wei Zhao received it, Gu Mengyao fixed her eyes eagerly on Shen Yushu's phone. But after waiting a long while, Shen Yushu's phone gave no sign of life at all—while her own phone buzzed twice.
Gu Mengyao opened her phone, puzzled, and found a text message. She had assumed it was the usual junk—one of those swindlers out to fleece people—but when she opened it, her face darkened at once.
The message was actually from Wei Zhao—and what was more, he was actually telling her his whereabouts...
Was Wei Zhao really so obedient as to report his movements to her of his own accord? Gu Mengyao certainly did not believe he was that sort of person, so there could be only one explanation... and that was... Shen Yushu's earlier message had been tampered with. Otherwise, why would Wei Zhao ignore her message and reply only to Shen Yushu's?
"Xiaoshu." Gu Mengyao held the phone up before Shen Yushu's eyes. "What is the meaning of this?"
"Uh... I haven't the faintest idea?" Shen Yushu blinked innocently, the very picture of a little loli who understood nothing at all.
"Let me see your phone." Gu Mengyao did not bother questioning Shen Yushu further. She had grown up playing with her and knew her temperament inside out—when Shen Yushu put on that innocent look, she could pass for an actress.
"My phone... what is there to see..." Shen Yushu pretended not to understand. "Didn't we buy them together... have you forgotten? Once when we went shopping, there was a promotion at one of the China Mobile outlets. The poster was advertising Yunhai Shuku's *A Prelude to Faint Light of Old Dreams*, and we thought it looked fun, so we went in, and then we signed up for a deal where you get a free phone for topping up your account..."
"Xiaoshu." Gu Mengyao had listened to her ramble off into the weeds, and glared at her in exasperation. "Don't change the subject. Give me the phone."
"Oh..." Shen Yushu was in fact rather afraid of Gu Mengyao. Once Gu Mengyao got angry, Shen Yushu did not dare carry on with her nonsense, and meekly handed over the phone.
Gu Mengyao snatched it and found, among the sent messages, the one Shen Yushu had just sent. She was so furious her nose twisted. "Xiaoshu, why did you send this to me?"
"Didn't you tell me to ask?" Shen Yushu was still all innocence.
"You..." Gu Mengyao was speechless. It was true that she had told her to ask, but who asks like that? No—wait, hadn't she said "whatever you like"?
"Xiaoshu, when did I tell you to ask? I said 'whatever you like,'" Gu Mengyao said angrily. "Aren't you taking a chicken feather and using it as a battle standard?"
"Oh, then I'll text Arrow-Brand Bro back and explain—say it was all my own doing and has nothing to do with you..." Shen Yushu said.
"Forget it, I'd sooner explain it myself..." Gu Mengyao rolled her eyes at Shen Yushu, picked up her phone, and replied: "You don't need to report to me where you go, but be careful when you go philandering—the girl has come knocking at the door."