Chapter 145 — My Awesome Bestie
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"What did you say to my mother yesterday?" Tang Zhi glared at Wei Zhao with resentment.
"Yesterday... with your mother?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback, then suddenly remembered the barbecue sauce recipe. He had spent the whole morning discussing traditional Chinese medicine with Guan Xuewen, and had clean forgotten about it. Only now, with Tang Zhi bringing it up, did he recall yesterday's promise, and he could not help but flush with embarrassment.
No wonder Tang Zhi had come looking for him several times—it was all about the barbecue recipe. So Wei Zhao hastily said with an apologetic air, "It's about the recipe, right?"
Tang Zhi shot him a furious, cutting look. "You know perfectly well, so don't play dumb."
"Ha, I'm sorry. There was too much going on this morning, I really did forget." Wei Zhao smiled sheepishly. "How about this—next period, I'll come by and give you the recipe."
"Oh." Hearing him say so, Tang Zhi had nothing more to add. She nodded, paid him no further attention, closed the window, and drew the curtain.
Only after Tang Zhi had finished all this did Wei Zhao abruptly spin around. "Just how close are you planning to press? Shall I fetch you a hearing aid while I'm at it?"
"Uh..." Shen Yushu was badly startled by Wei Zhao's sudden turn, and his remark about a hearing aid could only mean he had caught her eavesdropping. But who was Shen Yushu? She was embarrassed for only a moment before she grinned and said, "What, got something you're afraid of people hearing? I just happened to be passing by."
Earlier, Wei Zhao had been leaning sidelong against the window of Tang Zhi's classroom, while Gu Mengyao stood directly behind him, pressed close to the wall. From Tang Zhi's vantage point, Shen Yushu's presence was entirely hidden—otherwise Tang Zhi would surely have noticed, and would never have talked with Wei Zhao for so long.
"Heh." Where Shen Yushu was concerned, Wei Zhao was quite helpless too. He smiled and said, "Whatever you want to know, just ask."
"Uh... let me state first of all, I wasn't sent by Sister Yaoyao." Shen Yushu rolled her eyes and explained to Wei Zhao.
"Heh—" Wei Zhao did not take it to heart. Eight out of ten things Shen Yushu said were pure nonsense. Even if she claimed Gu Mengyao had sent her, it was just as likely she had come out of her own curiosity.
"What did Tang Zhi want with you?" Shen Yushu asked.
"Nothing much. I promised to give her something and forgot, so I'll bring it to her next period." Naturally Wei Zhao would not mention the barbecue recipe—that would sound as though he were doling out charity. Nor was he the sort to boast of every little thing he did.
"Oh..." Shen Yushu, however, was wondering what it was that Wei Zhao meant to give Tang Zhi. She only resented her own hearing for being too poor; no clairaudient ears had she, and the hallway was too noisy to catch their conversation.
"I'm heading back. Weren't you just passing by? Carry on..." Wei Zhao nodded to Shen Yushu.
"Toilet paper, toilet paper, toilet paper!" Shen Yushu, needled by Wei Zhao, was beside herself with rage. She stamped her foot and spat the words out through gritted teeth.
But Shen Yushu's words drew sidelong glances from the students passing by.
Toilet paper? Chen the great The Blossom Guardian was asking for toilet paper in the hallway? Was she in urgent need, unable to hold it in? How it ruined her image—how it ruined her image!
Still, there were plenty of admirers in the school. The moment they heard Shen Yushu's shout, they immediately fished tissues from their pockets and held them out in a neat row. "Here you go..."
Shen Yushu was stunned for a moment, then broke into a sweat... So she had been misunderstood. Her embarrassment peaked at once, her face flushed crimson, and she glared resentfully at Wei Zhao's already departing back, thinking to herself: just wait till I get home—see how I'll torment you, hmph.