Chapter 150 — In a Foul Mood
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"Dead?" Uncle Qing smiled wryly. He guessed that Wei Zhao and Gu Mengyao had had another misunderstanding. But such matters were hard for him to speak to; he was only a chief steward at Gu Pengzhan's side. Gu Pengzhan's stance on the affair between Wei Zhao and the young lady was especially ambiguous, so it was all the more awkward for Uncle Qing to involve himself.
After helping the two young ladies set out the meal, Uncle Qing knew better than to linger. He took his leave and went out of the villa.
Once Uncle Qing had gone, only Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu remained in the vast villa. It had been the two of them before as well, but after Wei Zhao arrived, it had become three.
Unconsciously, Gu Mengyao had grown used to Wei Zhao coming out to help when Uncle Qing brought the food—the three of them setting the dishes on the table, and then Wei Zhao returning to his room to wait until she and Xiao Shu had finished eating before he emerged.
Gu Mengyao had wanted to call Wei Zhao over to eat with them, but her pride had stopped her every time. Little did she expect that instead of easing, their relationship had only grown more strained because of what had happened today.
Gu Mengyao stared listlessly at the table, where her favorite home-cooked dishes sat before her. She had no appetite at all; after two bites she set down her chopsticks.
"Yao Yao, what's wrong?" Shen Yushu looked at Gu Mengyao, who seemed somewhat haggard. "How about I call Arrow-brand Brother out and we eat together?"
"I don't want to eat. I have no appetite." Gu Mengyao shook her head. "What would I call him out for? Let's just pretend there's no such person in this house..." Yet without realizing it, Gu Mengyao had already come to regard Wei Zhao as one of the villa's own; it was only that she herself had never noticed.
"Oh." Shen Yushu lowered her head and dug into the food. The dishes today really were delicious, Shen Yushu thought—there was even papaya and pork-rib soup. Mm, they said it was good for bust enhancement... But she seemed to be quite well proportioned already, a bit larger than most people, so there was no need to enhance further, was there? To end up like Qiu Lingshan, that dairy cow, would be ugly... Heh heh...
Still, Yao Yao ought to enhance a little—she was taller than Shen Yushu, yet not as big as her. "Xiao Shu, what are you doing?" Gu Mengyao saw Shen Yushu wolfing down her food with a grin hanging at the corner of her mouth, happy beyond measure, and was instantly furious. "How can you be so heartless? I'm in this state, and you're eating so happily? Are you deliberately trying to anger me to death?"
"Uh, oh." Shen Yushu swallowed a chunk of pork rib, nearly choking on it. "I was... I was just a little hungry..."
"No more eating. Come out and stroll with me!" Gu Mengyao was in a foul mood and did not want to stay at home.
"All right." Shen Yushu put down her chopsticks, casting a reluctant glance at the delicacies on the table.
"There's good food out there too—at worst I'll buy you gutter-oil-fried mushrooms!" Seeing how pathetic Shen Yushu was, Gu Mengyao glared at her in exasperation.
"..." Shen Yushu was speechless. Now that you've said that, how am I supposed to get anything down? Gutter oil? Was it really that disgusting?
"Come on, upstairs to change clothes!" Gu Mengyao dragged Shen Yushu upstairs. Though what they wore was not their school uniform, it was still academystyle preppy clothing, a bit unsuitable for going out at night.