Chapter 187 — Tang Zhi's Best Friend
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"Yesterday, Li Erlian was pestering me at the bus stop... Wei Zhao happened to be driving past, so he got out and chased Li Erlian away... and then I rode in his car to school..." Tang Zhi explained earnestly. "Wenwen, that's really all there is to it... there's nothing between him and me..."
Liu Xinlan had run into Li Erlian yesterday too, and connecting it with what Tang Zhi had said before, she found herself half-believing her. "Then why did you ride in his car?"
"At the time, I was so flustered I didn't know what to do, and Wei Zhao just pushed me into the car without my even realizing..." Tang Zhi explained, a little aggrieved. "By the time he started driving, I realized it, but it was already too late..."
"So that's how it was. You really aren't interested in him?" Liu Xinlan breathed a sigh of relief.
"I... no, I'm not..." Tang Zhi hesitated for a moment, then shook her head. How could she possibly fall for Wei Zhao? That was absolutely impossible.
"Good, that's all I needed to hear." Liu Xinlan nodded. "Oh, right—I went to Fen's house yesterday. Fen's emotions are really unstable... These past couple of days, Fen's mother says she keeps calling out that man's name, and she's even started having hallucinations..."
"Ah..." Tang Zhi couldn't help but sigh at Liu Xinlan's words. She spent every day helping her mother run the barbecue stall and had no time in the evenings to visit Fen, so she could only ask Liu Xinlan to go in her place. But from the sound of it, Fen seemed to be in serious trouble. Tang Zhi was anxious, yet there was nothing she could do. "I'll come along tonight too..."
"I suggest Aunt Cui take Fen to the hospital to see a psychiatrist..." Liu Xinlan said. "But Aunt Cui's family situation is about the same as yours and mine. All these years, treating Fen's illness has already cost them plenty. Where would they find spare money for a psychiatrist?"
"That man—hasn't he come back to see Fen?" Tang Zhi was indignant. If not for that man, how would Fen have ended up like this? Even if Fen was no longer a virgin, with her looks, what difficulty would there be in finding a better boyfriend?
"No. Expect that bastard Kang Jingming to come see Fen? Only if the sun rose in the west." Liu Xinlan gave a cold laugh, then said viciously, "If Fen hadn't stopped me back then, I would have gelded that bastard Kang Jingming myself."
"..." Tang Zhi's face flushed red. Her best friend really did have a way with words... She couldn't even think of a reply. Tang Zhi would never have dared say such a thing herself.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's head back and review." Liu Xinlan cast the unpleasant thoughts from her mind, and she and Tang Zhi walked back toward the school...
That evening he was supposed to go with Kang Xiaofeng to ask Tang Zhi about visiting her home over the weekend, so Wei Zhao couldn't walk back with Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. He sent them a text saying he and Kang Xiaofeng had a few things to take care of after school. Gu Mengyao didn't seem to mind; she replied "Got it" and left with Shen Yushu.
As for Wei Zhao, he dawdled over packing his things, and only after watching Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu leave did he quicken his hands.
"Boss, why are you so slow today? Hurry up—what if they sell out again in a bit?" Kang Xiaofeng seemed anxious, afraid that if they went too late, Tang Zhi's mother would have already packed up her stall and gone.