Chapter 248 — Deducting Your Salary
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"I don't care whether she pays you or not, as long as she doesn't come knocking on my door!" Gu Mengyao was reluctant to let Wei Zhao go see Sun Jingyan, but she could find no reason to stop him, and she could not quite tell what she was angry about. Thinking it over, maybe it was that she feared those women would come looking for him and ruin her plans? Yes, that had to be it. As long as he did not bring those women anywhere near the school, he could do whatever he liked!
Gu Mengyao hung up as soon as she finished speaking, leaving Wei Zhao with the phone in his hand, shaking his head. Was that permission to go or not? Was his salary being deducted or not?
Wei Zhao went to the snack street behind the school, where he unexpectedly ran into Tang Zhi. After school, Tang Zhi had gone to help her mother—the hospital had Kang ** and Liu Xinlan, so Tang Zhi was not needed there anyway.
Seeing Wei Zhao follow her over, Tang Zhi jumped in fright, flustered and bashful, yet somewhere deep down, a little thrill of joy.
The day's events had already spread through almost the entire school, but for some reason, this time Tang Zhi was not nearly as angry as she had been during the last "love letter incident."
Last time it was only a rumor, but this time there was substance behind it. Tang Zhi thought that was probably how it was... but was it really?
Tang Zhi shook her head. Deep down, she no longer rejected Wei Zhao; on the contrary, whenever she was with him, a faint, inexplicable thrill and flutter always stirred in her heart. Had she really fallen for someone too young?
"You... what are you doing here..." Tang Zhi lowered her head, not daring to look at Wei Zhao.
"I came to wait for a friend. She has something she needs my help with." Wei Zhao paused there. "I stopped by to see you on the way."
At first, hearing the first half of Wei Zhao's sentence, Tang Zhi felt a faint sense of disappointment; so he had not come specially to see her after all. But then she heard the second half, and her heart felt as if it had eaten honey, sweetness seeping through it...
"Oh..." Tang Zhi blushed, her heart in a tangle. Had she really fallen this easily? No, she mustn't...
"Your family's business is pretty busy. If it's too much, why not hire another helper?" Wei Zhao glanced at Mother Tang's barbecue stall, already surrounded by students.
"Mm... Mom said the same thing today. If it stays this busy, we'll have to hire someone." Tang Zhi felt grateful to Wei Zhao; if not for him, their family's business would never have become so booming. But then, thinking of the relationship between herself and him, was this a roundabout way of repaying him... Tang Zhi did not dare follow that thought any further, her heart growing more and more tangled. "I... I'd better go help my mom first..."
With that, Tang Zhi ignored Wei Zhao and turned and ran off.
Watching Tang Zhi's retreating figure, Wei Zhao was momentarily lost in a daze... This kind of life really was wonderful.
Only, the moment he closed his eyes, that pair of resentful eyes stabbed viciously into Wei Zhao's heart once more...
Back then, was it the recklessness of youth? Or... a lack of confidence in his own origins? Or was it... that in a life amid a hail of bullets, no one knew which day it would all end?