Chapter 436 — The Lonely Feng Xiaoxiao
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"But Sister Yaoyao, I'm tired. You're my big sister - you're older. You should give in to me." Shen Yushu refused to get up.
"That Wei Zhao - not even here to help, just off picking up girls!" Unable to handle Little Shu, Gu Mengyao could only grit her teeth and dig one shovelful at a time, drenched in sweat, cursing Wei Zhao nonstop under her breath: "That bastard! I'm deducting his salary! Doesn't he have the slightest sense of being an underling? Doesn't he know he should come help at a time like this?"
"Well, how about I go get Brother Arrow to help?" Shen Yushu also felt it was a bit unfair for Gu Mengyao to do all the work while she sat around.
"Get him? Forget it! He's busy picking up girls - he's in no mood to bother with us!" Gu Mengyao snorted. "I don't even know what's so great about Tang Zhi. Our Little Shu is much prettier than her, and cuter too!"
"Oh, Sister Yaoyao, you're not bad either. Why don't you go seduce Brother Arrow? Give him a little taste and he'll come running to work for you!" Shen Yushu suggested.
"Why don't you take your own brain-dead suggestion? You've got the biggest chest - perfect for seducing him!" Gu Mengyao glared at Shen Yushu.
"All right then. I'll give it a try next time..." Shen Yushu nodded, thoroughly convinced.
Gu Mengyao was just about to give Xiaoshu a few more words of wisdom when she heard her cry out, "Yaoyao, look! We've got ourselves some free labor!"
"Hm?" Gu Mengyao blinked and looked up to see Zhong Pingu striding toward them, so she lowered her voice and asked, "You don't mean Zhong Pingu, do you?" "Hehe, that's the one. Free labor like that is a shame to waste." As she spoke, Shen Yushu waved at Zhong Pingu. "Pingu, Yaoyao wants you!"
The moment Zhong Pingu heard Shen Yushu call out to him, he was overjoyed! To match the fireworks display that evening, he had specially worn a casual suit, and he figured Gu Mengyao had noticed and thought he looked handsome in it. So he hurried over, practically skipping. "Yaoyao, Xiaoshu, is there anything I can do for you?"
"Yaoyao, aren't you tired? Why don't you go rest on the bench over there for a while? I'll dig the hole." With that, Shen Yushu snatched the shovel from Gu Mengyao's hands and shot her a meaningful look.
Gu Mengyao found it both amusing and impossible to stop. When Shen Yushu was with her, she was more scatterbrained than anyone, but the moment outsiders appeared, she turned shrewd beyond measure. Whether it was an act or not, no one could tell. Shen Yushu was almost certainly going to send her away and then trick Zhong Pingu into digging the hole. Gu Mengyao also knew that if she stayed, she would never have the nerve to let Zhong Pingu do the digging, but once she left, Shen Yushu could use her name to make Zhong Pingu do the heavy lifting.
"Then I'll go rest for a bit..." Though Gu Mengyao did not want Zhong Pingu's help, the earlier digging really had worn her out, and she truly wanted a rest.
So Gu Mengyao pretended not to know what Shen Yushu was up to and let her handle it. If Zhong Pingu wanted to play the willing laborer, then let him. After all, Xiaoshu had called him over; it had nothing to do with her! At that thought, Gu Mengyao felt a little better and turned to go rest.