Chapter 590 — Love Under Siege
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Gu Mengyao was about to speak, but Shen Yushu blinked, stepped in front of her first, and said to Tang Zhi, "Let me introduce you — Sister Yaoyao is Shield Bro's girlfriend!"
"Shield Bro? Who's that?" Tang Zhi did not quite follow Shen Yushu's meaning.
"Shield Bro, of course, is Wei Zhao. Hee hee!" Shen Yushu laughed with a sly grin.
"Wei Zhao? Girlfriend?" Tang Zhi's eyes went wide, and she thought: I'm Wei Zhao's girlfriend, aren't I? Since when did Gu Mengyao become his girlfriend too? What in the world is going on? If it had been Feng Xiaoxiao standing here saying such a thing, Tang Zhi could have understood it — but Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu? It struck her as utterly absurd. How had Wei Zhao gotten tangled up with them?
Gu Mengyao shot Shen Yushu a glare, yet the word "girlfriend," falling on her ears, roused no aversion at all. On the contrary, it brought a strange, unfamiliar stirring, one that made Gu Mengyao unwilling to deny it.
"Hello. My name is Gu Mengyao, Wei Zhao's fiancée." Gracefully, Gu Mengyao extended her hand to Tang Zhi, lifting her proud head and looking down at her from on high. In that moment, the inborn nobility of a young miss was on fullest display.
Tang Zhi stared at Gu Mengyao in astonishment and bewilderment: Wei Zhao's fiancée? It left her off balance — it was so sudden. This woman was Wei Zhao's fiancée? Gu Mengyao was the famously renowned young miss of the school, a chairman's daughter — and she had a connection to Wei Zhao?
Astonished as she was, Tang Zhi still stubbornly put out her hand and clasped Gu Mengyao's. "My name is Tang Zhi, Wei Zhao's girlfriend. Why have I never heard Wei Zhao say he had a fiancée?"
Seeing Gu Mengyao's bearing, Tang Zhi was half convinced — if the woman standing before her had no connection to Wei Zhao, she likely would not have appeared here at this very moment. But as for her being Wei Zhao's fiancée, Tang Zhi was not quite ready to believe it. She had just been fooled by Feng Xiaoxiao not long ago, and her guard was up high; she was not about to be taken in by a few words from anyone. So even though the other party was a proud and haughty young miss, Tang Zhi began to fight back.
For the first time, she was fighting to defend her love. She did not want another misunderstanding with Wei Zhao to arise over things that had never happened.
"I've heard of you," Gu Mengyao said mildly. It had to be said that with one sentence Gu Mengyao seized the advantage — making plain that her relationship with Wei Zhao was closer than Tang Zhi's. Wei Zhao told her everything, whereas there were things Wei Zhao kept from Tang Zhi.
"Is that so? Since you've heard of me, then you must know that my relationship with Wei Zhao is acknowledged by the whole school. Since when did you become Wei Zhao's fiancée?" Tang Zhi's words were sharp. She had not fought before because she had not wanted to fight, nor had she needed to fight over anything.
But these past few days, the taste of losing Wei Zhao had been bitter, tormenting Tang Zhi cruelly. And now, with Gu Mengyao pressing her, Tang Zhi naturally straightened her back — she was Wei Zhao's girlfriend, and everyone knew it.
Tang Zhi's single sentence left Gu Mengyao somewhat at a loss to answer. Her earlier sparring with Tang Zhi had been born of nothing more than a competitive spirit; she had never actually been in love with Wei Zhao, so by instinct she felt a little unsure of herself. Now, seeing Tang Zhi pressing her so aggressively, she found herself at a loss how to respond — yet she did not want to lower her head and admit defeat. She had already made her grand claims; how could she retreat?