Chapter 599 — Can't Drive Him Away
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"Yaoyao, are you busy with your studies?" Gu Pengzhan asked casually, seated on the sofa.
"It's all right, Daddy. You know I'm not the bookworm type. Studying with Xiaoshu isn't stressful at all — it's just that there's been a bit more homework lately..." Gu Mengyao was naturally extremely bright, and so was Shen Yushu. The two of them had gotten through most of their senior year almost stress-free.
"That's good. Though whatever university you want to attend, the family could pay your way in, getting in on your own merit means something different." Gu Pengzhan nodded.
"Mm, I know. I don't want to rely on the family and have people look down on me." There was a touch of pride in Gu Mengyao's voice as she said this.
From this, one could see that at heart the Young Miss was made of good stuff. A little proud, perhaps, but nothing like those spoiled rich kids. Some second-generation rich are terrified that others won't know their family has money and power; when they fail their college entrance exams and buy their way in, they feel no shame — they wear it as a badge of honor, forever boasting to anyone who will listen about how formidable their family is.
"By the way, how is Wei Zhao? Having him around to keep you company at school and in daily life — you're satisfied enough with that, I take it?" Gu Pengzhan asked casually.
"Ah... Wei Zhao..." The very mention of Wei Zhao set Gu Mengyao's teeth on edge. "Daddy, that man is simply hateful!"
"Hateful? How is he hateful?" Gu Pengzhan was taken aback.
"He... he... he philanders! He was supposed to be my follower, always at my side, but instead he found himself a girlfriend at school and stirred up a storm over the whole place..." Gu Mengyao said bitterly. "A person like that is utterly unfit to be a follower — his private life is a mess! Why, just now he went off to avenge his girlfriend. A follower who disobeys orders — he's simply beyond the pale!"
"Oh? As hateful as all that!" Gu Pengzhan shook his head again and again as he listened. "It seems this Wei Zhao really is a most detestable sort of person!"
"Right, Daddy? You feel the same way?" Gu Mengyao was delighted to hear her father take her side.
"Mm, quite right!" Gu Pengzhan nodded, then said with great solemnity, "In that case, I shall go and dismiss him this very moment. How could I rest easy leaving such a detestable man here? I'll go right now — wait for me, Yaoyao!"
With that, Gu Pengzhan rose to his feet and turned toward the door.
"Uh..." Gu Mengyao was startled. Dismiss Wei Zhao? She had never meant to dismiss Wei Zhao — she had only wanted to complain to her father and have him put some pressure on the man, so that he would stop philandering in the future. There was no need to drive him away outright! At the thought, Gu Mengyao instinctively sprang up and blocked her father's way. "You can't!"