Chapter 623 — The Misunderstanding That Caused a Fuss
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Wei Zhao's answer offended no one. He had openly praised Gu Mengyao, yet he had also made it clear that she only won after makeup, and that before makeup the two were about the same.
But the eldest daughter of the Chu family automatically ignored the words "after makeup," and a trace of smugness rose in her heart. She shot Wei Zhao a glance, thinking, At least you have an eye, hmph!
"Oh, and me?" Shen Yushu first sent Gu Mengyao out as her vanguard, and only after asking did she bring herself up.
"You and Yaoyao are about the same." Wei Zhao could hardly answer otherwise, so that was all he said.
"Oh, oh, am I really that pretty? Wonderful! At last I've met someone whose eyes aren't blind, oh, oh!" Shen Yushu cried out in delight, and after she finished she cast a glance at Gu Mengyao.
"Xiaoshu, what are you looking at me for? Are you saying my eyes are blind?" Gu Mengyao glared at Shen Yushu.
"That's right, who told you to say I'm not as pretty as you!" Shen Yushu said, with perfect self-assurance.
"You rotten girl, when did I ever say that?" Gu Mengyao glared at Shen Yushu.
"Then what were you admitting just now..." Shen Yushu shot back.
"I wasn't admitting anything, you were the one looking at me!" Gu Mengyao was beside herself with anger — she had been drawn right into Shen Yushu's trap.
"Then why did you look guilty?" Shen Yushu asked.
"I'm not guilty, though I did say before that my figure is better proportioned than yours!" Gu Mengyao said huffily.
"Oh, people with small chests always say they're well proportioned!" Shen Yushu retorted, unconvinced.
"You rotten girl, I'll tear that mouth of yours to shreds!" Gu Mengyao reached out to pinch Shen Yushu's cheek.
"Brother Arrowhead, Sister Yaoyao's trying to murder me again!" Shen Yushu shrieked.
"All right, I need to drive." Wei Zhao was in no position to break up the fight, nor did he know whom to side with, so he changed the subject: "By the way, Yaoyao, why did you go up Twin Swallow Mountain with Zhong Yongliang back then?"
Wei Zhao remembered the task Gu Pengzhan had given him over the phone, and this was the perfect chance to ask, without it seeming too abrupt.
"Who else but that great liar Zhong Yongliang, tricking me on purpose?" Gu Mengyao still felt a little wounded whenever she thought of it. What Zhong Yongliang had deceived was not only her intelligence but her feelings — not romantic feelings for Zhong Yongliang, of course, but that longing for a loved one.
Zhong Yongliang had given Gu Mengyao hope, and then snuffed that hope out again. If he had never brought it up, Gu Mengyao would have sealed this matter away deep in her heart as an eternal sorrow, rarely letting it out.
But Zhong Yongliang had released that sorrow and then given her absolute hope again — how could Gu Mengyao not sink into despair?
Whenever she thought of it, Gu Mengyao would weep silently. What she wept for was not that she had been so easily fooled by Zhong Yongliang, but that she missed her mother. She missed her so, so much. Everyone else had a mother's love; she did not.
Though she was the treasured daughter of the Gu Group, dressed in silks and fed on delicacies, she would rather have none of it. She wanted a whole family — a happy home where she could sit down to dinner with her father and mother every single evening.
"Tricked you?" Wei Zhao was driving, so he did not notice that something in Gu Mengyao's mood had gone wrong.
"Mm..." Gu Mengyao thought of her mother, and the ache welled up again.
"Ah... Sister Yaoyao, don't cry, there, there. Fine, let's say you're pretty, you're prettier than me, all right?" Shen Yushu took Gu Mengyao's hand and comforted her.
Though Shen Yushu sometimes bickered with Gu Mengyao over meaningless trifles, she still cared about her deeply in her heart, and seeing her upset, she immediately softened her tone.