Chapter 764 — The Lost Tang Zhi
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On the surface things seemed tolerable enough, but underneath they were all on their guard. Tang Zhi was no fool — the threat posed by the young miss and Shen Yushu had always left her a little uneasy.
Since Tang Zhi's mother would be coming along with Tang Zhi, Wei Zhao had no way to drive Gu Mengyao's Audi A5 — it would be too cramped and could not seat so many people — so Wei Zhao had no choice but to drive the van.
This time Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu did not turn their noses up at it. They climbed obediently into the beat-up van, and though the ride was a bit bumpy, the young miss could still put up with it.
Wei Zhao first went to the hospital to pick up Tang Zhi's mother and Tang Zhi. Tang Zhi's mother was rather surprised to see two such beauties in Wei Zhao's car. She glanced nervously at her daughter and asked in a low voice, "Who are those two? Do you know them?"
"I know them. They're Wei Zhao's classmates," Tang Zhi said. She had not told her mother the specifics of the young miss's relationship with Wei Zhao — that would be far too complicated, not something that could be explained in a few words.
"So pretty. You'd better keep an eye on things. What do their families do?" Tang Zhi's mother asked, full of worry.
"We'll talk when we get home," Tang Zhi said with a frown. This was not a good topic to discuss in the car — what if Wei Zhao overheard?
Tang Zhi's mother took another look at Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu and felt that the two girls were no less beautiful than her own daughter. Moreover, judging by their clothes and bearing, they clearly did not look like girls from ordinary families — they seemed like young ladies from distinguished households?
Seeing that Tang Zhi would not answer her question, Tang Zhi's mother simply went and asked Gu Mengyao herself: "Hello there. And you two are?"
"Auntie, we're here to help Wei Zhao negotiate with the Qibing Real Estate Company," Gu Mengyao said. She had not known quite what to say, hesitated a moment, and then recalled Shen Yushu's earlier explanation.
"Here to help us negotiate?" Tang Zhi's mother was taken aback by this answer.
"Yes. My father runs a company too, so I know a little about this sort of thing," Gu Mengyao could only say.
She could hardly say that Shen Yushu had been making a fuss and had insisted on tagging along, could she? If that silly girl Shen Yushu opened her mouth and started going on about first wives and second wives or the like, that would be truly awkward.
"Oh, I see! Then thank you so much!" Hearing that they had come for this reason, Tang Zhi's mother immediately cheered up. As long as they were not a threat to her daughter's standing, everything would be fine.
"It's nothing," Gu Mengyao said with a shake of her head.
Tang Zhi also breathed an inexplicable sigh of relief. She did not want Gu Mengyao to say anything inappropriate and worry her mother. As for how she would explain things to her mother once they got home, that was a matter for after they got home — for now, it was enough that they could keep up appearances.
Throwing Gu Mengyao a grateful glance, Tang Zhi lowered her head again, not knowing what to say.
Suddenly, a sense of loss crept into Tang Zhi's heart. From the very beginning, ever since Wei Zhao had entered her life, it seemed he had been helping her family without pause — had he ever stopped?
Whether it was driving off the trouble Zou Ruoming brought upon her, or helping her mother settle accounts with those vendors who had been bullying her, or her father's surgery fees, or her younger brother Xiaowei's affairs, or the whole series of troubles brought on by the demolition — Wei Zhao had helped resolve them all!