Chapter 871 — Would You Like X-Ray Vision?
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"All right, I'll say no more to you. I've already said too much—if Sister Yaoyao finds out, I'm dead meat. Bye-bye." Before Tang Zhi could get a word in, Shen Yushu hung up and doubled over with laughter.
"?" Tang Zhi had not even gotten to the bottom of things before Shen Yushu hung up, which left her feeling rather uncomfortable. Had Wei Zhao really gone to take a bath with Gu Mengyao? Tang Zhi had always felt that the relationship between Wei Zhao and Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu was not merely that of employer and employee—perhaps nothing was going on now, but at this rate, sooner or later something would happen.
But Tang Zhi did not want to dwell on it; she even took an optimistic view: if Wei Zhao really did have something going on with Gu Mengyao, then so long as she did not know, ignorance would do. She did not know what state of mind this was—was it self-doubt, or was she simply too afraid of losing Wei Zhao?
Feng Xiaoxiao's words had been a lie, but they had rung a warning bell for Tang Zhi all the same. Loving someone needs no reason, and there is no rich or poor, noble or base in it—yet ideals and reality will always differ. Frankly speaking, Tang Zhi herself felt that Gu Mengyao or Guan Xin might be Wei Zhao's proper match...
And she herself—was she not merely thrown together with Wei Zhao by some twist of fate? She could do nothing to help Wei Zhao. Whatever he did, she was forever a bystander, and she even dragged him down. Once such a feeling took hold, it put down roots and sprouted, and it made Tang Zhi ever more anxious over her gains and losses.
She did not want to question Wei Zhao about anything, nor did she dare to ask. Shen Yushu's words were most likely false, but sometimes, even knowing a thing to be false, it still leaves one fretful and vexed...
Tang Zhi picked up her phone, hesitated a long while, and dialed a number from her contacts.
"Beep—beep—beep—beep—" Once the call connected, it rang many times, but no one answered.
Silently, Tang Zhi pressed the end-call button, set the phone aside, and flung herself onto the bed. Clutching a pillow to her chest, she stared at the wall, lost in a daze...
After a while, Tang Zhi's phone suddenly rang—the chime of an incoming text message.
Tang Zhi had been sitting alone in a daze; the message startled her. She picked up the phone and glanced at it—it was actually a text from Gu Mengyao.
"I was in the bath just now. Was there something you needed?"
Tang Zhi's heart gave a sudden lurch. Gu Mengyao really had been in the bath just now? In that moment, Tang Zhi felt as though her heart had shattered, and it ached.
But soon Tang Zhi thought again: if Gu Mengyao really had been bathing together with Wei Zhao just now, then why would she tell her? Would it not be better to keep it hidden? Only, Tang Zhi could not see Gu Mengyao's expression, and could not tell whether this message was meant as a show of defiance toward her.
The tone of the message was flat; no emotion could be read in it. That was the eldest young lady's usual style.
Tang Zhi wanted to call back and confirm, but did not dare. A trace of hope and a trace of unease warred in her heart; she feared that if she called, her suspicions would become reality... yet if she did not call, she could not set her mind at ease.
After hesitating a long time, Tang Zhi gave a somewhat dejected sigh, switched off the phone and set it aside, then buried her head under the quilt. Without her knowing how, the tears came spilling down...
Gu Mengyao had sent Tang Zhi the message, but after quite a while there was still no reply, which struck her as odd, so she called Tang Zhi back—after all, the three of them were on fairly good terms at present.
Hearing the "phone is off" notice on the other end, Gu Mengyao shook her head. Perhaps Tang Zhi's phone had run out of battery, or perhaps she had dialed the wrong number. She thought no more of it, set the phone aside, and began drying her hair with a towel...