Chapter 970 — Xiaoxiao Has a Date
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"Why aren't you answering?" Tang Zhi asked, puzzled, when she saw Wei Zhao pick up the phone but not immediately take the call.
"It's Feng Xiaoxiao," Wei Zhao said.
"Oh..." At the sound of that name, Tang Zhi's expression visibly froze for a moment, but she still said, "Then hurry and answer it. What if it's something important?"
"Mn." Wei Zhao nodded and took the call. "Xiaoxiao?"
"Wei Zhao, I'm back in Songshan City! Where are you? Did you miss me?" Feng Xiaoxiao's voice was as sunny as ever—a far cry from the somewhat sorrowful Feng Xiaoxiao who had sat in the car talking with her father not long ago.
If not for the fact that Feng Xiaoxiao truly suffered from an incurable illness, no one would ever believe that such a large sorrow could dwell in the heart of this giggling, playful girl.
"I'm at school," Wei Zhao said. "If it's as a classmate, then I suppose I've missed you a little."
"Tch..." Feng Xiaoxiao sounded displeased at his words. "Fine then, Classmate Lin, is it all right for you to just casually grope a classmate's chest?"
Wei Zhao was startled. This Feng Xiaoxiao really did dare to say anything. Fortunately her voice was not loud, and Tang Zhi had not heard. "Is there something you need?"
"Didn't you promise to treat me to a meal? I'm a bit hungry now—come find me?" Feng Xiaoxiao did not press that other topic any further. Some things only needed to be brought up now and then so that Wei Zhao would remember; if you harped on them constantly, they lost all meaning.
"Now?" Wei Zhao frowned slightly.
"Mn, I just got to Songshan City and haven't eaten yet!" Feng Xiaoxiao said. "You promised me—you'd treat me to beef noodles, and the time would be up to me!"
"Well, all right then." Wei Zhao had no choice but to agree. He was a man of his word; once he had promised Feng Xiaoxiao, he would see it through. Besides, deep down he did feel somewhat indebted to her.
Although he had no idea what game Feng Xiaoxiao was playing, he had, after all, touched a rather private part of her body. Even if only the two of them knew of the matter, if Feng Xiaoxiao chose to make a fuss and accuse Wei Zhao of being a shameless rogue, he would simply have to accept it. After all, he really had been somewhat bewitched at the time—he had done it on purpose...
What was more, Feng Xiaoxiao had done him a great favor at the auction, securing the Ten-Thousand-Year Springwood Box in her hands!
"I'll drive over to the school gate now—meet me there," Feng Xiaoxiao said.
"All right." Wei Zhao nodded in agreement.
After hanging up, Wei Zhao mused for a moment, then said to Tang Zhi, "I'm going out for a bit..."
"Oh... okay." Tang Zhi nodded. She wanted to ask Wei Zhao what he was going out for, but asking seemed as though she did not trust him and was meddling in his private affairs. Tang Zhi was so conflicted! Yet now, with the young heiress as her rival right before her, Tang Zhi had become cautious and careful...
"While I was in Yanjing, Xiaoxiao did me a big favor, and I promised to treat her to a meal. Now that she's back, she called me!" Though Tang Zhi had not asked for details, Wei Zhao still explained the whole business to her.
"Oh, then it's only right that you treat her." Tang Zhi smiled and nodded. "It's fine—go on. I'll just eat by myself in the cafeteria!"
"All right, then. If anything comes up, call me anytime." Wei Zhao left Tang Zhi with that instruction, then rose and left the cafeteria, heading in the direction of the school gate.
Toward Feng Xiaoxiao, Wei Zhao harbored a tangled, hard-to-define emotion. To be honest, he had once taken her for nothing more than a spoiled rich girl, but that business by the seaside had shown him that perhaps that was not so—especially after learning she was Feng Tianlong's daughter, his feelings toward her had grown all the more complicated.