Chapter 1139 — Embarrassed
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"Ahhh!" Tang Zhi screamed. She had never thought herself so unlucky as to slip and fall like this! It would go badly with her - even if the fall broke no bone, it would leave her battered. She squeezed her eyes shut and dared not open them...
All of it happened in the space of a spark. Wei Zhao's heart had been racing and he was still thrumming with excitement, but the instant he saw Tang Zhi tumble he reacted, sprinting over and bounding up the stairs to catch her.
"Wow, Brother Arrow, you're amazing! From now on I'll never worry about falling down the stairs again!" Shen Yushu clapped her hands in acclaim.
Gu Mengyao was rather lost for words, though what Shen Yushu said was plain fact. Before Wei Zhao had come, Shen Yushu had once been showering upstairs when a cartoon came on; Gu Mengyao called her down to watch, and Shen Yushu came barrelling down the stairs without even wiping the water from her body - whereupon she took a tremendous spill right on the steps. She landed so hard her bottom swelled, and she had to lie at home for several days before going back to school.
Tang Zhi had been certain she was going down for certain, yet at the last moment Wei Zhao had caught her. Shame and delight washed over her at once - shame that she was still stark naked, and delight that it was Wei Zhao who had caught her!
Both Gu Mengyao and Feng Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief. They were about to set off, and neither wanted anything to happen to Tang Zhi.
Gu Mengyao admired the depth of Tang Zhi's love for Wei Zhao, and the grace with which she had welcomed Feng Xiaoxiao; she felt that making an enemy of Tang Zhi would only reveal her own smallness, and so, by degrees, she had begun looking after Tang Zhi as well.
As for Feng Xiaoxiao - ever since Tang Zhi had taken her in, she had felt nothing but gratitude toward her, and naturally wanted nothing to befall her.
Shen Yushu, though, stole a glance at Tang Zhi in Wei Zhao's arms and asked with a sly grin, "Sister Tang Zhi, does it feel good having Brother Arrow grope your boobs?"
"Ah!" Tang Zhi started, only now noticing that Wei Zhao's hand was pressed against her chest. She struggled on instinct, trying to make him let her go.
Only then did Wei Zhao realize that his hand was closed around something soft - something he had been too frantic to notice before. He felt a twinge of regret: had he known, he would have taken his time with it. Now, before he had felt anything at all, he had to let go.
Wei Zhao gave an awkward laugh, released her, and set Tang Zhi down on the sofa. "Sorry about that - I wasn't thinking, in the heat of the moment... Yaoyao, get Yunyun something to wear; I'll turn around first..."
Wei Zhao would have very much liked to keep looking, but he knew it would not be proper. Tang Zhi was his girlfriend, true, but their relationship had not yet reached that stage, so he turned his back after all.