Chapter 1695 — Pretending One More Time
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"I... I understand..." Sun Jingyan sighed.
"I will wait for your news," Old Master Sun said.
"Then... Grandfather, please take care of your health!" A few fragments of memory from her childhood suddenly surfaced in Sun Jingyan's mind... Her grandfather was domineering and stern, something of a male chauvinist, and yet he had truly been good to her!
"Do not worry. My health may be poor, but I can hold on another year or two, long enough to see you children settled in life!" Old Master Sun said.
True, her grandfather's insistence that she marry into another family seemed unreasonable on the surface, but he had at least left her room to choose—far better than those parents who simply settled their children's lifelong affairs for them...
But how was Sun Jingyan supposed to bring this up with Wei Zhao? Pretending to be her boyfriend to fool Wu Chengtian was one thing, but deceiving her grandfather? Would he see through the act?
Sun Jingyan was torn. With no other recourse, she could only dial Wei Zhao's number.
"Hello?" Wei Zhao had only just finished enhancing Wu Chengtian's strength when Sun Jingyan's call came through. He smiled faintly and picked up. "Looking for the great bandit?"
"Wei Zhao... I have something very urgent to discuss with you. Can you come over?" Sun Jingyan gave a bitter smile. She was in no mood for jokes with Wei Zhao. This had come too suddenly—if Wei Zhao refused to go back with her, what would she do?
"Now?" Wei Zhao had no idea what could be so urgent. He had been hoping to settle down and study the matter of martial techniques, but it seemed that would have to wait.
"Yes, right now. Is that all right?" Sun Jingyan said anxiously. "It really is urgent!"
"All right. Where are you? I will be right there." Wei Zhao's relationship with Sun Jingyan was not especially close, but it was closer than that of ordinary friends. It was only because Wu Chengtian had recently become Wei Zhao's lackey and stopped pestering Sun Jingyan that the two of them had gradually drifted apart and lost touch.
"Well... it is noon already. Let me treat you to lunch—we can talk while we eat. I know a place called Liuweiju, a newly opened chain. I hear the food is good?" Sun Jingyan asked. "It is right behind First High School. You will see it as soon as you arrive—the sign is huge."
"Fine, I am on my way!" Wei Zhao replied.
Wei Zhao set the martial techniques down on the table, said a quick word to Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, and drove over to Liuweiju. At the entrance, he spotted Sun Jingyan's red Audi A4L at a glance—it looked like she had arrived first.
Wei Zhao parked the car and walked into Liuweiju. A waiter came over at once. "Good afternoon, sir. Will you be dining alone, or do you have a reservation?"
"Has a lady by the surname Sun reserved a private room?" Wei Zhao did not know whether Sun Jingyan had spoken to the staff.
"May I ask your surname, sir?" the waiter asked with a smile, instead of answering.
"My surname is Lin," Wei Zhao said.
"A Miss Sun Jingyan has reserved a private room. This way, please, sir," the waiter said only after confirming Wei Zhao's identity.
Wei Zhao nodded. The service here seemed decent, and they were fairly careful about protecting their guests' privacy.
He followed the waiter to the door of a private room. The waiter gestured for him to enter and opened the door for him.
"That was fast?" Sun Jingyan had only just arrived herself, and she was surprised to see Wei Zhao walk in right after her.
"You said it was urgent—how could I be slow?" Wei Zhao said, half amused, half exasperated. "What, is it not urgent anymore?"
"No... but I would not say it is desperately urgent either." Sun Jingyan said a little sheepishly. "Still, it seems my summons as your lover carries quite a bit of weight!"