Chapter 1760 — A Strange Dream (Part One)
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"Sister Yaoyao, you really don't know?" Seeing that Gu Mengyao's expression held no trace of feigning, Shen Yushu reflected that the day before she had indeed seemed to have no consciousness of her own, and grew only more astonished.
"What am I supposed to know?" Gu Mengyao shook her head. "Xiaoshu, Yunyun, what are you talking about? What on earth happened yesterday?"
Tang Zhi and Shen Yushu exchanged a glance. Neither knew how to speak of yesterday—or whether they ought to speak of it at all—and so each read the other's meaning in the other's eyes: this was a matter better left for Wei Zhao to explain.
"Sister Yaoyao, wait a moment. I'll go get Brother Arrow..." Shen Yushu scrambled off the bed and ran for the door.
"Xiaoshu, your blouse isn't buttoned properly—you're showing everything!" Tang Zhi warned.
"It's fine. Brother Arrow's seen it all anyway," Shen Yushu said.
"...What I mean is, what if a maid happens to be passing in the corridor, cleaning the rooms..." Tang Zhi said, rather helplessly.
"Oh, right. I'll button up first, then undo them again in a bit," Shen Yushu said with a nod.
Tang Zhi and Gu Mengyao nearly fainted. What sort of logic was that? They wanted to say something, but Xiaoshu had already run out of the room.
Wei Zhao had been worrying about Gu Mengyao all along, so when Xiaoshu came he cut short his cultivation and ran with her to Gu Mengyao's room.
At the sight of Wei Zhao entering, Gu Mengyao instinctively tugged at her collar. She wore no undergarment beneath, and from Wei Zhao's vantage point above her a touch of spring would have been visible. But somehow, once she had pulled her collar closed, she felt a little regret: if Wei Zhao stole a look, that would prove she was attractive; not looking was only to be expected!
Living alongside Wei Zhao, Gu Mengyao had even begun to wonder whether she had lost her charm. How could this man's self-control be so formidable? Yet she did not know that although Wei Zhao was a little fond of the fairer sex, he was on the whole a gentleman, and that the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art had the power to calm the spirit and still the mind—which was how Wei Zhao could remain so composed before her and Xiaoshu.
Besides, Wei Zhao was a physician, and at times he regarded her body and Xiaoshu's with a doctor's eye, so no other thoughts arose in him.
"Yaoyao, you're awake?" Wei Zhao walked over, took Gu Mengyao's wrist in his hand, and examined her carefully.
"?" Gu Mengyao found Wei Zhao's behavior even stranger. Tang Zhi and Xiaoshu had already been odd enough, and now Wei Zhao had no sooner entered than he began examining her, which made her feel as though she had just risen from a grave illness. "Wei Zhao, what are you doing? I'm not sick."
"You don't remember anything from yesterday?" Wei Zhao had already heard it from Shen Yushu, but he asked once more.
"Yesterday? What on earth happened yesterday? What's wrong with all of you, acting so strangely? Asking me the same question?" Gu Mengyao said in astonishment. "Wei Zhao, tell me what's going on. Xiaoshu and Yunyun look like they're holding something back."