Chapter 2573 — Lies Are Hard to Make Round
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Ah, so that's it…" Chen Xi's eyes dropped, and she did look a little disappointed. "He… doesn't like talking to me, then…"
"No, no, Xiao Xi, what are you thinking?" Ying Ziyu was caught somewhere between laughter and tears. "See? This is exactly why I said I wouldn't tell you—tell you, and you get disappointed! Actually, Wei Zhao-gege deliberately told me not to wake you. He saw that you've been short on sleep lately, and he especially instructed me to let you sleep a while longer—sleep until you woke up on your own! Now that's how much he cares about you!"
"Really?" Chen Xi had indeed been going out scavenging with Foreman Zhu most nights lately, and when she came back she still had homework to do, so she really was short on sleep—and Wei Zhao was a doctor, so it wasn't hard for him to see that.
"Of course it's true!" Ying Ziyu nodded. "And all the way here—you have no idea—it was Wei Zhao-gege who carried you so carefully. He was afraid of waking you, so he wouldn't even let us touch you. Being held in Wei Zhao-gege's arms—I'm green with envy!"
"Ah??" Chen Xi's little face went red at once; her earlier disappointment was swept clean away, and she was happy again. "Then why didn't you tell me, Ziyu-jie? I… I'm actually quite happy about it…"
"Heh heh heh, Xiao Xi's heart is all aflutter!" Ying Ziyu teased at the sight of Chen Xi's shyness. "But since you're awake and Wei Zhao-gege hasn't left, why don't you give him a call and have him come up?"
"Ah? Have Wei Zhao-gege come up? Me, call him?" Chen Xi was tempted, but she still said, "Isn't that a bit much? Wei Zhao-gege has already gone, and now I'd be calling him back…"
"He hasn't gone yet, has he? He left earlier because you weren't awake and he didn't know how long you'd sleep, so he went on ahead—but it's different now. You're awake!" Ying Ziyu said.
"That… still doesn't seem quite right, does it?" Chen Xi squirmed. "I… I'd be too embarrassed…"
"What's there to be embarrassed about?" Ying Ziyu frowned. "Xiao Xi, let me tell you—Wei Zhao-gege has beauties around him like clouds. If you don't make an effort and seize your chance, you'll be eliminated, and you'll regret it for the rest of your life! To put it bluntly—do you want to end up like Auntie, alone for a lifetime?"
"I… that…" Hearing Ying Ziyu's words, Chen Xi was suddenly at a loss, and full of worry. Yes—her mother had been lonely and wretched all her life, and she herself liked Wei Zhao. If in the end she couldn't be with Wei Zhao, would she end up just like her mother?