Chapter 4735 — The Phone Call
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Really? That's good, that's good." Only then did some color return to Ning Xuefei's face. After a pause she suddenly realized something and asked, "Huo Yudie is Vice Director Liu's disciple, isn't she? She seemed to rarely leave the Eastern Continent before—how would she know Wei Zhao?"
"I don't know either. These past two years I've been with you the whole time, Feifei—you all are the ones who told me what Brother Wei Zhao has been through," Han Jingyi said with a pout.
"That doesn't add up. Our young junior brother hasn't been to the Eastern Continent these two years, and I've never once heard him mention any girl!" Shangguan Lan'er was the authority on such matters. She thought it over, then her eyes suddenly lit up: "Jingjing, do you remember—right before the trial began, there was a veiled girl who tried to strike up a conversation with our junior brother. Could that have been Huo Yudie?"
"I doubt it. Brother Wei Zhao turned her down flat right there in front of everyone. After a public rejection like that, no girl could very well keep pestering him," Han Jingyi said, shaking her head.
"Who knows? Maybe something happened after they went in," Shangguan Lan'er said thoughtfully.
"Whatever the case, she was willing to sacrifice herself and stay behind to keep Wei Zhao company, never leaving him through good times and bad. We must find a way to thank her properly!" Ning Xuefei was still weak, but there was a certain dignity in her voice as she said it—as though, without quite realizing it, she had already come to regard herself as Wei Zhao's woman.
"Thank her with what? Sister Huo doesn't need our thanks. If you really want to repay her, you might as well have our junior brother give himself to her in marriage!" Shangguan Lan'er giggled from the side.
"Huh? Give himself to her?" Ning Xuefei and Han Jingyi were both stunned at these words. All they had felt was gratitude; such a thought had never crossed their minds.
"You two really are silly girls. Sister Huo and our junior brother met by chance—if she hadn't fallen for him, why would she risk herself to stay at his side? She's a pure and spotless girl, you know. If word of this got out, it would ruin her reputation. So of course our junior brother has to take responsibility!" Shangguan Lan'er analyzed with great solemnity.
Ning Xuefei and Han Jingyi looked at each other, and only after a long while did they finally manage to close their mouths. It really was rather unexpected—yet Shangguan Lan'er's reasoning was not without sense; otherwise, they truly could not think of any other plausible explanation.
"Feifei, Jingjing, congratulations! You're about to have another sister!" Shangguan Lan'er teased with a mischievous grin.
"Isn't she your sister too?" Ning Xuefei and Han Jingyi retorted in perfect unison, as if their minds were linked. (To be continued)