Chapter 917 — Never Liked Him

"Uncle Chu, why are you so good to me?" Wei Zhao finally could not hold back and asked.

"That... there are naturally reasons for it, but it involves certain secrets, and for the time being it is not convenient for me to disclose them..." Gu Pengzhan smiled bitterly too. His own father had never told him the specific reason either!

Gu Pengzhan only remembered that his father had told him with absolute certainty: if he wished to see his wife again, if he wished the Gu family to rise again, then he must let Yaoyao keep Wei Zhao...

Gu Pengzhan did not know why his father was so certain. He had asked, but his father had only said that for certain things, the time had not yet come...

"Heh heh..." Wei Zhao sighed softly, then smiled. "I am grateful for Uncle Chu's trust and kindness. But even if I agreed, I think Yaoyao certainly would not. This time I am going back to my hometown to find a way to restore my strength. Tang Yun will come back with me. Yaoyao is a pampered young lady—how could she endure that kind of place? A thatched hut, a public latrine, warm in summer and cold in winter, sheer misery... Besides, I do not want to hurt Tang Yun..."

"This..." Gu Pengzhan had not expected Wei Zhao to still be set on leaving. He wanted to keep Wei Zhao, and to keep him here in Songshan City. Yet at the thought of letting his daughter follow Wei Zhao and suffer, Gu Pengzhan found himself torn as well. Would his daughter even agree?

Hearing Wei Zhao's words, Gu Mengyao truly wanted to rush into the room and tell him, I can bear it! Why can't I? If Tang Yun can, so can I! But that last sentence of Wei Zhao's stopped the young lady in her tracks and checked the impulse in her heart!

Wei Zhao did not want to hurt Tang Yun! Yes—even if she herself could accept Tang Yun and lower herself to being Wei Zhao's concubine, would Tang Yun be willing? On what grounds would Tang Yun ever accept her?

"Xiaoshu, let's go!" For the first time, Gu Mengyao had indirectly confessed her feelings to Wei Zhao through her father, and she had actually been ruthlessly rejected. The young lady's fragile heart was hurt, very badly hurt...

"Yaoyao-jie, Brother Arrow seems to like you. Aren't you going to try a little harder?" Shen Yushu could see Gu Mengyao's sorrow.

"Hmph? Who does he think he is? Wanting three wives and four concubines? Dream on!" Gu Mengyao stamped her foot. "Let him go—go, then! Who cares about him? Just a bodyguard. I'll have Daddy find me someone stronger, ten times stronger than him, ten times more handsome! I... I... I don't like him at all! The conceited thing!"

"Oh, Yaoyao-jie, fooling yourself does feel pretty good, but if you want to cry, just cry. Xiaoshu is your solid backing, always on your side!" Shen Yushu said.

"Cry? Ha? Why would I cry? Wei Zhao is blind, why would I cry?" Gu Mengyao stumbled upstairs and threw herself onto her bed, and could hold back no longer—tears streamed down beyond her control once more...

Shen Yushu stood at the doorway of the room, lost in thought... In her view, Yaoyao-jie's problem was no problem at all. If she simply did what Shen Yushu had done and settled for being a concubine, would not everything be fine?

"Yaoyao-jie, how about I go talk to Tang Yun?" Shen Yushu asked cautiously.

"Talk about what? Do I need others to hand me charity?" In front of Xiaoshu, Gu Mengyao could no longer hold back her grief. She hugged her and began to sob.

"Don't cry, Yaoyao-jie, Xiaoshu supports you!" Shen Yushu said hurriedly.

"Xiaoshu... was I wrong from the very beginning?" After crying for a while, Gu Mengyao had cried herself out, and asked blankly.

"I don't know, but I think Yaoyao-jie shouldn't give up!" Shen Yushu said.

"And what good would not giving up do?" Gu Mengyao shook her head. "All right, Xiaoshu, I'm fine now, I'm happy again. Let's not talk about him..."

"Yaoyao-jie, you're lying!" Shen Yushu said.

"I don't like him at all. I never liked him—not now, not before, and never in the future!" Gu Mengyao shook her head with great resolve.

"Oh, then forget it. And here I wanted to help you." Shen Yushu shook her head in disappointment.

"You have a way?" Gu Mengyao was slightly taken aback and looked at Shen Yushu.

"You don't like him, so what use is anything I say?" Shen Yushu still shook her head.

"Then just say whatever. Treat it as idle chatter, since there's nothing better to do anyway." Gu Mengyao said. "Who knows, maybe someday you'll like him too. Consider it a rehearsal for you in advance?"

"Oh, actually, I think the pressing matter is to keep Brother Arrow here first!" Shen Yushu said. "Otherwise, if Brother Arrow and Tang Yun go hide away in the mountains, we won't even be able to find a rival..."

"Uh... but doesn't he have to go back?" Gu Mengyao asked.

"But as long as Brother Arrow restores his strength, he can come back!" Shen Yushu said. "So we can make a deal with him: as long as he recovers his strength, he comes back to the villa. That way you'll have your chance!"

"You'll have your chance." Gu Mengyao was stubborn. "But how do you know he can definitely restore his strength?"

"I'm Prophet Shu, aren't I? Though sometimes I'm Crow Shu, my words are still pretty accurate." Shen Yushu said, quite self-aware.

"Oh, then do as you like. I don't care either way." For some reason, Gu Mengyao felt secretly delighted, though on the surface she was as expressionless as ever.

"Don't worry, Yaoyao-jie, leave it all to me!" Shen Yushu said, taking on the whole thing.

Downstairs in the study, Wei Zhao did not know that his conversation with Gu Pengzhan had been overheard by the young lady. But even if he had known, he would still have said the same. Though it was somewhat hurtful, Wei Zhao had no choice but to do it!

That he felt favorably toward Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu was a fact. But he could not, because of that fact, bring harm to everyone!

If he stayed in the villa, would that not be bringing trouble to Gu Mengyao? When his enemies came looking for him, they would surely implicate them—that was not what Wei Zhao wanted to see. So no matter what, Wei Zhao had to leave.

"Xiao Yi, won't you reconsider?" Gu Pengzhan looked at Wei Zhao with a bitter smile. He had not expected that even after laying his cards on the table, Wei Zhao would remain unmoved.

"Uncle Chu, do you think I don't want to stay here?" Wei Zhao shrugged. "But I have many enemies, and they will probably come looking for me soon. If that happens, not only will I be unable to protect myself, I won't be able to look after Yaoyao and Xiaoshu's safety either. Wouldn't that be harming everyone?"

"Mm... what you say makes sense too. But what if I hire a bodyguard for you?" Gu Pengzhan asked.

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