Chapter 1223 — You Can't Just Make Predictions

"Little Shu, what nonsense are you spouting? Stop talking garbage — there's no way Qiu Lingshan would do something like that..." Gu Mengyao had herself been misunderstood by Shen Yushu once before. That time in the cave, when she sucked the poisoned blood from Wei Zhao's wound, Shen Yushu had twisted it into something else entirely! So on reflection, Qiu Lingshan might well be a misunderstanding too!

Besides, judging by her understanding of Wei Zhao's character, even if Qiu Lingshan wanted to do such a thing, Wei Zhao might not agree to it! The two of them were hardly even acquainted — Wei Zhao wasn't so desperate for female company that he'd take the bait so easily. If it were Tang Yun helping Wei Zhao in that way, Gu Mengyao could believe it, but when it came to Qiu Lingshan, she really couldn't bring herself to.

"There's no outsider here, so what's there to be afraid of?" Shen Yushu said, utterly unconcerned.

"Really? That Qiu Lingshan is that ruthless?" Feng Xiaoxiao asked.

"Of course it's not real!" Wei Zhao patted Feng Xiaoxiao's little head and said, somewhat helplessly, "How can you believe anything Little Shu says?"

"Why can't you believe me? I'm the famous Prophesying Shu — everything I say basically comes true!" Shen Yushu said, perfectly self-assured.

"Little Shu, you can't just go around making wild predictions about something like this!" Gu Mengyao glared at Shen Yushu. Right now there was nothing between Wei Zhao and Qiu Lingshan — but if Shen Yushu prophesied it, something really might happen!

"Uh..." Shen Yushu stuck out her tongue, realizing her words had been a bit inappropriate. Wasn't this practically pushing Wei Zhao toward Qiu Lingshan herself?

"All right, let's get back to the orphanage fundraiser." Wei Zhao steered the conversation back on track. The more Shen Yushu talked, the further afield she wandered, and he naturally couldn't let her keep going!

In the past, a little talk wouldn't have mattered, but now there really was something ambiguous and indefinable between Wei Zhao and Qiu Lingshan. Hearing Shen Yushu's words, Wei Zhao couldn't help but blush and his heart race, so it was best not to let her continue!

"Wei Zhao's right. Let's discuss the fundraiser." Gu Mengyao nodded as well. "Yesterday, because of what happened with Xiaoxiao, I didn't get to talk to Daddy. I'll give him a call now and tell him about all this."

"Mm, it's better to talk to Uncle Chu first." Wei Zhao nodded. "Have Uncle Chu make arrangements at the school and give Principal Ding a heads-up. Organizing it through the school will carry more weight than if we did it ourselves."

Gu Mengyao took out her phone and dialed Gu Pengzhan's number.

"Yaoyao? Why are you calling me at this hour?" Gu Pengzhan was in his office looking over documents. Seeing his daughter call at this time, he was rather surprised!

From childhood, Gu Mengyao had always been a very independent girl. Unless something important came up, she generally wouldn't call Gu Pengzhan. In her years at First High, she had rarely troubled him with anything — very different from the typical rich young lady.

"Daddy, there's something I'd like to ask you to help with..." Gu Mengyao said.

"Oh? Has my precious daughter run into some trouble? What does Daddy need to help with?" Gu Pengzhan was rather surprised by her words! Back then, aside from the matter of driving Wei Zhao away, Gu Mengyao had rarely asked him for anything.

"It's like this — Little Shu and I want to organize a fundraiser at school, to rally all our classmates' strength and make a donation to the orphanage," Gu Mengyao said.

"A fundraiser? A donation to the orphanage?" Gu Pengzhan was slightly taken aback, not quite understanding his daughter's meaning. "What orphanage?"

"Daddy, it's like this..." Gu Mengyao then told Gu Pengzhan about everything she had seen and heard at the orphanage the day before.

"So that's how it is!" After hearing his daughter's words, Gu Pengzhan was moved to reflection. "So the children at the orphanage are that pitiful. This fundraiser is indeed very necessary! But Yaoyao, have you considered — although there are plenty of wealthy students at school, most of them are just spending their parents' allowance. Even if they donate, they can't donate much. I'd estimate that all the donations from one school combined wouldn't amount to more than a hundred or two hundred thousand yuan. For the orphanage, that's no more than a drop in the bucket!"

"But even a drop in the bucket is better than nothing for the orphanage as it is now!" Gu Mengyao naturally understood this. "It's still better than me donating alone, isn't it?"

"Hmm... How about this: I'll have Principal Ding send invitations in the school's name to some of Songshan City's social elite. If they can participate in the donation too, it could bring the orphanage a considerable sum! After all, their donations and the students' donations aren't on the same order of magnitude!" Gu Pengzhan said after a moment's thought.

"Oh?" Gu Mengyao's eyes lit up. As a businessman, Daddy naturally saw things on a broader scale. She was both surprised and delighted. "That's wonderful! That way, even more people can donate!"

"Mm, I'll discuss this with Old Ding some more." Gu Pengzhan said. "By the way, Yaoyao, is Little Yi doing all right?"

"Huh?" Gu Mengyao was slightly startled. She glanced at Wei Zhao and said, "He's doing fine. Why do you ask?"

"Fine is good. Put him on the phone, will you? I have something to discuss with him," Gu Pengzhan said.

Although Gu Pengzhan had been very firm in his attitude toward the Xiao brothers yesterday, he was somewhat bluffing. After all, the Xiao family had two hidden experts from the Pi family backing them, which made Gu Pengzhan somewhat worried.

After the Xiao brothers left yesterday, there had been no further movement. Today Gu Pengzhan had deliberately checked the company's stock, and there hadn't been any major fluctuations. He had no idea how the Xiao family might retaliate against him, so he was especially concerned about Wei Zhao's safety.

As long as Wei Zhao wasn't injured or hospitalized, the Gu family was still safe for the time being.

"Uncle Chu, what did you want to talk to me about?" Wei Zhao took the phone and asked.

"Little Yi, how are you? I heard you were very busy yesterday, and some things weren't explained in detail. The Xiao brothers said that some great hero went to Yaoyao's villa and beat you into the hospital?" Gu Pengzhan asked.

"A great hero? Beat me into the hospital?" Wei Zhao was stunned. "The Xiao family came to see you again yesterday?"

"Yes, yesterday's events went like this..." Hearing Wei Zhao's astonished tone, which didn't seem feigned, Gu Pengzhan grew rather puzzled. Could it be that the Xiao brothers had come to him spouting nonsense? There was no great hero at all, and Wei Zhao hadn't been injured?

But the Xiao brothers' intelligence couldn't be that low, could it? Using such a clumsy excuse to deceive him?

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