"Of course Wei Zhao listens to me!" Gu Mengyao had finally gained the upper hand. "Wei Zhao, my daddy is waiting for you at home. You come home with us right now!"

Wei Zhao was instantly caught in a bind. Gu Pengzhan had come? By rights, Gu Pengzhan was his employer, and if the man summoned him home, he truly could not refuse. But he had to say a word or two to Tang Yun first, didn't he?

"I'll go back, but let me explain things to Tang Yun." His tone when he said it was firm, so firm that Gu Mengyao wanted to argue and found she could not. She pursed her lips and fixed Wei Zhao with a spiteful glare, thinking furiously: Damn you, Wei Zhao, what are you putting on airs with me for? I'll dock your wages!

Tang Yun smiled. Whatever the relationship between Wei Zhao and those two might be, the one he cared for most was surely her. So this round, she had won.

Wei Zhao went to Tang Yun's side and said in a low voice, "I'm fine now, and I have to go back with them. Yaoyao's daddy is an old acquaintance of my family's old man. I came to Songshan to study on my elders' orders, to watch over Yaoyao from the shadows. As things stand, she's my employer, so I have to obey her..."

"Oh..." Tang Yun felt a little wronged. Then why have you never told me before? And clearly Wei Zhao was living with them now, facing those two beauties every single day; even if he did not care for them at first, feelings would surely grow with time, wouldn't they?

A sense of crisis unlike anything she had ever felt set Tang Yun's heart tossing and turning, up one moment and down the next.

"Let Fatty Lai drive you home. I'll come find you tomorrow." Wei Zhao tugged at Tang Yun's hand.

"Mm." Tang Yun nodded, a small sweetness welling up in her, though she shot Gu Mengyao a wary glance all the same.

"Wei Zhao, we should be going." Gu Mengyao knew he must have told Tang Yun who she really was, and it shamed her. A moment ago she had shamelessly declared herself his fiancée; now she had become nothing but a joke.

"Then go on. Don't keep your employer waiting..." Tang Yun smiled at Wei Zhao with easy grace. She knew a girl must not be small-minded, especially before a rival as formidable as Gu Mengyao. Wei Zhao had explained what Gu Mengyao was to him, but Tang Yun's sixth sense as a woman told her that Gu Mengyao was fond of Wei Zhao, and that Shen Yushu was too! Otherwise they would never have set themselves so squarely against her, nor said things that sullied their own good names.

But Tang Yun was a clever girl, and she had deliberately pointed out Gu Mengyao's position. It was, in truth, a way of telling her: I know who you are now, so there is no need for me to fight you.

Gu Mengyao pressed her lips together, pulled Shen Yushu up, and walked out of the living room. But as she passed Tang Yun, she stopped and murmured in her ear, "I've made up my mind. Starting today, I am formally pursuing Wei Zhao! I'm the one nearest the water, so I'll be the first to catch the moon. If you get dumped later, don't come crying!"

"Oh, and if you do cry, I suppose I could bear to let you be Wife Number Two!" Shen Yushu said, grinning as well.

Tang Yun said nothing. She stood there brimming with confidence; she did not believe Wei Zhao would ever cast her off. With a faint smile, half joking, she said, "If you're so eager to be the little wife, then so long as Wei Zhao is willing, I don't mind."

Wei Zhao's hearing was extraordinary; he heard every word the three of them said, of course. At that moment he had only one thought: the Young Miss had gone mad. Tang Yun... had gone mad too!

Still, Wei Zhao said nothing. He followed Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu out of Fatty Lai's villa. Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu climbed into their Audi S5, taking the back seat.

Wei Zhao glanced at his own car. He would have to come back for it tomorrow, it seemed. The Young Miss clearly meant for him to drive, so he had no choice but to settle into the driver's seat.

Only after Wei Zhao had gone out the door did Tang Yun breathe a sigh of relief, slumping into Liu Xinwen's arms as though every bone in her body had come unstrung. Just now she had been gritting her teeth, holding to a single thought: she could not show weakness before Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. She might not have their birth and breeding, but Wei Zhao liked her!

That was what had kept Tang Yun fighting, teeth clenched, to the very last. Yet she was, after all, a girl who had never been through anything of the sort. Luckily for her, Gu Mengyao had no experience either, and with Shen Yushu, that muddlehead, thrown into the mix, the three of them had been evenly matched.

But now that Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were gone, Tang Yun finally could not hold out any longer. She was not the sort who took pleasure in scheming and jockeying; just now she had spent every last ounce of her strength.

"Yunyun, what's wrong?" Liu Xinwen was startled and asked in a fluster.

"It's nothing..." Tang Yun smiled bitterly. "I'm just a little tired. Xinwen, do you think what I did just now was... not very nice? Will Wei Zhao think I'm that sort of petty, jealous woman who loves to fight over a man?"

"Not at all! Yunyun, the way you acted just now was beyond anything I expected. That was fierce. I hardly recognized you!" Liu Xinwen said in admiration.

"You're just saying the opposite of what you mean!" Tang Yun let out a breath at her words. She had actually been so bold, trading barbs with Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu face to face. Thinking of it now, even Tang Yun herself could scarcely believe that it had been her.

"Heh. Oh, right, Yunyun, exactly how far have you and Wei Zhao gotten? Have you really ***?" Liu Xinwen had been wanting to ask this for a long time, and only now did she finally get the words out.

"Of course not! I was only lying to them... they lied to me first..." Tang Yun's pretty face went red at once, and she said, embarrassed.

"You scared me to death, you awful Yunyun! I thought you'd *** that fast. That would be a bit quick, wouldn't it!" Liu Xinwen was relieved as well. "So then, how far have the two of you actually gone?"

"Nowhere, really. We've just held hands..." Tang Yun had gone back to her usual self. If she were asked now to stand up and boldly say the things she had said a moment ago, she would certainly never dare.

"Just holding hands!" Liu Xinwen was rather disappointed; she had not expected the two of them to progress so slowly. "Oh, Yunyun, you'd better be careful with that Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. Those two are obviously in it together, and if they mean to chase Wei Zhao, they've got the advantage over you! Sure, you and Wei Zhao have already settled your feelings, but with them it's buy one, get one free. They can do threesomes!"

"..." Tang Yun could not help rolling her eyes at Liu Xinwen. "Hey, Xinwen, what nonsense are you spouting? Wei Zhao doesn't like that kind of disgusting business..."

"How do you know? You don't understand men!" Liu Xinwen said, as though despairing of her. "That threesome business is said to be very tempting, you know. You have to guard against it. That Shen Yushu is plainly a tigress who dares to do anything. Don't let Wei Zhao truly be snatched away, or your regret will come too late..."

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