Chapter 988 — A Win-Win Situation? Had He Not Said the Very Same Thing to Tang Yun Before? He Had Said That If Tang Yun Behaved Herself, He Would Let Her Grudgingly Be the Mistress — and Now Tang Yun Must Surely Be Throwing Those Words Right Back at Him!

At this thought, Feng Xiaoxiao was not the least bit annoyed — on the contrary, she was quietly delighted! Tang Yun, ah, since that is how you put it, then I am sorry to say I am not like you. I do not get angry; I make a specialty of climbing right up whatever pole is held out to me!

"Heh, and I just happen to enjoy being the mistress. What is so bad about being the little wife? Being the first wife is exhausting — jealous from morning till night!" Feng Xiaoxiao said with a grin. "Tang Yun, what if Wei Zhao really does fall for me? Are you sure you will stand by what you just said?"

"I... I..." Tang Yun was suddenly at a loss for words, as though she were wavering!

"What, afraid to speak now?" Feng Xiaoxiao looked at Tang Yun with mockery in her eyes.

"My word is my word! If Wei Zhao truly falls for you, then I have nothing more to say!" Tang Yun, as if goaded by Feng Xiaoxiao, declared with absolute finality: "If he accepts you, then I accept you!"

"Good, then it is settled!" Feng Xiaoxiao was smug within. In the end, Tang Yun was still no match for her scheming — she had walked into the trap just like that!

"Settled it is!" Tang Yun snorted.

"Then from now on, you are not allowed to give me dirty looks, or to keep me from getting close to Wei Zhao!" Feng Xiaoxiao seized the moment to press her advantage.

"As long as he says nothing against it, I will live in peace with you!" Tang Yun nodded, her face flushed red.

"Good. And to be fair, from now on the three of us will eat together, go to school together, and come home together!" Feng Xiaoxiao went on, pushing further to test the limits of Tang Yun's patience — she meant to wring as many advantages as she could while Tang Yun was impulsive and irrational!

"Fair is fair! When I go on a date with him, I will inform you — that should satisfy you, shouldn't it?" Tang Yun said angrily. "Only I am afraid that even if I give you the chance, it will be of no use! Being the mistress is not so easy as you imagine!"

"Then just wait and see!" Feng Xiaoxiao nearly jumped up and cheered three hurrahs. Tang Yun was still too naive — she had been talked in circles so easily! Feng Xiaoxiao refused to believe it: if she posed no threat to Tang Yun, would Wei Zhao truly not fall for her?

"Wait and see it is!" Tang Yun sneered. "Scared?"

"Wei Zhao is back. I hope you will keep to our agreement, Sister Tang Yun?" By calling her that, Feng Xiaoxiao meant to cement her own status as the little wife before Tang Yun, so that Tang Yun could never go back on her word!

"Very well, Sister Xiaoxiao!" Tang Yun likewise deliberately laid heavy emphasis on the words "Sister Xiaoxiao"!

Feng Xiaoxiao was blooming with joy inside. What luck she had today! As long as Tang Yun did not object, what else did she have to worry about?

And Tang Yun, watching how happy Feng Xiaoxiao looked, let a faint curve flicker at the corner of her lips. In this exchange, who had really trapped whom?

Tang Yun was in fact not the least bit foolish. She had cleverly made use of her earlier conflict with Feng Xiaoxiao to set a trap, and Feng Xiaoxiao had walked right into it. Most likely, even now, Feng Xiaoxiao still thought Tang Yun was the one being silly.

Still, this could be counted a win-win situation, could it not?

When Wei Zhao returned, Tang Yun gave him a look that said the deed was done, which astonished him. So quickly, Tang Yun and Feng Xiaoxiao had secretly reached some sort of agreement? This made Wei Zhao regard Tang Yun with new eyes!

But he pretended to know nothing, and set the three bowls of wonton noodles on the table, one for each of them — except that Feng Xiaoxiao's bowl had no seaweed and no dried shrimp in it.

"Huh? Why is mine missing something? Are you playing favorites?" Feng Xiaoxiao noticed that there was nothing in her soup and found it strange. Surely Wei Zhao would not play favorites to that degree?

"Seaweed and dried shrimp are both seafood, so I did not put any in yours," Wei Zhao said. "Last time in Yanjing you fainted after eating seafood. Are you allergic to it?"

"Ah!" Feng Xiaoxiao looked into Wei Zhao's and Tang Yun's bowls, and only then realized that what her own bowl lacked was the seaweed and the dried shrimp. Wei Zhao had actually remembered that? Even she herself had nearly overlooked it. A warmth surged in Feng Xiaoxiao's heart — it seemed Wei Zhao did care about her, at least a step beyond an ordinary classmate!

"Yes, but a small amount does not matter," Feng Xiaoxiao said happily. "Last time I fainted while taking a bath at the hotel, and it was thanks to you that I was saved!"

Feng Xiaoxiao said this on purpose, and also for Tang Yun's ears — to show how intimate her relationship with Wei Zhao was!

Yet unexpectedly, Tang Yun's expression remained perfectly calm, as though this were a trifle of no consequence. She gave a faint "oh," and said nothing more. In truth, Tang Yun had already learned Wei Zhao's true feelings from the way he had refused Feng Tianlong today!

Wei Zhao might feel a slight fondness for Feng Xiaoxiao, but he had absolutely not reached the point of liking her! Today, when Feng Tianlong asked Wei Zhao to pursue Feng Xiaoxiao, Wei Zhao had even hesitated — so how could he have any other kind of relationship with her? Therefore, all that talk from Feng Xiaoxiao about baths and such, Tang Yun did not take seriously. However ambiguous Feng Xiaoxiao's words, who knew what the real situation had been?

What was more, Tang Yun had now made up her mind to have Wei Zhao pretend to be Feng Xiaoxiao's boyfriend. Even if something really had happened between Feng Xiaoxiao and Wei Zhao, Tang Yun would turn a blind eye. She would remind herself constantly not to contend with a dying woman — there was no meaning in it!

What would winning accomplish? What would losing matter? Feng Xiaoxiao's terminal illness had already decided the outcome of the whole affair! She could never take Wei Zhao from Tang Yun's side!

Seeing that Tang Yun did not care, Feng Xiaoxiao suddenly felt as though she were performing a one-woman show, and grew rather sullen. She could only look at Tang Yun and go on: "Sister Tang Yun, Wei Zhao seems to treat me very well, doesn't he? He even knows about my seafood allergy!"

"I have noted it too, Sister Xiaoxiao. From now on, when I go out to eat with you, I will not order seafood either." Though Tang Yun's voice was calm, the expression on her face was one of gnashing teeth, as though she could bear it no longer!

Accepting Feng Xiaoxiao and truly befriending her would take time. However magnanimous Tang Yun might be, she could not possibly build a friendship with Feng Xiaoxiao in a single day! So Tang Yun still had to put on an air of being forced into it, of having no choice!

As they spent more time together in the future, she could gradually change. So long as the process was step by step, Feng Xiaoxiao would not grow suspicious.

Seeing Tang Yun gnash her teeth, Feng Xiaoxiao was delighted. Hmph, hmph, Sister Tang Yun, you regret it now, don't you? For the sake of a contest of pride, you added a little wife to your own household. Wahahaha, I really am a genius! Xiaoxiao, you are wonderful! So clever!

Feng Xiaoxiao clenched her fist, her heart full of hope and fighting spirit.

And Tang Yun, for her part, was laughing inwardly, yet on the surface she still had to feign helplessness and anger...

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