Chapter 1240 — Tang and Feng on the Phone: Tang Yun Fired Off Several Questions in One Breath, Enough to Prove Just How Anxious She Was

"Xiaoxiao and I are both safe and sound, so set your mind at ease. We're on the way home. I mean to have Xiaoxiao stay at Yaoyao's for a while — partly for her safety, and partly for her condition. That way, if she has a sudden attack, there'll be someone on hand to look after her!" Wei Zhao said.

"Oh? Have Xiaoxiao live with you? Now that's a fine idea!" Tang Yun felt no jealousy, no sourness — on the contrary, she was pleased. "You're right. If Xiaoxiao has another attack, with you right there beside her you can give her help at once!"

"Heh, I knew you'd read too much into it." Wei Zhao actually breathed a sigh of relief. Tang Yun's reasonableness had gone beyond anything he had expected. Could this really be the same stubborn little thing who had once quarreled with Gu Mengyao, hammer and tongs, at Fatso Lai's house?

"Read too much into what? Don't make me out to be so petty." Tang Yun was caught between laughter and tears. "You're driving, aren't you? Put Xiaoxiao on — I want a few words with her."

"Mm, all right." With that, Wei Zhao handed the phone to Feng Xiaoxiao beside him.

Wei Zhao was a man who had undergone rigorous training; even experts of his own rank fell short of him. He could turn his mind to several things at once with perfect ease. Driving while talking on the phone, for instance, was a dangerous thing for anyone else to attempt, but for Wei Zhao it was nothing at all.

Feng Xiaoxiao had been all ears while Wei Zhao spoke with Tang Yun. The car was quiet, so she heard every word from the other end, and gratitude toward Tang Yun rose silently in her heart. Sometimes Feng Xiaoxiao would think that Heaven had truly favored her: on the very verge of death, she had not only found a boyfriend who loved and cherished her so, she had even become a close friend to his girlfriend!

That concern of Tang Yun's came straight from the heart, wholly unlike any pretense of it — and that much Feng Xiaoxiao could tell apart well enough.

"Sister Yunyun, thank you for caring about me so much. I'm sorry to have worried you. I'm all right..." Feng Xiaoxiao answered the phone and said gratefully.

"Between you and me, sisters, what is there to thank?" Tang Yun only smiled. "As long as you are safe and sound, my mind is at ease."

"See... I knew Sister Yunyun was the best. Most senior wives would be dying for the junior wife to drop dead!" Feng Xiaoxiao said with a giggle.

"Nonsense again. Drop dead? With Wei Zhao there, you're not going to die." Here Tang Yun suddenly lowered her voice. "By the way, Xiaoxiao, on this trip to Yaoyao's and Xiaoshu's, I have a task for you..."

"Oh? What..." Feng Xiaoxiao had not finished speaking before Tang Yun cut her off.

"Don't say a word yet — don't let Wei Zhao hear..." Tang Yun warned her hurriedly.

"Oh..." Feng Xiaoxiao answered, curiosity stirring in her heart. Just what sort of task did Sister Tang Yun mean to give her? One that had to be kept from Wei Zhao? Could she want Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu assassinated?

Surely not? Feng Xiaoxiao was badly startled by her own bold thought. She knew that Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu might, to one degree or another, be interested in Wei Zhao; Tang Yun ought to have seen it too. Could Sister Tang Yun be jealous, and want her to do away with the two of them?

But that couldn't be it — Sister Tang Yun was not that sort of person, was she?

"Xiaoxiao, when you get to Yaoyao's house, keep a quiet eye out for me on the way Wei Zhao is with Yaoyao and Xiaoshu... see whether there is really anything between them." Here Tang Yun grew a little embarrassed herself. "It isn't that I suspect anything, I'm only curious... Xiaoshu told me there is something between Wei Zhao and Yaoyao, and I neither quite believed it nor quite dismissed it. I just want to be certain, that's all... If it puts you in a difficult spot, then forget it..."

Once she had said all this, Tang Yun felt it was not quite right either. What was this, as though she had planted a spy at Wei Zhao's side? If you love Wei Zhao, you should trust him — how could you doubt him so lightly?

And yet Tang Yun truly was curious. Wei Zhao had lived at the Gu family villa for so long — could there really be nothing at all between him and Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, not the faintest hint of romance?

Of course, this was only Tang Yun wanting to be sure. If there was something, there was; if there wasn't, there wasn't. Even if she discovered something, she would not breathe a word of it to Wei Zhao, or to Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu.

Tang Yun had said long ago that she wanted fair competition. Since everything had been spoken out in the open, and they had all become good friends besides, then if Gu Mengyao or Shen Yushu truly had something with Wei Zhao, it could only mean that they were a little better than she was. Tang Yun would cheer herself on not to lose to them...

As for going to settle accounts with them, that had never crossed her mind. She simply wanted to know her rival and know herself.

"Mm, all right, no problem!" After hearing Tang Yun out, Feng Xiaoxiao agreed without a moment's hesitation. It was no great difficulty for her, nor did it violate any principle of hers — which was why she was glad to say yes.

But though Tang Yun had lowered her voice, Wei Zhao's hearing was formidable. Standing nearby, he heard every word as clear as day. Listening to the two young women talk, he found it rather amusing, though he saw nothing improper in it.

It was only natural that Tang Yun should think this way. Yet she did not dare confront him to his face, and could only go and find out for herself — which made Wei Zhao feel that Tang Yun really had changed. She was somewhat different from the stubborn Tang Yun he had first known.

That Tang Yun who had ground her teeth and sworn to die before his eyes was gone, replaced by a gentle and mild figure.

After Tang Yun and Feng Xiaoxiao finished this talk, they chatted about a few other things, and then hung up.

And Feng Xiaoxiao, as though nothing had happened, handed the phone back to Wei Zhao, saying not a word about Tang Yun's instructions.

Wei Zhao took the phone and put it away, and said nothing more either.

The car came to a stop at the gate of the Gu family villa. The sound of it drew the attention of Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu inside; the villa's main door opened, and when Gu Mengyao saw Wei Zhao's car beyond it, the tightness in her heart at once let go.

Earlier, Wei Zhao had left with a grim look on his face, which had given the young lady and Xiaoshu quite a fright, and there had been no chance to ask him anything. The two of them had gone on worrying until now; only at the sight of Wei Zhao's car were they set at ease.

That the two of them should fret over the same boy at the same time — such a thing would never have happened before. Whom had Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu ever worried about before they met Wei Zhao? The two of them had been carefree, going to bed on time each night. Now, though, they sat together in the living room in silent accord, waiting quietly.

"Yaoyao, Xiaoshu, you still haven't gone to bed?" Wei Zhao got out of the car and looked at the young lady and Xiaoshu at the villa door, and his heart warmed.

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