Chapter 2043 — There Must Be Something Wrong

Of course, Shen Yushu had no real strength of her own—the lion knew perfectly well that her authority was borrowed. But Wei Zhao stood behind her, and Wei Zhao could crush it to death with a single finger, in the time it took to snap them. So the Lion King was no fool; it dared not provoke Shen Yushu.

Just then, it spotted its underlings trying to make a meal of Shen Yushu and Wei Zhao, and its heart nearly exploded with fright. It gave a great roar at once and bawled all the little brothers back.

The pack of lions and tigers could not quite understand why their great king had summoned them back, but none dared disobey. One after another they turned around and came trotting back.

At the Lion King's roar, everyone in the vehicle jumped with fright, Zhang Duopan most of all. He looked at Wei Zhao and Shen Yushu with gleeful malice, thinking: a right pair of idiots, still gawking at the Lion King up close—do they have a death wish?

Behind the car, Wang Xinyan, whose expression had been as placid as still water, finally showed a crack. She frowned slightly and turned to Gu Mengyao, calm at her side. "Yaoyao, Wei Zhao and Xiaoshu, they..."

"It is fine. That lion used to be kept at my home." Gu Mengyao had of course seen through the Lion King's origins.

"Ah? That very Lion King?" Wang Xinyan's mouth fell open in astonishment.

"Mm." Gu Mengyao nodded. "That very Lion King... Though Xinyan, you seem rather concerned about Wei Zhao?"

"We are... good friends, aren't we..." Wang Xinyan said, a flicker of embarrassment crossing her face.

"Heh heh..." Gu Mengyao smiled ambiguously and said no more.

Still, after talking all the way along the road, the two had grown considerably more familiar, and from calling each other by full names they had slipped into affectionate diminutives.

"You—come here!" Under everyone's astonished gaze, Shen Yushu pointed at the Lion King and spoke.

"Huh?" Zhang Duopan stared at the scene below the car and could not make any sense of it. Had these two lost their minds? Why would they do something so idiotic?

Fan Ganhe, for his part, prayed inwardly that the lions and tigers would devour Wei Zhao and Shen Yushu, so that no one would stand in the way of his pursuit of Wang Xinyan.

Yet the Lion King, under the stunned eyes of the crowd and of all the lions and tigers alike, trotted oddly up to Shen Yushu and wagged its head about as though fawning on her.

"You mangy lion, you have done rather well for yourself, haven't you? Even made yourself Lion King?" Shen Yushu seized the lion by the ear as she spoke.

With Wei Zhao standing at her side—and Wei Zhao making no move to stop her—Shen Yushu's courage was naturally immense. Of course, had Wei Zhao not been there, she would never have done anything so foolish.

"Whine, whine..." The lion nodded warily, crying bitter tears in its heart. Had it known the second young miss was coming today, it would have hidden itself away. Now it had walked straight into the line of fire.

"Look at you, so pitiful—and you call yourself Lion King?" Shen Yushu curled her lip in disdain.

The Lion King felt deeply aggrieved. In its heart it thought: before others I truly am the Lion King, but with you here, if I went on playing king, would that not be courting death? You are nothing much—at worst you pull my ears—but the one beside you could send me to the Southern Gate of Heaven with a single kick.

Yet Shen Yushu had not gotten out of the car without purpose. She and Gu Mengyao had grown up together, and the two were so in tune that a single point of understanding passed between them. Gu Mengyao had gone to talk with Wang Xinyan, and Shen Yushu roughly understood that this Wang Xinyan might one day become another of Brother Arrowbrand's girlfriends.

In truth, Shen Yushu did not much mind how many girlfriends Wei Zhao took. What worried her was Gu Mengyao's interests—and as for herself... whenever she thought of her own affairs, Shen Yushu was reluctant to follow the thought any further.

So, once she understood Gu Mengyao's intentions, she too meant to lend Wei Zhao and Wang Xinyan a hand. But for the moment, Wang Xinyan had a rather tiresome suitor, and that this fellow should spoil the good thing between Wei Zhao and Wang Xinyan left Shen Yushu rather displeased. She meant to find a chance to teach Fan Ganhe a lesson.

And now, here was an excellent chance.

Otherwise, Shen Yushu would never have been so bored as to get out of the car and play with the Lion King.

"Fan Ganhe, what are you doing up there in the car? Why don't you come down? I hear Wang Xinyan likes brave men! You are simply too cowardly. Look at Brother Arrowbrand—he isn't afraid of the lion at all!" Shen Yushu made a gesture of contempt at Fan Ganhe in the car.

"Pfft..." At Shen Yushu's words, Wei Zhao nearly burst out laughing. That trick again? Brave men? Earlier it had been that Gu Mengyao liked brave men, hadn't it? When had it become Wang Xinyan?

"I..." Fan Ganhe had been puzzled to begin with, and now that Shen Yushu had poured scorn on him he grew anxious at once. "Who says I'm not brave? How is any of this bravery? There is something strange about this lion—it doesn't attack people at all!"

"That's right, there is obviously something wrong with this lion!" Zhang Duopan chimed in. "What kind of lion king is this? Uncle Yan, did you make a mistake?"

"This..." Uncle Yan found it rather eerie too. The lion was plainly docile—it did not bite at all. Even with its ear being pulled, it looked delighted. What a foolish lion!

"Isn't this a contest of bravery? Can a sports student like me be weaker than you?" Fan Ganhe made up his mind almost without hesitation. Since nothing had happened to Wei Zhao and Shen Yushu, then surely nothing would happen to him either if he went down!

And Wei Zhao and Shen Yushu had probably known all along that something was wrong with this lion king—that was why they had dared get out of the car. It was just like earlier, when Zhang Duopan and the tamers had agreed beforehand not to fear the tiger: they all knew the inside story!

They had cheated themselves, and so naturally they assumed Wei Zhao was cheating too.

With that, Fan Ganhe jumped down from the car. And in the instant he leaped, Shen Yushu lowered her voice and muttered a few words to the lion, which nodded hurriedly to show it understood.

But hardly anyone paid attention to this. A person talking with a lion? To them, that was impossible.

In the car, Wang Xinyan was somewhat taken aback to hear Shen Yushu say that she liked brave men. Since when did she like brave men? Wei Zhao was brave, certainly, but...

Gu Mengyao only smiled faintly. "Xiaoshu wants to help you shake off that suitor, Fan Ganhe."

"Ah?" Wang Xinyan started, then saw that Fan Ganhe had already gotten out of the car, and more or less understood.

"Hey, you mangy lion, there must be something wrong with you. Out with it—have you been tamed?" The moment Fan Ganhe was out of the car, he pointed at the lion and demanded.

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