Chapter 2658 — Zhong Yongliang Ran Off

"You..."

Wei Zhao wanted to say something, but then Gu Mengyao spoke up as well, and the two of them ended up exchanging a smile.

"You go first," Wei Zhao said with a laugh. "I'm actually fine."

"I'm fine too—I only wanted to ask, are you going to Zhong Yongliang's challenge later?" Gu Mengyao said with a gentle smile, and the tension between them eased all at once.

"I don't want to go, but I can't very well not go. He said all that over the loudspeaker—if I don't show, wouldn't that make me a coward, a son of a bitch? I don't know who my mother is, but I was raised by Old Man Wei, so wouldn't that be cursing him?" Wei Zhao shook his head with a bitter smile, speaking somewhat helplessly.

"That's true. Zhong Yongliang really is a nuisance—far too persistent. I don't like him, and I simply don't like him, yet he goes on and on, hounding me without end. If Xiaoshu hadn't kept blocking him all these years, I don't know how much more annoyed I'd be." Gu Mengyao sighed; the very thought of Zhong Yongliang gave her a headache.

"That's true, though he's quite single-minded—it's just that this endless pestering is a bit psychologically abnormal," Wei Zhao said. "And the kid's lucky too—he had a kidney cut out by An Jianwen and still lives this well..."

"Forget it. Since there's no way around it, then go," Gu Mengyao said. "I just wonder what Zhong Yongliang is relying on this time. Given his temperament, if he didn't have something up his sleeve, he'd never issue a challenge so lightly."

"Then we'll just have to wait for Xiaoshu to wake up," Wei Zhao said. He already knew that Shen Yushu had gone to sound out Zhong Yongliang's hidden cards.

The hour passed quickly. As the two of them were talking, Shen Yushu opened her eyes—though she was rather dazed. "Where am I? Huh? Sister Yaoyao? Arrow Brand Brother? You're all here? Is this the dorm?"

"Xiaoshu, you suddenly fainted just now—did something happen?" Gu Mengyao was overjoyed to see Shen Yushu awake and asked at once.

"Ah... right. Earlier Zhong Yongliang said he'd demonstrate his ultimate move for me, but then I suddenly felt dizzy and knew nothing after that..." Shen Yushu recalled what had happened. "I fainted? How could that be?"

"Could Zhong Yongliang have done it?" Something occurred to Wei Zhao. "Did he use some method to make you lose consciousness?"

"Huh? It seems so—I felt a pain in my leg, like something had bitten me. I was just about to look and see what it was when I passed out!" Shen Yushu suddenly remembered the earlier situation and said quickly.

"Let me see—which leg?" Wei Zhao asked at once.

"Right here!" Shen Yushu pulled up her trouser leg, revealing a calf as fair as lotus root. On it, sure enough, was a row of tiny tooth marks. Shen Yushu was startled. "What is this? It looks like I was bitten by some insect?"

"Let me look..." Wei Zhao examined the tooth marks on Shen Yushu's calf carefully, but could not make anything of them. "Could it be some spirit beast that bit you? Surely Zhong Yongliang didn't bring in some spirit beast?"

"That's possible! If Xiaoshu knows about it, then this spirit beast must be Zhong Yongliang's hidden card—he wants to bite Arrow Brand Brother during this afternoon's challenge and knock him unconscious, and then he'll win!" Shen Yushu immediately grasped the cause and effect. "He used Xiaoshu as a test subject!"

Shen Yushu's deduction was largely correct, except that she had not guessed Zhong Yongliang's true motive; she still assumed he had been using her for an experiment.

"That's certainly possible!" Wei Zhao nodded, secretly raising his guard. If Zhong Yongliang really did use this spirit beast that bit people into unconsciousness, then Wei Zhao would have to act with care—if he fell for it and blacked out, wouldn't he be defeated before the fight even began? "Xiaoshu, I owe you thanks this time. If you hadn't put yourself in danger, I might well have been careless!"

"Oh, that's good then—Xiaoshu didn't faint for nothing. But Zhong Yongliang is nasty enough, actually using a spirit beast to bite me!" Shen Yushu said angrily. "Next time I see him, just watch how I prank him!"

What Shen Yushu never expected, however, was that this parting with Zhong Yongliang—if not an eternal one, then close enough—would leave her with no news of him at all for a very long time. While Gu Mengyao breathed a sigh of relief, Shen Yushu found herself missing Zhong Yongliang a little; with no one to play tricks on, life was lonely indeed...

At half past one in the afternoon, the school's small sports ground was crowded with students who had come to watch the excitement. That month, many departments had no classes on Monday afternoons, and Zhong Yongliang had picked just such a day; with everyone free, they came to join the fun.

Wei Zhao arrived at the small sports ground together with Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. Someone shouted, "Wei Zhao's here!" and everyone's eyes turned toward them.

In truth, Wei Zhao was not really a celebrity at school—he had gained a little fame only after beating Zhong Yongliang last time. And now that Zhong Yongliang's challenger was Wei Zhao once again, that was what gave Wei Zhao some renown.

Wei Zhao and the others reached the middle of the ground, where they saw that Bai Weituo, He Meiyue, Wang Xinyan, Han Jingyi and the rest had already arrived—even You Panhu and Kang Zhaolong had come to watch the fun. Only Zhong Yongliang was nowhere to be seen.

By past custom, Zhong Yongliang always waited on the competition ground well in advance, while Wei Zhao cut it close to the time. But this time, the hour had come, Wei Zhao had arrived, and Zhong Yongliang still had not.

"Where's Zhong Yongliang?" Wei Zhao asked Bai Weituo, startled.

"Haven't seen him. He never showed, and that sidekick of his isn't here either. If you hadn't come, we'd have thought the challenge was called off!" Bai Weituo said, equally puzzled.

"Not here?" Wei Zhao was all the more baffled. Given Zhong Yongliang's temperament, he would never arrive late; if he was sure of victory, he would certainly have come early to build up momentum.

After waiting a while, Wei Zhao still saw no sign of Zhong Yongliang or Gao Xiaofu, and the time had already run twenty minutes past. The students gathered to watch were growing impatient and complained that Zhong Yongliang had broken his word and kept no time.

With no other choice, Wei Zhao took out his phone and dialed Zhong Yongliang's number. The call connected, but the other side did not answer—it was simply hung up. That left Wei Zhao even more puzzled. What on earth was Zhong Yongliang playing at?

He called again, and again it was decisively hung up. Wei Zhao was truly at a loss. He addressed the people present: "Which of you is in the same class as Zhong Yongliang? Who can go see whether he's in the dorm?"

"He's not. We just went to look..." The moment Wei Zhao finished speaking, someone answered. It turned out others had grown impatient too and had gone to find Zhong Yongliang.

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