Chapter 1147 — The Plan Begins: "Oh? So that means Wei Zhao and Yaoyao have nothing between them?" An Jianwen was overjoyed the instant he heard Su Taizao's words!

"That has to be it. Their tent can comfortably sleep five, so if Wei Zhao really had something going on with all of them, why would he go off alone with Feng Xiaoxiao?" Su Taizao reasoned.

"Mmm, that makes sense! So it means my chances are still pretty good? Gu Mengyao doesn't actually like Wei Zhao — she's only using him as a shield?" An Jianwen thought it over, then suddenly slapped his thigh. "That's it — I finally understand why that girl Shen Yushu calls Wei Zhao Brother Shield! They must be using him as a shield. In fact, none of them has anything to do with him at all!"

"Brother An, you're a genius — you've reasoned out something that brilliant, you could be a detective. You're the great detective Anlmes!" Su Taizao now found An Jianwen's words thoroughly convincing too. "I said as much all along. However fierce Gu Pengzhan may be, there's no way he'd betroth his daughter to Wei Zhao while Wei Zhao already has a girlfriend — what, is he sick in the head? If Wei Zhao were some rich family's son, fine, but he's a lousy imperial guard. What's he got to be so cocky about?"

"Wonderful! Today's outing was well worth it! I believe that as long as I keep at it, I'll win Gu Mengyao's heart!" An Jianwen was brimming with fighting spirit. "Now, let's set our plan in motion!"

"The plan? Now?" Su Taizao was taken aback. "But Yang Ganglou, the one who was supposed to carry it out, isn't here."

"He isn't here, but you are, aren't you? Can't you carry it out? The three of us drew up this plan, so you take his place," An Jianwen ordered with a frown.

"Uh... but it's pitch dark out, and I'm a little scared to go by myself..." Su Taizao glanced outside the tent. Everything was black as ink; apart from the moonlight there was not a single lamp burning, and on this empty stretch of shore it was downright terrifying.

"Are you kidding me? You're the one playing the ghost! Other people are supposed to be afraid of you — and now you're the one who's scared? What have you got to be afraid of? The moment anyone lays eyes on you, they'll run for their lives!" An Jianwen said venomously. "How can you be such a coward?"

"This... all right, then." Su Taizao could only nod and steel himself. Yang Ganglou wasn't here, and surely An Jianwen couldn't be the one to play the ghost. In the plan, An Jianwen was the one who would catch the ghost and play the hero saving the beauty — if he played the ghost, who would be left to save the beauty?

With that thought, Su Taizao had no choice but to tiptoe out of the tent and go get ready at the trunk of the car.

At this moment, inside the tent of Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, and Tang Yun.

The three of them were applying facial masks. It was Tang Yun's first time enjoying such a thing, and she felt a certain novelty and anticipation; she had never once used a facial mask before, and her family's circumstances had never allowed her to buy such luxuries.

"The cool feeling is so strange..." Tang Yun touched her face beneath the mask and said curiously.

"It's not fair. You've never used a facial mask in your life, so why is your skin still so good? Sister Yaoyao and I do masks all the time, and we're only about the same as you..." Shen Yushu eyed Tang Yun's face rather glumly, studying the strip of neck the mask did not cover.

"We're young now, so naturally you can't tell the difference... but once we're older, I won't be able to keep up with you two..." Tang Yun smiled, though a trace of melancholy lurked in the smile.

"It's not too late now. If you start taking care of your skin with us from today on, I imagine you'll turn out just fine later," the young miss said hurriedly, sensing the loss in Tang Yun's words.

"I..." Tang Yun sighed faintly. "This stuff is expensive, isn't it... I... can't afford it."

Though she was a little embarrassed to say such things, she was not the sort to slap on a swollen face and pretend to be fat. No money was no money — so what if she was poor?

"Brother Shield has money, you know. He's running some pharmaceutical company now, and one day he'll be a tycoon. I'll be counting on him for my living later on too. Aren't you the senior wife? How come you're worse off than the junior wife?" Shen Yushu said.

"He... it wasn't easy for him to earn that money either..." Though Tang Yun knew Wei Zhao had money, her way of thinking was not something that could turn around in a moment.

"I'd say it looks pretty easy." The young miss, who had been silent all this while, spoke up.

"Pfft—" Tang Yun was tickled by the young miss's words.

"Wei Zhao really does seem to make money more easily than Daddy..." Gu Mengyao said, perfectly straight-faced. "Daddy's company — how much in total assets does it come to now? Yet Wei Zhao's company, right from the very start, was pulling in cash flows of hundreds of millions..."

Hundreds of millions? The concept was far too distant for Tang Yun. She had never come into contact with that much money; it was an astronomical figure, something Tang Yun had never even imagined. Never mind hundreds of millions — even tens of thousands was a vast sum to Tang Yun's family!

Back when she was first with Wei Zhao, she had never wondered how much money he had, and it was no different now; she had never thought of coveting Wei Zhao's money.

"That... we can talk about later..." Tang Yun shook her head.

"Oh, right — Sister Yunyun, when you see Feng Xiaoxiao together with Brother Shield, aren't you jealous?" Since Feng Xiaoxiao called Tang Yun Sister Yunyun, Shen Yushu had followed suit.

"No." Tang Yun shook her head.

"You really are generous." Shen Yushu looked at Tang Yun, hoping to dig up proof that she was lying.

"As generous as you? Wailing all day about wanting to be the junior wife." Tang Yun shot back.

"That was just a joke back then..." The young miss actually looked a little embarrassed, her face reddening. "Back then, Xiaoshu and I said those things out of worry for Wei Zhao's safety. In truth, there was never any such thing."

"Sister Yaoyao, why won't you admit it? Didn't you say you liked Brother Shield?" Shen Yushu grew a little anxious.

"When did I ever say that? I said I don't like him!" Gu Mengyao corrected her.

"Is that so? Then I must have remembered wrong?" Shen Yushu scratched her head, somewhat deflated. "Ah, then however am I going to be the junior wife from now on?"

As for the young miss's temperament, Tang Yun had learned a thing or two about it over their time together; she knew the girl was prone to saying one thing and meaning another and cared a great deal about face, so she did not take it seriously. Whether Gu Mengyao harbored such feelings for Wei Zhao, Tang Yun, as Wei Zhao's girlfriend, was the most sensitive to and the clearest about. But since the young miss would not admit it, there was no need for Tang Yun to puncture it outright.

At the very least, everything the young miss had shown her thus far was kindly meant, without a trace of hostility, and Tang Yun could hardly say more.

Let it all rest on her own merits and on Wei Zhao's choice. If Wei Zhao truly chose Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu and gave her up, then there was nothing Tang Yun could do about it.

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