Chapter 1548 — The Sudden Visit

The three of them shared a bed every night anyway, and bathing together was nothing new, so Shen Yushu did not much mind. Besides, roaming the house in the buff was one of her standing habits; it was only because Wei Zhao had come into their lives that she had temporarily broken herself of it. Now that the weather had turned hot, she had picked the habit right back up.

"Xiaoshu, why are you bare again?" Gu Mengyao asked in helpless exasperation. "Wu Chengtian is still downstairs. Can't you be a little more mindful? If someone were to see you, wouldn't you be the one losing out?"

"He wouldn't dare come up!" Shen Yushu said, not the least bit bothered. "I'm hot - so hot, so hot, so hot, so hot! Sister Yaoyao, I'm burning up again. Cool me down!"

With that, Shen Yushu pressed her hands flat against Gu Mengyao's cheeks.

"Get them off me - you're hot as fire. Are you trying to scald me to death?" Gu Mengyao said, shaking Shen Yushu's hands away in resigned irritation.

"Sister Tang Yun, you wouldn't turn Xiaoshu away too, would you?" Finding Gu Mengyao would have none of her, she went instead to Tang Yun.

Tang Yun had no choice but to reach out and lay her hand against Shen Yushu's forehead. "Is this better?"

"Your hands are so cool, Sister Tang Yun. How come you're never hot?" Shen Yushu asked with a touch of envy.

"A calm heart keeps you cool. You run laps around the room all day - how could you not be hot?" Gu Mengyao said sourly. "Tang Yun, don't indulge her. She's using you as a cold compress. Last time she gave me heatstroke!"

"Heh, it's nothing - I'm used to it. Back in the summers I used to help my mother run her barbecue stall, and that was far hotter than this." Tang Yun smiled and shook her head. "Children from poor families like ours are made of tougher stuff... Though my mother did always say that a child with cold hands is one nobody loves..."

"That's not true - Wei Zhao dotes on you more than anyone. I rather envy you, actually. I want to do something of my own as well, but I grew up under my father's wing, and now Wei Zhao is the one shielding me. I feel so useless - I can't manage anything at all..." Gu Mengyao sighed. "At least you've fought for things yourself..."

"I think you've done wonderfully already," Tang Yun said, shaking her head. "You and Xiaoshu are both so even-tempered, not the least bit spoiled - nothing like those wealthy young ladies who swim in luxury and vice..."

"Luxury and vice?" Shen Yushu blinked. "Whoa, Sister Tang Yun - are you casting aspersions?"

"..." Tang Yun was rendered speechless for a moment, and even Gu Mengyao could not help laughing. This Xiaoshu, always derailing the conversation.

But once the laughter subsided, a silence fell over them all. The moment Wei Zhao was mentioned, they all thought the same thing without a word needing to be exchanged: well over half a month had passed with no word from him. None of them knew what he might have run into, and all of them were afraid.

"Sister Yaoyao, do you think Brother Arrow is all right?" Shen Yushu asked anxiously.

"I don't know..." Gu Mengyao sighed. "But Wei Zhao is formidable. He should be fine..."

Tang Yun pressed her lips together and said nothing. She too believed that Wei Zhao would come home safe and sound.

The three of them were still talking when the doorbell outside the villa suddenly rang.

"Oh? Is Brother Arrow back?" At the sound of the doorbell Shen Yushu lit up with excitement and made straight for the stairs. Wei Zhao had left with Feng Xiaoxiao, and Tang Yun already lived here, so there was hardly anyone left who might come calling at the villa; and Wei Zhao had gone out without taking his keys. That was why Shen Yushu assumed it must be him.

"Xiaoshu - clothes on!" Gu Mengyao seized her and pulled her back, reminding her sharply.

"Ah? Oh, right, right, right!" Shen Yushu scurried back to pull her clothes on, muttering to herself. "If it was only Brother Arrow, there'd be no point getting dressed - he's seen it all anyway, and he'll be seeing it all again once I'm his little wife. It's just that Wu Chengtian is such a nuisance!"

"Heh..." Tang Yun could not help laughing. "Even so, you can't go around naked forever. What will you do if Wei Zhao grows tired of looking?"

"Hmm... I suppose you're right! Thank you for the tip, Sister Tang Yun!" Shen Yushu nodded, thoroughly convinced.

The group headed downstairs, where Wu Chengtian had already gone to answer the door. The three people on the doorstep, however, were unwelcome guests, and Wu Chengtian did not dare take it upon himself; he meant to consult Gu Mengyao first.

In any case, Wu Chengtian belonged to the world of the great families, and Song Lingshan could hardly do anything to him.

"Song the Fox?" Finding not Wei Zhao but Song Lingshan and her companions at the door, Shen Yushu's face fell at once. "What are you doing here? And who might you two be?"

"Young lady, watch your tongue. We are here to investigate a case. Do not bring trouble down on yourself," Wang Hekan warned her.

"Investigate a case? What case?" Shen Yushu blinked and frowned. "We're revising our lessons here. We don't have time."

"You...!" Wang Hekan was livid at Shen Yushu's words. He jabbed a finger at her and rounded on Song Lingshan. "Look at this - look at what sort of people they are! What did I tell you? They're in league with the suspect, the whole lot of them!"

"You're the one who's a suspect!" Shen Yushu shot Wang Hekan a glare.

"That's enough, Xiaoshu." Gu Mengyao had no wish to keep sparring with Song Lingshan, and she sensed that a call at this hour had to mean something... Could it be about Wei Zhao? Her heart tightened at the thought. "Officer Song, is something the matter?"

"There is. May we come in and talk?" Song Lingshan nodded.

"Very well." Gu Mengyao signaled Wu Chengtian to open the villa door, and Song Lingshan and the other two stepped inside.

Song Lingshan was far from pleased by Wang Hekan's eagerness to play the hothead. Wei Zhao had not even been confirmed as a suspect yet, and here Wang Hekan went, labeling these people the suspect's accomplices! He did not so much as look at whom he was dealing with - one from the Chen family, one from the Wu family. If he truly angered them, would they let him off?

In the villa's sitting room, Song Lingshan and Liu Wangli settled themselves casually along one side of the sofa. Wang Hekan, for his part, planted himself smack in the middle of it as though he were the one in charge.

"Officer Song, to what do we owe this sudden visit?" Gu Mengyao was the mistress of the house, so naturally it was she who should speak first.

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