Chapter 440 — Feng Xiaoxiao's Strange Behavior

Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu returned to the classroom, watched the MP4 for a while, and then each took out their review materials and began to study. The single-plank bridge of the college entrance exam would not widen simply because they were pretty, and neither of them wanted to lean on her family — each meant to earn a good score on her own.

Tang Yun and Wei Zhao finished planting the saplings, and then Tang Yun wanted to go back to the classroom to study. Lately she had been busy with her father's surgery and tangled up in her feelings for Wei Zhao, and had not put much thought into her schoolwork. If she did not buckle down now, her grades were bound to slide.

So although Tang Yun wanted to stay a while longer with Wei Zhao, what if she failed to get into university?

After eating lunch in the cafeteria, Tang Yun and Wei Zhao went to the snack street behind the school to look in on Tang Yun's mother, and then each went back to their own classroom.

Feng Xiaoxiao sat in her seat eating a boxed lunch, all alone and perfectly quiet, with no one else nearby. Wei Zhao walked over; Feng Xiaoxiao merely raised her head to glance at him, then lowered it again and went on eating.

"The boxed lunches from this place aren't clean. I ate there once and found a fly in mine." Wei Zhao glanced at the brand printed on the lid of Feng Xiaoxiao's lunch and said it with a smile.

"Pff..." Feng Xiaoxiao spat out the piece of spare rib she had just put in her mouth, then glared at Wei Zhao. "Are you doing that on purpose?"

"Heh, I was only kindly warning you." Wei Zhao shrugged. Sharing a desk with Feng Xiaoxiao, he never felt at ease; he would have to think of some way to drive her off.

Feng Xiaoxiao gave Wei Zhao a venomous look. Fine, then — you asked for this. I was feeling a little sorry about blowing your backside into a blooming flower, but since you're so nasty, tonight you are definitely going to make a fool of yourself, hmph.

Around the time of evening self-study, Zhong Yongliang had everything ready and sent Feng Xiaoxiao a text message, telling her they could move on to the next step of the plan. Feng Xiaoxiao was not worried that Wei Zhao might fail to go out and watch the fun — since both Shen Yushu and Gu Mengyao were going out, Wei Zhao, that bodyguard and hanger-on, could not possibly stay behind.

Sure enough, Shen Yushu also received a message from Zhong Yongliang: "Yao Yao, let's go out and get some air? Sitting in the classroom is so stuffy."

"Now?" Gu Mengyao frowned. She had just started a set of mock math exam papers, and had not even worked out the answer to the first question — and Shen Yushu wanted to go out?

"That's right. I heard someone's setting off fireworks on the sports ground. Let's go have a look?" Shen Yushu said.

"Fireworks? It's not that fellow Zhong Yongliang, is it?" Gu Mengyao was no fool; in an instant she had guessed roughly how things stood.

"Hehe, that's right. Yao Yao, are you coming?" Seeing that Gu Mengyao had guessed, Shen Yushu made no attempt to hide it.

"I don't want to." Gu Mengyao shook her head.

"If you don't go, I can't very well go by myself, can I? It's already dark out, and it's so scary — what if I get frightened?" As she spoke, Shen Yushu reached for Gu Mengyao, meaning to drag her out by main force.

"You, frightened?" Gu Mengyao did not believe it for a second. "In the haunted house at the amusement park, you beat the ghosts to death."

But Shen Yushu insisted on going, and Gu Mengyao, helpless, could only rise to her feet and go along with her.

"Zhong Yongliang is going to set off fireworks to confess to Gu Mengyao. Aren't you going to follow and watch?" Seeing that Wei Zhao showed no sign of getting up, Feng Xiaoxiao felt obliged to explain.

"Fireworks?" Wei Zhao had assumed the two girls were going to the restroom and had paid it no mind. But hearing Feng Xiaoxiao say this, he really did have to follow and see.

As for how Feng Xiaoxiao could know of it in advance, Wei Zhao was not in the least surprised. She and Zhong Yongliang were forever mixed up together; of course she would know his plans.

Wei Zhao found it a little odd, though, that Feng Xiaoxiao should be kind enough to remind him. Could she have some other purpose in mind?

No sooner had Wei Zhao stepped out of the classroom than Feng Xiaoxiao came out on his heels. Sensing someone following behind him, Wei Zhao caught sight of Feng Xiaoxiao's figure through the stairwell glass as he turned the corner on his way down.

So she had followed him after all. Wei Zhao smiled faintly. Feng Xiaoxiao was probably not going to let yesterday's business rest; her silence all this time had been nothing but a preparation to explode at the proper moment.

In the woods behind the school, the students who had gotten wind of it were already packed in tight — from the first year of senior high to the third, and even some junior-high students who had already finished classes for the day had been drawn over.

It seemed the fire trees and silver flowers Zhong Yongliang meant to stage had long since been advertised, drawing so many people's attention.

Zhong Yongliang and Gao Xiaofu stood beside a tree hung all over with fireworks and paper slips. At this moment Zhong Yongliang hated Shen Yushu beyond words: his backside had nearly been punctured to ruin by her, and was still swollen up high.

If a needle meant for injecting a tree could be jabbed into a person as well, then... But though Zhong Yongliang was furious, he still had to keep a smile on his face for Shen Yushu. To invite Gu Mengyao to his fire trees and silver flowers, nightless sky love-confession party, he truly could not do without Shen Yushu's help.

"Brother Liang, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu are here, and Wei Zhao is following not far behind them," Gao Xiaofu said quietly to Zhong Yongliang.

"I see them. Go bring Gu Mengyao and the others over, and let Wei Zhao and Feng Xiaoxiao come in with them. I've already worked out with Feng Xiaoxiao what will happen in a while — just wait for Wei Zhao to get what's coming to him," Zhong Yongliang ordered in a low voice.

"All right, Brother Liang." Gao Xiaofu nodded, then parted the crowd of onlookers to make a path. "Everybody move aside, let the heroine of the day through."

At school, Gao Xiaofu's words carried real weight with ordinary students.

"Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, Brother Liang is all ready and just waiting for you to come over," Gao Xiaofu said, gesturing for them to go ahead.

"We'll just watch from here. We're not going over." Gu Mengyao did not want to get close. She had not the slightest interest in any fire trees and silver flowers, nightless sky love-confession party.

"Yao Yao, let's go over. We can't see clearly from here..." Shen Yushu, however, took hold of Gu Mengyao and, without another word, walked over. "Besides, I still want to give Zhong Yongliang another IV drip."

"..." Gu Mengyao had no way out and was dragged over by Shen Yushu. She knew her best friend's temperament well enough — the girl simply loved watching a spectacle, and was certainly not helping Zhong Yongliang out in any way.

Wei Zhao followed along at a distance, and Feng Xiaoxiao walked over as well — though this time Feng Xiaoxiao went straight past Wei Zhao and hurried off to help Zhong Yongliang with his preparations.

Wei Zhao was somewhat puzzled by Feng Xiaoxiao's volunteering to help. From what had happened before, although Feng Xiaoxiao and Zhong Yongliang were named together among the campus's Four Great Young Villains, Feng Xiaoxiao was the leader and Zhong Yongliang second to her. Why should Feng Xiaoxiao take the initiative to help Zhong Yongliang with this sort of business?