Chapter 70: Chapter 70: A Small Warning, No Threat
"Admit you’re wrong?" Gu Zhao sat in the small shelter, smiling at the guilty-looking Hua Baozi.
Hua Baozi didn’t dare refuse. Upon hearing Gu Zhao’s words, it immediately began nodding, nearly shaking its head off to show its resolve.
"Xiangxiang, I know I was wrong..." Hua Baozi gingerly nuzzled its head against Gu Zhao’s hand.
Gu Zhao fought the urge to pet the leopard. "What did you do wrong?"
Hua Baozi continued nuzzling her. "I shouldn’t have taught them to say those nasty things..."
’At this moment, Hua Baozi’s heart held only a single word! Regret!’
’If only I’d known, I would have taught just one animal and had that animal teach the rest. That way, I could have gotten away with it...’
’How careless. I left myself no way out.’
The animals it had dragged into this mess were still glaring at it ferociously!
Just then, a little fox trotted over with a flower in its mouth and shyly placed it in Gu Zhao’s hand, its eyes sparkling as it gazed at her.
’Do you like it? Do you like it, Sister Xiangxiang?’
"Wow! Its face is so square!" Zhong Mingrui said, his eyes full of curiosity as he stared at the fox.
Hearing this, Song Yi leaned in for a look too. He was just as amazed to see the fox’s perfectly square face. "It must be a very upstanding fox!"
Song Zhe was confused. "What does that have to do with it being an upstanding fox?"
Song Yi shot Song Zhe a disdainful look. "Brother, you’re so dense. People have their fortunes told from their faces, so foxes must too! Its face is so perfectly square, it must be an upstanding fox."
Song Zhe: ...
"Don’t you think it’s possible it’s just a matter of the breed?"
Song Yi exclaimed, "Wow! Then it’s really upstanding! I believe that saying now! Upper beam, lower beam."
"The saying is, ’If the upper beam isn’t straight, the lower ones will be crooked.’"
"So, since this one is straight, its cubs will be straight too," Song Yi declared with a confident expression.
It was unclear whether the adults believed him, but Zhong Mingrui nodded in firm agreement.
The Tibetan fox cub looked confused. ’What are they babbling about?’
’Ah, whatever. They’re Sister’s friends! I might as well try to please all of them!’
The Tibetan fox haughtily extended a forepaw and tapped their hands.
Hua Baozi also seized the chance to be rescued. It glanced at the fox, its eyes filled with a soft light. ’What a good fox.’
The Tibetan fox played with them for a bit before running off again, returning this time with a leaf in its mouth.
Gu Zhao looked at it in confusion. "Is that for us?"
Hua Baozi translated, and the Tibetan fox nodded.
Eating the fruit, the group was quite relaxed.
The fruit was a bit tart, but it was perfect for cutting the richness of the roasted meat.
[The way Hua Baozi is apologizing is more sincere than my boyfriend when he writes an apology LMAO.]
[A Tibetan fox! It’s a living meme! That square face is so iconic!]
[Song Zhe: I’m starting to think my little brother is some kind of logic prodigy from kindergarten.]
After Yu Xiaowei left, she discovered a little tail was following behind her.
Yu Zimo was trailing after her, his head lowered.
Yu Xiaowei glanced at him but didn’t try to send him away. As long as he was quiet, she didn’t care whether he followed her.
She was done with him, anyway.
Yu Zimo was quiet for a while. His mind was consumed with the thought of Ye Zuiyi deceiving him...
But the more he thought about it, the more he felt he had wronged Ye Zuiyi. ’How could I believe that lunatic Gu Zhao over a gentle fairy!’
Having reached this conclusion, he regained his confidence.
"Stop right there!" Yu Zimo shouted at Yu Xiaowei.
Yu Xiaowei: ??
"Are you crazy?"
Yu Zimo snorted. "Stop playing hard to get, Yu Xiaowei. Hurry up and come back with me to help Zuiyi and the others. I can plead with Mom and Dad to let you stay."
Yu Xiaowei: ...
Did he think she was that pathetic? She took off running!
"Whatever you do, don’t plead for me!" she yelled while running. ’She’d have to be a complete idiot to want to go back to the Yu Family.’
Yu Zimo’s face flushed with anger. "Yu Xiaowei! You don’t know what’s good for you! I won’t let you get away with this!"
Yu Xiaowei didn’t even slow down! She was better off on her own than with that bunch of lunatics!
[Let’s celebrate!! Our Weiwei is finally standing up for herself!!]
[Stay away from morons for a happier life! Just forget him!]
「The Yu Family Estate, A City.」
"I told you we shouldn’t have let her go! Look at this now! Look how much Zimo is suffering!" Ever since Yu Zimo had come home complaining after the last episode, his mother had been glued to the show.
Seeing her precious son get bullied like this, she was about to go mad with rage. She didn’t care what Yu’s father was doing; she just called him to vent her fury.
Yu’s father had just finished a meeting and was already annoyed, but he still instinctively softened his voice when he answered her call. "What’s wrong?"
His wife was furious. "Yu Xiaowei is actually helping that little bastard the Gu Family brought back bully Zimo! And now she’s just abandoned him, leaving him all alone on the plains! What if something happens to him!"
"I told you we should have just drugged that little bitch Yu Xiaowei and sent her to the operating table! But no, you insisted on this whole family reunion charade, and even agreed to let her go on that show!" his wife ranted.
Yu’s father rubbed his temples, his tone weary. "She’s a celebrity, after all. Her sudden disappearance would cause quite a stir. It was better to agree, let her go on the show. She promised to give Qiqi a kidney."
"But look at her now! She’s clearly backing out! She’s gotten bold!" His wife never thought Yu Xiaowei was the obedient type.
"Don’t worry. I had her sign an agreement, and I tinkered with it. She’ll have to give up the kidney whether she wants to or not." A confident smirk spread across Yu’s father’s face.
After placating his wife for a bit, he called Director Guo and gave him a few words of warning.
Director Guo answered the phone with a broad smile, but his face twisted into a sneer the moment he hung up.
"Who’s afraid of you? The line of people who’ve tried to warn me could probably reach Africa by now."
As soon as he said that, another call came in. He answered, and it was another one of the film empress’s fans calling to curse him out.
’A little warning like that is hardly a threat.’
He hung up immediately and went back to watching Gu Zhao on the livestream. The more he watched, the more he liked her. "Heh heh, my precious little cash cow!"
...
"Hmph!" Yu Zimo snorted. He glanced at Yu Xiaowei’s retreating figure, then back the way he had come, and chose to run back.
’I have to go save Zuiyi!’
’Zuiyi must be so sad and scared!’
Meanwhile, after running for some distance, Yu Xiaowei ran into the film empress and her daughter.
Zhou Lan saw her too and was a bit puzzled to find her alone.
Her expression seemed gentle, but it failed to conceal her arrogance. "Just you?"
For the sake of professional courtesy, Yu Xiaowei offered a polite smile. "I’m operating on my own. Where are you heading, Ms. Zhou?"
The corners of Zhou Lan’s mouth lifted. Instead of speaking, she glanced at Song Jina.
Meeting her mother’s gaze, Song Jina spoke up, clearly annoyed. "Did they kick you out?"
Yu Xiaowei’s brows furrowed. "An’an, my partner, I simply chose to go on my own."
"Tch, as if anyone would believe that. Considering what morons they are, anyone who can stand being around them has to be a moron too." Song Jina rolled her eyes.
Yu Xiaowei: ’...So gutsy...’
Zhou Lan gave a helpless laugh. "My apologies, she’s just a kid. She doesn’t know any better."
Song Jina rolled her eyes again.
’Doesn’t know any better...’
’You were clearly the one who wanted to say it.’
Back with Gu Zhao, she had begun to leisurely watch the animal performance.
She hadn’t asked for an animal performance, but the animals insisted on putting one on anyway.
Two giraffes started fighting, swinging their necks at each other.
Gu Zhao was captivated by the sight when she noticed Hua Baozi, who had been guarding her side, suddenly stand up.
It stared toward the floodwaters, pacing anxiously.
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