Chapter Twenty-Fifth: The Weakness of Guo Ming

  In the mirror, Guo Ming's face was calm and serene, his eyes extremely gentle. The sunset shining on his angular face made him look even more holy, although he wasn't very handsome, but at this moment, he exuded infinite charm. Shui Mengyao couldn't imagine that the little rascal she used to know would also reveal such a godly expression, which was more like the wisdom and calmness that only a great scholar with unparalleled knowledge could possess. The string in Shui Mengyao's heart trembled slightly, and when she looked at Guo Ming again, there was already a hint of admiration in her eyes.

  Chen Ziyu was somewhat surprised, she felt a deep and vast aura in Guo Ming's gaze, which seemed to be possessed only by extremely powerful martial artists. How could it appear on Guo Ming's body? But soon she relaxed, because she saw a thin stream flowing from the corner of Guo Ming's mouth, which could also be understood as drool.

  He secretly let out a breath of relief, Chen Ziyu couldn't help but feel amused and slightly angry in her heart: "Really good at pretending to be profound, almost got deceived by him."

  Shuǐ Mèng Yáo was also stunned, looking at the growing saliva stain. The appreciation from earlier instantly disappeared, and she raised her fist in a threatening manner. Guō Míng chuckled and quickly pulled out a tissue to wipe it clean.

  Two girls met and walked towards the cold drink store.

  Chen Ziyu sat down without any politeness and said loudly: "Why didn't you contact me? Do you know how hard it was for me to find you?"

  Guo Ming didn't even look at her, staring at Shui Mengyao who was still standing, and said softly: "Sit down, I'm treating today."

  Chen Ziyu was furious in her heart, just as she was about to interrogate him, Guo Ming picked up the cold drink in his hand, looked at it and said calmly: "Compared with cold drinks, I still prefer tea because cold drinks are too cold and too chilly."

  Chen Ziyu's expression changed, how could she not understand the meaning behind Guo Ming's words? Guo Ming had clearly compared himself to a cold drink, but would she like him for that? Humph, did he think she was an ordinary woman? Looking at Guo Ming, Chen Ziyu said in a cold voice: "Guo Ming, I don't care who you are. But please remember one thing, my man must be someone superior, and you don't meet the requirements. So please remember, don't joke about this kind of thing again."

  "If that's the case, why did you come looking for me?" Guo Ming said calmly. His voice was still flat and unenthusiastic, seemingly completely unaware of Chen Ziyu's disdain towards him, which even made Shui Mengyao furrow her brow.

  But she didn't know that Guo Ming had a sudden realization earlier and his state of mind had improved greatly, far surpassing the current Shui Mengyao. His magical powers had also made significant progress, and he was not far from reaching the second layer.

  "You? You promised me something, how can you not keep your word?" Chen Ziyu said urgently. She only then remembered that she had come to find Guo Ming today to ask for his help, and she also wanted to speak softly, but the pride of being a noble family's child all along made her unable to bear any humiliation, and it seemed like Guo Ming was also a hidden noble family's child, from whatever aspect, getting along with Guo Ming wasn't a good thing.

  She could make her apologize, if Guo Ming was really a hidden noble son, she would consider it again, but this was just her guess, and only Guo Ming knew what had happened at the time. Maybe another master found out and saved him, who knows?

  Shui Mengyao unexpectedly glanced at Guo Ming, she didn't think that Guo Ming could hold back, although she didn't know what kind of deal they had between them, it was absolutely not a romantic thing. Thinking of Guo Ming's grades, Shui Mengyao hastily asked: "Guo Ming, how did you do on this exam?"

  "Hmm, okay," Guo Ming said with a chuckle.

  Shui Mengyao wouldn't believe it, and hastily said: "Don't be stubborn anymore, tomorrow I'll invite Tang Feng, you come with me, at that time you say a soft word, I'll say something on the side, maybe Tang Feng will give up."

  "What's wrong?" Chen Ziyu looked at Shui Mengyao who was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and asked curiously.

  Shui Mengyao recounted the events, and after finishing, she gave Guo Ming a resentful glance.

  Chen Ziyu naturally wouldn't believe that Guo Ming could do well on the exam. In her estimation, it was questionable whether he could even score 700 points, let alone pass. Seeing the distrustful looks on their faces, Guo Ming didn't bother to explain and instead beckoned to a nearby waiter, saying: "Bring two cold drinks."

  "Alright, just a moment," said the waitress with a smile.

  Seeing Guo Ming's nonchalant attitude, Shui Mengyao suddenly felt speechless and gave up her plan to continue persuading him. She had already made up her mind that tomorrow she would go find Tang Feng herself, hoping that at that time Guo Ming would give her some face.

  The atmosphere suddenly became cold and quiet, with none of the three people saying a word.

  Fortunately, the situation did not last long, and the waiter brought cold drinks. Chen Ziyu drank the cold drink, but in her heart, she was secretly anxious. In the end, reason overcame dignity, and Chen Ziyu said softly: "Sorry."

  Shui Mengyao looked at Chen Ziyu with some surprise, she couldn't imagine the proud and arrogant Chen Ziyu would actually apologize, and she became curious about their transaction once again.

  Guo Ming is not an ungrateful person, and he had originally planned to help Chen Ziyu. Now that Chen Ziyu has apologized, his goal has been achieved, so he smiled and said: "Ah, what's the need for apologies? It was my fault."

  Chen Ziyu looked at him with disdain, her eyes almost spitting fire. This kid is still talking nonsense. But soon her expression changed, from the glass window she saw a car plate number outside, which was all sixes, and whose car plate it was she naturally knew.

  Zhang Wenfeng walked straight towards Guo Ming's table as soon as he got out of the car.

  From this, we can see the power of Zhang's family. It didn't take long to find Guo Ming. You know, Linze County is not big, but it's not small either!

  Shui Mengyao also sensed something was off, outside quickly gathered dozens of luxury cars, from which emerged young men in suits, their faces filled with coldness, all staring at Guo Ming's table.

  Among them, a middle-aged man had an inexplicable pressure on him, especially with four middle-aged men wearing sunglasses behind him, tall and sturdy, just by looking at their appearance, it was clear that they were definitely gangsters. Could this be the power of the underworld? As soon as she thought of this, Shui Mengyao's face turned pale instantly.

  Zhang Wenfeng walked up to Guo Ming and chuckled: "Is this the young friend of Guo Ming?"

  Guo Ming's situation was no better than Shui Mengyao's, his whole body kept trembling, and upon hearing this, he was even more frightened, his hands and feet turned cold, he hastily stood up, looking at the middle-aged man in front of him with an extremely fearful expression, stuttering: "Y-yes, y-you are?"

  Zhang Wenfurrowed his brow upon hearing the words, originally thinking that Guo Ming was a hidden young master of a noble family. However, Guo Ming's performance made him suddenly feel a pang in his heart, and he thought to himself: "I was wrong." From his eyes, it was clear that Guo Ming was not pretending, and if someone wanted to deceive him, they would have to surpass his level of mental cultivation. So the answer was obvious, his own speculation was incorrect. The only thing was that he had misjudged one thing - Guo Ming was not an ordinary person in his heart.

  After knowing that the other party was not a noble son, Zhang Wenfeng's tone also became less friendly. Thinking of himself being so serious, he felt a flush on his face. Irritably, he said: "I am Zi Han's uncle, tell me what happened today?"

  "Oh, when Zi Yu went to the classroom to get her phone, I was still with Zi Han at the original location. But then a classmate called me and said something, so I left. When I rushed back, I found that Zi Han had already been taken away by a helicopter! This really has nothing to do with me, are you guys coming after me? Guo Ming recounted the events in a stuttering manner, his face was pale as paper, and his legs kept shaking."

  Zhang Wenfeng nodded and finally understood that there was someone else who could save Su Huan, it seemed that the person was very likely to be a student from the school, he had to go back and investigate immediately. Thinking of this, his face showed a few strands of anxious color, looking at Chen Ziyu: "Ziyu you're here too! Uncle has something to do, I'll leave first, you guys chat slowly."

  "Uncle, slow down," Chen Ziyu said softly.

  After he left, Chen Ziyu's face turned gloomy. Hmph, what errand, it was clear that he went to investigate that mysterious student. What a cunning old fox.

  Kuo sat down with a worried look on his face and asked Chen Ziyu in a hurry: "Will anything happen to me?"

  "No," Chen Ziyu hummed.