Gu Nianshen bent over and directly lifted Lin Yiqian off the ground.

He did it again!

“Ahhh!” Lin Yiqian cried out in surprise. “You are being ridiculous, Gu Nianshen!”

Was he a bandit?

Gu Nianshen looked at Lin Yiqian from the corner of his eyes before smiling as if he had accomplished something. “Let's go home for dinner. Aunt Zhou has called several times already.”

As he spoke, he continued to walk to where his car was parked.

Realizing that she was being forced to go home, Lin Yiqian felt very much unwilling to comply as she struggled by kicking her feet. “Gu Nianshen, I've already made an appointment tonight. I'm not going home for dinner.”

Whilst speaking, they had already arrived at the car. When Gu Nianshen put Lin Yiqian on the ground, he circled her with both arms before placing his palms on the roof of the car so that she could not run away. “Regardless of who you have made an appointment with, could you please bring me with you?”

Gu Nianshen wanted everyone to know that he was her husband.

He wanted to meet all of her friends, family, and everybody she knew.

This was despite the fact that the fool barely had any friends due to her socially exclusive behavior.

The way Gu Nianshen spoke made Lin Yiqian doubt if he was still the same man she once knew.

Why had he become so attached to her?

Right then, a ray of light happened to be s.h.i.+ning upon Gu Nianshen's face, allowing Lin Yiqian to catch sight of the faint markings of one's palm on it. Although it was not obvious, Lin Yiqian was certain of what she saw.

“What happened to your face?” Lin Yiqian immediately forgot about her own disturbing thoughts as she lifted a hand to touch his face gently.

“My mother slapped me,” Gu Nianshen said in a soft voice as he looked down sadly.

Lin Yiqian could immediately guess why that had happened. “Was it because you caused trouble at your uncle's house today?”

She had seen the post on his social media feed.

He really did have it coming for him. Not only did he destroy his uncle's house, he even shared it on social media.

“Why else would I be slapped by her?” Gu Nianshen's eyes glistened as he looked up at Lin Yiqian.

He seemed really depressed.

It was almost like he was asking for her to hug him.

“Why did you let her hit you like that? Are you dumb?” Lin Yiqian could feel the heat in her eyes as she yelled at him.

As she spoke, she caressed Gu Nianshen's face as she focused her attention on him, failing to notice the look of delight in his eyes.

“She's my mother after all. I won't lose anything from letting her hit me. Besides, she'd feel better after doing that,” Gu Nianshen murmured.

Sigh!

She knew he would say one thing and think the other, especially when it concerned his family.

How could he not care about his mother?

Indeed, Song Changwen single-handedly raised Gu Nianshen and his sister. Although she was not very close to Gu Nianjia, she was still an important mother figure to them both.

However, Lin Yiqian was always curious about where their father had gone.

Ever since Lin Yiqian knew Gu Nianshen, she had never seen his father. In the past, she had even asked Song Changlin about him. However, he would never reveal anything.

Based on Song Changlin's personality, Lin Yiqian had no clue as to whether he really knew nothing about his father or he simply chose not to say anything out of convenience.

Regardless, it was a complete mystery to Lin Yiqian all the same.

'Nevermind.' Lin Yiqian thought.

There was no way Lin Yiqian could ask Gu Nianshen to cut ties with his mother. “Let's go.” She reached for his hand.

Gu Nianshen looked down at Lin Yiqian's hand which was holding on to his. “Where are we going?” He then looked up at her excitedly.

Was she taking him out for a meal?

“Didn't you say you want to go home for dinner?” Lin Yiqian raised her brows.

“Oh.” Gu Nianshen mouthed disappointedly.