Gu Yuxuan chuckled. “Niannian relies on you so much. Apart from Yichen, you are the only person who can make her so. She lives with Xiao Xi and isn’t close to men. Yichen is the first man that she is close to, and now, you’re the second.”
Gong Yu’s expression changed slightly as he heard Mou Yichen’s name. He was stabbed in the heart again and frowned with unpleasantness. “Why is Mou Yichen so special to Niannian? could it be that…”
Niannian hugged Gong Yu by his legs, raising her little head and looking at Gong Yu with her bright eyes. Her big grin lit up the surroundings. At that moment, Gong Yu was overwhelmed by a feeling of pain and tender love, not knowing how to face her.
As he was lost in thought, the doorbell rang.
Gu Yuxuan heard the ring and went to open the door as Gong Yu leaded Niannian to the living room, holding her hands. Gu Yuxuan opened the door only to see Tong Nan jump to her with a big smile. The girl wrapped her in a big hug and said happily, “Surprise! Are you happy to see me?”
Tong Nan was the girl who could bring her happiness everywhere. Gu Yuxuan hugged her smilingly and teased her. “Wow! Our princess arrived. Of course, I’m happy! I feel honored by your gracious presence!”
Tong Nan seemed satisfied with the words and pretended to be serious as she replied, “Well, since it is so, salute me now. Don’t kowtow. Kneeling down before me is enough. What’s more, with my presence in your humble dwelling, why don’t you fetch me your best foods and drinks?”
Gu Yuxuan waved her fists and hit Tong Nan at the arms, pretending to be angry while saying, “Enough! It seems that you really enjoy acting. Why don’t you give up being a model and try to be an actress?”
Tong Nan rolled her eyes and answered in a perverse and indifferent manner, “It will be better if I became an actress, because I’ll be able to cooperate with the man of my dreams, Gong Yu! Nothing could be better than this.”
Tong Nan concentrated on joking with Gu Yuxuan, so, she did not notice that the man of her dreams was sitting on the sofa inside. She kept speaking. “Hey, is my Mr. Mcdreamy at home? Let’s invite him here for a dinner. I haven’t seen him for many days. I really miss him.”
On hearing the words, Gu Yuxuan signaled at Tong Nan to look inside. Tong Nan did so and saw the man she missed day and night, Gong Yu, who sat on a sofa and watched Niannian drawing with a careful and gentle expression. He was surrounded by a warm atmosphere. Tong Nan’s heart beat quickly. She was excited to see him.
She charged at him, not ashamed of any single word she had just said. Sitting beside him and holding his hands, she said to Gong Yu with a smile, “Gong Yu, you’re here! I was talking with Xuanxuan about inviting you here for dinner. I haven’t seen you for a while. I was locked in a training camp arranged by my company during the last several days. All connections with the outside were cut. I rushed here the moment they let me go.”
Gong Yu furrowed his eyebrows with aversion and pulled back his arms from her hands. He moved a little further from her and continued watching Niannian drawing, uninterested in responding to her. Tong Nan was simple-minded and did not care about his indifferent attitude. She turned her gaze to Niannian and asked smilingly, “Sweetie, are you drawing?”
Niannian looked up at her, blinking her big, clear eyes lovely, and replied, “Yes, Aunt Tong. I’m drawing the animals in the zoos.”
Staring at the cute Niannian, Tong Nan walked over to her to pinch her chubby face and could not help but kiss her face. After those “tortures”, Niannian lowered her head and continued drawing.
Tong Nan reached for the knife and apples on the table and asked smilingly, “Gong Yu, do you want me to peel an apple for you? Tell me how is your movie going on? I was too busy with my training to watch the news recently, so, I know nothing about your movie.”
Gu Yuxuan watched them aside and wanted to praise Tong Nan for being so insensitive to Gong Yu’s attitude. The dislike on his face was so obvious, however, Tong Nan seemed to not care about it at all. Gu Yuxuan did not know whether she should admire her optimism or she should rebuke her for being so simple-minded. She shook her head helplessly and went into the kitchen to help the dinner.
She stared at the busy Yun Muxi while saying in a flat voice, “Xiao Xi, Tong Nan is here.”
Yun Muxi answered her causally while chopping vegetables, “Really? No wonder it’s noisy outside the kitchen. It looks that I need to cook more food.”
After saying this, Yun Muxi walked to the door of the kitchen, stuck out her head and greeted Tong Nan with a smile. “Xiao Nan, welcome to my house! Have a rest first. I’m busy with our dinner, so, help yourself to some water.”
She shut the door and continued on her own business after the greeting. Gu Yuxuan cleaned the vegetables as she asked tentatively, “Em… Gong Yu and you…?”
Yun Muxi’s hands paused for a while before she replied in a headache, “Don’t discuss this with me! It could be a real headache!”
Gu Yuxuan turned around to stare at Yun Muxi carefully. “I can see that you have affection for each other. Denying it will only make you suffer. Tong Nan has a crush on Gong Yu, so, it will be a matter concerning more than just you and him someday. She may get hurt from this. You know her, careless but quite stubborn and single-minded. The more she behaves so, the deeper she may get hurt in the end.”
Yun Muxi put the knife down helplessly and turned to face Gu Yuxuan with a serious expression. “I really don’t know what to do now. You know, I’m never good at dealing with such kind of problems. Moreover, I don’t want to have a lover now; I just want to live a peaceful life with Niannian.”
Gu Yuxuan sighed, looking at Yun Muxi with sympathy. “Xiao Xi, it’s been years since that happened, why can’t you let it go? You can’t stay single for the rest of your life. Gong Yu loves you from the bottom of his heart, so, if you still have affection for him, you should accept him. Isn’t it good if you can have a happy life together? It’s too hard for you to bring up a child alone in the long run. If you don’t like Gong Yu, Yichen will also be a good choice for you. He has been over head and ears in love with you during all these years. Both Gong Yu and Yichen will be your good partner. Think about it, either for yourself or for Niannian.”
Yun Muxi let out the laughter of bitterness. “You know, I chose to be a writer because of Niannian. I want to spend more time with Niannian. My novel sales good on the Internet and was chosen as a script of a movie. I’m satisfied with this. For me, continuing writing or being a screenwriter is a good choice. Now, things are going on as I’ve wanted them to. Niannian is a sensible child, and I have my own career and you guys with me. Everything is good for me now.”
Gu Yuxuan was annoyed by her reply. “Why are you so stubborn? You didn’t hear a word I said. You know it yourself whether it’s good to you or not.”
Yun Muxi did not take Gu Yuxuan’s anger seriously for she knew Gu Yuxuan said that for her good. She changed the subject. “There was a weird thing about Yichen recently. He… told me that he loved me.”
Gu Yuxuan was not surprised by her words at all and said flatly, “It’s not weird at all. He has had a crush on you for so long. You know it, don’t you? He has tried to tell you that either directly or indirectly many times. I think he got nervous about the relationship between Gong Yu and you this time. Nevertheless, what’s your plan for the future?”
Yun Muxi covered her forehead with her hands helplessly and sighed. “I have no idea. Lu Yang also expressed his feelings about me downstairs today. Gong Yu and Yichen happened to be there and were black-faced when hearing his words. They quarreled with each other on the spot. I was really scared that they would fight over me.”
Gu Yuxuan was puzzled and immediately questioned further, “Wait, Lu Yang? Who is Lu Yang? Are you having another affair?”
Yun Muxi suddenly realized that she had never mentioned Lu Yang in front of Gu Yuxuan before and explained to her, “Lu Yang is the man who saved me from a car accident several days ago when I crossed a road without attention. That’s where I got to knew him. I didn’t take him seriously as we haven’t seen each other after that. In view of this, I didn’t tell you anything about him either. He tried to connect with me through Wechat several times, but you know, I don’t chat too much on Wechat, so, I paid no attention to it. Who would have thought that he would come here to tell me he fell in love with me?”
Gu Yuxuan had grown up with Yun Muxi, and they were like sisters, so, she knew quite well how charming Yun Muxi was. When they were in middle school, Yun Muxi was nearly a boy-killer. Countless boys would like to prostrate themselves at her feet. Troubled by this, Yun Muxi started wearing big black-framed glasses and uniforms all the time when she was in high school, hiding her charm, and by doing so, she freed herself from being wooed by those boys. Knowing all of this, Gu Yuxuan was not surprised that Lu Yang finally fell in love with Yun Muxi. She continued to ask, “What’s Lu Yang’s job and background?”
Yun Muxi lowered her head and continued chopping vegetables while explaining. “He is a soldier, serving in the air force after he graduated from a military school. He is a lovely and outgoing boy. I’d love to make friends with him, however, now… Alas!”
Gu Yuxuan went on cleaning the vegetables and asked thoughtlessly, “Now, you got another wooer, Lu Yang. You have to make your decision sooner or later. We can’t let things remain how they are now.”
Yun Muxi shook her head and let out a sigh. “I really don’t know how to deal with this.”
The two fell silent and started cooking.
Outside the kitchen, Gong Yu was near a burst of anger. He stared at Tong Nan coldly and shouted with fury in his voice, “Let’s make it clear. I’ll never fall in love with you, so, please stay away from me and don’t show around.”