After being dumped, I turned around and married my ex-boyfriend's younger brother.

Chapter 42 Ayan

Gu Chengjing knew that Su Yiran disliked him intensely, so speaking as little as possible was his secret to survival.

He was afraid that if he said anything that displeased Su Yiran, he would have to confess right there.

Last time in the private room, his friend was just joking around, and Su Yiran scared him so much that he cut off all contact with him.

"Su..."

All eyes fell on Gu Chengjing, who forced himself to speak, "Don't try to scare people. My uncle is a germaphobe. How could he possibly raise a dog on his own initiative? It must be... most likely... half of it was because you went against his wishes and insisted on raising it."

Gu Chengjing spoke haltingly, but Su Yiran listened with delight. "Young Master Gu, drink more water. Your voice is hoarse. When Mr. Gu comes down later, he'll think I bullied his nephew. You'll have to speak up for me then."

As she spoke, her face beamed with a smile that she couldn't suppress, but when that smile fell on Gu Chengjing, a chill ran down his spine, and he dared not utter a sound.

Behind that smile, he's definitely harboring some wicked thoughts that will torment him.

Su Yiran looked away, then looked at the little pizza and patted its head. "Good boy, go up and see if Daddy's done with work."

Little Pizza understood, jumped off Su Yiran, and ran upstairs happily.

Chen Lie watched as the little pizza went upstairs, not daring to stop it.

Last time, the husband explicitly stated that Little Pizza was not allowed to go upstairs, but this time it was the wife who allowed it, and it had nothing to do with him.

He didn't dare to stop her, otherwise the lady would hold a grudge, and her fists might fall on him at any time.

The servant refilled the tea.

Gu Chengjing was genuinely thirsty. He picked up the teacup and drank it down, only to belatedly feel a sour taste rise in his throat, and his face immediately turned pale.

"What's this!"

He ran to get some water to try and soothe the sour taste in his throat.

Su Yiran leaned back on the sofa, picked up the water glass in front of her, took a sip, and said, "It tastes good, not too sour. It would be even better if it were a little more sour."

Gu Chengjing gulped down two glasses of water, then frowned upon hearing Su Yiran's words, "What did you give me to drink?"

Su Yiran looked at him, "Lemonade, didn't you taste the difference?"

She paused, her eyes widening in shock, then covered her mouth in astonishment. "Young Master Gu, you don't have a problem with your sense of taste, do you want me to introduce you to a doctor?"

Gu Chengjing was furious. "You did this on purpose! You know I can't handle sour food!"

"What's our relationship? How would I know if you can handle sourness?"

Su Yiran looked completely innocent. "Besides, I didn't force it into your mouth. You wanted to drink it yourself, so why are you blaming me?"

Gu Chengjing had been tricked. "Su Yiran, you..."

"What are you doing!"

Gu Yanli's appearance attracted the attention of the two people present.

"Little uncle."

"Mr. Gu."

The two looked at Gu Yanli at the same time, and Liu's father's smile was almost overflowing. "It's just the young people playing around, please don't take it to heart."

Gu Chengjing was indignant. Between being angry and complaining, he felt a sense of injustice and muttered in dissatisfaction, "She was clearly the one who deliberately played a trick on me."

"This is a joke that not everyone can make."

Gu Yanli glanced at the two of them with a cold face. "Mr. Liu, please keep your future son-in-law in check. I can't tolerate any nonsense. Yiyi is scheming. If you accidentally hurt her one day, you'd better watch yourself."

Mr. Liu was stunned for a moment, his smile almost falling to the ground, and he forced himself to agree, "You are the elder, so I will listen to you."

"Little uncle..."

Gu Chengjing looked at Gu Yanli.

Gu Yanli glared at him, and he immediately shut up.

The man came downstairs carrying a small pizza in his arms. The little pizza struggled for a moment, then jumped out of his arms and onto Su Yiran, rubbing against her incessantly.

Su Yiran stroked its fur, picked up Little Pizza and walked outside, saying, "Did Daddy bully Little Pizza? Daddy is bad, let's not play with Daddy anymore."

Gu Yanli watched her retreating figure, then lifted his foot and walked out as well.

"Mr. Gu."

Summoning his courage, Mr. Liu called out to Gu Yanli, "I'm here today regarding the previous project proposal. The Liu family has no chance of participating. You must be a person of high status and have forgotten about this. I'll have to trouble you, Mr. Gu..."

"Some things don't need to be said in front of the younger generation."

The man stopped, his cold gaze sweeping over the person behind him, his thin lips slightly parted, "Show them out!"

"Mr. Gu, this is robbery!"

Mr. Liu was indignant. He had put a lot of effort into obtaining that project proposal, so how could he be willing to let it go like this? "I am, after all, Yi Ran's family. How can you do this? Aren't you disrespecting Yi Ran?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Chengjing's heart skipped a beat. Seeing the man in front of him with a dark face, he quickly stepped in to smooth things over, "Uncle, Uncle Liu was just too anxious. Please don't take it to heart."

His uncle hates being threatened. He came with Liu's father today because he couldn't explain it to his grandmother and the others if anything happened.

Gu Yanli turned around, his deep eyes falling on Liu's father. "Family of the mother? Mr. Liu, you should know your place. If it weren't for Yiyi's sake, you wouldn't even have the right to stand here and talk to me."

Mr. Liu, in a fit of desperation, shouted, "Mr. Gu, don't go too far!"

"Uncle, he's tired and talking nonsense. I'll take him away now."

Gu Chengjing stepped forward, grabbed Liu's father, and pulled him away, ignoring what he was muttering.

Outside, Su Yiran was playing with Little Pizza when she saw two discordant figures hurriedly leaving the manor.

"What are you looking at?"

Gu Yanli walked over and looked in the direction she was looking. "You really dislike Gu Chengjing?"

"what?"

Su Yiran didn't react to Gu Yanli's words.

Gu Yanli said, "Madam Gu has a knack for playing tricks on people."

Su Yiran understood what he meant. "Mr. Gu is worried about his nephew?"

She couldn't say she knew Gu Chengjing well, but she did know some of the most basic things about him.

Gu Chengjing couldn't tolerate any sourness at all.

"Does Madam think I'm biased towards outsiders?"

Gu Yanli patted her head. "What did you give him to drink?"

"poison."

Su Yiran blurted it out.

“...Speak properly.”

Gu Yanli looked at her intently, raising an eyebrow. "What did you drink?"

"Lemon juice."

What did he drink?

"Lemon juice."

"..."

"A condensed version".

"..."

Gu Chengjing drank without the slightest hesitation, which made her break out in a cold sweat for him.

This sour smell will probably bother him for a while.

"It seems that you know your ex-boyfriend quite well, Madam."

Gu Yanli grunted, "He even knows exactly what he doesn't like to drink."

Hearing the man's sour words, Su Yiran grinned, "This kind of understanding isn't necessarily a good thing. Does Ayan want to experience it too?"

The name "Ayan" passed silently through his mind.