Gu Nuan felt an overwhelming urge to glower at him, wondering what was wrong with him and what he was trying to do.
Hadn’t he come here with Tang Sili? Following her here all of a sudden and forgetting his initial purpose for coming, wasn’t he afraid of getting scolded by Tang Sili?
Right, she had forgotten, his true identity was actually the young master of the Ou Family, and just by that alone, money-loving Tang Sili would think thrice before saying anything about this apprentice of his.
He filled the teapot with water. He took it from her, seemingly unwilling to hand it back. This made Gu Nuan grow anxious and uneasy.
Gu Nuan’s mother was waiting for her inside. What if she noticed something and came looking for her, and saw him then?
So, she insisted on wrestling the teapot back from his hands, "Dr. Ou, I am not a true cripple without functioning limbs!" she said, pretending to be very angry for that reason.
Ou Yanan blinked at her words, clearly surprised and taken aback by her obviously feigned attitude. However, he did not argue with her, only watching as she took the teapot and turned to leave, silently watching her receding figure, without following her.
Perhaps, her actions, different from usual, had once again confirmed some suspicions in his heart.
Finally, as Gu Nuan was about to reach the door of the tea room, he suddenly said in a voice loud enough for her to hear, "The clothes you are wearing today are very pretty, but I don’t think they suit you."
Gu Nuan walked on as if she hadn’t heard him speak.
No one knew what she was thinking at that moment.
After leaving the tea room, she quickened her pace as if wanting to leave the place as quickly as possible.
Just as she was about to return to the original room, suddenly a pair of hands reached from behind and grasped her fiercely on both sides.
Gu Nuan could only focus on steadying the teapot in her hands to prevent the water inside from spilling out and scalding both her and the other person.
As for who had suddenly done this, she knew by the face pressed against her neck that it was the overly sensitive nose of the big white dog.
"What are you doing?" Gu Nuan said helplessly to her own husband.
Even if this was his house, he shouldn’t be so presumptuous, touching and sniffing and rubbing against her in the hallway; this kid really thought he was a dog clinging to her.
With a sigh, seemingly more helpless than her, he whispered in her ear, "What was he gesturing with his hands just now?"
Upon hearing this, she knew that the kid was jealously overreacting again.
"That was sign language," Gu Nuan explained. Being a married woman, how could she randomly chat up strangers.
"Have you forgotten? He is a doctor, and he knows my ear infection hasn’t healed, so—"
"So he thinks he’s being considerate by trying to reduce the burden on your ears, doesn’t he?" The kid thought he had enough reason to be jealous now and started tugging at her arm with a show of jealousy, like a kindergarten child who wants a lollipop, "Why won’t you teach me sign language?" ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡✶𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚✶𝙣𝙚𝙩
Why should she teach him sign language? Gu Nuan was speechless.
He knew that she wasn’t completely deaf, so why go through the trouble!
The kid was relentless, knowing that someone else had an advantage in understanding her better. He couldn’t stand it; he had to be the person closest to her in the world.
"No, you must teach me. You don’t teach me, I won’t let go."
The unruly member of the household was clearly being unreasonable now, clinging to her arm and refusing to let go without getting the lollipop he refused to yield without.
Gu Nuan turned around intending to rebuke the kid with a stern glare, just in time to see her mother, Gu, up ahead.