An awkward expression appeared on Song Changlin’s face.
Meanwhile, Lin Yiqian glared at Song Feifei.
“How dare you speak to your youngest uncle like that? Do you wish to die?” Grandmother Song slammed her hand on the armrest as she stood up. Then, she poked at Song Feifei’s temple.
Song Feifei took a step back before complaining yet again. “It’s his fault for not keeping his…”
Halfway through her sentence, Gu Nianshen and Lin Yiqian were both able to guess what she wanted to say.
Their facial expressions turned dark as a sense of hostility took over.
“Song Feifei…” Song Changlin interrupted Song Feifei with a threatening voice.
“Shut up.” Grandmother Song cut him off as she raised her hand to Song Feifei’s face.
All of a sudden, a woman who had kept herself out of view suddenly charged toward Grandmother Song and pulled her hand away. “Mother, I’ll teach her a lesson.”
This was Song Feifei’s mother, Jin Suisui, who was also Lin Yiqian’s aunt.
In her early forties, she still wore a pink doll-like outfit and had long wavy golden hair. If one looked only at her physical appearance, one might have thought she was in her twenties.
After Jin Suisui had pulled Grandmother Song away, she pretended to yell at Song Feifei. “Horrible young lady, how could you speak to your uncle like that? Come over here. I’m going to give you a good beating.”
Jin Suisui grabbed Song Feifei by her wrist and dragged her upstairs.
Once the two had disappeared out of sight, the living room fell silent again.
It felt awkwardly silent.
As soon as Song Changlin noticed that Lin Yiqian and Gu Nianshen were wearing matching couple outfits, his mouth twitched.
He shifted his gaze away and lowered his head.
As he turned around, he headed for the door.
“Changlin,” Grandmother Song suddenly called out.
Song Changlin stopped walking without turning his head around. “Mother. I just recalled that I have a few errands to run for my sister.”
His hands rested by his sides as his fingers twitched in time to his pounding heart.
“They can wait,” Grandmother Song said, firmly. She was not to be challenged.
“Nianshen, follow me upstairs with your uncle,” she then said to Gu Nianshen as she turned.
Before either of them could respond, she began walking upstairs.
Song Changlin inhaled deeply as he mustered the courage to turn around to look at Lin Yiqian and Gu Nianshen.
He gasped when he saw the bright red color on their shirts before he hurriedly made his way past them.
As soon as he passed them by, Gu Nianshen tightened his grip around Lin Yiqian’s hand.
He was expressing his strong possessiveness.
Gu Nianshen did not immediately walk away. Instead, he turned to face Lin Yiqian. “If you don’t want to have a meal here, we can leave right away.”
Regardless of what other people thought, Gu Nianshen only cared about how Lin Yiqian felt.
“I’m fine. Go ahead.” Lin Yiqian shook her head.
Since Grandmother Song had already made the request, she would blame Lin Yiqian if Gu Nianshen refused to do as she said.
Therefore, Lin Yiqian decided not to make a scene.
Besides, she did not actually mind being there. She could ignore whatever other people thought of her.
Gu Nianshen was the only person who could affect her mood and emotions.
Seeing how calm Lin Yiqian appeared, Gu Nianshen let go of her hand. “I’ll be back very soon.”
“Alright.”
***
“Lin Yiqian, are you happy now?”
As soon as Gu Nianshen and Song Changlin had gone upstairs, Song Feifei and her mother appeared.