PPS Chapter 116

Chapter 116: A Difficult Relationship

In Chu Zhaoyi’s understanding, the closest relationship between two people is that of family. This is why he stubbornly calls Gu Yusen “brother.”

Why couldn’t he?

Chu Zhaoyi read rejection in Gu Yusen’s expression. He was a little angry and a little wronged, thinking that Gu Yusen didn’t want him anymore.

Had he done something wrong?

Gu Yusen’s back was still aching terribly. Knowing that Chu Zhaoyi was smart, and that if he didn’t come downstairs, the boy would overthink things, he hurriedly bandaged himself and came down.

Chu Zhaoyi had a sensitive nose. He had deliberately smoked a few cigarettes to marinate himself in the smell, and then, feeling it wasn’t enough, sprayed some cologne to cover up the bloody scent on his body.

Gu Yusen had been mischievous from a young age, receiving a lot of family discipline as a child. However, as he grew older, he became more sensible, and his father gave him face, rarely laying a hand on him.

Family discipline seemed like an absurd thing in this era, but it truly existed in his family.

His father had been angered badly, and each lash of the whip had landed squarely on his body.

He came downstairs only to hear these infuriating words from the little brat.

If he didn’t want to return to the Xie family, then he had provided another method.

Gu Yusen’s mind was buzzing, almost unable to think. The pain from his back transmitted in waves, stimulating his nerves bit by bit.

Even if Gu Yusen was really disobedient, his mother always felt sorry for her child. When Gu Yusen came downstairs, she had been worried about his body. Now, seeing him like this, his lips faintly pale, she naturally felt distressed.

“Let’s discuss this matter later,” Madam Gu said. The current situation was still a mess. Chu Zhaoyi’s attitude had also become strange, and the Xie family, Xie Tingyun and Xie Yuyin, were even more confused.

This matter wasn’t urgent, nor could it be rushed.

Gu Yusen grabbed Chu Zhaoyi by the back of his collar and dragged him upstairs, disregarding all etiquette and not caring that Chu Zhaoyi’s biological parents were still downstairs.

Who could accept his soon-to-be wife turning into his younger brother?

Zhang Anru wanted to stop him, but Madam Gu held her back.

“Let the children solve their own problems,” Madam Gu said.

The clueless Xie Tingyun and Xie Yuyin moved closer to Zhang Anru, wanting to know what had just happened. Zhang Anru sighed, watching the backs of the two as they left, knowing that Gu Yusen wouldn’t harm Chu Zhaoyi.

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Chu Zhaoyi was also very angry. He felt that Brother Sanmu didn’t like him at all. The hand pulling on the back of his collar was rough and heavy, and he had just given him a bad look.

“Chu Zhaoyi! Why do you want to be an adopted son of the Gu family?” Gu Yusen took him back to the room where they had lived in the old house, which was also his own bedroom.

The bedroom that had been prepared for him from the start had never been entered by this person.

He tried hard to restrain his tone, not wanting to scare Chu Zhaoyi, and only realized that Chu Zhaoyi had nothing on his ears after he finished speaking that sentence with a low voice.

His gaze moved to Chu Zhaoyi’s puffed-up face, and he vaguely felt his temples throbbing violently.

Gu Yusen let go and straightened Chu Zhaoyi’s collar. As soon as he let go, the boy darted to the balcony and squatted down, turning his back to him.

That was how a lip-reading deaf person refused to communicate.

Gu Yusen sighed deeply, feeling the wound on his back seeping blood from the violent movements, and somewhat admired his own cleverness.

Fortunately, he wore black clothes.

He suppressed his emotions, walked to Chu Zhaoyi’s side, and skillfully took out the silver hearing aid from the boy’s pocket and put it on for him.

“Ayi, didn’t we agree before that we can’t refuse to communicate even when we’re angry?”

Chu Zhaoyi’s fits of temper came quickly, and he recovered quickly after being coaxed. He didn’t reject Gu Yusen’s actions. As Gu Yusen approached, he vaguely smelled a strange scent on him.

Before he could think, he heard Gu Yusen’s words.

The two had made this agreement because Gu Yusen had discovered that Chu Zhaoyi would refuse to communicate when he was angry. They had agreed on this from the beginning.

“I’m sorry,” Chu Zhaoyi was a good kid who knew right from wrong. He would apologize when he knew he had done something wrong.

He had repaired his relationship with Zhang Anru today, and he immediately told Gu Yusen about this happy thing, but he hadn’t received a reply, and he hadn’t seen him even at lunchtime, only seeing him at the very end.

That was fine, but Gu Yusen also rejected him being his younger brother!

Gu Yusen had naturally seen the message, but he hadn’t had time to reply. Now that he had some free time, he could ask.

“Does Ayi like Aunt Zhang?” Gu Yusen calmed down for a while, withdrawing from his earlier emotions. He didn’t think Ayi disliked him! There must be another reason. He just needed to ask.

“I like her,” Chu Zhaoyi nodded obediently. He definitely liked her, otherwise he wouldn’t have changed his address.

“Then why doesn’t Ayi want to go back to the Xie family?”

If it were someone else, Gu Yusen might think that the person was greedy for the Gu family’s power, but that didn’t make sense. Although the Xie family wasn’t as powerful as the Gu family, it was still his proper family. It was better than being an adopted son in the Gu family.

What’s more, Chu Zhaoyi had never valued these things.

“I don’t want to be separated from Brother Sanmu,” Chu Zhaoyi touched Gu Yusen’s fingers, his head lowered, still not very happy.

Gu Yusen paused. That was indeed the reason. After Chu Zhaoyi returned to his ancestral home, the Xie family would definitely want him to live with them. It was also understandable that his biological parents wanted to spend time with their son who had been lost for eighteen years. He really had no position to stop them.

The logically sound and reasonable Chu Jiaojiao.

But Gu Yusen still felt that something was wrong.

“It’s not like we can’t see each other anymore. You can tell Aunt Zhang that you still live here with me.”

Chu Zhaoyi squeezed Gu Yusen’s fingers unhappily, seeming a little angry. The strength wasn’t great, but due to his poor health, he didn’t have much strength. It landed on Gu Yusen without pain or irritation.

“Does Brother Sanmu not want me to be in the Gu family?”

“If I were a child of the Gu family, our relationship would be closer.”

“Don’t you like me anymore?”

Listening to Chu Zhaoyi’s three consecutive questions, the guess in Gu Yusen’s heart gradually surfaced. He numbly looked at Chu Zhaoyi’s beautiful face.

Ha

So his sweetheart really regarded him as a brother.