“Gu Yang, I know you’re inside. The lock has been changed. Who are you guarding against?”


  “The management called me and said that you came back last night!”


  Hearing Mrs Gu’s voice, Ye Tian immediately became nervous.

  Regaining her senses from the shyness of Gu Yang kissing her, she pushed him away.

  Her pretty face was at a loss as she mouthed, “Your mother is here.”


  Gu Yang had one hand on the door above her head and had no emotions about Xu Wei’s arrival. “She can’t open the door.”


  The moment Gu Yang finished speaking, she heard Xu Wei say from outside, “If you don’t open the door, I’ll call the locksmith company over.”


  Ye Tian’s long and thick eyelashes fluttered. There was no way out if she went out now. After crawling out from under Gu Yang’s arm, she ran toward the bedroom.

  After running a few steps, he returned and took her shoes away.

  Looking at her series of actions, Gu Yang did not know whether to laugh or cry.

  After Ye Tian hid in the bedroom, Gu Yang slowly opened the door.

  The door opened and Xu Wei was stunned for a moment when she saw the short and cold boy inside.

  She had not seen Gu Yang for more than two years.

  Her phone was always turned off when she called him.

  If she had not asked Shen Mingxiu and found out that he was still alive, she would have called the police.

  Perhaps it was because she had not seen Gu Yang for a long time, or because his fringe that used to cover his forehead had been cut short, Xu Wei looked at the boy in front of her in a daze.

  He was taller than Fu Yunze.

  His careless temperament in the past seemed to have changed a lot.

  But no matter what he had become, Xu Wei was disappointed that he did not get into a good university.

  Xu Wei went in and did not ask where he had been for the past few years. She frowned and walked toward the living room. “Did you bring a girl back to fool around?”


  “How old are you? Don’t think that you can do anything just because you’re an adult. If there’s any negative news, I’ll be implicated too.”


  Xu Wei walked toward the bedroom.

  Gu Yang frowned and said coldly, “Don’t enter my room.”


  Xu Wei turned back to look at Gu Yang. “You hid the girl in your room?”


  Ever since Gu Yang’s father died, Gu Yang had never listened to Xu Wei.

  Xu Wei’s career was successful and she was in charge of a large corporation, but she could not control her rebellious son.

  With a dark expression, she pushed open the bedroom door and walked in.

  The bedsheets and blanket were neatly laid out and did not look like anyone had slept there.

  Xu Wei pushed open the washroom door and opened the wardrobe, but there was no one.

  Xu Wei was about to walk to the balcony when Gu Yang walked in with a dark expression and grabbed Xu Wei’s arm.

  “I told you not to come in! This is my territory!”


  When Gu Yang’s expression darkened, it was rather cold and sharp.

  His gaze was sharp like an unsheathed sword.

  Xu Wei’s arm hurt from Gu Yang’s grip. She shook Gu Yang’s hand away, feeling even more unhappy with her son.

  She went to the living room and sat on the sofa, taking out an invitation from her expensive bag.

  “Since you’re back, come and attend my wedding with your Uncle Fu next month.”


  Gu Yang did not even look at the invitation, a mocking smile on her lips. “After living with Fu Yandong for so many years, he’s finally willing to marry you?”


  Hearing Gu Yang’s mocking tone, Xu Wei was furious.

  “I was the one who never agreed to your Uncle Fu.” Xu Wei stood up from the sofa, not wanting to say anything more to Gu Yang. She was afraid that if she continued, she would be so angry that she would have high blood pressure. “Gu Yang, your Uncle Fu and Brother Yunze have always treated you as family. They said countless times that they wanted me to bring you to the villa to stay with everyone, but look at your attitude. Can you get along with people properly?”


  “You’re like a hedgehog. Are you only satisfied when everyone is bleeding?”


  Gu Yang chuckled. “Madam Xu, please don’t play the blame game. You were the one who compared me with Fu Yunze since I was young. You were also the one who felt that I was inferior to Fu Yunze. You never had any hope for me, so why should I disturb your happiness?”


  “You can marry whoever you want and dote on whoever you want. When I needed you the most, you weren’t by my side. Now that I’ve grown up, I won’t pretend to be kind and filial to you!”


  Xu Wei looked at Gu Yang’s cold attitude and gritted her teeth. She picked up the invitation on the coffee table with a dark expression and walked out angrily in her high heels.

  After taking a few steps, she turned back and looked at Gu Yang with a sharp gaze. “Gu Yang, all these years, I’ve eaten and worn nothing, but I didn’t dote on you like I did when you were young. Don’t you know the reason?”


  “I will never be able to get over what happened to your father!”


  With a bang, the door was slammed shut.

  Gu Yang stood frozen on the spot, her hands by her sides clenched into fists.

  His slender eyes were completely red.

  Ye Tian heard the commotion outside and slowly walked out.

  Seeing the big boy squatting in the living room, hugging himself, Ye Tian’s heart tightened.

  He looked so lonely squatting there, as if he was the only one left in the world.

  She had heard most of his mother’s words.

  It was not something an ordinary mother would say to her child.

  Who wouldn’t dote on their own flesh and blood?

  She said that Gu Yang was like a hedgehog, but wasn’t she like that too?

  She could vaguely feel that his mother still hated him.

  Ye Tian walked over and squatted in front of Gu Yang.

  He was such a tall boy, but now, he was as fragile as a crystal ball.

  Ye Tian took the initiative to hug his shoulders. Her arms were slender and fair and could not wrap around him at all, but she still tried to pull him into her arms and give him enough warmth.

  “Gu Yang, you’re not alone. You have me and Shen Mingxiu.”


  A faint fragrance floated into Gu Yang’s nose.

  He slowly looked up at the girl in front of him.

  “Tiantian.”


  It was his first time calling her Tiantian.

  His voice was low and gentle.

  Ye Tian’s heart seemed to be brushed by a soft feather, creating ripples.

  “I’m fine. I don’t care what she says.”


  Ye Tian looked at the redness in his eyes and knew that he was not as indifferent as he said, but she did not understand the barrier between him and his mother and did not know how to comfort and persuade him.

  “It’s not uncomfortable anymore, okay?” She said softly.

  Gu Yang nodded and stood up. “Let’s go. I’ll take you back.”


  Ye Tian followed him to the door. He did not open the door immediately, but turned back to look at her. “Will you hate me in the future? Will you be disappointed in me?”


  Hearing him ask this, Ye Tian felt a lump in her throat.

  She went forward and held his strong waist, her face on his chest and her voice was soft. “I won’t.”


  Even if the whole world abandoned you, I wouldn’t.