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

Chapter 144: Love grows over time

"It hurts..."

Su Yiran slapped Gu Yanli's hand away, "Just talk, can you stop touching me all the time?"

"..."

Gu Yanli sighed helplessly and rubbed her cheek. "Did you hurt her?"

"pain--"

Su Yiran nodded and accused, "Don't you know how strong your hand is?"

Gu Yanli looked at the woman who was crying out in pain, but his cheeks didn't even turn red.

"What was put in the tea?"

"...small ingredients."

"You've got some nerve."

Gu Yanli flicked her forehead. "Dare to tamper with his water? How many lives do you think you have to risk?"

"It's because Ah Yan is here that no matter how big the trouble gets, there's a way to protect me."

Su Yiran said, "I'm curious about something. Master Gu is obviously coveting your position. Why didn't you tell anyone about what happened last time and let the Gu family see for themselves? Why should you put up with his temper today?"

"Strike the snake at its vital spot, and it will be fatal."

Gu Yanli said softly, "Madam, he has such great ambitions, don't provoke him again in the future."

"understood."

Su Yiran nodded.

Gu Jing knocked on the door and came in.

"Sir, Madam, Master Gu has gone to the hospital."

Upon hearing this, Su Yiran's eyes lit up. "Really? You went to the hospital by yourself, or did you call an ambulance?"

Gu Jing said, "I called an ambulance."

Gu Yanli frowned as he listened to their conversation. "What's going on?"

Su Yiran waved her hand, "It's nothing, I just don't like the look of him."

Hot coffee, tea with added ingredients, clothes sprayed with honey, being chased by wasps and falling down, resulting in a tire blowout.

Those ancestral precepts that bound Gu Yanli, but she was just playful; natural disasters and man-made calamities, who can say for sure?

"You, you!"

Gu Yanli really couldn't do anything about Su Yiran.

"correct."

Su Yiran remembered her snack cart, "Where are my snacks?"

"...Isn't it still there?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yanli's expression changed slightly. After speaking, he got up and hurriedly left the reception room.

"Gu Yanli!"

Su Yiran chased after her.

Hearing the voice behind him, Gu Yanli quickened his pace.

After walking for a while, he noticed there was no sound behind him, so he turned around.

Su Yiran stood there, fuming.

"Angry?"

Gu Yanli smiled at her, "If you don't go back now, you won't even have the last of your snacks left."

Su Yiran followed him back hesitantly, "...Waaah, Gu Yanli, you're not allowed to touch my things!"

"It depends on your performance."

With Su Yiran pregnant, Madam Lan was undoubtedly the happiest person.

He kept a close eye on the kitchen every day, personally delivering meals to the Gu Group and watching her eat them.

"Is it tasty?"

Madam Lan looked at her and served her soup. "The recipes were prepared by a nutritionist. If you don't think they're suitable, we can revise them."

"Very good, there's nothing inappropriate about it."

Su Yiran ate the nutritious meal in front of her, looking helplessly at Gu Yanli.

Gu Yanli met her gaze and smiled, "Lunch can be delivered; you don't need to make a special trip."

"Yes, Mom."

Su Yiran nodded, "You've worked so hard, it breaks my heart."

"Yiyi is the one who knows how to care for her mother."

Madam Lan nodded, "Alright, my presence here will only disturb your whispering."

"Mom, what are you saying?"

Su Yiran held Madam Lan in her arms, looked up at the man in front of her, and couldn't suppress the smile on her lips.

She just wants to eat something fragrant and spicy. Is it easy for her?

Gu Yanli had taken away her snacks before, so she secretly stocked up on some more. But when Madam Lan suddenly attacked last time, the snacks were confiscated again.

Without snacks, Su Yiran was completely unhappy.

After seeing the person off, Gu Yanli held them in his arms and said, "If you don't like it, then don't eat it."

"I'd like to have barbecue tomorrow, is that okay?"

"No."

"Then I'll have hot pot. Wang Daming's new drama has just finished filming, so I can ask her out."

"Non-spicy is fine."

"It's not good if it's not spicy."

"If you get too worked up, you'll be the one who suffers in the end."

"..."

Su Yiran frowned and pushed the man away.

"She's angry again; her temper has gotten worse since she got pregnant."

Gu Yanli rubbed her head. "Alright, what will it take for you to stop being angry?"

Su Yiran lowered her head and groaned, then remembered something, "Can you tell me now what your relationship with Yan Lianhe really is?"

"It doesn't matter!"

Speaking of Yan Lianhe, Gu Yanli recalled the voice message from a couple of days ago: "The two of them are innocent and have not done anything wrong."

Su Yiran turned her face away. "Ranran was right. In this kind of thing, a man's explanation is just a cover-up, and a cover-up is the truth."

"Explain yourself, which matter?"

"Are you having an affair with Yan Lianhe?"

"...Su Yiran, can you please stop thinking such nonsense?"

Gu Yanli tapped her forehead. "I met him two years ago."

Two years ago?

Su Yiran's eyes widened suddenly. "So you were pretending not to know each other before?"

Gu Yanli looked at her and did not deny it.

"So you knew that Yan Lianhe and I went on a blind date?"

"know."

"you--"

Su Yiran took a deep breath. "No, you knew my identity all along, yet you just watched me go on blind dates with other men?"

"Anyway, you wouldn't like him."

"..."

Su Yiran laughed at his arrogant words, "Mr. Gu, don't you know the saying 'familiarity breeds fondness'?"

Gu Yanli's lips curled up. "Unrequited love?"

"Mutual affection!"

"Did you ask for his opinion?"

"……What's the meaning?"

Su Yiran sensed something amiss in Gu Yanli's words. "I have another question. What's his relationship with Yan Yuan? Is it blood relation or a romantic relationship?"

Gu Yanli met her gaze, "Let's balance it out."

Neutralization?

They are neither related by blood nor lovers, and they are somewhere in between, so what exactly is their relationship?

"That……"

Su Yiran hesitated for a moment, just as she was about to ask, Chen Lie knocked on the door and came in, holding a document in his hand.

"Sir, information about Miss Yan Yuan."

Upon hearing the familiar name, Su Yiran looked at Gu Yanli and asked, "Why are you investigating Yan Yuan... Did Yan Lianhe ask you to investigate?"

Gu Yanli glanced at the information on the document, handed it back, and said, "Just give it to him."

"Ok."

Chen Lie nodded, then looked at Su Yiran, noticing something else.

Feeling uneasy under her gaze, Su Yiran took a deep breath and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Chen Lie said, "Master Gu is hospitalized. He has developed a rash all over his body; it's an allergic reaction."

Upon hearing this, Su Yiran smiled and raised an eyebrow.

Gu Yanli glanced sideways, taking in her reaction, and tapped her head. "What tricks did you play?"

"They sprinkled pollen on his clothes; it was just a little trick."