Gu Zeyun was stunned by her question and almost choked on his soda.
“Why do you want to learn this?”
“It’s rare to hear a girl make such a request…”
Lin Nian chuckled and raised her head to answer seriously.
“Because I’m not an ordinary girl.”
She was a reborn person with clear goals.
She wanted to be self-sufficient, to take her mother out of the Lin family, and let her live a truly happy life.
In her previous life, she also learned a few basic self-defense moves from Gu Zeyun, but at that time, she was old and frail, and there wasn’t much she could learn.
Now, she was only eighteen, the age when she could learn anything quickly.
Just thinking about this made her eager to try, and even her tone softened unconsciously.
“Please? Gu Zeyun, just teach me.”
“I promise, I will be your best student!”
The best student?
She was afraid that this delicate little girl would regret it and beg for mercy in no time.
Gu Zeyun felt that she didn’t know the hardship of learning martial arts. He was about to refuse, but he sighed when he met her pleading eyes.
“Okay, but I won’t hold back.”
“But if you can’t keep going, remember to tell me, training can be interrupted at any time.”
Lin Nian got the answer she wanted and couldn’t help but smile, praising him sincerely.
“Gu Zeyun, you’re so good!”
“I knew it, you’re the best person in the world!”
Gu Zeyun knew that this was called a “good person card” and couldn’t be taken seriously.
But for some reason, he felt his ears were a little hot…
He coughed lightly, and just as he was about to say something, Lin Nian had already taken the back seat of the bicycle.
“Okay, let’s go home.”
Go… home?
Even though he didn’t expect marriage, Gu Zeyun still curled the corners of his mouth.
He pedaled the bicycle even harder.
Leaving Chen Ran, who had been left behind in the restaurant, secretly following behind them, muttering in a low voice.
“What best student?”
“Don’t joke, I’m my brother’s best student!”
When they arrived outside the Lin family’s courtyard, before they could even enter the door, they heard a commotion.
It was Lin Dong.
Probably after he got up, he found that all the steamed buns had been bitten by Lin Nian, and he was throwing a tantrum again.
“She did it on purpose! Disgusting! Wasting food! Spendthrift!”
Then came the comfort of Lin’s mother, Zhao Shuzhen.
“It’s okay, Xiaodong, Mom has cooked you new porridge!”
“Who wants to drink porridge? Porridge every day, isn’t it annoying? I don’t care, you make me new steamed buns!”
“No, I want to eat buns! She’s eating white flour, so I want to eat meat buns!”
Gu Zeyun’s brows furrowed instantly.
He had seen many families that favored sons over daughters, but even for the sake of appearances, they wouldn’t be so obvious.
At least he had never seen anyone being called disgusting for eating a bite of steamed bun.
No wonder Lin Nian was so resilient at such a young age. This family was simply a battleground, forcing her to grow up.
When he turned to look at Lin Nian again, he couldn’t help but feel a little sorry for her. He reached out and touched her hair, whispering, “You’ve worked hard.”
Lin Nian was stunned.
Wasn’t this Gu Zeyun’s signature move in her previous life?
At that time, he was 11 years older than her, but now it was different.
She chuckled and moved his hand away.
“Gu Zeyun, I’m not a child anymore.”
Gu Zeyun actually regretted it a bit.
He didn’t know how he had so naturally touched her hair.
He was supposed to be someone with a strong sense of boundaries…
But oh well, what’s done is done.
He shrugged and took the lead in pushing the door open and entering.
A steamed bun came flying at him, along with the yelling of a young man.
“You still have the nerve to come back! What kind of girl wastes food like you! You pay me back for the white flour!”
Seeing a strange man, Lin Dong was stunned.
But he quickly reacted and sneered.
“Who are you? My sister’s new catch?”
“Perfect timing, since you two are getting married anyway, you pay for what she wastes!”
Gu Zeyun looked at him and chuckled softly after a long while.
“In your house, do you have to pay for eating something?”
The three people inside the house were taken aback.
Lin Jianguo’s brow twitched, and he turned to scold his youngest son.
“Dongzi, show some respect to your sister.”
“You don’t even know to move when there’s a guest, quickly pour water for your brother-in-law!”
After he finished speaking, he looked at the bag in Gu Zeyun’s hand and took a step forward to greet him.
“You came, why did you bring anything…”
He froze halfway through his sentence.
Because Lin Jianguo clearly saw that the bag contained a red padded jacket, obviously a woman’s style.
He desperately took the clothes out, wanting to see if there was anything else underneath, but the bag was empty, really just a piece of clothing.
Gu Zeyun naturally saw his expression and smiled even more happily.
“Uncle, don’t be polite, Lin Nian and I picked this out together.”
“She said that the family didn’t lack anything, and just wanted to buy her mother a new piece of clothing. We men of the new era have to listen to our wives.”
“That’s why we forgot about you.”
“Next time, next time I will definitely pick your gift carefully with Lin Nian.”
In his words, he expressed his meaning.
Whether he gave a gift or not depended on Lin Nian’s wishes.
Whoever she said to spend money on, he would spend money on.
Gu Zeyun naturally pulled out a long bench and sat down, picking up a steamed bun with a tooth mark from the table.
Then he tore off the bitten part and handed it to Lin Nian, eating it himself.
“This steamed bun is good, quite fluffy.”
“If you don’t eat it because of a small matter, that’s the real waste of food.”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a ‘thump’ sound.
It was Lin Dong, he put the bowl heavily to the side, thought about it and still felt unsatisfied, picked it up and drank it all in one gulp.
Then, he turned to look at Gu Zeyun, showing off the clean bottom of the bowl triumphantly.
“Who do you think you are? Still picking on my family!”
“I’m telling you, you’re sucking up to the wrong person. If my dad and I don’t agree, Lin Nian will never marry you!”
“Still eating my family’s steamed buns?! That’s what someone else bit, it’s so dirty! You’re doing this before you’re even married, aren’t you disgusted!”
After saying all this, Lin Dong was still not satisfied.
Seeing those steamed buns, his eyes turned red, and he simply shouted.
“Our family won’t make things difficult for you! You first take out a five hundred yuan bride price, and then buy me a job.”
“This request isn’t too much, right? I heard from Aunt Zhao that your family is very rich!”
“Although Lin Nian had a boyfriend before, our family kept a close eye on her, and she definitely didn’t sleep with him!”
“You’re not losing out by spending this little money!”
Gu Zeyun’s face suddenly became very ugly.
Lin Jianguo realized that something was wrong and quickly wanted to interrupt, but the next second, Lin Dong screamed!
He didn’t even see when Gu Zeyun made his move, Lin Dong had already been pinned to the table with his hands twisted behind his back!