The handsome guy next door loves to flirt.

"That's enough, hey! Who told us our houses are so close? It'll only take less than five minutes to get there!" For the first time, Huai Nan felt that living close by might not be such a good thing.

Yun Shu nodded; she was already annoyed. She turned and went back. Behind her, Huai Nan watched her without a trace of lingering affection, a pang of sadness in his eyes. She had changed so much since she was a child; she was prettier, and no longer so fragile, needing no protection. Little Yun Shu had grown up and even fallen for another man. He had returned too late; he had thought he would return when she graduated, but it was too late.

As a child, he was chubby, and the other kids in the compound always teased him and didn't like playing with him. Sometimes he would sit alone in a corner. Only Yun Shu, who was also bullied by them, would talk to him for a while whenever he came back home. So Huai Nan had a good impression of Yun Shu when he was a child.

If he hadn't been in a car accident when he was young and gone to live abroad, he wouldn't have separated from Yun Shu. When he returned, everything had changed, and the two were no longer as close as they were when they were children. They walked together like strangers. But he still liked Yun Shu, just like when they were children. So when Yun Shu said she had a boyfriend, he felt a pang of pain but also a sense of helplessness. He was unwilling to give up on this relationship easily.

Even though Yun Shu has a boyfriend, as long as she's not married, he feels there's still a chance. Looking at Yun Shu's retreating figure, a hint of sadness flashed in his eyes.

When Yun Shu returned home, Yun Huan and Yun Le were sitting opposite Gu Cheng, talking about something.

Upon seeing Yun Shu return, Yun Le immediately asked, "Sister, was that really Sheng Huainan? He's so handsome!"

"Yeah! You've changed a lot, haven't you? How come you've taken a liking to him?" Yun Huan mocked from the side.

Yun Le blushed immediately and hurriedly shook her head. Yun Le knew that Yun Shu was going to marry Sheng Huainan in the future, so she dared not admit that she had feelings for Sheng Huainan. However, that person had really changed a lot, even though she hadn't had much contact with him when she was a child.

"Yun Shu, what's going on! How did you treat Huai Nan when he came to our house? You know you're going to marry him in the future, you should be building a relationship with him now!" Gu Cheng said to Yun Shu with great displeasure.

"Didn't I treat him like a guest? I even sent him away, what more do you want?" Yun Shu said, turning her head away, not wanting to look at them.

"What kind of attitude is this? You speak to your father so rudely, you don't know any manners at all. From now on, you will live in our house until you get married." Gu Cheng decided that it would be best to temper this girl's temper a little more before she got married. Even if she was from the Sheng family, Xie Huixin was not a good woman to get along with. If the two of them had a bad relationship, Yun Shu would suffer. He still cared about this daughter.

Upon hearing that he wanted her to stay at the Gu family's house, Yun Shu immediately objected: "No way! It's too far from my workplace, I won't live here." Yun Shu immediately refused, jokingly, even if they lived closer, she wouldn't want to live with them.

"You have no choice. As long as you bear the surname Gu, you belong to the Gu family. You are my daughter, Gu Cheng's daughter. Don't always think about leaving." After saying this, Gu Cheng stood up and went upstairs to his study. He didn't want to argue with her during this sensitive time, nor could he scold her, so he could only avoid her when they were angry.

Faced with Gu Cheng's unreasonable and domineering attitude, Yun Shu stomped her feet in anger. "Forget it, I'll figure it out later!"

"Sister, don't you want to marry into the Sheng family?" Yunle asked cautiously.

"Huainan is a good person, but that doesn't mean I have to like him," Yun Shu said helplessly. Why does everyone want her to marry Huainan?

Hearing this, Yun Le felt a surge of joy, a feeling welling up inside her. Yun Huan, who was listening to their conversation, sneered, "Look at yourself! It's already a miracle that the Sheng family even wants you. Besides, you might not even be able to get into the Sheng family!"

"Hmph! Just because I can't does doesn't mean you can! You're still much better than a woman like you who got pregnant before marriage and has no self-respect!"

"You..." The embarrassing truth had been revealed once again by the person she least wanted her to know. Yun Huan felt incredibly ashamed, her gaze towards Yun Shu filled with venom. Unfortunately, Yun Shu didn't want to look at her at all, turning her head away. Seeing that Yun Shu ignored her, she angrily said to Yun Le beside her, "It's all your fault! Why did you have to tell her before? Are you my sister or her sister?!"

"Aren't you two my sisters? Am I someone else's sister?!" Yun Le retorted, a rare occurrence for her. Yun Huan was going too far, blaming her for everything. It was really frustrating to have a sister like her.

Yun Huan glared at Yun Le resentfully, then rolled her eyes at Yun Shu before turning around and running upstairs. She had nothing in common with these two.

"Eldest sister, second sister can be really too much sometimes," Yun Huan said apologetically.

"It's okay, I'll just ignore her."

That evening, after dinner, Yun Shu leaned against the headboard, looking at the business card Huai Nan had given her. She couldn't believe he was so young, yet he was the chief designer at Z multinational corporation. Wow! That's amazing! Wow! He's undergone a dramatic transformation, has a great job, and is the son of a high-ranking official—no wonder Gu Cheng was so keen on him as a son-in-law.

Yun Shu just couldn't understand why the Sheng family, such a prestigious and wealthy family, and Huai Nan, so capable, would want a daughter-in-law like her. In front of outsiders, she was just the Gu family's adopted daughter; the Gu family had two biological daughters and didn't value her at all. Wait… she seemed to have missed something. She remembered that in her previous life, Huai Nan's mother seemed to be very happy with this marriage.

I heard that Huainan's mother was also a sent-down youth, sent to the same place as Gu Cheng. However, her family had connections back then, so she only stayed for a year before returning home. I just don't know why she was chosen as her daughter-in-law. Was it because she grew up in the place where she was sent down and had feelings for it? Or did they prefer a daughter-in-law of lower social status?

And why does the Gu family insist on her marrying into the Sheng family? Isn't it because they want the son she will have? If she really marries Huainan, would the Sheng family be willing to give her son to the Gu family?

There are many problems, or perhaps Gu Cheng is hiding something from her. Otherwise, the Sheng family wouldn't be so eager to form a marriage alliance with the Gu family. Huai Nan seems fine, but after seeing him today, she discovered that he doesn't reject this marriage and even has feelings for her, which is a real headache.

Just as I was getting annoyed, Mingkun called.