Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife-Chapter 1174: We Don’t Want This Kind of Mother (3)

Xiao Shuju’s gaze swept up and down, making Ou Yanan’s scalp tingle. She knew that guy must have messed something up when he came out pretending to be him just now.

"Is there something you need?" Ou Yanan feigned composure.

Xiao Shuju said, "There are some things, matters between you young people that I’m not comfortable bringing up. I know you have the qualifications and the ability to be picky. But Mengjin, the Mengjin from our family, after all, you chose her yourself. Are you shy or what? Looking at your fiancée as if she’s invisible?"

As she spoke, Xiao Shuju waved a hand in front of him, testing if he was blind.

Ou Yanan’s face had already darkened. He had repeatedly reminded that guy to be careful, but it was clear that guy only paid attention to things related to Gu Nuan and didn’t care about anything else, probably already forgetting who Zhao Mengjin was.

Seeing this, he could only follow Xiao Shuju’s lead and explain, pretending to be indifferent, "This is a public place, and neither of us is used to displaying affection publicly."

"I see." Xiao Shuju sighed as if accepting his explanation, but also expressed doubt, "You two are about to get engaged; everyone knows about your relationship. It doesn’t really matter. Besides, this is our home; we’re all family, nothing to worry about here."

Ou Yanan just wanted to get away from her quickly, knowing the longer they stood there, the more attention their discussion would draw.

Xiao Shuju, however, grabbed him without letting go, directly pulling him towards Gu Nuan.

Zhao Mengjin was sitting by Gu Nuan’s bedside, talking to Gu Nuan.

Dabai came over carrying breakfast he made personally for his wife, showing affection towards her.

Zhao Mengjin watched her uncle flaunt his love and couldn’t stop laughing, clearly in a good mood, having forgotten about the unpleasant morning incident.

Seeing her, Ou Yanan turned to leave.

Xiao Shuju blocked the doorway, determined to see how he would apologize and explain. In Xiao Shuju’s mind, as men should at least have some gentlemanly manners, whatever Ou Family’s young master thought, he couldn’t give Zhao Mengjin the cold shoulder in public, as it would be a slight to the Xiao Family.

Ou Yanan’s head was spinning, mainly worried that the impostor pretending to be him might expose everything.

"What’s going on?" Even Dabai sensed something was wrong and looked up at the two of them.

Xiao Shuju cleared her throat lightly, "Mengjin, Young Master Ou has something he wants to say to you."

Hearing this voice, Zhao Mengjin realized he was there, turned her head, and looked at him in surprise. She didn’t really care what he had to say because they were just acting anyway. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

The problem was, Xiao Shuju didn’t think so.

"Auntie." Noticing the conflicted look on his face, Zhao Mengjin stood up and said to Xiao Shuju, "He’s busy with work. We usually wait till after work to call me if there’s anything."

Xiao Shuju wouldn’t let it go and started talking about her silly niece, "Silly girl, how can you delay some things? Are you softhearted, easy to bully? I’m telling you, don’t be like me, softhearted and easily bullied, or the man will always think you’re easy to push around and will keep pushing you down. Love is equal. You can’t say you’ll love him a little more, accommodate him a little more. Accommodating him like this is tantamount to condoning his misbehavior, you know?"

The third elder of the Xiao Family spoke fervently, becoming more heated as she imagined herself in Zhao Mengjin’s perspective.

Everyone present felt awkward because of this, and the atmosphere reached a peak of tension.

Xiao Yebai put down the bowl, walked over, and grabbed Xiao Shuju’s arm.