SCT-Novel Chapter 452 - 446: Forced You to Marry
Chapter 452 - 446: Forced You to Marry
Chapter 452: Chapter 446: Forced You to Marry
He glanced at the incoming call number but didn’t show much expression, and then he held the phone up to his ear.
“Yes, you’re coming back.”
Despite whatever the other person was saying, Gu Ning didn’t show much reaction, “I’m heading back soon as well. Tell me if you need anything.”
After a few more sentences, he murmured something in agreement, then he put down the phone. On the seat beside him in the car, there was a glass bottle filled with pill grains as small as soybeans. The faint scent of traditional Chinese medicine seemed to emanate from inside the bottle.
He put his hand on his own neck, feeling the necklace there with his fingertips, a necklace that had mysteriously come back to him.
At this point, he drove the car even faster.
“Xiaoning is back,” as soon as Gu’s mother saw her second son, she hurried over to greet him. She was as she always was, unchanged, still looking very young. However, when she gave birth to Gu Ning, she had damaged her health, and even after many years, she was still not fully recovered.
She reached out her hand, and Gu Ning automatically lowered his head to let his mother touch it.
As expected, Gu’s mother stroked her son’s hair, “You’ve grown up now. You used to be so cute when you were little, but why did you have to grow up? It’s not fun at all when you grow up. And your brother is already in his thirties and still doesn’t have a child. Xiaoning...” She grabbed Gu Ning’s arm as if she was afraid of being overheard and lowered her voice, “Do you think your brother is gay?”
Gu Ning had long since accustomed himself to his mother’s unpredictable and irrational thoughts and gibberish. She was his mother, but somehow she often seemed more like his older sister. Was it possible that his father had spoiled his wife too much? She was well into her fifties, yet she was still so childish.
“Mom, you know my big brother’s job: he has to deal with cases every day.” Gu Ning first explained on behalf of his older brother. His brother was not going to shoulder the blame for being gay.
“True,” Gu’s mother sighed, “His colleagues are all male, even the dog he raised is male.”
“Gu Ning...”
“She’s not pressuring me, she’s pressuring you,” Gu Ning put down his cup, “Big brother, some people are not worth missing for a lifetime.”
Gu Qing’s expression shifted slightly, but he finally laughed, “We’ll see. For now, I still haven’t given up.”
“Right, how’s that young woman you’re dating? Have you decided on her?”
“No,” Gu Ning put his hand on his neck again, feeling the lingering warmth on the necklace with his fingertips. Perhaps, she wouldn’t be the one, or maybe that person wasn’t her either.
Gu Qing patted Gu Ning’s shoulder, “It’s good to consider your options. In fact, I’ve always thought she’s not right for you. She isn’t attractive, and any child she might bear for me wouldn’t be either.”
It was a good thing a certain person didn’t know about this conversation, or she might not have had the nerve to show her face again.
“Are you okay?” Gu Ning looked at his older brother, it was said that his injury was so serious that he was bedridden, almost paralyzed.
“Yes, I’m fine,” Gu Qing took a light breath, “Don’t let mom know about this. Her nerves are too fragile to withstand it. But you need to keep yourself out of dangerous situations in the future.”
“I know,” Gu Ning took his cup again, as the fading light filtered in from outside illuminating them both. They were not old, they were still young, but they were no longer young either.
The march of time was perhaps a bit too fast.
That night, Gu’s mother was going to bed when she remembered the bottle of medicine her son had brought. She originally didn’t plan on taking it, but then she remembered her son personally instructing her how to take it. If she didn’t take it, wouldn’t she be letting her son down?
So, in the end, she located the bottle, opened it, and found it had a pleasant scent, just like mint, which was quite refreshing.
She poured out a pill and swallowed it. Normally, she found medicines hard to swallow because they either tasted bitter or astringent, and often made her uncomfortable for a while afterwards. But this pill didn’t have a strange taste. It had a cool feeling in her mouth, and even after swallowing it, it didn’t leave a strange aftertaste.
She placed the pill container down, then laid back down, not really rushing to fall asleep. She was used to this routine. If she didn’t toss and turn for an hour, she was unable to sleep at all.