You Owe Me, My Love novel Chapter 323

Chapter 323 He Is Unwanted

Wu Nian went back into the kitchen. She washed the carrots and cabbages before dicing them into tiny bits. Then, she added minced meat to the respective diced vegetables.

Gu Yan followed her into the kitchen. He tilted his head and asked, “Ms. Wu, why are you not having dinner with us? You haven’t eaten anything yet. You must be hungry.”

Curling her lips into a smile, Wu Nian kneeled in front of the boy. “Oh, Yanny, you’re just so kind. Don’t worry; I’m not hungry. I’ll prepare some dumplings for myself later.”

“I want to have some too, perhaps one of each flavor! Can you make them for me as well?” asked Gu Yan while holding up his index finger.

“Sure. But promise me you’ll go to bed before nine.” Wu Nian fished out her phone and saw it was almost eight o’clock. Noticing it was still in recording mode, she turned the recording function off.

Looking at Wu Nian expectantly, Gu Yan asked, “Ms. Wu, do you know how to tell a story? I want to listen to a bedtime story.”

“Of course. You can first think of the story you want to listen to later. Now, it’s time for you to take a shower.” With that, Wu Nian stood up.

Gu Yan lowered his head and toyed with his fingers, unwilling to leave the kitchen. He looked as if he had something to say.

Wu Nian took notice of his strange behavior, so she once again kneeled in front of him. “What’s wrong?”

The boy pursed his lips as his eyes reddened. “I don’t want to leave. Daddy is at Ms. Zhou’s, and she’s Gu Ruoxin’s Mommy. They’re a family, but I’m alone. I feel lonely and unwanted when I see the three of them together.”

Hearing that, Wu Nian’s heart wrenched in pain. She had never thought the bright and cheerful Gu Yan would think of it that way. Holding the boy’s hands, she comforted him, “Of course you’re not unwanted. Let me ask you, do you know who’s the person your Daddy loves the most?”

Gu Yan shook his head, keeping his head down.

Wu Nian explained patiently, “It’s your Mommy. Think about it, if your Daddy really loved Ms. Zhou, he would’ve married her long ago. Am I right?”

Although he still couldn’t fully understand her words, Yanny nodded nevertheless and wiped his tears.

“You’re the child of the woman he loves, so of course he loves you more. You’re not unwanted even though the three of them are together. You’re still your Daddy’s child.” Wu Nian helped wipe the tears from the corners of Gu Yan’s eyes.

The boy finally broke into a smile. “I feel better now after hearing your words. Nian, I can only call you Ms. Wu when Daddy is around since he wants me to be polite, but can I call you Nian when there’s only the two of us?”

“Of course.” Then, she suggested, “Yanny, why don’t I teach you how to wrap dumplings? We can speed up the process if we prepare them together.”

“Sure!” Gu Yan immediately washed his hands.

After that, Wu Nian started teaching him patiently.

She noticed Gu Yan was a fast learner. Not only did he pick up the dumpling wrapping skills fast, the end products were all beautiful and satisfactory.

“Yanny, you’re very clever!” she praised sincerely.

“That’s because Daddy and Mommy are clever. I inherited my cleverness from them.”

Wu Nian let out a heartfelt smile at his words.

With Gu Yan’s help, they managed to wrap a few trays of dumplings in no time. Wu Nian placed two dumplings of each flavor into the boiling water.

Just then, Gu Mingchen called out, “Yanny, it’s time to take your shower!”

Gu Yan replied, “We’re almost done! I want to help Ms. Wu with the dumplings before I go shower.”

Noticing his gaze, Wu Nian turned to look at him in confusion. “Mr. Gu, is there anything else?”

Narrowing his eyes, Gu Mingchen asked blatantly, “Zhou Hailan told you Xin likes durian and garlic-flavored crayfish? And that Yanny likes spicy food?”

Wu Nian pursed her lips. “Since we’re going to meet often in the future, it’s better that I don’t expose her to avoid awkwardness. I’ll make sure to be more cautious.”

Gu Mingchen nodded understandingly. “I want some dumplings as well. Ten will do.”

Wu Nian asked politely, “Mr. Gu, should we ask Ms. Zhou and Xin if they would like to have some? If I didn’t prepare theirs, I’m afraid they might feel displeased.”

Gu Mingchen nodded. As he walked out of the kitchen, Gu Yan came running in with his face flushed.

“Daddy!” the boy greeted perfunctorily as he ran past Gu Mingchen.

The latter felt a little helpless and downhearted as his eyes followed his son entering the kitchen.

Gu Yan had been living with his foster parents since he was still a baby and only came back last year. Thus, he was not used to living in a new environment. Not only that, the boy was not close to him, being over-polite and distant. Sometimes, he would even hide from him.

Gu Mingchen was worried that Gu Yan might feel lonely. Since Zhou Hailan was in poor health, he decided to bring Gu Ruoxin to live with him.

He thought the two little ones would get along pretty well since they were about the same age.

Yet, Gu Ruoxin wanted so badly for him to be with Zhou Hailan.

As a result, Gu Yan became aware of it. Nevertheless, he never fought with his half-brother. The boy would quietly leave whenever he saw his father together with Gu Ruoxin and Zhou Hailan. Seeing that made Gu Mingchen’s heart ache.