At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

"Hmph! I know it's childish! You're not allowed to laugh!" Lin Xinyue bit her lip, clenched her little fists, and threatened Gu Yu with a fierce expression.

Being afraid of sleeping alone as a child was, in her view, quite embarrassing.

But Gu Yu didn't laugh.

Instead, he walked over seriously and gently embraced her.

"It's okay, from now on, I'll replace Prince Bear to protect you."

Gu Yu said in a soft voice, withdrawing one hand to gently play with Lin Xinyue's falling hair.

Lin Xinyue let go of the large bear she had been holding, froze for two seconds, and then gently wrapped her arms around Gu Yu as well.

She rested her face against Gu Yu's chest, the light in her eyes flickering, quietly listening to Gu Yu's heartbeat.

The two stood in silence.

Just then, Mrs. Lin came by, supporting Mr. Lin back to their room, and saw this scene as they passed the doorway.

Her eyes suddenly widened, and she quickly pulled Mr. Lin aside, only sticking half her head out to peek into the room.

Mr. Lin also sobered up a bit, and joined her in peeking at Gu Yu and their daughter inside the room.

"Look, look Mu Qing, look how tender Yu is, how well he understands girls!"

"And then look at you, all these years of marriage, and you've never even hugged me on Valentine's Day!"

Mrs. Lin glanced enviously at the affectionate couple in the room, then complained in a soft, slightly sour tone to Mr. Lin.

"Oh! We've been married so long, what's there to hug about! Do you remember how many times we hugged under that old locust tree at the factory gate when we were young?"n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Enough, enough."

Mr. Lin, looking embarrassed, quickly brought up events from their youth.

Mrs. Lin rolled her eyes at him: "Hah, even then, it was always me who hugged you first, right?"

"Back then you were like a block of wood, always making me take the initiative. Any other girl would have been driven away by your coldness long ago!"

She spoke these words, but reminiscing about her loving days with Mr. Lin as young adults, she couldn't help her ears turning red.

In that era, when the contact between men and women was strictly controlled and romance was not free, how hard it was for a girl to take the initiative!

"All the other girls ran away because of my coldness, but you stayed by my side, that's why we ended up together, isn't it?"

Mr. Lin argued back, not ready to give in.

"Tsk, Lin Muqing, you've become quite slippery! Let me ask you, who confessed first back then?"

Seeing Mr. Lin still arguing, Mrs. Lin wasn't having it and began to argue with her hands on her hips.

Their argument inadvertently raised their voices.

Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue in the room noticed the two at the door and quickly separated with embarrassed faces.

Lin Xinyue, a bit flustered, adjusted her clothes: "Dad, mom, how come you don't make any noise when you walk?"

Mr. and Mrs. Lin, realizing they had been spotted, still pretended to be unaware of anything.

"Oh, you drank too much this time!"

"I know, I know, I was negotiating a deal today, right? The deal was successful, so the drinking wasn't in vain, was it?"

The two exchanged remarks, not looking sideways, and walked straight past the door.

"..."

Lin Xinyue silently watched her drama-king parents.

They had definitely seen her and Gu Yu hugging just now!

Thinking this, her heart began to race.

Mom and dad didn't say anything!

"Uncle and aunt are going to rest, you should go rest too?"

Gu Yu looked at Lin Xinyue and pinched her right cheek.

Lin Xinyue swatted his hand away and said indignantly, "Hey, I've noticed you've developed a new habit, and that's loving to pinch my face."

"What if my right cheek gets stretched out by you? Wouldn't that make my face asymmetrical?"

Lin Xinyue put her hands on her hips and looked up at Gu Yu accusatorily.

Gu Yu raised an eyebrow and stretched out both hands to cradle her cheeks, then turned the caress into a pinch, pulling on both sides.

"Then I'll just pinch both sides, and they'll be the same size!"

"Ah! You are such a trickster! Then I have to pinch your face too!" Lin Xinyue widened her eyes and reached out to retaliate.

But there was no way Gu Yu was going to give her the chance, easily dodging her attempts with quick moves to the left and right.

The two chased each other around the room, and before long, they were both panting and had to stop.

"Alright, alright, I give up! I'm going to sleep!" Lin Xinyue, supporting her knees with one hand and gasping for breath, waved the other hand at Gu Yu to surrender.

Gu Yu was just too agile; she had no chance at all.

Seeing how tired she looked, Gu Yu smiled triumphantly.

It was that smile – he let down his guard, and Lin Xinyue immediately sprang up and grabbed his face hard.

Before he could react, Lin Xinyue burst out laughing like a silver bell and ran out of the room.

"You little trickster! Surrendering, then attacking! That really hurt!"

Gu Yu was shocked. Indeed, women's words could deceive even a ghost!

Using such a tactic – playing dead!

"Lalala!"

Lin Xinyue turned around and made a face at Gu Yu.

But as she turned her head, she saw her mom with her ear pressed against the wall, just like an assassin eavesdropping in a historic drama.

Her dad was in the same pose.

Both of them stared at her with blank faces.

"Dad! Mom! You're so naughty, eavesdropping on Gu Yu and me!"

Lin Xinyue's face instantly turned bright red, and she stomped her foot in embarrassment.

"Hahaha——I heard some noise in the wall, like a mouse; I was looking for the mouse!"

Mrs. Lin, looking embarrassed, quickly stood up straight and pretended as if nothing had happened.

How could she have anticipated her daughter suddenly running out and catching her in the act?

Mr. Lin also laughed it off: "Ah yes, yes, indeed, we have a huge mouse in the house. Your mom and I were just looking for it!"

Seeing her parents struggling to make up excuses, Lin Xinyue couldn't help but purse her lips in resignation.

"Really! A mouse that can burrow through the reinforced concrete load-bearing wall!"

This is a bedroom load-bearing wall. That mouse would need a drill attached to its head to get inside the wall, wouldn't it?

Seeing their lie exposed, Mrs. Lin quickly pulled Mr. Lin away as if escaping back to their master bedroom.

"..." Lin Xinyue felt like crying.

The image of herself as a well-behaved and ladylike daughter was completely shattered in front of her parents.

She looked at Gu Yu, who could only offer her a helpless shrug.

"Hmph! Come here. I promise I won't hit you!"

Lin Xinyue crossed her arms, looking annoyed as she beckoned Gu Yu with a flick of her fingers.

Gu Yu was not a coward. He walked over and lowered his head to Lin Xinyue's face.

The next second, a kiss landed directly on his face.

"Goodnight~"

Before he could look up, Lin Xinyue had already bounced into the bathroom and shut the door behind her.

Gu Yu touched his face with a silly smile and then went back to his room to silently pick up the plush toys scattered everywhere from their earlier scuffle.

...

Before bed, the two stood at the bedroom door.

Gu Yu pulled a ceramic whistle out of his pocket and placed it in Lin Xinyue's hand.

"What is this?" Lin Xinyue played with the whistle Gu Yu had given her, looking puzzled.

"It's a keepsake my grandmother left me. Now I'm giving it to you. If you ever feel scared, just blow the whistle, and I will appear right away," Gu Yu explained the origin of the whistle with a smile.

Lin Xinyue's eyes filled with emotion: "Okay, at the sound of the whistle, you must show up immediately, right away!"

Gu Yu nodded earnestly, then gently kissed her forehead:

"Goodnight."