Although they were supposedly out buying household necessities, Su Yu's first stop was still to drag Gu Lin off to buy cake. While waiting for Gu Lin to order milk tea for him, someone asked if he could add him on WeChat. Su Yu saw that he looked somewhat youthful, like a student from the nearby university district. More importantly, he had called him "classmate."
"I go to school nearby. Which school are you from? We can hang out sometime if you're free."
Su Yu was about to refuse when Gu Lin's slightly chilly voice suddenly rang out. "Why does he want to add your WeChat?"
The boy looked up and saw Gu Lin's cold expression, immediately feeling intimidated. He hurriedly explained, "Sorry, uncle, I wasn't harassing him. I just saw him standing here and thought he was alone."
When Su Yu heard that form of address, he pressed his lips together to hold back a laugh, then looked at Gu Lin. The other man's expression grew even colder.
The boy still had no idea he had called him the wrong thing. "Th-then, uncle, I'll be going."
That evening, when Bai Yueling saw Gu Lin, she felt that something was off about his aura. After dinner, she could not help pulling Su Yu aside and asking, "Does President Gu have pre-wedding anxiety? Why does he look so unhappy?"
Su Yu explained, "A student called him uncle while we were shopping today, and he got upset."
"Just because of that?"
"...I may have rubbed it in and called him that a few more times afterward."
"Since when did President Gu care about his age?"
Su Yu did not understand the reason either. Before the two of them left, Bai Yueling pulled him aside to chat for a while longer.
"Your marriage