"Ready, Yun? We should head out." Gu Zhengde pushed the door open and walked in, dressed in a brown suit.
Gu Zhengde looked visibly cheerful and energetic today.
Gu Yun stood up and said, "I'm ready."
"Yun, I'm your father now. Could you call me Dad? I've never heard you say it." Afraid Gu Yun would refuse, Gu Zhengde added, "It's fine if you don't want to. I won't be angry. I'll give you time to get used to it..."
"Dad." Gu Yun said it before he could finish.
His expression was utterly natural, without a trace of reluctance or unhappiness.
Hearing Gu Yun call him Dad, Gu Zhengde's voice trembled and grew a little hoarse. "Good, good. Yun, let's head out now. Some things I say later might not sound very pleasant, but I'm only doing it to protect you, so please don't get angry."
"Mm, I know, Dad. I trust you. You wouldn't hurt me," Gu Yun said with a smile.
Seeing that smile, Gu Zhengde felt as though he were looking at Guan Ci from years ago.
He didn't know why Gu Yun had come around so quickly or agreed so readily.
But it was a good thing, in any case. At least he was gentle and easy to control, just like his mother.
Fortunately, he had managed to suppress the previous incident. Otherwise, the consequences would have been more than they could bear.
"Mm." With that, Gu Yun followed Gu Zhengde outside.
Li Xingzhu had left before Gu Zhengde came in, so Gu Zhengde hadn't seen him.
This reception would finally make Gu Yun known to everyone.
The greater the threat he posed to them, the more it would work in their plan's favor.
Li Xingzhu already knew that Gu Cheng had been arrested and wouldn't