Chapter 228 225. Hurting Each Other
When An Han was too young to remember, her grandmother had already passed away.
Her grandfather had lived alone for nearly twenty years, but fortunately most of his children didn’t live far away and would bring their kids to visit him every now and then. He himself was addicted to mahjong, going to the senior entertainment center to play cards every day, so he didn’t seem lonely.
Especially today, it was unusually lively~
On one side was her, suddenly turned into a girl; on the other side were her cousins about to get married...
If her cousin hadn’t been caught stealing the household register, and if the country didn’t have a legal concept of fictive kinship, they might have gotten married without anyone knowing.
An Han pushed open the restaurant door and peeked at her grandfather at the table.
“Come, sit.”
She glanced at her grandfather, who had his feet on the chair and was focused on cracking sunflower seeds, not paying her any attention, and took small, hesitant steps to sit across from him.
A bit nervous...
Her grandfather had always treated her well; whenever she visited, she could get dozens or even hundreds of yuan in pocket money from him, and he would always prepare her favorite dishes.
But that didn’t ease her nervousness.
An Han straightened her back, sat up very straight, pressed her thighs together, and placed her hands flat on her lap, looking extremely obedient and well-behaved.
Only then did her grandfather look up, scanning her face from top to bottom, and nodded: “You look quite like your mother when she was young.”
“Y-yeah...”
She stammered, forcing a smile. She had seen photos of her mother when she was young and didn’t really think they looked alike, but she nodded along with her grandfather’s words.
“What are your plans for the future?” Her grandfather picked up the bottle of baijiu beside him and took a sip.
“Just live life as it comes… finish university first.”
“Hm.”
Her grandfather didn’t seem to quite know how to deal with the current An Han. After a moment of silence, he got up, took a box of roast duck from the kitchen, and poured the accompanying sauce into a small bowl.
An Han used to really like this kind of roast duck that cost fifteen or twenty yuan, but now she was a bit tired of it. Still, her grandfather always bought it for her every time.
“Chopsticks.” He handed her a pair of chopsticks, then continued, “Your mother said she wants to find some well-known, trustworthy men for you to meet?”
“Well…”
An Han immediately tensed, afraid her grandfather would agree with her mother.
“There’s no such thing as ‘well-known and trustworthy,’” her grandfather said gently, though his face showed little expression. “She just wants peace of mind and worries you might be tricked by someone.”
It seemed her grandfather didn’t approve of her mother’s controlling tendencies.
An Han relaxed: “Okay, I understand.”
She reached for a duck leg but hesitated, switched to using chopsticks, and struggled to pick up the chunk of duck about the size of her fist.
Now that she was a girl, she had to eat a bit more gracefully in front of her grandfather.
But this duck leg was heavy… she couldn’t lift it.
She looked up at her grandfather and asked curiously, “What do you think about my cousins’ situation…?”
“I’m half in the grave already; I don’t bother with the younger generation’s matters.”
Yet her grandfather quickly shifted the topic back to An Han: “I heard you have a boy you like?”
“Well… he’s just a classmate, I can’t say I really like him…”
Mentioning this, the composure on An Han’s face broke, a blush creeping up her cheeks. She lowered her head, nervously fiddling with the hem of her skirt under the table.
“His name’s Su Peng, right?”
“Yeah.”
Her grandfather pulled out his phone, opened WeChat, scrolled through Moments a few times, then turned the screen toward An Han: “Him?”
An Han looked at the chubby guy on the screen and shook her head vigorously: “No, same name, different person.”
Clearly, the person in the photo was nothing like Su Peng, neither in body nor facial features.
“Thought it might really be a coincidence,” her grandfather muttered, putting the phone down.
“There are quite a few people with that name.”
An Han knew of three, two of whom were professional Dota players.
Her grandfather still looked at An Han’s face, letting out a faint sigh. His grandson had now become a granddaughter, and there was nothing he could do; he could only give her advice for the future.
“Are you used to being a girl yet?”
“More or less…” An Han replied awkwardly, her lips greasy from the roast duck.
It was just that her period was troublesome—her flow seemed heavier than normal, needing frequent changes or it would leak…
Although she didn’t have cramps like other girls, it was enough to give her headaches, considering she had once been a boy.
The argument in the living room showed no signs of ending and grew louder, the anger rising. Her grandfather, a bit restless, got up and left the dining room.
An Han finally breathed a sigh of relief: “It really passed that easily?”
“I thought this visit would be a nightmare…”
She muttered to herself, grabbing the roast duck with her hands now that the restaurant was empty.
It was indeed a nightmare—but for her cousins. Too tragic.
If her cousins hadn’t taken the heat, she would have been the one standing by the sofa, being discussed by a crowd of relatives about love and gender.
The noise outside subsided a bit, and her cousin Wu Hao entered the dining room.
An Han and he had basically grown up together, but this meeting was different; they didn’t act as freely as before. The atmosphere in the dining room was a bit awkward and stiff.
Wu Hao sat in the seat her grandfather had just left, lowering his head and curiously glancing at An Han’s face from the corner of his eye, silently impressed. Before today, he could never have imagined that the mischievous kid from his childhood had become a stunning young woman.
And An Han had almost the same thought. Before today, she couldn’t imagine Wu Hao could completely win over his cousin.
He looked like a decent gentleman—never judge a book by its cover.
She couldn’t help but ask quietly, “When did you and my cousin get together?”
Wu Hao, just reaching for another duck leg, heard her question. His arm trembled slightly, his voice so quiet it was almost inaudible: “About seven or eight years ago.”
Seven or eight years ago… An Han was just in middle school, Wu Hao in high school.
Satisfied with the answer, she couldn’t contain her excitement, asking in awe, “How did you do it? That’s amazing~”
“That time, was your eldest cousin adopted by our aunt?”
“How could you do that~”
The more she asked, the more excited she became, her eyes shining with gossip-fueled flames.
Wu Hao’s face turned a deep red. Unable to resist, he fired back: “Then why did you turn into a girl?”
An Han’s gossiping spirit instantly collapsed. Curling up like a quail, she muttered, “Never mind, I won’t ask…”
In the end, her own problems were bigger. Hers had already happened, while Wu Hao’s issues could still be prevented, which was why the aunts and uncles didn’t have time to worry about her yet.
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