Chapter 276 273. Aunt Flow
"Sis, my stomach hurts, I can't sleep..."
At night, the younger sister had lost her daytime liveliness. Pale-faced, she clutched her lower abdomen, her mouth pouting high. Leaning against the headboard, she sighed and complained endlessly, "My stomach feels terrible, it hurts in waves..."
An Han sat in front of the computer, discussing strategies to win over their father with Su Peng. It was a pity Su Peng wasn't a girl, otherwise, whipping out a chest binder to conquer their father would be a matter of minutes.
But even if he were a girl, using this strategy would easily result in getting herself a new mom.
She was still having a headache over her father and Su Peng's relationship. Without turning her head, she asked, "Didn't it not hurt this morning?"
The blood-stained quilt had already been taken away by their mother to be washed. The blanket the two of them were currently using had just been taken out of the wardrobe, still carrying a strong smell of mothballs.
"Grandpa said there was too much Wangzai milk and told me to drink more."
"How many bottles?"
"Three bottles!"
Grandpa was treating her sister like a tool to dispose of New Year's gifts. In the dead of winter, room-temperature milk was too cold and had irritated her sister's body.
Grandpa didn't know the younger sister was on her period either. This little one probably saw something she loved to drink, her eyes lit up, and she completely forgot about her situation.
"Serves you right!"
"Sis~ help me rub my tummy~"
"Do it yourself, rely on your own efforts."
An Han had never known what menstrual cramps were. Before completely becoming a woman, she had received a system task reward that completely insulated her from this thing called period cramps.
Originally, she was quite curious about what kind of experience it was, but seeing her sister's pale face, her curiosity vanished.
It looked really painful.
She took a hand warmer out of the drawer and plugged it in: "Apply this to your stomach in ten minutes, it might make you feel a bit better."
"Mhm..."
The younger sister's condition didn't look very good. Her spirit was already withered. With her head drooping, she wrapped herself into a ball with the quilt, occasionally letting out soft cries of pain.
An Han was a bit worried and searched on the computer for what to do about menstrual cramps, finding the standard answer.
"Sis, drink more hot water."
This wasn't her being perfunctory; drinking more hot water really did have a soothing effect.
"Don't want to drink."
"Then there's nothing I can do," An Han muttered. "I can't exactly go buy you painkillers..."
The internet also suggested using painkillers, but she always felt it was better to avoid taking medication if possible.
Seeing her sister's condition worsening, An Han, who hadn't cared much at first, gradually grew anxious. Frowning, she got up from the computer and headed downstairs.
It was already midnight. The parents' bedroom on the second floor was completely quiet. She knocked gently on the door, tentatively opened it a crack, and peered into the darkness inside.
"Mom, are you asleep?"
"Mom?"
Asleep. Not a single sound.
An Han frustratedly scratched her hair into a mess.
"It's so late, what is it?"
Movement came from inside the room, followed by her father's hushed voice.
She could faintly see her father's dark silhouette tiptoeing out of bed. Amidst the rustling sounds, her father put on a jacket and walked towards her.
"Let's talk outside, don't wake your mom."
Her father was only wearing a cotton shirt, unbuttoned, the open fabric revealing his chest and lower abdomen.
An Han subconsciously glanced over.
Huh? Father actually has a thin layer of chest hair...
"Sister said her stomach hurts, her period came," An Han led her father upstairs while explaining the situation. "It's my first time encountering this, so I don't know how to handle it. She's in so much pain she can't sleep."
"How does Mom usually deal with this?"
Hearing the footsteps behind her stop, she turned around to look at her father's astonished and bewildered face.
Fine. Her father spent most of the year away from home and didn't live with them; how would he know how her mother dealt with menstrual cramps?
Her father awkwardly pinched the bridge of his nose and could only ask in return, "How do you deal with it?"
"I have a healthy body, I've never had them."
"..."
Both of them fell silent at the same time. One was an older man who spent years abroad and knew absolutely nothing about periods; the other was an "iron straight girl" who had just recently become a girl and would probably never get a period in her entire life. They silently stared at each other for a moment, both seeing the bewilderment in the other's eyes.
"Better wake your mom up." Her father stepped back, preparing to return to the second-floor bedroom.
"Wait."
Three lines of text abruptly appeared before An Han's eyes.
Her sister's issue actually triggered the system too?
"What's wrong?"
"I'll go take care of my sister first. Try not to wake Mom up, she has a terrible temper when woken up." An Han made an excuse and then instructed her father, "Go downstairs and boil some water."
"Alright."
Her father hurriedly headed downstairs, while An Han returned to her room, unplugged the fully charged hand warmer, and sat at the head of the bed.
Sitting sideways, she worriedly pressed the hand warmer against her sister's lower abdomen and asked with concern, "How does it feel?"
"A little bit better." Her sister's tone lacked its usual liveliness; her sluggish, head-drooping appearance made her look like a withering flower.
Feeling heartache, An Han gently rubbed her lower abdomen through the hand warmer, comforting her, "It's okay, all girls have to go through this."
"Then why don't you ever hurt..."
"My... body is healthy!"
"Nonsense..."
While taking care of her sister, An Han finally had time to check the system tasks.
[Option 1: Transfer An Siqi's pain onto yourself. Reward: An Siqi gains the 'Painless Period' trait.]
What kind of bullshit choice is this!
Transfer my sister's period cramps onto me? Is there something seriously wrong with this system?
Furthermore, the system can actually give rewards to other people?
[Option 2: Relieve her pain within one hour. Reward: An Siqi gains a random attribute point.]
An Han's eyes lit up. What if her sister randomly got an Intelligence attribute point? Then her academic performance would probably... still remain exactly the same, but she would become much more astute at causing trouble.
After all, the main reason a middle school freshman's grades were poor was usually a lack of interest in studying. If there was no thought of studying in their head, even having the potential to get into Tsinghua or Peking University would be useless.
[Option 3: Ignore her. Reward: A random attribute point.]
This attribute point would go to An Han herself.
Right now, she had no need for attribute points, and even worried that some body-modifying attributes would make her changes too conspicuous.
"Sis, it's starting to hurt again..."
The younger sister complained weakly, "It's all Grandpa's fault."
"It's obviously your own fault for not watching your mouth. You knew you couldn't drink ice cola, so you went and drank milk instead?"
"It wasn't even taken from the fridge."
An Han paused, unable to stop herself from knocking her sister lightly on the head. "What does it feel like when it hurts?"
"It feels... like someone is jabbing my stomach with a power drill."
Just imagining that kind of pain made her shudder.
It was better to choose Option 2. Wake Mom up and let her deal with it.
Or give her sister some painkillers; even if there were some side effects, it could be considered the price for getting her sister an attribute point.
"Sis~ why can't you hurt for me for a little while~"
An Han rolled her eyes at her.
You really are on the exact same wavelength as the system.
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