Chapter 286: My Son Turned Into a Daughter, This Old Dad’s Brain Can’t Handle It - Cardboard Translation

Chapter 286: My Son Turned Into a Daughter, This Old Dad’s Brain Can’t Handle It

This girl… is actually her son?

No, that’s impossible, right?

Lin Shuyan tried to convince herself, maybe this girl in front of her was just her son’s girlfriend, someone he brought home for the New Year to surprise her?

Look at this pretty girl. Her eyes curved with her smile, her lips as soft and pink as peach blossoms, and her skin was delicate and fair as snow.

And her eyebrows, they looked just like her son’s used to, only thinner and longer. The shape of her eyes, her face, and even the way she slightly frowned, it all looked so much like her son.

So… was this what people called a “couple's resemblance”?

Lin Shuyan looked outside the door and up and down the stairwell, trying to see if her son was hiding nearby, playing a prank.

So, just maybe, was it really possible?

Could it be that the girl in front of her was really, “Are you… really my son?”

The world’s timeline correction was now working on Lin Shuyan, changing her thoughts and helping her accept what seemed impossible before.

But still… why?

Yes, why did her son turn into a girl?

Lin Yibai cleared her throat and lowered her voice, “So, it’s like this… I used to think I was a boy too. But one day at school, I felt sick and went to the doctor. That’s when they found out I was actually a girl. And the situation was urgent, so I had to start living as a girl right away.”

Then she explained something about a rare condition where someone looks like a boy but is actually a girl on the inside.

Honestly, even she thought the explanation sounded crazy, like an insult to people’s intelligence.

But thanks to the world’s correction power, the moment Lin Yibai said it, it suddenly sounded convincing. People couldn’t help but believe it.

In fact… it even felt like this was how things were supposed to be.

Lin Shuyan’s eyes were full of pain and love. She quickly pulled Lin Yibai inside the house, wiping her tears.

“I knew it! Xiao Bai, you were always so pretty since you were little. You really are a girl! You must’ve had a hard time while you were away from home, didn’t you?”

Lin Yibai clicked her tongue. “Not really.”

Honestly, the process of turning into a girl hadn’t been that hard.

Actually, being a girl brought her lots of kindness and support from society, things she never dreamed of before. Anyone would enjoy such a stress-free, fairy-tale life.

As for becoming a girl… Well, it wasn’t that bad.

Except for the part where her stupid boyfriend kept doing it with her three times a day, or five times…

Lin Shuyan asked her all sorts of caring questions.

Not long after, Lin Yibai’s dad, Lin Shangwen, came home. At first, he was completely shocked.

When he found out that the girl in the other room was actually his son, he went straight to the balcony and smoked half a pack of cigarettes, trying to calm down.

I mean, your son turning into a daughter… what kind of dad could handle that?

He smoked cigarette after cigarette. And the more he smoked, the sadder he got.

Luckily, the timeline correction power was strong enough.

By the time the cigarette pack was almost empty, Lin Shangwen finally managed to catch his breath.

Deep down, he didn’t want to believe it and couldn’t accept it.

But somehow… the more he thought about it, the more it felt right, like, ‘My son became a daughter… yeah, that makes sense.’

As a man, he had always kept his feelings inside and carried the burdens alone. Now, under the effect of the correction power, Lin Shangwen no longer wanted to think about why his son had become a daughter.

Mom, Lin Shuyan, had made a lot of delicious food. Even though the atmosphere at the dinner table was still a little awkward, Dad, Lin Shangwen, finally spoke in his deep voice.

“Xiao Bai, no matter what you’ve been through outside, there’s one thing that will never change, you’ll always be my... good daughter.”

Lin Yibai’s eyes turned red, and she lowered her head and softly said, “Dad.”

Lin Shangwen took a deep breath and forced a smile.

“Hey, why are we saying such emotional things? By the way, didn’t you go back to school on the 8th day of the New Year last year? It’s been almost a whole year since you came home, and so much has happened. You didn’t suffer out there, did you?”

Lin Yibai shook her head. “No.”

Lin Shuyan stepped in to lighten the mood and said in a cheerful tone, “Haha, today... today our family is happy!”

Lin Yibai asked, “Should we have a drink?”

Lin Shuyan replied, “Sure, sure! I’ll go get your dad’s favorite Wuliangye (alcohol brand)... Xiao Bai, you too?”

But Lin Shangwen grumbled, “Woman, you don’t understand. Young people these days don’t like drinking white liquor. If they do drink, it’s probably that... what’s it called, Jiangxiaobai (alcohol brand)?”

Lin Yibai quickly waved her hand. “Jiangxiaobai? No way, not even a dog would drink that.”

The Lin family wasn’t rich. That bottle of Wuliangye was just over a thousand yuan (about $140), and even that had been kept for years because Lin Shangwen couldn’t bear to drink it. It was a rare treat in their home.

But thinking about it… there were lots of good bottles of wine back at the apartment.

Those were all brought by Xia Changyu, expensive stuff like red wine over 1,000 yuan, foreign liquor over 3,000, and even a few bottles of Maotai.

“Damn!!”

Lin Yibai wanted to smack herself. If she had known this was going to happen, she would’ve brought those bottles of Maotai home.

She should have taken them from Xia Changyu’s wine shelf, and considering how rich his family was, the wine had to be real. After all, putting fake wine on the shelf in a fancy apartment downtown would be embarrassing.

She could’ve said it was a New Year’s gift from Xia Changyu to her dad. That wouldn’t have been too much, right?

After a couple of drinks...

The father and son... no, the father and daughter finally started to talk more openly.

Instead of staying stuck in sadness, Lin Shangwen cared more about whether his child had suffered while living away from home.

As he picked up some food with his chopsticks, he asked, “How’s life in Fucheng?”

Lin Yibai lowered her head and replied, “It’s okay. I’ve made quite a few friends.”

Lin Shangwen looked slightly relieved, then asked, “You’re graduating soon, right? Do you have any plans? If things don’t go well out there, you must come home. Your mom and I may not be very capable, but your second uncle works in a government office. We can talk to him, and maybe he can help you get a job.”

Lin Yibai reminded him, “That would only be a temporary position, right? I don’t think it’s necessary.”

Compared to a temporary job arranged by her second uncle, Lin Yibai thought it’d be better to ask Xia Changyu!

He had said that while most public jobs required exams now, there were still ways to get in through connections. With his family’s influence, arranging a stable job at a state-owned company for his future daughter-in-law should be no big deal.

“Ugh...”

While Lin Yibai was thinking about it, she heard a sigh.

It was the kind of heavy sigh that showed the pain of a father who wanted to help his child but couldn’t. A helpless feeling only a middle-aged man would understand.

Lin Yibai quickly said, “Dad, you really don’t need to worry. I’ve already found a job in Fucheng (lie), and I’m also getting ready to take the civil service exam. Second Uncle may work at a government office, but he's already acting all high and mighty all day. I’m a college graduate, you think it’s too much if I aim for a better civil service job?”

The mood, somehow, started to lighten again.

So tiring! If only Xia Changyu were here, how would he handle this?

Would he confidently say to her dad, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of everything for Xiao Bai”?

Just thinking about that guy...

Made everything seem not so bad anymore.