Chapter 230: Night
Her father was a good father. An Han had always thought so, but sadly, because she spent too little time with him, she didn’t really have much feeling toward him.
If she used the system’s “affection points” to measure it, her affection for her father was probably only around forty. But her affection for her mother and her little sister was likely over eighty.
Feelings are built by spending time together, not by barely meeting a few times and only keeping in touch with one phone call a week or a month.
“But now my affection for him is definitely above fifty!”
Feeling very happy, An Han installed her usual apps and games on her new computer. Her little legs swung back and forth as she worked, and her mood was great.
She had already disliked that old two- or three-thousand-yuan laptop for a long time. Other than playing some small games, it could do almost nothing.
The sky became darker and darker. When An Han yawned and looked at the bottom-right corner of the screen, she realized it was already after 10 p.m.
Normally at this time, her little sister would be getting ready to sleep because their mother urged her to.
But today, her sister had gone out with their father and still hadn’t come back. Her parents were probably going to argue because of this.
An Han stretched and got up from her computer, planning to go shower.
“Brother! Brother! I brought you late-night snacks!”
Just as she stood up, she heard her sister shouting outside the door. She froze for a moment, then helplessly walked forward to open it.
Her sister at least knew that coming home too late would make their mother scold her.
“Is your brother already asleep?”
“No way, she never sleeps this early! She sleeps at twelve every day!”
An Han’s steps stopped. Her face quickly turned pale. She jumped onto the bed, grabbed the chest binder at the head of the bed, and hurriedly took off her clothes to put it on.
“Brother! Why are you so slow?”
“Wait a moment!”
She called back while struggling to fasten the binder behind her back.
Thankfully, the system-made binder was stretchy enough. About a minute later, the “small hills” on her chest turned into a flat “landing strip” again. She didn’t have time to put on her sweater, so she threw on a jacket and rushed to open the door.
When she looked up, she saw her sister holding a box of boneless chicken strips, and her father holding two bags, standing behind her with a gentle smile.
“I was about to shower and sleep. Why are you two back so late?”
“Brother, your face is so red~”
“Don’t interrupt!” An Han glared at her sister, took the chicken strips, and turned to walk back to her computer. “Where did you go?”
“Dad bought me clothes! And toys! Dad said he’ll buy me an iPad tomorrow! You should come too!”
She sat down, poked a piece of chicken with a skewer, ate it, and turned to look at the door.
Her sister had already jumped excitedly onto the bed. Her father carried the newly bought things into the room and started helping tidy them.
An Han almost never took her eyes off her father. She refused softly, “Why should I go? I don’t understand those things.”
“Just go with your sister to buy things and walk around the mall. Isn’t that nice?”
She wasn’t even paying attention to what he said. She was only watching him pour out the new clothes he bought for her sister, then walk toward the wardrobe.
Her nerves tightened like a stretched rubber band. She quickly got up from the chair.
“Dad, I’ll do it! Just leave it there!”
She stepped in front of him, bent down to pick up the new clothes on the bed, and held them in her arms.
“Cut off the tags and wash them first, then dry them. She can wear them after that. Just put them on top of the wardrobe for now.”
Not waiting for him to answer, she continued with concern,
“Dad, you must be tired after the flight. You should rest early tonight. My sister and I also need to shower and go to sleep.”
[Father’s affection for you +5]
He was already at seventy-six!
Wearing the chest binder made the affection rise in a crazy way.
“Alright then, I’ll go take a shower first,” her father said with a smile.
An Han watched him leave the room, and her tense body slowly relaxed.
She was almost caught, the wardrobe was full of girls’ clothes.
Her mother had bought her more than ten outfits recently, and all of them were hanging in the wardrobe. She didn’t even hide the underwear. As long as her father opened the wardrobe, he would see everything clearly. Who could have guessed that her father would suddenly try to open it!
“By the way, I’ll sleep in your room tonight, okay?”
“Huh?” An Han jolted, instantly becoming nervous again.
“You and your sister can sleep on the bed. I’ll sleep on the floor.”
Okay… that part was still fine…
“But your sister is already in her teens. Isn’t it a bit strange for you two to sleep together?” her father asked with a small frown. “Should we let her sleep with her mom instead?”
No, please don’t! If she leaves, you will want to sleep next to me!
“What’s wrong with sleeping with my brother!” her sister objected first, hugging An Han’s arm tightly and rubbing her cheek against the side of An Han’s chest. “I like brother the most!”
“You’ve always stuck to your brother since you were small,” her father said with a helpless yet warm smile. “Fine, fine, you two sleep together.”
He kept walking out and reminded her, “An Han, don’t end up like your cousin, okay?”
“……”
After her father closed the door, An Han collapsed onto the bed like a deflated balloon and sighed hopelessly.
“How could I possibly do something like that with my sister…”
Her father had already heard about the cousin incident, and it didn’t help that his younger daughter wasn’t his biological child…
“You mean like what happened with cousin brother and cousin sister?” her sister asked, still hugging her arm.
Glancing at her sister’s tiny frame, An Han pursed her lips and muttered, “How did cousin brother even bring himself to do it?”
“I need to hurry and shower. Help me cover for a bit.”
She needed to shower before her father finished his shower and came upstairs, or else her gender might be exposed. It was only the first day. There was no need to get exposed so early…
Speaking of this, everyone in the family was used to calling her sister “Meimei” (little sister), like a nickname. Almost no one ever used her real name at home. If someone suddenly used her real name one day, it probably meant she had done something wrong and their mother was angrily looking for her.
After a quick shower, An Han used her fingertips to adjust the chest binder, shifting it to a slightly more comfortable spot, and returned to the room fully dressed.
She lay down on the bed and felt it was hard to breathe, the binder pressing tightly on her chest. Sleeping while wearing a binder would be painful.
“You should also go shower now.”
She lifted her foot and lightly kicked her sister’s back.
“I don’t want to!”
“Then go sleep on the floor with Dad.”
“Ew, no! Sister smells nice~ I want to sleep with Sister!”
“Call me Brother!”
Her sister reluctantly dragged herself to the bathroom, while An Han wrapped herself in the blanket, emptying her mind and trying to get used to the tight binder. Maybe she could take it off secretly later when her father fell asleep.
Not long after, her father pushed open the room door. He had already changed into blue checkered pajamas, holding a bamboo mat in one hand and blankets in the other. His hair was still dripping water. He no longer looked like a gentleman with an English style, now he looked completely like a retired old man.
He squatted down to set up his bedding on the floor and asked,
“By the way, An Han.”
“What is it?”
“When I went out with your sister just now… why did it feel like someone was talking bad about our family?”
His expression didn’t look very happy, and his brow was slightly furrowed.
“Uh… I don’t know.”