Chapter 251: Did This Student Grow in the Wrong Direction?
He vaguely remembered that the last time he met An Han was during last year’s winter break. Shi Yi sat a bit stiffly on one side of An Han, stealing glances at the face with a small beauty mark.
Yes, it was definitely An Han.
The facial features were basically the same, and there was still the same mole. When she smiled, there was even a small dimple… If this were An Han’s older sister, there shouldn’t be so many similarities.
And her noisy personality earlier was just like before too.
But now, An Han had become quiet. She rested her chin in one hand, her eyes curved like a crescent moon as she calmly watched the old classmates talk.
Gentle and peaceful, like an older sister watching her younger siblings play…
Shi Yi couldn’t hold it in anymore and quietly asked, “You didn’t go get surgery to become a woman, right?”
“How is that possible?”
Her slightly hoarse, neutral-sounding voice, paired with the mature charm she naturally gave off, made him feel like he was looking at a sexy older woman.
At first, he could still tease An Han like before. But now, he sat honestly and nervously beside her, not knowing how he should talk to her anymore.
An Han had already adjusted her voice, but to match her current face and avoid a big mismatch between voice and appearance, she couldn’t speak with a deep, heavy uncle-like voice to show some “manly aura” she didn’t even have.
So she chose a more neutral tone, and to make it sound a bit more male, she added a slight breathy “bubble” tone.
But judging from Shi Yi’s reaction, it seemed she had messed up instead?
An Han glanced at his slightly red face and rubbed her nose in frustration.
Everyone clearly knew she was a man.
Everyone had been bullied by her before.
She could accept it if her appearance made people like her a little more…
But Shi Yi, you’re going too far! You’re spamming already!
[Shi Yi's favorability +2]
[Shi Yi's favorability +3]
[Shi Yi…]
Luckily, they hadn’t contacted much in the two or three years since graduation. Even the closest friends would have their favorability drop to the bottom, so even with the spam, it didn’t go up that much.
In past class gatherings, An Han was always the center of attention, mainly because she organized them and had good relationships with most classmates. But this time, she became the center of discussion, yet no one actually came up to talk to her.
She glanced at Shi Yi, still sitting stiffly and clearly not planning to chat or reminisce. Then she looked at Chen Zhiyong, who had just brought two boxes of beer back. Then at the classmates she used to be close with…
Not even one person came to talk to me?
Did my secret, that I became a woman, get exposed?
But my appearance alone shouldn’t be that scary, right?
She was already prepared for everyone to tease her about her looks, but other than Shi Yi earlier, no one else said anything?
With nothing else to do, she grabbed a handful of peanuts and placed them in front of her. She used her thumb and index finger to try to crack the shell.
Frowning, she lowered her head and used both hands to press hard.
What’s wrong with these peanuts?
“Brother Han, let me do it.” Trying to please her, Shi Yi reached out, peeled two peanuts, and said, “You eat, I’ll peel.”
An Han slowly turned to look at him. Her former little follower now seemed to be showing off in front of her… showing off his muscles.
So she grabbed a handful of black sunflower seeds instead.
“I’ll eat. You peel. Don’t use your mouth.”
“……”
Normally, you crack sunflower seeds with your teeth. Using hands is kind of hard. If they were regular striped seeds, maybe. But these were black ones.
Shi Yi hesitated, tried twice with his hands, then scratched behind his ear awkwardly.
“Tch~”
Seeing that her former little follower was still obedient even after becoming a muscular guy, An Han instantly felt proud and happily started eating the seeds.
Finally, the first dish arrived.
Chen Zhiyong quickly stood up to take the plate from the waiter. Just as he was about to place it in the middle of the table, he subconsciously glanced at An Han.
Then he set the dish directly in front of her.
“Ladies first.”
An Han rolled her eyes at him, yet the favorability notifications kept popping up again.
“Bring me a bottle of beer.”
Almost every guy at the table had a bottle of alcohol in front of them, but An Han noticed that she only had a big bottle of coconut milk.
“I thought you look like this now, so maybe you can’t drink anymore.”
“My drinking skills can still crush you, okay!”
Chen Zhiyong thought for a moment about how good An Han’s drinking used to be. Then he looked at the beautiful older-sister-like person in front of him, and simply curled his lip without saying anything, directly ignoring her words.
“……”
Well, she had to take a car later anyway, so not drinking was better. An Han helplessly took a sip of coconut milk and picked up a fried rib placed right in front of her.
After she moved her chopsticks, the group of old classmates finally started scrambling to grab the food, almost treating her like the only “girl” sitting at this table.
The other girls were at another table, there was no way sixteen people could sit at one.
After chatting a bit with a few close friends, Chen Zhiyong sat down on the empty seat on An Han’s other side. With a strong desire to show off, he grabbed a bottle of alcohol and gulped down half of it in one go.
He secretly checked whether An Han was watching him, and when he saw her eyes on him, he felt a strange sense of achievement.
An Han definitely thinks I look cool drinking like this!
He put down the bottle, picked up a garlic prawn that had just been served, leaned slightly closer to An Han, and asked,
“You becoming girly is one thing, but why… the more I look, the more you look like a woman?”
Shi Yi, sitting nearby, also turned his head curiously when he heard this.
“You’re the one who looks like a woman. I’m a man, okay?”
But those charming, seductive eyes completely ruined the forcefulness of her words.
An Han was confused. She had already tried her best to hide all feminine habits, using the rough words she used in the past, doing the gestures she used before.
It made sense that classmates who hadn’t seen her for a long time were curious about her appearance. But their reactions weren’t just about her looks.
Shi Yi had always been the joker who teased everyone. Normally, he would’ve mocked her appearance changes many times and only calmed down after she punched him a few times.
Chen Zhiyong was a straight-up macho straight guy. No matter how much she changed or how pretty she became, he should still be swearing and arguing with her like before.
But now… he seemed to be purposely taking care of her?
An Han zoned out, mechanically picking up whatever dish was turned toward her, mechanically putting the food into her mouth.
Could it be because of the “attributes”?
But I’m not even wearing women’s clothes…
So just wearing similar-style outfits can make the “cool older-sister” attribute appear? I don’t actually need to wear girl clothes?
“Boss is here!”
An Han turned her head out of habit and saw the private room door open.
Their homeroom teacher, now in his forties and looking almost the same as years ago, walked in, surrounded by students greeting him.
He casually took an empty seat, kindly asking everyone how life had been. Chen Zhiyong, who was good at socializing, immediately picked up a bottle of alcohol and went to pour him a drink.
“Boss! Let me toast you!”
“Alright, alright, it’s just a meal, no need for toasts,” the teacher laughed, still clinking glasses with him.
Then he lifted his head and looked over all the familiar faces, feeling both emotional and proud.
Those trouble-making boys from back then had all grown up~
Shi Yi had built some muscle and now looked much more stable. Chen Zhiyong wasn’t bad either, seemed a bit taller, and more smooth-talking.
He smiled as he looked toward the girls’ table. The class beauty was still gorgeous, he wondered if she had dated anyone in college. The dark-skinned tomboy had also grown up and learned to use makeup.
And then…
The teacher’s gaze suddenly stopped on An Han.
Sensing it, An Han turned her head back, met the teacher’s eyes, then showed him a sweet smile.
“……”
Did this student… grow in the wrong direction?
For a moment, he remembered the mischievous, always-causing-trouble boy from back then. Then he looked again at the gentle, intellectual, mature woman sitting in front of him…