Chapter 281: No Man Is a Good Person
When she came home, her father was already up.
He was rarely the one who made breakfast for the whole family, but today he was busy in front of the stove.
When he saw An Han push the door open, he looked up and muttered sourly, “You went to find that brat again.”
He really didn’t understand what was so good about Su Peng. His own daughter acted like she was under some kind of spell.
Just a while ago, his eldest “daughter” was still a boy, and now she had already fallen for another boy… Did this mean An Han always liked men?
An Han didn’t care about the strange way her father looked at her. She put the bag on the table and took out a can of tea.
“This is for you from Su Peng. Longjing tea…”
“Why didn’t he come himself?”
“He went home.”
“He left already?” Her father couldn’t hide the happiness in his voice.
But when he noticed his daughter’s expressionless face, he held back the smile that almost showed and shook his head with fake regret.
“I was ready to cook for him and let him try my cooking. What a pity.”
You’re clearly about to laugh!
She rolled her eyes at him. “And these are the health supplements he bought for Mom, and a workbook for my sister. I put the bag here, they can take their things later.”
“Alright, that kid Su Peng is thoughtful.”
The moment Su Peng left, her father’s way of calling him changed from “that brat” to “that kid.” He really must dislike Su Peng a lot…
Even if they made rules with Su Peng, nothing could change her father’s dislike.
“Did you eat breakfast?”
“Yes.” An Han grabbed her small crossbody bag and ran upstairs.
There were still almost ten days before winter break ended. They had already visited the relatives they needed to visit. The rest of the days would most likely be spent playing games with Su Peng online every day.
It wasn’t bad, but after playing for almost twenty days, even An Han was getting tired of games.
Her mother was awake too, washing up in the bathroom on the second floor. Her little sister was still asleep in the bedroom, and even when An Han opened the door, it didn’t wake her.
Her sister had a good impression of Su Peng, but after seeing his “gift,” her favorability would probably drop by at least ten points.
Feeling bored, An Han found a recently well-rated anime, curled up her legs, put on her headphones, and watched it in her chair.
She didn’t know how much time had passed when she faintly heard something even through her headphones.
“Sister! Sister!”
She paused the video and turned around. Her little sister was somehow already awake.
“What is it?”
“Is this my gift?!”
Her sister angrily held up the English practice workbook. She had already come downstairs earlier without An Han noticing, eaten breakfast, and received Su Peng’s “surprise.”
“I even helped him before! How could he do this to me! Was this your idea?!”
“Why would it be?” An Han took off her headphones. After thinking for a moment, she asked, “Was Mom happy when she saw the workbook?”
“Of course she was! She even said I have to finish it before break ends!”
I see… you’re just a tool for Su Peng to score points with Mom.
Her sister had just finished all her winter vacation homework and was excited to finally spend her days playing freely, but Su Peng suddenly shattered her dream.
“It’s okay, aren’t you best at English?” An Han felt that what Su Peng did was not very kind, but she still tried to defend him. “He did it for your own good, right?”
“Good for me, my foot…” Her sister fell face-down onto the bed, hugging the workbook while rolling around and crying, “I misjudged him! No wonder Dad said no man is a good thing! They’re all bad! All of them!”
An Han pressed her lips together, not saying anything.
If someone had given her a workbook as a gift back in middle school or high school, her mood would have collapsed too.
“An Han.”
The bedroom door was pushed open by her father. He stuck his head inside and saw that the room was a bit of a mess.
“What happened?”
“Dad! I don’t want to do the workbook anymore!”
“You have to do it. Your mom said so.”
“No man is a good person!”
Her father’s face froze. Her little sister turned her head toward the wall and said, “You’re the one who said that!”
This younger daughter was clearly not as well-behaved as the older one…
Look at her, always loud, noisy, and causing trouble, with her face showing “please scold me” and her whole body screaming mischief.
Then look at the older daughter, obedient, cute, gentle, and pretty. No matter how you look at it, An Han was the more likable child. Too bad she was tricked away by that brat Su Peng…
“Dad, what is it?”
An Han’s eyes fell on the big roll of wallpaper her father brought in.
“I’m giving your room a little makeover,” her father said happily as he dragged the wallpaper in. “This color looks nice, right?”
The wallpaper was so pink and girly that sweetness was practically overflowing from it, with drawings of little girls and cute animals. Just imagining it covering her entire room made An Han shiver, she felt cold all over.
Even a naturally-born girl usually liked things that were pretty and cute, not childish…
She felt that if Long Xing saw this wallpaper, he would probably be very excited, pretending to dislike it while feeling secretly thrilled inside.
“Dad, this is more suitable for my sister…”
Seeing how excited her father was, she tried to give a subtle complaint.
“When you go back to school, your sister will live in this room anyway. It doesn’t matter.”
So An Han could only look for help. “Little sister, do you like it?”
“I like it!”
“Funny, I didn’t know you liked this type of thing~” An Han said with a smiling threat.
“I like it!”
This kid needs a beating!
An Han clenched her fists, watching her father happily start putting the wallpaper on the wall, and then looked at her sister who had already run to the door like a scared cat.
She could only say helplessly, “Fine, whatever.”
“You don’t like it?” her father asked, hearing something off in her tone.
She immediately put on a bright smile. “I love it!”
Her father wasn’t home most of the time, so she should give in on small things like this…
Besides, after raising a son for twenty years only to suddenly end up with a daughter, she did feel a bit guilty toward him.
“That’s good. Go downstairs and watch TV. It’ll be done before lunch.”
“I’ll go shopping with Lin Yue instead…”
Just as she said that, her mother suddenly shouted from downstairs:
“An Han! Your high school classmate is here to see you!”
An Han froze and quickly rushed to the third-floor hallway. She peeked through the stair railings and saw…
Standing downstairs… was Shi Yi!
During high school, Shi Yi often came over to their house for meals, so her mother knew him!
An Han’s nerves tightened. Her father also walked out of the room and leaned over to look at Shi Yi on the first floor.
Seeing that her high school classmate was a man, her father shouted impatiently.
“An Han’s not home!”
Yes yes yes! I’m not home!
An Han nodded quickly at the side. Seeing his daughter agreeing, her father shouted even more bluntly.
“Don’t come again! She already went back to school!”
Dad really understands me!
“But uncle, I saw her this morning…”
Shi Yi looked up toward the third floor. An Han quickly pulled her head back.
“She left for another city this morning!”