I Don’t Want to Be Turned into a Girl by Magic

Chapter 265 : Returning to the Hometown

Wu Guodong stood outside the car, pulled down his mask, lit a cigarette, and while puffing away, observed the pedestrians around him.

Although the roads between villages and towns were now reopened, there were still only scattered pedestrians on the streets. Almost everyone was deliberately keeping their distance from strangers.

"Wonder how things developed between Lin Nan and that boy these past days?"

Although he had never been in a relationship, with nearly thirty years of life experience he could of course see there were some unclear feelings between his niece and Chen Yao.

He sighed. His niece's appearance happened to be his type of girl, but not only were they blood relatives, more importantly, even though he had never said much about it, he still felt somewhat conflicted about Lin Nan's former identity as male.

After all, he had watched Lin Nan grow up since childhood.

Lost in thought, he suddenly noticed a white stray cat approach his feet, meowing and acting cute toward him. Seeing Wu Guodong didn't respond, it simply flopped onto his shoe, looking like it was staging an insurance scam.

Wu Guodong was baffled. He had never been someone who attracted small animals. He always reeked of cigarette smoke, after all.

"Shoo, shoo, I don't have food!"

He gently lifted his foot, but the cat just limply clung to his shoe, its paws hugging his pant leg, refusing to leave no matter what.

"Fine." He sighed softly.

Anyway, Lin Nan already kept a black cat. Keeping one more white cat wasn't a big deal. In fact, one black and one white was quite matching.

He grabbed the loose skin on the back of the white cat's neck and lifted it up to examine. He nodded in satisfaction.

It was a male cat. Judging by its build, it was probably about the same age as Cola. They could make a perfect pair.

Just as he was about to put the white cat in the trunk first, he suddenly noticed a couple holding hands coming out through the residential complex gate.

His gaze was drawn to this couple as he looked up to watch from afar.

The couple was stopped by the security guard at the complex entrance, probably being asked to show their travel permit.

On the left was a short-haired young man. The youth, who hadn't cut his hair in a month, clearly wasn't quite used to his overgrown hair, occasionally scratching his head as he cooperatively handed over his travel permit.

The girl on the right had shoulder-length short hair. She apparently hadn't done any hair care or styling, so it was slightly messy. The girl kept her head lowered, seeming somewhat shy. She wore a white hoodie and light-colored jeans. Although her figure couldn't be called stunning, it could definitely be described as graceful and exquisite.

Especially those long, well-proportioned legs accentuated by the tight jeans. They looked alluring from any angle.

Unfortunately, the girl kept her head down so he couldn't see her face clearly, but at least her figure was very much to Wu Guodong's taste.

They could be called a good-looking couple.

He turned to put the white cat in the trunk. Just as he was about to close it, a hand suddenly lifted it back open.

He looked up and discovered it was that young man from just now.

Up close, Wu Guodong realized this youth was actually Chen Yao.

After spending the New Year period with Chen Yao's parents focusing on taking care of Lin Nan and neglecting him quite a bit, in one month he had lost at least five pounds. Combined with the hair he hadn't cut, changing his previous style, Wu Guodong hadn't recognized him at all before.

He looked again at the girl beside Chen Yao and was shocked to discover this was his own niece!

This was the first time Lin Nan was showing her relationship status with Chen Yao in front of relatives and friends. Somewhat shyly lowering her head, she let go of Chen Yao's hand and stuffed the backpack containing Cola into the trunk, only to be surprised to find a white cat inside as well.

She looked up at Wu Guodong in surprise: "Uncle, you have a cat?"

"It just staged an insurance scam and latched onto me." Wu Guodong looked at Lin Nan's appearance. Although it had only been a month since they'd seen each other, the current Lin Nan looked even more like a girl.

Or rather, she completely looked like a pretty girl. Her behavior and actions showed absolutely no trace of her former self.

He quickly scanned Lin Nan up and down with his eyes. Although she was just standing there simply, this shy and delicate appearance had never been seen before.

"Are you guys dating?"

"Mm." Lin Nan nodded lightly.

Holy crap! Did Chen Yao hit the jackpot or what? Wu Guodong was completely dumbfounded.

Chen Yao had already stuffed Lin Nan's luggage into the trunk as well. He stretched lazily, wanting to say something to Wu Guodong, but didn't know how to properly address his girlfriend's uncle.

After hesitating a moment, he changed his form of address: "Bro, please take good care of Nan Nan."

As he spoke, he pulled out the entire pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to Wu Guodong.

Chen Yao rarely smoked normally, and after Lin Nan came he hadn't touched them at all. This pack of cigarettes had been opened and sitting for a month, they were almost stale. Perfect for doing someone a favor.

"I would even without you saying." Wu Guodong wasn't polite and directly stuffed the pack into his pocket.

Due to the epidemic, the convenience store's cigarette restocking speed was at least twice as slow as before. For him, a chain smoker, he could only ration his cigarettes.

"Uncle, if you keep smoking like this, you'll probably get lung cancer in a few years."

Lin Nan, seeing the transaction between the two, muttered dissatisfiedly: "Chen Yao, you too, always smoking like an old man. You don't even have a nicotine addiction."

"When did I smoke while you were around?"

After the three chatted for a while, Lin Nan sat in the passenger seat, head lowered, not daring to look at Chen Yao outside the car.

Chen Yao stood with both hands in his pockets, smiling and nodding at her: "When you get back, ask your mom how much bride price your family wants."

"She probably won't want anything." Wu Guodong chimed in. "Didn't your family..."

Lin Nan immediately interrupted: "Let's go. We shouldn't stay outside too long at a time like this."

The lie had almost been exposed.

Although this kind of lie would be discovered sooner or later, for now she could delay it a bit. After a few years passed, even if it was discovered, Lin Nan could play dumb and muddle through.

The car gradually started moving. Lin Nan watched Chen Yao in the rearview mirror, inevitably feeling some melancholy about parting.

"You only stayed at his place less than a month and you already can't bear to leave!" Wu Guodong focused on driving but teased with his mouth. "At this rate, when you marry him, you probably won't even remember you have an uncle like me."

"How is that possible?"

Lin Nan was quite displeased at being teased. She looked up and glared at him: "You don't even have a girlfriend, yet you have the nerve to talk about me."

"It's fine, I have one now." Wu Guodong boasted proudly. "I've won over Liu Xuefei!"

"Eh?"

"Everyone was stuck at home bored during the epidemic, so I chatted with her online for half a month. Wasn't it Valentine's Day a few days ago? I casually confessed and she actually agreed."

It was the same day?

Although Lin Nan was happy for Wu Guodong, she wasn't merciful with her words: "I bet fifty cents you'll break up within a month."

"I'm almost thirty. Why are you cursing me like that?"

"Right, thirty and it's your first love... I'd be embarrassed to say it out loud."

"And you stayed at Chen Yao's place before even confirming your relationship?"

You ending up staying at Chen Yao's place is all your fault, okay!

You actually gave Chen Yao a divine assist.