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

Chapter 269 : Sold Out and Still Helping Count the Money

The entertainment activities at Grandfather's house were really a bit lacking for Lin Nan.

After all, even the Wi-Fi was intermittent. Although there was 4G, Lin Nan barely had any data. She didn't even dare watch short videos here, and could only pick up novels again.

But novels also cost money... She could only painfully top up ten yuan.

Fortunately, compared to staying at Grandfather's house before with nothing to do, now she at least had something to look forward to. She'd occasionally glance at her messages, hoping Chen Yao would have some free time to actively chat with her.

As for Lin Nan taking the initiative, that was impossible!

That would make it seem like she couldn't live without Chen Yao.

Grandfather's attitude toward her seemed to have softened quite a bit compared to before. When he first learned Lin Nan had become female, his words and actions had been quite accommodating toward her. But now perhaps he'd gotten used to it, and his attitude toward Lin Nan wasn't much different from how he treated Wu Jiaming.

And Grandmother no longer looked down on Lin Nan like last time. It was just that Lin Nan had originally ranked in the top three among her cousins in Grandmother's heart. Previously she'd occasionally liked to chat with Lin Nan and pinch her cheeks and such, but now she was basically treated like air, Grandmother showing her no warmth at all.

During this period staying home, aside from the two elders, all the other young people's sleep schedules had unavoidably developed problems.

Lin Nan gradually began to get used to sleeping late and waking late. When she woke up, the time had already passed ten o'clock.

But turning her head to look at Liu Xinyi on the floor, that girl was still sleeping sweetly. Taking out her phone to check, finding no messages from Chen Yao, Lin Nan just yawned and went to the bathroom in the hallway to wash up.

Just as she pushed open the door, she saw Wu Jiaming was already inside brushing his teeth and washing his face.

"Up so early?"

He turned his head to look at Lin Nan outside, not reacting much. "Give me three minutes, I'm almost done washing my face."

"Mm."

Lin Nan yawned sleepily, then looked down at Sprite who had somehow come to her feet and was rubbing against it.

Probably hungry.

She turned and went back into the room to open two cans of cat food, one for each cat, then returned to the bathroom door to wait for Wu Jiaming to finish washing up.

"Want to go play on the mountain today?" Wu Jiaming suggested. "I see the sun's pretty strong outside."

"Let's not. There's nothing fun on the mountain."

"How about a barbecue in the backyard then?" He let out a long sigh. "It's been boring as hell lately. Let's do something interesting, otherwise I'll get sick from boredom."

"Whatever you want, I'm fine with anything." Lin Nan leaned against the doorframe and asked, "Grandfather hasn't gone out to buy groceries, has he?"

"He bought a pile of New Year goods before the holiday. At least enough to eat until the Lantern Festival."

Mm, no wonder last night's dishes didn't seem very fresh.

After Wu Jiaming finished washing up, he walked out of the bathroom. The two switched positions and continued chatting.

Lin Nan picked up the pink toothbrush she'd used yesterday, brushing her teeth while asking incoherently, "So haven't Grandfather and Grandmother been bored to death at home this time?"

"They play mahjong with each other every day." Wu Jiaming rolled his eyes. "They're not bored at all."

The two elders had played mahjong for decades. Wu Jiaming and these younger generation were no match at all, obviously losing more than winning with no mahjong experience at all. Otherwise Wu Jiaming wouldn't look so unhappy.

Though it looked like they weren't playing for money, otherwise it wouldn't just be depression.

After the two chatted for a bit, Wu Jiaming went to the second floor, running to Wu Guodong's room to mooch internet. The entire small villa only had stable internet on the second floor.

Lin Nan previously wouldn't have cared about mixing with a group of guys, but now that she'd become Chen Yao's girlfriend, even though Chen Yao had no objections, she felt she should pay a bit more attention to her image.

So after washing up, she could only return to her bedroom, yawning as she continued lying on the bed reading novels.

Liu Xinyi had already been woken by her movements. She was now hiding under the covers, eyes wide open but refusing to get up no matter what.

"We'll be going downstairs for breakfast soon." Lin Nan glanced from the bed at her still-dazed cousin. "Hurry up and get up, get ready. This afternoon we're making barbecue."

"Barbecue?" She immediately became interested.

"Cousin said so. Go ask him on the second floor."

Liu Xinyi didn't bother washing her face and hurriedly got up to run to the second floor to ask Wu Jiaming.

Lin Nan let out a long sigh expressionlessly and once again opened her messages, but there were still no messages.

She really couldn't hold back anymore and typed a few words to send to Chen Yao.

"Where are you? Still sleeping?"

She held her phone, staring blankly at these few words for a long time, but still didn't see Chen Yao's reply.

Probably still sleeping or playing games. But Lin Nan's mind just couldn't stop overthinking.

Before when she sent him messages he never replied this slowly. In this situation he should also be staying home with nothing to do. Shouldn't he reply immediately?

Now he's paying less and less attention to me...

Could he be flirting with some girl?

Why isn't he responding to me?

After waiting a full half hour, Lin Nan finally received Chen Yao's message.

"Just woke up."

Lin Nan had already finished breakfast by this time and was standing by the dining table watching Grandfather, Grandmother, and her two cousins' mahjong game. Just as she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket, she quickly took it out to look.

"Are you a pig?"

However, like last time, after sending this message, she still waited a long time before getting a response.

Even though Lin Nan knew Chen Yao still cared about her quite a bit, during the wait she still felt neglected.

"Sis? What's wrong?" Liu Xinyi turned back to glance at the restless Lin Nan. "Can you stop shaking your leg against my chair? It's very wobbly."

"Sorry."

Lin Nan held her phone and walked to the back kitchen, sitting at the small square table. However, Wu Guodong was hiding here smoking, the smoke so thick it made Lin Nan cough.

Seeing Lin Nan sit beside him, he immediately complained, "I'm telling you, your boyfriend is pretty interesting. Giving me a pack of cigarettes is one thing, but half of them are moldy. Probably wants to smoke me to death."

"With this rainy weather, isn't mold pretty normal?" Lin Nan unhesitatingly shot back.

"Yo, you've only been dating him for how long, and you're already taking his side." He clutched his heart dramatically. "Your uncle here has bought you food and drinks for so many years, and helped you take I don't know how many falls..."

Lin Nan couldn't be bothered with him. She lowered her head and muttered, "It's all your fault anyway, insisting on dragging me to the county town, making me stay at his house for so long."

"You could have had him send you back that afternoon, couldn't you? The roads weren't blocked until the next day, okay?"

"I wanted to... but his family's electric scooter tire just happened to get punctured..."

Lin Nan's face reddened a bit. A few days ago she'd finally understood this was just an excuse Chen Yao's whole family had conspired to use on her. But the matter was already over. Her being angry was useless, and not only had she never brought it up with Chen Yao, she even had to play dumb.

To be honest, now that she thought about it, she realized how deep this scheme was.

"What a coincidence?" Wu Guodong immediately found it suspicious. "Something fishy there. You didn't believe it, did you? You deserved to be sold out and still help them count the money."

Give me a stack of sisters this dumb, thanks.

Lin Nan felt his assessment of her was very reasonable, but also very infuriating.

"None of your business!"