Usually, Grandpa is the one who handles cooking, but in reality, Grandma is better at it.
Today, Ning Chu has brought her boyfriend over to visit, and Grandma, in a rare flurry of activity, rushed to buy ingredients. As soon as she got home, she hurried into the kitchen.
“Ning Chu and Wen Yang, where are they?”
As she busied herself, Grandma turned to ask her younger daughter, who was helping out.
Mother, smiling teasingly, responded, “They’re upstairs. Wen Yang hasn’t been sleeping well these past few days, so he’s catching up on sleep.”
“So Ning Chu went with him... oh~”
She started her sentence, but Grandma’s expression quickly mirrored that of her mother, forming the same smile.
The two succubi exchanged a look [N O V E L I G H T] and sighed in unison, “Youth is truly wonderful~”
Just as Ning Chu was about to head to the kitchen to look for her mother, she overheard their conversation. She paused for a moment, then rushed inside, flustered, to defend her reputation. “What nonsense are you two talking about?! I just took him upstairs, that’s all!”
Grandma and Mother turned to look at her simultaneously, their gazes sweeping from her still-flushed, peachy face down to the white shirt she had hastily put on, but with the buttons still in the wrong place.
That disheveled appearance made Ning Chu’s excuse seem utterly powerless.
Following their gaze, she lowered her head, quickly fumbling to redo the buttons of her shirt. With a hint of guilt, she mumbled, “It’s not like that...”
Really, nothing happened!
It had only been half an hour since she went up and down the stairs. With Wen Yang’s capabilities, how could it have been so short?
Besides, Wen Yang was so drunk that he couldn’t even load a bullet. It was only when her silver-patterned hair began to glow red that she realized this, and it left her now in a very awkward situation.
She had to put up with his lecherous behavior before sleep! Now she was misunderstood, and she’d make sure to remember this!
When they returned home tonight, she’d intentionally provoke Wen Yang, then go straight to bed!
“I know, I know,” Grandma chuckled as she turned back to stir the dish. She smiled at her daughter, “Young people are always shy~ just a few words and their faces turn so red~”
“Yeah~” Mother nodded with a grin, “Half an hour, and they can’t even handle it.”
“Wen Yang seems pretty solid, so he really should be eating well.”
“...”
The room was full of succubi, and the two women talked openly without hesitation.
Grandma talked about such matters as casually as if she were talking about meals, while Mother wore an excited expression, teasing Ning Chu.
Only Ning Chu was embarrassed, her face flushed, too shy to lift her head. Feeling helpless, she had no choice but to reveal Grandpa’s behavior. “Wen Yang was completely drunk, alright!”
Grandma was momentarily taken aback, “Your grandpa drank with him?”
“He kept forcing it on him! I was just taking care of him, and look what happened!”
Her face darkened with irritation. “What’s the point of drinking in broad daylight! He’ll end up in the hospital if this keeps up!”
“Exactly!”
“Ning Chu, do you want to try some? Fried ribbon fish, it’s what you loved most when you were a kid.”
Having cleared up her “grievances,” Grandma ended the conversation on a more modest note.
“Eat!”
“Just fried, it’s hot.”
Grandma took a small bowl and filled it with two pieces of golden, crispy fried fish, handing it to Ning Chu with a sigh. “When I saw you last year, you were still a little boy, but this year, you even brought your boyfriend home.”
Can you not bring this up?!
This was Ning Chu’s sore spot. Her hand trembled, and she almost dropped the bowl.
“When I heard about this, I was worried you wouldn’t accept it, so I hurriedly got your grandpa to come look for you.”
Grandma repeatedly reminded Ning Chu of just how quickly her feminine transformation had occurred. This made the crispy, tender fried fish taste slightly bitter in her mouth.
“I don’t even know when I’ll get to meet my great-grandson~”
“Mom, Ning Chu is only a freshman.”
“Right, just the right time to check out Wen Yang, let’s see if he’s all show and no substance.”
Ning Chu, feeling exasperated, left the kitchen holding the small bowl.
In the living room, Grandpa was sitting in a reclining chair watching a local dialect program, leisurely eating sunflower seeds. He didn’t look like someone who had drunk quite a bit earlier.
It was said that Grandpa had been a businessman in his younger years, frequently entertaining clients, so his tolerance for alcohol was normal.
“Grandpa, want some?”
Ning Chu picked up a piece of ribbon fish from her small bowl.
Grandpa shook his head, then waved his hand for her to come over. “Come sit next to me.”
“What’s up?”
She jogged over, sat down on a small stool beside him.
Grandpa glanced furtively toward the kitchen, then pulled a bulging wallet from his pocket, took out several large bills, and shoved them into Ning Chu’s jacket pocket without saying a word.
“This...”
Ning Chu hesitated, feeling the money in her pocket.
She had experienced this many times as a child. Back then, when Mother raised them alone and the family was struggling financially, they never asked Grandpa for money. So, every time they visited, Grandpa would always stuff their pockets with cash.
“Take it. You’re too skinny. Eat more when you’re out.”
“You’re not even that thin.”
“A little chubbier looks better. Look at your grandma when she was young, she was stunning.”
Ning Chu immediately perked up. “Do you have pictures?”
When Grandpa mentioned pictures, he happily took out his phone, unlocked it with a password, and pulled up a photo buried deep in his album.
With pride, he pointed at the screen. “See, back then, your grandma was the most beautiful woman for miles around. When I married her, so many men were almost ready to kill me out of jealousy.”
This was an old photo, so it was a bit blurry and faded.
Ning Chu leaned in for a closer look, and, with perfect timing, exclaimed, “Wow~”
Actually, Grandma’s appearance in the picture wasn’t any more beautiful than Ning Chu’s, but without makeup, she could probably be compared to someone like Lily. Her slightly plump, curvy figure, though, was absolutely stunning.
Her bust was much larger than Ning Chu’s.
Her narrow waist made her C-cup chest appear less noticeable.
Grandpa, very pleased with her reaction, said, “See? Eat more, you’re too skinny, no fat at all. I don’t know what today’s girls are thinking.”
Ning Chu repeatedly agreed, “Yes, yes, yes.”
Though in her heart, she still thought being thinner was better.
Moreover, she wasn’t as thin as Grandpa said. The little belly and soft flesh on her thighs had been bothering her for a while.
Ning Chu, feeling particularly curious, asked, “Grandma is so beautiful, so how did you manage to win her over?”
“Take a good look at me, what do you think?”
“Uh...” She hesitated, unsure how to respond as she sized Grandpa up.
“I’ve got good looks! Your grandma pursued me, you get it?”
Just then, Grandma walked into the living room carrying two trays of dishes. Hearing this, she immediately interrupted. “Don’t listen to him, he’s talking nonsense.”
“Grandma?” Ning Chu turned to look at Grandma, full of expectation.
Could there be a twisted love story behind this?
She had already mentally prepared to imagine a romance novel.
“He had money back then,” Grandma rolled her eyes. “We got married less than a month after the blind date.”
Ning Chu froze, her mind full of romantic stories turning to dust.
But it did fit the big picture of that time when parents arranged marriages.
