Chapter 77

Standing in the same spot, Su Yuan let out a burst of silent anger before finally turning to walk towards his grandparents' courtyard.

Grandpa and Grandma's house was built after the liberation, so it wasn't the traditional rural courtyard style. In front was a stone wall, only half a person's height, and inside the courtyard was a pear tree, now bearing plump fruits.

Stepping up the stairs, Su Yuan reached out to push the door, but at that moment, the door suddenly opened from the inside, and an elderly man with half his hair silver walked out. Seeing Su Yuan, the old man was surprised and said, "Xiao Yuan, you arrived so quickly?"

"Grandma!" Su Yuan revealed a genuine smile and called out loudly.

"Your mother called and said you would come, but I thought you would take a bit longer!" Grandma looked at Su Yuan kindly, sizing her up and down. "Just as Caiwei said, you've become more beautiful..."

Grandma was old and her eyesight wasn't very good, but she could vaguely see that Su Yuan had become more beautiful. When Su Yuan was very young, Grandpa, Grandma, and the surrounding elders used to joke about how beautiful she was. At that time, her features hadn't fully developed, so she was mostly cute. As she grew older, Su Yuan indeed became more and more refined, and more people praised her.

Su Yuan felt a bit embarrassed by the compliment. Suddenly, she noticed that Grandma was holding a jute bag, looking like she was about to go out. Surprised, she asked, "Grandma, are you going to the fields?"

"Yes, a few oranges in the field have ripened, and I'm going to pick them," Grandma said with a smile.

"Ah, I'll go with you," Su Yuan said enthusiastically. She had lived in the city for many years and occasionally visited the countryside, so she was very interested in field work. Thinking of this, she hurriedly ran into the room to put her bag down, but after taking a step, she suddenly remembered she was in a "special period" and reluctantly stepped back, carefully walking inside.

Grandma saw her initially bustling about and then suddenly becoming gentle and ladylike, and chuckled at the door.

"Grandma, let's go."

Su Yuan came out, and the two of them walked together to the nearby fields. The country path was paved with pebbles, with weeds growing on both sides. As it extended into the fields, it turned into hard soil.

From a distance, Su Yuan saw an old man wearing a straw hat picking oranges among the orange trees in their field. She waved her hand and called out loudly, "Grandpa!!"

Hearing the call, Grandpa also saw Su Yuan and smiled.

"I'll help you pick them," Su Yuan said to Grandpa, taking a pair of scissors from the bamboo basket. Picking oranges was a skill, but it was also quite simple. After listening to Grandpa's instructions once, Su Yuan could skillfully pick them.

After working in the field for a while, they filled the jute bag and carried it to the small tricycle parked by the roadside. If it were the old Su Yuan, she would have insisted on riding the tricycle, but now she couldn't. She could only watch as Grandpa pedaled in front while she sat on the side of the tricycle.

Back home, Grandma started preparing lunch. Su Yuan helped Grandpa for a while, and then the two of them sat in the courtyard.

Grandpa, as always, smoked a cigarette, the smoke swirling around. Su Yuan frowned and said, "Grandpa, you're so old, when are you going to quit smoking?"

Grandpa looked at her and chuckled, "Old smoker, can't quit!"

"Who says you can't quit? It's just that you don't want to!"

Saying this, Su Yuan pounced, snatched the cigarette from his hand, and flicked it far away...

"You..." Grandpa looked at Su Yuan and shook his head helplessly.

After a long while, Grandpa said, "Xiao Yuan, you... are a girl now, right?"

Su Yuan suddenly looked up, nodded, and softly said, "Yes."

Grandpa sighed softly, his rough, calloused hand landing on her head, gently stroking it. "Being a girl is good. Xiao Yuan is a girl, and in the future, you can find a good family..."

Seeing Su Yuan frown, Grandpa laughed again, looking at his granddaughter. Her beautiful, fair face was the most beautiful he had ever seen. Thinking about the illness that Su Caiwei had told him about, Grandpa sighed silently. Having seen many people in his life, this was the first time he had seen someone so heart-wrenching!

He hoped she would have a better life in the future.

"What are you two talking about, so happily?" When Grandma called them to eat, Su Yuan and Grandpa were talking and laughing.

"Grandma, is the food ready?"

"Yes, come in and eat quickly!"

At the dining table, Su Yuan looked around and asked, "Where are Uncle and Cousin?"

The Su family had three children, two boys, and one girl. The youngest uncle and the eldest uncle's son both worked in the countryside, so they usually ate with Grandpa and Grandma.

Grandpa said, "In a few days, it will be Xiaotian's wedding. Your uncle was invited to help with the preparations and had lunch at their place. As for your cousin, he went to a classmate's house in town."

Su Yuan had just asked out of curiosity and responded with an "oh" when she heard the answer.

Speaking of which, she had a good relationship with her uncle. Although he was her senior, they were only about ten years apart, so they were close. She remembered that when she was young, her uncle often took her out to play. As for her cousin, who was three years older than her, he had graduated from university and worked as a village official, which was a decent job.

Su Yuan wasn't very close to her cousin. When they were young, her cousin seemed to deliberately distance himself from her because she looked too much like a girl and didn't like playing with her. As they grew older, their relationship became even harder to mend.

For the rest of the afternoon, Su Yuan had nothing to do, so she brought out Grandpa's recliner and lay in the courtyard, basking in the sun. The sun wasn't too strong, and it was warm and comfortable. Su Yuan lazily dozed off.

In the evening, her uncle came back and saw Su Yuan lying in the courtyard. He walked over and pinched her nose.

Su Yuan woke up with a start, saw her uncle smiling at her, and reached out to pounce. Her uncle was quite handsome, and although he was in his thirties, he looked young and fashionable.

Her uncle dodged and said, "Don't be silly!"

Su Yuan was taken aback, remembering that she was now a girl and couldn't hug her uncle as casually as before. Feeling a bit depressed, she asked, "Has Aunt not finished work yet?"

Looking at his watch, her uncle smiled, "She should be on her way."

As if on cue, a professional woman rode an electric scooter into the courtyard, parked it, took off her helmet, and upon seeing Su Yuan, let out a surprised cry and immediately hugged her.

"Aunt, let me go!!"

"Xiao Yuan, let Aunt take a look at you. Wow, you've really become more beautiful!! Caiwei didn't lie..." She even pinched Su Yuan's cheeks.

Finally, Su Yuan managed to free herself from the woman's embrace, straightened her clothes, and looked at her uncle and aunt's smiling faces, wondering what her mother had told them. They didn't seem surprised or look at her as if she were different...

Female pseudohermaphroditism, this condition was a versatile excuse.

But being able to see warmth in her relatives' eyes, even if it was a lie, Su Yuan didn't feel disgusted.

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