Free Web NovelChapter 1559: Chapter 463: Self-Stigmatization (2)
"Are you okay, honey?"
"..."
Feeling her husband giving up the chase to come back to her side, Anle’s mother immediately lifted her head as if nothing had happened, and sighed.
"What are you doing, wife? That little brat..."
"Shh, stop arguing, I have a headache."
"Alright, alright..."
Seeing his wife cover her head again, An Bang could only sit back down, feeling lost and helpless.
Watching the gifts scattered all around outside, he took out his phone,
"An Le, this silly girl, leaves things in a mess the moment we’re not around! She even dared to lie to me, saying she was going to a friend’s house... I’m just..."
"..."
Seeing her husband open the app to contact their daughter, Anle’s mother’s eyes slightly glazed over as she asked,
"Honey... is it possible that maybe Xiao Huan was right just now?"
"You..."
Hearing these words, An Bang, who had been planning to scold Yan Huan some more, paused when he saw the expression on his wife’s face.
The anger within him slowly dissipated. At this moment, he held his phone silently.
They both couldn’t help but recall the argument they had with Yan Huan just now,
"Yes, that’s right, I’m just interested in her body; I’m not a good person.
"But, Uncle and Auntie, have you ever thought, An Le isn’t stupid, so why would she do something that seems so foolish to you?
"If you cared a bit more about her, you could offer her more warmth than me, someone who is only interested in her body...
"Pay a little attention to how she feels at school, give her the companionship she needs, help her solve the puzzles about her future, treat her as precious as her unborn siblings...
"How would it ever be my place to gain her dependence?"
Recalling these last words, An Bang’s hand gripping the phone began to tremble.
At this moment, he didn’t dare to send any reproachful messages to his daughter, only letting out a guilty sigh as he put down his phone.
Beside him, Anle’s mother hesitated for a few seconds before saying,
"I even think Xiao Huan was deliberately trying to provoke us, just to warn us to pay more attention to Lele. He’s not inherently a bad kid, just..."
"Then you’re saying he’s a guy who can’t keep clear boundaries with several girls?"
"...Besides that flaw, he’s... well, not a bad kid."
"Hehe..."
An Bang chuckled in exasperation, but after a moment’s thought, he hesitantly asked his wife,
"What was that thing he mentioned... related to Lele... was it a ’sketchbook’ or ’notebook’... something like that?"
...
...
"It’s really pitiful, Meow, you meant well, but ended up being kicked out."
As the sun set, Yan Huan sat on a bench in the Jinghe District, taking a sip of water.
A small black kitten sat beside him with a look of helplessness, turned to look at Yan Huan and asked,
"But was it really necessary to do this, Meow? To sully yourself like this just to provoke An Le’s father..."
"...Ever since Aria’s mother told them about this, in their eyes, I’m already an irredeemable scumbag."
Yan Huan took a sip of water, his expression calm and lacking the arrogance he showed in front of Anle’s father,
"Advice given sincerely from a scumbag’s perspective is something no one would listen to. It’s better to completely cement this identity; showing a smug face might make them reflect on their mistakes.
"Of course, it’s all about adapting to the situation. I felt it was possible to do this only because of Anle’s mother."
Meow nodded, yet had to ask,
"The only downside is that it’s going to be hard to change the image they have of you now, Meow."
"That’s true."
Yan Huan sighed, his eyes looking at the zero currency representative on the virtual interface before taking another large sip of water.
After a long while, he suddenly thought of something, pulled out his phone, and tapped the app’s location after unlocking it.
"Ding..."
But just as he unlocked the screen and his finger touched the app, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed an eerie purple eye-shaped app appearing below the phone’s home screen.
His eyes narrowed and a chill ran down his spine.
But at this moment, because his finger was faster than his eye, the app was already open, covering the desktop.
He quickly exited the app and returned to the home screen.
But looking at that spot on the home screen again, there was nothing there, absolutely nothing.
"..."
"...What happened, Meow?"
Beside him, Meow, who was licking its paw, noticed Yan Huan’s strange expression and asked.
Yan Huan came back to his senses, frowned, and looked at Meow.
Then, he rubbed his brow and replied,
"Nothing."
"Meow?"
With that, Yan Huan opened the app, clicked on the chat interface with An Le,
"An Le."
[Cat emoji]
An Le didn’t go to the South District today because Yan Huan said he had something to do this afternoon, so she mistakenly thought he had plans tonight and sensibly went home.
"What’s up, Xiao Huan?"
She quickly replied, her tone as usual.
Looking at the message, Yan Huan glanced toward the direction of the sanatorium.
"An Le, if you want to participate in Teacher Sanzai’s new work, you should message her now."
"Huh? How did you know, Xiao Huan??"
"[Mystery cat]"
After sending an emoji, An Le hesitated for a moment before replying,
"But..."
"Don’t overthink it... because you love drawing, right?"
"..."
At this moment, in the Luqiao District, at Anle’s house.
An Le laid on her bed, holding her phone, her face slightly blushed as she pressed her lips together.
