My Identity Is Becoming More and More Astonishing

Following the same path, Chen Yu returned to the "Chen Family Tent," where dinner was already prepared.

The family gathered around the temporarily set-up dining table, and Chen Yu noticed that he was the only one with a set of bowls and chopsticks, and he immediately became puzzled, "Aren't you all eating?"

Chen said, "We've eaten already."

Chen replied, "Had our meal."

Ms. Chen said, "Mhm."

"So... you're all just watching me?"

Chen responded, "Who else would we watch."

Chen said, "The TV is also broken."

Ms. Chen said, "I can't see anything."

"...Alright then." Chen Yu didn't say much else, picked up his bowls and chopsticks, took a leaf of cabbage from the pot, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Is it tasty?" Chen eagerly asked with her eyes wide open.

"Hmm..." Chen Yu chewed slowly, savored carefully, swallowed slowly, and nodded his head, "You can tell it's cabbage."

Chen: "..."

"I'll do the cooking next time." Ms. Chen sighed.

Chen: "..."

With disappointed light brushing of her hair, Chen reached out to help Chen Yu take off his coat, "Take off the hat, too."

"!!!"

Chen Yu's face suddenly turned stern, and he immediately covered his own hat, "No need."

"Eating with a hat on?"

"It's warm."

"...Is your title still 'Useless Otaku'?" Chen asked, confused.

"Yep." Chen Yu closed his mouth and continued to focus on eating.

"We're family, what's there to fear, would we laugh at you or what?"

"..." Chen Yu closed his mouth and continued to focus on eating.

"But it's really strange to wear a hat while eating."

"..." Chen Yu closed his mouth and continued to focus on eating.

On the side, Chen looked on worriedly, "You're eating, open your mouth."

"Okay." Chen Yu opened his mouth and sped up the eating.

"Geez!" Chen observed carefully and noticed that there was a piece of wire tied between Chen Yu's head and his hat, "Your title isn't 'Murderer,' is it? You're covered up so tightly."

"Oh!" Chen suddenly realized, "Were you squatting in the corner to pick up a wire? I thought you were taking a dump."

"I was taking a dump." Chen Yu took a moment to reply, "Picked up a wire incidentally."

Chen: "...You're in the middle of eating, big bro."

"Xiaoyu, what's your title now? Why are you so scared?" Ms. Chen, sensing something was off from the conversation, looked serious and reached for Chen Yu's hat, "Take it off and let mom have a look."

Chen Yu put down his bowl and chopsticks, "You have to be able to see it, too."

"Finished eating?" Chen asked in surprise.

"Finished."

"Why don't you eat some more?"

"Can't eat anymore..."

Chen: "..."

Ms. Chen sighed, "I'll cook next time."

Adjusting his hat, Chen Yu followed his sister, who was clearly unhappy, as they cleared the dining table, Chen Yu suggested, "Let's go to sleep, it's getting late."

"Okay." Chen picked up a large board, "I'll set the bed now."

"Sleep in my room." At that moment, Chen pointed toward the basement under his feet, "It's quiet."

"No need." Chen Yu waved his hand, "I sleep the same anywhere."

"If I tell you to sleep, you sleep." Chen said sternly, glancing subtly at Chen Yu's hat, "My legs and feet, is it easy for me to go up and down?"

"Then... okay."

Using the memories in his mind, Chen Yu knew very well that his dad was a man of his word and therefore didn't argue further, opened the basement's iron door, and jumped down.

In one day's time, he rode from Beijing to Qingcheng, then from Qingcheng to Hecheng.

Even for him as a Transcendent, he felt somewhat tired.

But shortly after he went down, he climbed back up again, "Dad, I'll sleep upstairs after all. How come there are still rats down there!"

"Big men scared of mice!" Chen's father glared, "Sleep, and don't come up!"

"..."

Silently, Chen Yu crawled back to the basement, surveying the cramped space.

A bed, a chair, a mirror, a hooked ladder.

And two rats...

"Click."

Turning on the light bulb that hung down from above, Chen Yu sighed, untwisted the wire, took off his hat, and lay across the bed with his eyes flickering constantly.

After a while, he took out his cell phone and searched for the construction company where his father worked.

"Henghui Group."

A private large-scale enterprise with industries spread across the country.

Especially in the North, Central, Gorge, and Inner provinces, they almost monopolized seventy percent of the construction and real estate markets.

Including many dams, power plants, and mining areas; they were all built by this group.

Definitely one of the behemoths of human society.

"Click."

Closing his phone, Chen Yu shut his murderous eyes, ready to sleep.

But before long, accompanied by a "thud," his sister actually jumped down with a quilt...

"Do you need bedding, little bro..."

Chen Yu jerked his head up, instinctively covering his head.

"...Ah... it's little sis..." Chen said woodenly, staring blankly.

"Why did you come in without knocking?" Chen Yu was panicked.

"There isn't a door here..." Chen pointed up.

"I'm like Dad now, I don't need a quilt when I sleep!" Chen Yu was agitated, "Do you need anything?"

"I didn't before..." Putting down the quilt, Chen sat on the bed with a serious expression, "But now I do."

"...Fuck." Chen Yu was numb, standing up, holding his head in frustration.

Chen leaned in close, very earnest, examining the title of "Pure and Untouched Virgin" above Chen Yu's head, her eyes filled with sorrow, "Little bro... I never thought that one day my only brother... would turn into a sister."

"..." Chen Yu started to feel a slight ache in his stomach.

"Is there something you can't tell me?" Chen asked.

"No." Chen Yu answered sternly.

"Finding a girlfriend is indeed hard these days, I understand," Chen hesitated, "but... but you can't just switch sides if you can't beat them."

"Ah... sis, let me sleep for a bit. I'm pretty tired today."

"..." After a long silence, Chen let out a deep sigh, stood up, "Forget it. You have your thoughts, and I'm not old-fashioned. Whatever you do, I'll support you, even if it's becoming a woman."

"..." Chen Yu covered his stomach.

"Are you getting menstrual pains already?" Chen asked with concern.

"I'm not, please just go..."

"In any case..." Chen pursed her lips, stepped forward, and hugged Chen Yu, "Your sister will always be your sister."

"And your dad will always be your dad."

From above, Chen's father's voice called out, "What are you muttering about down there? If you don't close the basement door, I can't make the bed!"

"Sis... sister, I'm going up now."

Chen looked back three times for each step, "Do you want me to tell Mom and Dad?"

"If you want to see me dead, go ahead."

"Then I understand."

"Thud—"

The iron "door" above the basement slammed shut.

"..." Discover hidden tales at empire

"..."

"I fucking hell."

Putting the hat back on, refastening the wire.

Chen Yu swore that if he ever took off his hat again on his own, he was a dog...

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