novelTell your grandfather again!
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Translator: reiyu; Editor: fraise
Gu Kaifeng froze."My family? My grandpa?"
Of the four elders of his family, only his maternal grandpa was no longer in this world. The other three were still alive and well.
Lin Feiran answered carefully: "Your grandpa should be around too."
Gu Kaifeng's expression was difficult to describe. He said slowly, "What do you mean, 'around too'? Is there more than just him?"
Gu Kaifeng's relationship with Lin Feiran meant that the Gu family would not have heirs, so these ancestors did not much like Lin Feiran, and even disliked him. So, Lin Feiran did not dare open his Yin-Yang eyes in Gu Kaifeng's house. Every time he accidentally caught sight of the furious ancestors, he would panic so much he would go hug Gu Kaifeng's thigh or Xia Xia's hind leg. So, even though he had spent a lot of time at Gu Kaifeng's house, he was not quite sure of how many ancestors there were, who they were, or what their habits were like. But based on his impressions, he could roughly estimate."Maybe ten or so. I'm not sure, either..."
"Ten! Who are they?!" Gu Kaifeng stumbled and almost fell, but Lin Feiran caught and steadied him.
"I think it's your grandfather, your great-grandfather, your great-great grandfather... they go up for ten generations or so." Lin Feiran held on to Gu Kaifeng and said worriedly, "Kaifeng, are you okay?"
Gu Kaifeng had found his footing. He took a deep breath and asked, "So, when we're at home, they're usually nearby watching us? Surely not?"
Lin Feiran said with anguish, "They are."
Gu Kaifeng's lips pursed into a narrow line, and Lin Feiran could not tell what he was thinking. His cheeks seemed on the verge of turning red again. He rubbed his face and reasoned: "All right. Everyone's house is like that, right?"
Lin Feiran hesitantly said 'Mm' in assent.
They had also visited Lin Feiran's house twice. Emboldened by Gu Kaifeng's courage, Lin Feiran had opened his Yin-Yang eyes in his own house. His house was fairly clean, aside from the old grandpa who lived next door who had passed away last year, who would occasionally come through the walls to hang out and admire Lin Feiran's dad's calligraphy hung on the walls. There was also a ghost who might have commited suicide by jumping from the roof of the building: he stood on his head and made thunking sounds as he jumped through the building, scaring Lin Feiran so much he never wanted to go home. Aside from these two passing ghosts, Lin Feiran had not seen other ghosts in his house. Of his relatives who had passed away, only his grandpa and grandma were still lingering in their own house; his other ancestors seemed to already have gone to reincarnation.
Hearing Lin Feiran's hesitant answer, Gu Kaifeng checked again: "RanRan, are other houses like that, too?"
Lin Feiran scratched his head uneasily. He did not want to lie to Gu Kaifeng, so he braced himself and said: "... My house isn't like that, anyway. My ancestors seem to all have gone on to reincarnate."
Gu Kaifeng cursed from the bottom of his heart!
Lin Feiran had never thought about these things in detail before.
As they conversed, they arrived at the front door. Before entering the little garden, Gu Kaifeng pulled up his scarf to hide half his face, revealing only half his high-bridged nose and his pitch-black eyes. He dawdled at the threshold in front of the door, then turned and jumped down again.
He looked like an elementary school student who did not dare go home after getting bad grades on an exam!
His fervor for battling ghosts from the hotel was completely gone, and now he was even more timid than Lin Feiran!
Lin Feiran, who was standing by the door waiting to open it: "......"
Gu Kaifeng stood calmly at the bottom of the steps."RanRan, where do you want to go for fun this afternoon?"
Lin Feiran had been tired out from their escapades at the hotel, but thinking of how Gu Kaifeng must be feeling at this moment, he replied obediently, "Anywhere's fine with me. Where do you want to go?"
Gu Kaifeng looked at his own front door with a somber expression and did not say anything.
"We're going on holiday the day after tomorrow." Lin Feiran stepped off the threshold and tried to console him."If you don't open your Yin-Yang eyes at home, you won't see them. If you don't see them, they might as well not exist."
"The issue is that I already know, and it's awkward for me to pretend I don't know." Gu Kaifeng put a hand to his forehead and thought a little. He asked softly, "Have they talked to you?"
Lin Feiran kicked the snow piled next to the flowerbed and said in a quiet voice, "They have..."
Gu Kaifeng was curious."What did they say to you? Do they know about our relationship?"
"Of course they know. You do that to me at home every day..." Lin Feiran lowered his eyes and crumbled a small piece of snow underfoot, his voice somewhat desolate."They said you're the only scion for nine generations. They all hoped you'd continue the family line, but in the end I led you astray, and they even said..." At this point, Lin Feiran suddenly realized he was very disrespectfully tattling on the ancestors and shut his mouth, swallowing back the rest of the ugly words.
Gu Kaifeng's eyebrows raised slightly."I've been gay since I was born. The Gu family line was going to end anyway. It's not you who did it."
"Ah, never mind." Lin Feiran's brow unknitted, and his mouth which was usually somewhat proud and stubborn now curved up good-naturedly."It's just a few words anyway. Doesn't hurt, doesn't itch. Just don't open your Yin-Yang eyes at home."
Gu Kaifeng thought for a moment and asked, "How do I open the Yin-Yang eyes?"
Lin Feiran pulled out his grandfather's notebook from the little paper bag and flipped to the page about sharing Yin. He showed it to Gu Kaifeng: "It's written here."
Gu Kaifeng took the notebook and glanced at the cover: "Looks familiar."
"It should be familiar. You've seen it before, " Lin Feiran said."The last time you saw this book you insisted it was blank."
Gu Kaifeng slapped his own forehead softly."I remember now."He flipped through the book from the beginning to the end and said helplessly, "When I looked at it before, it really was blank. Is it magic?"
Lin Feiran smiled."Yeah, surprising, right? Thrilling, right?"
Gu Kaifeng: "......"
After sharing Yin, it was simple for Gu Kaifeng to open the Yin-Yang eyes. He needed only to shut his eyes and concentrate on Yin energy flowing from Lin Feiran to himself. And while they were sharing Yin, Gu Kaifeng's Yang energy constitution would temporarily be disabled.
"Understood." Gu Kaifeng skimmed over the book again and returned it to Lin Feiran."Just have to shut my eyes and think of you."
"It's not the same..." Lin Feiran tried to explain, but sweetness rose in his heart and he did not say any more.
"Let's go. I'm curious what my ancestors look like." Gu Kaifeng took a great step onto the threshold, pulled out his key and opened the door.
At home, there was only the housekeeping aunt doing her work. Gu Kaifeng's parents might have had something come up at the last minute, and neither of them were home. The two went upstairs to Gu Kaifeng' s bedroom.
Gu Kaifeng shed his jacket, cleared his throat, sat cross-legged on the bed, and started trying to open his Yin-Yang eyes.
Lin Feiran asked uneasily, "You... really want to see them?"
Gu Kaifeng said calmly, "Have to see them sooner or later."
If he stuck his head out, he would get knifed. If he kept his head back, he would get knifed. Might as well get it over with.
"Besides..." Gu Kaifeng shut his eyes, his lips curved up. His smile was nice to look at."I have to tell the Gu family ancestors that I was always gay, and wasn't led astray by you. You're my wife, and in the future you have to go out of the country with me to get our wedding certificate. I'll explain all of this so they don't pick on you."
Warmth rose in Lin Feiran's heart, and he could not help wanting to lean up to kiss Gu Kaifeng. At this time, the feeling of opening the Yin-Yang eyes came again. Gu Kaifeng's first time trying to open his Yin-Yang eyes had succeeded, and the bedroom suddenly became lively!
"You brat! You say that to your great-grandpa again!" An old ancestor, green in the face from rage, rushed at Gu Kaifeng, waving his hands as he yelled.
This time Gu Kaifeng was thoroughly mentally prepared, but the moment he opened his eyes he saw many generations of ancestors in a row in front of him, glaring at him angrily. No matter how mentally prepared he was, he would be seriously taken aback. Gu Kaifeng inhaled sharply and jumped up on the bed barefoot in shock. He retreated a couple steps.
"Ten generations of your ancestors have stayed in this house and not gone to reincarnate in order to protect the Gu family, and you dare to find a boy to be your wife?"
"Terrible! This incense fire can't be passed down any more!"
"Can Xiao Feng see us now?"A group of old geezers made a ring around the bed, chiding Gu Kaifeng noisily.
Before today, Gu Kaifeng had never thought that one day he would be chided by his ancestors to his face. His voice trembled slightly but he still spoke resolutely."Ancestors, I..."
"I think this brat needs to get hit! Back in the day, I didn't hold back from hitting his granddad. How about it? A stick raises a filial son." Gu Kaifeng's great-grandfather glared and yelled. He stuck out his hand and tried to hit Gu Kaifeng.
Gu Kaifeng did not dodge. The ancestor's insubstantial hand went through his body. Lin Feiran, looking on from the sidelines, could not help shrinking back.
The terrible chill that came with being touched by a ghost was really uncomfortable. He might prefer having actually been slapped.
"Hss—" Gu Kaifeng shuddered. The old ancestor raised his hand as if to attack again. Gu Kaifeng cursed softly and jumped down from the bed barefoot.
"Tell me! Are you marrying a daughter-in-law? Will you continue the Gu lineage?" The old ancestor's ghost raised his hands and chased after him, and several other ancestors also doddered after. They looked like they were about to attack Gu Kaifeng together.
"I'm marrying Lin Feiran, " Gu Kaifeng said as he flung open the door and rushed out like the wind. The line of his ancestors rushed out in his wake. Gu Kaifeng ran down the stairs barefoot, all 1. 8m of his tall stature like a misbehaving kid being chased by his parents. He dodged back and forth, avoiding the attacks of his ancestors, and as he dodged he tried to explain the scientific basis for it."I was born this way, can you listen to me..."
The housekeeping aunt who was warming their lunch in the kitchen: "......"
The young master had gone mad.
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