I used rebirth to bury his captivating gaze.

Chapter 16 Handsome Boy

Liu Shulan had already entered the house first. Yang Yuhan stood with her two legs inside the wooden threshold of the east room. She turned her head and walked into the small kitchen. She was wearing a very fashionable outfit, with a black cotton leather jacket on top and dark blue jeans on the bottom. Her medium-length hair was permed into big black waves.

The young man carried a large dark blue denim bag on his back, wore shiny black leather shoes, and his rolled-up jeans revealed a glimpse of pure white cotton socks.

The boy's face was calm and composed, yet mischievous. He smiled and stared intently at Yu Han, who was standing at the door of the east room. The handsome stranger slowly approached the east room, but suddenly stopped!

Yang Yuhan was stunned by the beauty in front of her. The handsome stranger in front of her instantly brought to mind the mysterious and familiar look in her eyes from her past life in that corner. Suddenly, the look flashed and made her lose her mind and fall to her death!

"What are you still standing there for, Yu Han? Go inside and tidy up. Don't always leave your third sister to do all the work."

Her mother's sudden shout brought her back to her senses. She steadied herself, controlled the turmoil of her emotions, and held back the few tears that were about to well up in her eyes, which no one could see. Then she stammered, "Mom, Mom, look, who's here?"

“Whoever comes, they’re just from the same village, just strolling around and chatting. If you let them in, it’s too cold outside. If you block the doorway, how can they come in?” Liu Shulan was sitting on the heated kang, busy mending black cotton socks with her skillful hands.

Upon hearing Liu Shulan's words, Yang Yuhan regained her composure and looked at her own body, which was half-walled, and indeed blocked the doorway. No wonder the handsome man's eyes were fixed on the spot.

She instantly snapped out of it, banishing that strange and bewildered look from her mind, and then cheerfully said, "I forgot, oh yeah! Excuse me, handsome, please, please sit on the kang (heated brick bed) inside. But, who are you?"

The handsome young man smiled at her, feeling a sense of unfamiliarity with this mischievous girl, and then gracefully stepped across the wooden threshold of the east room.

"Why is this child joking around with everyone? Who is it? Come in and sit down."

As soon as Liu Shulan finished speaking, she suddenly looked up and was stunned. The thin steel needle in her finger had just pierced the pad of her left index finger, and she bled profusely instantly!

"Second sister-in-law, be careful! Wait a minute, I have some band-aids in my backpack, they'll heal instantly if you put them on." The handsome young man said, putting down his denim backpack and opening it to search.

"Who are you? Who are you calling Second Sister-in-law?" Liu Shulan grabbed the boy's cold, large hands. She seemed to have forgotten that her fingers were still bleeding.

"Mom, don't move, I'll bandage your finger." Yang Yuqiu reacted immediately upon seeing this, quickly taking out a small piece of old floral cloth from the kang cabinet, tearing off a strip, then taking a piece of red plastic "antipyretic and analgesic tablets" and crushing it with a glass bottle, sprinkling it on her mother's bleeding index finger, and then wrapping it with the strip of floral cloth she had just torn off.

Liu Shulan released his hand and then calmly said, "Young man, sit down quickly. There's no need to look for any patches. Your finger is already bandaged. These two kids are making a mountain out of a molehill. Can a fine needle used for needlework really cause such serious damage? They're applying medicine and bandaging it. What's the big deal about a little bleeding?"

She sat back down in her original spot, picked up the sock mending board, and started sewing the hole in the single sock. She looked at the handsome young man, who seemed familiar yet unfamiliar, but she couldn't quite place him.

"Mom, since we've already welcomed guests, let's stop sewing the socks and go to the kitchen to prepare something delicious. These must be guests from afar, right? I'm also craving some good pork and chicken... I haven't seen anything good to eat since I came to your house a few months ago!"

"Yu Han is talking nonsense again. I'm going to the kitchen to help Third Aunt cook."

"Okay, Yuqiu, go and talk to your third aunt nicely, make her some good food, and tell her that relatives have come to visit."

Yang Yuhan continued to watch the two actors continue their performance!

"Second sister-in-law, you really don't remember who I am?"

Liu Shulan shook her head?

The handsome young man stopped rummaging through the large bag, then sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) in front of Liu Shulan. He looked at Liu Shulan's hands, which had become somewhat wrinkled. In her left hand, she held a wooden last made by her second uncle, and in her right hand, she held a fine needle. Every now and then, she would lift her fingers up and gently slide them across her scalp, making the needle tip even sharper.

Suddenly, Liu Shulan put down her work. What did she remember?

"You're the fourth brother? Are you really the fourth brother?"

"Second sister-in-law, you still remember me!"

"How come I don't remember you? You were only seven or eight years old when you left the compound that year, right, Zhanbei?"

"Second sister-in-law, yes, I was seven years old when I left home. Then, I went to a train station in another city and spent two nights there. I was eight years old by the time I passed Lunar New Year's Eve. Now I'm twenty-one."

"Holy crap! The fourth uncle who suddenly appeared in front of me is more than ten years younger than me in my previous life. He's really a handsome fourth uncle." Yu Han muttered to himself.

“It’s been 13 years since you left. You’ve grown taller and more handsome, but I still remember what you looked like when you were little. You were very naughty and didn’t like to study when you were young.”

“I remember all of this, Second Sister-in-law. I even got together with some hooligans in the village to steal eggs from other people’s houses, and then burned them in the eaves of the house to eat, and used them to feed pig feed to little girls.”

"Hehe!" Yu Han sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) playing with the floral cloth bag her third sister had made, making a "whoosh, clatter!" sound.

"Alright, stop talking about that. Where have you been all these years? You must have suffered a lot and endured a lot of hardship. Now that you're back, stay home and don't go anywhere else. When you have the chance, go to the east wing and apologize to the two elders. Once you've apologized, the grudges between us will be resolved."

"Second sister-in-law, please don't try to persuade me. If you keep trying, I'll leave right away. I came back mainly to see my second brother and sister-in-law, as well as the rest of the family. Please keep this a secret for me. I'll stay for a maximum of two days. During these two days, I won't let the two elders know that I'm back. I'll secretly see the other people."

"Fourth brother, you don't know, after you suddenly left home, the old man and the old woman cried every day. The old woman stood at the gate every day, her eyes constantly looking towards the west entrance of the village, and her mouth kept nagging your name, saying that she was sorry for you. You were only seven years old, but she had to force you to find a wife who was ten years older than you."

“I was only seven years old when I started school, and after only a year of schooling, they found me a wife. They even said they would use my eldest daughter-in-law to restrain my bad temper. My second sister-in-law is bad, but that’s because I’m just like that old man back then. He wasn’t exactly a good kid when he was young either, otherwise he wouldn’t have such a big yard.”

"Zhanbei, don't talk nonsense. Be careful, the walls may have ears. The money in the yard is clean money earned by the two old people with their blood and sweat."

"No matter what, I will never forgive the old man in the east wing."

"Then let's take it slow. Time heals all wounds! The truth will come out sooner or later," Yang Yuhan commented, having listened attentively.

"By the way, even now you still want to know, where are you now? Are you doing well? Do you have a boyfriend?"

Before the handsome young man could answer, a woman walked in and quickly said, "Second sister-in-law, who is it? Do you have a boyfriend?"