Chapter 12: Just Stay Silent
Li Mu stared at Lin Xi as she walked through the door, his expression calm and emotionless. However, his hand twitched, almost throwing a punch in her face.
"Are you ready? I'm going to start on your makeup now!" Lin Xi grinned and patted her chest, confidently promising, "Don't worry! It'll definitely look great! Back in school, I used to do makeup for all the contestants in the Top Ten Singers competition!"
"......"
"Besides, you already look pretty nice, delicate features and all. And wow, those jeans actually fit you really well. Look at those straight legs~" Lin Xi circled around Li Mu, showering him with compliments.
But the more she praised him, the more Li Mu wanted to dig a hole and bury his head in it. His shame burned like fire, making him dizzy.
Since Li Mu stayed silent, Lin Xi cautiously asked, "So… can I come in?"
"...Fine, just come in," Li Mu sighed. Thinking too much about this situation only made it worse. He figured it was best to just empty his mind.
"I'll be gentle~"
Why did that sound so suggestive?!
The corner of his mouth twitched in frustration, but in the end, he didn't resist as Lin Xi possessed his body.
Every time a ghost took over his body, the experience felt bizarre.
Even though he was no longer in control, he could still see, hear, and feel everything from a first-person perspective. He could sense the slight tremor in his Adam’s apple when speaking, the touch of his skin, and every other tiny detail.
But not being able to move on his own felt terrible.
He could feel that his movements had become softer and more delicate as Lin Xi took control. She grabbed the beginner makeup kit from the shopping bag, dipped a brush into some foundation, and gently applied it to his face.
The sensation of the brush touching the skin can also be felt very clearly.
"Your skin isn’t as rough as I expected," Lin Xi muttered to herself. "Yesterday, it didn’t seem this nice..."
Of course, it’s because of YOU turning me into this!
"Your voice is still a bit too deep, though. I wonder if Yu Fan will like it?" she hummed a little girly tune as she worked, happily shaking her head.
Then, all of a sudden, she paused, turned her head, and looked at the squat toilet beside them.
Wait. Hold on. What are you thinking?!
Li Mu’s brows furrowed as Lin Xi stared at the toilet, then looked down at his stomach.
A mischievous smirk appeared on her face.
Then, without hesitation, she walked over to the toilet, lowered his pants down, and—
"Wow~ I thought guys wrapped it around their waist or something."
"Standing up to pee feels kinda weird... Hmm."
WTF?! STOP RIGHT THERE!
DO YOU HAVE NO SHAME AT ALL?!
IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR HEAD?!
After relieving herself in his body, Lin Xi calmly washed her hands, then continued applying makeup as if nothing had happened.
Meanwhile, Li Mu, forced to watch everything from a first-person view, just wanted to curl up in a corner and disappear from the world.
Never in his entire life had a girl done something this outrageous to him.
Mentally shutting down.
About half an hour later, his face was covered in heavy makeup.
Even though his features were delicate, he still looked like a guy, so heavy makeup was needed to soften his masculine features. Lin Xi wasn’t exactly a professional, but this was the best she could do.
If someone looked closely, they might even see powder stuck in the pores of his skin.
The cheap makeup kit had only cost 150 yuan, and Lin Xi had dragged him to a cosmetics store to buy it. The quality was questionable, but at least it came with a decent variety of products.
Li Mu crouched down, pulled a wig from the shopping bag, and skillfully secured his hair with a wig cap before putting it on.
The wig was also bought at the cosmetics store. It wasn’t expensive, but it was low-quality, probably worth only 20 to 30 yuan online, but the store had sold it to him for over 50 yuan.
It was a black student-style wig with straight bangs and hair that just reached past the jawline on both sides. The wig looked heavy and unnatural, and when Li Mu put it on, it felt completely out of place.
However, Lin Xi skillfully used a small pair of scissors to trim and adjust the wig. She parted the bangs to the sides, revealing his forehead, and soon, the unnatural and bulky look disappeared.
And just like that, the fully transformed "girl version" of Li Mu was officially complete.
Lin Xi tilted her head while looking in the mirror, arms crossed, occasionally nodding as if she were very satisfied.
Meanwhile, Li Mu stared at his own reflection in first-person view, feeling completely dead inside. The shame was overwhelming, he wanted to just disappear on the spot.
But he had to admit, Lin Xi was actually really good at makeup. Even though a closer look still revealed some masculine features, at a quick glance, anyone would mistake him for a tall and slender woman.
"Hmm… I forgot to buy a chest pad..." Lin Xi muttered, patting his chest up and down. "So flat..."
Excuse me?! A man NOT being flat would be the real problem here!
"Li Mu, are we going on a date now?" Lin Xi said to the mirror, talking in Li Mu’s voice.
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Yu Fan was getting impatient in the room. Ever since the female ghost, Lin Xi, had gone into the bathroom, there had been very little noise except for the occasional muttering.
Bored, he turned on the TV and half-lay on the small sofa, yawning as he flipped through channels.
"I wonder how Li Mu looks in women’s clothes..." he mumbled.
To be honest, he felt bad for Li Mu. Most people, when haunted by a ghost, might just get headaches or fevers. But Li Mu? He was literally being turned into a girl.
His grandfather had never mentioned anything like this before, so he had no idea how to handle it. The only thing he could do was help Lin Xi fulfill her last wish as quickly as possible.
But helping a ghost move on wasn’t that simple. Only when Lin Xi herself was satisfied would she be able to leave.
Just then, the bathroom door creaked open.
Yu Fan immediately sat up straight, turning his eyes toward the door.
A tall, slender girl with long legs and a slim figure walked out, smiling sweetly at him.
Wait. That’s… Li Mu?!
Yu Fan was completely stunned, sitting there in total shock.
Li Mu, with a familiar lovestruck grin, swayed his hips, walking gracefully toward him. As he got closer, he lowered his head and brushed his bangs aside.
To be honest… he really did look feminine.
The familiar scent of orchid perfume drifted into Yu Fan’s nose, calming his nerves.
I have to admit… that ghost is pretty good at makeup.
Yu Fan examined "her" with an appreciative gaze. If you didn’t look too closely, Li Mu really looked like a woman. Sure, his face still had some masculine traces, and his chest was completely flat, but overall, he looked better than most girls in their class.
Now all that was left was to play along, treat him as a woman, and put on a convincing show so that Lin Xi would be satisfied and finally move on.
"Yu Fan~"
Li Mu opened his mouth and, in a deep male voice, said sweetly,
"I like you~"
Yu Fan shuddered. All interest instantly vanished. His expression went blank as he stared at Li Mu, dead inside.
"Can you just… not talk?"
"From now on, just be a mute, okay?"
It was horribly out of place.