Chapter 61: Dorm Room
After lying on his desk for half an hour, Li Mu sat up with a frustrated look.
Forget it. He’d just deal with things as they came. Yu Fan clearly just wanted to see him mess up. He just wanted to see him in girl’s clothes!
Fine, bring it on!
Even though he still hadn’t thought of a good solution, things usually worked themselves out in the end. And even if he had no other choice, going on stage as himself, even if his voice sounded like a girl’s, was still better than wearing a dress.
At worst, people would just be curious and ask, “Why is that boy singing with a girl’s voice?”
Still better than crossdressing.
He had already done that once before. That was enough.
He stood up, lowered his head, and unbuckled his belt.
Time to shower.
Li Mu was a pretty clean person. No matter if it was spring, summer, fall, or winter, he always took a shower every night.
But after 7 p.m., the dorm’s two small bathrooms would be full. Sometimes he even had to wait in line just to wash up. That’s why he preferred to shower around 6 p.m., then relax in bed with his phone.
His pants were a bit tight, so he had to put in some effort to pull off the sweatpants that clung tightly to his hips.
With his bare thighs exposed, he turned to his closet to find the large shorts he wore for sleeping.
“......”
He paused for a second, then looked back with suspicion.
His roommates were all doing their own thing, some watching shows, others playing games.
But... why did it feel like some eyes were scanning his legs?
Was he imagining things?
He frowned slightly, grabbed a pair of shorts, and tossed them onto the table. Then he started to lift his shirt to take it off.
But just as he pulled the shirt up to his waist, he stopped again.
His chest had changed. If he took off the shirt, it’d be way too obvious.
Plus, he had two band-aids on his chest.
And now, those stares from behind were even stronger!
Without finishing, he suddenly turned around.
“Zhao Pan, Zhao Yu, Chen Zhihao?” he asked coldly, letting his shirt fall back down. “What are you looking at?”
Zhao Yu and Chen Zhihao were also his roommates, though they didn’t talk much.
Zhao Pan gave an awkward smile and said, “Brother Mu, I just noticed you don’t have any leg hair anymore! So I looked a little longer.”
Li Mu paused and thought for a moment. If one of his roommates suddenly lost all their leg hair, he’d probably take a second look too.
Wait! Are you trying to f’king fool me?!
His face darkened instantly. And once again, he felt a few sneaky eyes scanning his legs.
Trying to ignore the stares, he walked over in just his underwear to the full-length mirror in the dorm and looked at himself.
Hmm... his legs had gotten a bit thicker. He had already noticed that when putting on pants.
The muscles he used to have from working out were completely gone now. His legs, once slim and strong, had become long, smooth, and perfectly shaped. White and soft-skinned. Honestly, anyone who looked at them would agree, they were beautiful legs.
Li Mu had always been a leg guy. Back then, just seeing Lin Xi’s long legs had made him forget all fear of ghosts.
Now, seeing these legs in the mirror... he even thought, they’re so beautiful they could make someone go crazy.
If a girl had legs like this, his interest in her would immediately jump up to “at least decent.” After that, it’d just depend on how her face looked.
And now the big question was… these legs were his own.
Li Mu quickly pulled back the admiring look he had given himself in the mirror. After standing there quietly for a long time, he silently walked back to the closet and put his long pants back on.
Then he turned and gave Zhao Pan a sharp glare. Zhao Pan looked like nothing had happened, but his face was slightly red.
Damn it. Those guys had been staring at his legs like that for so long!
It made him feel disgusted.
It’s fine when he admires his own legs. But when other guys do it, it just feels creepy.
Li Mu was already in a bad mood, and now he was even more annoyed. He picked up his clean clothes and left the dorm without saying a word.
After he was gone, Zhao Pan muttered softly, “Brother Mu is getting more and more beautiful... but even so, Zhao Yu, you really shouldn’t react like that.”
He glanced at Zhao Yu’s “stick.”
Zhao Yu was a weak-looking guy, wore glasses, had long bangs that covered his eyebrows, and stayed indoors a lot. Embarrassed, he bent down a little and said with a red face, “It’s not because of Li Mu, I swear.”
Chen Zhihao, with his arms crossed, said seriously, “I never noticed how nice Li Mu’s legs were before. I think that’s what people online call ‘idol group legs.’”
“His legs were always pretty slim.”
“Yeah, but with leg hair, even slim legs are kinda off-putting,” Chen Zhihao said with a thoughtful look. “After seeing Li Mu’s legs, I finally understand why some people like men.”
Just then, the door opened again. Li Mu walked in with a blank expression and glanced at the three of them.
The room went silent. All three of them shrank back like scared little birds.
Li Mu didn’t usually stand out in the dorm, but when he wore a cold face like that, it was kind of scary.
He walked straight back to the closet, picked up his shower gel and shampoo, then turned and left again.
Damn it! Damn it!
He was cursing in his heart, but couldn’t show it on his face.
He really felt like he couldn’t stay in the dorm anymore.
Usually, he didn’t mind walking around the dorm in just his boxers. Even though he was a bit shy, as a guy, it wasn’t weird to go shirtless in front of other guys.
Most of his roommates did the same, and that’s normal in most male dorms.
People even said girls in female dorms sometimes walked around in just a bra. But now, the thought of becoming a girl and living in a girls’ dorm… didn’t make him feel excited at all.
As he showered, Li Mu’s mind started drifting again.
During his last checkup, the doctor said he had too much estrogen and not enough testosterone. Without that hormone boost, his interest in girls was only in his head. If this kept going, he might completely stop liking girls.
It felt like he was being chemically... castrated.
Wait a second. If his estrogen levels kept rising, did that mean… he might start liking guys?
Li Mu shivered in the shower, scared by his own thought.
He had called Chen Yi last night to ask for help, but Chen Yi didn’t have any way to pull Lin Xi out of his body.
He had to find his parents soon. If they could trap Xiao Jing in the mirror, then maybe they could get Lin Xi out too.
“Xiao Jing, can you make Lin Xi come out?”
“She can’t, she’s locked inside.”
“Locked?”
“Yeah. If she comes out, she’ll disappear.”
So it was true. His body was the key to keeping Lin Xi from fading away.
But even Chen Yi didn’t know of a case like this before...
Suddenly, someone knocked hard on the bathroom door. A loud voice shouted from outside. “Who’s in there?! Who brings a girl to the dorm to shower?!”
Li Mu froze, too scared to move. But somehow, his mouth shouted back without thinking,
“None of your damn business! F*ck off!”
“???”
Xiao Jing?
The guy outside probably didn’t expect the “girl” inside to be that fierce, and the guy got so scared they shut up.
But Li Mu wasn’t even thinking about the guy anymore, he was totally shocked.
Wait a minute. Xiao Jing… since when did you learn to curse like that?!