Chapter 100: Medical Checkup Results
Li Mu knew that his appearance had changed a lot. His facial features now only had a few small signs of being male. With his short hair and black-and-white men’s clothes, most people still saw him as a “tomboy girl” at first glance.
Compared to what his roommates said the first time he stayed in the dorm, “a delicate, expressionless guy”, this new impression was clearly very different.
So, he thought it was best to avoid running into the neighbor auntie. She was a nice person, but she talked way too much. If she saw how much he had changed, she could probably talk about it for an hour.
After all, the auntie didn’t have poor eyesight like his grandpa. His grandpa had been using the same reading glasses for who knows how many years, probably the prescription was long outdated. That must be why he didn’t react much the last time he saw Li Mu.
The next day at noon, Li Mu went with Ren Tianyou to the hospital for a checkup.
The checkup went smoothly, but the results weren’t so good.
“This is… hmm…” The young doctor looked a little confused. He looked up at Li Mu, then looked down again to double-check.
Ren Tianyou saw how unsure the doctor looked and asked quickly, “What’s wrong?”
Did they find some kind of serious illness?
“This is my first time seeing this condition,” the doctor scratched his head, gave Ren Tianyou a glance, and then asked Li Mu, “Do you want him to step out?”
“What? I can’t hear this?” Ren Tianyou asked in surprise.
Normally, when someone has a serious illness, the truth is hidden from the patient, not their family or friends. Thinking of this made him relax a little.
“It’s about privacy,” the doctor said.
Hearing that, Ren Tianyou had no choice but to look at Li Mu. Li Mu pointed toward the door with a blank face. So, the neighbor big brother walked out of the room looking upset.
What kind of private issue can’t he know about?
Maybe Li Mu has hemorrhoids?
Once it was just the doctor and Li Mu in the room, the doctor handed him the report and said, “Actually, you are a girl.”
“......”
“You have a condition where your female reproductive organs didn’t form normally,” the doctor explained, looking puzzled.
This kind of condition is very rare. These days, newborn babies get full checkups, so problems like this are usually found early and can be fixed with surgery. It’s not common for someone to only find out as an adult.
Li Mu didn’t respond. He didn’t understand the medical terms the doctor was using.
After staying quiet for a bit, he asked, “Can you explain more clearly?”
“You are a girl.”
“???”
Li Mu was even more confused. He looked at the report and confirmed that he had written “male” in the gender section.
“You were born a girl. We’ll need to do more detailed tests to be sure, but you should consider surgery. It’s not a big surgery, more like cosmetic surgery.”
After saying that, the doctor explained in more detail.
Some of the medical words just made Li Mu more confused. But as he listened and thought about his own situation, he slowly began to understand what the doctor meant.
So basically… it was true that he used to be a man.
But because of being possessed by a ghost or something else, he ended up becoming more feminine. Not only did his looks change, but his body’s reproductive system had also changed into a female one?
That part of him, which had become weaker and weaker, was now even seen by the doctor as some kind of defect?
But after the shock, Li Mu actually felt a little relieved.
At least he didn’t turn into an intersex person or something like a "futanari." At the very least, he was still a normal human, just with a changed gender.
“I understand now.”
He stood up with the same blank expression, took the medical report, and walked out of the room.
Outside, Ren Tianyou was waiting with a worried look.
“What did the doctor say? Is it… hemorrhoids? Don’t worry, I had that once too...”
He suddenly stopped talking when he saw that Li Mu had turned and was walking straight out of the hospital without saying a word or looking at him.
Even though Li Mu still had a blank face, Ren Tianyou could tell that something was wrong with his mood.
He quickly caught up to him, trying to guess what kind of illness Li Mu might have.
Kidney problems?
Prostate inflammation?
No way… could it be a sexually transmitted disease?
He had never heard of Li Mu having a girlfriend. Besides, with how Li Mu always looked down on him, it didn’t seem like he would mess around like that.
Walking beside Li Mu, he kept watching his face and asked, “Hey, how about we go eat something good?”
He didn’t know what kind of illness Li Mu had, but having a nice meal couldn’t hurt.
“Where do you usually go to pick up girls?” Li Mu suddenly looked up and asked.
“Me? I go to places like bars. You’re still young, don’t go there.”
“......”
Li Mu wanted to say something but stopped himself.
He suddenly had a strange urge, like he wanted to get back at life by trying out the experience of being a man again.
But just as that thought came up, he sighed and pushed it down.
It was too late anyway…
Ren Tianyou watched the changing expression on Li Mu’s face. After a moment, he joked, “You’re not asking because you want me to take you to a brothel, right?”
He patted Li Mu on the shoulder and said, “Forget it! I’m willing to waste my life, but I’m not dragging you into that kind of place, okay?”
“Yeah.”
“So where are we going now?”
“Home.”
“Weren’t you going back to your hometown?”
“Not anymore.”
Sitting in the passenger seat, Li Mu crossed his arms and stared out the window with a lifeless expression.
The bad news had come too suddenly. He was caught off guard. Even now, his head felt dizzy.
He had expected that this day might come, but he didn’t think it would be so soon. He had already become a girl.
He wasn’t even sure exactly when it had happened. But he was pretty sure it was sometime after the National Day holiday, when he had been busy helping Xiao Jing fulfill her dream of singing on stage.
If he had known earlier… he wouldn’t have gone for that medical checkup.
Originally, he had planned to return to his hometown today, hoping to find some clues about his parents. Maybe he could also figure out a way to turn his body back to normal. But after this shocking news, he no longer had the heart for it.
He lowered his head and sent a message to Uncle Chen Yi.
Ren Tianyou finally couldn’t hold back anymore. “Xiao Mu, what illness do you have? You can’t solve anything by keeping it to yourself.”
“If you tell me what’s going on or if you need money, I’ll find a way. If it’s dangerous, then we’ll treat it carefully. Even if it’s something like a terminal illness, at least you can go enjoy life a little before…”
He kept using a joking tone, trying to lift Li Mu’s mood.
“It’s nothing.” Li Mu leaned his elbow against the car door and rested his chin on his hand, staring blankly at the cars outside.
“The doctor said I’m a girl.”
The whole car suddenly shook. Ren Tianyou quickly hit the brakes and stopped the car in a panic.
With an apologetic face, he opened the door and ran over to the car he had just bumped into to say sorry.
Luckily, the crash wasn’t serious. The other driver was easygoing, and Ren Tianyou quickly paid for the damage. About ten minutes later, he got back into the car.
"I didn't scare you just now, did I?"
Ren Tianyou gave a bitter smile and said to Li Mu,
“If you ever get your driver's license and drive, please don't be distracted while driving like I was. Good thing I was driving slow, or it would’ve been worse. Today, your big brother really learned a lesson for you. Repairing the car cost me a few thousand.”
“It was your own fault.”
“By the way, what did you say just now?”