Chapter 105: Misunderstanding
Ren Tianyou had gone out to buy breakfast.
Ever since that late-night drive when he ran into that crazy person, his daily routine had been getting better and better.
His hair stopped falling out, his body felt stronger, and he looked much healthier overall.
But when he opened the door, he noticed that the door across from his wasn’t fully closed.
So, he opened Li Mu’s door and walked in, planning to ask if Li Mu wanted him to bring some breakfast too.
Then he saw a half-naked man standing inside Li Mu’s apartment.
They locked eyes.
Silence.
Neither of them could say a word for a long moment.
“You…” Ren Tianyou just couldn’t figure out why Li Mu’s classmate was here, and barely dressed at that.
Yu Fan looked down at himself and had no idea how to explain the situation.
“I…” Yu Fan panicked for a second, but then realized he didn’t really need to panic. “I drank at Li Mu’s place last night, threw up all over myself… that’s all.”
Ren Tianyou nodded, but clearly didn’t believe a word.
If Li Mu still looked like a slightly feminine boy like before, Ren Tianyou wouldn’t have thought much of it. But after yesterday’s health check, he had found out that Li Mu was actually a girl, a beautiful girl, with the thinking and behavior of a guy.
She had just gone through a major shock and still couldn’t accept the fact that she was now a girl. That meant she was not only emotionally fragile right now, but also, because she still saw herself as a guy, had zero defense against other men.
This was the easiest time for someone to take advantage of her.
Scumbags loved girls who had just been hurt, didn’t understand the world, and didn’t know how to protect themselves.
He looked Yu Fan up and down, then his gaze settled on that sunny, handsome, classic playboy look. For some reason, Ren Tianyou suddenly felt a surge of anger he couldn’t explain. It just rushed up from deep inside.
This was someone he had known for years, someone he should have treated like a younger sister!
And now she’d been tricked by this guy?
Ren Tianyou took a few deep breaths to calm himself. He didn’t want to jump to conclusions, just in case this was all a misunderstanding.
He stared at Yu Fan and asked sternly, “What did you do to Li Mu?”
“Huh?” Yu Fan was completely confused.
He had expected there might be a misunderstanding, but he didn’t think this guy would assume the worst so fast.
“We’re both guys, what do you think I could’ve done?” he said, taking two steps back. “Seriously, we just had a few drinks, and I passed out…”
“Oh, so that’s the usual excuse. Planning to not take responsibility now?”
“......”
Just then, the front door opened again. Li Mu walked in with two bags of breakfast and asked, “Who’s not taking responsibility?”
He saw the two of them standing there like they were about to fight and looked confused.
What the heck happened while he was out?
Ren Tianyou quickly turned around and pointed at Yu Fan, his words getting stuck. “He… he!”
“He saw me without clothes and misunderstood,” Yu Fan said in total defeat as he took the breakfast from Li Mu. He mumbled, “We’re both guys, how could he misunderstand? Is your neighbor gay or something?”
Li Mu’s eyes instantly turned cold as he looked at Ren Tianyou. “Brother Tianyou, do you really think everyone is like you?”
Ren Tianyou didn’t know what to say. He could only watch as Li Mu and Yu Fan sat side by side on the sofa, quietly eating their breakfast.
But honestly… the way they looked sitting there, they really did look like a couple.
When he thought Li Mu was a guy, he never had this thought. He just figured the two of them were close.
He finally sighed and said, “Just… be more careful. Things aren’t like they used to be.”
“Mmm.”
“And… do you want to rent a place near the school?”
“No need.”
There were only a few months left until the spring exams, and Li Mu didn’t feel like going through the trouble of moving.
Besides, over this period, even though his roommates had noticed some changes in him, none of them had said anything about it.
Ren Tianyou shrugged. “Just be careful. I’m heading to work.”
After he left, Yu Fan finally stood up straight and asked with a confused look, “Why did he tell you to rent a place off-campus? Isn’t living in the dorms just fine?”
“He’s got something wrong in his head.”
Li Mu was still upset that Ren Tianyou had misunderstood his relationship with Yu Fan.
Yu Fan felt like Li Mu was hiding something really important from him. But since Li Mu didn’t want to talk about it, he didn’t want to make wild guesses either.
Was it because of the whole ‘turning into a girl’ thing? He remembered hearing that Li Mu had gone for a medical check-up before…
Did the test show some kind of serious illness?
Or had he really completely turned into a girl now?
“Maybe he thinks you’ve gotten too girly and it’s not safe for you to stay in the dorms. You might get… well, you know.” He made a joke, but then saw the cold, icy look Li Mu gave him.
Yu Fan immediately shut his mouth and lowered his head to eat his breakfast quietly. He even used his phone to order a new pair of underwear from an online store.
It wasn’t until around 8 in the morning that Yu Fan finally got out from under the blanket. Wearing only his underwear, he wandered around the room, still a little annoyed. He went to the balcony to get his still-wet clothes and kept blow-drying them.
He was going crazy here, no computer, no wifi. Li Mu was in a weird mood, so Yu Fan couldn’t joke around like usual. All he could do was watch TV or use mobile data to stream videos. It was so boring he could barely stand it.
Li Mu, after finishing breakfast, sat on the couch and started watching TV. He was watching Boonie Bears with Xiao Jing and seemed totally into it.
“Hey, can I borrow your computer for a bit?”
“Sure. The password is 123.”
Yu Fan finally let out a sigh of relief and happily ran into Li Mu’s bedroom to use the computer.
The room had a light, pleasant scent. At first, Yu Fan thought it might be Li Mu’s natural smell, but when he turned his head, he saw a bottle of scented oil sitting next to the computer.
The room was very clean and tidy. The smell from the scent bottle made him feel a bit calmer without even noticing. He sat down in front of the computer but couldn’t help looking around the room out of curiosity.
Honestly, if Li Mu’s room had been messy, it just wouldn’t have matched his clean and quiet personality.
Then he noticed something, there were still some wet spots on the pillow.
So Li Mu had really cried this morning. He had acted so calm afterward that Yu Fan almost thought the crying was just his imagination.
Not only was the room clean, even the computer desktop was super tidy. A single column of commonly used programs was lined up neatly on the screen.
Yu Fan had the urge to snoop around in the computer’s folders, but after hesitating for a moment, he held himself back. In the end, he behaved and opened a game instead.
Just then, Li Mu walked into the room too. He brought a chair in from the living room and sat down next to Yu Fan.
“Perfect, I’ll teach you how to play Dota. It’s hard to explain everything when we’re just talking online.” Yu Fan immediately focused his mind on the game.
But then Li Mu said, “Xiao Jing isn’t doing very well.”
“Huh?”
“She doesn’t seem as active as she used to be.”
Yu Fan paused and looked at Li Mu’s slightly worried face. Then he smiled and said, “It’s okay. She watched TV all night. She’s probably just tired.”
“Yeah, maybe.”
“Oh right, didn’t you say before that you were going to visit your hometown?”
“Not anymore.”
Since he had already become a girl, even if he found a solution, it was too late now.
As for finding his parents… Li Mu wasn’t in a hurry. He was still a student, busy with school. The chances of finding them weren’t very high anyway.