Chapter 18: What Is Someone Doing Alone in Their Room
“Hss… why does this outfit feel more and more uncomfortable?”
After getting out of the car, Lin Muxi walked home while constantly adjusting the maid dress she was wearing…
For some reason, ever since leaving Mo Ziyang’s house, her upper body had started to itch more and more. Especially the front, where the fabric was rubbing and making it extra uncomfortable.
Why…? Ugh! This had never happened before.
The strange, hard-to-describe feeling made Lin Muxi bend slightly as she sped up her steps toward home, wishing she could get there right away and take off this outfit.
She rushed upstairs, kicked open the door, and ran into her room, locking it behind her.
Standing in front of the mirror, she pulled off the maid dress and let it fall to the floor, only to see that the skin on her upper body was already slightly red and swollen from the rubbing.
Looking at herself in the mirror, Lin Muxi’s face instantly turned bright red, and she felt so embarrassed she wished she could disappear.
“Why is this happening…? How am I supposed to wear clothes in the future?”
Unfortunately, since she had only recently become a girl, Lin Muxi didn’t know anything about these things. She just stood there in front of the mirror, confused about why simply wearing clothes could make her like this.
The tingling sensation from her chest made her realize she couldn’t go on like this. She needed to fix the problem quickly, or she wouldn’t be able to go out at all.
She took out a slightly looser pajama top from the closet, collapsed onto the bed, and even lay on her side so the fabric wouldn’t touch the sensitive area.
“Sigh…”
Lin Muxi let out a long breath. A girl’s body was really too much trouble. Back when she was a boy, things like this never happened.
When in doubt, search online.
Still lying on her side, she grabbed her phone and started typing rapidly.
The more she searched, the stranger the results became.
As she looked at the screen, her pale face turned red so fast it could be seen with the naked eye.
Especially when she saw words like “tank top,” “bra,” and “sensitive area,” she immediately turned off the screen.
“Ugh… what is all this? Don’t tell me I have to wear that too…”
It was bad enough to suddenly turn into a girl, but why did her body also become just as delicate as a real girl’s? She couldn’t understand.
And if she had to actually wear girls’ clothes… she’d rather die.
Looking at the wrinkles on her pajama top over her chest, Lin Muxi blushed harder, feeling helpless.
Not only had she become weaker, but her body was also much more sensitive than before, every little touch felt magnified.
Thinking about this, Lin Muxi suddenly sat up, bending slightly so her clothes wouldn’t hang down.
Then, after staring blankly for a full thirty seconds, it was as if she made up her mind. She picked up her phone again, opened an online shopping app, and started looking for all kinds of underwear.
She really had no choice, she still had to go to school. If things stayed like this, people at school would definitely notice… so she had to give in to reality.
A short while later, as the sound of the door unlocking echoed, Lin Muxi came out of her room, her face still flushed.
Her little head had just taken in way too much new information. She needed to calm down, with instant noodles.
She found a cup of braised beef noodles in the cupboard, added the seasoning, poured in hot water, and sat on the sofa in a daze, staring blankly at the cup of noodles in front of her.
After all, it’s hard to say what a teenage boy—no, girl—does alone in their room.
But from the shy, panicked, and slightly surprised look on her face, it wasn’t hard to guess what had just happened in that room.
Ugh… for a moment, Lin Muxi even wondered if she had already gone down a bad path. Actually going online to learn about… biology.
And not just learning, she even tried it herself.
As for what exactly she used to “try it”… that’s unknown.
But just looking at her own hand made her cheeks heat up even more… If Mo Ziyang had been there, he would have seen a “steaming robot” defeated by herself.
When the instant noodles were ready, Lin Muxi calmed down a bit. She slurped the noodles while watching videos from today’s comic convention.
But just by searching casually, she found tons of videos of her and Mo Ziyang, especially ones where he protected her and punched a guy trying to take secret photos. Lin Muxi was stunned.
Especially with titles like “Cool Young Master Protects Cute Maid Wife”… Who came up with such nonsense?!
Even though she wasn’t worried about anyone recognizing her, she felt that sooner or later, being Mo Ziyang’s “good bro” would still bring her trouble.
While thinking about this, she suddenly remembered that Xiao Luyu had messaged her earlier. But she had been too busy chasing a debt to check it.
When she finally opened the chat and read Xiao Luyu’s messages, her frown only deepened. She had been noticed by that crazy girl Gu Jiusheng.
Although Gu Jiusheng hadn’t recognized her, she had mistaken her for his sister. But… wouldn’t that still make her come after her?
Ugh… Lin Muxi thought back to school, remembering how Gu Jiusheng had gone out of her way to get close to Mo Ziyang and keep up her fake “persona.” It gave her a headache.
Not only did she dislike fake people like her, but she also knew that in almost every incident involving a girl connected to Mo Ziyang, Gu Jiusheng’s shadow could be found behind the scenes.
[Lin Muxi: Okay, I got it.]
After sending the short reply, Lin Muxi felt nervous for herself. She could already imagine that when she returned to school, she and Mo Ziyang would instantly become the center of attention.
It was like she had boarded Mo Ziyang’s pirate ship… and now she couldn’t get off.
“Ugh… just kill me already,” Lin Muxi muttered angrily.
Once she went back to school, hiding her identity wouldn’t just mean keeping it from Mo Ziyang. It would also mean hiding it from her classmates, her dorm mates, and her teachers…
And just dealing with Mo Ziyang today had already been exhausting. How was she supposed to handle her classmates and roommates at school?
She felt tired… almost ready to give up.
Looking at the cute face on her phone screen, she didn’t feel happy at all. She hated that she had turned into a girl instead of that jerk Mo Ziyang.
“Sigh…”
Just as she finished sighing, her phone lit up again. It was another message from Xiao Luyu.
[Xiao Luyu: Bro! You finally replied. Give me your sister Lin Muyu’s contact info, okay?]
Her tired face instantly darkened, and imaginary black lines seemed to appear above her head.
[Lin Muxi: Get lost. As far as possible.]
Seriously… why did everyone think she had a younger sister named Lin Muyu? It was bad enough when Mo Ziyang did this. Now Xiao Luyu was joining in too.
[Xiao Luyu: Don’t be like that. I need your sister to help me get closer to Mo Ziyang.]
[Lin Muxi: Dream on. Anyway, I’m logging off.]
[Xiao Luyu: Wait wait wait! I have something important.]
[Lin Muxi: Then spit it out already…]
[Xiao Luyu: You should check the school forum, it’s blowing up right now.]
Huh? The school forum?
Only after Xiao Luyu mentioned it did Lin Muxi remember there was still that “time bomb” waiting for her.
But it was clearly too late to ask Mo Ziyang to take down any posts… Lin Muxi just patted her head, hating herself for letting a measly ten thousand yuan cloud her judgment back then.