Chapter 15: That… This
“Uncle Mu is gone?”
When Xiao Yuze came out of his room, only Mu Le remained in the living room.
Mu Le nodded, but the corners of her eyes were slightly red.
Xiao Yuze carried two cups of tea and placed one in front of Mu Le, then sat down beside her.
Mu Cheng had come in a rush, and left just as quickly.
But unlike before, his expression was noticeably more relaxed.
“Thanks.” Mu Le took a small sip from her cup, moistening her slightly dry lips. She seemed to be in a much better mood.
She had just talked a lot with Mu Cheng. Not only had many of his worries been eased, but she herself also felt more relaxed.
“Aze, I suddenly feel… becoming a woman isn’t that scary or bad after all.”
Leaning back on the sofa, she rubbed her forehead and spoke slowly.
Hearing this, Xiao Yuze’s expression shifted slightly. “Oh?”
“Because… I’ve never really been completely alone. I have Dad, I have you, I have lots of friends in the 2D world, and all the novels and anime I like…”
Mu Le tilted her head slightly, and the smile on her face made Xiao Yuze’s heart skip a beat.
“But for Dad to handle things so easily… that really is incredible.”
“You’re just thinking too much,” Xiao Yuze thought, seeing the slightly disbelieving look on her face, and decided not to tease her.
Considering how much Mu Cheng dotes on Mu Le, him giving in so easily wasn’t really that surprising.
“Then… let’s discuss another matter.” Mu Le’s expression turned more serious, as if remembering something. “About just now, when Comrade Xiao Yuze suddenly kissed me… do you have any excuses?”
“Ahem…!”
“That was my first kiss! Stealing a girl’s first kiss, and your brother’s at that, Comrade Xiao Yuze, what do you have to say?”
“…It was soft… does that count?”
Mu Le: “……”
Smack!
After Xiao Yuze spoke, Mu Le kicked him in the side.
“Alright, alright, I’m sorry! I won’t ever do it again.”
Seeing that Mu Le was about to kick again, Xiao Yuze helplessly raised his hands in surrender.
Of course, her kick wasn’t hard at all, it was just playful.
“Hmph. Fine, I’ll let it slide since you ‘kind of’ helped me earlier. I’ll pretend it never happened, hmph.”
After saying that, Mu Le didn’t wait for Xiao Yuze to respond. She slipped on her slippers and walked toward her room with a light tapping sound.
In the living room, Xiao Yuze finally couldn’t resist touching his lips. For a moment, his eyes darkened with a deep, unreadable intensity.
He glanced at Mu Le’s back, then let out a quiet breath.
“Never happened… huh?”
Leaning back on the sofa, he finished his tea in one gulp, his expression complicated.
After a long moment, he shook his head and then cleared the cups from the table.
………………
After handling Mu Cheng, Mu Le’s days finally became somewhat easier.
At least, she no longer had to constantly worry that her father would messily set her up on random blind dates.
With almost a month of vacation ahead, Mu Le seemed to slip back into her old otaku lifestyle.
Xiao Yuze, after resting for a few days, was called back by his father to work.
So during the daytime, Mu Le was usually alone at home.
Even when Xiao Yuze was busy, he often stayed at the company and couldn’t come back.
His father, to make things easier for Xiao Yuze in the future, barely treated him like his own son.
Well, that’s just a joke. Mu Le just thought that Xiao Yuze had been working way too hard recently.
Life passed slowly, sometimes relaxed, sometimes busy.
Mu Le began learning to get used to her new body. If she really couldn’t turn back, she needed to adapt as soon as possible.
But men and women are very different, and many things could be frustrating.
For example, taking a bath.
Being a clean-loving kid, and especially in summer, showering once a day wasn’t too much.
Of course, this didn’t mean Mu Le would look at herself in the mirror and faint like in some novels.
That only happens in stories. In reality, although her emotions fluctuated, she wasn’t that extreme.
After a few times, aside from feeling a bit strange, there were no exaggerated reactions like those in novels.
What really embarrassed her was that when taking a bath… she had to clean her whole body.
So… well, you probably get the idea.
Anyway, Mu Le was embarrassed.
But maybe, after being embarrassed for a while, she would get used to it… hopefully.
After a few days of just bathing and relaxing, something even scarier finally happened to Mu Le.
It was something that countless novels had mentioned, with countless weird solutions…
Her period!
Yes, that legendary existence!
Mu Le, as a well-read author, had even written about periods in her novels before.
But when it actually happened to her, she couldn’t help feeling speechless.
If it had been a mild period, it would have been okay. After all, she had been adapting to her body over several days, so dealing with a minor change wouldn’t have been impossible.
But…
“Why does it hurt so much?!”
Wrapped tightly in her blanket on the bed, clutching her lower abdomen, the sharp, indescribable pain made her little face scrunch up.
“Ugh… it’s nothing like in the books! I don’t want to be a woman anymore!”
Xiao Yuze: “……”
Seeing Mu Le’s painful expression, Xiao Yuze frowned tightly.
“Is it really bad? If you can’t handle it, do you want me to take you to the hospital?”
He had rushed over quickly after receiving her call, but didn’t expect her to be in so much pain.
Xiao Yuze had never experienced female menstrual pain before, and honestly had no idea what to do.
“Aze… am I going to die?”
Really, how can he even begin to imagine what so many women go through?
“Stop thinking like that. This is a normal bodily process. Okay… I’ll call Dr. Li and see if there’s anything that can help.” Xiao Yuze sighed helplessly, sitting at the bedside, speaking gently.
Mu Le pouted. Of course, she knew she was overthinking.
But she couldn’t help it!
Books did get some things right, like how emotions can fluctuate wildly during this time.
At this moment, Mu Le was extremely, extremely irritable.