Chapter 17: That Transition
After finishing the call with his parents and handling some of his work, Xiao Yuze realized it was already late at night.
He leaned back in his chair, a bit tired, gently rubbing his brow to ease the strain in his eyes.
But then, as if remembering something, his brows slowly furrowed.
“What am I really…”
After a long moment, he opened his eyes, a complex light flickering in them.
Xiao Yuze considered himself an extremely rational person. He knew what he could do and what he shouldn’t.
His personality seemed gentle and harmless, but that might have been just the surface.
As the son of Xiao Shuheng, a man known as a cunning “old fox” in business, the decisive and ruthless traits of his father were inevitably in his blood.
Before, Mu Le had been just a friend or maybe like a younger brother to him.
With the complicated ties between their families, helping out was natural.
Besides, Mu Le’s personality was quite nice. She was actually very cute.
Spending time together, Xiao Yuze never felt annoyed. Their friendship grew stronger with time.
Even when Mu Le suddenly changed from a boy into a girl, he didn’t think anything would really change.
It was probably just… a little brother turning into a little sister?
Although this was a shocking situation, Xiao Yuze showed no reaction outwardly.
Of course, he knew that for Mu Le, this change was far more shocking.
At this moment, her mind was probably more fragile than usual.
If even he looked at Mu Le in a strange way, that girl might really not be able to handle it.
So, even though this situation, and what followed, completely shattered Xiao Yuze’s worldview, he just went along, letting Mu Le play and vent.
I guess that makes me… a really good roommate, huh? Xiao Yuze smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Actually, what truly troubled him wasn’t any of this.
It was that his feelings for Mu Le seemed to have… changed somewhere along the way.
He couldn’t describe it exactly, only that he inexplicably felt something was different.
It was like a feeling trying to surface, yet stuck in his throat, leaving an uncomfortable sensation.
And even if he ignored that vague feeling, one other thing made Xiao Yuze slightly embarrassed.
Even though Mu Le had become a girl, she didn’t seem very aware of it.
Unintentionally, she had exposed herself too much, both openly and subtly.
Combined with her extremely cute appearance and “innocent” eyes, it was extremely eye-catching.
Though he really didn’t want to admit it, even his normally calm self couldn’t help feeling a rush of heat in his body.
If Mu Le were just an ordinary girl, he probably wouldn’t even be able to leave the room right now.
Well, that’s just joking. This isn’t some “domineering CEO falls in love with girl” story.
In short, Xiao Yuze was conflicted, but he didn’t really know why he felt so conflicted.
It was the kind of mess that you can’t quite untangle. He even struggled to understand what he really wanted.
No… maybe he actually knew perfectly well, but just didn’t want to admit it.
………………………
The happiest thing in the morning is probably waking up naturally, without an alarm.
Mu Le had gone to bed early and didn’t wake up too early either.
She didn’t check the time, but the bright sunlight outside made it clear that the day had already begun.
The pain in her lower belly had finally eased, at least not as unbearable as yesterday.
Rubbing her stomach, a wave of hunger came over her.
But first… there was another, more important task to take care of.
Her gaze shifted to her blue-and-white striped panties.
“……”
After a long, awkward silence, Mu Le finally sighed.
This was going to be something she might have to deal with regularly from now on.
Indeed, being a man or a woman wasn’t easy.
Those people who always dream of transforming probably didn’t realize how many troubles came with it in reality.
After reflecting a bit, and forcing herself to push past the embarrassment, Mu Le got up and grabbed a small “angel” from a cabinet, heading to the bathroom.
As for how she got it… well, as an author of gender-bender stories, Mu Le only said, you can guess.
Anyway, back to the main point.
Since she wasn’t experienced, it took her nearly half an hour to get everything done and finish washing up.
By the time she had changed and walked to the living room, the clock already showed 9:30.
Not surprisingly, Xiao Yuze had already left, leaving only a note on the table with instructions about the prepared food, what she could and couldn’t eat, and a bunch of other random things.
Looking at the note filled with more than ten points, Mu Le couldn’t help but frown.
“Why are you so skilled at this?!”
Well… she didn’t want to think too much about why he was so skilled. Her stomach kept reminding her it was time to eat.
After hardly eating anything yesterday due to all the chaos, the hunger now hit her strongly.
She warmed up some food, satisfied her stomach, and then, seeing nothing urgent to do, returned to her room and her computer.
She put a cushion on her chair and got comfortable, opening her writing projects on the screen.
Before all this, Mu Le had been a very diligent writer, rarely missing updates, and sometimes even posting extra chapters.
Before the transformation, she had successfully saved drafts. After the transformation, her mood was chaotic, and she barely felt like writing.
Though she wrote a little, it felt dull and uninspired, far below her usual standard.
Opening her project dashboard and clicking into the reviews, she saw that some readers were already wondering why she had suddenly slowed down.
Mu Le chuckled bitterly. Who would have the mood to write after suddenly transforming? Come to think of it, she had even missed a post yesterday.
Scrolling back, most comments were either urging her to update or just being playful.
Mu Le replied to a few complaints with some jokes, then just as she was about to return to writing, one review caught her eye.
"The author’s updates have suddenly slowed down… could it be because she transformed? Author, your man is telling you to write more!"
Mu Le: “……”