Chapter 5: That Discussion

Transformation, or more specifically, changing one’s gender… how should this even be explained?

As a popular element in today’s anime community, transformation stories are becoming more widely accepted. Many novel websites already have special categories for them.

When a man turns into a woman, or a woman turns into a man, the biggest point of interest is how they interact with others and how their thoughts and life change.

But being able to accept transformation stories in novels, anime, or games is one thing. Actually experiencing it yourself… is something completely different.

Although such things have been written about before, and as a writer who focuses on transformation stories, Mu Le is very familiar with this idea.

He never thought it would really happen to him.

If a man suddenly turns into a girl, what would he do?

First, most people would wake up and see an unfamiliar ceiling, then notice something unusual about their body.

After that, they might check their body in confusion.

Yes, those are probably the most common reactions after waking up.

These reactions are actually very normal. After all, if your body suddenly changes, it would be strange not to react at all.

Of course, some stories exaggerate things.

For example, some characters get nosebleeds just from seeing themselves after transforming.

But from a medical point of view, that’s not very realistic, unless there’s some special condition.

Anyway, that’s going a bit off topic.

It’s true that Mu Le is a gender-bender novel writer, but he never imagined that one day he would actually transform.

In his mind, his future life was supposed to be simple and ordinary.

He didn’t have big goals. He just wanted to live quietly, without needing a rich or fancy life. Just getting by was enough.

He had never even seriously thought about having a girlfriend.

And now, after living as a man for twenty years…

“What do I do?! What do I do?! I actually turned into a girl!”

Looking at the girl holding her clothes with a panicked face, Xiao Yuze couldn’t help but twitch his mouth. “Calm down first. Don’t panic! Who did you just say you are…?”

“Ahhh! Even you don’t recognize me, Aze?! What should I do?! Will people think I’m some kind of weirdo?!”

It would have been better if he hadn’t said anything. As soon as he spoke, the girl puffed her cheeks like she had suffered a huge injustice.

“Calm down first. We can’t figure anything out like this. What exactly is going on?”

Shaking his head helplessly, Xiao Yuze grabbed her shoulders to stop her from jumping around.

Her emotions were clearly very unstable. She looked extremely nervous and lost.

And when Mu Le got nervous, he always moved around a lot. This habit didn’t change even after turning into a girl.

Xiao Yuze could only awkwardly hold her to stop her from falling or bumping into something.

But what happened next suddenly made Mu Le freeze.

During the struggle, her already loose pajamas were pulled down by Xiao Yuze!

Her collarbone and part of her chest were suddenly exposed to the air.

Xiao Yuze: “……”

Mu Le stayed silent for a few seconds, then looked at him like he was a bad person.

“…Pervert.”

“It was because you were moving too much that it slipped off! I told you to calm down!”

Quickly pulling her clothes back into place, Xiao Yuze gave an awkward, bitter smile.

“I really need a cigarette to calm down…” The sudden situation shocked Mu Le, but it also helped her calm down a bit.

“Do you even smoke?”

Xiao Yuze glanced at her, then slowly looked away after a while.

Mu Le: “……”

Shouldn’t you comfort me at a time like this?! Is it really okay to joke around?!

“Alright, tell me, what exactly happened?” Xiao Yuze placed the still-dazed Mu Le onto a chair, looking a bit tired.

“How would I know?!”

Mu Le looked at her hands, her face full of confusion.

“I just woke up like this! Did I run into something strange? Or did some god decide they don’t like me?”

“You really… are Mu Le?”

Xiao Yuze carefully looked at the girl again. He realized that she really did have some of Mu Le’s traits.

Especially her unreliable personality and random way of thinking. It was exactly the same as before.

“There’s a hidden folder in your computer’s C drive, and inside it there’s a file called ‘Study Materials’—mmph!”

Before Mu Le could finish, Xiao Yuze quickly covered her mouth. “Okay, okay, I believe you! Wait… how do you even know that?!”

“Regularly checking your roommate’s privacy isn’t normal behavior?”

The girl said it like it was completely natural, which made Xiao Yuze’s face turn dark.

“How is that normal?! That’s spying! And… regularly checking?!”

Realizing she said something wrong, Mu Le quickly shut her mouth and acted like a well-behaved child.

But soon he, or rather she, realized something else. “Wait, aren’t we getting off topic? Shouldn’t we be talking about why I turned into a girl?”

Xiao Yuze: “……”

At least you still have some self-awareness.

After all the chaos, the two of them finally calmed down.

“By the way, Lele… ugh, this feels so weird…” Xiao Yuze wanted to say something, but when he met Mu Le’s eyes, he looked conflicted.

Even if the girl in front of him really was Mu Le, it was still hard to accept so quickly.

“What’s wrong? Are you thinking about… taking advantage of me or something?”

Mu Le said it absentmindedly, almost making Xiao Yuze choke.

There were jokes online about turning into a girl and letting friends “enjoy it,” but now that the situation was real, it felt more shocking than funny.

Even though the girl in front of him looked completely cute and normal, this situation couldn’t be judged with common sense at all!

“By the way, my room also changed. Could it be related to my body?”

After calming down a bit, Mu Le remembered the strange changes in the room.

If it was just a simple gender change, maybe it could be explained with some strange “scientific theory.”

But the fact that not only her body changed, but even the whole room turned into such a feminine style overnight, that was truly strange.

“Wait!”

Mu Le didn’t think for long. After a few seconds of silence, she suddenly rushed toward the chair in front of the computer desk.

Xiao Yuze raised an eyebrow and followed her. “…Did you find something?”

“Hahaha! Thank goodness my drafts are still here!!”

Seeing the girl’s excited face, Xiao Yuze glanced at the open folder on the computer and couldn’t help but twitch his mouth.

He knew Mu Le wrote novels, but because he was busy, he hadn’t paid much attention.

But now, in such a strange situation, the thing she cared about most was her saved drafts?