Chapter 1: Urgent, Urgent, Urgent!
Tap tap tap tap.
In the forum’s text box, words were typed out one by one.
The white-haired girl quickly pressed Enter. The post was sent, and a new thread appeared on the forum.
“…People online really can’t be trusted.”
After waiting about five minutes, all kinds of replies started to appear. Sitting in front of her computer, Mu Yi angrily pulled off her hood. Most of her hair was still hidden inside it, with a few strands of snow-white hair falling playfully over her forehead.
Her beautiful face was full of impatience. Her red eyes reflected the faint light from the screen as they narrowed slightly.
The post was titled:
[What should I do if I wake up and turn into a girl? Waiting online, really urgent!!]
What else was she supposed to do to show how anxious she was?
Everything was fine yesterday. Mu Yi was completely confused. Both sides of her face still hurt, with faint red marks.
She pinched herself. Hard!
Clenching her teeth, she stared at the screen as people kept leaving careless comments.
One person said, “Don’t panic, just calm down. My cat turned into a girl yesterday too, and now we’re playing games together.”
Another said, “The guy above is right. Don’t panic. Calm down and send me your address privately. I’ll come over and discuss it with you. Don’t misunderstand, just a normal discussion.”
Another said, “Urgent urgent urgent, I’m even more anxious than you! Tell me how you changed. I just kidnapped my neighbor's daughter and I’m already buying stockings online!”
The internet is not a lawless place, you idiots.
“…Trying to find answers on a forum, I must have lost my mind just now.”
The replies kept increasing. With a cold expression, Mu Yi exited the forum.
At first, she thought maybe she wasn’t the only one.
So before going to the forum, she had already searched using different keywords on various search engines.
After searching for a while, all she found were strange adult manga, anime, and fan works, restricted content.
After seeing those results, Mu Yi’s first reaction was to rush into the bathroom. She grabbed her hair and smelled it, parted it to check, opened her mouth to look, and took off her clothes to carefully examine her whole body again and again.
She was scared.
Afraid that things from those works would appear on her body.
Like a strange mark appearing on her stomach, fangs growing in her mouth, animal ears appearing on her head, or a tail growing behind her…
But luckily, none of that happened!
Phew…
“But is it possible it’s just changing slowly…”
Curled up on the sofa, Mu Yi leaned back and sank into the soft cushions.
She lay there for a long time, but still didn’t feel anything strange.
Although this was the first time Mu Yi had faced something like this, it wasn’t the first time she had faced a problem she couldn’t solve. In the past, she would try hard to think of a solution, but now…
She gave up.
Mu Yi decided to stop trying!
It wasn’t that she accepted her fate, she just didn’t want to think about it for now.
“Human brain cells are limited. Why waste them on something so meaningless?”
Mu Yi tilted her head, frowning slightly, looking very “serious.”
She believed what she said made a lot of sense. If she told others, she would probably get a lot of agreement.
But actually, she was just being a bit dramatic.
Without realizing it, Mu Yi felt that if her brain cells had to die, they should at least die for something important.
Just as she was thinking this, her stomach suddenly growled loudly, and her face fell.
So hungry…
So hungry… Even though she didn’t feel like moving, she was really hungry…
Mu Yi looked around.
The food in the fridge was already gone. After paying last month’s bill, she only had fifty yuan left in her account, and this month had just started…
Fifty yuan.
If she ordered delivery, it would be gone in an instant.
Why do humans always repeat the same mistakes?! Mu Yi pulled back her hand that was about to order food.
Better go out and buy something.
She took off her pajamas, ready to change and go outside. But then she suddenly remembered something and froze.
Right… she had turned into a girl. Her appearance and voice had both changed!
At that moment, her phone suddenly beeped. Someone marked as “special” had sent her a message.
Mu Yi was startled and her whole body shook.
That scared me to death.
After calming down, she picked up her phone. One look and she almost dropped it.
Editor Mayonnaise: “Dear, I’ve arranged your release date. Let’s set it for this Saturday.”
Editor Mayonnaise: “Don’t forget what you promised when you started the book. 60,000 words update when it goes live. I believe you’ve already finished writing and are just editing now, right?”
Editor Mayonnaise: “But if I don’t see 60,000 saved words by Friday at 5 PM, I will kill you.”
Editor Mayonnaise: smiling face sharpening knife.jpg
Mu Yi quickly checked the time.
Today was… Wednesday!
But her saved drafts… wait, she didn’t have any drafts at all!!!
“…Writing novels is a dead end.”
Mu Yi was a full-time light novel writer on a website.
The person messaging her was her editor, Mayonnaise.
All the authors, including Mu Yi, jokingly called their editor a “bishoujo.” (pretty girl)
This “bishoujo” had high expectations for Mu Yi.
To be fair, Mu Yi could fully support herself by writing novels. She was even considered one of the better authors on the site.
Even if she didn’t write original works, with her fast typing speed, she could earn at least decent money from ghostwriting. Making over ten thousand yuan a month was easy for her.
Unfortunately… she was lazy.
Only when she had no money left at all would she suddenly feel the urge to write like crazy.
Usually, she just wrote about 2,000 words a day to get by. Thinking about it now, Mu Yi felt full of regret and could only sigh.
She shouldn’t have made such big promises when she started the book.
“Can I just pretend nothing happened?”
Just as she thought that, the editor suddenly called her on QQ!
Mu Yi’s hands started shaking.
For a moment, she couldn’t decide whether to answer or not.
It was 7 AM.
If she didn’t answer, the “bishoujo” would probably think she was being lazy or ignoring her on purpose.
She might even think something bad happened and call the police for her…
But if she answered, Mu Yi had no idea how to face her.
Logically, writers and editors are equals. There’s nothing to be afraid of.
Some authors even joke around with their editors every day.
Mu Yi wasn’t afraid either, but she never joked like that. At most, she would play games with her editor online, and even then she acted pretty cold.
Right now, she just felt guilty.
Seeing how persistent the call was, she swallowed, then put down her phone.
She chose peace.
She turned on her computer, opened Word, and created a new document. The white-haired girl took a deep breath. Her stomach was still growling non-stop.
Endure it.
Anyway, it wasn’t a good time to go out looking like this. She could just order delivery later.
After typing about a thousand words, the “bishoujo” finally gave up calling. Only then did Mu Yi pick up her phone and order the cheapest spicy hot pot she could find.
Twenty-one yuan, gone just like that.
As usual, she also paid a little extra for “on-time insurance.” If there's a delay in the delivery, it's even better, she would get a free meal.
Clap clap clap!
She clapped her hands and prayed.
“I hope today’s delivery guy gets a little lost again.”
With that, Mu Yi opened the chat with her editor and replied:
“Sorry, I left my phone on the bed and was writing in the study, so I didn’t hear it. The 60,000 words will definitely be ready.”