"We're back... Oh, Xiaole, you're pregnant too?" Freya followed Lucia, walking around the streets. After their post-dinner walk, her previously bloated belly had noticeably shrunk, looking almost the same as before.
However, upon returning home and opening the door, Freya caught sight of Wang Xiaole lying in bed. His belly had now become round, completely immobile. Judging from the size of his swollen belly, Freya felt that it was almost identical to her own before she went out. The main difference was that she could vaguely see:
Her own belly was round, which was related to the large amount of round desserts she ate. On the other hand, Xiaole's belly now had an oval shape, resembling a swallowed durian fruit.
"Burp, burp, I'm not feeling well right now and I'm not in the mood to argue! Just find somewhere to stay." Xiaole, lying uncomfortably in bed like a woman about to give birth, had Mewo White sitting beside him, who had finished bathing a while ago. Mewo White could easily tell that her big brother was feeling unwell. As a way to repay him for the meal, she began gently massaging his belly, hoping to help him.
Due to her lack of massage skills, the prolonged rubbing didn't have much effect. But even though he couldn't feel it physically, Xiaole still felt a warm sensation deep in his heart.
"Madam, would you like to give it a try too? The adults really need you now!" Lucia hated being colorful, but she found the other's words reasonable and imitated Mewo White's movements.
Let's not talk about whether the addition of Lucia had increased Xiaole's digestion speed. Anyway, Qian Qian was just standing there with a smiling face.
Xiaole looked at Qian Qian's long-lasting smile, and a scene from earlier came to mind. Before the two girls and the cat came back, Qian Qian had once explained to him, who had finished all the pills:
"The effect of the medicine will only kick in tomorrow morning! As for tonight, please bear with it a little longer."
Speaking of waiting, Xiaole didn't mind waiting for one night. Rather than a pill that would inevitably take effect, he was more interested in knowing:
"Until when can the pill's effect last? Do I need to take it once a week, or once a month?"
"Why would I give you pills that need to be taken at intervals? Just take one, and the effect will be permanent!"
"Oh, so no need to take pills every now and then...wait a minute!"
After thinking about a certain phrase, Xiaole slapped his chest and immediately became tense. In the next moment, his face seemed to age significantly in the spiritual sense, as evident from his trembling voice, which sounded like that of an old man:
"Permanent? Does that mean I won't be able to be a boy anymore?"
"It was your own request. You said you wanted to be a girl with your own mouth. Are you suddenly regretting it?"
"Why would I regret a wish I made myself? Just that, Qian Qian doesn't understand the complex inner world of this former boy."
"Please tell me, what kind of mentality are you currently in?"
"Well... I want to be able to switch my gender freely when the situation requires it."
When Wang Xiaole needs to rely on his appearance and maintain good relationships with the opposite sex, he wants to be a girl;
But when it comes to having children or fulfilling those desires, he wants to remain in his male body.
These demands may seem greedy, but they are not impossible to achieve!
"Don't worry, there are indeed medications in the world that can allow people to switch their gender freely; your complex desire can be realized in reality."
"Oh, that's good then. As long as I don't have to say goodbye to being a boy forever, I'm happy to enjoy life as a girl starting tomorrow."
After speaking, Wang Xiaole felt a dryness in his mouth and accepted the cold water offered by the other person with the help of Cai, and took a sip.
However, Cai is someone who always likes to speak her mind;
After thinking for a while, she decided to tell Wang Xiaole the truth:
"You must know that those extremely precious medications are not fictional, but I... I don't have anything that works that well in my secret stash."
"Gulp, cough cough!"
Upon hearing this sudden news, Wang Xiaole choked.
His experience taught him two lessons:
One is not to take medication indiscriminately, and the other is to maintain a stable state of mind when drinking water.
The memory of that experience can still make Wang Xiaole's trachea feel itchy,
But he doesn't blame anyone else for the fact that he couldn't change back for a period of time, nor does he dwell on it for too long.
Looking on the bright side:
After becoming a girl, he no longer has to avoid Xiya and others when taking a shower, constantly worrying about his "good brother" being discovered.
Not only that, on a day when there's nothing to do, he can even invite all the girls in the house for a large bath party with five people!
Thinking about this kind of future, Wang Xiaole suddenly felt that life was still beautiful...
"Meow meow meow!"
The orange cat let out a few noisy meows, indirectly reminding the people in the house:
The night is getting late, it's time to sleep!
Whether it's those who haven't had enough fun (Mewo White) or those with lustful thoughts (Lucia), they all have to obediently go back to bed amidst Wang Xiaole's clapping.
Compared to yesterday, the number of people lying in bed remains the same, with four people in the "standard configuration";
The person who doesn't intend to go to bed picks up the "rope-like sleeping bag" out of habit and throws it onto the ceiling beam.
"That sleeping bag is for Cai, aren't you considering using it?"
While taking care of the three girls on the bed, Wang Xiaole doesn't forget to shift his gaze to see the current state of the person under the bed.
"I appreciate your kindness, but I don't really need this sleeping bag."
"Are you being disrespectful? Can you at least give a reason?"
Cai didn't turn her head to make eye contact, but just lowered her head and replied with a voice that was neither loud nor small:
"You don't understand what kind of person I am. If, one day, you discover my selfish and sinister side, you won't be so kind to me anymore."
As the conversation reached this point, Wang Xiaole felt that he had almost understood;
he knew that ultimately:
Cai felt guilty because of his previous soliloquy.
After exerting his somewhat muddled brain, Wang Xiaole vaguely remembered that sentence:
"The progress between the Queen and the Lord is much faster than I expected, and this cannot be allowed to continue."
Yes, Wang Xiaole knew, he understood Cai's mutterings and that plan inside out!
That's right, he deceived Cai;
When Cai climbed onto the bed and tried to wake him up, Wang Xiaole pretended to have just woken up and casually asked about the whereabouts of the disciples and Mewo White.
But the truth was:
By the time the disciple said, "Please have a good dream, Master," Wang Xiaole was almost completely awake.
Although he was completely unaware of what had happened before that;
But since then, every sound, including all the self-talk, couldn't escape his ears.
In the end, it was only Cai who was kept in the dark;
As for the person involved, he chose to swallow the pill and change his gender, even though he knew the other party's thoughts.
As for the motivation behind this trembling M girl desperately trying to prevent herself from developing a good relationship with her disciple, Wang Xiaole understood it like this:
Jealousy!
And in a sense, this judgment could be considered the correct answer.
Even Cai herself didn't perceive her own inner world, didn't realize that:
All the targeted behavior towards the Queen was just a way to seek psychological comfort under the pretext of "revenge."
Cai was an immortal being, to put it simply, just a "person";
As long as one is a person, their character cannot be so magnanimous as to fulfill the future between the deeply loving person and all the rivals.
Because she had been lonely for too many years, Cai had learned tolerance that ordinary people couldn't, but at the same time, she had also lost the basic negative traits of being human.
Jealousy, exclusion, pettiness;
Only beings with such characteristics can be called "human"!
So when Wang Xiaole discovered:
That moment when Cai felt uncomfortable due to the arrival of the disciple, he felt happy in his heart instead;
He didn't think that Cai was a bad girl for doing so, just as he didn't believe that:
The scene he glimpsed with his eyes half-opened, where Cai covered her mouth, was an ugly expression;
On the contrary, Wang Xiaole believed:
That side of her was the most beautiful smile he had ever seen on Cai's face!
Lost in his thoughts, the young man couldn't help but become curious:
What kind of person was Cai's first love, the one she liked so much?
As much as he wanted to, his body couldn't stay lying down forever.
With a "roll" of his body, Wang Xiaole propped himself up on the bed with his elbow and walked slowly towards Cai with unsteady steps, much like a pregnant woman.
"Don't waste money."
Under the gaze of those eyes filled with confusion, Wang Xiaole slightly crouched down and picked up the sleeping bag from the ground.
"Let's both compromise. When Cai sleeps, she still hangs herself, but she'll have to add something I'll give her to the outside of that rope."
Wang Xiaole packed up the sleeping bag, fastened it with a securely tied rope, and then covered the opening of the sleeping bag towards the head in front of him.
"Done, it's up to you now. I don't feel like dealing with it," he said.
After finishing this task, Wang Xiaole slowly returned to bed.
He suddenly turned his body in a different direction while lying in bed;
But before that, the corner of his eye, which had been fixed on the back, had already caught a glimpse of:
Cai's bitter smile as she crawled into the sleeping bag.
Seeing this, Wang Xiaole turned around and regretted in his heart:
He shouldn't have tied the sleeping bag with a rope, it looks
---just like a hanging sandbag!