Everyone has their moments of urgent need. It’s only natural.

The urgency she’d felt as a boy and the urgency she felt now as a girl were somehow completely different.

Once she noticed the feeling and started thinking about it, it only grew stronger!

Ye Zhibai’s mouth twitched. She couldn’t help brushing a hand over her shapely legs, then quickly looked around.

Wasn’t there a private bathroom in this room? There should’ve been... This looked like such a high-end hospital room.

But at a glance, she really couldn’t see one...?

Should she go outside?

There was nothing wrong with going out. Finding a bathroom shouldn’t be hard, either.

But the problem was...

Ye Zhibai suddenly fell into thought.

When a girl goes to the bathroom... what exactly is the process?

She knew the basics. She understood that the posture was different, but she’d never actually done it herself. Of course she’d feel unsure the first time.

After spending more than twenty years thinking like a boy, suddenly having to reverse her thinking was harder than she’d expected.

Thinking about all this brought back the urge, like a river pressing against a dam.

I can’t hold it...

No matter what, she had to go try!

Anything was better than a raging river!

Ye Zhibai’s legs felt stiff. She struggled to her feet, slipped on her slippers, then stood and took a step forward while holding the railing.

Sheesh... Her body had recovered a lot, but walking still felt like a struggle.

Her soul was taking just a tiny bit too long to sync up with her body.

And with the urge she was desperately holding in, she moved even more slowly.

After the railing came the cabinet; after the cabinet came the wall. Ye Zhibai slowly felt her way toward the door.

Almost there... She was nearly at the door.

Once she was outside, she could look for a bathroom sign, and then...

Whoosh!

“......”

Just as Ye Zhibai’s hand was about to touch the door handle...

The door opened first.

But Ye Zhibai’s hand was already reaching in the same direction.

Her body had reacted to the urgency, and she’d reached out to open the door in such a hurry that she hadn’t left herself any room to stop.

So, carried by momentum and gravity, her hand could no longer pull back.

And so...

It closed around something soft...

The person at the door was Ye Zhiyun, just back from a phone call.

There was no need to spell out where Ye Zhibai’s hand had ended up.

Ye Zhibai’s mind went blank.

When your mind goes blank, it’s easy to forget how much force you’re using.

“Forget how much force you’re using” meant her movements and grip became unintentionally stronger.

That was enough to make Ye Zhiyun, whose face had filled with surprise, let out a soft cry from her throat.

“Ah...”

It hit Ye Zhibai’s brain like a heavy blow!

Earth’s gravity really was a lovable and infuriating thing.

Ye Zhibai snatched her hand back as fast as she could.

“I’m sorry.”

Ye Zhibai meant it with all her heart. She poured every bit of remorse she had into that apology.

But coming from her cold, flat voice, it sounded feeble and insincere—even completely indifferent.

“Uh... It’s fine?” Ye Zhiyun was a little dazed at first. She glanced down at her chest, bewildered.

But she quickly got over it and raised her head, a hint of bashfulness in her voice.

“Could it be... that after you woke up, Big Sis, you awakened that sort of interest too?!”

Then she suddenly started muttering to herself, lost in thought. “Still... if that’s the case, I’ll have to keep a close eye on Big Sis... The outside world is too dangerous. Ehehe... If you’re interested, Big Sis... just tell me beforehand, okay? A surprise attack isn’t nice~”

A chill.

It ran from the tips of her toes all the way to her head!

Ye Zhibai wanted to figure out exactly what strange things Ye Zhiyun was saying, but she had no energy to stand there and chat.

Ye Zhiyun was blocking the doorway, so Ye Zhibai could only lean to one side and try to squeeze past her.

“Yun’er... hurry... move aside... you’re blocking... the way...”

Is something wrong with my ability to form sentences?

Why do I sound so infuriating? Aaaah!

Who knew that after Ye Zhiyun drew in a sharp breath...

She’d break into an incredibly satisfied smile!

“Hah... blocking the way... I’m sorry! Uh, no, wait—Big Sis, where are you going?”

Where was she going?

Could you please stop reminding me!

The reminder brought the urge she’d forced down after being startled rushing back, several times stronger than before.

Ye Zhibai sensed trouble and clamped her legs together.

“Big Sis?! Are you feeling unwell?”

“No...”

“If you’re feeling unwell, you have to tell me! This is serious! Hang in there! Father will come see you soon! I’ll go call the Medical Maid Corps!”

“No... the bath—”

“Hm?!”

“The bath—”

“Big Sis?”

“I said! I need to go... to the bathroom...”

“......”

This time, even though her voice was still soft and slow...

Ye Zhibai had finally made herself clear.

And Ye Zhiyun had finally understood.

After a brief moment of surprise...

A sense of responsibility unlike any she’d ever felt suddenly settled over Ye Zhiyun’s delicate, elegant face, which seemed almost otherworldly.

“Big Sis! This is an emergency! I’ll take you!”

“No... I can go by myself... move aside...”

Ye Zhibai still had one last scrap of stubborn pride.

She’d already embarrassed herself in front of another girl like Ye Zhiyun several times.

At least going to the bathroom was something she could manage on her own!

So would you please move aside already?! If you keep blocking the way, I’m really done for!

But Ye Zhiyun furrowed her pretty brows, then said something that...

Made Ye Zhibai’s face turn ashen.

“But... the bathrooms are on floors fifteen and below... We’re on the thirtieth floor, and it looks like the hospital elevators are broken today. They’re being repaired.”

“Huh...?”

Ye Zhibai froze.

You’ve got to be kidding...

Climb down fifteen floors?

Then go look for a bathroom?

And there might not even be one free.

Even if one was free, she might not figure out the right way to use it straight away.

Ye Zhibai’s already pale face turned even whiter.

This feeling was called despair.

Ye Zhibai still hadn’t gotten used to her body, let alone learned to control it.

And now, on top of that, she was overwhelmed by utter hopelessness...

She stopped moving.

At the same time, a thin stream, barely noticeable, appeared along the outside of her dress and ran down her calf.

It kept falling, ending in a sharp little drip.

Huh?!!

What just happened?!!

Ye Zhibai suddenly dropped into a crouch and curled into a ball!

She forced herself to hold back the rest!

Don’t look... Please, don’t...

Ye Zhibai’s body trembled slightly. It was hard to tell whether she was still trying to hold it in or simply suffering.

Actually, she was cursing the heavens in her heart!

Aaaah, damn you, heavens!

Wasn’t humiliating my life in every possible way in my last life enough? Now you’re going to torment me like this in front of my new family too?!

Waaah... Why am I always the one who gets hurt and has all the bad luck?!

Her shame left Ye Zhibai unable to move a muscle.

Ye Zhiyun’s mouth fell slightly open. She froze, too.

The light in her eyes seemed to fade all at once, leaving them vacant.

Big Sis... was in pain, trembling, helpless.

At that moment, time nearly stopped in Ye Zhiyun’s mind.

She wanted to slap herself for not thinking things through!

She’d been careless... When she saw Big Sis wake up, she thought she was fine and relaxed.

But thinking about it now, she should’ve known... How could Big Sis’s body possibly recover so quickly?

Big Sis must still be suffering terribly. She might not even be able to control herself...

Ah!

Ye Zhiyun reflected deeply on her mistake!

Self-reproach mingled with regret, and Ye Zhiyun felt her heart ache endlessly.

She couldn’t just stand by and let Big Sis suffer like this.

“Sis, hang on. I’ll take you.”

“No... Huh?!”

Ye Zhibai felt the world spin around her.

When her vision steadied, she realized...

Ye Zhiyun was carrying her in her arms, bridal-style.