“Come on, be careful.”
A few days later, Mother carefully helped Bai Yao into the bathroom.
She didn’t dare exert any force on her body, even sitting down cautiously.
Bai Yao wobbled, unable to put weight on her fractured shin, and her pelvis was also injured.
“Mom, can you step out first?”
“It’s fine, what are you shy about with me?”
It didn’t seem like there was anything to be shy about?
After all, when Bai Yao was in middle school, he used to run around the house naked.
But after eighth grade, he developed a sense of gender boundaries and never did anything like that again.
Bai Yao hesitated, but Mother had already helped her pull down her pants.
Her face flushed red, and she quickly pulled the hem of her pajama top down, covering her lower body, turning sideways to avoid Mother’s gaze.
“Just like a child.”
Bai Yao let out a long, unbearable sigh of embarrassment.
‘She felt like her sense of shame was about to be worn away. In just a few days, she had been seen naked from the waist down. If one day in the future she actually got used to this kind of thing, and her face was only flushed but not burning—then she might as well just die. If she really couldn’t take care of herself in the future…’
“Bai Yao! Auntie! I brought lunch!”
Mother poked her head out of the bathroom: “Just leave it there, Bai Yao is using the toilet.”
“Can she go by herself now?”
Qiu Ye put down the takeout, as if he were at his own home, took off his jacket, and sat down on a stool.
He had been visiting Bai Yao frequently over the past few days, spending several hours with her.
In a few days, he had become familiar with Bai Yao’s mother.
Although Mother always said things like “Look at Xiao Ye,” Bai Yao rarely found it unpleasant.
After all, her mother was praising her boyfriend, which only showed that she had good taste.
“By the way, Xiao Ye, your exams are over and you’re on break, right? Going home on the 9th?”
Mother stood guard at the bathroom door, chatting idly with Qiu Ye.
“I’m not in a hurry, I canceled my ticket.”
Qiu Ye had long lost his initial restraint, crossing his legs and cracking sunflower seeds as he asked, “What about Bai Yao?
What did the doctor say?”
“Everything else is fine…”
Mother sighed.
“But this situation is really hard to understand. After a car accident, my son seems to have become a daughter, with an extra set of female organs inside? Could it be that my son was always a daughter, but we just never realized it?”
“Oh—no wonder Bai Yao’s voice still sounds like a child’s after puberty, not deep like other kids’… That’s logically consistent.”
She had also asked around and consulted other doctors, all of whom advised her to respect the physical structure—daughter is fine, a little “cotton-padded jacket” is good too.
“Mom—”
Bai Yao’s call came from the bathroom.
Mother went back into the bathroom and carefully helped Bai Yao out.
Seeing this, Qiu Ye quickly stepped forward and supported her other side.
The two of them were careful, as if holding fragile porcelain, and settled Bai Yao onto the bed.
“So Xiao Ye, you’re free these days?”
Mother asked hesitantly.
Qiu Ye immediately understood the situation: “Auntie, do you have something to take care of? No problem, you can leave Bai Yao to me.”
Bai Yao immediately perked up.
Mother had indeed helped a lot these past few days, but if possible, she would prefer to have Qiu Ye take care of her.
She turned her head to look at her mother.
Mother’s presence brought her considerable psychological pressure.
“It’s almost New Year’s, I want to take the hospital certificate and go back to change Bai Yao’s identity.”
Mother sighed with a worried frown.
“How did this happen? If word gets out, it’s so shameful.”
Bai Yao wrinkled her nose in displeasure, expressionless, and turned her head to look out the window.
‘No wonder that Chinyu always had a bad relationship with her family. Although the car accident was indeed her fault, an accident is an accident. It wasn’t her subjective will to become a girl, so why complain about her being shameful?’
“It’s an accident. Only crazy people gossip,” Qiu Ye said what Bai Yao was thinking.
“Auntie, you go ahead. If you don’t go now, you’ll have to wait until after New Year’s to change the identity.”
Mother looked at Qiu Ye.
Although she thought this young man was reliable, there was always a thorn in her heart—she felt that his relationship with Bai Yao wasn’t as normal as it seemed.
Would a normal college roommate or classmate give up their final exam and cancel their flight ticket to visit for several hours every day?
She also often saw Qiu Ye winking at Bai Yao.
“Then I’ll go find the doctor to get the certificate. You two eat first.”
Mother got up and left the ward.
As soon as she left, the atmosphere in the ward immediately became lively.
“Qiu Ye~” Bai Yao’s cold face quickly turned into a pitiful, pleading expression. “I want to drink cola.”
Qiu Ye smugly pulled a bottle of cola from his coat pocket.
“I knew what you wanted. Take a couple of sips, don’t let Auntie see.”
Bai Yao propped herself up with one arm, half-lying down, took the cola, and downed half the bottle in a few gulps.
She let out a refreshing long sigh.
“Phew~ that’s better~”
“Eat?”
Qiu Ye opened the bag, took out a takeout container, and opened it.
“Should I feed you?”
“I’m much better now…”
Bai Yao supported herself with both hands on the bed surface and carefully leaned back against the headboard.
Although it still hurt, maybe the pain had passed its peak, so it wasn’t enough to make her cry.
Qiu Ye picked up a piece of meat and brought it to her mouth.
“Here—”
“Treating me like a child?”
Bai Yao took a bite, chewed a couple of times, and her eyes lit up.
“This place is pretty good.”
“Because you’ve been eating at the hospital cafeteria for the past few days, the flavor is too bland to bear.”
Qiu Ye laughed.
“I specifically found a good place.”
With good food, Bai Yao’s mood improved significantly.
She ate with curved brows and a smile.
“Do you think my mom noticed something?”
“Probably not?”
“Think about it… a son turns into a daughter after a car accident, and seamlessly finds a boyfriend.”
Even as she said it, Bai Yao found it hard to accept.
“It feels weird.”
Qiu Ye teased while feeding her.
“In the future, just say that while I was taking care of you, you secretly developed feelings for me, and then you pursued me fiercely?”
“Obviously it was you who chased me.”
Qiu Ye picked up a bowl of pig brain soup.
“That’s what we’ll tell outsiders. Drink some soup, it’ll nourish your brain.”
“This stuff looks kind of gross…”
But it actually had no fishy smell, and tasted like tofu with a bit of meat flavor.
After eating a few bites of rice and a bowl of soup, Bai Yao lay back on the bed to rest.
Lately, she hadn’t been eating much to avoid troubling others when she needed to use the bathroom.
Qiu Ye opened his laptop and found an anime for her to watch.
“If my mom goes back, tonight…”
Qiu Ye naturally continued, “I’ll come accompany you tonight.”
“Mm, actually, you don’t have to…”
Bai Yao felt guilty and didn’t meet his eyes.
“I can manage alone, no need to trouble you.”
“What trouble is there?”
Bai Yao was conflicted.
‘It’s been a few days since we got intimate… it’s a bit frustrating.’
‘Although she knew it might affect her recovery, deep down it was itchy, as if feathers were to and fro teasing her, making her unable to stop thinking about it.’
She was thin-skinned, so she could only try hard to suppress the thought and pretend nothing was wrong, continuing to watch the anime.