Being a Girl Doesn’t Seem So Bad After All

[Gender Transformation] [Pure Romance] [School Life] [Everyday Life]

A strange ancient jade pendant turns an eighteen-year-old boy named Lin Xiao into a girl overnight.

Her parents give her a new name.

A new identity, and a new school.

She thinks she’ll have to keep this absurd secret to herself for the rest of her life.

Until she meets Chen Mo.

The class monitor, recognized by the entire school as the most perfect student: disciplined, outstanding, and seemingly out of reach.

When she embarrasses herself in PE class, he quietly offers her his jacket to cover up.

When a sudden downpour begins, he naturally tilts his umbrella toward her.

He patiently helps her with the math problems that give her a headache, the sound of his pen gliding across the page like a gentle melody.

“Chen Mo, why are you so good to me?”

“Because you’re new here. Looking after new students is part of my job as class monitor.” He answers as if it’s only natural, though the tips of his ears turn faintly red.

She thinks her disguise is flawless, not realizing that he’s already noticed: the occasional habits that give away her past as a boy, her overly expert commentary on basketball games, and the way her face turns pale the instant she hears an old friend’s name.

“Sometimes, disappearing doesn’t mean you don’t want to stay in touch,” he says softly beneath the umbrella in the rain. “Maybe you just need a fresh start.”