More Than Just Being Straight

I. [Completion Announcement and Updated Reader Advisory] This is a work of fantasy set in a world with [mixed sexual orientations] and [reversed mainstream sexual orientations]. All humans have uteruses. Same-sex couples can reproduce, while different-sex couples are infertile. All social structures, customs, and power relations are based on this premise. This work contains experimental elements, including but not limited to thought experiments and performance art. It is not intended to offend any real individuals or groups. All text concerns only the fictional society in the novel's world. If you feel that anything is incomplete or unreasonable, you are welcome to discuss it in a friendly manner. Some gender-related content may touch on sensitive social issues, but please note that none of the four genders in the story correspond to the mainstream genders of the real world. “Yang” and “Yin” are unique products of a social-Darwinist worldview; “male” and “female” are not entirely the same species as real-world humans. This work should not be used to make any real-world generalizations. All discussion threads and highlighted comments are part of the story. Please read them to follow the plot. (Note from 2025.9.21: After the moderators cleaned up the comment section, much of the content lost its context. Readers who arrive after the story is finished probably won't be able to understand everything TT. The comment section after the serial ended is a little like the stage set after a play (?). Feel free to take a look if you're interested. I recommend using the bonus chapters' posting timeline to help make sense of it.) I would like to thank all the readers who participated in the story's interactive elements. Its twists and turns would not have been possible without your enthusiasm, tolerance, and understanding. II. [Serial-era Blurb, Reader Advisory Below Preserved for the Record] On Valentine's Day, as usual, I wrote a card for my childhood friend Lu Qi. It was beautifully worded and unsigned, and the student council delivered it. Everyone excitedly speculated: “Who could have sent it?” I calmly ate my lunch while they guessed every boy in the grade, naturally skipping over me, since I was a girl. After all, people might not immediately think of it, but besides boys, girls who like boys include straight girls. :) [Serial-era Reader Advisory] 1. A reversed sexual-orientation setting. It is categorized as BG according to the website's rules, but includes BL/GL background elements and side plots. The heroine is basically the only straight character with a significant role in the whole story. Read with caution if that's not your thing. 2. First person, rough and colloquial writing, with the skill of an elementary school student. The heroine's childish rambling diary-style narration is everywhere. 3. This is a free story with experimental elements. The heroine knows she is a character in a novel and will communicate with readers. 4. The character “Author Yunshan” has appeared. She will automatically ignore comments addressed to the real “Author Yunshan,” and will perform actions such as asking for leave, deleting comments, replying, and revising the story outside the main text and author's notes. All characters except the System may lie. Any author reply not labeled “real author” may come from the character Author Yunshan. 5. All deleted or revised content will be restored after the story is complete. 6. During serialization, readers who wish to participate may become part of the story to varying degrees, depending on how appropriate their comments are. Your level of participation, responsiveness, critical thinking, teamwork with the heroine, and creativity will determine the outcome of certain plot points. Regardless of your intentions, there is a chance the heroine may make you her enemy, temporarily or permanently. 7. During serialization, only the blurb and the author's note for Chapter 1 are not part of the story. If something unexpected happens, don't panic. Highlighted comments are incorporated into the plot, so reading them is recommended. Readers have also developed side plots in the comments section. They are presented nonlinearly, and if you don't follow along as they appear, it may take considerable time and effort to compare and understand them in order to follow some plot points. Alternatively, see the [Atalia Log Thread] in Chapter 40. 8. This story has a world where people with both reproductive systems are equal. The language follows the worldbuilding, so commonly used Chinese characters with the female radical are mostly absent. As a result, the author has coined some common words, forms of address, and grammatical conventions. Please bear with them if they feel unfamiliar. The genders described in the story are unique to this setting; neither “female” nor “yin” is fully equivalent to women in the real world. 9. No further content warnings will be provided. 10. To avoid things going off the rails, this interactive design is actually quite conservative. The completion date is undecided; there will be advance notice in the blurb. ↓ ↓ Index of important discussion threads (updated continuously): [Chapter 30]: Readers' secret discussion area. Read alongside other plot and discussion threads; [Chapter 40]: Atalia's timeline, compiled records, and logs; [Chapter 43 (to the real author)]: Real reader/author Q&A; Theme: Growth.