Suddenly Became a Boy – What Should I Do? - Chapter 69.1
One Month Later
Lin Xin wished he could sum up the past month with a simple black screen reading ‘One Month Later.’ But then, who would know about the inhuman suffering he endured during this dull, dreary time?
“Hm… Alright, stay safe over there and don’t wander around alone. Mwah~” Lin Xin reluctantly ended a five-minute call with Cheng Shiyin, sending his beloved girlfriend off to volunteer teaching in a remote mountain area. As a third-year student, she had no choice but to comply with the school’s internship requirement.
Now, Lin Xin lay alone in his single VIP hospital room, staring at the sterile white walls and aching from his separation from Cheng Shiyin. Her daytime teaching hours weren’t his to share, nor were her nighttime lesson preparations. Even during her brief breaks, the poor signal between their 2G and 5G connections meant their conversations were plagued by interruptions.
As for Lin Xin’s mother, she was blissfully lounging on the couch, munching on sunflower seeds and catching up on decades of missed manga, having no need to put on a show alongside her son. She had full confidence in the private hospital recommended by Wu Lian’s family, whose security could fend off an attack from titans.
Thanks to measures protecting the privacy of individuals with unique conditions, the fervor around Lin Xin’s case had died down quickly after clarifications were issued. Only a handful of shameless paparazzi continued tailing him, but they were invariably escorted to the police station by Wu Lian’s family’s bodyguards. The only remaining onlookers were Lin Xin’s new dormmates, still quietly yet eagerly following updates on the case.
Zhang Shan, Li Wenbo, and Tan Ge—Lin Xin’s new roommates—were notorious for their inexperience with women, their “mother’s womb single” status leaving them with fewer than eight female acquaintances combined. They longed desperately for any chance of close interaction with a girl. After repeatedly verifying that Lin Xin was male, they still believed that a boy who lived among girls for 18 years unnoticed couldn’t be ordinary. He must be an adorable little cutie.
This delusion drove the trio to disregard others’ advice, tearing down all their bikini pin-up posters and replacing them with pink wallpaper adorned with hearts and stars. They prepared the dorm with the zeal of welcoming a princess.
Meanwhile, their so-called princess was sitting before a urologist, feigning seriousness as he inquired about life after transitioning to male.
“Hmm… We’ve confirmed your condition. Technically, the procedure isn’t very challenging, but the difficulty lies in adjusting to the psychological changes afterward,” the doctor explained.
Lin Xin nodded along solemnly before winking and tapping out a sequence of long and short Morse code on the desk with his index finger. “Why?” he signaled—a skill he picked up while idling in the hospital.
The doctor didn’t reply in Morse but instead gestured discreetly toward the door. As he pretended to tie his shoelaces, Lin Xin glanced outside and noticed a suspicious figure dressed as a janitor. It was obvious to anyone with eyes that the man was a paparazzo, and the hospital security’s lack of action suggested this was a deliberate setup to reinforce the narrative.
Lin Xin, who didn’t actually need gender-affirming surgery, had taken a month-long medical leave after the school announcement and moved conspicuously into Wu Lian’s family’s private hospital under heavy scrutiny. The paparazzo’s return with photos of Lin Xin in surgical attire consulting a doctor would only cement the story laid out by the school’s official statement.
Going along with the act, Lin Xin asked, ‘Will there be any side effects from the surgery?’ His question signaled his willingness to fully commit to the ruse.
Soon enough, he was clad in surgical scrubs and wheeled into the operating room by a group of medical staff.