Chapter Four: Body Examination

What exactly was wrong, he had no idea. Perhaps it was just psychological.

Standing in front of the urinal, he reached down out of habit. At that moment, a strange sensation shot straight to his brain. He jolted violently, and Su Yuan’s mind went completely blank.

Outside, silvery moonlight filtered through the clouds like a thin veil and fell upon him. His head began to throb even more painfully, as though his soul were about to tear itself free from his body. Just now, when he reached down, he hadn’t touched the familiar little companion at all. What kind of joke was this? That little companion had been with him for so many years—there was no way he could miss it even with his eyes closed!

And so—

His consciousness became unnaturally clear, like a bolt of lightning striking his heart. Cold sweat burst out instantly. Su Yuan froze in place.

“Didn’t touch it… I really didn’t touch it!” The familiar little companion was gone. The sensations coming simultaneously from between his legs and from his fingers told him clearly: something was there that absolutely should not have been on his body.

That’s right—it was a completely unfamiliar feeling.

It was a slit. A slit that left Su Yuan both shocked and utterly baffled. Beneath the thick hair, a gap like the awe-inspiring Mariana Trench had impossibly replaced the familiar organ.

Dazed. Confused. A long, silent stupor. It wasn’t until a gust of cold wind blew in through the window, pouring down his collar, that he shuddered and broke out in a cold sweat.

Su Yuan didn’t know how he eventually finished dealing with his physiological needs. All he knew was that the “drip, drip” sound splashing out from that slit echoed in his ears the whole time. Even after climbing back onto the familiar bed, in his sleep he could still hear that shallow yet probing entangling sound.

Hot!

A scorching heat even more unbearable than the heat of summer. In his dream, Su Yuan felt as if he were being roasted over a fire—skin, organs, all cooked through. A sharp knife stabbed fiercely into his abdomen, pain piercing to the bone.

…

In the early morning, he vaguely heard Gao Jun and Ji Yehao calling his name, saying it was time for enrollment registration. Murmuring in his sleep, Su Yuan told them his student ID was on the desk below and asked them to register for him. They seemed to agree.

When he woke again, it was already 9:15.

He was alone in the room.

Su Yuan sat up in bed and patted his head, which still felt swollen and uncomfortable, as if he’d drunk several bottles of beer. He realized his whole body was soaked in sweat; even the hair at his temples was stuck tightly to his cheeks. Suddenly, as if remembering something, he threw off the thin blanket and rushed into the bathroom.

Inside, the youth trembled as he reached down and pulled off his underwear. The next instant, cruel reality shattered his fragile hope.

Gone. The little companion was gone!

Instead, there it was—a shy, bashful slit replacing its existence.

All the strength drained from his body. His legs gave way, and he collapsed onto the floor, his mind completely blank. What on earth had happened last night? He struggled to recall everything from yesterday, but no matter how he thought, he couldn’t find an answer. “There’s no reason for this. Everything was fine—how could something like this happen?”

A supernatural phenomenon?

A paranormal event?

He couldn’t understand such an absurd turn of events. This was reality, not a novel. Even in a novel, there should be extremely obvious signs beforehand! Where were the clues? The important foreshadowing? How could such a crucial setting be missing at a time like this?

After a long while, feeling the cold seeping into his buttocks from the floor, he stood up and pulled his underwear back on.

Su Yuan’s ability to accept things wasn’t weak. Earlier, the blow had simply been too great. Now that he’d had some time to process it, he could barely endure it. Looking at the large mirror hanging in the bathroom, he wasn’t sure if it was just an illusion, but his features seemed less angular than before. Overall, though, he still looked like the same Su Yuan.

It was just that his already somewhat “feminine” delicate looks now left absolutely no room for rebuttal.

She suddenly felt like crying but had no tears. Could it be that she’d been abducted halfway by aliens and used for experiments?

Aside from that, there really was no other explanation for the changes to her body.

—Aliens from the depths of the universe descended upon Earth. After discovering human civilization, they conducted long-term observational studies. Eventually, they became curious about the phenomenon of human dual-sex behavior, which differed from that of other animals, and attempted to verify whether the human spirit was the driving force behind behavior that set humans apart from animals.

Damn it—the reason for this curiosity was that the aliens who came to Earth this time, like the Namekians, reproduced asexually!

In order to gain a deeper understanding of the great subject of “sex” among humans, she, this lab rat, was “luckily” selected. Using technology, her gender was altered to allow the aliens to conduct long-term, rigorous scientific observation.

—The above was purely Su Yuan’s personal fantasy.

Soon, Su Yuan thought of another extremely serious issue. Had she undergone a complete, earth-shattering transformation, or was it merely a superficial change? If it was the latter—if her little companion had been taken away without providing an appropriate replacement—could that really be described with just the word “pitiful”? For someone like Su Yuan, who had a bit of an obsessive pursuit of perfection, at the very least it had to be a complete form!

The more she thought about it, the more terrified she became. If those “aliens” had truly just been lazy and castrated her without “fixing” her, then her fate as an “experimental specimen” would be… utterly miserable.

Think about it: aliens with metaphorical blue balls researching human dual sexes—what did that imply? It implied they didn’t really understand human males and females at all. In simple terms, they were amateurs! Amateurs!! This was a very serious problem.

Cold water poured down from the showerhead, washing away the sweat from her body. Su Yuan changed into a clean, fairly gender-neutral outfit, withdrew several hundred-yuan bills from an ATM, and headed straight for the Second Hospital next to the university.

…

At the registration window of the Second Hospital.

“Registration!”

A delicate-looking young man called out to the staff member behind the counter.

“Which department?” the staff member asked calmly.

“Physical examination!” Su Yuan said through gritted teeth.

Seeing this, the staff member smiled slightly. Though she didn’t show it openly, she was confused—this young person… no, young girl? Or was it a young man? She suddenly couldn’t quite tell the person’s gender.

Nowadays, it wasn’t rare for boys to look feminine and girls to look masculine—fashionably known as androgynous beauty.

“Name…”

“Su Yuan.”

“Gender…” The staff member waited expectantly for the answer.

“…Female.”

After hesitating for a moment, Su Yuan went through an intense internal struggle. It was as if she’d exhausted all her strength before finally answering weakly, her voice faint and thread-thin.

The staff member finally had her answer. She asked, “A full physical examination, or a targeted examination related to women’s health?”

“Is there a difference?” Su Yuan asked in surprise.

“A full physical exam is a routine check, including standard items and some special tests. As for women’s health examinations…” She smiled meaningfully as she spoke. This twenty-something staff member was actually an intern nurse assigned to the registration window. She seemed to have a good impression of Su Yuan and explained patiently.

In a muffled voice, Su Yuan said, “Then I’ll choose the latter.”

The little nurse smiled and readily answered the girl’s questions.

Holding the medical record card in her hand, Su Yuan ultimately did not undergo the full set of women’s examinations. The nurse advised her that a complete set would be expensive and that it would be better to consult a doctor in the department and do targeted tests instead. Su Yuan thought it made sense—she was a student, after all. If she did the full set, she wouldn’t even have money left for food!

Standing in front of the gynecology clinic, Su Yuan’s face burned hot. If she’d gotten it wrong, it wouldn’t just be embarrassing. Before coming, she’d deliberately searched images of female genitalia on her phone, and it matched her current condition exactly. There shouldn’t be a mistake.

After hesitating at the door for a long time, she finally gritted her teeth and pushed it open.

The clinic was simply furnished: a desk, a computer, an examination bed—nothing special. After closing the door, it was just Su Yuan and a female doctor in her fifties.

Fortunately, it was a female doctor. Su Yuan had heard that many gynecologists nowadays were male. If that had been the case, she would have turned around and gone to another clinic.

The doctor was experienced. One look at Su Yuan’s behavior and she knew the girl was just shy. In a calm tone, she said, “Don’t be nervous, young lady. There’s no one else here. You can tell me directly what’s going on.”

Seeing that Su Yuan had a pretty face—a good foundation for beauty—but a completely flat chest, the doctor smiled knowingly, as if she already understood the girl’s unspoken concern. Gently, she said, “Do you feel like something is wrong with your body, but you don’t know how to say it?”

Su Yuan nodded repeatedly.

“My surname is Li. You can call me Doctor Li.”

“Let’s begin. Take off your clothes, then lie down on that bed.” Taking the medical record card, Doctor Li swiped it into the computer and looked up at Su Yuan.

It was summer, and she was only wearing one layer. Hearing that she had to undress, Su Yuan froze for a moment. Doctor Li laughed helplessly. “What are you shy about, girl? Am I going to eat you? Take off your pants already.”

Su Yuan gave an awkward smile, reminding herself that this was just a medical examination. She hesitantly took off her pants, then carefully climbed onto the bed.

Doctor Li was an experienced professional. Holding her stethoscope, she came to the bedside. Seeing that although Su Yuan had removed her pants, she was still wearing men’s underwear, the doctor shook her head and personally pulled it down for her.

A chill hit her lower body instantly. Su Yuan knew it was getting serious now.

“Lift your legs and spread them.” Doctor Li sounded like a villain coaxing her into depravity. Under the guidance of the doctor’s hands, Su Yuan’s legs slowly spread apart, revealing the complete organ at her core to the air.

Under Doctor Li’s gaze, that complete organ looked as delicate as a flower bud about to bloom, evoking sympathy. She glanced in surprise at Su Yuan’s tightly shut eyes. “This child… she’s quite a good girl.”

In this materialistic age, someone who still maintained such innocence was rare.

The look in her eyes softened as she looked at Su Yuan.