A familiar yet slightly surprised male voice came from behind, and Ji Yuennian’s beautiful eyes lit up as she quickly turned her head to look.
Blue eyes, black hair, a camera hanging from his chest, and that once annoying—now oddly cute—face. After waiting for so long, finally seeing her savior, she was almost moved to tears.
“Hao Tong-ge, this is…” Jiang Chi’s gaze fell on the young girl who had been clinging to Ji Haotong’s arm the whole time.
“Don’t get the wrong idea, she’s just a regular friend—” Before Ji Haotong could finish, Meng Mengtu hugged his arm even tighter, her little face full of excitement.
“Hao Tong-oniichan, how about we go on a date? Onii-chan, please, I’m your imouto-chan~”
Ji Haotong’s mouth twitched imperceptibly. “Um… that… I’m here to take my little brother for a physical exam, maybe next time.”
“This time, Hao Tong-oniichan, I only came because Sister Huang asked me to~~”
Sister Huang? My mom!
Did she not know I was bringing my little brother for a checkup today? Or is it… Hiss! No wonder she’s my real mom! She even guessed my little scheme!
She knew I hated trouble and didn’t want to go out of province, so she dragged my little brother to the downtown hospital, packed my afternoon schedule tight—now that’s a true master of time management.
While Ji Haotong was lost in thought, Meng Mengtu’s big eyes darted around and she called out toward Jiang Chi, “Classmate, can I trouble you to take care of Haotong-oniichan’s little brother?”
“Sure, Haotong-ge, you two can go enjoy your date.” Jiang Chi nodded with a smile, and, catching Ji Haotong’s pleading look, added another blow: “Leave Yuennian to me, I’ll take him for the physical.”
Once she got the answer, Meng Mengtu excitedly grabbed Ji Haotong and started dragging him outside. It was hard to imagine a girl barely over 1.6 meters could drag a man nearly 1.8 meters tall.
Ji Haotong struggled a bit, but realized he was completely overpowered. Only then did he remember the girl’s self-introduction at their matchmaking: likes martial arts, family runs a dojo. For a moment, he found it both funny and exasperating.
As he was completely dragged away, he tossed a few documents over to Jiang Chi and called out, “Don’t forget to take my little brother for the physical!”
After Ji Haotong, unwilling as ever, was dragged off by the girl, the two finally disappeared from Ji Yuennian and Jiang Chi’s line of sight, and the remaining pair both let out a sigh of relief.
“By the way, kid, how did you get my brother’s blind date to come?” Ji Yuennian walked up beside Jiang Chi and nudged him with his elbow.
Jiang Chi replied blandly, “I overheard your mom chatting with my mom, got someone to track down her number, turns out she was already looking for your brother. I gave her the address, and she came.”
“That simple?”
“That’s right.”
“If we play tricks like this, won’t my brother catch on?”
“He will, sooner or later.” The man glanced at the person beside him, at those two tightly bound mounds swaying ever so slightly, then at the delicately made-up face that couldn’t hide its feminine allure.
“We’re just drinking poison to quench our thirst now—drag it out as long as we can.”
“Drag it out until I figure out how to turn back into a guy by researching the silver coin, right? I knew you’d have lots of ideas!” Ji Yuennian laughed, throwing an arm around his shoulders, with no sense of feminine propriety at all.
“Wrong. Drag it out until you completely fall, and become the girl I like.” Jiang Chi silently added in his heart.
“So what’s next? Go back?”
“Take you for your checkup…”
Jiang Chi shook the documents Ji Haotong had tossed over earlier: Ji Yuennian’s ID card, a pre-booked specialist appointment, and Ji Haotong’s sub-card.
Meeting Ji Yuennian’s clear, naive, and slightly confused gaze, he continued, “…so we can forge the exam results.”
Saying this, he pulled out an ID card from his pocket and tossed it to Ji Yuennian.
The information on the card was exactly the same as his current ID, except for the gender and photo.
One was male, the other female.
One a sunny, cheerful young man, the other a tall, sultry big sister.
“Where’d you get this?” Ji Yuennian fiddled with the card, watching his seventeen—no, eighteen—year-old self change from male to female in both status and photo.
“There’s a black market in Wanqing City. Not hard to get.”
…
“This is…”
“Boyfriend.”
“Let’s start with a chest X-ray and blood draw. Oh, family signature here.”
Jiang Chi registered and signed everything, ignoring Ji Haotong’s suggested specialist consultation. Instead, he dragged Ji Yuennian around for every required checkup on the hospital’s female exam protocol.
Chest X-ray, blood draw, height and weight, then urinalysis, MRI, psychological evaluation…
“Have you had any sexual activity recently?”
When the lady with the psychologist’s badge asked that question, Ji Yuennian was stunned.
Damn!
So blunt? She thought female psych evals would be more tactful.
“Sit, lie back, relax your breathing.”
Then, as the female gynecologist pressed lightly on her lower abdomen and carefully examined her inside and out, she solemnly suggested she play with her toys less for a while.
Ahhh!
Is this what female physicals are like?!
Ji Yuennian wanted to bury herself in a hole!
By the time she emerged from the last exam room, her face was bright red, her eyes were red too, and she looked like a boiled shrimp—utterly adorable.
Waiting outside, Jiang Chi couldn’t help but tease, “Little Yueyue, what’s wrong?”
Ji Yuennian glared at him fiercely, saying nothing, cheeks still faintly flushed.
Walking down the hospital’s pebbled path, Ji Yuennian couldn’t help her curiosity and asked, “We finished the checkup, but what about the report?”
“I hired someone to hack the hospital system—they’ll alter your info and change your results to that of a healthy male.”
“Tsk! Hacking the system, Jiang Chi, you’re really something!”
Never thought our model student, campus heartthrob Jiang, would do something like this.
“So, what’s the minimum sentence for what we just did?”
Ji Yuennian joked with a laugh.
Jiang Chi just smiled, not answering. As he looked at Ji Yuennian, he suddenly remembered that hacker, “Ultra Cool Fun Meow,” who had sworn that for some mysterious price, they would alter the data in the most efficient, undetectable way possible—even if the FBI came, they wouldn’t find a trace.
“Quick! Catch that cat!!”
“Meow!!”
A blue-and-white blur streaked past them, something in its mouth. With a few leaps, it disappeared into a bush.
A few nurses hurried after it, shouting, “That cat ran off with several patient files—watch your step! Don’t let it get away!!”
“Sorry, sorry, my cat’s acting up.” At that moment, a man in a white coat came rushing over, apologizing profusely. “Sorry, so sorry, for causing everyone extra work.”
“Meow~”
A cat’s call came from the bushes, and soon, a slightly chubby blue-and-white tabby sat up from within, spat out the file, and jumped onto Zhang Junfang’s shoulder, nuzzling him as if to show affection.
“Sorry, everyone. If there’s any loss, I’ll compensate,” Zhang Junfang apologized again, bending down to pick up the files and handing them back to the nurses.
The nurses took them and, after a few warnings, went back to their posts.
…
“How come that cat looks so much like the blue-and-white one at school?” Ji Yuennian’s gaze fell on the plump cat perched on Zhang Junfang’s shoulder, and she muttered softly.
“Probably the same breed,” Jiang Chi replied carelessly.
They continued walking.
Suddenly, Jiang Chi felt an elbow poke his side. He turned in confusion, only to see Ji Yuennian winking mischievously at him, her expression full of mischief.
“Chi-bao, since you helped me this time, want me to give you some special benefits?” The beauty’s lips curled into a sly grin, her eyes full of playful cunning.
Jiang Chi:…
“No need.”
With that, he turned his head away, apparently unwilling to continue the topic.
“Really? I’ll have you know, my skills are top-notch! As fierce as they come! Those juicers, those love gadgets—they’re nothing compared to me.”
“Tsk tsk tsk, a beauty like me offering free benefits and you don’t want it? Don’t tell me you’re… not up to it?”
“Don’t be shy, it’s nothing to be embarrassed about.” Her suspicious gaze swept over the still-flat cloth, looking even more puzzled.
“Jiang Chi, don’t be discouraged. I know a seasoned old TCM doctor—his treatments are top-notch, guaranteed to cure you!”
Me, not up to it?
Ji Yuennian was obviously trying to provoke him, but Jiang Chi couldn’t help the sudden surge of heat in his chest.
He grabbed the talkative troublemaker’s slender, fair wrist and, without a word, backed her up against a leafy tree.
With a swift, decisive motion, he pinned her to the trunk.
At this moment, his breathing was quick and hot, and his face was so close that their noses nearly touched. Ji Yuennian’s heart pounded wildly, her eyes filled with panic and shyness, but also a subtle, hard-to-detect anticipation.
“You said I’m not up to it?” Jiang Chi’s large hand teasingly pinched her chin, forcing her to look up at him. With a smile, he threatened, “Ji Yuennian, do you believe I’ll just do you right here—”
“Ah Chi! Yueyue! What are you two doing?!” Just as the atmosphere was about to reach its peak, a surprised female voice cut through the tension.
The two looked in unison toward the sound. Ten meters away, a beautiful woman in a white jacket and black leggings stood watching them, her expression a mixture of surprise and amusement.
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