The thick photo album was flipped open.
Sitting on the sofa with her mom and dad, Song Qiuyu sat bolt upright, every nerve in her body tense.
She didn’t know what her parents were going to tell her.
Plus, she was currently on her period—there was a scent.
Sitting so close, would they be able to smell it?
Thinking about it, she swallowed nervously.
Her legs instinctively pressed together, and she could only pray that her parents wouldn’t notice.
Then, she lowered her eyes, her gaze falling on the open album on the table.
It was a photo of two good brothers grinning with their arms around each other’s shoulders.
The one on the left was very sturdy with a broad chest, while the one on the right was significantly thinner.
‘Huh?’
‘The guy on the right should be Dad. His appearance hasn’t changed much, though his body is much more solid now.’
Both of them were dressed very simply, and an aura of poverty almost overflowed from the image.
It seemed the guy on the left wasn’t some rich kid either.
But who was this old guy on the left? Logically, shouldn’t Mom be standing in that spot?
“Dad, this person is you, right?” Song Qiuyu pointed to the person on the right.
“Yes,” Song Zhao Ye nodded.
“Then what about this one?” Song Qiuyu pointed to the person on the left.
Song Zhao Ye smiled and turned to look at his wife beside him.
Su Luo blushed slightly and smiled as well, saying, “Little treasure, that’s me!”
“Huh?” Song Qiuyu was stunned.
“Why don’t you keep flipping through?” Su Luo continued.
“Oh…”
The amount of information was too much to process, and her brain had stalled. Song Qiuyu mechanically flipped the page of the album.
The only difference between this photo and the previous one was that their clothes had changed. Her dad had become a bit more muscular, but even the location of the photo hadn’t changed.
“Try flipping some more,” Su Luo said.
Song Qiuyu nodded. Another page was turned.
As she looked, she saw that the person on the left had begun to grow their hair long, and their chest had become narrower.
The person on the right looked even stronger.
Without needing her mom to remind her, Song Qiuyu took a deep breath and proactively flipped another page.
It had changed.
The person on the left had completely transformed into a petite, well-endowed lolita.
The legal lolita kind.
Song Qiuyu’s brain stormed for a moment.
Her fingertips trembled as she pointed at the girl in the photo, then she turned to look at her own mom.
They were exactly the same! Except her chest had gotten smaller!
‘Can someone tell me what’s going on? And that petite girl is holding a tiny human cub in her arms… that should be me?’
“It really brings back memories. When this photo was taken, it must have been right after I gave birth to you, little treasure!” Su Luo said sentimentally.
“Yeah,” Song Zhao Ye nodded.
As he spoke, he wrapped his arm around his wife’s waist. His left shoulder became her pillow, allowing her to lean her head against it.
‘Uh…’
Looking at the two of them submerged in beautiful memories, Song Qiuyu suddenly clenched her hands.
“Little treasure, we originally planned to tell you about this even later. After all, you might not be able to accept it.” After saying this, Su Luo sighed.
Song Qiuyu frowned, and her heart grew heavy.
Originally, this situation could have been interpreted in other ways.
For instance, maybe the person on the left just looked like a man but was actually a girl who was just a bit sturdy.
Then, after falling in love, she started learning how to dress up and manage her figure.
However, now that her mom had put it this way, she could only think in one direction.
That was—her mom had encountered a situation very similar to hers!
She pursed her lips, feeling like she could completely imagine her mom’s situation back then.
It must have been painful and agonizing, shrouded in anxiety at every moment.
Especially after developing feelings and falling in love with someone who used to be the same gender.
She looked at her mom with a complex expression and tentatively asked, “So Mom, were you sick?”
“Yes, it’s a disease. An extremely rare one.” Su Luo looked at her son with quite a bit of surprise.
Hearing that she used to be a boy, was he actually just worried about her health?
Before she could be moved by her son’s obedience and sensibility, her mind raced, thinking of another possibility.
Fearing he would misunderstand, she added, “Little treasure, Mommy was a boy all the way until college.”
Hearing this, Song Qiuyu froze, her pupils slowly dilating.
‘Whoops…’
She realized it a bit late. With her previous words, she had been just a step away from accidentally exposing that she had also turned into a girl!
She suddenly felt restless.
Masking her guilt, she lowered her head and gave a muffled hum of acknowledgment.
Then she lifted her face again, hands clenched tightly on her lap as she probed further, “So Mom, what exactly is this disease all about?”
Su Luo coughed twice and turned to look at her husband.
Since they had already started, it was naturally necessary to explain everything clearly. Having confirmed their thoughts through a look, they reached an agreement.
Subsequently, she told her son everything she knew.
The doctor who helped with the diagnosis said it was the result of long-term use of electronic products, staying up late, and a major illness, which caused a hormonal imbalance.
However, not even one person in 10,000 would undergo a gender transformation because of it.
Because there were so few cases, they hadn’t made the condition public yet out of fear of causing a commotion.
Fortunately, based on current patients, besides the fact that the Gender Transformation Disease could be sudden or gradual—which was a bit unstable—the only downsides were that Star Speech became stronger and there was a severe lack of security.
“So little treasure doesn’t need to worry about Mommy. My body is very healthy!” Seeing Song Qiuyu’s uncertain expression, Su Luo smiled and rubbed her head.
“But…” Song Qiuyu was a bit hesitant.
She bit her lip and spoke softly, “Mom, how did you fall in love with Dad? You were a boy before…”
“I don’t like the sound of that!” Song Zhao Ye interrupted.
“Oh.” Song Qiuyu shut her mouth, though she didn’t think there was anything wrong with what she had said.
“That’s a long story. Your dad and I were renting a place together off-campus. On the first day I turned into a girl, I told your dad about the gender flip.” Su Luo poked her husband’s cheek with her finger, a look of happiness on her face.
“Then, this guy actually went for the low-hanging fruit and chased me with a series of smooth moves!”
‘Huh?’ Song Qiuyu was stunned.
“That’s not right, honey!” Song Zhao Ye frowned and said, “It was clearly you who took the initiative to seduce me.”
‘Uh.’ Song Qiuyu was stunned again.
Seeing that her parents were about to argue over who confessed first, she immediately called a halt.
Changing the subject, she asked, “Mom, when you turned into a girl, you must have been very panicked. Why did you tell Dad immediately?”
“Panicked?” Su Luo blinked.
Song Qiuyu nodded in confirmation.
Su Luo shook her head and said excitedly, “I wasn’t panicked at all! In fact, Mommy was so excited back then. What a wonderful thing it is to become a girl!”
Hearing this, Song Qiuyu’s lips twitched.
She felt as if the convolutions of her cerebral cortex were about to flatten out.
‘No, Mom, you…’
“I never had to worry about being bullied or rejected by girls ever again. From then on, I was a 10 too!” Su Luo was all smiles.
“And a super invincible beautiful girl kind of 10 at that.”
Hearing this, Song Qiuyu silently flipped through the photos on the side.
“Honey,” Song Zhao Ye whispered a reminder to Su Luo. “You forgot the main point of today.”
At those words, Song Qiuyu immediately became alert.
Su Luo seemed to realize it too and nodded.
She looked at her son with feigned seriousness, sizing her up.
“Little treasure, the main reason we’re telling you this today is because of you and Jiang Xiao.” Su Luo watched her son’s reaction. “It’s a bit similar to how we were back then.”
Song Qiuyu was taken aback.
Was her business with Jiang Xiao about to be discovered?
But since her parents had been through it, maybe the two of them would just smoothly end up together, fast-track their relationship, and get a marriage certificate?
It’s insane how bad of parents she has. They ignored her for over a decade so she had no safety net. She couldn’t feel safe going to them when all along they had the answers to all of her problems