Chapter 61: Things to Note About Being a Girl

The sky gradually darkened; it wasn’t late, it was just winter and it gets dark earlier.

The two of them spent the afternoon playing Audition (a rhythm game).

At first, An Jing was in charge of the diagonal arrow keys, while Zhu Ying handled the four cardinal direction keys.

The result, of course, was chaotic; their fingers were almost tangled together.

Although it was fun at first, constantly failing was a bit annoying.

So, later on, An Jing only needed to press the spacebar, and their coordination became increasingly seamless.

Even though Audition wasn’t a game An Jing was interested in, she felt like she was having a lot of fun.

Even if she was unwilling to admit it, that happiness was absolutely genuine.

This was the boy’s most sincere emotion.

“I’m done playing.”

Finally achieving a high score, Zhu Ying let out a long sigh, closed the game interface, and moved the mouse aimlessly around the desktop.

“Oh, what’s in this GAL folder?”

“Ah—that, that’s just a regular, uh… a regular game.”

“What game?”

“Vi-visual novel!”

“Oh…”

Zhu Ying clicked into it with some curiosity, finding seven or eight shortcut icons inside.

The first one was Yosuga no Sora.

After all, it was the game she had just finished all routes for recently…

“Don’t, don’t click!”

An Jing frantically yelled, but Zhu Ying’s finger had already pressed down.

The disguised file immediately opened.

That’s right, it wasn’t a game at all, but a folder disguised as a game icon.

Inside were the CG image packs from Yosuga no Sora, and they were all of Sora and…

Although these image packs were censored, they still packed a visual punch at this moment.

Junior high students in puberty, more or less, have secretly peeked at such naughty things, but the problem is, the feeling of looking at them in private is completely different from the feeling of someone else discovering them.

Zhu Ying didn’t speak, but her small face had already turned crimson.

And just then, the room door suddenly pushed open.

Without even thinking, the person who would casually open the door and walk in was definitely the second sister, Yu Mingfei.

The first thing both girls thought of was to—

Immediately get up and cover the screen.

“Dinner… What are you doing?”

***

(2)

“Ahem! No, nothing!”

An Jing frantically blurted.

“We were just about to stretch—Ah—so comfortable—”

“What? What good stuff? Let me see too!”

“N-nothing!”

An Jing frantically pressed the monitor’s power button, and the screen immediately went black.

However, this was a classic case of drawing attention to itself.

Normally, An Jing could instantly control the mouse to close the window, but today, the mouse was with Zhu Ying, and she obviously had no awareness of that.

Perhaps most parents don’t casually enter their daughters’ rooms after they start to grow up.

Although An Jing had become a girl, the second sister still habitually treated her as a boy.

“…Ahem.”

The second sister smacked her lips, backed out of the doorway.

“It’s probably not good to be looking at that kind of stuff right after you two got together, huh? Even if you’ve become a girl, you still need to exercise self-control…”

An Jing and Zhu Ying’s faces simultaneously started steaming.

The weather today seems a bit cold…  

“Zhu Ying is going home soon, right?”

Yu Minghui scooped a little noodle soup to her lips with a spoon, taking a sip as if tasting tea.

“I can go back before eight.”

Zhu Ying tilted her head to look at the clock on the wall.

“Two more hours.”

“Then it’s perfect to talk about something after we finish the noodles.”

Yu Mingfei picked up her noodle bowl and poured the soup into her mouth, gulping down a good half a bowl in one go.

“Hah… So good… Soup made from real big bones really is different…”

“Did we make bone soup today?”

“Our neighbor sent it over. They made a big pot of bone soup and shared a few bones and more than half a pot of soup with us.”

“Neighbor?”

“Remember that little boy who came to our house to wait last time?”

Yu Minghui smiled, her eyes crinkling.

“His mom sent it over.”

“Oh—”

“Oh, and they also sent an umbrella, saying they broke yours last time and this is compensation.”

“Ah, they really sent it…”

“What are we going to talk about later?”

Zhu Ying asked curiously.

“About An Jing being a girl.”

“Huh—? I don’t need to understand that kind of thing. She’ll definitely change back anyway!”

“Who knows if she will, and even if she can, we don’t know when. Anyway, things that need attention still need attention. Don’t look at me, it was Sister Huihui who brought it up.”

“I’m still living as a boy at school…”

“Not that—”

The second sister cleared her throat loudly, seemingly a bit embarrassed.

“Oh, did you forget? What that old man said when we went to see the traditional Chinese medicine doctor last time.”

“Huh?”

***

(3)

An Jing slouched on the soft fabric sofa, looking like she didn’t want to listen but had no choice.

Zhu Ying sat a little further away, discreetly poking a piece of yellow peach from a can with a toothpick.

“Ahem!!! You’ll finish your last dose of medicine tomorrow. And didn’t Doctor Ye tell you that you might get your first period a few days after finishing it…?”

An Jing immediately covered her forehead.

Although junior high biology class did cover some knowledge about sex and gender, it was mostly superficial.

More detailed content was completely untouched.

Boys were fine; they didn’t encounter much trouble.

But girls had many more things to pay attention to. If close adults were too embarrassed to talk about it, they could only figure it out themselves or learn from friends.

“What’s wrong? Look at me! Don’t be shy!”

“Second Sister, you look more embarrassed than I do…”

“Nonsense! I’m not embarrassed at all!”

Yu Minghui placed her hand on Yu Mingfei’s shoulder, smiling gently with pursed lips.

“Alright, Feifei, I’ll talk.”

“It’s like this, An Jing, you’ve heard of ‘period’ or ‘menstruation,’ right? In common terms, it’s called ‘Aunt Flo’.”

“…Of course, I know that… I’m not an idiot…”

An Jing lowered her head, her cheeks a bit flushed.

“When your first period comes, it can be quite heavy, though it also depends on the person,” Yu Minghui continued gently and calmly.

“So you need to prepare beforehand, just in case, otherwise your classmates will see your pants covered in blood.”

This kind of thing was more common in first and second year junior high.

Often, a girl would get her first period, or hadn’t gotten it many times and wasn’t used to it yet, leading to blood flowing onto the chair.

Idiots like Sun Wei would often intentionally grin maliciously, as if they had discovered some shocking secret.

Thinking that guy might also make fun of her, An Jing immediately got a headache.

Female characters in anime or games never had such worries.

The girls in those fictional worlds always seemed incredibly beautiful, so much so that An Jing would occasionally have the thought, “It wouldn’t be so bad to remain a girl.”

But now, she was back to reality. In reality, even the purest, most flawless beautiful girl still had to use the bathroom…

“Those are too complicated. Just use these two common types for now, and then adjust according to your needs later.”

Yu Minghui placed the two packs of feminine hygiene products on the coffee table.

“Next, I’m going to teach you how to use sanitary pads and panty liners. First—let’s look at sanitary pads. They’re very simple to use. Tear it open here, and then…”

“Huh? You have to stick this on your butt? Won’t it hurt when you tear it off?”

An Jing blurted out.

Zhu Ying couldn’t help but cover her mouth and giggle.

She wanted to explain something but was laughing too hard to speak.

“…You kid, are you missing a screw in your head?”

Yu Mingfei rolled her eyes impatiently.

“Stick this on your butt, how could you even think of that!”

Even Yu Minghui couldn’t help but curve her lips upwards.

“Of course not like that.”

***

(4)

“Hmm~! I’ll teach her well how to be a girl.”

“I don’t want to! I don’t want to learn!”

“You little rascal, stop messing around. Who told you to just pick things up?”

“Damn stone!”

“Maybe it’s not the stone’s fault. The stone didn’t make you so frequently…”

“…it’s actually meant to be stuck to your shorts. During your period, you usually wear looser boxer shorts or special period underwear.”

“…So, do you tear it off?”

Zhu Ying was already shaking with laughter on the side.

“Duh!”

Yu Mingfei’s eyes rolled so far back they almost disappeared.

“Like this…”

Yu Minghui suppressed her laughter and began to demonstrate in front of An Jing.

“Suppose this is your shorts, you stick it on like this, make sure it’s on straight, or the effect will be worse. If it feels very damp and not dry enough, you need to replace it promptly. When walking, be careful not to take too large strides. When sitting, sit properly. When sleeping at night, you can’t lie flat; you need to sleep on your side, and turn over periodically.”

“Why?”

“…Idiot.”

Yu Mingfei crossed her arms, shaking her head helplessly.

“Because… it’ll leak out,” Zhu Ying finally joined the conversation, speaking with suppressed laughter.

“Won’t it leak out more easily when you’re on your side…? Ahhh—this is so troublesome!”

An Jing clutched the meteorite around her neck.

“Meteorite, please turn me back quickly, I beg you!”

“And then, Xiaoying, I’ll have to trouble you to look after Xiaojing at school.”