Chapter 2: The Newbie Gift Package

The footsteps outside the door faded away.

Luo Xiaoyun’s tense shoulders finally relaxed as she let out a long sigh. Leaning against the cold door panel, her heart pounded like a drum.

“System,” she gritted out in her mind, “Couldn’t you at least give me some time to adapt? Suddenly becoming like this, how am I supposed to face anyone?”

“Ding—detecting host’s need.” The bell-like voice rang out with a hint of teasing. “Congratulations, host, on receiving a ‘Newbie Gift Package’. Considering your current interpersonal predicament, it’s recommended to open it immediately.”

Before the words faded, the light screen reappeared before her eyes, a virtual gift box tied with a bow blinking.

“Open the Newbie Gift Package?”

Luo Xiaoyun stared at the gift box, hesitated for a moment, then finally reached out a trembling finger and lightly tapped ‘Confirm’.

The gift box burst into a soft glow, and several lines of text unfurled one by one:

“Obtained Items/Skills List”

Limited-time · Male Hairstyle (60 days)

Limited-time · Male Voice (60 days)

Clothing · Pink Lolita Dress

Skill · Intermediate Singing Skill

Special Item · Seamless Chest Binder

Luo Xiaoyun looked at this list, a vein twitching at her temple.

“Sixty days?” she practically squeezed the words through her teeth. “Why not permanent? At least solve the hair and voice problem first!”

“Host must understand,” the system sister’s voice said leisurely. “The ultimate goal of this system is to cultivate you into the most perfect beautiful girl in the world. If you still appear as a male, wouldn’t that be useless? This two-month buffer period is the transition time left for you to confess to your family.”

As if to confirm this, a new prompt suddenly popped up on the light screen:

[Main Quest Released]

Quest Content: Within sixty days, confess the fact of gender transformation to parents.

Success Reward: Facial delicacy +1, Strength attribute increase 20%.

Failure Punishment: Elder brother Luo Jingming’s darkening value reaches 100%, will imprison the host in a small dark room, triggering hidden ending ‘Caged Bird’.

Luo Xiaoyun stared at the four characters ‘Caged Bird’, her scalp tingling.

“What kind of malicious punishment is this?”

“Just a friendly reminder.” The system sister chuckled. “Now, please enjoy your first morning as a ‘girl’. Friendly tip: The bathwater has already been drawn.”

The light screen dissipated.

Luo Xiaoyun stood still, taking a few deep breaths to barely calm herself. She turned and walked into the bathroom, locking the door behind her.

Steam filled the bathtub. She stood before the mirror, fingers trembling as she untied the sash of her robe. Silk slid off her shoulders, pooling at her feet.

The body in the mirror was slender and unfamiliar. Collarbones distinct, waist soft, the subtle curve at her chest made her unable to look directly. Her skin was so pale in the morning light it was almost translucent, showing faint blue veins.

“The first girl I’ve seen naked,” Luo Xiaoyun covered her burning face, voice tearful, “is myself. I’m still a virgin guy, my ‘big dragon’ hasn’t even been used and it’s gone, wuwuwuwa…”

She stepped into the bathtub, warm water enveloping her body. The jasmine-scented shower gel foamed in her palm, creating a strange sensation as it slid over her skin.

She closed her eyes, washing haphazardly, her fingers jerking back like an electric shock whenever they accidentally touched certain areas.

Water splashed. Steam condensed on the tiles into droplets that slowly slid down.

After an unknown amount of time, Luo Xiaoyun finally rose from the bathtub. She wrapped herself in a towel and stepped barefoot onto the cold floor tiles.

Her wet white hair clung to her neck, the ends still dripping, water droplets sliding down the curve of her back and disappearing into the edge of the towel.

The mirror was covered with a layer of white fog. She wiped a clear patch with her hand and saw her reddened eyes and tiny water droplets clinging to her eyelashes.

The steam had flushed her skin a slight pink, her shoulders and arms glowing with a jade-like luster.

The hair dryer roared to life. Hot air brushed through her hair, and the silver strands gradually dried between her fingers, fluffy as clouds.

After tidying up, the practical problem confronted her again: how to go downstairs? How to face her parents?

Luo Xiaoyun suddenly remembered the newbie gift package. With a thought, the items appeared out of thin air on the sink.

On top was a light gray chest binder, soft to the touch and cool. She picked it up and examined it for a long time, the flush that had just faded from her face rising again.

“Just a temporary measure…” she whispered to convince herself, trembling hands wrapping it around her chest. The fabric clung to her skin, cleverly concealing that curve into nothingness.

Next was the ‘Male Hairstyle’. She selected the icon on the light screen and clicked confirm.

The long hair in the mirror shortened at a visible speed, stopping at ear length. The ends were uneven, with a boyish messiness—but the color remained that moonlike silver white.

“Wait,” Luo Xiaoyun froze. “Why didn’t the color change?”

“The system description says ‘Male Hairstyle’, but it doesn’t include hair dye service.” The system sister’s voice sounded lazily. “A silver-haired boy isn’t bad, quite stylish.”

“…You win.”

She dug out a loose white T-shirt and black sweatpants and put them on. The figure in the mirror was tall and slender, the silver-white short hair making her skin look even fairer.

Although the binder hid her curves, her face—delicate eyebrows, cherry-pink lips, plus the faint jasmine scent around her—anyone who saw her would think she was a delicate girl with short hair.

Luo Xiaoyun pulled a wry smile at the mirror.

After all, during college her roommates had egged her on to cross-dress before. This time, she’d just treat it as an even more thorough role-play.

She took a deep breath, opened the door, and stepped out of the bedroom.

At the end of the hallway came the aroma of breakfast and the faint sound of her mother’s voice.

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