Mo Ran is sat in his drawing room, along with Chu Wanning and Xue Meng. Xue Meng is sulking, and seems to be upset about something.

Mo Ran: "Mengmeng, dear, you're almost 13, we have to start planning the presentation ceremony. It's really not as bad as you think..."

Xue Meng: "No! I don't want to! Please don't make me, gege... I just want to stay 12 forever and not worry about any secondary gender!"

Xue Meng crosses his arms and scowls at the table.

Chu Wanning: "A-Meng... Why don't you want to know your secondary gender? It doesn't change how we see you or anything..."

Xue Meng stares down at the table for a moment. When he speaks again, his voice is quiet, like he's almost ashamed of something...

Xue Meng: "... I'm not scared... It's just... Everyone says it really hurts, and I don't really want to go through that, cause it'll be really public..."

Mo Ran: "We'll have a private one and a public one then. You can find it out in private, then it can be announced at the public one. Does that make you feel better?"