The secret lady within the body

A sudden car accident took away Ethan's parents and also cost his sister a leg, starting a difficult life for the siblings. To make ends meet, Ethan found a job at a pet store, but there, his colleagues often verbally abused and bullied him, as if he were an ant to be trampled on at will. Even more disheartening was the black dog in the store, which would always give him hostile looks whenever it saw him. In such an environment, Ethan gradually became reclusive and self-abasing.
To escape this cruel reality, Ethan's mental world began to unravel, splitting into another personality-Sophie, a 16-year-old girl. Sophie was like a bright spot born from the darkness; she was inherently optimistic and cheerful, with a unique pursuit of beauty. She always carried a love for life, meticulously adorning herself. She would carefully apply makeup to her face, she loved wearing brightly colored, fashionable women's clothing, her ears were always adorned with exquisite earrings, and to make herself even more conform to her ideal of feminine beauty, she even underwent gender reassignment surgery.
The people around him looked at him even more strangely, and the ensuing mockery, like surging tides, came at him wave after wave, further shattering his already precarious inner world.