Among these three skills, except for fashion design, being cute and playing video games are of no use at all.
However, the most unusual skill among the three was fashion design.
Being cute and playing video games could be understood—after all, this body belonged to a female programmer—but fashion design had no discernible source.
As a programmer at a large corporation, this body had a conventional school background and shouldn’t have had any exposure to fashion design.
Perhaps the game’s skill bonuses weren’t based on the original owner’s acquired skills, but rather on their innate talents.
As a mere cog in society, most people never get the chance to express their talents, so it was perfectly normal that this programmer’s talent wasn’t in programming.
Because An Siyao’s first body switch resulted in three skills she actually possessed, Xia Yu had developed a misunderstanding.
Sighing, Xia Yu felt a headache coming on.
So, did this mean he had to find Xu Youxiang if he wanted to learn programming?
Or perhaps he needed another chance to search for a new body, one that belonged to a girl who knew programming.
Alternatively, he could seek out top programmers—those who reached the pinnacle of their field must have had natural talent.
But obviously, those people were treasures guarded by the government or large corporations. Given the internet industry’s secretive nature, Xia Yu didn’t even know who the top programmers were, let alone how to approach them.
After a minute, the original body’s owner interrupted Xia Yu’s thoughts.
“Possessed by a ghost?” The woman enjoyed reading horror stories.
“No, you’re just dreaming,” Xia Yu replied, just like the previous programmer had done.
The woman looked skeptical.
Unable to leave but not wanting to do anything else, Xia Yu entered the woman’s room, picked up her computer, and started playing games.
Though doubtful, the woman still got involved in the game, giving Xia Yu instructions.
This time, since the game had reached a crucial moment, Xia Yu didn’t notice the time. After eight hours had passed, when he returned to his original body, the woman looked at the game screen and lit a cigarette.
On the other side, back in his own body, Xia Yu received an email.
[Announcement]
[Maintenance and updates for this game will begin now, expected to be completed in five and a half hours.]
There was an update too?
Well, five and a half hours of maintenance time was relatively reasonable. He couldn’t log into the game during this period anyway.
What would the update include? Xia Yu felt curious.
At 7:40 a.m., Xia Yu received a notification that the maintenance was complete.
Along with it came an email from the game developer.
He clicked it open.
[Update Details:]
[Added Game Points, which can be used to exchange for double experience cards. Experience cards can be stacked.]
[Modified the login system from a 24-hour format to a date-based system.]
Below these points was a message from the developers:
[This product is a body-swapping game.]
[It is not a piano simulator.]
[It is not an outdated video game simulator.]
[This game supports players exploring diverse gameplay styles, but please consider the developers’ feelings occasionally and use the intended gameplay.]
[Have fun playing!]
Rubbing his chin, Xia Yu connected the dots and figured out the reason for this update.
The developers were essentially saying: “Please stop playing the piano every day. Be a bit more normal and play the body-swapping game! We’ve provided experience cards for you. If you play the game normally, you can also gain skill experience. There’s no need to work so hard!”
What puzzled him slightly was the change from a 24-hour system to a date-based system.
What did that mean?
After thinking for three seconds, Xia Yu came to a guess.
He clicked to log in to An Siyao’s body.
According to the previous settings, after playing the game, one needed to rest for sixteen hours before the next session. If one tried to log in during those sixteen hours, a pop-up notification would appear stating insufficient rest time.
This time, however, he didn’t see the pop-up. After the screen went black, he found himself facing a cluster of lush purple flowers.
This was An Siyao’s home garden. He had successfully logged into her body.
The previous requirement of resting sixteen hours had now changed to an eight-hour daily login allowance.
This made the timing much more flexible. Definitely a good thing.
“Good morning,” An Siyao greeted Xia Yu in his mind.
“Morning,” Xia Yu replied.
After exchanging greetings, the girl asked why Xia Yu had come so early today.
Making up a casual excuse about having something to do at night, Xia Yu walked toward the outside.
Outside the garden, a car was waiting for him.
This was the vehicle that picked him up for school.
Once he got in, the driver headed toward the academy.
Xia Yu opened the Game Points section and saw the points slowly increasing by one per minute. Observing, he found it was roughly one point per minute.
He then opened the double experience card exchange option. An eight-hour double experience card required 480 points.
In other words, if he played normally for eight hours, he could earn an eight-hour double experience card, compensating for the experience lost due to leisure activities.
This feature was clearly encouraging him not to bury himself in skill practice but to go out and have fun more often.
It was truly quite considerate.
Come to think of it, he still had a fivefold experience card left, with nine hours remaining.
As Xia Yu was pondering, An Siyao asked with concern:
“Haven’t you resolved the issue with that girl yet?”
Xia Yu took out his phone and typed:
“No, she has a terrible temper. I didn’t dare to go near her again.”
At first, An Siyao felt a surge of joy in her heart, but soon she noticed something suspicious:
If he hadn’t gone to that girl’s place, where had he been the past two days?
There was another woman!
Xia Yu knew his words had revealed some information, but he didn’t care—as long as he kept his real identity secret, everything else was trivial.
Thinking about Xu Youxiang, Xia Yu sighed again.
He typed on his phone:
“If only that woman were as soft and cute as you.”
Seeing these words, An Siyao’s sense of grievance disappeared instantly, replaced by a surge of immense joy.
Determined not to disappoint Xia Yu’s compliment, she began offering suggestions:
“She must have a reason for her bad temper. Once we find out the reason, we can solve it.”
The inexperienced girl didn’t realize that some people were just naturally ill-tempered.
However, Xu Youxiang’s anger mainly stemmed from her legs.
“She can’t move her legs and is currently in a bad mood. I happened to take over her body at that time, so she hates me,” Xia Yu typed on his phone.
An Siyao felt her wish come true. The woman’s inability to move her legs meant she was disabled. Although it wasn’t nice to think that way, An Siyao couldn’t help feeling delighted.
Generally speaking, people don’t fall in love with someone who is disabled.
The two continued chatting until Xia Yu got out of the car at the academy gate.
After he walked away, the driver drove the car a short distance ahead, got out, and lit a cigarette.
His hands trembled violently.
He had accidentally, just slightly, looked at the young lady’s phone while adjusting the rearview mirror in the car.
The young lady had done something like that to a person who couldn’t move her legs!
The upper class circles were indeed terrifying!
Knowing too many secrets, would he be silenced?
He wanted to resign, but thinking about his newlywed wife and the two-million mortgage, he could only give up.
He opened his phone and, with trembling hands, began editing a letter.
Qingqing, if you find this letter, it means I’m already gone. Don’t try to investigate the truth of my death. I can only tell you—it’s because I knew too much…
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