After obtaining Xia Yu’s consent, Duan Yi excitedly told Xia Yu that with his face and her preparations, their milk tea shop was sure to become an instant hit.
The way she described it made Xia Yu feel as if their milk tea shop, aside from selling tea, would also offer special services.
Duan Yi didn’t immediately start the milk tea shop venture, as her funding had not yet arrived.
In the following days, Xia Yu attended morning classes, spent afternoons with An Siyao, occasionally accompanied Zhong Yunxin, and in the evenings composed music and played games in his room.
When it came close to bedtime, the real game would begin.
He visited An Siyao less frequently, since they saw each other during the day. Most of the time, he went to Xu Youxiang’s or Hei Miao’s place, because both were night owls, allowing them to freely move about at night.
This continued until September 25th.
Kong Hanyue had already completed Zhong Yunxin’s school transfer procedures. With the help of An Tianfeng’s connections, she had managed to get Zhong Yunxin into an elite school.
Tomorrow, Zhong Yunxin would begin attending her new school.
In the morning, Zhong Yunxin knocked on Xia Yu’s door: “Brother, accompany me to buy some clothes!”
As he got up from the bed, Xia Yu thought that Zhong Yunxin had finally decided to go shopping for clothes.
Together with the girl, he arrived at the mall, and while wandering around the clothing stores, whenever he saw something that seemed suitable for An Siyao, he would urge Zhong Yunxin to buy it.
Eventually, he tricked Zhong Yunxin into buying a pair of denim shorts, and their shopping trip ended.
Zhong Yunxin was very happy. She had gone shopping with others before, but they always had complicated expressions. Only Xia Yu had no objections and enthusiastically helped her choose clothes.
Holding the shopping bag, Zhong Yunxin was delighted.
She didn’t know that her clothes would soon no longer belong to her.
Back home, seeing Zhong Yunxin hide the clothes at the bottom of the wardrobe, Xia Yu nodded approvingly.
Now, he could use An Siyao’s body to collect the clothes.
That denim skirt was something Xia Yu particularly liked, and he couldn’t wait to see how An Siyao would look in it.
Because punk-style clothes looked somewhat wild, Xia Yu felt a bit embarrassed to go shopping with An Siyao for such outfits. Now, acquiring them from Zhong Yunxin was a perfect solution.
Before leaving Zhong Yunxin’s room and returning to his own, Xia Yu opened the interface and first considered how to use An Siyao’s body to “accidentally” discover Zhong Yunxin’s clothes.
Finding them every time accurately would raise Zhong Yunxin’s suspicions.
After thinking for a minute, Xia Yu came up with a plan.
This time, he wouldn’t look for the clothes in front of Zhong Yunxin. As long as before she left for school, he ensured she no longer had the clothes in her possession, it would work.
He would pretend to search the room after she left and found the clothes.
With the plan set, he selected An Siyao’s profile.
[Matching]
[Match Complete]
[Before starting the game, please confirm the following terms:]
[…]
After clicking “Confirm,” everything before Xia Yu went black.
Moments later, his vision returned.
Before him flowed a small stream.
Xia Yu’s first thought was that the artificial river near An Siyao’s house had become surprisingly realistic.
Two seconds later, seeing the endless trees beyond the stream, Xia Yu realized the situation.
Another bug had occurred—he must have entered the body of another living creature.
Looking down, Xia Yu wanted to see what he had transformed into this time.
What met his eyes were a brown belly and brown paws.
Staring at the sturdy paw for a while, Xia Yu had to accept the truth—he had turned into a bear.
Bending over to the stream, Xia Yu confirmed his appearance.
The bear looked quite handsome, but why were there bandages on its head and legs?
He moved the bandaged leg slightly and felt a little pain.
However, the pain wasn’t severe, suggesting either a minor injury or one nearly healed.
He also touched the bandage on his head—the wound there was no longer very painful.
More puzzling than the injuries was the question of how he had gotten these bandages.
He stood on his uninjured hind leg, hugging a nearby tree trunk to rise upright, and looked around.
All around were trees; it seemed to be a forest, with no signs of human activity.
But the bandages on his body clearly told him that there were people here.
How had this bear been injured?
Using his medical knowledge, Xia Yu made a rough assessment and concluded it was a gunshot wound.
“…”
Were there poachers here?
Or had this bear attacked a village and been retaliated against?
Xia Yu couldn’t find answers; a bear couldn’t communicate.
Anyway, he needed to figure out a way to get this bear out.
Once he knew where he was, Xia Yu could have An Siyao come and pick up the bear.
Although bears are protected animals, he believed that with the An family’s and Yu family’s capabilities, they could manage to obtain adoption documents.
Even if private ownership wasn’t possible, they could get it into a zoo.
He touched the head bandage again. Whoever had dressed the bear’s wounds must be a good person willing to approach it. From that person, he could find out where he was.
By the way, he hadn’t yet determined what abilities this bear possessed. If they weren’t important, it wouldn’t matter much.
After sitting by the stream for a while longer, Xia Yu saw the prompt text:
[Body Exchange Successful]
[Generating abilities based on the new body…]
[Abilities Generated]
[Acquired Abilities: Stamina Boost Lv1, Strength Boost Lv1, Bipedal Walking Boost Lv1]
[Enjoy your game]
Stamina, like dexterity, was one of the fundamental attributes, very important. All physical activities required stamina, most famously in marathons.
Strength, like stamina and dexterity, was also a basic attribute. Although strength had little practical use in modern society, it was still an attractive ability to have.
As for the remaining bipedal walking ability, it was practically useless.
Animals encountered due to bugs always had good abilities.
Xia Yu was eager to practice his skills, but the bear still had injuries. First, he needed to figure out how to get this bear out of here.
He should find the person who had treated the bear’s injuries.
Since there were no signs of people nearby, the bear must have wandered out by itself. With a leg injury, it couldn’t have gone far—probably nearby.
Thinking this, Xia Yu closed his eyes and sniffed around with the bear’s nose.
The bear’s nose was famously sensitive.
Following the scent, Xia Yu walked back along the path he had come.
Soon, he saw a small cave, and outside it, a figure was pacing back and forth.
Upon seeing Xia Yu, the figure immediately walked toward him.
As the figure approached, Xia Yu could see clearly.
It was a girl wearing a black coat.
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