After a long wait without any response from Xia Yu, You Xue began to doubt herself.
Controlling someone else’s body? How could such a thing be possible?
Still, she figured she was just talking to herself anyway, so there was no harm in playing along.
For example, grabbing her right hand and saying, “Come forth, Black Flame Dragon,” or draping a bedsheet over herself and declaring, “My loyal subject, rise,” were perfectly normal things to do—perhaps they might even come true!
Therefore, even though Xia Yu ignored her, she kept chattering on.
It was all just to satisfy her childish fantasies, with no real expectations.
As she was lost in thought, her body suddenly spoke: “It’s me.”
Her mind went blank for a moment before she asked, “Who is it?”
“You didn’t just ask me to admit it?” Xia Yu countered.
“Really?”
“…” Xia Yu was momentarily unsure how to respond.
She had just confidently claimed she recognized him, yet now that he admitted it, she doesn’t believe it.
“Pinch me and see if I’m dreaming.” You Xue said again.
Xia Yu then pinched the girl’s face.
“It hurts! It really is you, Brother!” You Xue exclaimed in amazement. “How did you do it? Magic? Sorcery? Alien technology? Did you die just now?”
At the end, she grew anxious.
“Don’t worry, I’m not dead.” Xia Yu sighed. Almost everyone he possessed thought he was a ghost.
Reassured, You Xue asked, “Then how did you get here?”
“The bond between siblings is magic, and that’s how I came here,” Xia Yu made up an excuse.
“Then is Xiao Hei also transformed by you?” You Xue thought of the black cat’s oddities. Combined with the fact that whenever the black cat filmed an advertisement, Xia Yu never watched it with her, she felt she had uncovered the truth.
“Yes.” Xia Yu replied.
“Are there more things like that? Brother, are you playing with other people’s bodies every day in your room?” You Xue excitedly wanted to uncover more secrets.
Xia Yu didn’t answer. He sat up and scratched his foot.
“No, stop it, hehehe.” Unable to bear the tickling, You Xue quickly changed the topic:
“So what did you come here for, Brother? Can you draw magical power from other people’s bodies to strengthen yourself? Coming into my body today, are you planning to share some accumulated magic power with me? With that magic power, can I also possess others? Can I become beautiful? Can I fly?”
“You wish.” Xia Yu was troubled by the girl’s questions. The situation had come up suddenly, and he was completely unprepared for the deception.
He decided to stall for time.
“My magic power is running low. I won’t talk to you anymore.”
After saying that, Xia Yu checked the boost level.
It had reached LV3.
LV3 wasn’t low, but Xia Yu had expected that his relationship with You Xue could reach at least LV4.
With LV3 boost, there wasn’t much practical use.
Was this task unachievable? Or should he spend some experience cards on this skill? However, he couldn’t delay things with Xu Youxiang, and even raising the skill to LV4 might not guarantee the top score in the province.
In the previous middle school musical instrument competition, Xia Yu had achieved second place in the provincial competition at LV4. Excluding An Siyao from Yaoguang City, which didn’t belong to Su Province, he was the top in Su Province.
In other words, LV4 was almost enough to dominate the province. However, considering that the college entrance exam had more participants than those taking musical instrument competitions, the competition was fiercer, so reaching LV5 would be safer.
LV3 had no hope at all.
After a while of headache, Xia Yu suddenly had an idea.
Instead of immediately extracting the test-taking skill, he used calming techniques and fell asleep.
The LV3 boost had other benefits, allowing Xia Yu to stay with You Xue. However, staying there wasn’t particularly useful. After eight hours until 7 a.m. the next morning, having gained the game points, he returned to his own body.
As he got up and started dressing, You Xue rushed in.
“Brother, you…” The girl suddenly stopped herself. She couldn’t confirm whether what happened last night was real or just a dream.
“What’s wrong?” Xia Yu got off the bed and adjusted his clothes.
After hesitating for a while, afraid that if it wasn’t real, she would be considered childish, You Xue decided to approach indirectly: “What were you doing last night, Brother?”
“Weren’t I with you?” Xia Yu countered.
“No, I mean after I fell asleep!”
“Still with you.”
“So it was real!” The girl’s eyes widened. She jumped forward and hugged Xia Yu’s arm. “Quickly, let me try again.”
“Do you think it’s easy? I can’t use it at will either.” Xia Yu refused You Xue’s request.
“Let me try, just a little bit.” Holding Xia Yu’s hand, You Xue naturally displayed her talent for coaxing.
Coincidentally, Xia Yu also wanted to confirm his suspicion from last night, so he nodded in agreement.
“Do I need any preparation?” You Xue felt a bit nervous.
“No.” Xia Yu clicked to enter the game.
You Xue felt a flash before her body was no longer under her own control.
“How amazing!” The girl exclaimed.
“Now you know it’s real, right?” While speaking, Xia Yu opened the boost interface.
The boost was still at LV3, but the number “3” slowly became blurry.
Two seconds later, the “3” changed into a “4.”
This girl hadn’t believed it last night, so their intimacy hadn’t reached the maximum.
With test-taking skill at LV4, he could strive for the city’s top spot in the next two months.
At the same time, he became curious—LV3 had rewarded him with an empty slot and the lifting of time restrictions. What reward could LV4 offer?
Prompt text appeared.
[The boost from Xia Youxue has reached LV4.]
[Please choose one of the following rewards:]
[1. Empty Slot]
[2. Game Points ×1.5 (limited to this account)]
[3. AI Companion Personality Change]
Xia Yu’s gaze immediately locked onto the ×1.5 Game Points option.
Game points were very important. They could be used to exchange for experience cards. By spending eight hours on non-practice skill gaming, he could earn 480 game points, which could be exchanged for a double experience card.
Game points were strictly regulated. With a body at LV3, Xia Yu could log in continuously for 24 hours, but game points were only counted for eight hours, with strict control over the acquisition. Although extra points could be obtained by making the body’s original owner happy, not everyone could be happy every day, and it wasn’t just ordinary happiness that was required.
In the case of Yin Shulan, he had only gained extra points during those three days of translation work. Later, when he helped Yin Ling deal with the school bullies, he only received regular points.
He had thought there was no other way to increase points, but now he unexpectedly received a pleasant surprise.
Although game points could only be earned using You Xue’s body, experience cards could be used in any other body.
Without hesitation, Xia Yu chose option 2.
From now on, he would have to rely more on You Xue’s help.
After selecting the reward, some basic benefits of LV4 were displayed before Xia Yu.
Tai Sui Yellow Amulet Paper FuLu Taoist Love Talisman Traditional Chinese Spiritual Charm Attracting Love Protecting Marriage