The selected names were highlighted in red. Xia Yu placed his phone into the storage box, put on the suit prepared by the manager, and walked to the piano in the hall to begin playing.
His playlist included “Gundyr Etude,” “Autumn of the Ashina Clan,” “Echoing Reed Leaves,” and a randomly selected classical piece.
“Gundyr Etude” is the most famous classical piece, but it still doesn’t enjoy as much popularity as “Autumn of the Ashina Clan” or “Echoing Reed Leaves.” Classical pieces like “Virgin Saint Without Purpose” are even less known to the general public.
He kept repeating the playlist until nearly four o’clock. Xia Yu stood up and went to the lounge for a break. Promptly at four, he came out and returned to the piano.
At this moment, the store reached its daily peak in customer traffic.
This was because of the young manager’s promotion: Xia Yu would play “Pontiff’s Dancer” at exactly four and four-thirty every day.
“Pontiff’s Dancer,” as a classical piece, is similarly difficult to understand. However, it carries a widely known background story. Whether it’s the famous film “Pontiff Sullivan” in cinematic history, the classic musical “The Veil of the Dancer,” or the classic prose “A Night at the Cold Valley,” all have contributed to the piece’s popularity.
Combined with the piece’s inherent difficulty, it quickly became a symbol for artsy youths to show off their sophistication.
After a brief sigh, Xia Yu continued playing the piano.
Finally enduring until half past five, he closed the piano lid and entered the lounge to change clothes before leaving.
Just as he opened the lounge door, someone blocked his path and grabbed his hand.
Startled, Xia Yu quickly pulled his hand away and stared at the figure in confusion.
Before him stood a high school student of average build wearing glasses.
“Class monitor?” Xia Yu said in surprise.
Indeed, it was his class monitor.
The monitor took a step forward and boldly grabbed Xia Yu’s hand, his face filled with excitement: “Xia Yu, no, Yuge!”
His actions and tone made Xia Yu feel uneasy, as if the monitor were hitting on him. Xia Yu pulled his hand away cautiously and asked, “What do you want? How did you get here?”
“I often come to this coffee shop! I never expected to meet you here!” The monitor’s enthusiasm didn’t fade as he patted Xia Yu’s shoulder again, “Yuge, you should have shown off your talent earlier!”
“Come on, tell me what you want! Why are you here?” Knowing the monitor must have an ulterior motive, Xia Yu remained vigilant.
“I won’t ask you about the program planning anymore, but for the practical aspects, you could still help out—for example, playing the piano.” The monitor revealed his intention.
“Didn’t you say you wouldn’t ask me about the after-school tutoring program? What piano am I supposed to play?” Xia Yu wasn’t interested in getting involved in these troubles. He just wanted to quietly earn some money to buy a pig-headed man’s notebook to play games.
“Hehe, the tutoring didn’t specify regular classes, so why not have a music appreciation class instead?” The monitor held tightly onto Xia Yu’s shoulder to prevent him from escaping.
“And where exactly are you going to get a piano?” Xia Yu tried to make the monitor give up.
“No problem! Just play the piano, and leave the rest to me!” The monitor patted his chest confidently.
With no good excuse, Xia Yu started making one up: “I have my girlfriend to take care of that day.”
“Don’t try to fool me! You don’t even have a girlfriend!” The monitor patted Xia Yu’s shoulder and said, “It’s settled then. I’m going home now.”
Watching the monitor walk away, Xia Yu rubbed his forehead.
Actually, he wasn’t entirely against the idea. Although he had lived two lives, he was still a passionate young man.
Well, whatever.
After leaving the cafe, Xia Yu returned home.
At six o’clock, instead of immediately logging into An Siyao’s body, he picked up the black cat in the living room and began an experiment.
He wanted to test whether he could freely choose to enter the black cat’s body.
He selected the “Free Selection” option and focused on the black cat’s body.
When the confirmation prompt appeared, Xia Yu smiled.
The black cat’s body was accessible via free selection—no problem.
Therefore, he didn’t need to delete Xu Youxiang’s slot anymore; he just needed to delete the black cat’s.
He clicked “No,” put the black cat down, and logged into An Siyao’s body.
After a brief moment of darkness, Xia Yu found himself back in the piano room.
“Did something happen?” An Siyao asked with concern since Xia Yu had arrived later than usual.
“Just some testing.” Xia Yu opened the piano lid and continued practicing “Maple Leaves of the Senpou Temple.”
For Xia Yu at this moment, “Maple Leaves of the Senpou Temple” wasn’t particularly difficult, but mastering it still required considerable practice.
After eight hours, Xia Yu finally learned the piece.
Informing An Siyao that Sunday would be a rest day and he wouldn’t come over, Xia Yu returned to his own body.
Getting up from the bed and stretching, Xia Yu picked up his phone and looked at the prepared list.
There were sixteen people on the list given by Gui Zixiao. Xia Yu filtered it, removing married women and those with boyfriends, leaving eight remaining.
Among these eight, three lived nearby.
What Xia Yu needed to do next was to choose one of the three for the body exchange. If none worked out, he would consider the other five, and if that still didn’t work, he would have to settle for married women.
Spending the day at home, at 5:30 PM, Xia Yu left his house and arrived at the foot of the first target’s building.
It was an old residential complex—not the modern mid-rise buildings that are popular nowadays, but a regular six-story building.
Carefully avoiding surveillance cameras, Xia Yu checked the time and called out the target’s name, then hid behind a tree.
Soon, the window of the target’s home opened, and the target leaned out, looking around.
What great luck—this first attempt had already taken the bait.
Xia Yu immediately grabbed the woman, clicked “Confirm,” and darkness enveloped everything.
When he regained consciousness, he had already entered the woman’s body.
Xia Yu had seen the woman’s face in photos before, so there was no need to look again—nothing particularly exciting. On a scale where An Siyao scored a perfect 100, this body was probably around 60-something.
As for Xu Youxiang, she generally scored around 95. If someone had a particular preference, maybe an extra five or six points could be added. Overall, she was about the same as An Siyao.
He glanced downstairs and saw his original body being meticulously and cautiously maneuvered by the hosting AI, deftly evading the surveillance cameras as it exited the residential complex.
Xia Yu nodded in satisfaction with the hosted AI.
At this moment, the loading was complete.
[…]
[Body Exchange Successful]
[Generating Bonus Based on the New Body…]
[Bonus Generation Complete]
[Acquired Bonuses: Slack-Off Bonus Lv1, Blame-Shifting Bonus Lv1, Video Game Bonus Lv1]
[Enjoy your game.]
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