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Life Exchange Game

Xia Yu finds himself in an alternate world where he belongs to a single-parent, a financially struggling family. Unlike his previous life as a well-off only child. After living for 18 years with no system, Xia Yu unexpectedly receives an odd "body-swapping game" system. The system allows him to swap or take over the bodies of of any Human or Animal for eight hours a day, in turn acquires various skills called "bonuses" after a successful swap, gaining their speciality. Curiosity and the desire to escape from his mundane life leads Xia Yu to experiment with the system. Ding- [Body exchange has been completed.] [Generating bonus based on the other party's body...] [Obtained bonuses: Music lv1, Painting lv1, Flower Arrangement lv1.] "Well It seems I don't need to sell this body's kidney or get a loan in their name anymore."

Xenal · Urban
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After finishing his classes on Friday and playing the piano at the coffee shop for two hours, Xia Yu returned home, had a simple dinner, and lay down on his bed.

He logged into An Siyao's body.

Opening his eyes, he found himself in the familiar piano room with a plate of white jade dumplings.

After eating two dumplings, Xia Yu responded to An Siyao's greeting and then asked, "Do you know any modern songs?"

"Do you mean songs like 'Gallery of the Vanished Son' and 'Jiu Lang's Amulet'?" An Siyao asked.

Xia Yu had looked it up earlier, and according to the encyclopedia, the difficulty level of these two pieces was not low.

This girl always wanted to trick him into learning high-difficulty pieces.

"No need, just songs like 'Autumn of Reed Name' and 'Echoes of Reed Leaves' will suffice." These were the songs recommended by the young store manager, who thought Xia Yu already knew them and was deceived by Xia Yu.

Although the young man wanted to make his coffee shop more upscale, compared to classical pieces like Guda's etudes, the general public was more familiar with songs like 'Autumn of Reed Name'.

Hearing that Xia Yu only wanted to learn two easy songs, An Siyao was a bit puzzled, but she was already surprised and reassured that he could continue practicing.

"I don't know these two songs," the girl said.

"You don't?" Xia Yu felt a sinking feeling in his heart, meaning he now had to practice by himself?

"It doesn't matter, these simple songs can be learned just by watching someone else's performance video," An Siyao continued.

Is she really that good?

Taking out his phone, Xia Yu selected a performance video from a pianist and watched it together with An Siyao.

After the song finished, Xia Yu didn't even remember the sheet music, but An Siyao told him they could start now.

The girl didn't deceive Xia Yu; her skillful guidance made him suspect that she actually knew the song already.

How could she know everything even though they watched it together? Xia Yu wondered whether she's an immortal!

Under her guidance and without using experience cards, Xia Yu mastered the two songs in five hours.

If it weren't for An Siyao's ability to learn so quickly, Xia Yu would be very proud of his speed, but now all he wanted was a cigarette.

He spent the rest of the time learning a slightly more difficult modern piece called "Red Leaves of Xianfeng Temple," which he estimated would take him until the next session to complete.

Closing the piano lid, Xia Yu sighed that having a teacher made a real difference: if he had to figure it out for himself, it would probably take much longer.

Why couldn't that Xu Youxiang be as friendly as An Siyao?

Even though her chest isn't big, her temper sure is!

When he arrived at An Siyao's bedroom, Xia Yu used the remaining ten minutes to chat with the girl.

"By the way, how do you girls deal with it if you are particularly irritable?" Xia Yu tried to get a solution from An Siyao.

A girl? An Siyao immediately became alert.

After thinking about when she would get irritable, the girl answered, "Maybe it's because of those few days, it'll get better after a few days."

"It's not those few days. I know." Xia Yu didn't feel uncomfortable while using Xu Youxiang's body.

How do you know that?!

An Siyao's heart was full of alarm bells.

You really went to find another woman!

The girl's heart was filled with grievances.

"Well, I don't know. Maybe staying quiet by oneself will make it better." Although she felt wronged, An Siyao still tried her best to give advice to Xia Yu.

Every time she was in a bad mood, she would feel better by looking at the garden alone on the balcony.

Xia Yu didn't think Xu Youxiang would calm down just by being quiet. According to what the other party said, her anger mainly came from her immovable legs. Other than curing her, other methods would be difficult to succeed.

Especially since Xia Yu took her body, she had already regarded Xia Yu as an enemy.

Better forget it, leave her, and find someone else.

Thinking of this, Xia Yu relaxed.

Now it's Saturday morning, a holiday, and he plans to explore the way in the morning and exchange immediately after work in the evening.

As he was planning more, An Siyao said, "Actually, besides the white jade dumplings, there are other delicious things. I'll have the chef make some tomorrow. Do you want to try?"

"Yes," Xia Yu agreed immediately.

Looking for a new body on Sunday is not too late, as there is no work, and more preparation can be made.

"Okay." An Siyao was in a good mood.

When the time came, Xia Yu returned to his own body.

He sat up, thinking about what kind of delicious food he would get, and opened the marked columns.

Now the columns are:

[1. An Siyao]

[2. I am a cat]

[3. The scolding little girl]

To enter someone else's body, a free column is required, which means Xia Yu must delete one of them.

Should Xu Youxiang be removed?

If the black cat could be freely taken, removing the black cat would be the best choice, after all, the black cat is at home and can be added at any time.

But Xia Yu was not sure if the black cat, which appeared because of the bug, could be connected again after removing the column.

He would try it out tonight.

Putting aside the matter, Xia Yu came to the desk, twirling a pen while reading a novel. These days he had been reading more novels than he had in the previous semester, mainly because he didn't have a notebook to play games on, and the mobile phones in this world really didn't have any interesting apps.

By 7:30 in the morning, Xia Yu sent a message to Gui Zixiao. Gui Zixiao had an older brother who was a programmer and worked locally. If he could learn about some programmer girls through him, it would be of great help to Xia Yu.

Gui Zixiao didn't reply to Xia Yu until 11:00 in the morning.

Gui Zixiao: What are you asking about female programmers for?

Xia Yu: I received a press release and need to investigate some female programmers. Xia Yu chose an excuse that fit Gui Zixiao's impression.

Xia Yu: I don't need your brother to help me make appointments with them. In fact, there are some additional requirements for the personnel, so just their names and companies will be fine.

Gui Zixiao: I see, I'll ask my brother.

After an hour and a half, Gui Zixiao sent another message. Gui Zixiao: This is what I stole from my brother's computer. You must not let it out!

Gui Zixiao: [File] . He thought that having information on one or two people would be amazing, but there was actually a list?

Xia Yu: Don't worry, you know how good I am at keeping secrets.

Opening the file, Xia Yu briefly scanned it. There were names and companies, which was normal. There were also contact numbers and photos, which was still normal. But what was the deal with the words behind it, like available on Sundays, likes the outdoors, boyfriend goes on business trips in the middle of the month? Never mind, investigating someone's privacy is a bad thing.

With the list in hand, Xia Yu quickly identified three main candidates and five backup candidates.