The Body Swap Game - Chapter 27

Chapter 27: Want to be Adorable?

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation

Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Xia Yu was confused regarding the additional skills.

Aren’t you a programmer? Why are your skills goofing off, shirking responsibility, and playing computer games?

Was she the mythical team member whose only role in the team was to make others feel less stressed since she knew nothing?

Xia Yu felt shaken.

This body swap was a total fail.

Although, even useless targets had their purposes.

Looking at the additional skills, Xia Yu removed Shirking Responsibility and Goofing Off, and kept Computer Games.

He went into the target’s room and found a notebook computer. There was a password, but it used facial recognition.

He scanned his new face, turning on the computer.

In this world, computer operating systems were a little different from the ones in his former life, but overall, they were the same.

Soon, Xia Yu was familiar with the computer. He found the game on the start-up menu.

He launched a triple-A game. 

When the graphics were loading, he looked for accessories in the room. He found a handheld controller, a game console, a handheld game, and VR goggles, etc.

She was indeed someone who knew how to play.

Five minutes after Xia Yu started playing, his body swap target spoke.

“Um, who is this? What is happening?” The woman sounded confused.

“You’re dreaming,” Xia Yu replied as he manipulated the game avatar.

“Oh. I’m dreaming.” The woman believed Xia Yu right away.

In her understanding, when her body became controlled by something else, it must have been a dream.

“Hey, why can’t I control my own dream?” the woman asked again.

“Dreams are controlled by the subconscious, can you control your subconscious?” Xia Yu answered.

After trying a few times and confirming she couldn’t make any moves, the woman gave up.

She talked to Xia Yu. “I play games every day, and now, I’m playing games in my dreams? It’s pathetic.”

“Well, you dream of what you do, right?” Xia Yu consoled her.

“Hey, watch out on the right. There’s a monster at the wall.”

Even with the woman’s reminder, Xia Yu was still startled.

“Dodge, flip, charge!” The woman continued to help Xia Yu in the game.

After two fails, Xia Yu finally passed this level.

By the next level, they had reached some kind of consensus.

At the end of eight hours, when Xia Yu said it was time for her to wake up, the woman tried to keep Xia Yu playing.

After turning her down, Xia Yu exited the game.

When Xia Yu logged out of her body, the woman instantly opened her eyes.

She rubbed her face. “I actually dreamt of someone using my body and my computer to play my game, with my help. How desperate am I for a game partner?”

She was too excited to sleep. Going to the desk, she turned on her computer.

She opened the game and noticed a new screen. Her inventory now had a new pile of stuff. The woman tried to analyze the situation.

What just happened to me?

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Meanwhile, Xia Yu had returned to his body. He nodded with satisfaction after seeing a new skill on the panel, Computer Games, Lv 1.

Although he didn’t get any coding skills, he did gain something.

He took out the list to study.

The woman he logged onto just now worked at a random small company, so it wasn’t a surprise she wasn’t a skilled programmer. He’d look for a programmer at a bigger firm next time.

Should he do it tonight?

Xia Yu hesitated. If he went to a new target tonight, he’d have to disappoint An Siyao, and that wasn’t good.

Xia Yu could feel how happy the girl was every time he showed up. Happiness and sadness were two sides of the same coin; if he let her down, she’d be sad.

Maybe he should think of something to get in touch with her, so she’d know he wasn’t coming.

But if he contacted her, it meant she’d have a way to find him.

While Xia Yu didn’t think the girl would harm him, as a daughter from a powerful family, she would be under surveillance, and it would be messy if people from her family found him.

Xia Yu gave up on this idea. He turned on the light to read.

At five a.m., Xia Dongyang opened the apartment door. Xia Yu didn’t hear the sounds of him stumbling around. Looked like his father didn’t overdrink this time.

For days, Xia Yu had been waiting for Tattoo Sleeve and other thugs to make trouble for Xia Dongyang. It seemed as if Xia Dongyang had stayed fine so far. The man probably found a way to make the problem go away.

If Xia Dongyang used this energy at work, the Xia family wouldn’t have been in such dire straits now.

At seven-thirty a.m., Xia Yu finished getting ready and had breakfast. He went to school.

The news that after school tutoring had become music appreciation had already been announced. The class leader, in order to stop the students from protesting, added a costumed waiter and waitress to bring people drinks and snacks.

This way, most people were fine with the change. The project was decided.

At night, Xia Yu logged onto An Siyao’s body. He learned a song titled “Carp in the Lake” and enjoyed treats made by the chef.

Before leaving, he told An Siyao he wasn’t coming the following night.

He wanted to focus his energy on learning to code for a while and stop coming to An Siyao. But with the girl on the verge of tears, he told her he’d visit at least once every three days.

Back in his own body, he rubbed his forehead.

An Siyao was needier than Youxue.

It’s fine. Her house had nice food, he could see it as a vacation.

Xia Yu opened the door and left his place.

Of the 16 female programmers on the list, only two worked for large companies. They lived a little far from him, so he didn’t check out their places last time.

After he finished his classes, he got to the first target’s place.

Unfortunately, he just happened to see Gui Zixiao’s older brother sneaking inside the target’s place. He couldn’t swap with this person now.

Downstairs from the second target’s place, Xia Yu repeated what he did last time. He called her name and waited behind the tree. When the target appeared, he logged onto her body for a swap.

This programmer didn’t just work at a large company, she was also the team leader of a project. Xia Yu was sure this would work out.

He waited for the text prompt to appear.

[…]

[Body swap complete]

[Addition created based on the target body…]

[Addition complete]

[Additions received: Being Cute Lv 1, Computer Games Lv 1, Fashion Design Lv 1]

“???”

Xia Yu tried to think, what did he do wrong?