The Body Swap Game - Chapter 42
Chapter 42: The Step-Mom’s Party
[Testing content: Participate in the music competition for District 1 high schoolers and reach the finals]
[Testing award: Skills improvement prop (Lv 5 and below)]
Skills improvement prop?
Xia Yu immediately thought that this could be used to improve the level of his programming.
It was much harder to study programming than the piano. The more advanced it was, the harder it became. If he had this prop, he could save a lot of time.
Only the top 10 contestants could enter the finals. He’d probably need a Music Lv 4 to reach the top 10.
That was to say, if he got promoted from Music Lv 3 to Music Lv 4, could he receive the award of promotion to Lv 5 in Programming?
Xia Yu thought this was a good deal. Especially since there was a recommendation to Huada University and at least 100 thousand yuan as prize money if he participated in the music competition.
After a little hesitation, he decided to do it.
He’d get into the top 10!
Although, he needed some tricks to make sure An Siyao didn’t recognize him.
Xia Yu felt doubtful at this point.
If he was going to do this, he needed to see that person.
He looked at the suitcase he brought over, which was a gift from that person.
He looked toward Youxue’s room. If she found out, she’d feel a little emotional too.
It was fine. None of this was a big problem.
He went to school and worked as usual during the day. At night, he logged onto An Siyao’s body.
When he opened his eyes, he could see the piano, as well as the violin.
“You’re back.” An Siyao sounded pleasant.
“Hm. I ran into some problems yesterday, that’s why I didn’t show up.” Though he already told An Siyao that the body swap could be unstable these days, he still provided an explanation.
“Is everything okay?” An Siyao asked with concern.
“Everything is fixed.”
“It’s not that you don’t like me anymore?” the girl asked.
“No.”
With Xia Yu’s answer, An Siyao relaxed.
“What should we learn today?” She asked eagerly.
“Piano. Let’s learn the hardest song.” Xia Yu checked his points in the game. He had 860 points, enough for one 2x experience prop.
An Siyao asked if he wanted classical or pop music, and he chose classical. They decided on “Ode to the Sun.”
As one of the hardest classical songs, “Ode to the Sun” was even harder than “Art Gallery of the Changeling.” With only 2x the experience, unlike the 8x experience booster he had before, he was learning at a much slower pace.
When it was almost the end of the game, he still hadn’t learned the song.
Xia Yu wasn’t worried. In the last 15 minutes of the game, he stopped as usual and returned to the bedroom to hang out with An Siyao.
An Siyao mentioned an event.
“I have to go to Fangzhang City tomorrow,” she said. “It’s mom’s birthday. There’s a party at the mansion there.”
Mom? Didn’t she say her mom was gone?
Step-mom?
“Why Fangzhang City?” Xia Yu was confused. Fangzhang City was a second-tier city, but it hardly matched the An family’s social status.
“Maybe it was because mom’s family home was there.” An Siyao didn’t know the reason. She didn’t even think there was something odd about having the party there.
The step-mom’s hometown? As in, the step-mom wanted to use the party to increase her original family’s influence?
Whatever, it had nothing to do with him.
Wait, would the party be a problem?
“Shall I go?” Xia Yu asked. “Would anyone at the party bully you?”
“Nah,” An Siyao answered. “We’re just going over tomorrow. The actual party is the day after tomorrow.”
Considering the girl’s personality, Xia Yu asked in a different way. “Then, can I log onto your body tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?”
“Anytime is fine!”
Xia Yu could tell she was excited.
It seemed like the girl wanted him to use her body. She just didn’t want to say it outright.
Then, he’d go to the party tomorrow. He’d never been to an upper-society party before.
After finalizing this matter, Xia Yu returned to his own body.
He got up from the bed. Looking forward to the delicious food at the party, he also made plans.
He wouldn’t have time tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. He’d have to look for that person the day after the following day tomorrow. Hopefully, she would still be the same after all these years of not seeing her.
How would she feel after learning Xia Dongyang sold the place and ran off?
Would she do anything?
He stopped thinking about it. Xia Yu didn’t want to do pointless guessing anymore.
At 4 p.m. the next day, he logged onto An Siyao’s body again.
At this time, An Siyao was inside a narrow space. Judging by the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, he could tell he was on a plane.
“Want to eat something?” An Siyao’s voice came out in Xia Yu’s mind.
“How long before we can get off the plane?” Xia Yu looked around. The space was about one meter wide and two meters long. It had a TV at his foot.
It was indeed an upper-class lifestyle. He had his own room even on a plane, even though the room wasn’t big.
“About two hours. We can still order food.” An Siyao was promoting the plane food again.
Xia Yu hesitated before getting an order of cheese and caviar.
The cheese wasn’t something Xia Yu was used to, but the caviar was great.
Two hours later, the plane landed. A flight attendant came over and guided him off the plane. Along the way, employees stood aside, politely greeting him.
This made Xia Yu feel the pleasures of an upper-society life.
With An Siyao’s help, he found the driver. Soon, he arrived at the destination, the mansion belonging to An Siyao’s step-mom.
It wasn’t so much a mansion but a country estate. It was more than one-and-half-times as big as An Siyao’s mansion.
Although, this mansion was in the suburbs of Fangzhang City, while An Siyao’s house was in the downtown area of Yaoguang City. Value-wise, An Siyao’s place was worth more.
A maid led Xia Yu to his room.
Putting aside the suitcase, Xia Yu looked at the room layout. It was pretty similar to An Siyao’s room.
“What shall we do now?” Xia Yu asked An Siyao.
“Take a shower,” the girl replied.
“???” Xia Yu was confused. “Are you sure?”
“I feel sweaty,” An Siyao explained. She was anxious. “Do you dislike seeing my body?”
“It’s not that.” Xia Yu recalled that after logging onto her body so many times, he even knew how to use sanitary napkins now. There was nothing to be embarrassed about.
Picking up his clothes, he walked into the restroom.
After showering and changing, Xia Yu sat by the desk for a bit before he was interrupted by knocks on the door.
He opened his door. There were five people outside. They were around An Siyao’s age.
Three guys and two girls.
“Have dinner with us?” One guy asked Xia Yu.
“I told you, An Siyao won’t go! She’s never gone out with us!” One girl complained.
“OK,” Xia Yu replied.
“See, I told you… wait, are you sure?” The girl looked at Xia Yu in shock.
