“Why?”
Xia Xi didn’t quite understand.
Don’t most people usually dislike rainy days?
Because when it rains, you can’t go out, and even if you do, you have to carry an umbrella or wear a raincoat, which is a hassle.
Plus, on rainy days you can’t see many of the sights, and you can’t even do things like have picnics or go hiking.
“Why don’t you try guessing first?”
Luo Xinyu leaned forward slightly, her hands clasped behind her back, a gentle smile on her face. Xia Xi really felt that this lively, elegant, and gentle demeanor was what a girl should be like. Her own former cold, distant self – what kind of girl was that?
“I’ll guess… you like the crisp pitter-patter sound of the rain?”
“Nope, wrong.”
“Then… you like the misty, rainy scenery?”
“Wrong again.”
“Oh, come on, what is it then!”
Xia Xi couldn’t guess and didn’t want to try anymore, so she reached out and pinched the cheeks of the lovely person in front of her.
“Ow ow ow! Let go.”
Luo Xinyu grabbed Xia Xi’s wrist, trying to pull her hands away from her face.
But unexpectedly, her pulling only stretched the flesh Xia Xi was pinching, making it hurt even more.
“No way, it’s all your fault. Usually, it’s girls who like to keep people guessing. Why are you, a grown man, being so mysterious, making me guess this and that when I can never figure it out?”
At this moment, Xia Xi’s memories hadn’t returned. She still thought she was that young lady. In her eyes, Luo Xinyu, being male, shouldn’t have this kind of girlish personality.
“Oh dear, oh dear, my timid young lady, I’m sorry~”
“Hmph, that’s more… wait, I am not timid!”
Xia Xi had let go upon hearing the apology, but then suddenly realized she was being teased.
“Hehe, wasn’t that the nickname you gave yourself?”
Luo Xinyu didn’t give Xia Xi another chance to get handsy. She immediately ran off a few steps, putting some distance between them.
She was dressed in that pure white wedding gown, like a princess who’d stepped out of a fairy tale, bathed in the sunlight that broke through the mist after the rain had cleared.
“Idiot.”
She murmured softly.
“The reason I love rainy days… is because the very first ray of sunshine that pierces through the gloomy world after the rain clears up, it really resembles the dawn～”
[Note: “晨曦” (Chénxī) means “dawn” or “morning sunlight,” and it contains the character “曦” (Xī) from Xia Xi’s name.]
Finished speaking, she didn’t keep her distance anymore. Instead, she proactively came closer and linked her arm through his.
Xia Xi’s mind was still a bit fuzzy.
Why could she like him to this extent? Even her preference in weather was based on his name.
“Would the bride and groom please come forward!”
Suddenly, the elderly man reciting the wedding vows kindly invited the couple to step up.
Xia Xi didn’t move. She had no mental preparation for participating in some silly wedding ceremony.
“Xia Xi, I like you. Will you marry me!”
In the blink of an eye, the two of them were somehow on the center stage. It seemed like she’d spaced out for a moment and then been led all the way there by Luo Xinyu, walking in a daze.
Hearing the sweet, somewhat expectant voice of the girl beside her, Xia Xi looked into her eyes.
Luo Xinyu didn’t look away either, meeting Xia Xi’s gaze directly.
Hey, you know what? Seeing Luo Xinyu inhabiting the young lady’s body, with slightly flushed cheeks, legs held together, little hands clenched into fists – the shy demeanor of a girl was so evident it made Xia Xi’s ears turn red, and her heart started pounding wildly like a startled deer again.
“I also…”
[Quest Complete]
….
“Xia Xi, wake up! Aren’t you going to eat lunch?”
An Xiaoyu was half-lying on Xia Xi’s bed, persistently pushing and shaking the still-sleeping boy.
The next moment, Xia Xi’s brow furrowed, his expression shifting as if he was about to wake up.
“Didn’t I tell you not to wake me up in the morning! How dare you, a mere maidservant…”
Xia Xi’s eyes flew open, and he looked at the girl beside him who had been disturbing his sleep.
“Huh? Xia Xi, did you sleep-talk yourself silly?”
An Xiaoyu didn’t think Xia Xi would actually see her as a maidservant, and this was the first time he’d ever spoken harshly to her. But since he was clearly still groggy from sleep, An Xiaoyu didn’t take it to heart.
“Ah… oh… back to reality, huh?”
Apparently, this young man with the ability to swap bodies still thought he was that timid, wealthy young lady who had servants attending to her every whim～
“Sister Xinyu, I think Xia Xi’s brain is broken! He hasn’t been possessed by some evil spirit, has he!”
Seeing Xia Xi muttering incomprehensible things, An Xiaoyu jumped up and ran out of the bedroom door, calling for Luo Xinyu.
“An Xiaoyu, don’t talk nonsense! Your brother Xia Xi is perfectly fine!”
….
Xia Xi’s Room.
Xia Xi had already changed his clothes.
He was originally going to head out to the living room to eat with the two girls, but now he was blocked at the door by a certain young lady.
“Hehe, sleepyhead’s awake～”
Who set my young lady to this setting?
Damn it! You’re not Luo Xinyu! My Xinyu would never tease people like this!!!
Xia Yue! It’s all Xia Yue’s fault!
This bratty little sister of mine, I’m going to move all her figurines into my room and make her lose her 2D wives!
“You’ve got some nerve talking about me. How could you so seriously say ‘I love you’ to your own body?”
Back in the game space, when he thought he was the young lady, Xia Xi had assumed he was just being narcissistic. But he never expected the one with the real narcissistic tendencies was Luo Xinyu!
If she wasn’t narcissistic, how could that girl possibly confess to Xia Xi, who was wearing her face?
“So what? No matter what you turn into, I’ll still love you～”
Luo Xinyu blinked, and her words didn’t seem fake.
“Even if I turned into a stinky trash can, you’d still love me?”
“Yep. If you turned into a trash can, I’d take you home, clean you up, and then live inside you, staying with you day and night～”
“Eww～ Pervert!”
Wow, what’s this world coming to? A guy calling a pretty girl a pervert!
“What if I turned into a little loli like Bai Xiaocha? Could you still love me then?”
“Why wouldn’t I be able to? Little lolis are so cute. Like Xiaocha, don’t we both quite like her?”
“I guess you’re right…”
Cuteness really is something that can win over anyone, regardless of age or gender. Just like Bai Xiaocha – she’s clearly a silly loli, but you just can’t bring yourself to dislike her. Even people with a low tolerance for stupidity would just see her silly antics as a kind of adorable charm point.
“So, in the game space, my dear Xia did confess to me too～”
Luo Xinyu’s face was full of playful teasing, but even more so, happiness.
“Ugh, how could you bear to deceive the innocent me in the game space! You bad woman, corrupted by Xia Yue!”
