With My Ability To Swap, I Will Never End Up In A Love Triangle Mess - Chapter 122

“So, that’s the situation. What do you think, big bro?”

Xia Yue, wearing a pink nightgown and lying in the guest bedroom of Bai Xiaocha’s house, had just finished explaining the day’s events to her brother. She wanted his advice on how to convince An Xiaoyu to come to Yu City.

“So, you’re saying she seemed somewhat tempted, but also had some reservations?”

Xia Xi stroked his smooth chin and slurped a couple of mouthfuls of instant noodles.

He had bought a whole bunch of groceries, only to discover there wasn’t even a kitchen knife at home. In the end, he was stuck eating instant noodles… well, instant noodles with imported sausage he’d bitten into little pieces and a fried egg.

“Yep. I asked her if there was something difficult she couldn’t talk about, but she wouldn’t say. So, I had to come ask you for help, big brother.”

Xia Yue lay on her stomach on the bed, her short legs swinging back and forth. If anyone else had been in the room, they would have gotten quite an eyeful from either the front or the back.

“Wait, let me ask you a question first.”

“Mhm, go ahead, brother~”

“Why are you so set on bringing An Xiaoyu into our home? You don’t even know what she looks like.”

Xia Yue rolled over, changing from lying on her stomach to lying on her back. She placed the top of the phone above her lips, looking thoughtful.

“Let me tell you, big bro… I think An Xiaoyu seems… pitiful.”

Pitiful?

Didn’t Xia Yue not know about An Xiaoyu’s background or appearance? How could she think someone was pitiful without knowing anything? Could it be that An Xiaoyu told her something?

Thinking about it, Xia Xi shook his head.

With An Xiaoyu being such a tsundere, if it weren’t for the chemotherapy payment deadline, she probably wouldn’t have even mentioned Qin Zhizhi’s situation to him.

“In what way is she pitiful?”

Xia Yue hesitated for a moment before speaking slowly.

“Well… I feel like when Xiaoyu smiles, it’s very stiff. It looks exactly like a fake smile you’d learn to put on to deal with certain situations. And then, well, she doesn’t talk much. Usually, she’s very quiet and withdrawn. People who are like that have usually had some not-so-great experiences in life.”

Just thinking someone seems pitiful and wanting to bring them home, even offering a relatively high salary… in the real world, that seemed a bit… unhinged.

And that was indeed the case. Xia Yue wasn’t just doing it because she seemed pitiful. It was also because of that strange body-swapping phenomenon.

If she could figure it out, wouldn’t she be able to swap bodies with her big brother often~

Recalling everything she had felt and experienced using her brother’s body in the bathroom, a faint pink blush spread across Xia Yue’s cheeks.

Listening to Xia Yue’s analysis, an image inexplicably popped into Xia Xi’s mind: An Xiaoyu, curled up alone in her gaming chair, playing games with various ‘boss’ clients, forcing herself to laugh and act happy along with them.

Being a paid gaming companion and a game account booster were An Xiaoyu’s main sources of income.

Xia Xi had confirmed this after receiving various private messages from clients on An Xiaoyu’s phone, asking her to get online and play games.

Luckily, An Xiaoyu had already finished all her boosting orders before they swapped bodies. Otherwise, with Xia Xi’s mediocre skills, he’d probably have to pay compensation.

“Actually, your guess isn’t wrong. That girl An Xiaoyu had it even worse than we did when we were kids.”

At least he and Xia Yue had encountered a kind orphanage director, and later, various good-hearted people when they started looking for work. It wasn’t like An Xiaoyu, who not only had adoptive parents who weren’t her real parents, but also had to navigate various grey areas. On top of that, she only got to keep about one-tenth of the money she worked so hard to earn.

Xia Xi told Xia Yue about An Xiaoyu’s background.

“So, the reason she won’t come here is because her mom is still in the hospital receiving treatment?”

“Probably.”

Xia Yue wrinkled her cute little nose.

“What’s the big deal? Big bro, you can just bring her mom along too~”

She saw things in a rather simple way. In Xia Yue’s mind, since their family wasn’t short on money now, what was wrong with supporting two extra ‘rice tubers’?

Although, the money did ultimately belong to her brother. She, his little sister, was practically a rice tuber herself—one that was particularly gluttonous, picky, and demanding at that!

But!

Who asked her to be Xia Xi’s dearest little sister, and who asked him to be her most beloved big brother~

Xia Xi usually spoiled Xia Yue anyway; otherwise, she wouldn’t have developed this somewhat lewd, impish personality.

“That was my plan all along.”

Xia Xi nodded and slurped another mouthful of noodles. Grease stained the corner of his lips. Skillfully, he extended An Xiaoyu’s small tongue, gave a nimble flick, and cleaned his lips.

That was the annoying thing about eating noodles; every bite felt like it left grease on your lips. If he didn’t lick it off or wipe it with a tissue, Xia Xi felt seriously uncomfortable.

“Hehe, I knew you were the best, big brother~ I’ll go discuss it with her again tomorrow then. You should go to sleep soon, big brother~ Good night!”

Xia Yue’s mood was clearly much better.

“Alright, alright. I never saw you care about your big brother this much before, hmph.”

Listening to the slightly tsundere, cute girly voice coming from her big brother on the other end of the line, Xia Yue let out a couple of silly giggles.

“Hey now, I care about you sooo much every day! I even thoughtfully provide a ‘Gentle Little Sister Whispering Wake-up Service’ for you.”

The corner of Xia Xi’s mouth twitched slightly, and his hand, which had been picking up noodles, froze mid-air.

You call that wake-up service ‘gentle’?

When had his brain ever been not forcibly booted up amid violent shaking?

“Yeah, great service. Don’t provide it next time!”

“Ara ara~ Does big brother want an even more special service? Eww~ Big brother is such a sis~con~ isn’t he~”

“Get lost!”

The call ended with Xia Xi’s furious, embarrassed roar. Xia Yue looked at the phone screen that had returned to the home page, clutched her stomach, and rolled around on the bed laughing hysterically.

“As expected of brother, he can’t handle even a little teasing. No wonder Sister Xinyu calls him a pure, innocent boy~”

That’s right, during their online chats, Luo Xinyu had shared her assessment of Xia Xi with Xia Yue. And now, in Xia Yue’s view, that assessment was spot on.

“Speaking of which, if we really bring Xiaoyu home, Sister Xinyu and Sister Xue Ning will probably get jealous, right? They will, won’t they? Hehe~”

Xia Yue knew both sisters liked her big brother. But Sister Xinyu always seemed very composed, as if she wasn’t afraid of her brother being snatched away at all. Sister Xue Ning, on the other hand, was never good at expressing her feelings. So, Xia Yue was quite looking forward to seeing the two sisters get jealous and compete.

Just imagining the polite, gentle Sister Xinyu with a red face, speaking in sarcastic, veiled barbs, made Xia Yue feel like fun times were ahead.

She rolled over again, burying her entire face in the pillow, her feet continuously kicking the mattress, making soft thump thump sounds.

“Okay, that’s enough! I can’t keep thinking about this, or my head will get all weird again~”