With My Ability To Swap, I Will Never End Up In A Love Triangle Mess - Chapter 128

“Oh ho ho~ Class President Lin is acting like a child in front of me?”

Xia Xi teased, the lollipop in his mouth as he continued looking up at the sky.

Lin Xining didn’t reply. Instead, she asked him another question.

“Xia Xi, is there someone you like?”

Someone he likes?

Xia Xi was stunned for a moment; he hadn’t expected Lin Xining to suddenly ask such a question.

To be honest, he really didn’t have those kinds of strong feelings for anyone at the moment. Even his relationship with Luo Xinyu was just that of slightly closer friends.

This begs the question: “Can men and women really be just friends?”

The answer is inevitably no.

Take Luo Xinyu, for example. Every time Xia Xi saw her, although she always appeared calm, gentle, and composed, the look in her eyes that screamed she wanted to devour him wasn’t hidden in the slightest.

After all, her favorability had surpassed eighty. It was impossible to say Luo Xinyu had no thoughts about him. But Xia Xi truly didn’t know how to face it. He didn’t know if Luo Xinyu liked the real him, or “Chenxi,” who had special abilities and could let her run freely.

“Not yet.”

That was Xia Xi’s answer to Lin Xining.

The latter’s eyes noticeably brightened a degree.

“What about Luo Xinyu? It seems like you and the young mistress get along very well.”

There was a faint, unidentifiable nuance in the girl’s voice, so subtle that Xia Xi couldn’t detect it at all.

“We’re just friends.”

Just… friends?

Lin Xining placed her hand over her heart, clutching her clothes tightly.

“Alright, alright, I don’t have any desire to be in a relationship right now. Rather than dating, I’d rather earn more money and take Xia Yue traveling everywhere.”

“Haha, that’s true…”

Lin Xining hung her head low, lost in her own thoughts.

“Let’s go downstairs, it’s getting a bit cold from the wind.”

Xia Xi tightened the scarf around his neck – the one Lin Xining had knitted and given him – and turned to walk downstairs.

Lin Xining quickly hurried to keep up.

“Um, Xia Xi, I have something I want to tell you!”

Just as the two were on the stairs, Lin Xining’s eyes suddenly filled with determination, as if she had resolved herself. She reached out and grabbed the clothes of Xia Xi, who was in front of her.

“What is it?”

Xia Xi instinctively started to turn around to look at Lin Xining.

Because Lin Xining was still holding onto Xia Xi’s clothes, this motion caused her to lose her balance and sway.

“Wai… wait! Xia Xi, get out of the way!”

Thud!

That was the loud sound of both of them tumbling down the stairs together.

[Detected host has triggered a special event. Temporary task activated.]

[Temporary Task: The Buried Feelings
The host has encountered the classic “falling down the stairs with a beautiful girl” scenario. In recognition of the courage Lin Xining mustered to confess her feelings before falling, a temporary task is activated. For the duration of the task, the host’s and Lin Xining’s left eye and left ear sensory perceptions will be exchanged.]

[Task Requirement: Learn what Lin Xining wanted to say before falling down the stairs.
Task Reward: Soothing Muscles and Activating Channels Massage Technique.]

….

“Yah, Sister Xue Ning, you’re awake?”

Sister Xue Ning?

Xia Xi’s head was buzzing a little. Why would Xia Yue call him Sister Xue Ning? Could it be that he had swapped bodies with Lin Xining?

“Mhm, I’m fine. Sorry for causing you trouble.”

That was… Lin Xining’s voice?

Wait! This field of vision… Xia Yue is clearly standing right in front…

It must be the system’s doing!

Xia Xi hurriedly checked the task panel.

Sure enough, there was a temporary task. With the task explanation, the current situation made sense.

Xia Xi closed his right eye, and his vision became the perspective from Lin Xining’s side. Closing his left eye returned it to his own perspective. With both eyes open, he had two scenes, one on each side.

He guessed it was the same for Lin Xining on her end.

“Then I’ll go check on my brother, Sister Xue Ning. Watch some TV for a bit, okay?”

“Okay.”

The sound from Lin Xining’s side transmitted to Xia Xi through his left ear, creating a strangely peculiar sensation.

It was like hearing himself speak even though he hadn’t opened his mouth.

“Xia Xi, you’re awake, right?”

Lin Xining, now sitting on the sofa, spoke softly.

After inexplicably seeing Xia Xi’s perspective and hearing his confused “Huh?” earlier, she had confirmed that she had encountered yet another bizarre supernatural event.

“Already awake. Looks like we’ve swapped half of our eyes and ears.”

Xia Xi also responded quietly.

This kind of exchange was actually quite convenient, like two people on a video call, but using a first-person perspective.

“Sorry, it was my carelessness…”

“It’s fine. The important thing is that neither of us got hurt. It’s New Year’s Eve, so don’t apologize. Be happy~”

Lin Xining wanted to apologize for causing them to fall, but Xia Xi interrupted her.

“Onii-chan, you’re awake now?”

Xia Yue suddenly pushed open the door to Xia Xi’s room and threw herself into his arms.

“You have no idea how scared I was when I saw you and Sister Xue Ning passed out in the stairwell!”

The little girl trembled in his embrace, seemingly sobbing. Yet, just moments ago, she had been talking to Lin Xining with a smile.

“There, there, I’m fine now, aren’t I?”

Xia Xi helplessly held his little sister’s back, gently placing his hand on her head.

“Idiot! Dunce! Good-for-nothing! How could you even fall and knock yourselves out on the stairs!”

Xia Yue, her voice choked with sobs, berated Xia Xi relentlessly. Even Lin Xining, who had her left ear swapped and could see the same scene, felt indirectly scolded.

“Hehe.”

Xia Xi didn’t know what else to say.

In all these years, this was the first time he had seen his little sister cry.

It was hard to imagine that his usually teasing, bratty little sister would cry because he had knocked himself out. Logically, shouldn’t she be laughing at him?

A few minutes later, Xia Yue gradually calmed down.

She sniffled, climbed off Xia Xi, and stood by the bed.

“I wasn’t crying! Onii-chan, you didn’t see anything!”

“Okay, okay, my dear imouto wasn’t crying at all.”

Xia Xi looked at the girl’s pouting lips, feeling a warmth in his heart.

Isn’t it a happy thing to have someone close to you cry for you when you’re hurt?

The old saying “raise sons to provide against old age” exists precisely so that at the end of one’s life, one can feel the care of their children and grandchildren, and know that there are still people in the world who care about them, bringing peace of mind.

Lin Xueling sat on the sofa, not playing on her phone, but instead staring intently at her fair, bare thighs, half-covered by her skirt and enhanced by sheer stockings, and her hands tightly clasped together between her legs.

She was an only child. Seeing the deep bond between Xia Xi and Xia Yue, she inexplicably felt that having a younger brother or sister would be a wonderful thing.

If this were posted online, people would probably say things like, “Only children are the happiest, they get all their parents’ love.” Well, everyone has their own perspective.

But at least at this moment, Lin Xining truly envied Xia Yue for having an older brother’s embrace where she could cry freely. She also somewhat envied Xia Xi for having such a lively and adorable little sister.

Ahem! Ahem!

Suddenly, clear, deliberate coughs came from the doorway of Xia Xi’s room.

In their shared field of vision, An Xiaoyu stood there, wearing the maid outfit Xia Yue had forcibly changed her into. She held a phone, pretending as if she knew nothing.