With My Ability To Swap, I Will Never End Up In A Love Triangle Mess - Chapter 78

“I thought he’d come up with something better, but this is just… lame.”

Wheeling down the street with his bodyguard in tow, Xia Xi couldn’t help but scoff.

He’d expected Wang Gang to propose some grand scheme—like luring the Dragon Clan author with money before ambushing him. Instead, the plan was to hype the novel until it got popular enough for a physical release… and then catch him at a hypothetical book signing.

Seriously, who said authors have to do signings just because their book gets published? Wang Gang was clearly too naïve for this cutthroat world.

“Pfft, yeah, the plan’s not exactly foolproof,” Luo Xinyu chimed in. “But making the book blow up is good for the author, right?”

True. The more popular Dragon Clan became, the more Xia Xi would earn. Either way, he couldn’t lose.

Since Xia Xi was texting Luo Xinyu mentally via his phone, the bodyguard noticed nothing unusual—just that the young mistress seemed unusually engrossed in her device today.

Ding-ding-ding!

Suddenly, a QQ notification popped up.

Great Demon Liu: Xinyu, help! My sister’s employee just lost her mind!

Timid Heiress: Where are you?

Great Demon Liu: The maid café on Pedestrian Street! HURRY! Delay any longer, and I perish!

A maid café?

What was Liu Yiyi doing there? And why was her sister’s employee “losing her mind”?

Wait—

Sister?

Liu?

No way…

A terrifying realization dawned on Xia Xi.

[Due to system lag, the mission has been preemptively issued. Please familiarize yourself with the ongoing task.]

Huh?

What kind of garbage system has lag?!

Staring at the newly spawned mission on the holographic screen, Xia Xi felt his soul leave his body.

[Having detected the host’s complacent mindset, a temporary mission has been issued. Please devote more attention to each exchange partner and strive to raise affinity levels.]

[Temporary Mission: Let’s Start Our Group Activity!]

[Participants: Xia Xi, Liu Jiaying, Liu Yiyi]
[Task Content: Xia Xi swaps into Liu Jiaying’s identity, Liu Jiaying swaps into Liu Yiyi’s identity, and Liu Yiyi swaps into Xia Xi’s identity. The host must remain within 10 meters of both Liu sisters for 12 hours.]

[Note: Aside from the three participants, all others’ common sense will be altered.]

[Reward: Free Swap Card (4 hours) ×1]

System, do I look like a pushover to you?

“Group activity”? More like a three-way identity shuffle! And why was Luo Xinyu aware of this swap too?!

He’d just met her yesterday—already raising suspicions—and now this? No way she’d buy it as a coincidence!

Before he could overthink it, Xia Xi exited Luo Xinyu’s body and returned to his own.

If memory served, he should’ve been lounging comfortably at home. But the mission required him to stay within 10 meters of the Liu sisters—impossible unless…

A dizzying lurch later, Xia Xi opened his eyes to the familiar interior of the café’s changing room.

“Sis! Are you sure you’re not a witch?! What do we do now?!”

Liu Yiyi—clutching Liu Jiaying’s collar—looked on the verge of a meltdown.

“I don’t know either! Maybe… it’ll reverse on its own?”

Liu Jiaying sounded just as lost.

Xia Xi rubbed his temples and turned to Xiao Jing, the baffled maid standing nearby.

“So… what exactly happened?”

Startled, Xiao Jing blurted out:

“Boss! It’s like—one second, Big Bro Xia was in the changing room, the next, he just poofed at the entrance screaming for his sister! But he only has a younger sister, right? And get this—he came in wearing that white hoodie (points at Xia Xi’s current outfit), but suddenly, he’s in a cute tee and girls’ shorts! Then when your little sister walked out in a maid dress, he started calling her ‘sis’ like a lunatic! Boss… d’you think he ate something weird from that classmate of his?”

Xia Xi’s face darkened with every word.

So the system had auto-piloted his body to the café while he was off-duty? And why was “he” suddenly cross-dressing at the door?! His cool, dependable “Big Bro Xia” image was ruined in front of the maids!

(Cries internally.jpg)

“Got it. Go handle the customers, and make sure no one else comes back here. We’ve got… private matters to discuss. Understood?”

Pitching his voice to mimic Liu Jiaying’s, Xia Xi stressed the need for secrecy. The last thing they needed was eavesdroppers making this mess worse.

“Got it, boss!”

As the maid scurried out, Xia Xi finally exhaled.

“Not bad, Xia Xi. You sound just like me,” Liu Jiaying teased, patting a shell-shocked Liu Yiyi.

“Gotta keep up appearances,” Xia Xi sighed. “You know how weird this is.”

Having swapped identities with Lin Xueling before, he wasn’t completely rattled. At its core, this was just advanced roleplay.

“True… judging by Xiao Jing’s reaction—so now you’re me, I’m Yiyi, and Yiyi’s you?”

Liu Jiaying pieced it together swiftly. Frankly, she found the whole situation way more entertaining than another day of shopping.

Meanwhile, Liu Yiyi—now slumped in a chair—looked utterly defeated.

She’d just wanted to catch up with her sister. How did she end up as some random dishwasher named Xia Xi?!

She was a renowned author, damn it! Some lowly part-timer? Humph!

“So… what’s the plan now?” Xia Xi eyed Liu Yiyi meaningfully.

“What plan? We’re stuck like this! What else can we do?”

Liu Yiyi bristled at his pointed tone. Why was he singling her out? This wasn’t her fault!

“No, no—I mean, you’re me right now. To everyone else, ‘Xia Xi’ is the one running around in a skirt. So…”