Chapter 35: The Adolescent College Boy

Lu Xing truly had no way to deal with that fairy. Separated by two worlds, she was also the aloof type who rarely interacted with others.

Xiao Yu was smiling, but remembering something, she urged him, "You better figure something out soon! I don't want the next time I turn into you to be in a mental hospital!"

"It's not that exaggerated. I'll try to communicate with her more next time; at worst, I'll just take a day off."

Lu Xing said this, but he felt uncertain inside. A fairy was no ordinary mortal; one could not use conventional logic to predict her behavior.

After chatting briefly, Xiao Yu said goodbye and rushed back to her company to work overtime, determined to avoid having to attend class tomorrow.

When Lu Xing returned to his dormitory, the system's task completion notification finally arrived: "Novice Experience Task One complete. Overall rating: 72. Exceeded expectations. Reward: 1200 experience points."

Lu Xing realized that a man pretending to be a noble lady was much easier than a human pretending to be an intelligent robot.

Checking his personal panel, his experience points had reached 1800. Spending 1000 would level him up to level two, but since he was only filling in for Xiao Yu at work tomorrow, Lu Xing felt he could manage. He decided to hold onto them until he completed another round of tasks.

"Brother Six is back?"

"Brother Six, what's going on? Is it true you have schizophrenia? Seriously? That’s so cool!"

The other two roommates had returned to school from home. Upon seeing Lu Xing, they began shouting, attracting classmates from neighboring rooms to come and watch. They simply did not believe that Lu Xing, whom they had lived with for two years, could have schizophrenia. In the eyes of these students, schizophrenia was a remarkably cool condition, practically synonymous with having a second personality—incredibly stylish. Seeing Lu Xing looking fine now, they had no reason to worry.

"I have a piece of good news and a piece of bad news for you guys!" Lu Xing said.

"What's the good news?"

"The good news is that I'm moving out."

"Damn, why is that good news? We won't have a full team for gaming. Why the sudden move? What's the bad news?"

"The bad news is, I probably, indeed, really do have schizophrenia!"

"What the... hell?!"

A group of junior computer science students gaped. A boy from the next room asked with a grin, "Brother Six, is your second personality Lu Xun?"

"Get lost!" Lu Xing laughed as he entered his room.

His moving out was a done deal. With Xiao Yu's generous financial support, he didn't need to worry about rent. What concerned him was whether Jiang Xuannv and the others—especially the Ice Fairy—would be able to navigate the walk from the apartment back to school. There was no need to mention the fairy; she was a celestial being from the Nine Heavens who lived above the concerns of the mortal world. With her aloof and indifferent personality, she wouldn't deign to ask for help, making her nearly impossible to teach. As for Jiang Xuannv, although she was a girl from a future world, she had lived in a virtual environment and had never seen the bustling city streets. She wouldn't know how to take a bus, read a traffic light, or scan a shared bike. Annie, on the other hand, was a social butterfly of an angel; she would have no problem attending classes at school.

That night, unable to come up with a good solution, Lu Xing drifted off to sleep.

At the same time, in the Jiangbei Number One residential complex, Xiao Yu lay on the bed in her top-floor duplex, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. For one, she was thinking about tomorrow; she wondered if she could avoid the swap if she simply didn't sleep tonight. For another, she was still wearing a bra. Even though her nightgown and bra were high-end designer brands and her mattress was a million-dollar custom-made Hästens, soft and supportive, she had always slept without a bra since she was a child, even during naps. Being forced to sleep in the bra she would wear to work the next day made her feel incredibly uncomfortable. She felt awkward in every position—on her side, on her back, or on her stomach.

"...Sigh!"

Xiao Yu sat up, her hair a mess. With her eyes closed, she lifted her nightgown, discarded it, and reached behind her back. With a click, she unhooked the bra and tossed it onto the nightstand without looking, the garment still warm from her body. Then, in a fit of self-abandonment, she lay prone on the bed, her pajamas discarded on the floor, revealing her snow-white, delicate shoulder blades and slim, fair waist.

"Let him look if he wants!" she thought. "It's not like he hasn't seen it before! That afternoon, he had to use the bathroom, and I even helped him wipe with tissue paper. Since I've already done that, what's a change of clothes?!"

Once she reached this conclusion—or rather, gave up on fighting it—Xiao Yu felt much more relaxed and soon fell asleep.

She didn't know how much time had passed. When she groggily opened her eyes, she realized the mattress beneath her was incredibly firm. The sensations throughout her body were completely different from the usual, especially in her trousers. It felt as if a fire dragon were roaring toward the sky.

Xiao Yu woke up instantly!

"Lu Xing!"

She sat up abruptly, lifted the mosquito net, and saw the three familiar nets belonging to Lu Xing's roommates.

"It really swapped back!"

Xiao Yu gave up on struggling. She fumbled around on Lu Xing's bed, found his phone, and dialed his number. As soon as Lu Xing picked up, she hung up, mindful of the people sleeping in the room. The two tacitly switched to WeChat to communicate.

"Awake?"

"Just woke up. Asking you something—what do I do about... that?"

"?" What about that?"

Lu Xing, who had swapped from the hard wooden bed in the dorm to the soft, luxurious bed, was currently enjoying the high-end mattress in the wealthy socialite's home. It really was good to be rich; even the mattress was extraordinary. No matter how he turned, the mattress provided perfect support, and it was so bouncy that a single movement would cause it to spring back several times.

"..."

Xiao Yu explained her current predicament—the thing men encounter in the morning. No matter how thick-skinned she was, she was blushing furiously.

"...I get it! Hahahaha!"

Lu Xing laughed out loud, earning a string of furious emojis from Xiao Yu.

"Cough, cough. Generally speaking, going to the bathroom helps. Of course, you probably don't want to do that. In that case, just stop thinking about women, especially pretty ones. The more you think about them, the harder it is to make it go away."

He shouldn't have said that. As soon as he mentioned it, Xiao Yu immediately thought of her beautiful classmates and best friends—all of them dressed fashionably and pursued by many men. Unexpectedly, after thinking of them, she gradually calmed down.

She carefully got out of bed and went outside to call Lu Xing. Her first words were, "I'm moving out!" Otherwise, she would die of embarrassment! Even if it was Lu Xing's body, in the eyes of others, the one making a fool of themselves was Lu Xing, but she still couldn't get used to it!

"Alright." Lu Xing agreed. "Look for Director Li on WeChat, ask her how to write the application, and just hand it to her."

Xiao Yu nodded slightly. After confirming the day's schedule with him, she said with a smile, "Regarding my work, I've already arranged things with my secretary yesterday. Just listen to her. Also, I've scheduled three entrepreneurs to come to my company today. You handle the hosting and help me pick the most investment-worthy startup."

Lu Xing was about to agree casually, but he suddenly remembered that the fourth novice experience task was to complete a contract signing as Xiao Yu. Could it be that Xiao Yu's words were the system's criteria for judgment?