Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
After Friday’s classes, Xia Yu played two hours of piano at the coffee shop, then went home. Subsequently, he finished a simple dinner and proceeded to lay in bed.
He logged onto An Siyao’s body.
He opened his eyes and saw the familiar piano room; there’s another plate of the white jade meatballs.
He ate two meatballs while replying to An Siyao’s greetings. He asked, “Do you know any modern songs?”
“You mean ‘Art Gallery of the Changeling,’ or ‘The Ninth Son’s Talisman’?” An Siyao said.
Xia Yu had done some research before. These two songs weren’t easy either.
This girl was always trying to make him play hard songs.
“No. Something like the ‘Autumn of Reeds,’ or the ‘Reeds’ Reflection,’ etc.” The coffee shop owner asked for these songs, which he thought Xia Yu already knew, and Xia Yu didn’t correct him.
The owner wanted to make his coffee shop more upscale. Unlike Gulda’s Play Piano Play, most people were more familiar with songs like Autumn of Reeds.
Hearing Xia Yu’s plan to learn these simple songs, An Siyao was confused. But as long as Xia Yu would continue learning piano, she was happy.
“I don’t know these two songs,” the girl answered.
“No?” Xia Yu was disappointed. That meant he’d have to learn on his own?
“It’s okay. These songs are very easy, so you can learn from watching videos of other people playing,” An Siyao said.
He was that good?
Taking out his phone, Xia Yu picked a pianist’s performance video and watched it with An Siyao.
After hearing one song, Xia Yu didn’t even remember the score, but An Siyao said they could start.
The girl didn’t lie to Xia Yu. Her skillful teaching made Xia Yu think she’d known the song for a long time.
We were watching it together. If you already knew how to play it, why do I have to learn it?
Are you God?
With the girl’s guidance, Xia Yu learned the two songs in five hours, without using the experience prop.
If An Siyao didn’t know the songs after just watching the video once, Xia Yu would have been proud of his speed. Now, he just wanted a cigarette.
For the rest of the time, Xia Yu learned a harder modern song called the ‘Maple Leafs of Xianfeng Monastery.’
Which he would be able to master next time.
Putting down the lid of the piano, Xia Yu thought that it was really different having a teacher. If he had to learn on his own, he’d have to spend so much more time.
How come that Xu Youxiang wasn’t as friendly as An Siyao?
Her chest wasn’t big, but her attitude was.
They went to An Siyao’s bedroom and spent the remaining 10 minutes chatting.
“Hey, if a girl was really temperamental, what do I do?” Xia Yu tried to get help from An Siyao.
A girl? An Siyao became alarmed.
Thinking of her mood swings, the girl answered, “Maybe it’s that time of the month. It’d be better in a few days.”
“It’s not related to the period. I would know.” When Xia Yu was logged into Xu Youxiang’s body, he didn’t feel any discomfort.
How would you know?
An alarm sounded for An Siyao.
You did go find another girl!
She felt hurt.
“I don’t know. Maybe she’d be better if she spent some time alone.” She was trying to advise Xia Yu in spite of her hurt feelings.
Whenever she was in a bad mood, she’d spent some time looking at the garden from the balcony, and she would feel better.
Xia Yu didn’t think Xu Youxiang’s anger would get better from some quiet time. Based on her words, her anger was all from her immobile legs. Other than curing her legs, it’d be hard to find a solution.
Especially since Xia Yu was considered an enemy as he was logged into her body.
Oh well, he better find another body swap target.
Xia Yu relaxed at the thought.
It was early Saturday morning, a break for him. He should look for new targets, and after working this evening, he could begin another swap.
As he planned in detail, An Siyao spoke, “There are other delicious things besides the white jade meatballs. Maybe I can ask the chef to make some for you tomorrow?”
“OK,” Xia Yu agreed.
He could wait to find a new body swap target on Sunday. He had no work on Sunday and would have more time to prepare.
“Great.” An Siyao sounded happy.
When the time was up, Xia Yu returned to his own body.
He sat up. As he thought of new delicious foods to try, he opened the target panel.
The targets were:
An Siyao
My name is cat
The Cursing Girl
If he wanted another body swap target, he’d need a blank slot, so Xia Yu needed to delete one of the current targets.
Should he delete Xu Youxiang?
If the black cat could be found in free search, deleting the cat would be the best option. After all, the cat was in his home and could be added at any time.
But Xia Yu wasn’t certain if the black cat appeared because of a bug, and if he could connect to it again.
He’d try tonight.
He went to the desk. He read a novel while he twirled a pen.
He’d read more novels in the last few days than in a whole semester in his former life. He had no computer, so no computer games. Cellphones in this world didn’t have fun apps, either.
At seven-thirty am, he sent a message to Gui Zixiao. His friend had a brother who was a local programmer.
If he could learn more about the programmer girl, it’d be very helpful.
Gui Zixiao didn’t reply until 11 a.m.
Gui Zixiao: “Why are you asking about female programmers?”
Xia Yu: “I got a news article to write. I need to research female programmers.”
Xia Yu picked an answer that would match Gui Zixiao’s impression of him.
Xia Yu: “I’m not asking your brother to find me a date. I just have some requirements for them. I just need their names and their places of work.”
Gui Zixiao: “Oh ok. Let me ask my brother.”
After 90 minutes, Gui Zixiao replied again.
Gui Zixiao: “I stole this from my brother’s computer. Don’t share it with anyone else!”
Gui Zixiao: “File: Female Programmers of Zilang City”
Xia Yu would have been happy with the information on a few people. There’s actually a list?
Xia Yu: “Don’t worry. I always keep my secrets.”
Xia Yu opened the file. A quick look showed names and companies, which was normal. There were also phone numbers and photos, which was fine, but then there were notes like, “free on Sundays,””likes outdoors,””boyfriend travels in the middle-of-the-month,”… what was this?
Whatever, it wasn’t good digging in people’s private information.
Using the list, Xia Yu quickly found three likely candidates and five back-up candidates.