Chapter 25 (1/2)
Chapter 25: Soul Exchange
Since they had cleared things up between them, Jiang Yang and Qin Xu had many occasions where they needed to cooperate and would occasionally huddle up together to whisper something. They didn't bother explaining to the others since no-one would believe them anyway.
Although the two didn't think much of it, to the others it looked like their relations.h.i.+p had suddenly improved significantly. At the very least, they no longer had to avoid the other person if they asked one of them to play.
For example, today Huang Shao and a few other boys were playing Tic Tac Toe. They drew lines on the paper and one person drew a circle while another person drew a cross. With only nine boxes, the game ended very quickly. Then they deliberately made the board bigger and proceeded to play it on a bigger grid
Jiang Yang and Qin Xu faced each other as they sat down and played. With their compet.i.tive nature, after playing a total of two games and each winning one of them, they refused to move and insisted on playing another game to determine the true winner. The others happily watched on and cheered as they competed.
While they were drawing the board up again, two girls walked over holding a piece of paper in their hands. The one walking at the front was Tang Ling Ling. She patted the girl next to her and said: ”I accompanied you here. You should say it yourself.”
The girl gripped tightly onto the form in her hands and looked at Qin Xu who was currently immersed in the game. She opened her mouth and spoke up: ”Qin Xu, do you want to partic.i.p.ate in the relay race for the sports carnival?”
She took a deep breath and courageously said that sentence in one breath. She then waited for Qin Xu's response. However, before Qin Xu could respond, he was interrupted by the others. Several boys grabbed the registration form and joked: ”How can you leave this brother out of something like the sports carnival? Naturally we will aim for a string of gold medals and bring glory to our cla.s.s!”
”Very good. You should sign up for the men's 1.5km run, 400m, long jump, high jump, shot-put and every other event that's on! Do you feel honoured to be selected to be out cla.s.s representative?”
”That's no a problem at all. However, isn't each person is limited to three events?”
”Then you can do the 1.5km run, 400m and shot-put. Aren't you happy that you're doing the easy ones?”
”1.5km run tests endurance, 400m tests speed and shot-put tests arm strength. They're all not bad so I chose to be in the cheering team. I'll cheer for you all~”
”Go sit down!”
The boys heartlessly joked around and the girl standing on the side anxiously tried to speak to Qin Xu again only to find that her voice was too small and very quickly drowned out by the boys' laughter.
Tang Ling Ling saw this and sighed helplessly. She then slapped Huang Shao on his back. The slap was quite hard and was quickly followed with a loud sound. He instantly cried out in pain and turned to yell at her: ”Are you trying to kill me?!”
”You guys are too noisy. Qin Xu didn't hear it.” Tang Ling Ling glanced at him briefly before asking him to get Qin Xu's attention.
On the side, Jiang Yang and Qin Xu were focussed on winning. They quickly drew circles and crosses onto the grid and were completely unaffected by the surrounding noise.
Suddenly, Jiang Yang heard a mechanical sound in his mind: ”Random task: Please win this game. Time limit is sixty seconds. If you lose, you will be punished.”
Similarly, Qin Xu also received a task, ”Random task: Please let Jiang Yang win this game. Time limit is sixty seconds. If he loses, you will be punished.”
Jiang Yang immediately ignored it. After all, that was already what he intended to do. As for Qin Xu, he snorted and didn't take it seriously. Don't you realise that you should never back down in a compet.i.tion? That is the biggest insult to the opponent!
Perhaps it was because their previous punishments were not too extreme, they didn't feel too threatened. They continued to immerse themselves in the game until Qin Xu drew a circle and managed to form a line of five circles. He revealed a dazzling smile at Jiang Yang, ”You lost.”
Jiang Yang obviously knew that. He tightened his lips and clearly did not look very happy.
However, in the next second a mechanical sound appeared in their minds at the same time, ”Task failed. Starting the punishment: Soul exchange for three days and you cannot be discovered by the others. Please help each other to pa.s.s this test and get to know each other better.”
Hearing this, both of them were stunned. They couldn't help but curse at the same time: ”f.u.c.k!”
The moment they spoke, the realised that their voice isn't the voice that they were familiar with. They looked at their own faces in front of them and found it both familiar and strange. Inside, they felt extremely complicated.
Could it be said that they are too unlucky, or is the system just too powerful?
The two looked at each other before both sweeping their eyes in the direction of the door to indicate to the other person that they should have a chat outside. Jiang Yang prepared to stand up when a hand landed on his shoulder. Huang Shao leaned over and asked: ”Xu brother, they're asking whether or not you want to partic.i.p.ate in the relays. Why haven't you answered them yet?”
Xu brother?
For a moment Jiang Yang didn't realise that he was talking to him and did not react. He subconsciously frowned and looked towards Qin Xu with a meaningful look - You should go and deal with your own problems.
Qin Xu grabbed his hand and said: ”There's still time until the registration closes. It's no rush. We have something on so we're going to head out first.”
Huang Shao had his arms on his shoulder so, with him suddenly leaving, he almost lost his balance. He watched the two walking away intimately with an arm around the other persons shoulders and wondered: ”Where are they going? Are they going to the toilet together?”
His random guess actually turned out to be right. However, they didn't go there to solve their physiological problem and instead went there to clarify their right of use of each other's body. As it was almost time for cla.s.s to start, the bathroom was empty and created a perfect setting for them to talk.
Apart from when he looked into the mirror, it was the first time for Jiang Yang to see his face at such a close range. Perhaps because the soul inside had changed, the entire temperament of his body had changed completely as well. His eyebrows were slightly slanted, his eyes dark and cold, and he had a look of complete confidence on his face.
Qin Xu also felt the same. His saw that his own face had suddenly become tighter and, because of the abrupt situation they had found themselves thrown into, the expression on his face was a look of irritation.