The Exchanged Life?

"Do you have any manners?" The youth's self-esteem was dealt another blow, and he couldn't help wanting to cover his chest with both hands.

The experience was absolutely awful.

In Xu Ziqing's life, far too many people had stared at his Adam's apple and chest.

In the end, everyone's eyes seemed to say, "Huh—he's a man?"

It was just that people with different preferences gave that "huh" different inflections.

Xu Ziqing hated this feeling to the core!

He was clearly a man, yet so many people insisted on thinking he was a girl disguised as a boy.

This was an utterly commonplace plot in webnovels, yet people still loved it and never tired of it.

The endless shame and indignation, along with the tension brought on by everyone's attention, made the youth's face flush bright red.

Once the delicate-looking face was tinged with a blush, it actually became rather... pleasing to the eye?

On the Borrowed Sword Forum, some idiot players had even photoshopped him into women's clothing.

Once the picture spread, the comments underneath were basically:

"It's not like that wouldn't work."

"Weibo."

"Only human nature."

The youth in servant's clothing clenched both fists tightly.

But when his gaze swept past everyone and landed on Chu Huai Xu, he couldn't help but pause.

That was because his gaze seemed completely different from the scrutinizing and teasing looks of the others.

There was an inexplicable certainty and approval in it!

Yes, approval!

Xu Ziqing didn't know why, but the sensitive youth no longer felt as upset.

He even thought: I'm going to be a servant either way. Does it really matter where I do it? Maybe following him would be better?

Xu Ziqing didn't particularly like the members of the Liu Family or their steward.

But he didn't feel any resistance toward Chu Huai Xu.

Just as he was letting his thoughts run wild, he heard the young man speak again.

This time, however, he didn't raise a hand to point at the servant. Perhaps he felt that gesture was inappropriate. His tone was calm, yet incomparably firm: "That's right. I want this kid!"

Hearing this, Xu Ziqing's favorable impression of Chu Huai Xu unexpectedly began to shoot upward.

Liu Tianfeng and the others, on the other hand, began imagining all sorts of things.

Liu Chengqi, a lecherous glutton for women, couldn't help glancing at Han Shuangjiang before being struck by astonishment.

No way. With such a superb beauty right there, you actually... you actually... Sigh!

There was nothing he could do. Who could blame Chu Huai Xu for changing his mind so quickly? He clearly hadn't wanted a servant at first, yet now he acted as if he absolutely had to have one.

Liu Chenggong, who had a bit of a troublemaker streak, was already desperately holding back his laughter.

Fortunately, Liu Tianfeng was older and had seen plenty in his time. What sort of strange things had he never encountered? After being slightly surprised, he continued fawning over Chu Huai Xu and said:

"If that is the case, then this servant shall be presented to you, Nephew!"

Among scholars and refined men, exchanging concubines was considered an elegant affair.

Liu Tianfeng felt that, by rounding things up, he and Chu Huai Xu could be considered refined as well.

This counts as catering to his preferences, right? He was comforted by the thought and felt that this move was foolproof.

Steward Liu's persona remained firmly intact: shrewd and calculating, yet unable to calculate things properly.

"Steward Cao, bring the indenture over." The Outer Sect Deacon was highly efficient.

He also didn't forget to look toward Xu Ziqing and release the pressure of a Third Realm cultivator, intimidating him sternly. "From now on, you will follow my nephew and work diligently. Otherwise, as the Outer Sect Deacon in charge of Outer Sect affairs, I will not show you any mercy!"

He was already so old, yet he was truly good at fawning. He didn't let any opportunity to take advantage of an opening slip by.

After Chu Huai Xu accepted the indenture that the steward handed over, a smile immediately appeared on his face. It was a comfortable smile, a delighted smile.

He didn't care in the slightest how others might interpret that smile.

I can't help it. I'm holding Xu Ziqing's indenture right now. Does this count as me becoming the master of one of the World Protagonists of Borrowed Sword?

"Right? I really do count as his master, don't I?" Chu Huai Xu thought.

The transmigrator's heart was stirred by boundless ambition.

"Of the two World Protagonists in the Eastern Continent, one is now my Little Housekeeper, and the other is my servant. I've brought them both under my command!"

"Dominating the Eastern Continent is just around the corner!"

"Ke ke ke ke!"

Seeing that Chu Huai Xu was even happier after obtaining a servant than he had been after receiving a lavish gift, Liu Tianfeng immediately stepped forward to chat with him a little longer and strengthen their relationship.

He was old and couldn't keep up with the younger generation anymore. He didn't care what strange preferences young people had these days. He only wanted to see whether he could use Chu Huai Xu to climb up to the Sixth Elder.

The two of them exchanged pleasantries and chatted merrily.

It took quite a while before the members of the Liu Family finally took their leave one after another.

Outside the Bamboo House, only Chu Huai Xu and the two World Protagonists remained.

Han Shuangjiang stood to the side, secretly observing them, with a bit of a rotten-minded tendency to see romance between men.

Actually, the Brothel she had worked at before also offered this sort of service.

"What's with that look?" Chu Huai Xu raised his eyes and glared at her.

I'm only mildly woman-averse because of my profession. It's not like I'm attracted to men!

The Cold-faced girl immediately turned her face away. She felt that she had indeed been a little offensive. After all, this sort of thing was private, and people ought to show respect.

Only Xu Ziqing was somewhat at a loss.

He had just met this man and woman, and knew nothing about them.

Moreover, he didn't know what he was supposed to do next.

At the Liu Residence, whenever there was dirty work to be done, the steward would give him instructions.

Should I ask them where their latrine is? the now somewhat experienced Delicate-looking servant thought, diligently and enthusiastically.

Clearly, Chu Huai Xu had possessed some understanding of human nature since childhood.

He didn't assign Xu Ziqing, one of the World Protagonists, any dirty work. He merely instructed him to carry the gifts inside first and sort them roughly.

He had taken a glance just now, and the things Liu Tianfeng had sent were fairly practical. Most of them were related to food, clothing, and daily necessities.

But there also seemed to be two bottles of Spirit Pills?

"Yes." Xu Ziqing bowed and accepted the order, but then immediately found himself unsure how to address the other man.

By rights, he should call him Sir, Young Master, or Master.

After arranging matters for the Delicate-looking youth, Chu Huai Xu began assigning tasks to the Cold-faced girl, whose eyes were full of amusement.

"Still sneaking peeks? You'd better master the Eight Wastelands Roaming Dragon completely!" he said irritably.

Han Shuangjiang's Comprehension was extraordinarily high. She had already learned it, but she still wasn't very proficient.

"Oh." The iceberg responded, still expressionless. Yet seeing his somewhat exasperated appearance, she couldn't help feeling a little smug, as though a small prank had succeeded.

At that moment, Chu Huai Xu, who appeared to have nothing to do, actually had an important matter to attend to.

Through the bamboo door, he glanced at Xu Ziqing, who was crouched inside sorting the gifts, and directly cast Information Scan on him.

"Life's encounters really are strange. Li Chunsong brought me up the mountain, yet he somehow became a servant." He couldn't help sighing.

At that moment, Chu Huai Xu had assumed he could only obtain a small amount of information.

After all, his overall strength was low right now, so his Information Scan authority was also limited.

For example, when he had cast a scan at Han Shuangjiang's backside earlier that day, the only information he had obtained was that her third aperture had opened.

Chu Huai Xu knew that Han Shuangjiang possessed a Spirit Fetus: Mysterious Yin.

However, Information Scan hadn't given him that result.

That was equivalent to telling him: With your strength, you are currently unworthy of the authority to inspect a top-tier Spirit Fetus.

More precisely, when he had casually cast Information Scan around the marketplace, he had been in the Aperture Opening Stage. He couldn't see the attributes of the Spirit Fetus belonging to any Dao Sect disciple.

Yet at Xu Ziqing's place, he had unexpectedly gained an "unexpected harvest."

"Pseudo-Spirit Fetus?"

"How could he have a Pseudo-Spirit Fetus?"

This was one of the dignified World Protagonists!

After Borrowed Sword entered its Public Test, the levels of the four World Protagonists had always been far higher than those of the players. Thus, the players couldn't possibly possess the authority to scan them.

Therefore, Chu Huai Xu hadn't known earlier that Xu Ziqing actually had a Pseudo-Spirit Fetus.

"So Han Shuangjiang is taking the Genius Path, while Xu Ziqing is taking the Waste Path?"

"These World Protagonists from Borrowed Sword really do have all the necessary elements."

But after thinking carefully, Chu Huai Xu suddenly realized: "It seems that among the four World Protagonists, Xu Ziqing's cultivation realm really has always been the lowest. He often falls behind by one major realm, and sometimes even by two!"

Even so, no player had looked down on him or thought he was the weakest.

Chu Huai Xu continued watching the back of the Delicate-looking youth as he busied himself.

The reason was simple: this game was called Borrowed Sword.

"Why did that sword have to choose him?" He was somewhat puzzled.

—The sword left behind by the Dao Ancestor.

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