Snow was drifting down outside again. The television was playing the news, and breakfast was already on the table.
There was steamed egg with minced pork, a plate of potstickers, last night's leftover beef brisket stewed with tomatoes and potatoes, century egg and Lean Pork Congee, fried eggs, and milk. All familiar flavors.
The young girl stared blankly, feeling as though she were still dreaming. She even turned her head without thinking, searching for the potato shoots growing by the foot of the wall and outside the courtyard. The Kitten Girl beside her raised both hands and kept rubbing her eyes, convinced she had not woken up yet.
Then she heard "her sister" say:
"Don't be surprised. Qingqing and I swapped bodies today. In other words, I'm Chen Shu now, and the handsome man across from me is Qingqing. This is to help Qingqing with her cultivation. It won't last long; we'll switch back this afternoon."
The young girl stared blankly at her brother-in-law in her sister's body, then at her sister in her brother-in-law's body. Her mind was a tangled mess.
This problem is harder than the institute's projects...
The Kitten Girl looked just as dazed.
For a moment, she had no idea whether she should get close to her master's body or her master's soul. She was only a little Kitten Girl who had not even started school. Such a difficult philosophical choice should never have fallen to her.
She turned to look at Senior Xiaoxiao...
"Phew!"
So even Senior Xiaoxiao, with all her experience at being human, had no answer. That was a relief.
Three people and one Monster ate in silence.
Voices from the news continued to drift over. Together with the steaming dishes on the table, they made the winter morning a little warmer and