Song Yunshen waited for several minutes at Xia Kening's door, but Xia Kening did not reply.
He couldn't just knock on the door and ask Xia Jinshu inside to open it for him, since he was now Xia Kening, he couldn't possibly have forgotten his own door code.
After waiting for ages without Xia Kening telling him the password, Song Yunshen was about to turn around and leave, wondering if this guy was deliberately preventing him from entering the house.
Just then, my phone vibrated; Xia Kening had sent me a message.
[ Xia Kening ]: 19880809
Upon receiving the password, Song Yunshen didn't rush to open the door; instead, he asked another question.
[ Song Yunshen ]: What have you been doing? You haven't replied for so long.
[ Xia Kening ]: It's all your fault!
[ Song Yunshen ]: What does this have to do with me?
[ Xia Kening ]: Why is there a pony riding activity in the class? Is it part of the course?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Huh? You let Yingying ride the pony? [ Xia Kening ]: Yeah, she said she wanted to ride it, what could I do? What if they noticed something was amiss and found out I wasn't you?
[ Song Yunshen ]: No wonder, that explains why you weren't replying to my messages.
[ Xia Kening ]: You have to make it up to me!
[ Song Yunshen ]: It's just riding a pony, what's there to compensate for?
[ Xia Kening ]: No one has ever ridden me like this before, you have to compensate me for emotional distress!
[ Song Yunshen ]: You fucking pinched my breasts on the electric scooter today! I've never been sexually harassed like this in my life. I'm already being kind enough not to ask you for compensation for emotional distress.
[ Xia Kening ]: How can that be the same? I'm touching my own body, okay?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Anyway, there's no compensation, you'll have to suffer the consequences yourself.
[ Xia Kening ]: I don't care, or you can let me ride it once, as compensation.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Are you sick? I'm exhausted after just one ride with Yingying. You're so fat, I'd be completely exhausted if you rode on me.
[ Xia Kening ]: You're talking nonsense! I'm not fat at all! I don't even weigh 100 pounds!
[ Song Yunshen ]: That's because you're short. [ Xia Kening ]: Aaaaah! I'll kill you!
[ Song Yunshen ]: Alright, alright, I'm going in now.
[ Xia Kening ]: Huh? You haven't gone in yet?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Just about to go in.
[ Xia Kening ]: Hehe, don't be too surprised!
[ Song Yunshen ]: Do you have a tiger in your house? It's not going to eat me!
[ Xia Kening ]: You'll see when you go in.
Song Yunshen chuckled, easily grasping Xia Kening's psychology. He pretended to know nothing, put away his phone, and returned to Xia Kening's door.
He entered the password, which clearly indicated a date, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.
19880809?
It must be referring to August 9, 1988, right?
So this must be Yan Zhenxia's birth date. After all, I'd heard Xia Jinshu and the others mention before that Yan Zhenxia's birthday is August 9th. She's three years younger than her mother.
Song Yunshen remembered that his mother was born in 1985.
In contrast, my uncle was born much later. He was nine years younger than my mother, born in 1994.
My aunt is three years younger than my uncle; she was born in 1997. When she was his middle school homeroom teacher, she had only recently graduated from university. She was then pursued and taken away by my uncle.
While thinking about these things, Song Yunshen successfully entered the password, pushed open the Xia family's front door, changed into Xia Kening's slippers at the door, and then walked into the living room.
There was no one else in the living room at that time.
Although it was Sunday, Yan Zhenxia still went to work instead of staying at home because the short drama studio offered overtime pay.
Xia Yunuo was giving Yingying a lesson.
As for Xia Jinshu, she was doing her homework in her bedroom at the time. Hearing the noise outside the door, she finished the problem she was working on before getting up and walking out of the bedroom.
At this moment, Song Yunshen was standing in the center of the living room, looking around carefully.
This should be considered his fourth visit to Xia Kening's home.
The first time was when he first took over the house; he accepted Yan Zhenxia's invitation to come and fix the water heater. That was also the first time he met Xia Kening.
The second time was during the last body swap; I only glanced at it briefly in the early morning before immediately slipping away.
Because I took a nap in the afternoon and then switched back, I wasn't able to come back again in the evening.
As for the third time, it was naturally this morning.
Now, on his fourth visit, Song Yunshen finally had ample time to observe this home belonging to the three Xia sisters.
Although the presence of a double bed in the living room made it appear somewhat cramped, the overall impression was not one of confinement because it was kept very clean and tidy.
On the dining table was a framed photo of Yan Zhenxia with her three daughters.
Seeing the image of a birthday cake on the top, Song Yunshen guessed that this photo must have been taken on Yan Zhenxia's birthday.
If this photo had been on the dining table when he first visited their home, Song Yunshen wouldn't have been kept in the dark about the relationship between the three sisters for so long.
Just as Song Yunshen glanced around, the bedroom door finally opened, and Xia Jinshu came out. After confirming that it was her younger sister, she waved to her. "You're back? Come in and do your homework."
When Song Yunshen saw Xia Jinshu, his heart skipped a beat. He felt a little guilty, but also a little excited. It was quite thrilling.
But the moment he heard the words "homework," Song Yunshen couldn't hold back anymore. Holy crap!?
He asked Xia Kening to copy his homework for him, and he even had to pay her!
So now I have to do her homework for her for free?
Song Yunshen's face darkened instantly, and he suddenly regretted coming to Xia Kening's house that afternoon.
Who would swap souls just to help the other with their homework?
That's such a waste!
but...
Suddenly, Song Yunshen's heart skipped a beat, an idea popped into his head, and his heart began to pound violently.
With a final grit of my teeth, I finally made up my mind.
The next second, he imitated Xia Kening's usual coquettish manner, ran up to Xia Jinshu, grabbed her arm and shook it. "Sister, I just finished eating and I'm still a little tired, let me rest for a while."
Although his posture wasn't quite right, and Song Yunshen couldn't quite get the sound out of the clamp, he still managed to successfully hold Xia Jinshu.
Song Yunshen caught a whiff of Xia Jinshu's faint fragrance, and his heart raced, as if he had just gotten away with something naughty, feeling incredibly excited. Xia Jinshu, however, didn't sense anything amiss. She was already used to her little sister's coquettish way of avoiding homework. She patted her head and said, "Who feels tired after eating? Don't pretend. Come in and do your homework. You still have a lot of science homework to do."
Song Yunshen rubbed his head, which Xia Jinshu had patted, and felt the motherly care. Seeing that this trick didn't work, he had no choice but to follow her into the bedroom.
Then his gaze fell on the single bunk bed in the bedroom.
Good heavens!
After learning about the relationship between Xia Jinshu and her two sisters, Song Yunshen had assumed that the bedroom also contained the same double bed.
The thought of Xia Jinshu and Xia Yunuo sleeping in the same bed every day made Song Yunshen even fantasize about whether he could squeeze in at night if he switched beds with Xia Kening.
But upon seeing the single bunk bed, Song Yunshen's beautiful fantasy was instantly shattered.
What's wrong with a double bed?
Why buy a bunk bed?!
Song Yunshen sense of disappointment and frustration.
However, he quickly realized that when Song Mingyuan rented it out, he probably only prepared one double bed in the bedroom, and that double bed was probably the one in the living room now.
The bunk bed in the bedroom was probably bought by Yan Zhenxia herself. What Song Yunshen didn't know was that Yan Zhenxia didn't actually buy it; she found it while working part-time cleaning a school dormitory and didn't pay for it at all.
At that time, the girls' dormitory at that school was about to replace a batch of bed frames with new ones and needed to get rid of the old ones.
Otherwise, Yan Zhenxia and Xia Jinshu would have to sleep on the floor for a longer period of time.
"What are you daydreaming about? Sit down." Xia Jinshu had already taken her seat and waved to Song Yunshen, who was standing at the door. "Sit in your second sister's seat."
"Oh." Song Yunshen responded, then sat down in Xia Yunuo's seat and curiously looked at their desks.
The three sisters' desks were quite simple, with no decorations, just pencil cases, textbooks, and notebooks.
Song Yunshen put all of Xia Yunuo's things aside, then opened Xia Kening's schoolbag next to it, took out her summer homework, and spread it out in front of her in a pretentious manner.
He first pretended to start writing his homework, and only after Xia Jinshu stopped paying attention to him did he pretend to be deep in thought, blocking Xia Jinshu's view with his left hand, and then took out his phone.
Song Yunshen rolled his eyes, considered his proper reaction, and then sent a message to Xia Kening.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Why is Xia Jinshu in your house?! Is she your sister?!
[ Xia Kening ]: Hahahaha!
[ Xia Kening ]: Surprised? Unexpected? [ Song Yunshen ]: Why didn't you say so sooner!
[ Xia Kening ]: I'm just embarrassed.
[ Song Yunshen ]: So Xia Yunuo is also your sister?
[ Xia Kening ]: Huh? You know that too?
[ Song Yunshen ]: I knew before that Xia Jinshu and Xia Yunuo were sisters, but I didn't know that you were too.
[ Xia Kening ]: No wonder...
[ Song Yunshen ]: So you pretended to be my cousin, but Xia Yunuo knew the truth the whole time? So you two were just acting out my act?
[ Xia Kening ]: Oh dear, you can't say that. Who told you to be so slow to react?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Then why didn't she expose you?
[ Xia Kening ]: My second sister doesn't like others to know about her relationship with us, so she usually doesn't talk about it.
[ Song Yunshen ]: What's wrong with you?
Song Yunshen had actually wanted to know this for a long time. It was understandable that Xia Jinshu didn't want her younger sisters to know that she was tutoring him, since he and Xia Yunuo were classmates, so Xia Jinshu might be a little embarrassed.
But why did Xia Yunuo do it?
Song Yunshen really couldn't figure this out, so he took the opportunity to test Xia Kening.
But Xia Kening didn't actually know either.
[ Xia Kening ]: I don't know either, but she just doesn't like it, especially her eldest sister. She hates it when people say she's the eldest sister's sister.
Is this even possible?
Song Yunshen stroked his chin, suddenly recalling his heart-to-heart talk with Xia Yunuo, and seemed to have an epiphany.
Could it be that Xia Jinshu is too outstanding, Xia Yunuo always feels like she's living in her sister's shadow, which is why she always hides her relationship with Xia Jinshu?
If that's the case, then it's understandable.
Song Yunshen shook his head helplessly.
At this moment, Xia Kening couldn't wait to continue teasing him.
[ Xia Kening ]: Were you surprised? Were you startled when you saw my sister? [ Xia Kening ]: Oh, actually I've been wanting to see your reaction after you found out about this for a while, but I thought it would be interesting to keep it from you, so I never told you.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Hehe.
[ Xia Kening ]: You have no idea how much I wanted to laugh when I pretended to be your cousin in front of my second sister.
[ Xia Kening ]: My second sister doesn't dare to expose me, and you're kept in the dark, thinking that she's conspiring with me to play my second sister. It's really hilarious.
[ Xia Kening ]: Hahahahahahaha!
Seeing her unable to resist reviewing and mocking him, Song Yunshen chuckled, letting her laugh to her heart's content before launching his counterattack.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Have you laughed enough? If you have, I'll tell you some good news.
[ Xia Kening ]: What?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Actually, I've known about the relationship between you three sisters for a long time.
[ Xia Kening ]: Huh?
Xia Kening was clearly a little stunned; her mind went blank for a moment after seeing the message from Song Yunshen.
[ Song Yunshen ]: When we swapped souls last time, you didn't think I didn't notice, did you? [ Xia Kening ]: How could that be?!
[ Xia Kening ]: Didn't you leave quite early that time? We switched back halfway through, how could you possibly know?!
[ Xia Kening ]: Stop pretending, okay? It's not shameful to be kept in the dark for so long, why are you so concerned about saving face?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Aren't you the one who panicked?
[ Xia Kening ]: I didn't! You're definitely lying!
[ Song Yunshen ]: Actually, you have quite a few flaws. If I thought about it a little more, I might not even need a third exchange to figure out the relationship between you.
[ Song Yunshen ]: It's just that I was a bit stuck in my old ways of thinking. I always thought you had a father and a brother, and I didn't think about it from the perspective of three sisters.
[ Song Yunshen ]: But you should still remember, right? Your SpongeBob SquarePants doll was a gift from Xia Jinshu.
[ Xia Kening ]:!!!
[ Xia Kening ]: Holy crap!
[ Song Yunshen ]: SpongeBob SquarePants and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were both won by Xia Jinshu and me from the claw machines at Wanda Plaza. She gave you SpongeBob SquarePants, and after we swapped, the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was SpongeBob SquarePants. How could that not be strange?
[ Xia Kening ]: That could just be a coincidence. [ Song Yunshen ]: What about the shoes at the door? You each only have two pairs of shoes, they're too easy to recognize. I noticed they looked familiar when I went out.
[ Song Yunshen ]: If there was only one coincidence, that would be understandable. But for similar coincidences to occur one after another, that's hard to believe.
[ Xia Kening ]: So you were just pretending, deliberately trying to fool me!
[ Song Yunshen ]: I'm just trying to make you happy first. Pretending to be my cousin in front of your second sister, isn't that fun?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Actually, both your second sister and I know you're not my cousin. Surprised? Unexpected?
[ Xia Kening ]: Ahhh! Stop talking!!!
[ Xia Kening ]: I'm ignoring you!
Xia Kening sat on the sofa, next to Xia Yunuo who was giving Yingying a lesson.
Her face was contorted with rage as she stared at her phone, but she dared not vent it, fearing that Xia Yunuo notice something amiss. She could only grit her teeth and curse Song Yunshen in her heart.
She thought she had hidden it well enough, but she didn't expect that Song Yunshen had already discovered it. It turned out that this bad guy had been acting all along, keeping her in the dark.
However, Xia Kening probably never imagined that even the fact that she and Song Yunshen had swapped souls had already been discovered by her second sister.
[ Xia Kening ]: Compensation for emotional distress! [ Song Yunshen ]: Someone was just laughing at me, keep laughing.
[ Xia Kening ]: I'm angry!
[ Song Yunshen ]: What's there to be angry about? I haven't even settled accounts with you yet.
[ Xia Kening ]: What grievances do you have to settle?
[ Song Yunshen ]: As soon as I entered the house, your sister dragged me into the bedroom to do my homework. I charge for doing homework, you know.
[ Xia Kening ]: Hahahaha! Serves you right! Who told you to go back in the afternoon?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Who knew I'd be made to do homework? You didn't even warn me.
[ Xia Kening ]: Hmph, you brought this on yourself. Hurry up and write more for me.
[ Song Yunshen ]: You haven't even helped me copy my homework yet, and you already want me to do yours? Be careful, or I'll dock your pay.
[ Xia Kening ]: I didn't ask you to write it for me. You asked for it yourself. What does it have to do with me?
" Ningning? You're peeking at your phone again." Xia Jinshu's slightly annoyed voice suddenly rang out from the side. "If you keep doing this, I'm taking your phone away."
[ Song Yunshen ]: Damn, your sister caught me playing on my phone, I can't chat anymore. [ Xia Kening ]: Serves you right!
Song Yunshen ignored her and quickly put his phone away, tightening his face and pretending to continue doing his homework diligently.
Xia Jinshu glanced at him with amusement, then reached for his phone and placed it on the table where both of them could see it. "Take a break every half hour. No more playing."
"I understand..." Song Yunshen replied weakly.
When the soul swap wasn't happening, Mama Xia would watch over him during English class, and he would have to memorize vocabulary words at night.
Even after their souls were swapped, Mama Xia still had to watch over them and make them do their summer homework.
So, no matter what, he can't escape Mama Xia's clutches?
"Don't pretend to do it all," Xia Jinshu warned again. "I'll be checking at 3 o'clock. If you haven't done enough, you'll have to continue tonight."
Song Yunshen: "..."
What a terrible thing to do!
I should have stayed home and played on the computer instead of coming back this afternoon.
No, when we rest later, I need to sweet-talk Mama Xia a bit and ask for some compensation for emotional distress.