Compared to Xia Kening, who was panicking and frantic with worry, Song Yunshen was much calmer.
After all, over the past half month or so, he had already experienced two kinds of supernatural events.
But compared to things like the Future Diary and hearing people's inner thoughts, the current situation of swapping souls still gave Song Yunshen quite a headache.
He even had a vague sense of foreboding.
Because he had no idea whether the swap was temporary or whether things would stay this way forever.
He didn't want to be a girl for the rest of his life...
But if it was only for a little while, that wouldn't be so bad.
Song Yunshen glanced down at his now-bulging chest, then immediately looked away.
Forget it, forget it. He should show some respect for her body.
If he offended her, it would be bad if she went around causing trouble in his body.
"Hurry up and teach me." Seeing that Xia Kening was still in a daze on the other end, Song Yunshen couldn't help urging her. "I'm still hiding at the end of the hallway in your dorm. Hurry up."
"C-can you go without it?" Xia Kening asked haltingly.
"At your size, do you think I can?" Speechless, Song Yunshen aimed his phone's camera at his chest. "It's too obvious without one. You don't want other guys seeing them either, do you?"
Xia Kening: "...D-don't show me! It's not like I don't know!"
"I just want you to face reality as soon as possible," Song Yunshen said helplessly. "So hurry up and teach me."
"It's not that hard. You can put it on with your eyes closed," Xia Kening said quietly. "First, bend forward a little, hold the bra against your chest, and slip your arms through the straps."
"Then reach behind your back and fasten the hooks, and pull the straps up onto your shoulders."
"After that, after that... you have to reach over to the sides and, and move things around, tuck any parts sticking out back in. Otherwise it'll be uncomfortable and affect their shape..."
Xia Kening's voice grew quieter and quieter as she spoke.
Song Yunshen moved closer to the phone's speaker and barely managed to hear her. "Anything else I need to watch out for?"
"Once it's on, stand up straight and adjust the straps." Xia Kening closed her eyes in resignation. "That should be enough, right?"
"Yeah, I'll try it in a bit." Song Yunshen nodded. "I'll try to keep my eyes closed."
"...Thank you." Xia Kening took a deep breath. Perhaps Song Yunshen's calm had rubbed off on her, because her emotions gradually settled and her head cleared considerably.
"Speaking of which, there's something I want to ask you too." Xia Kening gathered her thoughts and tried to put the matter of the bra behind her before continuing.
"Ask away."
"It feels really swollen in my underwear," Xia Kening asked quietly. "Am I sick?"
Black lines immediately appeared on Song Yunshen's forehead. "...That's a normal physiological reaction when you wake up in the morning. Just go to the bathroom."
"How do guys go to the bathroom?"
"Hold it with your hand."
"Huh?"
"Go to the bathroom now. It's across from the bedroom." Song Yunshen sighed deeply, feeling that the scene before him was absurd beyond belief. "I'll teach you."
"I-isn't that a little inappropriate...? I'm a bit shy."
"It's my fucking body! Go!"
Don't hold it in until something goes wrong and I get prostatitis!
After all that, Xia Kening returned to the bedroom, her face red. Following Song Yunshen's instructions, she changed into a school uniform and put on his backpack.
Meanwhile, Song Yunshen told Xia Kening about his situation at school while typing more detailed information on his phone and sending it to her.
"The others in class are all right, but my deskmate knows me really well. If you act at all differently, he'll notice right away," Song Yunshen cautioned. "Don't let the cat out of the bag."
"Mm, I'll be fine." Xia Kening nodded vigorously. At the thought of going to high school in a boy's body, she found herself a little excited for no particular reason.
"Then let me ask you this. If my bro greets you by saying, 'My son, why have you not knelt to pay your respects?' how would you answer?" Song Yunshen posed a question to test her.
"Huh?" Xia Kening was taken aback, wondering what kind of greeting that was. "Then I'd say... 'Good morning, Imperial Father'?"
That would be more polite, right?
It would also count as playing along with her friend's joke.
"Bullshit!" Song Yunshen looked like he wished he could hammer iron into steel. "Just call him a dumbass!"
Xia Kening: "...?"
"Sigh... forget it, forget it. I can't expect too much of you." Song Yunshen waved a hand. "Just pretend you're sick. Say you don't feel well and don't want to talk."
"Okay..." Xia Kening was still a little dazed after the huge shock to her worldview. "If you insult your friend like that, won't he get angry?"
"No. He loves it when I call him a dumbass," Song Yunshen said. "Anyway, if he says anything you don't know how to answer, just call him a dumbass. I guarantee he won't suspect a thing."
What a strange quirk!
Xia Kening was skeptical, but she still did her best to remember the advice.
"Now it's my turn to ask you some questions." Song Yunshen continued as he guided Xia Kening out of the apartment.
"Okay, go ahead." Xia Kening took the elevator down and walked out of the entrance to Building 24. After following the signs out of the residential complex, she followed the road from memory toward Ningjiang Middle School.
"Do you have any close friends in your class?"
"Yeah." Xia Kening nodded. "All the girls in my class are my good friends."
"I mean the ones you're closest to."
"Oh, Kong Xi, Yang Wan, Xiao Mengdie..." Xia Kening began counting them off on her fingers.
"Why are there so many?"
"We're all the closest of friends."
"Just tell me who you usually eat with."
"Oh, the first three I mentioned."
"Where exactly do they sit?"
"Kong Xi is my deskmate, Yang Wan sits in front of me, and Xiao Mengdie is across the aisle to my left."
"What's your personality usually like? Do you talk a lot?"
"I have a great personality. Everyone likes me."
"Really?" Song Yunshen was a little skeptical.
The last time he had breakfast with his uncle and aunt, his aunt Ruan Zheng had said that Xia Kening was a little competitive and even argued with boys.
How did that make her personality great?
"At most, I just can't keep my mouth in check sometimes," Xia Kening muttered. "And that's other people's fault. I never take the initiative to bully anyone."
"You've bullied people without taking the initiative?"
"Uh..." Xia Kening looked hesitant and guilty. "Not really. I just beat a boy until he cried."
Holy shit?
That fierce?
Song Yunshen was stunned. He quickly asked, "Which boy did you beat until he cried?"
"Xu Lingcheng. He sits behind Kong Xi," Xia Kening confessed honestly. "He was always playing with Kong Xi's hair, and he even secretly stuffed pencil lead into her clothes. He made her cry."
"I confronted him, but he wouldn't admit he was wrong. He thought he was just playing a joke and that Kong Xi couldn't take one."
"So I beat him up. I didn't expect him to cry after just one punch to the face."
Song Yunshen fell silent.
After a long while, he slowly said, "Ningning..."
"Please call me by my full name." Xia Kening corrected him with a straight face. "We're not that close yet."
"All right." Song Yunshen spoke earnestly. "Xia Kening, my good bro has a bit of a foul mouth, but he's a decent person."
"If he says something to offend you, be the bigger person and let him off this once."
"Whatever you do, don't resort to violence."
Hearing that, Xia Kening immediately said crossly, "It's not like I enjoy fighting!"