Chapter 167: The Malicious Curse
Chapter 167: The Malicious Curse
“Hehe, sorry to trouble you every time it’s about Xiao Ya. I’ll treat you to a meal when you’re back,” Lü Yang said with an embarrassed laugh.
“Don’t say that, it makes us sound like strangers. I grew up with Yi Ya and see her as a younger sister,” Lin Yin also laughed. She had a good impression of Lü Yang and always felt Yi Ya would be happy with him, so she was happy to relay messages between the two.
Just as Lü Yang was about to say something, a strange yet menacing voice suddenly echoed in his ears…
“The Curse Card takes effect… The cursed target… locked…”
“Judgment: Male…”
“Curse content: If the target is male, swap his body with the woman he last contacted…”
“Swap target locked…”
“Curse being implemented…”
“Transfer beginning…”
“Transfer complete…”
“……”
Lü Yang froze in place, momentarily forgetting he was still on the phone with Lin Yin.
Lin Yin, hearing no sound from Lü Yang, repeatedly called out “Hello?” a few times. But then her “Hello?” suddenly turned into a voice that was both familiar and strange—a male voice.
Lü Yang was startled and hurriedly replied, “Lin Yin?”
Upon hearing the sound he made, Lü Yang instinctively covered his mouth. How… why was it a female voice?!
“Ah! What’s going on!?” The male voice on the other end seemed panicked. After some commotion, the phone suddenly went to a busy signal.
Only then did Lü Yang realize the scenery around him had completely changed. He was no longer in his rented room but in a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, standing next to a tour bus. It had clearly just rained, and the air still carried the scent of raindrops and wild grass.
Around the tour bus, some boys and girls were gathered and chatting.
Curse Card… body swap…
Could it be…
Lü Yang gasped in shock. He instinctively looked down at his own body…
His chest was… protruding, and his clothes were women’s style…
What the heck! This must be Lin Yin’s body, right?
Lü Yang quickly took out the mobile phone and dialed the number he had just called—Lin Yin’s number—only this time, he was calling his own phone.
It was turned off!
Lü Yang guessed that Lin Yin, after discovering her body and the surroundings had drastically changed, must have panicked and dropped the phone in fright. Lü Yang’s cheap mobile phone had been repaired once before after getting wet in the rain, and now, after this fall, it was probably completely broken and unusable.
How annoying.
Curse!!!
Damn Zhou Ling! To inflict such a malicious curse on me! Making me into a woman! I… damn it!
Just as Lü Yang picked up the phone again to dial his own number, Hu Yulan appeared from somewhere, grabbed Lü Yang’s arm, and said, “Yinyin, the tour bus will go up the mountain soon. Let’s go use the restroom.”
“You go by yourself,” Lü Yang absentmindedly replied to Hu Yulan. He held the phone to his ear, but it was still the turned-off message.
It seemed Lin Yin, swapped into Lü Yang’s body, had broken his phone upon panicking and hadn’t found a way to get it working again. Or perhaps she was still in sheer panic and hadn’t done anything.
Poor Lin Yin… She had never experienced anything like this before and must be completely confused.
He could imagine how frightened she was now. Lü Yang was worried that Lin Yin might do something out of panic, especially with that Eerie Computer. If she didn’t understand the situation and carelessly used the Eerie Points inside, that would be terrible!
Wait, the Eerie Computer was soul-bound now…
“Once we’re on the mountain road, it’ll be hard to find a restroom. Let’s go use one now!” Hu Yulan was quite strong and pushed Lin Yin toward the restroom at the edge of the parking lot.
Lü Yang frowned. This body was too weak—he couldn’t even resist being pushed by Hu Yulan, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
Lü Yang let Hu Yulan push him, closed his eyes, and sensed carefully. He confirmed the Eerie Computer was with him!
Although initially, the Eerie Computer had verified his DNA to lock in Lü Yang as its master, later, after completing the task of killing Death Assassin Zhou Ling, Lü Yang was promoted to the level of Intermediate Gui User. His soul was strengthened by the Mysterious Domain, and the Eerie Computer became soul-bound to him. So, even though he had inexplicably swapped bodies with Lin Yin due to Zhou Ling’s curse, the Eerie Computer had still followed his soul into this body.
No matter what, he had to find a way to lift this curse quickly. Turning into a woman was something Lü Yang absolutely couldn’t accept.
Zhou Ling must have resented being a woman, always getting hurt emotionally. Her younger sister Zhou Jing, because she was a woman, was heartlessly abandoned by Wan Wenzhong and then gang-raped and dismembered by kidnappers. So, in her view, being a woman was the most painful thing in the world.
That’s why she designed this curse!
If… a male Mystic Scholar killed her, she would turn him into a woman, making him experience the ultimate pain in the world!
……
Or perhaps she had only just created the Curse Card before her death, tailor-made for Lü Yang!
How vicious and malicious!
After opening his eyes, Lü Yang pushed Hu Yulan away. Being pushed around like that was really awkward. Soon, the two arrived at the restroom near the parking lot. The area around the restroom was bustling with Lin Yin’s classmates or students from neighboring classes who had come for the field trip.
“Hey! Yinyin…”
Only after entering the women’s restroom did Hu Yulan realize that “Lin Yin” had actually walked into the men’s restroom.
This wasn’t Lin Yin’s fault; blame it on Lü Yang. When he arrived at the restroom entrance, he habitually walked into the men’s restroom.
Even as Lü Yang walked in, he didn’t notice anything unusual. It wasn’t until all the boys standing at the urinals turned to look at him, and most of them started jeering and some even whistled, that Lü Yang suddenly woke up…
What the heck!
Now he had really messed things up for Lin Yin!
Lü Yang quickly retreated from the men’s restroom and was pulled, laughing, by Hu Yulan into the adjacent women’s restroom. A few other girls who had seen Lin Yin enter the men’s restroom came over and playfully shoved “Lin Yin” a few times, teasing her about doing it on purpose and getting an eyeful.
Lü Yang stayed silent, his face burning red…
Not because he was embarrassed about mistakenly entering the men’s restroom, but because Hu Yulan had dragged him into the women’s restroom.
Unlike city restrooms, this one had no stall doors. A straight trench was simply divided by low tiled walls, offering little privacy. Lü Yang’s eyes met a row of girls’ pale bottoms, making his face flush and his heart race.
However, his blushing didn’t raise suspicions among the other girls. They thought “Lin Yin” was just embarrassed about mistakenly entering the men’s restroom.
To avoid anyone noticing anything unusual about Lin Yin, Lü Yang steeled himself and found an empty spot to squat down. Unaccustomed to this position, he tried to relieve himself. Due to lack of experience, his intimate parts were stuck together, blocking the flow and causing warm droplets to splash all over his bottom, which felt very uncomfortable.
Extremely frustrated, Lü Yang searched around Lin Yin’s body but couldn’t find any tissues. He had to look around. Hu Yulan happened to be in front of him, standing up without having pulled up her pants yet. Her pale bottom dazzled Lü Yang, and he quickly looked away.
“Yulan, do you have any tissues?” Lü Yang called out to Hu Yulan with his head down.
“Did you go number two?” Hu Yulan turned around and asked “Lin Yin.”
“Number one.”
“Why do you need tissues for number one? Just shake it dry, isn’t that fine?” Hu Yulan responded casually.
What the heck! How can you shake it completely dry? My whole bottom is covered in water!
“Yinyin, here you go.” A girl who had just finished came over and handed “Lin Yin” a tissue, solving Lü Yang’s problem.
It seemed Lin Yin had pretty good relationships with people.
……
After coming out of the women’s restroom, Lü Yang felt even more frustrated and cursed loudly in his heart…
Zhou Ling, damn you! Damn your ancestors! How dare you curse me with something so vicious!
Walking back to the tour bus with Hu Yulan, Yi Ya happened to approach from the opposite direction, apparently heading to the restroom.
“Xiao Ya!”
Lü Yang instinctively called out to Yi Ya, but upon hearing his own female voice, he felt both like laughing and crying.
“What is it?” Yi Ya looked at Lin Yin strangely. Their relationship was very close, and of course she knew Lin Yin’s personality well—soft-spoken and gentle, rarely ever calling out to her so loudly. Moreover, Lin Yin’s expression of pleasant surprise upon seeing her made her even more puzzled.
“It’s nothing… Are you going to the restroom?” Lü Yang couldn’t help feeling awkward. He had called but couldn’t reach Yi Ya and was worried about her. So when he suddenly saw her, he couldn’t help but feel excited…
“Yeah.” Yi Ya nodded at Lin Yin, looking even more puzzled.
“We’ll wait here for you.” Lü Yang habitually reached to rub his head but quickly put his hand down.
Yi Ya frowned, took two steps closer, and scrutinized Lü Yang for a while before speaking. “Yinyin, what’s wrong with you? You seem so strange.”
“Nothing, nothing. Hurry up and go.” Lü Yang quickly pushed her away.
Watching Yi Ya’s retreating figure, Lü Yang felt that although being cursed by Zhou Ling was awful, accidentally running into Yi Ya made him feel a little better.
Of course, the top priority now was to contact Lin Yin as soon as possible, ask about her situation, and give her some instructions. He needed to tell her not to panic, that he would find a way to handle this and swap their bodies back.
Unless the curse was unsolvable, he would certainly find a way to lift it.
Yi Ya gave Lin Yin another puzzled look before turning and walking toward the restroom.
While waiting with Hu Yulan for Yi Ya to return from the restroom, Lü Yang received a phone call. It was a middle-aged man’s voice.
“Yinyin?”
“Hello…” Lü Yang didn’t know who was calling, so he could only respond politely.
“Yinyin?” The man on the other end seemed surprised that Lin Yin didn’t recognize his voice.
“Who is this? The signal here isn’t good; I can’t hear clearly!” Lü Yang had to pretend, to avoid exposing anything.
“It’s Dad!”