Chapter 209: Tension Rising

Chapter 209: Tension Rising

“You were always despicable!”

“Darn it!”

“What exactly is it? Hurry up and tell me!” Lin Yin’s bad feeling grew stronger.

“I think this fusion means… that… that thing.” Lü Yang had to say it.

“That? Which thing?” Lin Yin asked Lü Yang.

“You don’t even know what ‘that’ is? And you still want me to say it outright?” Lü Yang felt like banging his head against a wall.

“How would I know if you don’t tell me?” Lin Yin glared at Lü Yang.

“It’s about that thing men and women do together, that thing they do when they sleep together at night!” Seeing that Lin Yin didn’t understand his euphemism, Lü Yang had to be direct.

“No way!” Once Lin Yin understood, she immediately refused sternly, her face turning bright red.

“Crap! Do you think I want to? I just want to swap our bodies back…” Lü Yang was beyond frustrated. When he first learned the method to lift the curse, he had considered this possibility… It was clear that hugging Lin Yin might be acceptable, but getting her to agree to merge bodies was a much bigger problem.

After all, they weren’t lovers and had no chance of becoming lovers in the future. For a man, such a thing might not mean much, but for a girl like Lin Yin who guarded her purity, it was unthinkable.

But did he really want to be a woman for the rest of his life?

“I knew you had bad intentions!” Lin Yin glared at Lü Yang angrily and disdainfully, feeling more convinced that his one-night stand with Liu Hui was true. Now, he even wanted to trick her into bed!

“You! You’re Xiao Ya’s best friend. Do you think I want to do this to you?” Lü Yang felt almost like crying.

“I misjudged you before! You’re a bad person! Full of wicked thoughts! You just like doing this kind of thing! Ruining a girl’s purity and then refusing to take responsibility!” Thinking of Liu Hui, Lin Yin grew even angrier at Lü Yang.

“I just want to swap our bodies back. This is all my fault. Name your conditions; as long as you think it’s appropriate, I’ll agree to anything.” Lü Yang was out of options.

“Then let’s just leave it like this. No swap! I think it’s fine not to swap. Let you be a woman for the rest of your life and experience what it feels like when a man doesn’t take responsibility for you. You deserve it!” Lin Yin started to act unreasonably. She was already hesitant about swapping back with Lü Yang, and now that Lü Yang mentioned merging bodies—a condition she absolutely couldn’t accept—she decided to take this chance to break the pot completely and keep his body. From now on, she could be with Liu Hui, enjoying a life of romance and luxury, having everything she wanted.

“No swap?” Lü Yang stared at Lin Yin, sensing that she hadn’t wanted to swap back from the very beginning.

“No swap, no swap, no swap! Don’t you like Xiao Ya a lot? From now on, you can stay by her side every day. Isn’t that great?” To achieve her goal of staying with Liu Hui long-term, Lin Yin shamelessly used Yi Ya to tempt Lü Yang.

“You…” Lü Yang had only vaguely worried before that Lin Yin might refuse to swap back, but now, judging by her expression, she really didn’t want to swap back, which made him furious.

“Me… What about me? That’s settled, then! No one is allowed to go back on it!” Lin Yin looked as if a great weight had been lifted off her shoulders.

“Fine, if you don’t want to swap back, then I’ll go out on the street right now, find a one-night stand club, and have someone break your untouched packaging…” Lü Yang, filled with anger, decided to threaten Lin Yin.

“How dare you!” Lin Yin panicked instantly.

“Why wouldn’t I dare? Anyway, you don’t want to swap back. Now, you are you, and I am me. I can give my body to whomever I want…” As he spoke, Lü Yang stood up and walked toward the door.

“Stop!” Lin Yin rushed to the door in a few strides, closed it, then turned around and grabbed Lü Yang like an eagle catching a chick, pinning him down on the Worn-out Sofa in the living room.

Even though she didn’t want to swap back, hearing Lü Yang say this still made Lin Yin feel inexplicably flustered.

“Let me go!” Lü Yang, restrained by Lin Yin and unable to move, grew furious.

“You want to ruin my body. This… I absolutely cannot allow it! I have to tie you up.” Lin Yin said, pulling out her shoelaces and forcefully tied Lü Yang’s hands behind his back. Still uneasy, she pulled out another shoelace and tied Lü Yang’s kicking feet together.

“You’re going too far! I warn you, don’t push me too far! It won’t do you any good!” Lü Yang struggled desperately, but without using the Eerie Card, he was no match for the Big Block that was Lin Yin.

“And what if I push you too far? With you like this, what can you possibly do?” After subduing Lü Yang, Lin Yin sat down nearby, crossing her arms triumphantly.

The feeling of having strength was really different! She remembered back in elementary school, when she was bullied because she was small and afraid of big people, she could only endure being hit. From today on, she wouldn’t have to endure it anymore! You little thing, how dare you threaten me? I subdued you in just a couple of moves!

“Untie me!” Lü Yang glared fiercely at Lin Yin.

“First, you have to promise not to ruin my body!” Lin Yin pointed at Lü Yang’s nose and proposed her condition.

“If you don’t quickly swap our bodies back, I can’t promise that.”

“Then I’ll keep you tied up! Oh, and I’ll find a dog chain to tie you up at home. Let’s see what you can do then!”

“You!” Lü Yang was overcome with rage.

It seemed it wasn’t that men were perverts; it was just that women lacked the strength to be perverts. When women gained strength, they became even more perverted than men!

“Me! What about me?” Lin Yin looked incredibly arrogant.

“I’ll count to three. If you still haven’t let me go by the time I reach three, you’ll bear all the consequences!” Lü Yang’s face darkened. It seemed he had to use force against her.

“Go ahead and count! Let’s see what you can do with your hands and feet tied!” Lin Yin didn’t take Lü Yang seriously at all.

Just as the tension between them was rising, the Mobile Phone on the coffee table rang. It was Lin Yin’s phone—the one Lü Yang was currently using, which he brought back from Millstone Mountain.

Lin Yin instinctively reached for the phone and looked at the number. It was from her home. She quickly answered and said “Hello!” into the phone.

“Who is this? Why do you have Yinyin’s phone?” The caller was Lin Yin’s father.

“Dad… I… no…”

Lin Yin was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized that she was in the swapped body and shouldn’t have answered the call. She had to quickly lie to her father: “I… I… I’m Yinyin’s friend… no… classmate…”

“Yinyin’s classmate? Is Yinyin with you?” Lin’s Father asked, clearly growing suspicious.

“Yes! She is! Please hold on…” Lin Yin quickly replied to her father, then held the phone to Lü Yang’s ear.

Lü Yang turned his face away.

You tie me up and still expect me to help you? Nonsense!

Lin Yin quickly leaned in again. The call was still connected, and she didn’t dare speak, so she made a pleading face at Lü Yang, which gave him goosebumps.

Lü Yang gestured toward his own body with his lips, meaning: If you don’t untie me, don’t expect me to help you.

Lin Yin had no choice but to quickly untie the shoelaces binding Lü Yang’s hands and feet, then handed the phone to Lü Yang again with a pleading expression.

“Hello?” Lü Yang glared fiercely at Lin Yin, then took the phone and said hello.

Lin Yin also leaned her head close to the phone to listen to what her father wanted to tell her.

“Yinyin, where are you? Why did a boy answer the phone just now?” Lin’s Father had indeed become suspicious.

“I’m back from my internship, at my place. I just went to the bathroom, and the phone was… was… answered by Xiao Ya’s boyfriend.” Lü Yang explained to Lin’s Father.

Lin Yin, who was eavesdropping, frowned and waved her hands vigorously at Lü Yang, clearly feeling that his response was wrong.

“Xiao Ya has a boyfriend?” Lin’s Father asked ‘Lin Yin’ curiously.

“Oh… not really… it’s just that this guy is pursuing her… He happened to help her move some things today and is sitting here for a while after finishing…” Lü Yang looked at Lin Yin’s gestures and explained to Lin’s Father.

“Aren’t you two in class today?”

“Yes… ah…”

“Yinyin, you and Xiao Ya are still young. You should focus on your studies now and not start dating too early. Besides, you might not even end up together after graduation. Girls must value themselves, or you’ll regret it for the rest of your lives after getting married…” Lin’s Father began to lecture his daughter.

“Mm, we won’t. Xiao Ya and I will both focus on our studies!” Lü Yang quickly replied to Lin’s Father. This father was really long-winded… But deep down, Lü Yang felt a hint of envy…

When people with both parents get annoyed by their nagging, they don’t realize… that there are some people in this world who desperately wish they could hear their parents nag them, but it remains nothing more than a distant hope.

“Ask him why he’s looking for me!” Lin Yin wrote on a piece of paper and handed it to Lü Yang.

“Dad, what did you want to tell me?” Lü Yang imitated Lin Yin’s usual tone and asked Lin’s Father.

“It’s like this… Ah… This matter… I didn’t want to tell you…” Lin’s Father suddenly fell silent.

“What is it? Dad, tell me.” Urged by Lin Yin, Lü Yang asked again. He recalled that when he first swapped bodies with Lin Yin, Lin’s Father had called Lin Yin, and Lü Yang had felt his tone was off, suspecting something had happened in the Lin family.

Now it seemed something really had happened.

“It’s like this… Your mom started feeling really dizzy two months ago… We went to the hospital for a check-up, and she’s been hospitalized ever since, but… there’s been no improvement… Later… on the doctor’s advice, we came to the hospital here in Guishe City. We didn’t tell you… The hospital decided to operate on your mom this afternoon… Before the surgery… your mom really wanted to see you…”