Chapter 491 I Don’t Want This Body Anymore

After Gu Jiayue picked up Yue'er, she did not return to Taohua Village, but went to the small courtyard in the county town that she had bought earlier.

Uncle Zhang, who was in charge of guarding the yard, and his family were sweeping fallen leaves. When they saw Gu Jiayue come in, the wrinkles on his face instantly relaxed, and he smiled a little stiffly: "Girl, are you back?"

His wife was hanging clothes, and when she heard this she turned around, holding a wooden clip in her hand, her eyes full of warmth.

"I'm going to stay here for two days." Gu Jiayue glanced at the neatly tidied yard and said in a gentle tone, "You've been working hard guarding these days. I'm giving you two days off. Go back to your hometown and rest up. Come back in two days."

Uncle Zhang was stunned for a moment, then he rubbed his hands and laughed out loud, wrinkles forming at the corners of his eyes. "Thank you so much, young lady!"

His wife also thanked him and took her son back to the house to pack up.

After a while, the family of three went out with their small bags, their steps as light as the wind.

Their hometown is in Lijiazhuang outside the county town, and it only takes two hours to go back and forth. These two days are enough to take care of the vegetables in the fields and cook two good meals for the elderly at home.

For a moment, only Gu Jiayue, Hu Zi and Ye Ren were left in the yard.

Gu Jiayue called Hu Zi over and gave him instructions. "I have some things to take care of today. You will stay in the yard. No matter what sound you hear, no one is allowed to approach my room until I call you. Do you understand?"

Hu Zi nodded repeatedly. "Don't worry, Miss. I will definitely keep a close eye on the yard and won't allow anyone to approach!"

The young lady didn't know, but she clearly sensed that there were three figures hiding behind her.

These three people were the secret guards around Jiang Shanchang. They were probably here to protect the young lady, so he didn't make any noise to drive them away.

But now, according to the young lady's order, he could only stop these people in the yard.

However, there were exactly five of them, each guarding a corner of the yard. Even if a bad guy suddenly appeared, he wouldn't be able to get close to the young lady for a while. This would give them a chance to react to each other.

Gu Jiayue trusted Hu Zi very much. After getting his assurance, she turned and went into the room and closed the door.

"System, has the simulated skin been successfully created?"

"Host, the simulated skin will be successfully produced in 10 minutes."

"good."

He wanted to take advantage of this time to explain everything to Yue'er.

"Yue'er, we will take the Soul Separation Pill together later. I will separate my soul from your body and put it into another body. Then you will use the method the system taught you before to separate your soul as well. This way, you can return to your own body."

Gu Jiayue thought Yue'er would agree without hesitation. After all, this was originally her body, and this was just returning it to its original owner.

But Yue'er hesitated for a moment, then said, "Sister Gu, I don't think this is a good idea."

"Hmm? What's wrong? Is there anything you're not satisfied with or unclear about?"

Yue'er was a little anxious and tried hard to jump in front of Gu Jiayue.

Gu Jiayue quickly bent down to cooperate.

"No. It's just that through this period of time, everyone has accepted the fact that you are Gu Jiayue. You also saw the various chain reactions caused by my return to my body two days ago. Then there will be more troubles. For example, how do we explain our situation to our relatives and friends? For example, how to arrange the school, and how to manage the stores under your name? I don't know any of these, and these things are yours. I can't take them all, right?"

Yue'er's words made sense. Returning everything to its original state would only lead to many problems. "But I can't occupy your body forever, right? Don't worry, I already made all the arrangements when I arrived. The academy isn't profitable, and I still have to put a lot of money into it every day, so I haven't transferred it to your name. However, you'll still be the nominal headmaster. I'll appear by your side in another capacity to assist you."

"I've left you 30% of the profits from each of my workshops and shops. This profit will provide you with a comfortable life for the rest of your life."

"As for how to explain this to my friends and family, I can just pretend to have lost my memory. After all, Xie Qingyun injected toxins into my body before, and many people witnessed it."

It would be a good reason to continue pretending to have amnesia, but Yue'er didn't want to do that.

"Sister Gu, I don't want to go back to my body!"

Gu Jiayue's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could pinch a mosquito to death. Why hadn't she noticed this child was so stubborn before?

She thought Yue'er didn't want to return to her body and was still thinking about her.

She was about to try to persuade him when she heard Yue'er continue, "This body no longer belongs to me. Even if I return to this body, even if I pretend to have amnesia, even if I try hard to imitate and learn your behavior, in their eyes, you are you and I am me. No matter how much I imitate, I can never become yours."

"In that case, why not give me a completely new identity so that I can get to know them again with a completely new look?"

"Since you've adopted so many orphans, you wouldn't mind having me as one, right?"

"Yue'er, you don't have to be like this... This body is yours, so I should return it to you. As for any subsequent problems, I will face them with you. If all else fails, let's just be honest and tell them everything."

"Sister Gu, judging by the current situation, it's not a question of telling the truth. Even if we were to tell the truth, do you know how many people we would have to explain it to? We can't just tell everyone we meet that you're an alien soul, you've taken over my body, and I've come back from the dead."

"If we say that, will we be arrested as monsters?"

What Yue'er was thinking was not without reason, which was why Gu Jiayue planned to use amnesia to continue to cover up the fact.

"But……"

"Sister Gu, no need for buts. I've already made my decision. Just give me that body of yours. I'm already connected to the system, so there won't be any problems even if I use that body, right?"

Hearing Yue's words, the system quickly jumped out to guarantee. "Don't worry, Yue'er. The system's products are of the highest quality. This simulated skin has a lifespan of one hundred years. Within a hundred years, it will not only be free of any problems, but will also age like a human, allowing you to slowly age. But this is only the appearance; your soul will remain the same as it was when you were young. When the lifespan is up, this corpse will exhibit the signs of human death, and your soul will be able to leave your body and travel to another world. You can continue your missions, or you can choose to be reborn as a human."

"If you can continue to complete tasks according to the system's requirements during this hundred years and accumulate a large number of points, you can use these points to redeem benefits for your next life after reaching the underworld. The more points you have, the better the family you can choose."

Yue'er looked at Gu Jiayue and said, "Look at Sister Gu. According to the system, she is actually quite good, right?"

Gu Jiayue was speechless.

"System, system, is your body finished? Can I still make a request now?"

"Um... we have three minutes left to complete the production. We're working on the facial features. If you have any requests, please let us know. As long as we haven't stopped production, we can replace them."

"Well, I'm not very satisfied with my nose. Can you ask him to make it straighter? And my eyes, I like them to be bigger, brighter, and sparklier, and my eyelashes to be longer. Is that okay?"

"And eyebrows. I have too few eyebrows. Can you ask him to give me nice eyebrows that suit my face shape? The kind that will never change and don't require me to draw them every day?"

“…”

Yue'er happily put forward his request to the system, and the system dutifully fed back his request to the system mall.

The customer made a request, and the system mall dutifully and responsibly made the changes for him without a single complaint.

"The simulation body is complete. Will the host begin the soul stripping process?"

"Yue'er..."

Gu Jiayue wanted to discuss it with him again.

Yue'er has sacrificed enough, and she doesn't want him to continue to occupy her body and her family.

"Alright, alright, Sister Gu. I'm speaking from the heart, not with a shred of compulsion. You've built so much business in the past two years, and the pressure is too great. I don't have your ideals and ambitions. All I want in my life is to enjoy delicious food."

"Besides, I've been used to living alone since I was a child. I really don't want to go out and make friends, or appear in crowded places. I just want to hide in my room alone, quietly reading, playing the piano, and eating delicious food. If you let me interact with so many people every day like you do, I'll go crazy!"

"You don't want to see me unhappy, do you? Besides, you've already given me 30% of the dividends. With so much money, I can live comfortably for the rest of my life. It's much better than being a rich lady or working hard as a school principal!"

"Yue'er, why don't we wait a little longer? Think about it carefully! After all, this soul-stripping pill can't be taken whenever you want. The side effects are quite severe. Taking two pills in a row is already a huge challenge for us, and we absolutely cannot take a third. So if you regret it after the exchange, there's nothing we can do."

"Don't think about it anymore, I've already thought it through clearly!"

"Hurry up, Sister Gu. If you keep nagging, what if something unexpected happens?"