Chapter 8: After the soul swap, I switched back.

In this world, paper documents are scarce; textbooks and exam papers are all in electronic form. Students answer questions online, the system automatically checks their answers, and scores are released quickly.

Almost immediately after Si Qi walked out of the examination hall, the results were released, and the province-wide rankings were announced in descending order. Those who were interested learned of the results immediately and told those around them.

"What did you say?" Mr. Si asked in shock after receiving a call from Mrs. Si.

"First! First in the whole province!!!" Mrs. Si's face was beaming, and her body was trembling with excitement: "He's amazing! Our son is so amazing!! How did he do it?!"

When Si's mother saw the ranking screenshot that Si's daughter sent her, she didn't even look at the equally excited and outburst-like text below the screenshot. Her eyes filled with tears: "Xiao Qi must have worked really hard to study, otherwise how could he have gotten such a good score all of a sudden? I've been so busy with work lately that I haven't paid any attention to his studies, it's really..."

Mr. Si was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to recover from the slight sob in Mrs. Si's voice. He laughed heartily and said, "This is a good thing! Go and prepare some gifts, like sports cars or airships, for Xiao Qi... Oh, and throw a banquet! Invite all the teachers and classmates from school, and I'll also invite some business guests. Take this opportunity to introduce him to them properly..."

Mrs. Si loved occasions like this that allowed her to openly show off her son, and nodded repeatedly, "Okay! I'll take care of it!"

The couple excitedly discussed for a long time until Si Nan couldn't wait any longer and called via video. Only then did Si's mother finally stop her discussion with her husband and look at the projector on Si Nan's side: "What's wrong?"

Si Nan chuckled and said, "Mom, why aren't you replying to me? My brother did well on the exam this time—"

"I saw it! He's number one in the whole province!" Mrs. Si said proudly. "Your brother did very well on the exam this time. Go home with him early later. I'll have the chef prepare a big meal to treat your brother."

Si Nan smiled and said, "Mom, what about me? I did pretty well on the test this time too."

“Okay, let’s treat each other.” Mrs. Si said with a smile.

Taking the opportunity, Si Nan flirted and asked for a gift. Before she could finish speaking, a friend's voice came from the side, sounding quite amused: "Sister Nan, do you know what? I just passed by Si Ding's classroom, and Si Ding was yelling like a madman, saying things like 'Impossible, why?' Do you think he's jealous that Brother Qi got first place in the province?"

Si Nan's expression instantly changed from innocent to ferocious. She turned her head, her face gloomy, and without caring that her mother was watching, she yelled, "Explain yourself clearly, what happened to Si Ding?"

"He was just going crazy in class, constantly saying things like, 'Why does Brother Qi have so much credit? He must have cheated,' and stuff like that."

Si Nan gritted her teeth, and without even saying goodbye to her mother, hung up the call and walked towards the next classroom.

Seeing that there was something to watch, the girls and boys behind them all followed. They saw Si Nan stride aggressively towards Si Ding, grab him by the collar, and slap him across the face: "You dare to slander my brother? Who gave you the guts!"

The surrounding students joined in the commotion, with many fanning the flames and laughing, saying, "He just said the student council president cheated, and asked why the president got such a high score."

"You got last place in the exam, so you're just jealous of your brother who got the top score in the province! How shameless!"

“An illegitimate child is an illegitimate child; they can’t be brought into the public eye.”

Si Nan slammed Si Ding onto the table, grabbing his neck and saying, "You're asking for it! Do I have to cut your tongue out before you'll understand what you should and shouldn't say?"

Si Ding's face turned red from being pinched, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Nannan, you can't do this to me! I'm Si Qi! Your own brother! Si Ding and I switched bodies, and he's impersonating me now!"

"Ha..." Si Nan couldn't help but laugh angrily, "You think you're worthy? If you want to be someone else's brother so badly, you might as well be reincarnated!"

Sting struggled to breathe and said, “When you were six, I took you to the amusement park. You got lost while holding a doll and almost hurt your hand when you ran under a machine. It was me and the butler who found you.”

Si Nan was taken aback.

“When you graduated from junior high school at fifteen, I took you on a beach vacation and gave you a set of pink diamond jewelry. You accidentally lost one of the earrings, and you came to me crying. I went with you to the cabin and found it.”

Si Nan's eyes widened.

"And last year on your birthday, you tore your dress and came to ask me what to do. I took off my coat to cover it up for you and took you to the dressing room to change your clothes."

The fact that her clothes were torn and her underwear was exposed was very embarrassing for Si Nan. She wouldn't tell anyone, and even her parents didn't know about it, except for Si Qi...

Seeing the change in Si Nan's expression, Si Ding realized that she was finally willing to listen to him, so he continued to raise the stakes: "You never let Si Ding attend your birthday parties. If I were Si Ding, how would I know about this?"

Si Nan subconsciously let go of his hand, staggering back a few steps, her voice hoarse and trembling almost imperceptibly, "You, you—"

“If you don’t believe me, I can confront Sting.” Sting clutched his neck, struggled to get up from the table, coughed a few times, and said in a rough voice, “I’ve been wanting to tell you this for a long time, but I’ve never been able to find the opportunity.”

Si Qi must have specifically instructed his classmates not to let him meet with Si Nan. Therefore, for the past month, every time he went to the restroom after class, someone would follow him, verbally threatening him and warning him not to get close to Si Nan or upset her. Si Nan herself didn't know why, but she never approached him first.

It was only this time, when Si Nan got angry and came over to beat someone up, that he finally saw Si Nan again.

Si Nan stared intently at Si Ding, observing his expression and movements. The more she looked, the more terrified she became. Her body trembled uncontrollably, and she hysterically cried out, "Impossible! How could this happen?! How could such a thing be?!"

Her brother's soul got into Siding's body? How could that be? How could that be! What kind of person is Siding? Just looking at his ugly face makes one want to vomit. That filthy, despicable, and ugly thing actually got into her brother's body, how dare he? How could it be?!

Si Nan's eyes were red as she stared intently at Si Ding, demanding, "I'm asking you, what was the name of the cat I had when I was little? What color was it? What happened to it after that?"

“It was called a panda, black and white. You liked it a lot at first, but then one time you took your friend to see it, and it wouldn’t listen to you and spin around. You felt embarrassed by it, so you asked the servant to throw it away.”

Si Nan trembled and then asked, "Do you know Zhou Qiqi?"

“I know you don’t like her, so I had someone send her away. I even showed you her video later.”

Though it was said to be a send-off, the methods were certainly not as gentle as they sounded. It's unknown whether the girl is still alive; even if she is, no one would recognize her once stunningly beautiful face, which Si Nan so utterly despised.

"Waaah..." Si Nan covered her mouth, letting out a sob, unable to face the reality, "How...how could this be..."

Siding sighed, walked over, put his arm around his sister's shoulder, and comforted her, "Good girl, don't cry."

Upon hearing this, Si Nan could no longer control her crying.

That tone was exactly the same as when her brother comforted her!

You should know that she would never have shed a single tear in front of Siding before, let alone let Siding witness her brother comforting her.

Siding really is her brother!!

Si Nan burst into tears, clinging to Si Ding in anguish: "Brother, how could you do this? Why?!"

Siding looked bitter: "I don't know the details either... It's not convenient to talk here, let's go home and discuss it."

His goal had been achieved. All he needed to do was let everyone around him know that he, Si Ding, was Si Qi, and that Si Qi was just an imposter.

Seeing the shocked expressions on the faces of the students around him, Si Ding sneered inwardly. He put his arm around Si Nan, who was crying incessantly and whose fingers were tightly gripping the hem of his clothes, and got up to leave the classroom.

Seeing her brother walking with a limp, Si Nan couldn't help but sob again: "Brother, your leg..."

Siding's eye twitched slightly: "...Hmm."

Si Nan: "Waaaaah..."

This incident had a huge impact on her, and she was so emotional that she cried for a long time before she finally calmed down. Through her teary eyes, she asked Si Ding, "Brother, have you told Mom and Dad about this?"

Siding took a deep breath, feeling extremely frustrated and resentful: "I don't have their contact number. Siding has been sending people to monitor me and prevent me from leaving the school."

"That beast—" Si Nan subconsciously wanted to curse, but halfway through her sentence, she belatedly realized that the person Si Ding was talking about had been with her day and night for some time and showed no trace of the former Si Ding. In fact, he was even more perfect than her former brother.

This left Si Nan's mind in a daze. Tears were still in her eyes, but her expression changed from initial collapse to bewilderment. She grabbed her hair with both hands and said hesitantly, "No way, I can't tell..."

During this time, her brother seemed to be as outstanding as ever. Is he really Si Ding?

Seeing this, Si Ding frowned, suppressing his inner irritation, and said to Si Nan, "Anyway, you should send a message to Mom first. I have something to say to her."

“Oh…oh…” Si Nan looked dazed and subconsciously opened the communication, changing the screen from private to public, staring blankly at the projection in front of her.

"Nannan, how are you?" Si's mother still remembered how Si Nan had turned around and angrily went to cause trouble for Si Ding after hearing Si Ding spreading rumors about Si Qi. She was about to ask Si Nan what was wrong when she saw the person in the story standing next to Si Nan with a very strange expression.

As soon as Si Nan saw her mother, she couldn't help but cry, sobbing, "Mom, what should I do? My brother said he went into Si Ding's body. I don't understand how this is happening, but he does know a lot of things that only my brother knows. I... I don't know what to do!"

Si Nan's words were incoherent, leaving Si's mother somewhat bewildered. After a while, she realized something was amiss and frowned, asking carefully, "What body swap? Don't listen to his nonsense. Your brother is your brother, and he has absolutely nothing to do with Si Ding!"

She didn't want anyone to know that her precious son was a lowly person from the slums who had experienced such a terrible ordeal. She suspected that Si Ding was trying to sow discord between his daughter and Si Nan, trying to trick her into siding with him and gaining her sympathy.

"But, but..." Si Nan hesitated, unsure how to answer.

"Let me explain," Si Ding said impatiently, annoyed by Si Nan's dawdling. "Mom, I've suddenly switched back."

These words struck Si's mother like a bolt from the blue, leaving her dizzy and her mind blank.

Sting gritted his teeth and continued in a humiliating manner, "Just last time, after I accompanied you shopping at the mall, that very night, I suddenly found myself in this body. I tried to contact you then, but you blocked me. Afterwards, I kept trying to meet with my family, but Sting kept sending people to stop me from leaving, until today—"

"Wait, wait a minute," Mrs. Si said with difficulty, rubbing her forehead with her hand. "When did you say? Last time we went to the mall? That was a month ago..."

A month, that's such a long time, how is that possible?

“It’s true,” Sting took a deep breath, thinking of the pain he had endured during this time, he was almost going crazy: “He has been sending people to imprison me and beat me. I haven’t been able to take a single painkiller for the past month. Every night is like living a life worse than death.”

As he spoke, he choked up and cried, "Mom, please help me, I really can't take it anymore."

Mrs. Si swayed precariously, nearly fainting as she leaned against the wall.

A note from the author:

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"Infinite God, Hide Your Identity"

Xie Yuan, a top-tier player in the game "Infinite Journey," has won multiple world championships and accumulated countless medals.

Unexpectedly transmigrating into a world dominated by the Infinite Flow genre, Xie Yuan becomes a cowardly gigolo who relies on his older brother for support. He discovers that the so-called Infinite Dungeon is actually a holographic game that he has been playing for over a decade and has completed countless times.

Thus, a player named "Abyss" emerged out of nowhere, sweeping through countless dungeons with the unpopular Puppet Master class, achieving the fastest clear record, and topping various leaderboards.

The whole world is cheering for the appearance of the great god. Someone patted the useless snack on the shoulder and asked him, "Xie Yuan, he's the same age as you. Why don't you learn from him? You can't just sponge off your parents and drag your brother down all day."

Xie Yuan: "..." Who's holding me back?

Before long, perfect-grade recovery potions, growth-type enchanted artifacts, secondary profession advancement tutorials, NPC strategy tips... all entered people's field of vision and became bestsellers worldwide through guilds.

In response, someone who was clearly a skilled player but was later forced to become the top guild leader in charge of logistics and a professional at supporting his younger brother said: "It feels so good to be carried."

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Love line:

On his first day in another world, Xie Yuan met a handsome man he fell in love with at first sight.

The handsome guy claimed to be his adopted half-brother and the president of a gaming guild, and he would give him whatever he wanted.

Xie Yuan: I'd be doing myself a disservice if I didn't win her over.

On the day he won the heart of his beloved, Xie Yuan prepared to reveal his identity, saying that she was the legendary teammate who fought alongside him in the guild.

Unexpectedly, he learned that the other party actually really liked his laid-back, lazy look, and even swore that he would let him live off her for the rest of his life.

Xie Yuan: "..."

Xie Yuan quickly hid his disguise and weakly indicated that he couldn't lift anything by hand or carry anything on his shoulders.

Then one day, the guild was attacked by monsters, and he was implicated. To protect the vulnerable and helpless Xie Yuan, the man fought his way out of the encirclement and rushed home at the cost of his life.

As a result, they witnessed Xie Yuan, who had always been well-behaved and harmless, standing amidst the dismembered limbs, casting forbidden spells in each hand and instantly killing a top-tier boss.

The moment their eyes met,

Xie Yuan: "..."

Boyfriend: "..."

Oh dear, this is awkward. :)

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The protagonist is the strongest from beginning to end.

[A gaming pro transmigrates into a newbie, dons a disguise, and effortlessly conquers the game.]

[Lighthearted, satisfying, sweet, overpowered, face-slapping, infinite flow, level-up story]

[A seemingly innocent but actually cunning and manipulative uke x A domineering, love-struck seme]

[The seme, thinking the protagonist is afraid of fighting, deliberately says he likes the protagonist's gentle and harmless appearance to put the protagonist at ease.]

[But seeing the protagonist's ruthless appearance made me even more intrigued.]

You can find it by clicking on the "Author's Column" in the upper right corner. [Hugs]