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Chapter 21: Can I take a look at your legs?

[Generating love-interest panel data…]

[Love Interest: Chu Zining]

Constitution: 6 (tenacious)

Charisma: 9 (peak human looks)

Intelligence: 7 (wide-awake)

Wealth: ¥0 (Sanya, Hainan Province license code)】

【Check-in reward claim countdown: 29:59】

“Chu Zining?”

Lu Li froze; why was it her?

Was I going to enter Chu Zining’s body this time?

Wait!

She bought that strawberry-scented ultra-thin safety helmet earlier; is she using it for work right now?

If I jump into her body, won’t I materialize right in the middle of some R-rated scene?

Lu Li had no time to think; the next second his head spun, the scenery blurred, and he plunged into a kaleidoscopic world.

With a loud “buzz,” the dizziness passed, and Lu Li opened his eyes on an unfamiliar bed.

He immediately felt up “his” body.

“My clothes are intact…”

“My pants are perfectly on too.”

There were no random men around, so Lu Li pressed a hand to his chest and let out a long sigh of relief.

“Hiss, feels pretty good…”

Lu Li sat up and looked around; the room was pitch-black, and by the faint moonlight he could just make out an old place not much better than his own home.

No, it was a little worse.

Glancing at the Wealth value of 0 on Chu Zining’s panel, Lu Li’s heart thudded.

Great, another penniless loser like me… no strawberries or cream puffs for dinner.

Lu Li missed the strawberries at Xiao Mingyue’s house terribly; the ones he bought were sour and watery, nothing like the sweet, juicy fruit at Xiao Mingyue’s.

Even strawberry-loving Lu Yao barely ate any; after one or two berries she pushed the rest onto him…

Lu Li looked at Chu Zining’s other stats again and began to analyze.

“Constitution 6, Charisma really is 9, Intelligence 7…”

“She’s top of our senior year, yet she only has 7 Intelligence? How did she ace the exams? When I had 7 Intelligence I couldn’t even beat Shen Tan.”

“No, you can’t judge grades by Intelligence alone; grades scale with study time and effort. Take Shen Tan… he tops our class, but he doesn’t look smart at all.”

“Chu Zining looks dopey; she’s clearly no match for the fox-like Xiao Mingyue with 8 Intelligence.”

Just as Lu Li wondered what to do while waiting to claim the check-in reward, Chu Zining’s voice echoed in his mind.

“W-why can’t I move? Who’s using my body?” Her voice was weak and full of fear.

Lu Li was already prepared to share a body with the original owner, so he kept calm.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to speak gently with Chu Zining.

She seemed easy to talk to, and he did not want to get kicked out again; if her emotions collapsed, he would be locked out of the body for 3 days.

The check-in reward would be gone too.

To handle this situation he had prepared two sets of lines in advance.

“Ahem, don’t be afraid; I mean you no harm. Actually, I am Qin Shihuang, and I am attached to your body to gather power and resurrect the Terracotta Army. I won’t use your body for free; once I revive 100,000 terracotta soldiers and retake my old capital, I’ll make you the national adviser,” Lu Li began his first script, trying to hoodwink her.

The air fell silent, and Lu Li sensed that Chu Zining’s emotions had calmed quite a bit.

Did that actually work?

While he was thinking, her timid voice rang again in his head: “May I ask, what are Qin Shihuang’s clan name, given name, and title? At what age did he inherit the throne? In what order did he conquer the Six States…?”

Lu Li: “…”

So this is how a straight-A student thinks… no wonder she’s always clear-headed!

“Fine, I’m not Qin Shihuang…” Lu Li gave up.

At once her emotions spiked violently, and Lu Li felt exactly the same sensation as right before he had been forced offline last time.

So me not being Qin Shihuang scares you that much?

Wouldn’t it be scarier if I really were Qin Shihuang?

Lu Li hurriedly said, “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid! I won’t hurt you, because I am you!”

“Huh?” Chu Zining froze, and her mood really did stabilize.

Lu Li paused, then said leisurely, “Actually, I’m your second personality.”

“You’re my second personality?” Her fear ebbed like the tide, replaced by curiosity.

“Yes, that’s right; I’m your second personality.” Lu Li took a deep breath and delivered the second script he had prepared.

“Everyone has a first personality, a second personality, even more. The first personality is the basic one, the main face you show; in this body, that’s you. But under certain conditions, when the first personality is impacted or overstimulated, the body releases the second personality for self-protection… that’s me.”

Chu Zining fell silent again, apparently weighing the possibility of such a second personality.

Soon her small voice returned: “But if you really are me, why don’t you even know Qin Shihuang’s surname?”

Are you looking down on my lack of culture…

Lu Li cleared his throat. “Though we share the same body, the first and second personalities aren’t the same person; different knowledge bases are normal, just as no two people in the world are completely identical. I don’t know what happened to you, but I do know that you must have faced something unusual tonight, maybe even danger; otherwise the body wouldn’t have released me to protect you.”

Hinting vaguely at her run-in with thugs earlier, Lu Li planted the idea in her mind.

Hearing the word “protect,” she really did relax and trust him a bit more.

Yet she still asked in a small voice, “Then will you take over my body and never give it back?”

“Of course not. You are the main personality, so this body is naturally yours; I’m only a passer-by. Perhaps, before long, I’ll vanish from your body completely.”

“How sad…” To his surprise, sympathy welled up in her.

So this silly girl is overflowing with compassion after all.

If that’s the case…

Lu Li changed his tone. “My life is as fragile as duckweed; I might fade away the very next second… that phrase ‘life thinner than paper’ was written for me. So in my short, limited existence, could you grant me one insignificant request?”

True to form, Chu Zining answered sympathetically, “Just tell me; I’ll help you if I can.”

Lu Li’s gaze shifted to the lower half of her body, and he asked in a steady voice, “Can I have a look at your legs?”

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