“Mm.” Ji Yuennian turned around instinctively.
But when she met those blue eyes, she suddenly realized something, and her body stiffened instantly.
The two locked eyes, and in that moment, the air seemed to freeze; the silence around them was so intense that even the sound of a pin dropping could be heard clearly.
He knows?
How does he know?
When did he find out?
Right now, Ji Yuennian was in a complete panic.
How should she explain? She, a grown man, transformed into the girlfriend of another grown man, and for the past half month had kept pestering him for hugs and kisses, clinging and acting cute every day.
It’s over! This is social death!!
Where would she ever put her face after this?!
While Ji Yuennian’s thoughts ran wild, Jiang Chi, sitting on the dining chair, finally confirmed the truth. He covered his face with both hands, his body trembling violently, and then let out a mad fit of laughter. The laughter seemed to shatter the confines of the small room, making the walls tremble as if they too felt his madness.
“So it really is like this, so it really is like this!”
His shoulders shook, and tears rolled uncontrollably down his twisted cheeks. He clenched his teeth, his voice trembling and filled with endless hatred.
“You really can control my Qingchan at will!!”
“She was forced by you, all of it was because of you!!”
He abruptly stood up from his seat, snatched up the fruit knife on the dining table, and with a hideous expression, stepped towards Ji Yuennian, closing in one step at a time.
Ji Yuennian instantly sensed that something was wrong.
He tried to step back, but after just one or two steps, a wave of weakness overwhelmed him, and his body slumped to the floor involuntarily.
His mind grew dizzy.
Then his vision began to darken, bit by bit.
In a daze, he could hear Jiang Chi’s furious and agonized roar by his ear: “She’s innocent!! She did nothing wrong!! It’s all because of you, you scum, all because of you, you scum!!”
The blade pressed against the unconscious girl’s neck. Jiang Chi then pulled her into his arms. Ji Yuennian was guilty, but his Qingchan was innocent. Those blue eyes turned to look at the bowl of meatball soup on the table that he hadn’t touched at all.
The drug was bought beforehand; if not for this whole situation with Ji Yuennian, at the start of summer break, Ji Qingchan would already have become his, locked up at home, seen only by him.
At this moment, as he gazed at the unconscious girl in his arms, a trace of pain flashed in Jiang Chi’s eyes, but it was quickly swallowed by madness.
This is just a spasm!
Yes, just the pain before metamorphosis!
His Qingchan, his Ji Qingchan, would soon get to enjoy this body alone.
He held her, forehead pressing gently to forehead, caressing as if stroking a precious treasure, yet his gaze grew wilder with every second.
“Qingchan, do you know? I’ve waited for this moment for so, so long. For the past half month, I’ve been plagued by nightmares—dreaming that you don’t exist, dreaming that you’re just a figment of my unwillingness to face reality, dreaming that all of this was just Ji Yuennian acting.”
“But how could that be!” The youth’s voice suddenly sharpened.
“You’re clearly real, you’re clearly inside this body. I can feel you, you’re right there!”
“And you… Ji Yuennian.”
The gentle look in his eyes instantly turned bone-chillingly cold. Jiang Chi leaned close to the girl’s ear, gritting his teeth and shouting with all his might: “It’s all your fault! You forced my Qingchan!”
“I’ll make you pay, I will!!”
Very quickly, following what he’d seen in that video before, Jiang Chi searched Ji Yuennian’s body and found that silver coin. What kind of silver coin was it?
The whole coin was carved with mysterious patterns, like the vines and roots of a plant. On both sides of the coin were human images, one side female, one side male. The female side looked just like Ji Qingchan—pure and cute; the male side, however, had a blurry image, as if it had been altered by some mysterious force. At a glance, it even looked like a long-haired lady.
Jiang Chi didn’t know where Ji Yuennian got this silver coin, nor did he understand its exact function, but by imitating the steps from the video, he could still manage.
Following Ji Yuennian’s motions in the video, he flipped the coin. The person in his arms immediately started to change, growing taller and broader at a speed that defied common sense. In less than three seconds—
The person, who had just been sleeping in his arms, transformed into a long-haired lady with hair down to her waist, dressed in tight, small-sized clothing. Her features were ninety percent similar to Ji Yuennian’s male form, only some of her curves were much softer.
Jiang Chi’s gaze fell upon her chest, which was now swelling with a faint hint of exposure. He frowned slightly. The girl had become a lady, not her previous youth form.
Could the coin switch between multiple modes?
Flipping the coin several more times, Ji Yuennian’s body switched back and forth between the lady and the girl, and Jiang Chi noticed that with each transformation, the male side’s image on the coin grew softer, closer to the lady’s style.
Heh!
Jiang Chi let out a cold laugh.
Indeed, this is retribution!
Ji Yuennian, oh Ji Yuennian! A school tyrant like you, now reduced to just a woman! A woman who can’t even truss a chicken!!
In the end, settling on the lady form, Jiang Chi dragged the unconscious woman to the door that led to the basement, gently pushed it open, and walked in.
At noon, beside a fishing pond somewhere in Wanquan City.
Ji Haotong, who had just escaped a matchmaking party, sat on a stone bench. After baiting his hook, he swung it out forcefully. With a “whoosh,” the hook landed in the pond.
“Dad, why is Mom in such a rush to make me go on blind dates?” Ji Haotong pouted, grumbling with dissatisfaction.
“I’m only 28 this year, in the prime of my youth, the key time to strive for my career. Why talk about romance or marriage now?”
Beside him, Ji Hong—who was also in full fisherman mode—had just finished preparing three jin of bait, chopped it on the cutting board into chunks, and hearing his eldest son’s words, said, “Your mom just wants a grandchild. No, a granddaughter. You don’t know, back when she was pregnant with Yueyue, Qingchuan heard that spicy food means a boy and sour food means a girl, so she drank sour soup every day for a month.”
“By the way, how did the blind date go this time?”
“The other party was a lawyer, looked pretty good.” Ji Haotong’s face turned a little strange as he spoke. “After chatting for a while, she actually wanted me to sign a contract before marriage. It didn’t feel right, so I ran.”
“Good for you for running.”
“Never talk about contracts with those in law.”
Ji Hong nodded in deep agreement, put the sliced bait into a large bowl, then scooped up a big bowl of soup and splashed it into the pond, causing ripples to spread.
“Not long ago, I contacted a high school classmate. His family is in real estate, but after marrying a lawyer, he lost everything in the divorce.”
After hearing his father’s words, Ji Haotong secretly felt glad he’d run in time, but still couldn’t help but ask about the previous topic.
“Dad, does Mom really like daughters that much?”
At this, Ji Hong glanced at his eldest son, paused for a moment, and said, “Actually… when she was pregnant with you, Qingchuan was hoping for a daughter.”
“That’s why, when you turned out to be a son, we decided to have a second child.”
Ji Haotong: ???
Other families all favor boys over girls, but why is it the opposite in my house?
Seeing his son’s confusion, Ji Hong smiled gently. “Don’t overthink it, our family isn’t biased towards girls. Qingchuan just wanted to have a little sweetheart for me.”
“You know how your mom is—she must have told you about our relationship. Remember when I was eighteen, my birthday wish was for a cute daughter in the future, and she’s held onto that ever since.”
“You also know your mom’s personality back then, mischievous and restless. Without a goal to work toward, she’d be out making trouble every day!”
Ji Haotong: !!!
So my little brother and I are both part of your… play?
Shaking his head to push away that weird thought, Ji Haotong looked up at the azure sky. White clouds floated by, the sun was warm, and he couldn’t help thinking of his little brother.
“My little brother is probably living quite well now with his girlfriend by his side.”
Ji Haotong thought to himself.
Oof, this is gonna be hell for the MC