The Return of the Gender-Swapped Sage Chapter 50

[7:30 AM. A woman in ancient attire is causing indiscriminate destruction downtown. It has been reported that this person also harasses girls approximately 155 cm tall. Citizens, please be cautious.]

Xue Ji watched the images on the TV. Ling Xiaoxiao was running amok on the street. The road was filled with 155 cm tall girls with white hair; she was grabbing them one by one like pulling radishes.

To get a clearer look at this absurd scene, Xue Ji stood up and moved closer to the TV. Suddenly, all the white-haired girls on screen turned their heads to look straight into the camera.

Xue Ji saw that over a dozen white-haired girls all had faces identical to her own. Startled, she stumbled backward. But the Ling Xiaoxiao on TV also leaned closer to her, her gaze vacant and her appearance utterly eerie.

Xue Ji retreated several steps and felt a soft touch against her back. Unable to resist, she turned her head and saw Ling Xiaoxiao standing behind her, tears of blood streaming down her face, her hair disheveled. Ling Xiaoxiao stretched out her withered hands, grabbed Xue Ji in a tight embrace, and dragged her into the television.

“Aaaaaaah!!!” Two voices screamed in unison. One was Xue Ji, having a nightmare; the other was Lilith, who was witnessing her nightmare.

Xue Ji jolted awake violently, rolling off the bed and landing on the floor with a loud thud. The summer quilt that flew up landed a moment later, covering her completely.

“Ouch, that really hurts,” Xue Ji said, trembling as she got up.

Her right elbow was badly bruised; bright red blood seeped from her fair, tender skin, making the pain feel exceptionally sharp.

“Ling Xiaoxiao! Why do you have to torment me even in my dreams, hmm~” A wave of inexplicable self-pity welled up inside her at that moment, but the male core hidden within made her hold back the tears.

Lilith cautiously reminded her, “Keep your voice down, sister! That woman is still in the house!”

“What’s all the yelling about so early in the morning?” Sha Ya asked, yawning as she sleepily opened the door. She was wearing a fluffy shark-themed onesie pajama, complete with a dragging tail, looking utterly adorable.

Exhausted, Xue Ji climbed to her feet, her face full of resentment. But the sight of fluffy Sha Ya immediately lifted her mood.

Even after taking human form, the little one still loved fluffy things. So, Xue Ji had ordered this onesie pajama through the Vanguard app. The service was impeccable; a delivery Vanguard brought it to their doorstep within half an hour.

The only downside was that the particular Vanguard responsible for delivery, affected by his supernatural ability, couldn’t resist kicking the door upon arrival. Last night, they had been woken up and chewed out by the auntie next door.

Recalling yesterday’s events, they had been far too “eventful.” First, Ling Xiaoxiao’s madness, then learning about that person’s past life story, and also the Worldstone fragment she possessed.

Besides that, there was the matter of the soaked robe. Just a fleeting memory of it made Xue Ji’s face turn red enough to seemingly emit steam.

Seeing that Sha Ya was also being clueless, Lilith quickly emerged from the shadow of the wardrobe, covering Sha Ya’s mouth. Thinking Lilith wanted to fight again, Sha Ya’s killing intent surged.

Sha Ya pried off the hand covering her mouth, opened her little mouth, bared her fangs, and bit the shadowy Lilith hard. Strangely enough, Lilith, whose body was made of shadow, could still feel pain. After being bitten, she let out a scream reminiscent of Tom Cat.

But Lilith was no pushover either. Pulling her hand free, she used her height advantage (of 155 cm) to hold Sha Ya’s head at arm’s length with her longer reach. Sha Ya could only flail her fists impotently at the air in front of Lilith.

Watching these two clowns torment each other, Xue Ji couldn’t help but laugh. She intervened, “Weren’t you afraid of Ling Xiaoxiao? Why is it, Lilith, that you’re screaming louder than she would?”

Hearing this, Sha Ya’s ears shot straight up, and her fur bristled. She said incredulously, “After all that, she actually had the nerve to come back?”

Seeing that Sha Ya shared her stance, Lilith quickly joined in criticizing Xue Ji, calling her a foolish, pathetic minnow for daring to bring that lunatic home.

“Pathetic Sage, you were almost killed by her yesterday! How can you still be so soft-hearted!” Lilith said angrily, scolding Xue Ji for her sentimentality.

Sha Ya also added with a fierce, childlike tone, “If I were you, I would have definitely finished her off after she passed out. Acting like this, you wouldn’t last a month in the forest.”

Xue Ji knew they were right, of course, but she couldn’t bring herself to hurt Ling Xiaoxiao for her own sake. Because when Xue Ji finally hugged Ling Xiaoxiao, her trembling body and tearful breathing had made Xue Ji’s heart soften.

She had turned to leave, but her heart ached terribly. She didn’t dare imagine how deeply her departure would wound Ling Xiaoxiao.

Even though an irreconcilable conflict had arisen between them, Xue Ji had to admit that over the past half month, Ling Xiaoxiao had become a presence in her heart that couldn’t be ignored.

As Xue Ji fell silent, Sha Ya and Lilith quieted down too. Outside the room door, Ling Xiaoxiao leaned against the wall. Her right hand resting on her left arm had clawed through the skin, and pale golden blood seeped from where her nails dug in.

Xue Ji instinctively turned to look towards the door. The other two, seeing this, trembled and hid behind Xue Ji, terrified of being bagged and carried off by *that woman*.

Xue Ji walked out of the room, but when she turned her head, all she saw was the wide-open front door. Ling Xiaoxiao was already gone without a trace.

Xue Ji spent the morning cleaning up the disastrously messy house, simultaneously tidying up her own emotions.

Whenever she felt down, Xue Ji would do housework. The process of the chaotic house gradually becoming neat and tidy through her efforts made Xue Ji feel incredibly relaxed.

Since the procedures related to Sha Ya weren’t settled yet, she could only stay at home for the time being.

To keep the little one from getting bored at home, Xue Ji instinctively picked up the phone she had previously given to Ling Xiaoxiao.

She reached out to hand it to Sha Ya, but just as the phone was placed in Sha Ya’s small hand, she pulled it back.

“Huh?”

Sha Ya looked puzzled at the baffling Xue Ji, clenching her now empty little hand, gesturing for her to just give it over properly without being so wishy-washy.

Xue Ji paused, realizing her behavior was odd, and instead let Sha Ya play on the computer, promising to bring back some tasty treats when she returned.

In the afternoon, Xue Ji returned to school for classes.

Having been absent for half a month, her entrance caused a stir among the students of Class 5.

Her good buddy Zhao Cheng was overjoyed and waved, saying, “Brother Ji, you’re finally back!” He had sent many messages checking on Xue Ji during this time.

Because their homeroom teacher, Hu Yan, had told the class that Xue Ji was recuperating at home, she now had a sickly, frail image in the class.

Xue Ji smiled faintly and said, “Long time no see.”

The class monitor, Shen Dai, proactively helped wipe clean Xue Ji’s desk and chair. She had been looking forward to Xue Ji’s return for a long time. Without Xue Ji to look at, the already arduous life of senior year, combined with training for the supernatural forces unit, had made the past half month pure torture.

“Thank you, Monitor,” Xue Ji said with a sincere smile. In Shen Dai’s eyes, it was like an angel had descended, radiating light.

‘My life… is complete.’

Shen Dai looked at Xue Ji, a silly smile appearing on her delicate and pretty face. “Hehe, hehehe.”

Xue Ji’s smile became stiff. It wasn’t until Zhao Cheng came over and pulled Shen Dai away that Xue Ji finally sat down in her seat.

There were still ten minutes until class started. Bored, Xue Ji poked Zhao Cheng next to her.

“Did anything interesting happen in the past half month?”

Zhao Cheng thought for a moment and said, “Way too much. The past half month has been full of laughs. Let me tell you all about it.” Zhao Cheng was Class 5’s professional fun-seeker; he always knew about everything happening in the school firsthand.

“A guy from Class One tried climbing the wall at night and stepped on the Dean’s face. I saw the shoe print on the Dean’s face myself.” He described the scene he witnessed so vividly that Xue Ji found it hilarious.

Xue Ji: “That’s next level, hahaha.”

“And also, this! Two guys from Class Seven pretended to be girls playing Honor of Kings. After realizing they went to the same school, they met up offline.”

Xue Ji: “Lol.”

Zhao Cheng added, “But weirdly enough, those two have gotten closer recently. It’s hard to understand.”

Xue Ji, who was drinking water, suddenly choked.

After catching her breath, Xue Ji asked, “Cough cough… well, was there anything more… exciting?”

“There actually was. Rumor has it a vampire showed up at our school.”

“Oh, interesting.” Xue Ji’s eyes lit up. Another job had come.

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