Zheng Yang, who was already exhausted and weak, was suddenly filled with a surge of strength driven by pure rage the moment she saw Lili.
“It’s you…” Zheng Yang confirmed with disbelief.
Seeing that Lili did not deny it and even snapped her fingers, she finally roared in a fit of fury, “It’s you!”
She grabbed Lili’s small shirt and shook her back and forth like a madwoman, wishing she could shake the life out of her.
“You’re the one behind this! You ruined my life! How did you do it! Swap us back! Let me return to my original body!”
No one around them came to intervene.
The environment had become mysteriously still, as if it existed solely to facilitate her conversation with Lili.
Lili smiled calmly.
“Brother Yang, isn’t this what you said you wanted? You wanted to make money easily. I even confirmed it with you once!”
Zheng Yang’s fury reached a new level.
“Just because I ran my mouth for two sentences while I was drunk, you’re punishing me by forcing me to live in hell?”
“Brother, your words are contradictory. You requested this yourself, so how can you call it hell?”
Zheng Yang broke down in tears.
“How did you even do this? Are you a god? Even if you are, I’m not afraid of you! I want to ask you something — there are so many people in this world who are rotten to the core, yet you don’t punish them. Instead, you bully an honest, good man like me who was already being crushed by life! What kind of coward are you, bullying the weak while fearing the strong!”
Lili’s smile remained bright.
“How do you know those bad people haven’t been punished? Besides, because I know you’re a decent person, I’ve given you special treatment. Your wife and child will be taken care of by another identical Zheng Yang until the day he dies. He will ensure you have no worries — haven’t you seen him already? This isn’t a soul swap; this is the real world. You have no choice but to be Zheng Yangyang…”
With that, she lifted Zheng Yang’s left hand.
“Look, here on the ring finger. It’s the Ring Finger Scar you got from practicing martial arts when you were young.”
Only then did Zheng Yang notice the 0.5-inch scar.
It was exactly the same as the one on her male body.
Did that mean this female body was actually transformed from that 38-year-old man’s body? And the fake Zheng Yang she had seen was actually a perfect clone of his male form — possessing all his memories, abilities, habits, and quirks? A clone that would be responsible for his work, his parents, his wife, and his child?
If that were the case, then that fake Zheng Yang was actually the real Zheng Yang, and she was nothing more than a hostess named Zheng Yangyang… No wonder she was a Black Household resident.
It turned out she was redundant to begin with…
Zheng Yang stared blankly at the scar.
She had been scratched by a weapon when she was 10 years old while practicing martial arts, and it had been with her for over 20 years.
She had always thought the scar was ugly, but at this moment, as she saw it on these fair, slender hands, she suddenly felt… it was the only thing left on her body that still belonged to her.
While she was lost in her thoughts, Lili whispered in her ear, “Brother, isn’t this actually pretty good? Someone else is carrying all the pressure and grievances you dealt with as a man.”
Zheng Yang knelt down weakly, clutching Lili’s leg as she sobbed, “Madam, Goddess! But I don’t want to be a woman! Especially not one in a shady profession who’s also a Black Household resident!”
Lili crouched down and gently stroked Zheng Yang’s head.
“Brother Yang, I promise you, as long as you give up a bit of your dignity, you will live a very good life. Maybe before long, you’ll even be grateful to me.”
“Why should I give up my dignity!”
“Are you saying that when you were a man, you never gave up your dignity?”
Zheng Yang was choked up by Lili’s words, so much so that she even forgot to cry.
Lili didn’t seem satisfied and added, “And did giving up your dignity ever bring you happiness?”
Zheng Yang swallowed hard.
She lowered her eyes, involuntarily thinking about how her company leaders had exploited her like a nuclear-powered donkey for 14 years.
She thought of the constant drinking sessions, the wife who didn’t understand her, and the son who couldn’t pull himself together… All of this was the result of over ten years of ‘sucking up’ to others.
In the end, there truly hadn’t been a single thing that went her way…
But that wasn’t an excuse to strip her of her life, was it?
She wasn’t willing to accept this! She had given so much! No matter what, the company, her parents, her wife, and her child still needed her!
But there was another Zheng Yang who could perfectly, 100% replace her.
She was useless…
If that was the case, then this world no longer needed her…
Lili seemed to know what Zheng Yang was thinking and said, “Rest easy, Brother.
Someone will love you.”
Zheng Yang looked up and let out a dry laugh.
“Who?”
“I can’t say any more. As I said, I only gave you special treatment because you’re a good person.”
Zheng Yang pointed to the wound on her neck.
“This is special treatment?”
“Oh, Brother — you were so biased against women. Don’t you think you should pay a small price for that?”
Zheng Yang was silenced once again.
“One last piece of advice: don’t try to commit suicide. First, you don’t have the guts for it right now. Second, you’ve seen my power, right? You will never succeed in killing yourself.”
Zheng Yang sighed and gave a calm, bitter smile.
“Maybe you make it sound wonderful, but life is like a game. I spent 38 years building up my account, and you just scrapped it and gave me a female account with negative assets. Do you think I’ll just accept that?”
“You have money and good looks, so how is that a negative asset? Alright, Brother Yang, I’m done arguing with you. I have to go.”
“Where are you going!”
“I have a lot of work to do. If you want to chat, we’ll meet again if fate allows!”
Lili turned gracefully and walked toward the front desk.
Zheng Yang found herself frozen in place, unable to move.
She watched helplessly as Lili completed her resignation paperwork at the front desk, changed into ordinary clothes, and calmly left the Golden Era lobby.
Only after Lili had completely vanished from her sight could she move again.
Zheng Yang didn’t try to chase her.
She knew it was impossible to catch Lili.
On the way back to her rented room, supported by a colleague, Lili’s words uncontrollably echoed in her mind — “Someone will love you.”
‘Damn it. The one who loves me… it won’t be a man, will it?’
Zheng Yang smiled bitterly.
Come to think of it, she wondered if she had ever truly received love when she was a man.
Perhaps her parents, wife, and child loved her, but she had never felt it clearly.
Was it because they didn’t know how to express it? — Forget it.
All of that, all of them, no longer belonged to her.
She would let that clone experience it instead…
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