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Chapter 32

I have no idea when I'll ever make the special chapter for Mlbbwanwan17. And I'm lazy today so unless you see this chapter on 28th December 2020, you know I didn't update.

Ling's POV

You definitely must be curious, why do I want to take her out for a date? Simple, I just want to get to know her more, since she was my childhood crush before I met Natalia. And since she's in Natalia's body, that'll make it a lot easier for me, for I'm used to talking to her, not some random girl who was my childhood friend, and I forgot all about. 

So uh, yeah. 

No, there isn't any other reason...

Fine, since you want to know, actually I'm sure you already do. So I shan't waste my brain juice on you. 

I grabbed her by the hand and said, "We'll get back to the headquarters to get our stuff. I suggest you wait outside." 

So she did. 

And no, I didn't enter through the front door. We went through the back door. As you know, the front door isn't the easiest to enter when some fat guy is jammed there as a door, which makes it very hard for people to move in and out. 

I left her outside while I dashed up the stairs to grab something, like my wallet. Or something. Not important. 

Wanwan's POV

I waited downstairs in the cold, dark alleyway for Ling to come back down. Within that short period of time, Chang'e found me. 

"Hello Wanwan! I see that my spell worked! Marvellous!" She said. 

"Wait, how did you know I was Wanwan? And what spell. Oh wait, was it you who trapped me in this god-awful body? And where is the soul of her body?" I bombed her with all the questions in my head. 

"Whoa, whoa, chill. I don't have much time to talk, Baxia's pee is still frozen. Now, I stored her soul in a jar, a special one, after all these years of cultivation, my magical prowess is finally enough to swap souls," she replied.

"Wait, then who's in my body?" I asked again. 

"Uh, hehe. Let's just say I went experimenting with my new magic tricks I learnt and cloned your soul to place in your body. It will disappear after five days, so within five days, you must grow closer to Ling, find your place in his heart, save him and Baxia from this hellish place. All the weird soul weirdness will go back to normal then, so be quick," she said. 

"What?! Five days to do all that?" I shouted.

"Don't worry, the fundamentals are all set, you just do your thing and you'll be fine."

"Really?"

"Yep."

"Okay."

"Alright, gotta go, Ling's coming back down, and Baxia's bladder is going to get a frostbite."

And with a full spin on her moon, she disappeared as suddenly as she arrived. Somehow or another, I didn't jump.

"Hey Wanwan," Ling said, causing me to leap ten feet into the air. 

"Oops, sorry."

"It's okay, I always fly when I use my ultimate. Which reminds me, I can't use claws, and no one knows a Natalia who uses crossbows here, so..." I said, still wondering why I have so many queries. 

"You need no weapon, you've gotten me," he replied with a hint of care in his tone. Something you would nearly never hear from him. Must've taken me for Natalia then. 

Inside, my soul was slightly crying. For the fact that his heart is with Natalia. Still, I don't even know how I fell in love with him, it happened so– subconsciously. Maybe it was the time when I looked him in the eye when we were kiddos, or maybe when we linked eyes on the streets, maybe it was every single time he popped up in my dreams. Can't possibly be my mind's doing, someone must be controlling it, my first suspect is Chang'e. But even then, she probably only dealt with my dreams, the rest was my heart's doing. Stupid me. 

"Uh, you okay?" He asked, now the care in his tone more evident. 

I nodded, unaware that my body looked like a zombie walking down the street. 

"Well, uh, we're here. So, what you want to do?" 

"Hmm...."

??? POV

"Your Highness," my palace guard greeted. 

"You may leave, I'll settle this myself." 

(A/N: This may either be a sneak peak for the last book of this series, or something happening here, probably the former.)