out dough and the other stuffing the fillings; it was from this that the aroma wafting in the air originated."It smells so good! Is it pork and spring onion filling" Xiao Yu asked the couple as he ap...Chapter 307: Truly Exchanged

"Ah... Clank... You! Who are you, and how did you get in!

But when the door was opened, the person immediately let out a terrified scream, dropping the basin full of water on the ground. The water spilled everywhere as she asked with a frightened expression.

Hearing this woman's terrified shriek, Xiao Yu raised an eyebrow and showed a surprised look before slowly turning around.

After turning around, Xiao Yu saw a woman standing at the door. Her clothes were almost completely soaked due to the water from the basin.

When he saw this woman's appearance, he was momentarily stunned. The woman looked exactly like Wu Shanshan’s soul.

Xiao Yu scrutinized her with a critical gaze. This woman was clearly Wu Shanshan’s body; then who would be in possession of this body's soul now

Moreover, the fact that she could see his spirit form left Xiao Yu quite astonished. He wasn’t visible to just anyone in his current state, only those with certain spiritual abilities or innate ability like Song Hushan’s son Xiaoyu.

"Y-you... You are a person, you are a ghost!"

The woman, looking terrified, slowly backed towards the door while trembling all over and staring at Xiao Yu as she asked.

Xiao Yu's spirit did not answer her but instead his head gradually grew larger until it was basin-sized. Then, he opened his mouth wide.

"Ah...!" Seeing this, the woman let out a terrified scream, trying to run towards the door.

But before she could make it out, Xiao Yu's spirit suddenly opened its large mouth and sucked hard at her.

The woman who was running out of the door suddenly stopped when Xiao Yu's spectral mouth inhaled. She looked at Xiao Yu with fear, and a faint shadow appeared on her face.

Xiao Yu observed this shadow, confirming that it indeed belonged to Li Jie, the wife of an old Ma family member, whose soul was now a mere shadow.

When Xiao Yu clearly saw the appearance of the soul, he closed his mouth, and his head returned to its original size.

The moment Xiao Yu's mouth closed, the shadow on that woman’s head reverted back to normal. After the shadow reconnected with her body, she fainted softly by the door frame.

Xiao Yu slowly walked over to the woman and pinched her philtrum. Although he was only a spectral soul now, his spectral form could exist independently as a physical entity, unlike ordinary souls. Wasn’t Zhong Kui sealed as the Great Taoist Exterminator of Demons while in just a spectral state

"..."

The woman lying on the ground let out an unconscious groan and slowly opened her eyes.

When she saw Xiao Yu, the terrifying image he had just presented to her flashed into her mind, causing her to scream involuntarily. She looked at him with fear, continuously pushing herself backward with her feet as she sat on the ground, even after reaching the wall corner.

In the past two years, she had encountered ghosts but never one as terrifying as Xiao Yu's appearance. Even though those other ghosts seemed to ignore her presence, she still felt extremely frightened and thus avoided going out at night.

She didn't know why, but since strange things started happening to her, she no longer recognized herself and could see impure entities.

Initially, when she encountered a ghost while buying something late one evening, she had not realized it was a ghost. She only felt that the person looked odd. It wasn't until she saw him float in mid-air like air and noticed his deathly pale complexion that she understood he was indeed a ghost.

Later on, she met different ghosts a few times before realizing she could see impure entities. Since then, she had never left her home at night again. Today, however, seeing Xiao Yu made her realize something was unusual about him from the start. He did not feel like any of the other ghosts she'd encountered previously; if his head hadn't swollen in size, she wouldn’t have been able to tell whether he was a person or a ghost.

"Don't come over here, what do you want..."

The woman looked at Xiao Yu as he walked forward and said with fear in her eyes.

"Haha, don’t worry, I won’t harm you. I just wanted to ask if your name is Li Jie"

Xiao Yu stopped walking when he saw the terrified woman, gave a light chuckle, and asked.

The woman, who was in shock and retreating, froze upon hearing Xiao Yu's words before looking at him with panic, "I... don’t know. I also... don't know Li Jie. My name is Wang Shanshan..."

At this moment, when the woman looked at Xiao Yu, her expression was even more terrified than before; it made her tremble on the ground so much that she could barely speak clearly.

The woman was extremely afraid in her heart. No one knew that she was Li Jie. After the car accident, when she woke up from a coma at the hospital, the words spoken by those surrounding her were incomprehensible to her, and furthermore, her limbs did not obey her command. Therefore, she could only lie helplessly on the hospital bed, staring blankly at all these unfamiliar people around her.

Later, when the people gathered around her bed saw that she was in this state, they called a doctor over for an examination. The doctor said that she had suffered head injuries which might have affected her memory, and she heard what the doctor said. To understand everything clearly, she pretended to suffer from amnesia.

Even when her soul merged with her body during the fusion process, causing intense pain and madness, she considered it a reaction triggered by recalling past events.

Once, while looking in the mirror, seeing how distant her appearance was from her previous self made her completely dumbfounded. She had no idea what exactly had happened to her now.

In the days that followed, through people who frequently surrounded and took care of her, she learned that her name is Wang Shanshan, lives in Zhonghai, is married with a husband, and has a four-year-old daughter.

This time, on their way to take a trip, they were involved in an accident. She and her husband both sustained injuries while protecting their four-year-old daughter; especially her husband suffered from severe head trauma which might leave him in a coma forever.

And it wasn’t about Wang Sanshan’s matter; she hadn’t told anyone. This incident was too bizarre, and she dared not reveal any details. So, she pretended to have amnesia.

As her health recovered, the husband of this body fell into a vegetative state due to severe head injuries and never woke up.

After they were discharged from the hospital, her in-laws stayed with them for some time. When she gradually got used to everything and started identifying herself as Wang Sanshan, her in-laws decided to return home after a year. Due to her occasional headaches and violent outbursts, plus the need to care for her comatose husband, their child was taken by his grandparents.

She then focused on taking care of her unconscious husband at home; this was what she had been hoping for since it meant no one would suspect anything. As time went by and her violent episodes decreased, it indicated that her soul was increasingly merging with the body. Except during late-night reflections when she remembered being Li Jie, she completely identified herself as Wang Sanshan to avoid arousing suspicion.

She had thought about contacting her family but didn’t dare; in this situation, she couldn’t risk it.

Sometimes, she just wanted to live like this for the rest of her life. After three years, this idea became more and more solidified.

The moment she resolved herself to this thought, late one night when she planned to clean her husband’s body in the dark, a shadow startled her near his bed.

Seeing Xiao Yu's ghostly appearance and realizing her origins, how could she not be shocked and scared

"Haha, don’t be afraid. I’m from the Old Ma family because I discovered Wang Sanshan’s soul is in your body. I came to check on this situation. I didn’t expect you two had truly switched bodies! It’s been nearly three years since then; your souls are almost completely merged with your new bodies. If you don’t switch back now, it will be too late."

Seeing the woman’s frightened look, Xiao Yu realized her fear and explained calmly to the seated woman: "What What do you mean Do you really think we can switch back"

The woman asked in shock upon hearing Xiao Yu’s words.

In fact, she instantly believed him as soon as he spoke; if it wasn’t true, why would he explain so clearly Moreover, his presence seemed even stranger than their current situation. Therefore, she felt reassured and was not concerned about Xiao Yu exposing their bizarre existence. Beijing a few years ago where he has been working ever since. At that time, your father didn't mention what job he had, neither did I ask! We fell in love without any ulterior motives; it was a pure...