System Maintenance

After drawing another picture based on his younger sister, Xia Yu put down his brush, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep.

The next morning, Xia Yu woke up from his dream and checked the time.

It was only five o'clock in the morning, and he usually woke up at seven thirty.

The reason he woke up early this time was because he had no more sleepiness.

His body's sleep was also managed by the system and counted as necessary sleep.

In that case, it would be convenient in the future. Every day, he could let the managed body write homework for eight hours, then sleep, which would save a lot of time.

Playing with his phone for a while in bed, he heard the sound of the door opening and a low cough.

His father, Xia Dongyang, had returned.

Xia Dongyang was very indulgent when he was young, so he didn't have a decent job. Now he works as a waiter at a night bar.

Fortunately, he also liked drinking and would always drink some after work.

Fortunately, the boss was his classmate, and the drinks he got were at cost; otherwise, his salary wouldn't be enough to cover the cost of alcohol.

Bang ——

There was a sudden loud noise from outside the door, as if someone had fallen.

Xia Yu didn't care, Xia Dongyang was also a college student, and it was hard for such a poor college student in modern society to be a good person.

Now that he's older and weaker, he's much better than before. When Xia Yu was young, he was often abused by him.

"Yu Xue! Yu Xue!" Xia Dongyang seemed to have fallen heavily, shouting his sister Xia Yu's name.

Five years ago, he always called Xia Yu's name like this. Later, after being beaten by Xia Yu, he changed his calling Yu Xue.

"Where are you girl? Come out and help your father!" The voice was accompanied by the sound of a fall on the floor.

After ten seconds, Xia Yu heard the sound of the door opening, along with the voice of his sister Xia Yuxue.

"Get over here quickly, your father hasn't slept yet, but you're sleeping soundly, you're enjoying yourself!"

Xia Yuxue seemed to be frightened and let out a low squeal.

Getting up from his bed, Xia Yu opened his bedroom door.

Xia Dongyang's voice stopped abruptly. He looked at Xia Yu and said with a lowered tone, "It's only right for a daughter to help her father!"

Ignoring him, Xia Yu turned to his sister, "Yuxue, my room is a mess, come help me tidy it up."

"Help your father up first!" Xia Dongyang insisted stubbornly.

Xia Yu knocked on the wall, and he immediately shut up.

Walking cautiously past Xia Dongyang, Xia Yuxue entered Xia Yu's room.

Closing the door, Xia Yu looked at his sister, who was wearing pajamas and shivering in fear.

Reaching out his hand, he touched the girl's face.

Yuxue had a beautiful face and a gentle personality. She was in her first year of junior high school. Originally, a girl like her, in another family, would live a princess-like life.

"Brother," Yuxue spoke pitifully.

"Go sleep on the bed," Xia Yu said.

After getting drunk, Xia Dongyang wouldn't fall asleep right away. He would at least toss and turn for an hour. If Yuxue left his room, she would certainly be caught by Xia Dongyang.

However, Xia Dongyang wouldn't get drunk every day, he probably got angry at the bar by some customer.

He had no real skills, but his pride was quite strong.

Smiling at Xia Yu, Xia Yuxue climbed onto the bed and got under the covers.

Looking at Xia Yu sitting at the desk, she asked, "Brother, aren't you going to sleep?"

"I slept too early last night, and now I can't fall asleep," Xia Yu replied. "You should hurry up and sleep."

"Mm." Xia Yuxue closed her eyes.

After drawing at the desk for a while and having some random thoughts about the body-swapping game, Xia Yu turned his gaze to his sister's sleeping face.

In comparison to his previous life's well-off and harmonious family, this life's family could be said to be quite unfortunate. However, there was a hint of good fortune amidst this misfortune.

That was this well-behaved and adorable little sister.

In his previous life, the socially inept Xia Yu had never seen a girl more endearing than Yuxue.

Having been an only child in his previous life, Xia Yu had never had such a closely related female sibling before.

When he first transmigrated, he had set some minor goals for himself, such as becoming a huge tycoon, a great writer, or even a kept man, and then lead a happy life with his sister.

Unfortunately, he had no business experience, no photographic memory, and his face was only ordinarily handsome.

He might be able to do better than his previous life, but not by much. Moreover, without the support of his family, his life would be much harder.

He had believed this until the day before, but now, he had the body swapping game.

Last night, his progress in painting had greatly surprised An Siyao. According to the girl, his improvement in one night had reached the level she had to painstakingly practice for a week.

The girl practiced more than eight hours every day during that week.

At this rate, becoming a painter whose works sell for millions didn't seem to be a problem.

Moreover, this is only the painting bonus at level 1. Since there's level 1, there must be a level 2.

A beautiful future is right in front of me.

However, that is the future. At present, I am still a poor man who needs to work part-time at a convenience store to save money to buy a laptop.

Sighing, Xia Yu picked up his phone and casually browsed through the forum.

Two hours later, Yoxue got up from Xia Yu's bed, folded the quilt, tidied the sheets, walked out of the room, and started preparing breakfast.

By 7:30, Xia Yu began to wash up, ate breakfast with Yoxue, and went out to take the subway.

The two of them went to school in different directions, Xia Yu to the east, and Yoxue to the west. The subway going east arrived first, and he waved goodbye to Yoxue, boarding the high-speed rail.

At 8 o'clock, it was the peak time for work, and the subway was very crowded.

Five minutes later, he got off the subway. There was still some distance from the subway station to the school, which required walking on foot.

If only he had a bike, so he wouldn't have to squeeze on the crowded subway or walk under the sun.

However, compared to a bike, a laptop is more important.

It would be even better if he had all the money he needed.

At 8:20, Xia Yu arrived at the school gate.

The world had already unified in this time, and apart from the countries, there were various zones. Xia Yu was now located in the First Zone.

Although there was competition between different zones, it was not intense, so the national policies were relatively relaxed.

In terms of education, it was somewhat similar to the second-largest Chinese country in the past life, Singapore. Classes started at 8:40 in the morning and ended at 2:40 in the afternoon. The remaining time could be spent on club activities or going home.

The courses to learn were much simpler.

Of course, this was just public schools; private universities with high tuition fees were much more intense, some even more so than the schools in his previous life's China.

Select the elite, strengthen education, and casually teach the rest. There were only so many positions that required elites; there was no difference between those who read "Das Kapital" and worked as clerks, and those who read "Harry Potter" and worked as clerks. There was no need for everyone to be elites.

Entering the classroom, Xia Yu spent a day in classes with his mind wandering elsewhere. After class, he packed up his things and went to the convenience store where he worked part-time.

Although he had the body-swapping game, he was still broke and couldn't afford to quit his job.

If the piano teacher's plans changed, it wouldn't be easy to find another easy-going job like this.

At 5:30, he finished his shift, returned to his bedroom, and opened the body-swapping game.

After the darkness dissipated, a tall, slender vase appeared before him, with several flowers beside it.

He held a flower in his left hand and a pair of scissors in his right hand.

Was he arranging flowers?

"Miss?" Seeing him lost in thought, the maid beside him called out to him.

"Um."

With a cold response, Xia Yu looked at the flower in his hand.

I don't know how to arrange flowers!