Chapter 131: Becoming an Idol!

Coming back from An Siyao’s body, Xia Yu was still pondering this matter.

If the current An Siyao wasn’t qualified enough, then there was only one path left: becoming an idol.

Becoming the idol of Dongzhi Xiang Academy, the center of discussion for all students.

How was that possible?

But the system wouldn’t issue a task without any hope of completion.

There must be a breakthrough somewhere.

It was just, if this were an ordinary school, distributing money at the school gate through maids would easily earn affection, but Dongzhi Xiang was a prestigious school.

Moreover, An Siyao’s money couldn’t be used so comfortably by herself.

If not using An Siyao’s money, then he had to earn it himself, but currently, dealing with Xu Youxiang’s matter was the priority.

Sighing, Xia Yu looked out of the high-speed train window at the sky.

It was already late at night, and the train had arrived in Zilang.

After getting off at the station, Xia Yu returned home, wanting to use his obedient younger sister to cheer himself up, but upon opening the door, he found the house empty.

“???”

He took out his phone and asked Youxue, receiving the message that the girl was at Kong Hanyue’s house.

Kong Hanyue had actually invited Youxue to stay overnight; when did their relationship become so close?

“Come on, kiddo, the Spring Festival is the day after tomorrow, so why don’t you come over and celebrate with us!” Kong Hanyue called him.

After a moment’s hesitation, Xia Yu agreed.

Hailing a taxi, he arrived at Kong Hanyue’s villa.

Youxue opened the door for him.

“Brother, you’re back!” the girl hugged him.

“Yeah, you’ve been playing for quite a while,” Xia Yu said.

According to Youxue’s more outgoing personality after Xia Dongyang left, she should normally ask what Xia Yu had been up to, but she didn’t ask anything this time.

Because Xia Dongyang often got angry, to avoid him, Youxue had developed the ability to read people’s expressions, and when Xia Yu left Grandma’s house, she sensed something was off.

But since Xia Yu didn’t tell her, she pretended not to know.

Leading Xia Yu upstairs, Youxue said, “Mom has already prepared a room for you, right next to ours.”

“It wasn’t me who cleaned it, it was Youxue!” Kong Hanyue’s voice came through, and soon after, the girl wearing a loose T-shirt opened the door and walked out.

“Where have you been, you were supposed to help me keep an eye on Zhong Yunxin!” Kong Hanyue locked her arms around Xia Yu’s neck to express her dissatisfaction.

With the Spring Festival approaching, Zhong Yunxin also felt awkward staying at school and had returned home.

“You still have An Siyao’s name to use, right? As long as you don’t provoke her, nothing will happen.”

From Zhong Yunxin’s previous return, Xia Yu understood that apart from Zhong Yunxin’s rebelliousness and malice, Kong Hanyue’s headache with her was also due to her frequent provocations.

Speaking of An Siyao, what was the relationship between that girl and you?” Grabbing Xia Yu, Kong Hanyue entered the room, excitedly gossiping.

“You told me not to tell anyone before, didn’t you?” Xia Yu pinched Kong Hanyue’s face.

“Not even Youxue?” Kong Hanyue asked in surprise.

“You might think Youxue is okay today, tomorrow you might think Zhong Yunze is okay, the day after tomorrow you might think Zhong Yunxin is okay, and then there will be no end to it,” Xia Yu said.

“So you mean Youxue is okay to tell? Don’t worry, my lips are sealed,” Kong Hanyue reached her hand out to the side, and Youxue handed her an opened bag of potato chips.

Eating the chips, Kong Hanyue continued asking, “Now tell me, what exactly is your relationship with An Siyao? Are you two an item? Did you secretly find a girlfriend behind Mom’s back?”

She reached out again, and Youxue handed her a bottle of cola.

After taking a couple of sips of cola, Kong Hanyue looked at Xia Yu with a gossipy gaze.

“This is confidential,” Xia Yu stood up, left Kong Hanyue’s room, and returned to his bedroom.

Lying on the bed for a while, as midnight approached, Xia Yu logged into Xu Youxiang’s body.

“Why are you here again?” Xu Youxiang’s voice carried displeasure, but upon closer inspection, one could find that beneath this annoyance was no real aversion, rather some guilt.

After the emotional outburst that day and saying those words, Xu Youxiang immediately regretted it.

Those words were just her being willful, venting her emotions. She had just started worrying what if Xia Yu was scared away too, when she regained control of her body.

Xia Yu had logged off because her emotional outburst triggered the system mechanism, and Xu Youxiang thought it meant Xia Yu had given up on her, leaving her to sit on the bed talking to herself like a puppet again.

Later, when An Siyao came to check her legs and told her that Xia Yu was trying to find a solution, she only thought it was an excuse, until today when Xia Yu actually came.

She was actually surprised inside. An Siyao would show this surprise to Xia Yu, while Xu Youxiang chose to hide it.

“Revenge,” Xia Yu answered her question.

“Then do as you please, anyway these legs won’t last much longer,” thinking about Xia Yu’s previous methods of revenge, Xu Youxiang suppressed her desire to curse him and her shyness, pretending to not care at all.

“You can’t feel your legs, what can I possibly take revenge on? I’ll wait until you recover, then proceed with the revenge,” Xia Yu was a pragmatic person. Even for things he originally had control over, he always waited until confirmed to speak, but right now he could only say so to stabilize Xu Youxiang’s mood.

“Can it really be cured?” Xu Youxiang asked, but in her heart, she had little hope.

“Curing is a bit difficult, but keeping your legs from being amputated should be no problem,” Xia Yu said.

In reality, he had no confidence in either option, it was all bluffing. The reason he didn’t directly say he could save her leg was a psychological strategy.

Like what Lu Xun said, people have a compromising mindset. If you say you need to open a window, others won’t allow it, but if you claim to want to tear off the roof, they might agree to open the window.

Likewise, if Xia Yu directly said he could save her leg, Xu Youxiang wouldn’t believe him much, but by first talking about curing, Xu Youxiang might be more willing to accept the idea of keeping her leg.

“I still need to prepare some things, expecting to treat you in about four or five months. Experts say you can last six months, so there shouldn’t be any problem,” Xia Yu casually explained his plan. Plans could also be convincing; many entrepreneurs gained investors’ trust and funding with just a PowerPoint presentation.

“Experts say you can last six months, the timing should work out perfectly,” Xia Yu finished speaking.

Xu Youxiang didn’t immediately respond. After a while, she asked, “What do you want in return for helping me so much? Considering you disappeared for so long, and your mistress kept hanging around me, you must’ve gone through quite some trouble, right?”

Her words made Xia Yu think.

If Xu Youxiang wasn’t suitable, he could easily find another body that could code. In fact, now that his relationship with An Siyao had become closer, there was also the competition prize money, and he could leverage Zhong’s company; he could now skip learning programming and just gather a group of programmers to develop the app.

Why had he never considered deleting Xu Youxiang?

After a brief pause, Xia Yu replied, “If I have to give a reason, maybe it’s because I’ve raised you for so long, it’s a waste to give up now. Do you know about sunk costs?”

“Alright, where is that female programmer? It’s time to start learning programming,” he changed the subject.

“The Spring Festival is coming soon, you heartless guy still wants me to work?” Xu Youxiang responded.

“Then just play some games,” Xia Yu opened his laptop.

Staying with Xu Youxiang until eight in the morning, Xia Yu returned to his own body.

He thought of a seemingly feasible plan that could make An Siyao the saintess of Dongzhi Xiang Academy.

Since the school was on holiday and couldn’t be manipulated right now, it was perfect to first test it with the maids.