An Feixiong had already transferred from a school in the north to Yao Guang, a decision made by An Tianfeng. Similarly, Luo Yali still lived in the villa.
Leaving the path, Xia Yu walked toward where An Feixiong and Xu Youxiang were.
Xia Yu had anticipated that An Feixiong might provoke Xu Youxiang, so he had specifically instructed An Feixiong’s maid. However, right now, the maid wasn’t around. At the same time, the maid responsible for Xu Youxiang was also absent. Both of them missing at once—how careless they were.
An Feixiong, being a child, had healed and forgotten his pain, completely disregarding the previous warning.
As he drew closer, Xia Yu heard what An Feixiong was saying.
“Did you hear me? I told you to get off the wheelchair and let me sit!” Compared to before, An Feixiong had learned a bit of restraint. Otherwise, he wouldn’t just be talking—he would have already taken action.
Xu Youxiang gritted her teeth. An Feixiong hadn’t laughed at her about her legs this time, which relieved her. However, asking her to get off the wheelchair—how could she possibly do that?
“Get off now!” An Feixiong had long coveted Xu Youxiang’s wheelchair. Previously, with the maids around, he had been too afraid of being reported to voice his request. Now, he had finally seized the opportunity.
Xu Youxiang tightened her grip on the wheelchair handles. She somewhat regretted going out for a stroll.
Should she get off the wheelchair? Sit helplessly on the ground like a bird whose nest had been taken over, watching the usurper enjoy themselves?
Her pride wouldn’t allow it.
Silently, Xu Youxiang ignored An Feixiong’s shouting.
If she still had both her legs, she would have stood up and beaten An Feixiong up.
But now, she was just a helpless cripple.
A sense of injustice and anger rose in her heart.
An Feixiong finally lost his patience. He walked in front of Xu Youxiang and reached out to pull her legs.
At that moment, a hand came over, grabbed An Feixiong’s hand, and lifted him up.
“Who are you? What are you doing!” An Feixiong glared at Xia Yu.
“You want to use the wheelchair, right? Let me help you,” Xia Yu smiled.
“Really?” An Feixiong’s face lit up with excitement.
“Yeah, as long as your legs break, you can use the wheelchair.” Saying that, Xia Yu grabbed An Feixiong’s leg with his other hand and activated a scare tactic.
In An Feixiong’s eyes, Xia Yu suddenly transformed into a little monster, ready to bite his feet.
“Help!” Breaking free from Xia Yu’s grip, An Feixiong quickly ran away.
Ignoring him, Xia Yu turned his head and looked at Xu Youxiang.
“At times like this, just mention the name of someone he fears, and it will scare him off,” Xia Yu advised Xu Youxiang on how to deal with such situations.
“Thank you.” Xu Youxiang felt somewhat awkward; Xia Yu was a stranger to her.
“It’s nothing.”
Xia Yu turned his gaze toward the direction of the villa. The maid responsible for Xu Youxiang was running over in a hurry.
This maid had been specially selected by Xia Yu beforehand, and her work usually had no issues. This time was probably an accident.
“Goodbye.” Saying farewell to Xu Youxiang, Xia Yu turned and left.
“Miss Xu, why did you come here?” The maid said apologetically to Xu Youxiang.
Earlier, she had wheeled Xu Youxiang to the entrance hall and then went to the restroom. There were many maids coming and going at the entrance hall, so there wouldn’t be any problems.
But Xu Youxiang had wheeled herself to the courtyard.
“I’ll be more careful next time.” Xu Youxiang’s attention was still on what had just happened. She asked the maid, “Who was that boy who came to the villa today?”
“He’s the one who formed a team with Miss to attend the World Music Conference. I heard his name is Xia Yu. Did something happen with that boy? Miss Xu, you don’t need to be afraid. Just tell me.” The maid, biased against men, assumed that Xu Youxiang had been taken advantage of.
“No, he just helped me.”
“That’s good. Let me push you around a bit.” The maid came behind Xu Youxiang.
“Mm.” Nodding, Xu Youxiang looked toward the gate again.
That figure had already disappeared.
Xia Yu?
Xu Youxiang recalled the scene just now.
What left a deep impression on her wasn’t Xia Yu scolding An Feixiong, but the way Xia Yu had looked at her—with a comforting gaze.
That was the same way that An Siyao, possessed by that creature, had looked at her.
On the way home, Liu Manman looked at Xia Yu: “Do you know that woman in the wheelchair?”
“No.” Xia Yu replied.
“Then it was just an emotional reaction? Were you often bullied by kids before? That can’t be. Was it a relative?” Liu Manman, with her sensitive perception, noticed Xia Yu’s initial anger.
Human emotions aren’t universal. Seeing two people fighting on the street, bystanders would only find it amusing. Even if a brat was bullying someone disabled or ill, people might feel morally disapproving but wouldn’t feel anger.
Anger arises only when one feels personally insulted. Therefore, Liu Manman asked Xia Yu if he knew Xu Youxiang or if it was an emotional reaction.
This girl’s intuition was no ordinary.
Xia Yu warned himself inwardly that even if Liu Manman had excellent skills, he shouldn’t possess her body. Such an intuitive Liu Manman would surely detect his true identity.
“You could say it was an emotional reaction.” Xia Yu lied.
“Your sister was bullied?” Liu Manman asked curiously.
“No, it was a friend who plays the guzheng named Liu Manman.” Xia Yu made up casually.
“You’re lying! I would never be bullied by a kid!”
Liu Manman’s topic suddenly shifted to her childhood, recounting how she had fiercely confronted brats.
Xia Yu responded half-heartedly while looking out the window.
When they reached the mall he had checked out the previous night, he asked the driver to stop and went out to buy something.
“What is this?” Liu Manman looked at the item in Xia Yu’s hand.
“A graphics tablet, for drawing.” Xia Yu answered.
“You can draw too?” Liu Manman was surprised and shifted the conversation to drawing.
Annoyed, Xia Yu clicked into the game and went to An Siyao to escape from her.
He originally intended to go to Xu Youxiang to upgrade his level 3 programming to level 4, but he was curious about An Siyao’s thoughts on today’s events.
When he arrived, An Siyao was also in a car heading toward Dongzhi Xiang Academy.
Although she could take a full-day leave from school, she felt Xia Yu still needed to continue his psychological therapy, so she had only taken the morning classes off.
Too lazy to look for an entry point, Xia Yu typed on his phone to ask: “The person who came to team up with you today, how was it?”
“She was a bit scary.” An Siyao replied.
Xia Yu nodded. Liu Manman had indeed looked somewhat scary when she suddenly leaned in.
An Siyao continued: “There was a boy among them who kept staring at me. It felt a bit scary.”
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