Chapter 184: An Siyao’s Gift

After finishing the casual walk with Xu Youxiang, Xia Yu and Youxue settled down in the villa.

Because they had just visited An Siyao’s piano room and art studio, Youxue was excited and kept talking with Xia Yu for over an hour before returning to her room.

In half an hour, it would be tomorrow morning, and today’s game time would be wasted.

Xia Yu did not click on the bodies of An Siyao, Xu Youxiang, or Tina yet. He first selected the reward for leveling Xu Youxiang up to LV3.

He chose an empty slot.

Now he had a total of five slots:

An Siyao, Xu Youxiang, White Cat, Tina, and one empty slot.

The White Cat slot was reserved for the body with medical skills, while the other empty slot was for emergencies, as without an empty slot, he couldn’t use the free exchange function.

For instance, right now, he needed to use the free exchange to do something.

Taking out the telescope he had bought in the second district, Xia Yu went to the window and looked into the distance.

He randomly locked onto a woman of average appearance and used the free exchange.

…

The next morning at 7:30 a.m., he returned to his body.

After breakfast, he took the black cat, and together with Youxue, returned to Zilang.

As soon as they got off the high-speed train, he saw Kong Hanyue.

Kong Hanyue rushed forward to give Xia Yu a hug, but Xia Yu stopped her by placing his hand on her head, not allowing her to get close.

“What are you doing!” Kong Hanyue complained.

“Be more reserved,” Xia Yu said.

“Why? What’s wrong with a mom hugging her son!” Kong Hanyue put her hands on her hips, defending herself.

“To some moralists, a mother and son being close might be considered a behavior that needs to be punished,” Xia Yu replied.

“What? Celebrities still kiss their mothers on stage!” Kong Hanyue puffed up her cheeks and went to hug Youxue instead. “Hmph, I’m hugging my daughter. Can anyone say anything about that!”

After clinging to Youxue for a while, Kong Hanyue took the two of them to the car.

“I’m not going to your place. Youxue and I will go back,” Xia Yu said. This was a decision he had made after much thought.

“Why?” Kong Hanyue was surprised.

“Imagine if your mother, after your father’s death, lived happily in your house with her previous husband’s child. How would you feel about that?” Xia Yu said, admitting he couldn’t accept it easily.

Unless those children from the previous marriage were all sweet-tempered and beautiful girls, but unfortunately, he wasn’t.

“Zeze wouldn’t think like that. As for Xinxin, aren’t you getting along well with her?” Kong Hanyue didn’t want Xia Yu and Youxue to leave.

Whether it was seeking Xia Yu for help or pulling Youxue to play games and eat snacks, she needed these things.

“Even if they don’t think like that, Youxue and I would still have our own feelings about it,” Xia Yu replied.

After thinking about this, Xia Yu felt uncomfortable and his self-esteem wouldn’t allow him to stay there for long.

“Then stay for two more days!” Kong Hanyue tried to gradually change his mind.

“No need,” Xia Yu refused again, clearly understanding Kong Hanyue’s intentions.

Seeing that Xia Yu had already made his decision, Kong Hanyue could only accept the reality. However, she rubbed her chin and came up with another plan.

When they arrived at the familiar residential complex, Xia Yu and Youxue got off the car, and Kong Hanyue also got out.

Entering Xia Yu’s home, Kong Hanyue announced, “From today on, I’m going to live here!”

“You have other things to do, Youxue has school, and there’s nothing for you to play with here,” Xia Yu’s words quickly shattered Kong Hanyue’s plan.

If the house were bigger, she could bring all her equipment, but in this one hundred square meter apartment, there wasn’t much space left, and Kong Hanyue had to accept the reality that she couldn’t live here.

“Why do you live in such a small house!” After expressing her dissatisfaction towards Xia Yu, Kong Hanyue left for her villa, feeling disappointed.

After watching her leave, Xia Yu and Youxue first organized their luggage, settling down the black cat and the hamster.

Looking at the long-missed room, Xia Yu felt a sense of nostalgia.

The experiences of these past few months had indeed been grand and eventful.

He looked around the house again.

After living in the villas of Kong Hanyue, Liu Ronglan, and An Siyao for a while, Xia Yu felt that Kong Hanyue was right—the apartment was indeed a bit small.

He currently had twenty million yuan, having spent one million in the second district, leaving him with nineteen million, plus his savings, totaling nineteen million five hundred and fifty thousand. Although it wasn’t a large sum, it was enough to buy a small villa.

However, in about five or six months, he would be going to Afang for school. Buying a villa in Zilang meant he wouldn’t be able to live there for long.

So, he decided to rent a house instead.

He would deal with it in a few days. First, he needed to complete the mission of dominating Dongzhi Township.

Leaving the task of tidying up the house to Youxue, Xia Yu went to his room and logged into An Siyao’s body.

Today was March 24th, Monday, and An Siyao was attending school.

After finishing a normal day of classes, Xia Yu walked out of the classroom and headed toward the psychological therapy room. However, besides the principal, no students came for treatment today.

This was because Feng Yujia and Feng Yumo had opened the therapy room door and asked Xia Yu, “Yao Yao, we want to host a party at our house. Will you join us?”

They looked at Xia Yu with anticipation.

Xia Yu knew that this was likely a plan discussed by Feng Yujia, Feng Yumo, and their classmates. The anticipation wasn’t only from the two of them but from all the students in the school.

“How many students are participating?” Xia Yu asked.

“All of them,” Feng Yujia replied.

“All of them? Can your house fit that many people?” Xia Yu was greatly surprised, as there were more than 300 students in the school.

“It definitely can’t fit everyone indoors, but our yard is big enough! A party isn’t a banquet!” Feng Yujia was proud, not knowing whether she was proud of her large yard or her idea of using the yard.

“Okay, I’ll go,” Xia Yu agreed.

“Then you should go back and prepare. Dress nicely; you still have to perform!” Feng Yumo pushed Xia Yu out of the therapy room.

On his way home, Xia Yu marveled at the coordination between the Feng sisters.

He was just thinking about how to push An Siyao’s popularity to the peak, and they had prepared this party for An Siyao.

Tonight, success should be achieved.

If even this couldn’t complete the mission, then perhaps the only way left would be to become an idol and save the academy.

Arriving at his bedroom, Xia Yu rummaged through An Siyao’s wardrobe. It contained only simple and elegant outfits, with only a few sweet little skirts. Wearing these to a formal event might be suitable, but today was a party.

After thinking for a while, he opened Zhong Yunxin’s suitcase, which had been confiscated earlier, and selected a punk-style T-shirt and tight pants from the clothes inside.

Since it was a party, it should at least look like one.

Adding a baseball cap, Xia Yu looked at the mirror and felt very satisfied.

Next, he just had to wait until five o’clock to go to the party.

Sitting at the desk, Xia Yu browsed the forums to kill time.

At this moment, a crying voice echoed in his mind.

It was An Siyao’s voice.

“What’s wrong?” Xia Yu asked, puzzled.

“Have you abandoned me?” An Siyao sobbed, expressing her grievances. “You didn’t even ask me about the performance, and these past few weeks you’ve always been with Xu Youxiang.”

Xia Yu had merely forgotten to ask about the performance, as he had been with An Siyao the entire time.

As for the matter with Xu Youxiang, he couldn’t explain it.

A sense of compassion arose in his heart. He had indeed neglected An Siyao a bit these past days.

Apologies wouldn’t help; the key was how to cheer the girl up.

“I watched your performance. The reason I didn’t mention it was because I wanted to think about how to give you a surprise.”

“What surprise?” The girl immediately stopped crying.

“You should go to the Yuejiuzhu Coffee Shop on Beida Street. Ask the staff there for a lost red wallet. Inside the wallet, there’s 543 yuan and a barcode. That barcode belongs to a locker at Beida Street, and there’s a gift for you inside.”

Last night, Xia Yu had possessed an ordinary girl to do exactly this.

He had threatened the girl and given her compensation, so she wouldn’t go to retrieve the item from the locker.

His trip to the second district wasn’t without preparation of a gift for An Siyao, but he had been hesitant about whether to hand it over.

Theoretically, it was almost impossible for anyone to trace him, but that was just theory. Perhaps he had left some clues during the process.

But now, seeing An Siyao’s sadness, he could only use this to cheer her up.