Without any unnecessary words, An Tianfeng got straight to the point.
“Has Feng Yujia or Feng Yumo contacted you?” he asked.
“Yes.” Xia Yu had already asked An Siyao and viewed the messages from Feng Yujia and Feng Yumo.
In those messages, the two proudly flaunted their decadent lifestyle to An Siyao, subtly suggesting she should run away with them.
These two, having gone astray themselves, still wanted An Siyao to join them!
Xia Yu imagined An Siyao squatting in her room, wearing disheveled pajamas, lying on a messy bed watching TV dramas.
He simply couldn’t picture it!
An Siyao had always been quiet and clean; how could she ever become like those slovenly women!
If it weren’t for considering An Siyao, Xia Yu would have blocked the two already.
Now that An Tianfeng was asking about them, Xia Yu thought maybe he could manipulate the situation.
He knew An Tianfeng must be here on behalf of Feng sisters’ father to inquire about their situation.
Sure enough, An Tianfeng continued, “How are they doing now?”
“They’re in a hotel in Zilang, living it up.” Xia Yu replied after taking a sip of milk tea.
An Tianfeng glanced at Xia Yu, somewhat unable to accept hearing the word “living it up” from his daughter’s mouth.
He felt like this daughter of his was somewhat beyond his understanding.
“What do you think about their running away from home?” An Tianfeng asked, with concern.
“Boring.” Xia Yu answered.
The Feng sisters running away from home was meant to show resistance to their father, but their act of hiding in another city was less like rebellion and more like a tantrum.
In Xia Yu’s opinion, smoking, drinking, getting a perm, and staying out all night were effective ways to rebel.
Running away from home was fine too, but they should go to a remote small town. Also, they shouldn’t keep using their family’s card. Using that card meant they hadn’t completely cut ties with their family, and without severing those ties, it couldn’t really be considered running away from home.
The best approach would be to use the card to buy a small shop, then discard the card and support themselves, showing a complete break.
Those two girls were still too inexperienced.
“Exactly, it’s just a pointless act.” An Tianfeng strongly agreed with Xia Yu’s response.
He thought Xia Yu meant “boring” as a criticism of the two girls’ rebellion against their father.
However, Xia Yu actually meant their method was wrong, while he actually supported their act of rebelling against their father.
Mistakenly believing his daughter was still the obedient child she used to be, An Tianfeng smiled in satisfaction.
He asked a few more questions about the Feng sisters, and finally casually asked, “What do you think is the best way to make them come back?”
Xia Yu thought for a moment and said, “Block their bank card.”
“Good idea! Without money, they’ll come running back!” An Tianfeng nodded, taking out his phone to discuss this method with Feng’s father.
Xia Yu continued eating his red bean dumplings.
Blocking their bank card would be both bad and good news for Feng Yujia and Feng Yumo.
Blocking the card was the only proper method. If they could still maintain their runaway lifestyle and attitude without the card, they might actually achieve their goal.
But if they couldn’t persevere, going back home early would be better.
Their running away was just a waste of time, and worse, it was wasting time that could be used to think of other ways.
Yes, it was all for their own good, definitely not out of revenge for them luring away his An Siyao!
After finishing the dumplings, Xia Yu washed his hands and went to school.
Whether it was his imagination or not, lately the driver seemed to have gained more confidence, yet also become more respectful.
At school, Xia Yu chose to study.
Logging into another person’s body in the game “You Xue” meant he couldn’t earn the 1.5x experience points, but while earning regular experience points, Xia Yu gained an additional eight hours of study time.
It was hard to judge which was more beneficial.
In the evening, he returned to his own body.
Right now, he was taking a bath.
Looking at the narrow bathtub, which could barely fit one person, Xia Yu began thinking about housing.
Previously, he had planned to buy a big house in Afang once he entered university, but now he found the current living conditions uncomfortable.
The bathtub issue could wait since it wasn’t urgent, but having only one toilet had caused Xia Yu some inconvenience.
After thinking for a while, Xia Yu wore a mocking smile.
He was laughing at himself for being used to being poor, still having that poor mindset.
Why couldn’t he buy a house in Zilang if he could buy one in Afang?
He wanted it all!
Getting up from the bathtub, Xia Yu made his decision.
However, he didn’t have time to choose a house right now, so he’d better ask someone else for help.
If the shop manager were still around, he could ask him, unfortunately, the manager had gone off to inherit his family business somewhere.
As for the remaining local bigwigs in Zilang, there was only Kong Hanyue, whom Xia Yu didn’t consider reliable.
Oh right, he had met some executives from Zhong’s company recently. Maybe he could ask them.
This matter wasn’t urgent; he could deal with it tomorrow.
There was no need to tell You Xue either. He’d surprise her with it later.
After drying off and stepping out of the bathroom, Xia Yu lay on the sofa doing exercises.
The hard chair in the bedroom was uncomfortable. Once he moved to a villa, he’d definitely place a comfortable sofa in the bedroom.
Guessed that Xia Yu had finished bathing, You Xue came out of her room, tidied up the bathroom, and put away the dirty clothes.
After finishing, she looked at Xia Yu lying on the sofa, thought for a moment, then went into her room and came out with her laptop, lying down next to Xia Yu.
Xia Yu turned his head to look at her, and she stuck her tongue out and made a funny face.
Xia Yu’s heart immediately brightened.
You Xue was snuggling up to him for a sense of security, and he was also drawing comfort from her presence.
They benefited each other.
It was just that the cartoon on You Xue’s laptop was somewhat distracting Xia Yu’s attention.
Damn it, having such a good laptop wasn’t always good. The screen could be seen from 180 degrees around. If it were a poor-quality screen, you couldn’t see anything unless you were directly facing it.
Exercising strong self-control, Xia Yu struggled to continue doing his exercises.
He had originally planned to study the solution strategies for some math problems, but now he couldn’t concentrate, so he could only do regular exercises to increase his skill proficiency.
At ten o’clock in the evening, Xia Yu closed the Five Three textbook and looked at You Xue leaning on his shoulder.
The girl was already asleep, her earphones had fallen to the ground, and the cartoon was still playing on the laptop.
The light from the laptop shone on her face, changing with the scenes, creating an ethereal effect on the girl’s face.
If it had been a year ago, Xia Yu would never have imagined that he and You Xue could be together like this so leisurely.
A year ago, You Xue would never have dared to lean on him so carelessly. In fact, she wouldn’t have approached him at all.
Xia Yu knew that back then, You Xue had been somewhat afraid of him because he often fought with Xia Dongyang and had a rather fierce aura.
Xia Yu still remembered the day he first got the game. The girl, scared of Xia Dongyang and wanting to hide with him, used the words, “Can I…?” It was a question, polite yet distant.
If it were You Xue now, she would say, “I want to…” directly, in a playful way.
He reached out and patted You Xue’s head.
“Hmm?” The girl wasn’t in a deep sleep and woke up immediately.
She was dazed for a couple of seconds before realizing the situation.
“Go back to sleep, it’s ten o’clock.” Xia Yu said.
“Mm.” The slightly embarrassed girl tidied up her things and put on her slippers.
“Oh, when you went to see your two friends this afternoon, were they still the same as before?” Xia Yu asked, checking if his plan had succeeded.
“They were still the same, but I won’t go there anymore. They said they wanted to cut off all outside connections to show their protest.” You Xue replied.
Xia Yu smiled. He knew the two had their cards blocked, were panicking inside, and didn’t want You Xue to know their embarrassment, so they sent the girl away.
“I’m going out to play with Lili tomorrow.” Thinking about the appointment tomorrow, You Xue’s face showed a smile.
Xia Yu understood. You Xue wasn’t really interested in the homebody lifestyle of the Feng sisters. The main reason she went to see them was probably an unconscious act of appeasement.
The influence of her past life hadn’t completely faded yet, making her instinctively feel somewhat inferior to those who seemed powerful.
It was somewhat similar to An Siyao’s case, but An Siyao’s was out of fear.
Xia Yu thought again about the phone and DSLR camera. After inquiring about the villa tomorrow, he would buy the girl some new equipment.
“Go to sleep.” Xia Yu went back to his bedroom.
He played with his phone for a while, chatted with Xu Youxiang, and then fell asleep.
Meanwhile, in the hotel, the Feng sisters couldn’t fall asleep.
“Big sister, what should we do? We only have ten thousand left!” Feng Yumo hugged Feng Yujia’s arm, looking anxious.
“No, only five thousand left.” Feng Yujia said.
“Huh?”
“When I went to buy food this evening, I passed by a jewelry store…” Feng Yujia’s eyes looked a bit evasive.
“You even bought jewelry when we’re almost out of money!” Feng Yumo angrily sat up, “Where is the money? Give it to me!”
Feeling guilty, Feng Yujia handed over the remaining money and changed the subject, “At least we booked the hotel for a week. Otherwise, we’d be sleeping on the streets.”
To the two sisters, living in an ordinary hostel was no different from sleeping on the streets.
“But how are we going to eat? The food here is so bad. I can’t live like this!” Feng Yumo touched her stomach sadly.
“And we still have four more days to stay in the hotel.”
In the darkness, two sighs echoed.
Silence fell in the room.
Not knowing how long had passed, voices were heard again.
“Big sister, are you asleep?” Feng Yumo asked.
“No.” Feng Yujia answered.
“If we have no money, you’ll have to get a job.”
“Why should I be the one to get a job?” Feng Yujia sat up.
“Because I’m a minor.” Feng Yumo smiled proudly.
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