“Hmm.” A smile appeared on Xia Yu’s face. Hearing such a greeting after a busy day was truly pleasant.
He sat up from the bed and turned on the light.
“Do you want some snacks?” An Siyao’s voice was equally cheerful.
“It’s too late. Forget it.” Xia Yu declined.
Waking up a pastry chef in the middle of the night was disturbing their peaceful dreams, so it was better not to do it.
“I came here this time because I wanted to ask you for a favor.” He added.
“I have thirty million now!” An Siyao volunteered.
“It’s not about money. Wait, how did you get so much money?” Xia Yu asked in surprise.
Previously, he had heard that An Siyao’s assets were worth about forty to fifty million, but those were immovable properties. What An Siyao was talking about now was money that could be used anytime.
“Grandpa called me earlier and asked if there was anything I wanted. I said I wanted money, so he gave me this much.” An Siyao said happily.
“If only I could have a grandpa like that too!”
It seemed like there really was a way to get one?
Shaking off the extraneous thoughts, Xia Yu said, “This time it’s not about money. Does your family have any medical industry?”
“…I don’t know.” An Siyao’s voice was somewhat hesitant.
If An Siyao had a body at this moment, Xia Yu imagined that what he would see was the girl lowering her head.
“But Auntie Ning knows!” An Siyao thought of a way to make amends. “Auntie Ning lives next door.”
“We can ask her during the day.” Xia Yu wouldn’t knock on a lady’s door in the middle of the night.
“If you need it, I can buy one.” An Siyao continued. “I still have some shares and properties. Selling them could buy a small private hospital, though a big one would be out of reach.”
The girl became somewhat disheartened, feeling that she wasn’t rich enough to support Xia Yu.
She didn’t know that her words had already brought a great shock to Xia Yu.
At first, Xia Yu had only thought about borrowing a laboratory, but An Siyao could even buy a hospital!
The extravagant and decadent lifestyle of the rich was truly corrupting.
But I like it.
Stimulated by An Siyao, Xia Yu couldn’t help but estimate how much profit QQ Farm could bring him after its release. This product had once made a monthly profit of 50 million on Earth, but that was with the traffic support of QQ and in an era of extremely poor computer performance. Such success couldn’t be replicated now.
The original version of QQ Farm, known as Happy Farm on Renren.com, had an estimated annual profit of only a million. However, under Tencent’s management, it became a game generating tens of millions monthly. This already proved that the game itself wasn’t valuable; what mattered was the traffic from QQ.
It was said that Tencent initially acquired Happy Farm for just a few million, but that was merely for the QQ platform rights, and it was a decade ago’s price.
Thinking about this, how many software products would he have to sell to be as rich as An Siyao?
Not to mention An Tianfeng, even An Siyao herself was beyond reach!
Xia Yu felt the limitations of the era. Profits were high only when an industry was just emerging. Now, the internet pie had mostly been divided up. What remained were electronic payments, express delivery, and online shopping. Electronic payments couldn’t be established without official endorsement, express delivery required massive capital, and online shopping relied on express delivery—all difficult to tackle.
It was proven indeed that unless one was reborn at the turning point of an era, seizing the opportunities of emerging industries to gain wealth, even being reborn wouldn’t guarantee reaching the peak.
Should he give up and just let An Siyao support him?
The thought involuntarily flashed through Xia Yu’s mind.
No, as a person with ideals and aspirations, how could he have such a decadent idea!
He must work hard, or else he’d end up being supported by An Siyao!
Thinking further, if he could create those blockbuster mobile games later, perhaps he could catch up with the likes of An Tianfeng and Yu Liang, these big capitalists.
But he might only be able to see their backs.
Feeling somewhat disheartened, Xia Yu answered An Siyao’s question: “No need for a hospital, just a pharmaceutical research lab will do.”
“Is it for someone like me?” An Siyao asked. She was referring to someone else who had been possessed by Xia Yu.
“Yes.” Xia Yu replied. “In ten days, they will come to Yaoguang.”
“They?” An Siyao became alert.
“A grandmother and her granddaughter, both female.” Xia Yu answered.
“Is it the granddaughter?” An Siyao asked.
“No.” Xia Yu replied.
“Then is it the mother?” An Siyao asked again.
“…No.”
After a moment of silence, An Siyao suddenly realized, “Will that person come later?”
“No, it’s the grandmother!”
An Siyao remained silent for a long time. Xia Yu could imagine her astonished expression. It wasn’t just her; even Xia Yu himself had been unable to calm down when he saw that the possessed person was an old lady.
“Can it be an old lady too?” An Siyao murmured. She had thought Xia Yu only liked young and beautiful girls.
An Siyao’s mood was turbulent, and so was Xia Yu’s.
Suddenly, Xia Yu remembered that he didn’t need to imitate those rebirth novels by copying software or industrial ideas. With his pharmaceutical skills that could be upgraded to level 6, he could completely enter the medical industry!
Medicine was also a high-profit field!
This was just one pharmaceutical skill, and he could acquire others later!
Xia Yu became excited.
Regaining his confidence, he told An Siyao about another matter: “In addition, I want to ask you to let that mother work in your villa.”
Xia Yu considered whether to explain the issue of Yin Wan’s appearance but felt such an explanation might be a bit strange: “She… is a bit special. You’ll understand when she arrives.”
“Okay.” An Siyao agreed.
With this matter settled, Xia Yu looked around and couldn’t find anything else to do.
“Shall we continue sleeping?” Xia Yu asked.
“Can we take a walk?” An Siyao didn’t want to waste this opportunity on sleep since Xia Yu had visited less frequently recently.
Xia Yu then got up from the bed and put on the long robe from the hanger.
Hesitating between the door and the balcony, Xia Yu chose the balcony.
Putting his hands on the balcony railing, he bent his waist and stretched his body.
The comfort from his body made him squint his eyes.
Leaning on the balcony, he looked at the scenery of the front yard.
There was no moon in the sky, and there were no streetlights in the front yard, so what came into view was pitch-black shadows, differing only in some places being darker and some slightly brighter.
After a gust of wind, the shadows of the flower bushes swayed.
After watching the shadows for a while, Xia Yu turned over and looked up at the sky.
Although it was dark around the villa, it was still in Yaoguang City, where strong light pollution made only a few scattered stars visible in the sky.
He lazily scanned the stars, thinking about which ones they were.
The dim starlight, solitary and isolated, embedded in the vast night, made it seem even more desolate.
Not knowing how long had passed, a sense of sadness arose in Xia Yu.
He was puzzled, wondering when he had become so sentimental.
In his previous life, his parents were taken care of by his older brother, and his unexpected death could still bring some insurance money, so Xia Yu had no attachment to his past life. In this life, he was extremely happy, with nothing to be worried about.
After careful consideration, Xia Yu realized that this feeling came from An Siyao.
When using her body, Xia Yu could feel her emotions. Otherwise, when she was in his mind talking to him, he wouldn’t be able to distinguish her tone.
This feeling would become even stronger with the enhancement of the connection.
At this moment, the sense of sadness he felt was transmitted from An Siyao.
“What’s wrong?” Xia Yu asked softly.
“I was thinking about my mom.” The girl replied.
If An Siyao had a body at this moment, Xia Yu could hug and comfort her, but she didn’t.
Helpless, and unwilling to say some sweet nothings like a playboy, Xia Yu continued to accompany An Siyao in looking at the stars.
He thought in his heart: What kind of person was An Siyao’s mother?
Thinking about this, he realized he still knew too little about An Siyao.
…
Ten days later.
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