Chapter 266: Xia Yu: The Origin Point!

“Where is the place?” Yan Wei’s message asked.

“How about the Yuejiuzhu Café nearby?” Xia Yu replied. “I’ll bring someone along too.”

This time, Yan Wei took a while to respond. After two minutes, she finally sent an ‘Okay’.

Putting his phone back into his pocket, Xia Yu changed his shoes.

Entering the living room, he saw Youxue through the kitchen glass door, wearing an apron and preparing dinner.

He thought to himself: It’s not right to keep letting Youxue do all the housework. Before there wasn’t enough money, but now that they had more, he should find a housemaid as soon as possible.

Preferably someone who could cook well and was also good-looking.

Speaking of housemaids, he had forgotten to ask An Siyao about the matter with Yin Wan last time.

An Siyao had thought of her mother through Yin Wan. What kind of emotions had the girl developed?

Looking at An Siyao’s condition these days, there probably wasn’t anything serious.

After Youxue finished cooking and came out, Xia Yu mentioned the idea of hiring a housemaid to the girl.

“No, I disagree.” Youxue shook her head. “Many housemaids abuse children, and who knows what else they might do at home, like sneaking around with security guards when you’re not there.”

“Abusing children only happens with a few housemaids, and besides, we don’t even have any children here,” Xia Yu said, puzzled.

“That’s me!” Youxue replied matter-of-factly.

At thirteen years old, she indeed was still a child, so Xia Yu had no argument against that.

“Exactly, which makes it even more reason why you shouldn’t keep doing housework. Even the law prohibits child labor.” Xia Yu became more determined to hire a housemaid.

However, the safety of housemaids was indeed a concern. Although problematic housemaids were rare, the possibility still existed.

“No, I want to do it.” Youxue shook her head again, refusing to accept Xia Yu’s suggestion.

“Why are you so focused on doing chores? You could use that time to go out and play,” Xia Yu couldn’t understand Youxue’s reasoning.

“I don’t want to!” The girl firmly shook her head.

“Listen to me,” Xia Yu said.

The girl fell silent, standing there with her head lowered.

Xia Yu sensed something was wrong. Sure enough, a few seconds later, the girl began to sob.

Walking closer, Xia Yu lifted her face, wiping away her tears. “What’s wrong? Why do you insist on doing chores? Tell me.”

Xia Yu knew there must be a reason behind her actions that he wasn’t aware of.

“If I don’t even do chores, won’t I be useless then?” Clutching Xia Yu’s arm, Youxue’s face was filled with grievance.

“You’re my little sister. Don’t talk about being useful or not.” Xia Yu hugged the girl, trying to comfort her.

“I’m still Dad’s daughter, and Mom’s daughter too.” Youxue replied, burying her face in Xia Yu’s chest.

Then Xia Yu understood the root of the matter.

The incident of being abandoned by Xia Dongyang and Kong Hanyue had taken root in the girl’s heart, growing into a flower emitting a sense of unease, leaving her feeling insecure.

“I won’t leave you behind,” Xia Yu realized that mere comfort wouldn’t help, so he made a promise. “Then we won’t hire a housemaid.”

“Mm.” Youxue hugged Xia Yu’s waist tightly.

Knowing the girl needed time to calm down, Xia Yu didn’t say anything else, just placing his hand on her head.

At the same time, Xia Yu was thinking about how to address Youxue’s lack of security.

To give the girl a sense of security, there were two possible approaches.

One was to make Youxue confidently trust him, and the other was to help Youxue become independent and self-reliant, no longer needing to seek security from the outside.

The first path, making Youxue trust him more, seemed a bit difficult. The second, making her self-reliant, seemed simpler.

If Youxue could acquire a skill that allowed her to support herself, she might gain a sense of security. After that, she could gradually build her confidence.

So the question was, what kind of skill could Youxue learn?

Xia Yu recalled Youxue’s three advantages: being affectionate, academic education, and Buddhist philosophy.

Buddhist philosophy could be ruled out first, leaving only affection and academic education.

At Youxue’s age, academic education couldn’t generate income yet, so only affection remained.

Maybe if the girl had the skill of being affectionate, she would be more confident that he wouldn’t abandon her? Letting her use her cuteness to keep him close?

Xia Yu fell into thought.

By the time Youxue finally calmed down and let go of him, he still hadn’t reached a conclusion.

Well, he would think about it later.

While having dinner together, Xia Yu noticed that Youxue had become even more diligent, even refusing to let him prepare his own bathwater.

After rinsing off, lying in the bathtub, Xia Yu started thinking about whom he should use today’s game opportunity on.

After much hesitation, he decided on Xu Youxiang.

Xu Youxiang had already been upset about the school district issue. Seeing him feeding An Siyao at her villa must have made her feel even worse.

Xia Yu also wanted to take this opportunity to find out what Xu Youxiang truly thought.

Clicking on Xu Youxiang’s profile, after a moment of darkness, Xia Yu found himself at the bedside table in Xu Youxiang’s bedroom.

Xu Youxiang was about to take her medicine.

The leg medicine was injected in the evening, and at night, it was time to take the pills that counteracted the side effects.

After taking the three medications one by one, Xia Yu picked up a nearby mirror and looked closely into Xu Youxiang’s eyes.

The color of Xu Youxiang’s irises had become even paler compared to a few days ago.

“You really are a pervert, staring at someone’s eyes the moment you appear,” Xu Youxiang said as her first words.

“Nonsense! I clearly took the medicine first!” Xia Yu retorted.

“Isn’t that even more perverted?”

“???”

Giving up on arguing with Xu Youxiang, Xia Yu continued examining her eyes.

The pale irises made her eyes look crystal clear and extremely beautiful.

Xia Yu couldn’t help but have the urge to collect those eyes.

Regarding Xia Yu’s fascination with her eyes, Xu Youxiang felt both proud and complicated.

She could understand liking legs, breasts, faces, even feet, but liking eyes was just strange.

This guy was definitely a pervert.

“Nonsense, I just like beautiful things!” Xia Yu said.

“…How did you know what I was thinking just now?” Xu Youxiang became somewhat flustered.

“I can sense your emotions. I guessed you were thinking about this,” Xia Yu replied.

Xu Youxiang immediately felt her cheeks heating up, blood rushing to her face.

Being able to sense emotions meant he knew about those moments when she had feelings for him, those times she had thought about him, even certain moments?

“You’re a pervert who peeps into people’s minds! A pedophile! A coercive criminal!” Xu Youxiang angrily cursed.

Xia Yu listened while regretting that Xu Youxiang was only cursing in her mind and couldn’t be recorded.

He sensed her emotions again. Although she was cursing fiercely, she was actually only feeling shy.

After a while of cursing, Xu Youxiang turned stubborn and refused to speak to Xia Yu.

It wasn’t until 11 p.m. that she asked Xia Yu to open his laptop for a lesson.

After attending a class taught by Xu Youxiang’s teacher, Xia Yu estimated the teacher’s level to be roughly at LV5 perfection or LV6.

She was teaching cybersecurity knowledge, an extremely important aspect for internet companies.

After the lesson, Xu Youxiang told Xia Yu about a decision she had made.

“I’m planning to work and study at Daliang Capital,” she said firmly.

“Why suddenly want to go there?” Xia Yu asked uneasily.

“If I keep staying with An Siyao, how can I compete with her?” Xu Youxiang frankly said.

Hearing that Xu Youxiang didn’t want to leave him, Xia Yu felt relieved.

“In which city?” he asked.

“Nanzhou, I’ll leave after the Mid-Autumn Festival,” Xu Youxiang answered.

Nanzhou was convenient to reach whether from Zilang or Afang.

Xia Yu agreed to Xu Youxiang’s decision.

Playing games together for eight hours, Xia Yu returned to his own body.

Sitting up from the bed, Xia Yu pondered whether he should do something since Xu Youxiang would soon be leaving.

Unable to think of anything specific at the moment, Xia Yu temporarily put aside this matter.

Today was September 4th, Tuesday. There were ten days until Mid-Autumn Festival and four days until the meeting with Yan Wei.

Before he knew it, Saturday morning arrived, and Xia Yu was preparing to meet Yan Wei when his counselor sent him a message.