“What do you want to ask?” An Siyao asked, puzzled.
“…” Xia Yu was at a loss for words, not knowing how to respond to the girl.
It was a good thing that his girlfriend didn’t ask about his relationship with other women, but not asking at all was somewhat worrying.
After thinking for a while, Xia Yu decided to bring it up himself.
“She’s my high school classmate. She never believed I had a…” Xia Yu paused here.
He realized he hadn’t officially established a relationship with An Siyao yet.
“Had a what?” An Siyao asked curiously.
“Had you.” Xia Yu placed his hand on An Siyao’s head, skillfully avoiding the topic.
He continued, “You’re too easily deceived, you know.”
“You’ll help me, right?” The girl grabbed Xia Yu’s hand.
Her body was naturally cool, and Xia Yu felt a refreshing chill from her hand.
It would be nice if You Xue also believed in him as much as An Siyao did. Xia Yu couldn’t help but think.
Leading the girl to the sofa, Xia Yu asked about Yin Wan: “How do you feel about Yin Wan?”
“A little comforting,” An Siyao replied. “It feels the same as being with my mom.”
Xia Yu understood then that An Siyao still deeply missed her mother in her heart.
“Then move her to your bedroom to take care of you,” Xia Yu suggested to the girl. Considering An Siyao’s personality, he added, “Forget it, I’ll come to your place tomorrow and help you talk to her.”
“Mm.”
After affectionately ruffling An Siyao’s hair again, Xia Yu stood up and walked forward.
An Siyao also stood up and followed behind him.
At the bathroom door, Xia Yu turned around and saw An Siyao was about to follow him in. After some consideration, An Siyao stood by the door instead.
Inside, Xia Yu felt somewhat awkward knowing An Siyao was just outside the door.
After a long silence, An Siyao knocked on the door: “What’s going on? Do you need help?”
Your departure would be the biggest help!
With great willpower, Xia Yu overcame his discomfort, finished his business, washed his hands, and opened the door.
He reached out and tapped An Siyao on the head.
The girl winced, holding her head with a pitiful expression.
Then he pinched her cheek, pulling her into a smile, and said, “Let’s go somewhere and have some fun. Any place you want to go?”
Xia Yu felt that staying alone at home with such an unguarded, vulnerable, and easily deceived girl might lead to mistakes, so he suggested going out.
“Wherever you go, I’ll go too.”
“Don’t you have any preferences?” Xia Yu pressed.
An Siyao looked troubled. She wasn’t good at making decisions herself, especially in situations like this where no options were provided.
After a minute of thinking, An Siyao looked up: “How about the piano room?”
There was no piano room outside. If he agreed to the girl’s request, Xia Yu’s plan to go out would be considered a failure.
However, since An Siyao had worked hard to make this decision, Xia Yu couldn’t refuse. He took An Siyao to the piano room in his villa.
The piano room was much smaller than An Siyao’s home, but since Xia Yu had only placed one piano there, it wasn’t crowded.
Approaching the piano, An Siyao opened the lid and played a short tune, then looked up at Xia Yu: “The sound quality is a bit poor.”
“Because it’s just a cheap piano,” Xia Yu explained.
“Why not buy a better one?” An Siyao asked, sounding like someone who didn’t understand practical concerns.
“Because I don’t have the money,” Xia Yu replied.
In fact, he still had nearly a million in hand, but that was money he had prepared to invest in a mobile game project. Besides, he wasn’t particular about piano sound quality.
Hearing Xia Yu’s words, An Siyao looked worried: “Have you already spent all the money I gave you?”
An Siyao calculated the time. From when she gave her bank card to Xia Yu until now, nine days had passed. Three million gone in nine days would mean spending over 300,000 a day.
I seem unable to support this man anymore. What should I do?
Wait, if I count my father’s and grandfather’s money, maybe it’s not a problem at all.
“…I forgot, I haven’t used it yet,” Xia Yu replied.
An Siyao sighed in relief.
“Madam Ning said my grandfather wants me to start a business with her. Then I’ll have a lot of money and won’t need to be frugal,” she told Xia Yu.
Xia Yu’s mood was complicated.
What should I do if my girlfriend insists on using her money for me?
And the money your grandfather gave you for starting a business, is it really okay to use it to support a pretty boy?
Actually, Xia Yu didn’t mind using An Siyao’s money, as long as he could deposit more into the account later. However, there was a significant problem.
He didn’t know the bank card password.
It wasn’t that An Siyao had forgotten to tell him; she had mentioned it on the day she gave him the card. The password was the date when Xia Yu first visited her place.
But Xia Yu had no idea what day that was.
The girl had taken that day so seriously, setting it as a secret. He couldn’t bring himself to say, “How would I know which day that was?”
“Just keep saving it. I’m planning to buy a big estate,” Xia Yu made up a reason casually.
“I understand. I’ll work hard,” An Siyao clenched her little fist and gave Xia Yu a determined look.
“???”
Not wanting to delve further into this topic, Xia Yu sat beside An Siyao, and the two began playing music together.
At five o’clock, Yu Ningmeng came to pick up An Siyao. After waving goodbye to the girl at the door, Xia Yu returned to the piano room. He took out a guzheng from the side and began playing a piece.
It was a new composition, a byproduct of his conceptualization for a piece titled “Breath of the Wilderness.”
Almost a month after Xu Youxiang’s leg recovered, Xia Yu had spent every spare moment visiting Wen Ziying to level up his inspiration. Now, his inspiration had reached LV3, using approximately thirty experience cards.
All these experience cards came from Wen Ziying. As long as he provided her with some novel experiences, she would give him a bunch of game points to buy more cards.
Without spending a single one of his own cards, Xia Yu had raised his inspiration to LV3.
Yet even with inspiration at LV3, he still couldn’t compose the piece he wanted—the one he called “Breath of the Wilderness.”
So, he shifted his focus to another piece, the guzheng piece he was playing now.
This piece was called “White Horse,” and its core emotion was the joy and leisure of riding across open fields.
Earlier, while playing the piano with An Siyao, Xia Yu had an inspiration and completed the final uncertain section of “White Horse.” The piece was now finished.
This piece probably reached the general standard of those timeless masterpieces. Although the ensemble piece from the secluded Source Palace also reached this level, it was an adaptation, with the piano piece “Source Palace” as its core, so it couldn’t be compared to this original composition.
A piece like this would be enough to make a composer considered world-class if they could compose just one in their lifetime.
Satisfied, Xia Yu noted down the score on paper, then flipped through his notebook, contemplating his next composition.
At this moment, his phone rang.
Picking it up, Xia Yu saw that Liu Manman had sent him a message.
“I’m going to Afang tomorrow. Are you excited?”
“Not excited,” Xia Yu replied.
“??? Be careful, I might say bad things about you during the performance!” Liu Manman threatened.
“They don’t even know you. What am I afraid of?” Xia Yu wasn’t fazed.
“I’m coming back this time to participate in the Huada Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. Do you think the audience doesn’t know you?” Liu Manman sent a smug emoji.
Xia Yu chose to change the subject.
“Where did you go this time?” he asked.
“I went with my grandma to perform in District 11. The people there were also very enthusiastic. Oh, and I’ll tell you a secret—I sneaked into their forum and found that they even drew some sexy comics of my grandma, of course, a younger version.”
No wonder it’s District 11.
“I was also received by the former empress there, and she gave me this!” Liu Manman sent a photo.
“[Photo]”
The former empress meant the Empress Dowager.
Opening the image, Xia Yu saw a sapphire crown.
The sapphire’s color was beautiful and seemed quite valuable. Either the empress dowager greatly admired Liu Ronglan, or there were other reasons—perhaps wanting to cultivate a relationship with the Liu family behind Liu Ronglan.
Most likely the latter.
After considering the implications behind it, Xia Yu looked again at the sapphire crown in the photo.
The crown was made of silver and sapphires, with a simple design. However, this simplicity was precisely appropriate, because the sapphire at the top of the crown was its core.
The sapphire was serene, deep, mysterious, and elegant. If the design were more complex, it would distract from the beauty of the sapphire.
After examining the photo for half a minute, Xia Yu made a decision.
“Sell it to me,” Xia Yu said.
“Huh?”
“Name your price,” Xia Yu wanted this sapphire crown. He planned to give it to Xu Youxiang as a farewell gift.
“I won’t even think about it. This is mine!” Liu Manman also liked this sapphire crown very much, which was why she had shown it to Xia Yu in the first place.
Faced with Xia Yu’s request, she firmly refused.
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