Xu Youxiang was unwilling to talk, and Xia Yu could not force her.
Xia Yu noted this matter down, deciding to investigate quietly.
He stood up, walked to the windowsill, and grabbed the curtain.
“What do you want to do?” Xu Youxiang immediately asked, her tone carrying a hint of shyness and indignation.
“You’ve been seen so many times, why still feel shy?” Xia Yu carelessly drew the curtains shut, immediately plunging the room into darkness.
Then he opened a small gap in the curtains, letting a bit of light in so the room wouldn’t be completely dark.
After completing all the preparations, Xia Yu opened the drawer of the nightstand and took out a mirror. Lying on the bed, he held the mirror up to his face.
He looked into Xu Youxiang’s eyes reflected in the mirror.
Due to the side effects of the medication, Xu Youxiang’s iris color had undergone a magical transformation, changing among purple, blue, and amber under different lighting conditions.
At this moment, her eyes were a light shade of purple.
The purple pupils were crystal clear, more dazzling than purple gems and more lively than amethysts.
Touching the eye sockets, Xia Yu marveled at their beauty.
“Have you had enough?” Xu Youxiang said, somewhat uncomfortable.
Being stared into the eyes by someone you like is a very embarrassing situation. If her body were under her own control, she would definitely turn her head away immediately. But now, with Xia Yu in control of her body, Xu Youxiang couldn’t avoid his gaze.
“Let me take a few photos first.” Xia Yu raised Xu Youxiang’s phone, snapped a picture of the purple eyes in the mirror, and sent it to his email.
After observing for twenty minutes, Xia Yu turned on the room’s lights. Under the artificial light, Xu Youxiang’s eyes turned a light blue, like a clear sky without clouds.
He observed for another ten minutes, then opened the curtains again, continuing his observation.
Under sunlight, Xu Youxiang’s eyes were amber.
When Xia Yu finally lowered the mirror, Xu Youxiang sighed in relief.
“Let’s play some games.” To distract Xia Yu from further observation, Xu Youxiang tried to shift his attention.
“I’ll first take a look at your apartment.” Xia Yu stood up, walked out of the bedroom, and headed toward the living room.
However, upon opening the door, he saw a narrow corridor, with several rooms lining both sides.
It was a converted studio apartment from either a two-bedroom or three-bedroom unit.
“This place is very unsafe,” Xia Yu told Xu Youxiang.
“I’ve already been living here for five days. Why are you saying this now?” Xu Youxiang had a slight emotional reaction, subtly hinting that Xia Yu hadn’t visited her in five days.
“I’ve been a bit busy recently,” Xia Yu explained, then assured her, “But things are almost settled now, and I’ll come more often in the future.”
Explanations were meaningless. Humans couldn’t truly understand each other; only tangible compensation was real.
“Hmph,” Xu Youxiang made a sound and fell silent.
Xia Yu returned to the room. He took out the bank card from the drawer, grabbed Xu Youxiang’s phone, and browsed through her contact list.
From it, Xia Yu found the phone numbers of Yu Liang and An Tianfeng.
After thinking for a moment, Xia Yu called Yu Ningmeng.
He requested a villa from Yu Ningmeng.
Yu Ningmeng arranged for someone to handle the property transfer procedures for Xu Youxiang and moved her to the new villa.
Xia Yu also asked Yu Ningmeng for a housemaid.
The maid was specially trained for the upper class, coming from dedicated schools. Ordinary people, even if wealthy, usually couldn’t hire genuine maids and could only engage in cosplay.
Xia Yu could have requested a maid from Yu Ningmeng, but Xu Youxiang didn’t want one. Even the young, beautiful nanny Xia Yu selected was rejected. Instead, she chose a middle-aged woman.
“I’m an upright person!” Xia Yu said to Xu Youxiang.
“You might be upright, but those nannies might not be,” Xu Youxiang replied. She had recently read some novels and was deeply impressed by plots involving housemaids deceiving male employers to climb the social ladder.
Xia Yu didn’t know that Xu Youxiang had specifically filtered out maids with daughters, choosing one who had no children.
“Can they possibly have eyes like yours?” Xia Yu couldn’t help but take out the phone again, capturing the beauty of Xu Youxiang’s eyes.
Suddenly, Xu Youxiang felt a bit scared. “You’re not some pervert with a special fetish, are you?”
“I have no interest in individual human organs,” Xia Yu replied.
“I meant someone who likes to defile beauty…”
“Alright, don’t say any more,” Xia Yu stopped Xu Youxiang.
Leaning against the wall, Xia Yu pondered how to continue conversing with the knowledgeable Xu Youxiang.
“Let’s play games then,” he said, turning on the laptop.
It wasn’t until 2 p.m. that a maid arrived. Xia Yu used telepathy to sense her intentions, detecting only good will. Satisfied, he returned to his own body.
He picked up Tuoguan Yu’s diary and saw that Tuoguan Yu had written down a phone number.
He took out his phone and found it was an unfamiliar number.
He dialed the number. The voice on the other end was overly sweet.
It was An Siyao, Xia Yu’s secretary, acting as the company secretary.
After Yu Ningmeng had sent him a message yesterday, she had now sent the company secretary to urge him again, apparently determined to test Xia Yu.
Coincidentally, Xia Yu was just preparing to go now.
Half an hour later, the secretary drove up outside the villa.
When Xia Yu reached the downstairs, he saw a woman around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with a smile that seemed overly sweet and somewhat artificial, her face also appearing slightly unnatural.
As he approached, Xia Yu sensed a faint hostility from her, but as he drew closer, the hostility gradually disappeared.
Frowning slightly, Xia Yu pondered the situation.
The secretary introduced herself.
Xia Yu wasn’t listening carefully. This secretary likely had issues and probably wouldn’t remain in the position for long.
Opening the rear car door, she let Xia Yu in, then closed the door and took the driver’s seat.
“Please hold on,” she reminded him.
“Okay,” Xia Yu thought the secretary might have flashy driving skills and braced himself.
However, the car moved very smoothly, with almost no jolts.
Once on the main road, the secretary began chatting with Xia Yu. Upon hearing that he was a student at Hua University, her body emitted hostility again, but upon learning he was from the Chinese department, the hostility vanished.
Xia Yu stroked his chin, basically confirming his suspicions.
“Do you think just because I’m from the Chinese department, I don’t understand company management?”
Upon arriving at the company, Xia Yu saw the management team lined up at the entrance, greeting him with “Hello, Chairman” and similar phrases. They appeared very formal and loyal. If it weren’t for the faint hostility he sensed from them, Xia Yu might have believed their act.
Under their arrangements, Xia Yu toured the small company and listened to their exaggerated claims.
After this round, Xia Yu noticed that their hostility had completely disappeared.
“Do they think I’m easy to fool?”
Smiling slightly, Xia Yu went to the office and asked the secretary to bring the financial records.
At that moment, he immediately sensed intense hostility.
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