Chapter 291: An Siyao’s Summer Ice Cream

An Siyao felt that it wasn’t Xia Yu’s arms around her waist, but rather an intensely hot furnace.

The heat spread through her body, causing her face to flush red.

Xia Yu’s gaze was equally scorching, making her instinctively avert her eyes.

Seeing An Siyao’s attempt to evade, a smile appeared on Xia Yu’s face.

An Siyao always remained composed while saying flirtatious things. Xia Yu had thought she was someone who never felt shy, yet he hadn’t expected that simply holding her would make her flustered.

He lowered his head again, resting his forehead against An Siyao’s.

This time, no matter where An Siyao tried to look, she couldn’t escape Xia Yu’s face. Xia Yu noticed the girl’s rising body temperature.

A pink blush appeared across her pale face, matching the soft pink of her lips.

Looking at those lips, a sudden impulse surged within Xia Yu, and he began leaning in.

An Siyao sensed Xia Yu’s intention through his gaze and actions. Shyly, she took a step back, but Xia Yu tightened his arms around her waist, pulling her closer again.

Facing Xia Yu’s advancing face, An Siyao didn’t know where to direct her gaze. Her eyes darted around, seeking an escape, but she couldn’t avoid Xia Yu’s face no matter where she looked.

She closed her eyes.

Lowering his head further, Xia Yu’s lips sensed a coolness—An Siyao’s coolness emanating from her pink lips.

It was September, and the temperature remained high. The heat from Xia Yu’s body was momentarily dispelled by this chill.

It felt just like biting into an ice cream on a scorching sunny day.

Just as Xia Yu wanted to seek more coolness, a knock sounded at the bedroom door.

A guilty-feeling Xia Yu hastily released An Siyao.

An Siyao lowered her head, pretending to study the carpet’s patterns.

Dong dong dong—

“Miss, the dessert has arrived.” Yin Wan’s voice came from outside the door.

Xia Yu went to the door, opened it, received the dessert, and sent Yin Wan away.

Turning back, he looked at An Siyao again. She was secretly glancing at him but quickly lowered her head when their eyes met.

This situation clearly couldn’t continue any further.

Xia Yu comforted himself, thinking that although it was regrettable to be interrupted by Yin Wan, at least it wasn’t like those movie scenes where things get interrupted before any contact happens.

Carrying the dessert to the small table on the balcony, Xia Yu had An Siyao sit in front of him.

The dessert consisted of white jade and red rice dumplings. To soothe the girl, Xia Yu reluctantly picked up a white jade dumpling with his chopsticks and brought it to An Siyao’s lips.

An Siyao opened her small mouth to take a bite, but Xia Yu pushed the entire dumpling into her mouth with his chopsticks.

Seeing the expression of surprise and distress on her face, the slight anxiety Xia Yu had felt from the previous interruption vanished, replaced by amusement.

Looking at An Siyao’s lips, he began thinking about how to do it again.

He wasn’t someone shameless. What he had done just now was only because of the atmosphere and the sweltering heat. Now, asking him to do it again immediately still felt difficult.

Such matters required the right timing, location, and mutual harmony. Missing any of these would greatly diminish the feeling. Mutual harmony wasn’t an issue, and location could be arranged. The hardest part was timing—in this case, the atmosphere.

Unaware that Xia Yu had ulterior motives toward her, An Siyao chewed on the dumpling in her mouth.

“I’m going to Nanming for National Day, and I’ll return around the 6th,” Xia Yu mentioned this casually.

“To see Xu Youxiang?” An Siyao knew that Xu Youxiang was in Nanming.

“Mm.” Xia Yu nodded.

Continuing to chew on the white rice dumpling, An Siyao didn’t ask Xia Yu to take her along. She knew that since Xia Yu hadn’t mentioned it, he had no intention of doing so.

Her hand beneath the table, previously spread open, curled her fingers into her palm.

“Have a safe trip.”

At this moment, the blush on An Siyao’s face had finally completely faded.

Looking at An Siyao, who had returned to her usual self, Xia Yu couldn’t help but reach out and gently pinch her cheeks again.

How could my An Siyao be so cute?

After finishing the dessert calmly, Xia Yu taught An Siyao how to play the dizi, then returned home.

Before the arrival of National Day, all his gaming time was spent on Xu Youxiang, helping her improve her gaming skills, and he hadn’t gone to the brown bear’s place at all.

Thus, the day before National Day arrived, after school was dismissed.

Returning home, Xia Yu saw An Siyao waiting for him.

An Siyao held a document in her hand.

She handed the document to Xia Yu and looked at him, saying, “National Day gift.”

Glancing at the document, Xia Yu discovered it was a share transfer contract.

Truly, every holiday she gave him a company!

Xia Yu’s mood was complicated.

Facing An Siyao’s expectant gaze, he still signed the contract, ruffled her hair, and expressed his appreciation.

After staying by Xia Yu’s side for a while, An Siyao left to go home. She still needed to hand these documents to Yu Ningmeng to handle the procedures. Moreover, during National Day, she would go with Yu Ningmeng to meet Yu Liang.

After she left, Xia Yu sat on the sofa, pondering something.

An Siyao had already given him her National Day gift, but he hadn’t even prepared a Mid-Autumn Festival gift for her yet.

Giving gifts to other women could mostly be resolved by spending lavishly, but no matter how expensive, to An Siyao, a rich young lady, it would all seem the same.

Xia Yu felt somewhat troubled.

He flipped through his skill list, trying to see if there was anything useful.

[Pharmacy LV6, Music LV5, Exam Education LV5, Dexterity LV4, Programming LV4, Coquetry LV3, Language LV3, Fashion LV3, Business LV3, Painting LV3, Comfort LV3, Massage LV3, Endurance LV3, Inspiration LV3, Martial Arts LV2, Intimidation LV2, Makeup LV2, Driving LV2, Mental Therapy LV2, Flower Arrangement LV2, Buddhist Philosophy LV2, Night Vision LV1, Elegance LV1, Video Games LV1, Telepathy LV1, Strength LV1, Dexterity Boost LV1, Exam Education Boost LV1]

The highest level was Pharmacy, but Pharmacy couldn’t produce a gift.

Wait, maybe not impossible, but not possible in a short time.

Exam Education was useless, Dexterity was useless, Programming wouldn’t work, and Coquetry…

Better forget it, he didn’t have that much nerve.

Looking at this, Xia Yu eliminated most of his skills.

What remained was only Music.

He would compose a piano piece as a gift for An Siyao. Xia Yu made the decision.

He took out his small notebook where he recorded musical inspirations and began selecting.

One piece was particularly suitable.

The inspiration for this piece was already quite mature. After returning from National Day, it would probably be finished. However, there was no piano at Xu Youxiang’s place, so Xia Yu wasn’t sure whether he could continue composing there.

Even if he couldn’t work on it at Xu Youxiang’s, he could return and work on it for about a week around mid-October, and it would be completed.

Satisfied, Xia Yu closed the notebook, stood up, and went to ask You Xue what they would eat tonight.

On the morning of October 1st, Xia Yu and You Xue boarded a flight heading to Nanming together.