Looking in the direction of Xu Youxiang’s gaze, Xia Yu saw a woman in her thirties.
The woman also noticed Xu Youxiang. The smile on her face vanished, and after two seconds, was replaced with a cold smirk.
She was the one who had previously argued with Xu Youxiang, prompting her to move out and dismiss her maid and bodyguard.
Following the self-cultivation of a villainess, the woman approached Xu Youxiang and opened her mouth to mock, “You…”
At that moment, she suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. Looking at Xia Yu, she felt as though standing behind Xu Youxiang wasn’t a person, but a brown bear with a scar on its head, fierce and menacing.
“You what?” Xia Yu smiled at her, his words threatening.
The woman seemed to see the meat fibers stuck between the bear’s sharp teeth as it grinned.
“Hello!” Immediately after saying that, the woman turned around, quickly walked to the elevator nearby, and entered it.
Before she could utter a single threatening word, she was driven away, feeling humiliated.
After the elevator descended, Xu Youxiang, sitting on her wheelchair, burst into laughter. After a while, her light laughter turned into hearty laughter.
“You’re too mean; you didn’t even let her speak,” she turned to look at Xia Yu.
“Let her speak nonsense and affect our mood?” Xia Yu pinched Xu Youxiang’s cheek.
Xu Youxiang’s laughter eased a little, but she was still amused.
Meanwhile, Youxue, who had been looking at the shops on both sides, was puzzled and couldn’t understand what had just happened.
“What are you laughing at?” the girl asked.
“Kids don’t need to know,” Xia Yu casually made up an excuse to brush off Youxue.
Youxue wanted to puff her cheeks, but realizing they were in public, she instead let out a “humph,” expressing her displeasure.
After showing her dissatisfaction, Youxue began pondering again what Xu Youxiang was laughing about.
Her brother said it was something kids didn’t need to know. So, if she had to guess…
Youxue’s gaze swept over Xu Youxiang’s back.
Xu Youxiang’s hair was spread over Xia Yu’s palm, so no one could see Xia Yu’s hand.
Not being seen meant one could do as they pleased.
Youxue’s face turned red and she sighed, lamenting the decadence of the adult world.
Deciding not to pursue the matter further, Youxue pulled the two into a nearby store.
It was a shop selling fancy western-style dresses.
Seeing the western-style dresses in the store, Xu Youxiang’s eyes lit up.
Noticing the change in Xu Youxiang’s mood, Xia Yu recalled the wardrobe full of western-style dresses he had seen at her home before.
She liked this style of dress.
This Lolita-style dress also suited her body type.
An Siyao could wear it too.
Shaking off those thoughts, Xia Yu redirected his attention back to Xu Youxiang.
“Do you want to try one on?” he asked.
“How can I try it on like this?” Thinking about her legs, Xu Youxiang sounded a bit annoyed as she spoke to Xia Yu.
“Should I help you change?” Xia Yu rubbed his chin, thinking this suggestion might not be bad.
“Are you a pervert?” Xu Youxiang looked at Xia Yu with suspicion. “Helping a woman change clothes in a fitting room at a mall—how could you even think of that?”
From Xu Youxiang’s words, Xia Yu sensed an issue.
She said it wouldn’t work in a mall fitting room, implying it might work elsewhere?
Regardless of whether that was Xu Youxiang’s intention, Xia Yu wanted to tease her a bit, but before speaking, he felt a sense of foreboding and stopped himself in time.
Although the probability seemed very low, what if after asking whether it would be okay at home, Xu Youxiang gave an affirmative answer?
Then, would he go through with it or not?
If it were only Xu Youxiang, there wouldn’t be hesitation, but he also had An Siyao to consider.
It was better not to delve deeper into this topic.
“Speechless about your own perversion?” Xu Youxiang asked again.
“Want me to lend you my body to change?” Xia Yu changed the subject.
Xu Youxiang was silent for two seconds before replying, “Whether it’s me using your body to wear a western-style dress or using your body to change my clothes, it’s all perverted.”
Xia Yu had hastily changed the topic, so he blurted that out. He coughed once and found the correct option: “Just buy them all and change at home slowly.”
“No need. None of them are that great.” Xu Youxiang turned her head away, looking at the scenery outside the store.
Xia Yu gestured to Youxue to come over, asking her to pick out a few dresses for Xu Youxiang while she was choosing clothes.
Xu Youxiang neither refused nor agreed. When Youxue chose dresses that Xu Youxiang liked, she remained silent, but when Youxue selected ones she disliked, Xu Youxiang would use explanations about dress styles to offer some criticism.
Youxue quickly understood Xu Youxiang’s intentions, so the western-style dresses she picked were all the ones Xu Youxiang remained silent about.
After spending an afternoon shopping and having dinner outside, they returned to the villa. Xia Yu logged into Xu Youxiang’s body to teach her programming.
Six hours later, Xia Yu stopped the lesson, as studying for six hours straight was already excessive.
For the rest of the time, he both handled Xu Youxiang’s work and chatted with her.
Xu Youxiang told him about the woman from earlier that day: “We just didn’t get along and had a fight.”
Xu Youxiang meant that they didn’t have significant conflict and wanted Xia Yu not to make things difficult for the other woman.
Xia Yu outwardly agreed. After returning to his own body, he took out a brush and painted the woman’s portrait from earlier that day, then found Yu Ningmeng.
Looking at the hand-drawn half-body portrait Xia Yu sent, Yu Ningmeng suspiciously typed a reply:
An out-of-town spy?
Xia Yu, who was typing an explanation, frowned. He cut the text he had already typed and asked:
Why would you think of an out-of-town spy?
If it’s not an out-of-town spy, why are you making a portrait! Yu Ningmeng was dissatisfied; she had genuinely been startled just now.
…
After explaining the whole story, Xia Yu asked Yu Ningmeng to investigate and find out who the woman was.
Yu Ningmeng quickly brought Xia Yu the information.
It was evaluations of the woman from four colleagues and a supervisor. In summary, she was competent, somewhat sharp-tongued, but not malicious.
It seemed, indeed, as Xu Youxiang had said—they were just ordinary rivals who disliked each other.
Relieved, Xia Yu thanked Yu Ningmeng.
It was already 6:30 a.m. now. He went to the piano room and continued composing.
Thus, composing, shopping, and accompanying Xu Youxiang, Xia Yu stayed there until the 6th.
In the afternoon on the 6th, he and Youxue boarded a plane together, flying back to Afang.
Upon arrival at the airport, An Siyao and Yu Ningmeng were waiting for him.
Yu Ningmeng came to ask Xia Yu for company authorization, while An Siyao simply came to meet him.
After Xia Yu finally finished signing the agreement, An Siyao followed him toward his house, but was forcibly separated by Yu Ningmeng after taking only a few steps.
It was already late, and the two were “reunited after a long separation.” Yu Ningmeng feared something might happen.
Waving goodbye to An Siyao, Xia Yu returned home and immediately went into the piano room.
The “Princess of Serenity” piece was almost complete. If the test tonight went well, it could be released tomorrow.
However, in what kind of setting should the piano piece be presented?
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