After briefly organizing the collected information, Xia Yu planned to ask Yu Ningmeng about it later.
No search engine could rival Yu Ningmeng’s effectiveness.
He didn’t really need to be so involved; An Siyao would be going along, and both the An and Yu families would ensure everything was well taken care of. However, Xia Yu felt uneasy unless he personally controlled the situation.
“Big brother?” You Xue pushed open the door to the room. “Let’s go, Man Man is urging us.”
“Okay.” He closed his notebook, and Xia Yu walked out with You Xue.
Today was the last weekend before winter vacation. Hearing that Xia Yu and the others planned to travel during the break, Liu Manman insisted they meet up these last couple of days.
Driving out from the garage, Xia Yu headed toward An Siyao’s house with You Xue.
The car was a gift from An Siyao during New Year’s. She had also wanted to give him a company, specifically one under the Yu family. Without Yu Ningmeng’s encouragement, Xia Yu successfully convinced An Siyao against it.
The guards at An Siyao’s villa were already familiar with Xia Yu’s license plate, but they still stopped the car for inspection.
After handing over the car keys to the guard, Xia Yu and You Xue entered the villa.
In the living room on the second floor, Liu Manman, Ning Qiuer, Hu Lianglu, and An Siyao were watching a movie with a projector.
Seeing Xia Yu come in, An Siyao immediately stood up, walked to his side, and hugged his arm.
Pinching An Siyao’s face gently, Xia Yu joined You Xue on the sofa to watch the movie.
It was a zombie movie, set entirely within a skyscraper. The zombies were realistic, the visuals dark, and the music eerie, making it a quality film.
Sitting on the sofa, Xia Yu watched the movie with great interest.
Although he hadn’t seen the beginning, by reverse-engineering the plot, Xia Yu still managed to understand the entire storyline.
In short, a zombie virus outbreak occurs, many people in the building begin to mutate, and the main character, a deliveryman, happens to enter the building and gets trapped on the top floor. He then escapes downward with the female lead who had ordered the food delivery.
After going through numerous hardships, the main characters finally reach the first floor, kill the mutated zombie boss, open the fire escape door, and see sunlight.
However, what awaits them outside is a horde of zombies.
The movie ends there, clearly indicating the director’s intention to make a sequel.
After the movie, Xia Yu looked at the group beside him. You Xue and Ning Qiuer were hugging pillows, Liu Manman was covering her ears and curling up, Hu Lianglu looked fascinated, while An Siyao’s expression remained calm.
Xia Yu wasn’t surprised by You Xue and the others’ reactions, but An Siyao’s calmness did surprise him.
Liu Manman also noticed An Siyao’s reaction and, before Xia Yu could ask, she rushed over to An Siyao, hugged her, and asked, “Yao Yao, how come you’re not scared at all!”
An Siyao tilted her head in thought before answering, “The part where the male and female leads almost separated was pretty scary.”
“…Why was that part scary!” Liu Manman couldn’t understand An Siyao’s logic. She grabbed An Siyao’s shoulders and shook her. “Zombies! They eat people! Isn’t that scary?”
Allowing Liu Manman to shake her, An Siyao weakly replied, “Isn’t it normal for zombies to eat people?”
Upon hearing this, Liu Manman stopped shaking and pondered, “Now that I think about it, zombies eating people does seem pretty normal.”
“So the part where they almost separated was scarier.” An Siyao reversed the conversation, pushing her own concept of fear.
Before she could finish speaking, a maid arrived with snacks, and everyone’s attention quickly shifted to the treats.
While eating the snacks, Xia Yu was recalling An Siyao’s words.
Was separation scarier than zombies eating people?
As he was thinking, An Siyao handed him a white rice dumpling. The girl brought it directly with her hands; the translucent dumpling looked even more appetizing against her fair palm.
An Siyao had originally intended for Xia Yu to pick and eat it from her hand, but unexpectedly, Xia Yu grabbed her hand and directly bit into the dumpling.
She distinctly felt Xia Yu’s lips glide across her palm.
A blush involuntarily appeared on her face as she locked eyes with Xia Yu.
Just as the atmosphere between them was getting nice, Liu Manman interjected, “There are so many single people here, you two shouldn’t be showing off!”
She pulled Xia Yu to You Xue’s side and An Siyao to Ning Qiuer’s side, forcibly separating the two.
“Alright, let’s play a game next.” Liu Manman brought out a large box containing a big map and various game pieces. “Look at the new toy I found. I’ll teach you all how to play.”
The game Liu Manman brought out was quite complex, but also highly entertaining, and time passed quickly.
After dinner and a bit more board game playing, Xia Yu suggested going to An Siyao’s private theater to watch another movie.
This was a movie Xia Yu had specially prepared—it was an action film.
The movie’s plot wasn’t important; what mattered was a scene where the female lead and her friends had a sleepover.
Sure enough, after watching the movie, Liu Manman immediately raised her hand and shouted, “I want a sleepover too! I want a big room to sleep on the floor and set up tents!”
At Xia Yu’s signal, An Siyao and You Xue both raised their hands in agreement. Seeing their enthusiasm, Ning Qiuer also raised her hand.
The only one who hadn’t raised her hand was Hu Lianglu, and everyone turned their eyes toward her.
The dazed Hu Lianglu finally came to her senses and raised her hand as well.
“Alright, then it’s unanimous! We’ll all sleep together while Xia Yu stays alone!” Liu Manman looked triumphantly at Xia Yu.
Xia Yu remained expressionless but inwardly scoffed, showing his disdain for Liu Manman, who didn’t even realize she was being manipulated.
Liu Manman then shouted about taking a bath together, and fortunately, the villa had a large bathtub that could accommodate all of them.
After a while of being rowdy, they entered the prepared empty room at ten o’clock in the evening, spread out their bedding on the floor, and were so excited that they didn’t fall asleep until after eleven.
At this time, Xia Yu logged into An Siyao’s body. He sat up, looked at the group sleeping beside him, and wore a satisfied smile.
He stretched out his hand and used “comfort” on everyone, including You Xue, making them all fall into a deep sleep, then logged out and returned to his own body.
He got up from the bed, walked out of the guest room, and came to the bedroom door where the girls were staying. As planned, An Siyao opened the door for him.
His goal today was to record Ning Qiuer’s body into a slot. To ensure the plan’s perfection, he had waited for half a month until the timing was right for Ning Qiuer to come over.
He couldn’t wait to enter the room.
It was already twelve o’clock now, the next day had begun, and the opportunity to switch bodies had refreshed.
Looking at Ning Qiuer, Xia Yu used free selection and entered Ning Qiuer’s body.
Just like with Liu Manman, Xia Yu didn’t do any extra actions and was ready to use “comfort” again to make this body fall asleep once more.
However, before falling asleep, he wanted to check what bonus Ning Qiuer had. This was his occupational habit.
After a minute, a prompt appeared.
[Bonus generated successfully]
[Acquired bonus: Star Realm Perception LV0]
“???”
What kind of bonus was this? Why was there only one? What was the Star Realm? And even LV0?
Xia Yu’s mind was full of questions, but he remained calm. He knew that if he didn’t let this body fall asleep soon, Ning Qiuer would panic upon realizing she couldn’t control her body, possibly kicking him out.
He used “comfort” on himself and successfully fell asleep.
Meanwhile, An Siyao followed Xia Yu’s instructions to send the unconscious Yuy back to his room and closed the door.
This operation appeared flawless on the surface, but in reality, it was clearly observed by another pair of eyes.
Because she was uneasy, Yu Ningmeng, who had installed cameras in the corridor, stared at the surveillance footage with a frown.
She was organizing the information she had just seen from the monitor.
Xia Yu walked out of his room and approached the door of the girls’ room. Yao Yao opened the door for him, and he walked in with a suggestive smile.
At this point, Yu Ningmeng felt a surge of grief in her heart. She hadn’t expected Yao Yao to become Xia Yu’s accomplice, even engaging in such thrilling activities.
How annoying! The fertile water shouldn’t flow to outsiders!
As she hesitated whether she should intervene, she saw Xia Yu coming out again.
From entering to exiting, it probably didn’t take more than two minutes.
Undressing and dressing would have taken a minute!
Yu Ningmeng knew she must have misunderstood. Xia Yu didn’t go in for that kind of thing. Perhaps he was just taking photos for blackmail.
But Xia Yu didn’t have a camera or even his phone in hand.
So what were they doing? Checking out sleeping postures?
Well, whatever, as long as it wasn’t anything inappropriate, she might as well let them be.
Pushing the notebook aside, Yu Ningmeng continued organizing the documents.
At eight o’clock the next morning, Xia Yu returned to his own body.
Getting dressed and getting out of bed, he thought about Ning Qiuer’s bonus while brushing his teeth.
What exactly was this Star Realm Perception?
Xia Yu had originally thought the bonus on Ning Qiuer’s body was something like dream creation, but he hadn’t expected something so mystical.
Was there another realm called the Star Realm in addition to this world? Was this about breaking through reality and ascending?
After a moment of imagination along this line of thought, Xia Yu reorganized the information and started reasoning from another angle what this Star Realm Perception might be.
If Ning Qiuer didn’t have any other secrets, then this dream creation must be related to the Star Realm Perception. In other words, this Star Realm Perception allowed Ning Qiuer to obtain the Moonlight Sonata.
A spark of inspiration flashed through Xia Yu’s mind:
Was this Star Realm actually Earth?
No, no, that didn’t explain why two of the melodies in Ning Qiuer’s song were ones he had written himself. Those two melodies didn’t exist on Earth either.
After thinking for a long time, Xia Yu still couldn’t come up with a credible conclusion. However, he recalled two other clues.
One was the reward of a star fragment for guiding Wen Ziying’s life, and the other was a clue reward he had accumulated previously.
Although Xia Yu currently had a slight clue about guiding Wen Ziying’s life, he still needed further observation to know when he could obtain the star fragment.
There was nothing else he could do but wait and see. For now, Xia Yu temporarily set this matter aside.
Sometimes, the only way to deal with an unavoidable problem is to let it go, as constantly worrying about it only adds to one’s troubles. Letting go is the best choice.
Spitting out the toothpaste foam, Xia Yu rinsed his mouth with water.
After washing his face, Xia Yu went to the dining room.
Only An Siyao and Hu Lianglu were at the table; You Xue and the others had just woken up and hadn’t gotten ready yet.
Xia Yu gestured to Hu Lianglu and led her to the backyard.
“How’s it going?” Xia Yu ostensibly asked about Hu Lianglu’s progress in learning martial arts but was actually inviting her to spar.
Hu Lianglu understood Xia Yu’s intention. She assumed a martial arts stance and, with small steps, charged at Xia Yu.
Xia Yu had already checked and knew that Hu Lianglu had no talent for martial arts. However, her personality made her relatively quick in the early stages of learning.
The bodyguards from the Yu family who taught her focused on teaching brutal moves that could incapacitate an opponent in one strike.
Moves like poking eyes, jabbing noses, and low blows.
Xia Yu didn’t attack, easily countering each of Hu Lianglu’s moves.
He nodded in satisfaction. At this point, if Hu Lianglu encountered the previous hooligans again, a single kick would send them writhing on the ground holding their crotch.
When Hu Lianglu started repeating the same moves, Xia Yu reached out, grabbed her arm, and pinned her to the ground.
“Alright, not bad.” He let go of Hu Lianglu and prepared to pin her again.
Unless she was pinned two or three times, Hu Lianglu wouldn’t admit defeat.
However, this time, after getting up, Hu Lianglu didn’t attack again as usual. Instead, she patted the grass off her clothes and returned to the villa.
This surprised Xia Yu greatly. He stroked his chin, recalling Hu Lianglu’s absent-mindedness the previous day, sensing something odd about the girl.
When he returned to the dining room, his suspicions were further confirmed because he saw Hu Lianglu asking An Siyao for leave, saying she had something to do at noon.
An Siyao looked at Xia Yu, and after seeing him nod, she granted Hu Lianglu’s request.
The three of them had breakfast, and soon You Xue and the others came down as well. After breakfast, Liu Manman began organizing more activities.
During this time, Xia Yu observed Hu Lianglu, who seemed distracted and preoccupied.
At half past ten, Hu Lianglu left the villa.
Xia Yu thought for a moment and then put down the game controller in his hand.
“I have something to take care of. I’ll go out for a bit.” Xia Yu prepared to follow Hu Lianglu.
After he left the house, Liu Manman also made an excuse and ran out.
She caught up with Xia Yu: “Take me with you!”
The two of them got into Xia Yu’s car and followed Hu Lianglu, who had gotten into a driver’s car.
The driver, seeing Xia Yu’s car following in the rearview mirror, intentionally slowed down, made clear turns, and did his best to cooperate.
Thus, the car chase continued until they arrived at a Western restaurant.
It would be too easy to be discovered if they got any closer, so Xia Yu stopped the car not far from the restaurant.
They watched as Hu Lianglu entered the restaurant.
Xia Yu prepared to follow her inside but was stopped by Liu Manman.
Liu Manman bought two hats and two coats at a high price from a street vendor and first disguised herself and Xia Yu.
Then, the two of them sneaked into the restaurant, taking cover two tables away from Hu Lianglu.
At this time, Hu Lianglu was sitting opposite a man in a suit.
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