Chapter 390: Yao’s Tears

Seeing that An Siyao’s expression remained unchanged, Xia Yu felt relieved, but he was too optimistic too soon.

Tears slowly welled up in An Siyao’s eyes, and two streams of tears slid down her cheeks.

This was even worse than having a more intense reaction!

Previously, when he brought Xu Youxiang to An Siyao’s house, she hadn’t objected. Why was her reaction so strong this time?

Approaching An Siyao, Xia Yu stretched out his arms to embrace the girl, but was pushed away by Hu Lianglu.

Hu Liangru hugged An Siyao tightly and looked at Xia Yu with eyes full of disgust: “I never thought you were this kind of person!”

“Exactly, how could you do this? That woman just met you not long ago, yet you’ve already fallen for her and abandoned Siyao!” Liu Manman stood up, joining in the accusations against Xia Yu.

“Brother, this might not be quite right…” Youxue spoke more tactfully.

“I don’t have a son like you.” Kong Hanyue directly severed their mother-son relationship, though Xia Yu suspected she was just doing it for fun.

“Wait, that’s not what I meant.” Rubbing his head, Xia Yu told the lie he had repeated countless times to Zhu Mei, “Her father is a good friend of mine, so I just wanted to take care of her a bit.”

“While others regard you as a good friend, you dare to go after their daughter!” Kong Hanyue sank onto the sofa, wiping the corners of her eyes with her wrist as she choked up, “How could I have a child like you?”

If Xia Yu hadn’t known Kong Hanyue’s personality, he might have believed her.

Youxue also approached Xia Yu: “Brother, you should quickly abandon this idea.”

Hugging him, she whispered, “Brother, why did you say the truth out loud? Why not just say Zhu Mei wanted to go there temporarily to avoid danger?”

“Stop, stop, stop. Let me explain.” Xia Yu had a headache, “It’s really just ordinary care. I’ll bring her to District One and then leave her alone.”

“Swear on it!” Holding An Siyao’s hand and wiping away her tears, Liu Manman demanded.

“Do you think I’d lie?” Xia Yu became somewhat irritated. He had brought it up because he felt innocent, but the misunderstanding only deepened.

“You’re even afraid to swear.” Hu Liangru scoffed coldly.

Her words were the final straw that ignited Xia Yu’s fury.

Because of An Siyao’s sudden crying, he was trying to figure things out, but these troublemakers kept interrupting with their comments, not allowing him to speak properly.

Especially Hu Liangru, taking advantage of the situation!

Xia Yu picked up Youxue and placed her onto Kong Hanyue before approaching Hu Liangru, grabbing her and giving her a kick on the backside, sending her aside.

Looking at Xia Yu’s dark expression, the four women dared not utter a word, all lowering their heads in silence.

Xia Yu picked up An Siyao and said to Liu Manman in front of him, “Move aside.”

Liu Manman immediately stepped aside.

Holding An Siyao, Xia Yu entered his bedroom and closed the door.

Placing An Siyao on the bed, Xia Yu’s anger dissipated, replaced by another headache.

An Siyao was still quietly sobbing.

Sitting beside the girl, Xia Yu began to explain: “Zhu Mei really is my friend…”

Halfway through, Xia Yu felt that lying lacked sincerity. He sighed and started over, explaining: “This story began a few months ago. Back then, I was trying to enter someone’s body—I forgot exactly whose—but something went wrong, and I ended up in a brown bear’s body…”

Within a minute, Xia Yu briefly recounted the story of the brown bear and Zhu Mei.

However, after hearing the story, An Siyao continued hugging her knees, silently crying.

“Then I won’t take care of her anymore, okay?” Xia Yu tried to resolve the issue at its root.

An Siyao still didn’t respond.

With nothing more to say, Xia Yu could only sit aside and wait for time to change things.

He hugged her from behind, and An Siyao’s sobs gradually softened. After fifteen minutes, the girl calmed down.

Another five minutes passed, and An Siyao slightly lifted her head from her knees, secretly glancing at Xia Yu.

Her small movement didn’t escape Xia Yu’s notice, and he immediately looked into her eyes.

Like a rabbit startled out of its burrow, An Siyao was frightened by Xia Yu’s gaze and lowered her head again.

Another three minutes passed before An Siyao finally spoke.

In a low voice, she asked, “Have you already had a relationship with her?”

“???”

“Nothing like that happened. I’m really innocent.” Xia Yu held An Siyao tightly.

“But she’s a princess.” An Siyao sounded dejected.

“She’s a princess of a fallen kingdom. Practically an ordinary person.” Although Xia Yu didn’t quite understand why the princess title mattered, he answered immediately.

“Then will you still follow me?” An Siyao raised her head cautiously and asked.

Frowning slightly, Xia Yu felt something was off. Logically, shouldn’t she ask, “Will you still have me?” instead? What did she mean by “follow”?

Seeing Xia Yu didn’t answer immediately and even frowned, An Siyao’s eyes welled up with tears again.

“I will follow, I will follow.” Xia Yu hurriedly replied.

“But she’s a princess.” An Siyao said again.

“She’s from a fallen kingdom, practically an ordinary person.” Xia Yu repeated, realizing now that An Siyao was fixated on the word “princess.”

After calmly analyzing, Xia Yu considered a somewhat unlikely possibility.

He said to An Siyao, “She didn’t pay me anything, not even a penny.”

“Really?” A hint of joy emerged in An Siyao’s voice.

“Really.” Xia Yu’s mood was complex.

“But she’s a princess.” An Siyao sank back into gloom.

“She doesn’t have as much money as you.” Xia Yu had grasped the key point now.

“What about her company?” An Siyao asked again.

“She doesn’t have a company.” Xia Yu replied, “She can’t afford to support me.”

A smile appeared on An Siyao’s face, and she finally relaxed completely.

Xia Yu felt a slight headache. After all this, it turned out An Siyao had an excessive reaction to Zhu Mei’s title as a princess, assuming he had become her kept man and no longer needed An Siyao’s support.

There were quite a few points to criticize here, and Xia Yu needed to sort them out.

I thought we were in an equal romantic relationship, but you thought we were in a patron-client, supported relationship?

Would a normal person think like this?

Undoubtedly, An Siyao wasn’t normal, and Xia Yu wouldn’t fall for an ordinary, normal person either.

“Next month is my birthday. I’ll give you a gift then.” Looking into Xia Yu’s eyes, An Siyao felt she must strengthen their financial bond.

Why should I receive a gift for your birthday?!

Suppressing his urge to comment, Xia Yu agreed.

Satisfied, An Siyao lay in Xia Yu’s arms, enjoying his embrace.

While taking advantage of the situation, Xia Yu pondered the issues revealed by this incident.

An Siyao’s reaction was abnormal and unhealthy. Her relationship affinity level was only LV3, not even as high as Youxue’s LV4. Perhaps this was the reason.

Her understanding of interpersonal relationships seemed seriously flawed, as previously shown when she was treated like a puppet by her maid.

Although she remained as infatuated with him as ever, Xia Yu still needed to find a solution.