Chapter 392: Are You My Bear?

Although Youxue tried to comfort her, Liu Manman was still not appeased.

She sent Youxue to watch over An Siyao and then lay on the bed alone, angrily kicking the pillow a couple of times until her emotions gradually eased.

Originally, she had planned to forgive Xia Yu with just a brief greeting last night, but she ended up falling asleep without seeing him at all.

In the morning, Liu Manman thought that maybe Xia Yu hadn’t managed to pacify An Siyao yet, which was why he hadn’t had time to attend to her.

For the sake of their future together, she hurriedly went to discuss things with Youxue, only to be told by Youxue that Xia Yu had resolved things with An Siyao within an hour and spent the entire night lying in bed playing games!

Liu Manman felt that Xia Yu might not have realized her anger, so she intentionally made a slight humming sound and acted sulky just now—but Xia Yu still remained indifferent.

Could it be that he was waiting for Youxue to leave first, then find a free moment?

She waited for an hour, hugging her pillow, but still didn’t see Xia Yu arrive.

At this point, she could no longer deceive herself—she understood now that Xia Yu had done it on purpose.

Stuffing the pillow beneath her, Liu Manman gripped the pillow tightly, venting her frustration.

He immediately takes An Siyao into the room to comfort her when she’s angry, but when I’m angry, he doesn’t even react!

What a beast, a pervert! He’d rather flirt with a woman he just met than come find me!

As she thought about it more, Liu Manman’s anger gradually faded, replaced by a sense of wronged bitterness.

She hugged the pillow and fell back onto the bed.

…

At this time, Xia Yu was already at the beach, having played for quite a while together with An Siyao.

Lying on a reclining chair, sipping an ice-cold Sprite, Xia Yu recalled the sensation of applying sunscreen on An Siyao’s back.

He thought to himself: After marriage, life will be blissful.

However, to marry An Siyao, he must first overcome two major obstacles.

One was An Tianfeng, the other Yu Liang.

An Tianfeng was the chairman of An Group, while Yu Liang was the chairman of Daliang Capital—both were billionaires listed on the wealth rankings.

He had already met An Tianfeng, who seemed quite approachable.

He had also had a friendly meeting with Yu Liang, who had already given subtle indications of accepting him.

Only An Tianfeng remained.

Imagining his post-marriage life with An Siyao for a while, the image of Xu Youxiang suddenly flashed in Xia Yu’s mind.

Wait, how could I have forgotten Xu Youxiang?

Xia Yu rubbed his forehead, his pleasant fantasy shattered as he began to feel a headache coming on.

Although Xu Youxiang had never explicitly mentioned dating or marriage, the fact that they had already kissed and touched made pretending impossible.

Walking away after getting what he wanted wasn’t Xia Yu’s style, but staying without offering her a proper position would only mean making her suffer.

Even if Xu Youxiang agreed, Xia Yu wouldn’t know how to explain the situation to An Siyao.

His mood suddenly dropped, and he regretted why he hadn’t resisted temptation back then.

It was mainly because when he visited An Siyao’s home in his true form, she hadn’t recognized him and had even hidden from him, which left him feeling down. At that time, Xu Youxiang was there too…

And then, before he knew it, things had gone that far.

Thinking about it now, the current situation was quite dangerous!

Xia Yu sat up and looked toward the villa behind him.

Analyzing carefully, there was only one man inside the villa—himself. An Siyao was his girlfriend, Kong Hanyue was the mother, and Youxue was the younger sister—those three were fine. But what about the other two?

Hu Lianglu was An Siyao’s little follower, so she could be excluded. As for Liu Manman…

Xia Yu’s mind briefly flashed memories of his past with Liu Manman.

Five minutes later, he relaxed again and lay back down on the reclining chair.

Liu Manman was fine too; she just didn’t know how to maintain proper distance. After all, she had been clingy from the moment they met, so it was normal for her to join them on this trip now that they were close.

Most importantly, Liu Manman knew about An Siyao, knew about Xu Youxiang, and knew his situation—how could she possibly still fall into this trap?

He opened another bottle of Sprite, took a satisfied swig, and shook his head at his own overthinking.

At 11 a.m., the sun became intense.

Kong Hanyue, together with Youxue and An Siyao, buried herself in the sand to escape the sun, while Xia Yu, uninterested in playing “buried man,” returned to the villa.

Arriving at the second floor, he noticed that Liu Manman’s door was still closed. He asked a maid, “Has Liu Manman come out?”

“No,” the maid replied.

So she was still inside the room. Could she still be this angry?

Well, since he was in a good mood today, he might as well try to comfort her.

He approached Liu Manman’s door and knocked.

There was no response from inside.

He knocked again, still receiving no reply, so he simply opened the door himself.

Not expecting him to suddenly enter, Liu Manman was startled, grabbing the blanket and rolling herself into a cocoon-like bundle.

Xia Yu rubbed his chin thoughtfully, then got an idea.

As Liu Manman watched in alarm, Xia Yu used the sleeve of a nearby piece of clothing to tie up the blanket.

“What are you doing!” Liu Manman struggled inside the blanket, unable to untie the sleeve and thus unable to free herself.

Just to be safe, Xia Yu picked up one of Liu Manman’s clothes and tied a knot around the collar of the blanket near her neck.

This way, Liu Manman couldn’t even crawl out of the blanket anymore—completely wrapped up and trapped inside.

“Let me go!” Liu Manman struggled.

Hearing the noise, Zhu Mei, who had just walked out of her room, quietly returned and shut the door.

What a scene—apparently everyone in District One was perverted.

Holding the pendant at her chest, Zhu Mei felt anxious about her future. Would she really be able to adapt?

But thinking about it now was pointless.

Sitting on the bed, Zhu Mei tried her best to ignore Liu Manman’s cries. She took off her pendant and placed it under the sunlight.

Inside the transparent small glass bottle, silver ashes flowed as she moved it.

Zhu Mei began to miss her brown bear, no longer paying attention to the sounds outside.

She thought again about the golden eagle mentioned by Li Hua. The golden eagle and the brown bear were so similar—could there be a connection between the two animals?

If there was a connection, did Xia Yu know something?

Her hand moved to her head, recalling the scene two days ago when Xia Yu had patted her head. She felt that his action was somewhat reminiscent of her bear.

Was she missing her bear too much, causing hallucinations?

Even if it was an illusion, if Xia Yu was a bit like her bear, maybe everything wouldn’t be so hard to accept.

It would be even better if he had more fur.

And his paws would need to be fleshy too.

Zhu Mei immersed herself in her imagination. When she finally snapped back to reality, everything outside had already calmed down.

Zhu Mei opened the door; she was getting hungry and wanted something to eat.

As she passed Liu Manman’s room, she saw Xia Yu coming out.

The cries from earlier echoed in her mind, making her feel uneasy. She almost stumbled and fell.

Xia Yu caught her just in time.

“Be careful,” Xia Yu said gently, patting Zhu Mei’s head.

Back when he was the brown bear, he often patted Zhu Mei like this. But now, the sensation felt slightly different, because the bear was taller than Xia Yu’s real body.

It was a nostalgic gesture, so he couldn’t help but pat her a little longer.

Realizing this, he immediately wanted to pull his hand back, but Zhu Mei grabbed his hand instead.