Chapter 404: Yu Xue: Digging One’s Own Grave

At 11 o’clock, Xia Yu and the others returned from outside.

Xia Yu looked toward the living room, where An Siyao was playing on an old game console, while Xia Kekai was lying on the nearby sofa, looking utterly dejected.

“What’s wrong?” Xia Nianhong asked with concern.

“I’m just a bit unhappy because I keep losing,” Xia Kekai offered as an excuse.

“Oh, you kid, even playing games makes you emotional now,” Xia Nianhong frowned. In her opinion, games were meant for relaxation, and letting a game ruin one’s mood was completely counterproductive.

She gestured to Xia Kekai, “Then stop playing. Come help Grandma.”

Obediently standing up, Xia Kekai followed Xia Nianhong to start preparing lunch.

Grandpa Xia Ye, seeing there was nothing for him to do, went to the master bedroom, where there was also a television he could watch his favorite shows on.

Xia Yu sat beside An Siyao.

You Xue picked up another controller, glanced at the pixel-style game screen, and disdainfully remarked, “What’s fun about such old games?”

Despite her words, she joined An Siyao in playing.

At noon, when Xia Nianhong called them for lunch, You Xue reluctantly put down the controller.

“Aren’t you the one who said these old games aren’t fun?” Xia Yu teased her.

You Xue stiffened slightly but didn’t respond. Instead, she picked up a piece of red-cooked pork and put it into her mouth, “So delicious.”

Hearing this, Xia Nianhong happily said, “It’s cooked in the big iron pot from the shop. Only this way can it have real flavor!”

Xia Yu, seeing An Siyao’s curiosity, also picked a piece for her. Watching the girl bite into the meat and nod repeatedly, Xia Nianhong grew even happier.

Normally, Xia Kekai would also praise this dish, but today she wasn’t in the mood.

After lunch, while An Siyao and You Xue were playing games together, Xia Kekai approached Xia Yu.

“Big brother, what job are you planning to do after graduation?” Xia Kekai asked directly.

Such a direct question might seem inappropriate if asked to an adult, but Xia Kekai was still an elementary school student, and thus had some privileges.

Xia Yu didn’t answer immediately. He was thinking about why Xia Kekai was asking this question.

Was she trying to find out about his future financial situation? Hadn’t the grandparents told her that he owned a company?

Wait, maybe he hadn’t told the grandparents himself either.

However, the grandparents did know about his music career.

“Didn’t the grandparents tell you about me?” Xia Yu asked.

“No, we just never got around to that topic,” Xia Kekai replied. Her answer was carefully phrased to suggest it wasn’t that Xia Nianhong and Xia Ye didn’t want to talk about it, but rather there hadn’t been the right opportunity.

Once again impressed by Xia Kekai’s precociousness, Xia Yu replied, “Working? No way. Not happening.”

He was telling the truth. Now that he had money, why would he work? The real life was to delegate everything to others and just lie back and count money.

Hearing his answer, Xia Kekai instinctively took a step back. Although she had already heard about this from An Siyao, confirming it still filled her with despair.

“But without work, there’s no money,” Xia Kekai tried one last hopeful approach.

“No problem. We can just take out a loan against this house,” Xia Yu intentionally teased the girl.

Xia Kekai leaned against the wall, feeling weak in her limbs. Now he was already thinking about mortgaging the house—surely she would be next!

“Money will eventually run out,” Xia Kekai tried to make Xia Yu understand the necessity of being independent and self-reliant.

When no reply came for a while, she looked at Xia Yu, who was also watching her, smiling.

“Then there’s still you, right?” Xia Yu said.

Xia Kekai’s heart sank. At that moment, Xia Yu seemed more evil than any movie villain she had ever seen.

Living off their parents was bad enough—now he was even planning to sponge off his little sister!

Xia Kekai had thought Xia Dongyang was the worst man possible, but now she realized that the younger generation could surpass the older one.

If heaven gave her another chance, she would obediently run away with Xia Dongyang instead of secretly coming here.

Sinking onto the sofa in a daze, Xia Kekai desperately tried to think of a plan—but what could an elementary school student do?

At one o’clock in the afternoon, a sudden idea flashed through her mind.

There wasn’t just her in the family as the younger sister!

You Xue was already in middle school and would be an adult in three or four years. She could team up with You Xue and run away together in a few years!

Standing up, Xia Kekai felt excited by her own cleverness. She glanced around the living room.

Xia Nianhong and Xia Ye had gone downstairs to the shop, while Xia Yu and An Siyao had gone out for a walk. At this moment, only she and You Xue were at home—making it the perfect time to discuss her plan!

Approaching You Xue’s door, Xia Kekai knocked.

“Come in,” You Xue said.

Xia Kekai opened the door. You Xue was lying in bed, playing a game on a handheld console.

Xia Kekai’s eyes immediately froze on the device in You Xue’s hands. It was the latest model, costing over two thousand yuan. Xia Dongyang had promised to buy her one before, but a year had passed without him doing so.

Shaking her head, Xia Kekai reminded herself that wasn’t the main issue—You Xue must be playing with Xia Yu’s console.

“What’s up?” You Xue paused the game, opened her character’s inventory, and looked at Xia Kekai.

Xia Kekai sat on the edge of the bed and said to You Xue, “I just asked big brother what he’s going to do after graduation.”

“Hmm, and then?” You Xue asked curiously.

“Big brother said he would absolutely not work,” Xia Kekai stared into You Xue’s eyes.

“Oh, that’s it?” You Xue lowered her head and continued playing her game.

“What do you mean ‘that’s it’? Big brother doesn’t want to work at all. What should we do?” Xia Kekai felt You Xue hadn’t grasped the core issue. She looked at You Xue with frustration.

“Why should we care if he doesn’t work?” You Xue frowned, puzzled.

“If he doesn’t work, where will he get money to spend?” Xia Kekai anxiously asked.

“He has his company earning money,” You Xue replied, confused. “And if that’s not enough, there’s also An Siyao’s family companies.”

“…Huh?” Xia Kekai was stunned.

“You thought otherwise?” You Xue looked at Xia Kekai.

“He has a company?” Xia Kekai tilted her head.

“Yeah, a game company, plus a few others from An Siyao’s family,” You Xue explained.

“But if he doesn’t work…” Xia Kekai’s mind was in a fog.

“He just delegates everything to his employees. Why should he work himself? The game big brother made before earned hundreds of millions a month. But big brother thought it was wrong to make money like that, so he stopped the project,” You Xue said proudly.

“Hundreds of millions,” Xia Kekai couldn’t even imagine such a large number.

She looked at You Xue’s handheld console: “Then this console is…”

“Big brother bought it,” You Xue answered. She then took out her camera, phone, laptop, tablet, and headphones to show off to Xia Kekai.

After finishing her display, she continued, “Big brother also plays many instruments. Do you know about the Middle School Instrument Competition? An Siyao came in first place, and big brother was second. They even performed together…”

Half an hour later, Xia Kekai walked out of the room in a daze.

Standing in the living room for half a minute, her expression gradually became determined.

She went to the master bedroom, pulled out her locked diary from the drawer, and crossed out the words: “Goal: Win Grandpa and Grandma’s favor, get part of the inheritance,” replacing them with: “Goal: Cling tightly to big brother’s leg.”

She thought for a moment and added another line underneath:

“Goal: Replace You Xue and become big brother’s favorite sister!”