“What are you doing?” Xu Youxiang felt a bit scared. It was only now that she realized how improper her behavior had been.
She tried to cover her feet with her hands, but Xia Yu was faster, grabbing her foot before she could.
He caressed the sole of Xu Youxiang’s foot, looking at her with anticipation.
Xu Youxiang became even more frightened.
“It won’t work, even if you look at me like that!”
Just as she was about to respond, she saw Xia Yu’s expression turn to disappointment.
“It’s just that the toes moved. There’s still no sensation.” Xia Yu put down Xu Youxiang’s foot, visibly frustrated.
He had intended to tickle her foot, making her giggle, but it had failed.
“Pervert!” Xu Youxiang angrily shouted at Xia Yu, embarrassed.
“??? “
What was wrong with tickling her foot? How did that make him a pervert?
Putting socks onto Xu Youxiang’s feet, Xia Yu said, “It’s getting cold. Don’t walk around barefoot.”
Xu Youxiang turned her head away, ignoring him.
Xia Yu thought she was upset because he hadn’t shown concern about her foot movement, so he approached to comfort her. However, he did not receive Xu Youxiang’s forgiveness, and was instead driven out of the room.
Sitting on the sofa outside, Xia Yu was puzzled.
Well, she’ll recover soon anyway. Xia Yu, understanding Xu Youxiang’s personality, wasn’t worried. He took out his phone and checked his QQ messages.
You Yue and An Siyao had both sent him messages. An Siyao sent a picture of You Yue, and You Yue sent a picture of An Siyao.
After encouraging them both, Xia Yu saved the pictures.
At that time, QQ hadn’t launched the album feature yet. Otherwise, it would have been much more convenient to store them in a cloud album.
Speaking of the cloud, maybe cloud storage could also be developed.
First, dominate the market with free services, then introduce download speed limits for non-members, prompting users to purchase memberships.
Although selling memberships would have to wait for mobile payment systems to emerge, it would take time to dominate the market initially, and developing mobile payment systems could be pursued during that time.
However, mobile payments would require government endorsement first. He wondered whether Yu Liang had connections in that area.
Xia Yu didn’t consider An Tianfeng. An Tianfeng’s estate was shared with An Feixiong, and there might be other heirs in the future, like An Feihu (An Flying Tiger), An Feiniu (An Flying Cow), An Feizhu (An Flying Pig). However, Yu Liang only had An Siyao as his granddaughter and couldn’t produce any other heirs.
In his musings, Xu Youxiang’s embarrassment and anger faded away. Using the excuse of fetching something, she called Xia Yu.
After reminiscing about childhood games together, in the evening, Xia Yu went to Tina’s place.
It was 9 PM. Tina’s foster father had already gone to sleep. He was a model of self-discipline, going to bed promptly at nine every night, reading for half an hour before sleeping, and drinking a glass of milk.
Tina was watching an animated show in the living room.
After arriving, Xia Yu turned off the TV, went into the room, closed the door, and continued teaching the girl Chinese.
At 11 o’clock, he stopped teaching, lying down on the bed.
“Meow.” The white cat meowed and jumped to his side, lying down and falling asleep.
Xia Yu didn’t fall asleep immediately because Tina was talking to him.
“Dad said he would take me to meet relatives tomorrow night,” Tina told Xia Yu.
Before coming here, her foster father had mentioned that he had a relative in Yaoguang and hinted that he might leave Tina at that family’s house.
Being sent to live with relatives was a very common option. If it weren’t for the fact that the two of them had no other relatives in the Second District besides the older generation, who were unreliable, Tina would definitely have been sent to live with relatives in the Second District instead of coming to the First District.
“I will come then,” Xia Yu assured the girl. He knew that Tina was somewhat worried and wanted him to check out the family.
Indeed, after receiving Xia Yu’s reply, the girl transmitted a happy emotion.
After turning off the lights, Xia Yu fell asleep.
Eight hours passed, and he returned to his own body.
It was five in the morning of the next day.
Playing on his phone for an hour in bed, Xia Yu got up, washed up, and woke up Xu Youxiang. They had breakfast together and went out for a walk, having lunch outside.
Returning to the villa, Xia Yu packed his belongings. It was already Sunday, and he would be taking an afternoon flight back.
As Xu Youxiang sent him to the villa’s gate, she suddenly called him back.
Returning to stand before Xu Youxiang, Xia Yu looked at her.
“Squat down,” Xu Youxiang beckoned with her hand.
So Xia Yu squatted in front of her. Seeing Xu Youxiang’s shy expression and wandering gaze, he already knew what would happen next. He cooperated by leaning his face closer to hers.
Feeling the teasing in his gaze, Xu Youxiang felt anger rising. Her anger dispelled her shyness, and she moved forward to kiss his lips.
After their lips parted, Xu Youxiang, her face flushed, said, “Thank you for your gift.”
Was this a return gift because she felt uneasy about accepting that scepter? Xia Yu guessed.
“But don’t send such things next time,” Xu Youxiang added.
He touched her face gently, stood up, and said, “Then I’ll be going now.”
“Go keep An Siyao company!” Xu Youxiang became angry again.
Knowing that Xu Youxiang was only upset about his departure, Xia Yu patted her head and left the villa, getting into the car.
In the car, he touched his lips. Xu Youxiang had planned this in advance, wearing sweet-flavored lipstick, and now he could still taste the sweetness on his lips.
Thinking again about Xu Youxiang’s displeasure at his departure, Xia Yu suddenly felt like a philandering man who secretly maintained a mistress outside and sneaks in for intimacy on weekends.
He needed to find a way to solve this problem.
An Siyao and Xu Youxiang knew about each other. An Siyao had never mentioned Xu Youxiang, while Xu Youxiang often mentioned An Siyao and had implicitly accepted An Siyao as the primary partner.
The biggest issue was the system.
Seriously, why did this world have to be an ordinary orderly world? Wouldn’t it be better if it were a world where powerful men could have multiple wives, or even ancient times?
This question troubled Xia Yu, as he currently had no solution.
First of all, amending the law was impossible. However, this world wasn’t only composed of the First District; the laws in different districts varied.
However, changing district residency wasn’t very realistic. Xu Youxiang’s parents might not have many objections, but An Siyao’s two guardians would certainly disagree.
Yu Liang was still hoping for An Siyao to inherit the family business, which wouldn’t be possible if she changed districts.
Well, he would deal with it later.
Putting this matter aside for now, Xia Yu entered the airport and boarded the plane.
Three hours later, Xia Yu returned home.
“Welcome back,” You Xue, who had been waiting at home, took Xia Yu’s luggage.
With such a diligent younger sister, Xia Yu only needed to sit on the sofa and rest.
As he sipped on Sprite, he watched You Xue unpack his suitcase.
While watching her, he noticed a red string around her neck, indicating a necklace.
“What are you wearing?” Xia Yu asked casually.
“A Buddha statue,” You Xue replied.
“Cough, cough, cough, cough!” Xia Yu choked. His mind recalled You Xue’s talent for Buddhist philosophy.
Was this a precursor to her becoming a Buddhist nun?
He had to solve this immediately!
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